PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Philadelphia District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Norfolk Dredging Company for $14 million to conduct periodic nourishment of the Brigantine dune and berm Coastal Storm Risk Management project. The project is a joint effort between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the City of Brigan  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release: In support of the Biden-Harris administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project offshore New Jersey, which could power up to a half million homes with clean renewable energy. "BOEM continues to make   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: Eric Michael Jaklitsch, 40, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was sentenced today to six years and nine months in prison for two related COVID-19 fraud cases, one case alleging wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in California and the other case alleging wire fraud in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. "This defenda  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: A Dominican National, who has resided in both Rhode Island and New Jersey, today admitted to a federal court judge in Providence that he participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy that trafficked cocaine into Rhode Island via the U.S. Postal Service, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Patri Hiciano Felix,  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: The Justice Department announced today that it has secured a settlement agreement with Infosoft Solutions Inc., a New Jersey IT recruiting and contracting company operating as KForce Tech LLC. The settlement resolves the department's determination that Infosoft violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by posting six discriminatory job advertisements that solicited applications only   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and required to pay a $10,000 fine for agreeing with others to physically assault inmates for actual, perceived and fabricated violations of the prison's rules and customs in a manner that resulted in injury to the inmates. John Makos, 42, of Millville, Ne  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for agreeing with others to physically assault inmates for actual, perceived and fabricated violations of the prison's rules and customs in a manner that resulted in injury to the inmates. John Makos, 42, of Millville, New Jersey, p  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: A businessman and former resident of Utah has been charged with illegally operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Christopher James Scanlon, 43, originally from Utah and now residing in the United Kingdom, is charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to control and own an u  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: An Essex County, New Jersey, man admitted that he attempted to kill a former federal informant by shooting him, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Kalil Bryant, 40, of East Orange, New Jersey pleaded guilty on May 23, 2023, before U.S. District Judge John Michael Vazquez in Newark federal court to two counts of an indictment cha  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for drug trafficking and firearms possession in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tyree Thomas, aka "Hellboy," 29, of Irvington, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to nine count  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: A Virginia man who previously pleaded guilty to insider trading admitted engaging in another insider trading scheme that netted millions of dollars in illegal profits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Sean Wygovsky, 42, of Centreville, Virginia, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner on May 25, 2023, to a  more

BROOKLYN, New York, May 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, United States District Judge Joanna Seybert sentenced William Junior Maxwell II, who is the rap artist known as "Fetty Wap," to six years' imprisonment and five years of post-release supervision for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. On March 7, 2023, Judge Seybert sentenced Maxwell's co-defendant A  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on May 22, 2023: A Dominican National, who has resided in both Rhode Island and New Jersey, today admitted to a federal court judge in Providence that he participated in a drug trafficking conspiracy that trafficked cocaine into Rhode Island via the U.S. Postal Service, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Patri Hiciano Felix, 25, admitted th  more

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, May 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed two new technologies that enhance screening capabilities of travelers and their belongings at the Atlantic City International Airport security checkpoint. New credential authentication technology (CAT) units and four computed tomography scanners are now in use at the airport's chec  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the "Service"), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, (the "Trustees"), have opened a 30-day public comment period on the Draft Floodplain, Riparian, and Wetlands Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment (RP/EA) for proposed ecological restoration associated wit  more