News published on Federal Newswire in March 2016

News from March 2016


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


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


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


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


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


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


FMCSA Orders Shutdown of North Carolina Trucking Company

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has ordered Hendersonville, North Carolina-based Leslie Erickson, doing business as Les’s Tree and Stump, Inc., USDOT No. 2512204, to immediately cease all intrastate and interstate operations after a federal investigation found the carrier to pose an imminent hazard to public safety. Leslie Erickson was served the federal order on March 8, 2016.


News Digest DOT 34-16

News Release: PHMSA Sets Final Rule on Reverse Logistics of Hazardous Materials to Distribution Centers. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) by adopting regulatory amendments applicable to the safe reverse logistics shipment of certain ...


Texas Bus Company Withdraws Its Appeal of FMCSA Shut-down Order

News Release: WASHINGTON – An Irving, Texas-based charter bus operation that illegally operated ten unsafe motorcoaches to transport perhaps as many as 500 passengers from Dallas to Philadelphia and back for Pope Francis’ September 2015 U.S. visit, has withdrawn its appeal of a Nov. 12, 2015, order by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to cease all interstate and intrastate operations as an imminent hazard to public safety.


Former Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced for Defrauding Investors and Obstructing the SEC

News Release: ATLANTA - Stanley J. Kowalewski has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for defrauding the investors in his former hedge funds and obstructing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) investigation into his activities.


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


News Release: Repeat Offender Sentenced to 121 Months for Possession of Child Pornography.



News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on March 25, 2016, Kenneth Lee Johnson, 33, of Lincoln, was sentenced to five years and 10 months, (70 months), in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Johnson will serve four years on supervised release.


Former Tallassee, Alabama, Assistant Police Chief Sentenced for Beating Suspect During Interrogation, False Statements to the FBI and Selling Drugs

News Release: Former Tallassee, Alabama, Assistant Police Chief Sentenced for Beating Suspect During Interrogation, False Statements to the FBI and Selling Drugs.


News Release: The co-owner of a sewage and plumbing business in Oakwood Village pleaded guilty this week to tax charges, law enforcement officials said.


News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio indicted 126 people on firearms charges last year.


Former D.C. Government Employee Pleads Guilty To Accepting Bribes in Scheme Involving Permits

News Release: Defendant Worked for D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.


News Release: ATLANTA - Robert E. Windsor, an Atlanta-area physician, has pleaded guilty to health care fraud for filing claims for surgical monitoring services he did not perform.