News from March 2022

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned witnesses on approximately how much fraud has occurred as a result of pandemic spending, how much can be recovered, and what more can be done to recover improper payments.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the North 5th Street Groundwater Contamination site in Goshen, Indiana will be added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) of contaminated sites that pose significant human health and environmental risks.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the winners of two national competitive efforts to support transitions to cleaner school buses: the 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARP) Electric School Bus Rebates, and the 2021 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) School Bus Rebates.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) recently completed the sixth major core overhaul of the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR).

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.4 million in funding for three projects to advance novel thermal and hydrogen energy storage technologies toward increased duration, reliability and affordability.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today promoted Katelynn Thorpe to serve as the Committee’s Communications Director.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
DeLauro Statement on Senate Confirmation of Shalanda Young as OMB Director

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Romanian national, who traveled to the United States and participated in an ATM skimming conspiracy, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Sherwood woman was sentenced today for bank fraud and theft of government funds. Kelli Hogue, formerly known as Kelli Cashion, 59, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A San Antonio man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for stealing mail and cashing fraudulent checks.According to court documents, Zachary Wayne Crowell, 35, was part of a group who broke into mailboxes to steal checks, credit cards, identification documents, bank statements and other financial statements.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Presque Isle woman was sentenced today in federal court for passing counterfeit money, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former Oregon Department of Corrections employee with sexually assaulting a dozen female inmates while serving as a nurse at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF), Oregon’s only women’s prison.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Glen Taormina, age 46, of Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A Warwick woman who is alleged to have (1) fraudulently claimed to be a wounded United States Marine Corps (USMC) veteran and recipient of a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, and (2) schemed to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in veteran benefits and charitable contributions, was arrested today by federal agents and made her initial appearance in federal court in Providence, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
United States Attorney Dennis R.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
A resident of Isabella, PA waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerald Ungerer, age 34, formerly of Milford, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 11, 2022, to twenty years’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for the charge of production of child pornography.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Spencer, Iowa, man convicted of Production of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 11, 2022, and a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Sex Trafficking of a Child was sentenced on January 31, 2022.

By Press release submission | Mar 22, 2022
United States Attorney Dennis R.