News published on Federal Newswire in April 2016

News from April 2016


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


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


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


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


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


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


SAFETY PARTNERS WORK TO END DISTRACTED DRIVING

News Release: INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), California Highway Patrol (CHP), the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and Impact Teen Drivers (ITD) joined together for the national ...


FMCSA Orders Lyons Limousine to Shut Down

News Release: Wisconsin-based company repeatedly used underaged and unqualified commercial drivers


News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss keeping U.S. citizens safe here at home and abroad after the recent terror attack in Brussels, Belgium. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...


News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mission Hills, Kan., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to impeding the work of the IRS by lying under oath about her Cayman Islands businesses.


OSHA finds workers at Ohio lawn and garden machine manufacturerexposed to excessive noise, lacked hearing protection; other hazards

News Release: Employer name: MTD Consumer Group. Inspection site: 979 South Conwell Ave., Willard, Ohio. Citations issued: March 23, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Toledo Area Office cited MTD Consumer Group for one willful, one serious and...


Cape Cod Drug Traffickers Arrested And Charged

News Release: BOSTON - Thirteen individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms charges following an investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. Three face state first-degree murder charges following a State Police and Barnstable Police investigation led by District Attorney Michael O’Keefe.


Former Deere Employee Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering

News Release: Rock Island, Ill. - A former employee of Deere and Company appeared in federal court today on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Harvey Ulfers, 62, Cedar Falls, Iowa, appeared before U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow in Rock Island. Trial has been scheduled for June 6, 2016. Ulfers was allowed to remain on bond pending trial. The indictment was returned on Mar. 22, 2016, but remained sealed pending Ulfers’ court appearance.


El Paso, Texas Man Pleads Guilty in New Mexico to Federal Drug Trafficking Charge Arising from Seizure of Almost Six Pounds Of Heroin

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


News Release: Three charged with murder by state.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Leon F. Tejada, 51, of Providence, former owner of El Centro Multiservices, a tax preparation service in Providence, and a former member of the Providence City Council and Rhode Island General Assembly, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for devising and executing two tax fraud schemes to steal tax refunds monies from 76 taxpayers whose tax returns he prepared and filed, and from the IRS.


Former Oregon Resident Sentenced to Prison for Role in One Million Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme

News Release: WASHINGTON - A former resident of Portland, Oregon was sentenced to 37 months in prison today for her role in a tax refund fraud scheme, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.


U.S. Attorney’s office co-sponsors Indianapolis job and resource fair

News Release: Previously incarcerated individuals get a second chance at gainful employment.


Morgantown woman pleads guilty to role in Detroit to WV heroin trafficking operation

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Debra Bolden, 46, of Morgantown, West Virginia, pled guilty to heroin trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Thomas P. Cortez, of College Point, New York and Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to failing to register as a sex offender.