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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Tuesday April 16, 2024 ( 6 items )  

NETL Environmental Engineer Nets Prestigious Carnegie Mellon University Service Award
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's Natalie Pekney, Ph.D., was awarded the Carnegie Mellon University Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department's Lieutenant Colonel Christopher K. Raible Distinguished Public Service Award during an alumni event held April 13 in Pittsburgh. The award recognizes alumni of CEE who have made significant contributions in military service or through   more

NRC Issues Event Notification for Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant, Pa.
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57075) involving Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant, Pennsylvania: * * * Facility: Beaver Valley Region: 1 State: PA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP,[2] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: James (Jake) Davis HQ OPS Officer: Thomas Herrity Notification Date: 04/13/2024 Notification Time: 03:55 [ET] Event Date: 04/13/2024 Event Time: 00:35 [EDT] Last Update Date: 04/13/2024 Emergency Class: Non Em  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Former Owner of Philadelphia CDL School Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Bribing CDL Examiner and Witness Tampering
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Vladimir Tsymbalenko, 53, the former owner of Vlad's CDL School in Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 57 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $5,000 fine by United States District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl for bribing a Commercial Driver's License examiner to p  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Four Charged With Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jamie Smicherko, age 27, of Avoca, Pennsylvania, Patrick Russin, age 54, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, Ryan Medar, age 36, of Jenkin Township, Pennsylvania, and Carlos Laurel, age 45, of White Haven, Pennsylvania, were indicted on April 9, 2024, by a federal grand j  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Prison for Torture and Illegally Exporting Weapons Parts and Related Services to Iraq
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 70 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for torturing an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and for the illegal export of weapons parts and related services. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ross Roggio, 55, of Strou  more

TSA Intercepts 2 Guns in 4 Days at Pittsburgh International Airport
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers intercepted two firearms in the last four days. This morning (April 15), a Franklin, Pa., man was caught with a gun and on Friday, April 12, an Ohio man was also caught with a firearm. The Franklin, Pa., man was caught with a .380 handgun loaded with seven bullets. The O  more