CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 9 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael Honig, issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: A California man was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a bank fraud scheme resulting in approximately $1.3 million in losses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced. Adam D. Arena, 44, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden federal court to an indictment charging him with ban  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 7 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release on April 5, 2021: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man today admitted operating an illegal bitcoin exchange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. William Green, 53, of Wall, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty to Count 1 of an indictment charging him with operating an unlicensed money transmittin  more

JOINT BASE MCGURIE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 7 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: The Army Reserve's 38th Regional Support Group conducted annual training here in early March as part of MOBEX'21 to test the base's viability as a Mobilization Force Generation Installation. "The MFGI concept is in place to support the national defense strategy," explained Brig. Gen. Barry Edberg, deputy commanding general of the Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division and MFGI offi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Philadelphia District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District hosted Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, the 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for a visit to several project sites in Delaware and New Jersey on April 7, 2021. Spellmon visited two military construction projects at Dover Air Force Base and toured environmental remedia  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: A New Jersey man was arrested for assaulting several U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, as well as other crimes, during the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming Presidential election results. Christopher Joseph Quaglin, 35, of North Brunswick, Ne  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 5 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: Cabin ready! A KC-10 Extender crew with the 76th Air Refueling Squadron and maintainers from the 714th Aircraft maintenance Squadron returned home from a routine training mission Thursday. KC-10 pilot Captain Peter Schlech was the aircraft commander for the mission, which took off from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and stopped in Key West, Florida, and Colorado Sp  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: Cabin ready! A KC-10 Extender crew with the 76th Air Refueling Squadron and maintainers from the 714th Aircraft maintenance Squadron returned home from a routine training mission Thursday. KC-10 pilot Captain Peter Schlech was the aircraft commander for the mission, which took off from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and stopped in Key West, Florida, and Colorado Springs, Col  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: Employers are required by law to correct hazardous conditions at their workplaces, but a Trenton-based contractor failed to comply with this requirement when one of its employees suffered serious injuries after the roof beneath him collapsed. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Osman "Alex" Inestrosa - who operates using the name Lifetime Contractor Cor  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Kentucky office issued the following news release: NRCS and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands -- an area the size of New Jersey. In Kentucky, NRCS enrolled 6,002 acres, helping achieve this important conservation milestone. "The nation's farmers, ranchers and private landowners are critical to conserving our  more

ATHENS, Georgia, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Georgia office issued the following news release: NRCS and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands, and prime farmlands -- an area the size of New Jersey. In Georgia, NRCS enrolled 84,107 acres, helping achieve this important conservation milestone. "The nation's farmers, ranchers and private landowners are critical to conserving our nat  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Oregon office issued the following news release: NRCS and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands -- an area the size of New Jersey. In Oregon, NRCS enrolled 107,812 acres, helping achieve this important conservation milestone. "The nation's farmers, ranchers and private landowners are critical to conserving our nati  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Wisconsin office issued the following news release: NRCS and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands--an area the size of New Jersey. In Wisconsin, NRCS has enrolled 89,000 acres, helping achieve this important conservation milestone. "The nation's farmers, ranchers and private landowners are critical to conserving  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Montana office issued the following news release: NRCS and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands -- an area the size of New Jersey. In Montana, NRCS enrolled 282,091 acres, helping achieve this important conservation milestone. "The nation's farmers, ranchers and private landowners are critical to conserving our na  more

RENO, Nevada, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Nevada office issued the following news release: NRCS and private landowners have partnered to protect more than 5 million acres of wetlands, grasslands and prime farmlands -- an area the size of New Jersey. In Nevada, NRCS has enrolled 24,364.73 closed acres, helping to achieve this important conservation milestone. "The nation's farmers, ranchers and private landowners are critical to conser  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 9 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst team members were recognized during the 2020 Naval Innovative Science & Engineering (NISE) Outstanding Project of the Year Awards April 7, for successfully developing a Real Time Health Monitor for the Steam Catapult Low Loss Launch Valve (LLLV). The Steam Catapult LLLV is a critical component in regulating   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 6 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: This fall, many commercial and all federally permitted for-hire fishermen will be required to report electronically rather than using paper logbooks. This will increase reporting efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness of the fisheries data we use to manage fish stocks in our region. Some fishermen have already begun to use electronic reporting and are finding it easy to use.  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: U.S. Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons, commander, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), met with U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark D. Camerer, commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, April 2, while visiting Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The recent trip gave the combatant commander an opportunity to meet service members who are critical to USTRANSCOM  more