News published on Federal Newswire in February 2015

News from February 2015


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Order to Preserve Defective Takata Air Bag Inflators for Ongoing Federal Investigation

News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued an order requiring Takata to preserve all air bag inflators removed through the recall process as evidence for both NHTSA’s investigation and private litigation cases. The order also ensures NHTSA’s access to all data from the testing of those removed inflators.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Former Clark County Family Court Judge Steven E. Jones was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey to 26 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $2.9 million in restitution for participating in an investment fraud that...


News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James Moody today sentenced Aaron Edwin Remaley (39, Riverview) to 10 years and 1 month in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $284,250, representing part of the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct. Remaley pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2014.


News Release: BOISE - Elizabeth Carter, 21, of Reno, Nevada, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to one count of access device fraud for using counterfeit credit cards, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Sentencing is set for May 5, 2015, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill.


Beckley man pleads guilty to using phone to commit felony

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Richard Pfost, 32, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to using a telephone to commit a felony.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that James O'Neal Arthur, Jr., age 57, of North Augusta, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Possession of Child Pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252S(a)(5)(B). United States District...


News Release: Kenyen R. Brown, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama announced that Willie Richard Short, age 62, a resident of Loxley, Alabama, and George J. Welford, age 61, a resident of Gautier, Mississippi, entered guilty pleas today before United States District Judge Kristi K. Dubose to two federal offenses: conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate and foreign commerce, and conspiracy to launder the proceeds from the sale of the stolen polysilicon.


Lebanon Man Sentenced to 2½ Years For Illegal Possession of a Firearm

News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Lawrence Young, 54, of Lebanon, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 2½ years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Young pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2014.


News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for embezzling $410,000 from the bank where she was employed.


News Release: The University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the National Park Service and the National Geographic Society, look toward the 2016 National Park Service Centennial with “Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century," a summit initiating the science emphasis of the parks celebration. KQED is a media partner and Save the Redwoods is a key sponsor.


News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HECTOR NATAL, also known as “Boom" and “Boom Boom," 29, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S.


Henryetta Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Distribution

News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TRAVIS L. SMITH age 32, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Distribution of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).


Hearing Statement: “Toward a 21st Century Regulatory System”

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System". Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...