JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 12 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Shawn Morris, 99th Readiness Division Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, hosted the Army Reserve's Yearly Training Brief here May 4-7. The YTB's purpose was to give Army Reserve unit command teams an opportunity to update their higher headquarters on their units' status, and to discuss future plans to imp  more

NEW YORK, May 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on May 10, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - April 2023": * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.1 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Willia  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 9 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a year-long national operation, "Operation Last Mile," targeting operatives, associates, and distributors affiliated with the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels responsible for the last mile of fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution on our streets and on social media. DEA's top operation  more

LYNDHURST, New Jersey, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Advantix Logistics Corp., owner held liable for violations of federal wage laws * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in a federal court in New Jersey to recover $910,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 289 employees of a Lyndhurst staffing agency whose pay practices deprived them of hard-earned overtime wages. The court action fo  more

NEW YORK, May 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on its proposed cleanup plan to use a process called chemical oxidation to address recently discovered 1,4 dioxane groundwater contamination at the Monitor Devices, Inc./Intercircuits, Inc. Superfund site in Wall Township, New Jersey. A 30-day public comment period for the proposed plan begins May 11, 2023. EPA will hos  more

NEW YORK, May 9 (TNSawa) -- The FBI Newark Field Office issued the following news release: * * * FBI Newark presented the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award to the Anti-Defamation League of New York/New Jersey at a reception Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at the Jewish Museum in New York City. The ADL NY/NJ has a long history of collaborating with community leaders, government officials and law enforcement to strengthen communities, fight hate, violence, and advocate for change. Scott Richman,   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a proposed consent decree with Union County, New Jersey, and county elections officials to settle a voting rights lawsuit. The proposed consent decree was filed in federal court in conjunction with a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department. The department's lawsuit brings claims under Section 203 and 208 of the Voting Rights A  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:20-cv-12523; D.N.J. filed Sept. 10, 2020) involving RRBB Asset Management LLC, et al.: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on May 9, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey entered a final judgment against Carl S. Schwartz, the president, co-owner and managing member of RRBB Asset Management, LLC. The Commission's complaint, filed on Septembe  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael F. Easley Jr., issued the following news release: Abdul Sanderlin, 29, of Onslow County, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in multiple states. According to court documents, evidence presented in court, and other documents, the Onslow County Sheriff's Office received information that Sanderlin was involved in the distribution of narcotics between   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: An Essex County, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning for his involvement in a scheme that obtained more than $4 million in government funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Gbenga Akinbode, 33, of Newark, New Jersey, is scheduled to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jessica S. Allen in Newark federal court and was relea  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: An Essex County, New Jersey man was convicted today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Selling announced. Furad Loyal, 41, of Newark, was convicted at trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court on three counts of th  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: A Chicago man was arrested today and charged in an investment fraud scheme that defrauded victims of over $2 million, a U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Phillip Galles, 57, of Chicago, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. Galles made his initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuent  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 10 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, posted the following news release on May 9, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a proposed consent decree with Union County, New Jersey, and county elections officials to settle a voting rights lawsuit. The proposed consent decree was filed in federal court in conjunction with a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department. The Department's lawsuit brings claims u  more

NEW YORK, May 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ONEKEY, LLC, a New Jersey construction company, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $218,417 fine and its principal, FINBAR O'NEILL, was sentenced to three months in prison today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison, fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will commission its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), during a 10:00 a.m. EDT ceremony on Saturday, May 13, in Key West, Florida. Rear Admiral Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command and Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, will deliver the commissioning ceremony's principal address. Remarks will also be provided by  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Navy will commission its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), during a 10:00 a.m. EDT ceremony on Saturday, May 13, in Key West, Florida. Rear Admiral Cynthia Kuehner, Commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command and Director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, will deliver the commissioning ceremony's principal address. Remarks will also be provided by the Honorable Do  more

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: A Blackwood, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for being the supplier in a drug conspiracy that stretched from New Jersey to Maryland to West Virginia. Aquilino Javier Lorenzo-Rivera, 39, previously pled guilty to distribution of fentanyl. Lorenzo-Rivera admitted that he distributed nearly 34 grams of acetyl fe  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: As part of the process mandated by the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will conduct five-year status reviews of 67 endangered or threatened fish, wildlife, and plants. These species are found primarily in the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but are also known to occur in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Mas  more