$101M to Help Farmers of Specialty Crops

  On October 1, 2012, the Department of Agriculture announced that $101 million in grants are going to producers of specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other foods.  About $55 million of the funds are going to 56 different crop block grants that fund 748 operations across the United States.  The Department ...

3 Illinois Men Indicted for Child Pornography

  On October 5, 2012, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that three men were indicted for child pornography offenses.  The investigation was led by the ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the East Central Illinois Cyber Crimes Working Group, and local police departments from Champaign, Urbana ...

Results Released from Distressed Homeowner Initiative

  On October 9, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that results from the Distressed Homeowner Initiative.  The initiative was the first of its kind and targeted fraud schemes across the nation that took advantage of struggling homeowners.     The Department of Justice announced that a total of 530 ...

Graco Issues Recall of Classic Wood Highchairs

On October 9, 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada announced that Graco is recalling their classic wood highchairs because of a fall hazard.  There have been reports of children falling when the seat detaches from the base.     The CPSC announced that the Graco brand wood highchairs come ...

CBP Officer Sentenced for Sexual Assault of Women

On October 4, 2012, the Department of Justice released a press release that stated Paulo Morales of Miami was sentenced to 33 months in prison and one year of supervised release.  U.S. District Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum sentenced Morales.    Morales, who is a former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer, pleaded ...

Inmate May Receive Death Penalty for Prison Murder

On October 4, 2012, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri announced that an inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners was indicted for murdering an inmate and attempting to murder a second inmate as well.  The defendant’s name is Ulysses Jones, Jr., and he is currently serving a life ...

Woman Charged for Smuggling Illegal Aliens

On October 5, 2012, the San Diego FBI Office announced that Maria Guerrero of Chula Vista, California, was arrested by agents of the Border Corruption Task Force.  She was charged with alien smuggling, and the specific charge is “bringing in illegal aliens for financial gain” under U.S.C. §1324(a)(2)(B)(ii).   ...

Dallas Man Charged for Threats and Black Mail

On October 4, 2012, the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced that Barrett Lancaster Brown was charged by a federal grand jury in for one count of making a threat over the internet, for one count of threatening to make personal information of a U.S. employee available to the public, and one count of retaliating ...

DC Government Set to Use 100% Green Power

Mayor Vincent Gray of Washington, DC and the city’s government were praised by the Environmental Protection Agency for the second year in a row after the Department of General Services (DGS) signed a contract to require 100 percent of the government’s electricity to come from green technology.  Last year, the District government ...

Kitchen Fires: Leading Cause of Fires in Homes

October 7-13 is Fire Prevention Week, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Fire Administration (USFA) have partnered to provide new statistics on home fires in America in recognition of Fire Prevention Week.  The two organizations are encouraging all Americans to install enough smoke alarms in their home and develop ...

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