News published on Federal Newswire in March 2015

News from March 2015


Florida Man Sentenced for Mortgage Relief Scam

News Release: Earlier today, Jonathan L. Herbert, 36, of Lighthouse Point, Florida, was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for wire fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced.


News Release: SEATTLE - An Arlington dog kennel operator was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, and possession of counterfeit money.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Obama’s requested resignation of the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to all remaining members of the board concerning the board’s management and governance decisions.


Prescribed Burn Planned this Spring at Wind Cave National Park

News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. -Depending on weather and fuel moisture, fire crews at Wind Cave National Park plan to finish the last 1,000 acres of the Cold Brook Burn this April.


Galt Man Sentenced To Over 17 Years In Prison For Production Of Child Pornography

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tyler Jordan, 32, of Galt, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 17 and a half years in prison and a life-term of supervised release for production of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.


News Release: CONTACT: BARBARA BURNS. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gary R. Latray, 55, of Syracuse, NY, who was convicted of aggravated bank robbery, was sentenced to 77 months by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Assistant...


News Release: ATLANTA - Tasheen Raphael Pickett and Shedrick Giles have been arraigned on federal charges arising from the theft of personal property that was entrusted to them as they held themselves out to be professional movers. Pickett and Giles were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 10, 2015.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Obama’s requested resignation of the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to all remaining members of the board concerning the board’s management and governance decisions.


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - An Arlington, Texas, woman, whom the FBI believes is the “Black Hoodie Bandit," and responsible for a number of bank robberies in several Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex cities since November 2014, has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with bank robbery. John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Thomas M. Class, Sr., Special Agent in Charge of FBI Dallas, made today’s announcement.


In Push for Greater Transparency, Committee Leaders Question FCC on Server Move

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s work to relocate over 200 servers from Washington, D.C., to an offsite location in West Virginia. FCC Managing Director Jon Wilkins explained during testimony before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee on March 4 that the commission intends to move forward with these plans within “a couple of weeks."


Federal Court Sentences Defendant on Mail Fraud Charge

News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 27, 2015, Johna Loreen Vandemore, also known as Johna Volger and Johna Ratliff, age 34, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 18 months in prison, after pleading guilty to one count of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee member and Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Monday will bring the 21st Century Cures initiative to the Inland Northwest with a roundtable discussion at the Washington State University Spokane Campus. Patient advocates, innovators, ...



Port Angeles Man Forges Paperwork to Get Grandmother’s Federal Benefits Long After Her Death

News Release: Filed a Claim Falsely Reporting Grandmother Still Alive and Entitled to Benefits.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s work to relocate over 200 servers from Washington, D.C., to an offsite location in West Virginia. FCC Managing Director Jon Wilkins explained during testimony before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee on March 4 that the commission intends to move forward with these plans within “a couple of weeks."


Beneficial Insect Virus Gets Boost as Crop Pest Fighter

News Release: Common baking ingredients may offer a way to bolster the effectiveness of Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), a natural insect pathogen that's been commercially formulated to kill codling moth larvae-the proverbial worms in the apple (and pear, walnut and other orchard crops).


Sentencings for March 24 - 25, 2015

News Release: Eastern Shoshone Woman Sentenced for Voluntary Manslaughter.


Bipartisan Committee Leaders Address “Fundamental Breakdown” at Chemical Safety Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Obama’s requested resignation of the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to all remaining members of the board concerning the board’s management and governance decisions.


News Release: ATLANTA - Lockheed Martin Corporation (“Lockheed") has agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that it overbilled the government for fuel it used while manufacturing C-130 aircraft for the United States Air Force.


Sanford Felon Convicted of Firearm and Drug Offenses

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Eugene Chisolm (57, Sanford) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing cocaine and cocaine base (“crack") with the intent to distribute it. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty ...