News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

News from March 2015


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a five page proposed rule on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


FHWA Gives Green Light for New Mexico to Explore Innovative Contracting

News Release: Prequalification system to improve contractor performance


Rochester Man Admits Carrying Gun While Selling Drugs

News Release: Rochester, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jesus Velez, 21, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa, to felony charges of Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Possession of a Firearm During and in Relation...


Angela Davis Sentenced To Six Months In Prison Followed By Six Month Of Home Detention For Filing False Tax Returns

News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar. 4, 2015, Angela Davis, 39, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela Reeves, U.S. District Judge, to serve six months in prison followed by six months home detention, a year on supervised release and $61,276.00 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Davis pleaded guilty in July 2014 to a federal grand jury indictment charging her with filing false tax returns.


News Release: PACER Case Reference: 14-68. GREAT FALLS - Four members of a Brockton family were sentenced to federal prison terms today for their role in the embezzlement of over $130,000 from the Town of Brockton on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, the latest development in the ongoing probe into public corruption...


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mervin Hayah, 47, a member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 15 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for failing to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).


St. Thomas Man Indicted On Child Pornography Charges

News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment on March 5, 2015, charging Donnie W. Williams, 31, of St. Thomas with federal child exploitation offenses, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. The first three counts charge Williams with receipt of child pornography, and the last count charges him with possession of child pornography.


Alan Tikal Sentenciado A 24 Anos De Prision Por Liderar Un Fraude Masivo De Rescate De Ejecucion Hipotecaria

News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of California. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Jueves, 5 de marzo de 2015. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Benjamin B. Wagner, procurador federal del Distrito Oriental de California, informó que el Juez de Distrito Federal de los Estados Unidos, Troy L.


Chairman Bishop: Administration’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Relies On Same Stale Paradigms

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 5, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) submitted his opening for today’s oversight hearing for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s fiscal year 2016 budget proposal.


Additional Ms-13 Gang Member Indicted For Murder Of 19-Year-Old Man In Long Island

News Release: Defendant Lured Victim From Queens To Long Island And Then Shot Him, Believing Victim Was Cooperating With Law Enforcement.


Husband And Wife Arraigned On Charges Of Fraud And Money Laundering Related To Classic Car Scheme

News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Travis Allen Blount, Jr., aka Travis Allen, or Allen Blount, age 56, of Kirbyville, Missouri and his wife Sandra J. Blount, age 47, of Kirbyville, Missouri, each appeared separately this...


St. Petersburg Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to Prison

News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Octavius R. Henderson (35, St. Petersburg) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2014.


Colonel Charles Young 151st Birthday Event

News Release: Colonel Charles Young's 151st Birthday Commemoration.


News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On March 5, 2015, David Anthony Lavera, age 33, of San Diego, California, plead guilty to federal possession of child pornography charges before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ross Walters, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Sentencing has been scheduled for June 5, 2015, at 3:00 p.m., before Chief Judge John A. Jarvey at the United States Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa.


News Release: PITTSBURGH- Following the indictments of 40 defendants in October 2014, a grand jury last week issued additional and superseding indictments all relating to a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Homewood neighborhood Pittsburgh and other communities in the Greater Pittsburgh area. On Feb.