News from March 2026
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has awarded the 2025 Borlaug CAST Communication Award to Dr. David L. Ortega, a professor at Michigan State University, during a ceremony on March 3, 2026, at Madison Hall in the Library...
By C. M. Ingle | Mar 4, 2026
A man from Dubuque, Iowa, has been sentenced to 37 years in federal prison after being found guilty of distributing heroin and fentanyl that led to two overdose deaths in Marion in 2023.
By R. C. Jamison | Mar 4, 2026
The House Committee on Education and Workforce, chaired by Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), is scheduled to hold a markup session tomorrow at 10:15 a.m. The committee will consider eight bills that focus on addressing fraud, enhancing oversight,...
By C. M. Ingle | Mar 4, 2026
A Bronx resident, Michael Herrera, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By H. B. Edwards | Mar 4, 2026
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on the misuse of federal funds in Minnesota, focusing on alleged fraud in state-run social service programs.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 4, 2026
A 34-year-old member of the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips, Clarence Christopher Chambers, also known as Crazzi Chris, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for sex trafficking young teenage girls.
By C. M. Ingle | Mar 4, 2026
Gail Nossavage, a 62-year-old resident of Harding, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
By C. M. Ingle | Mar 4, 2026
Brian Martinez Rivera, 29, of Torrington, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison and four years of supervised release for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
A federal court has sentenced Shem Wayne Alexander, a 36-year-old from Port of Spain, Trinidad, to four years and nine months in prison for leading a conspiracy to smuggle firearms from the United States to Trinidad and Tobago.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 4, 2026
West Bloomfield residents Peter Valente and Angela Toma have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving more than $2.6 million in pandemic relief loans, according to an announcement from United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 4, 2026
Craig Stevens, a 34-year-old resident of Daytona Beach, has been sentenced to four years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
David Jones and D Jones Properties LLC have agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department that accused Jones of sexually harassing a female tenant in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
Three men from Ohio have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine across the Greater Cleveland area.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
U.S. authorities have announced the seizure of LeakBase, a major online forum used for buying and selling stolen data and cybercrime tools.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 4, 2026
Gregory Coleman III, a 29-year-old resident of Leesburg, Florida, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By R. C. Jamison | Mar 4, 2026
At a joint hearing of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees, Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) underscored the importance of veterans’ advocacy in achieving legislative progress.
By T. J. Graves | Mar 4, 2026
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) have introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
By H. B. Edwards | Mar 4, 2026
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, delivered an opening statement as the committee prepared to approve two bipartisan bills: the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 (S. 933) and...
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
A financial advisor has been found guilty of defrauding three professional basketball players out of more than $5 million.
By F. E. Simons | Mar 4, 2026
Steven A. Price, a dentist based in Washington, D.C., and Keidi C. Moore, a dental hygienist from Temple Hills, Maryland, were found guilty in U.S. District Court of conspiring to defraud the D.C. Medicaid program of $4 million.
