News published on Federal Newswire in March 2018

News from March 2018


Department of Energy Partners with NASA to Call for Transformative Energy Ideas

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today joined NASA in launching a new NASA iTech challenge, a competition inviting the nation’s top entrepreneurs and researchers to showcase their ideas for transformative energy concepts. The challenge seeks ...


Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.


Medina County man indicted for armed robbery of bank in Grafton

News Release: A Medina County man was indicted for the armed robbery of a bank in Grafton.


Chairman Royce Concludes Successful Visit to Taiwan

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after concluding a successful visit to Taiwan...


Inmate Imprisoned for Robberies is Charged with 2015 Robbery of North Fayette Township Jared Jewelry Store

News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An inmate who is now serving a prison sentence at FCI McKean has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of robbing a Pittsburgh-area Jared Jewelry store in 2015, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Charlotte, N.C. - A Bosnian Serb residing in North Carolina was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for his criminal conviction of obtaining a Permanent Resident Card (I-551), commonly referred to as a “green card," by making materially false claims and statements on his initial application for refugee status, which served as the basis for obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident status.


News Release: April 10 Ceremony Commemorates 2018 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - An Ohio man has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation with four months home detention on his conviction of interfering with the duties of a flight crew, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the announcement by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that FDA will pursue a new Nutrition Innovation Strategy to reduce the burden of chronic disease through improved nutrition...


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Shreveport Financial Planner, Houston Pastor for Defrauding Investors Out of More Than $1 Million

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging a Shreveport financial planner and a pastor of a Houston church of bilking investors out more than $1 million.


News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for distribution of heroin.


Department of Energy Partners with NASA to Call for Transformative Energy Ideas

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today joined NASA in launching a new NASA iTech challenge, a competition inviting the nation’s top entrepreneurs and researchers to showcase their ideas for transformative energy concepts. The challenge seeks to identify...


News Release: CHARLOTE, N.C. - Briana Shakeyah Johnson, 22, of Concord, N.C., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. to 156 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release on charges of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity (RICO) and murder in aid of racketeering, for her involvement in the murders of Douglas and Deborah London, announced U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray of the Western District of North Carolina.


FBI Announces $25,000 Reward for Information about a Serial Bank Robbery

News Release: FBI Announces $25,000 Reward for Information about a Serial Bank Robbery.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, - NAHUM VERDE-ORTIZ, age 39, a citizen of Honduras was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal use of a social security number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).


News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has announced that Georgia Bone & Joint (GBJ), Southern Bone & Joint a/k/a Summit Orthopaedic Surgery Center (Summit Surgery Center), Southern Crescent Anesthesiology, PC (SCA), Sentry Anesthesia Management, LLC (Sentry), and David...


Private Exporters Report Sales Activity for Unknown Destinations

Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 266,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.


Springfield Man Sentenced for Heroin Distribution

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for distribution of heroin.


Credit Repair Business Owner Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Tax Fraud

News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of JOSEPH ARNOLD MCGLYNN, JR., 33, former owner, CEO and President of McGlynn Marketing, LLC, d/b/a United Credit Consulting (“UCC"), to 30 months in prison for failing to account for and pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS"). MCGLYNN pleaded guilty on Nov. 28, 2017, and was sentenced earlier today before Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.


News Release: A Medina County man was indicted for the armed robbery of a bank in Grafton.