News from May 2019
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that organic producers and handlers can apply for federal funds to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic certification through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP). Applications for fiscal 2019 funding are due Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California trucker working for a Kansas freight brokerage pleaded guilty Monday to stealing a load of meat valued at more than $160,000, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Effective May 10, 2019, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) prohibits the use of fireworks, target shooting with exploding targets, and the firing of a tracer or incendiary device on all BLM-managed public lands throughout Oregon and Washington. The ban will be in effect from May 10, 2019 to Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Texas Man Found Guilty of Conspiring to Support ISIS.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Lakeview, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lakeview District will host two National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) workshops. These workshops are free and open to anyone interested in learning more about NEPA, specifically writing substantive comments and the BLM comment responses process. Workshops will be held:.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID REICHARD, 30, of Stamford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to a charge stemming from his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl analogues.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former federal employee has been sentenced for theft of public money. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court on charges of aiding or assisting in the preparation or filing of false federal income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the third cohort of innovators to join Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), a DOE-funded entrepreneurial research and development (R&D) program based at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Five new innovators were selected from 120 applicants for innovations in energy materials and advanced manufacturing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant caught with Ecstasy (MDMA), Psilocyn Mushrooms, LSD, Cocaine and Ketamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: FBI Releases 2018 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making multiple false statements to FBI officials.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - John Crow, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 33 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and the California Conservation Corps Inland Empire Crew 5 will conduct prescribed burns from May 7-9, Tuesday through Thursday, at the Lake Mathews Reserve, as part of the regional Wildland Fire Cause and Origin Determination course.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management and Owyhee County Search and Rescue (SAR) want to remind the public that while enjoying the tremendous recreational opportunities in southwest Idaho, to please do so safely and responsibly.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
Release: BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “fast track" hiring event on Saturday, May 11, to recruit full- and part-time TSA officers to work at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). TSA is looking to hire more than 50 full-time and part-time officers to work at the airport. The goal is to have many of the new employees onboard ahead of the busy summer travel season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 39-year-old Houston woman is set to appear in federal court following the return of a four-count indictment alleging bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants involved in drug offenses last year in Huntington were sentenced today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marquan Charles Williams, 27, was sentenced to 67 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Eugene Smith, 45, of Lithonia, GA was sentenced today to 51 months imprisonment after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods, and trafficking in counterfeit goods, arising...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Defendants Burned Victim with an Iron to Obtain Drugs and Cash.
