The private chauffeur who was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for stealing $34 million from Oregon-based publisher Win McCormack is making his third bid for early release — this time pointing to a commercial driver’s license he recently earned behind bars.
In early August, Sergey Lebedenko became one of the first four inmates at the federal prison in Sheridan to receive a commercial driver’s license through a special program coordinated with Chemeketa Community College. Inmates in the program are given furloughs to complete driver training in Salem.
A commercial driver’s license allows a person to drive buses and large trucks, and it can allow a driver to transport hazardous materials…