PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- 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 Agate Construction Co., Inc. for $2.6 million to conduct periodic nourishment work at Oakwood Beach in Salem County N.J. This project is a joint effort of the Army Corps Philadelphia District and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The contract calls for trucking in and p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Oct. 17, 2023, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announcing a pattern or practice investigation of the city of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department: * * * My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. I am joined by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, who serves here in the District of New Jersey. Today, the Justice Depar  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on Oct. 17, 2023, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the Boston Metropolitan Area - 2021-22": * * * Households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, metropolitan area spent an average of $89,795 per year in 2021-22, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that this figure was signific  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on Oct. 17, 2023, entitled "Consumer Expenditures in the New York Metropolitan Area - 2021-22": * * * Households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area spent an average of $83,064 per year in 2021-22 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that this figure was   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: Three Sacramento family members pleaded guilty today to charges related to their participation in a nationwide catalytic converter theft conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Brothers Tou Sue Vang, 32, and Andrew Vang, 28, and their mother Monica Moua, 58, all pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport stolen catal  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's New Jersey Division issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: A New Jersey real estate investor and influencer was arrested today for committing a multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) New Jersey Field Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Cesar Humberto Pina, 45, of Fra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * FTC, New Jersey say that the for-profit school attracted consumers by falsely touting relationships with prominent employers and inflating job placement rates * * * Sollers College and its parent company, Sollers Inc., have been ordered to cancel $3.4 million in student debt to resolve separate charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the state of New Jersey that said the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Trenton, New Jersey, and the Trenton Police Department (TPD). The investigation will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations of the Consti  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * P&B Partitions Inc. underpaid 61 employees, allegedly fired two workers for exercising their rights * * * A federal court in Boston has entered a consent judgment ordering a New Jersey-based framing contractor to pay 61 construction employees $283,492 in back wages and liquidated damages and $46,507 in punitive damages to two former employees, allegedly fired for coo  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department (TPD). The investigation will seek to determin  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: A New Jersey real estate investor and influencer was arrested today for committing a multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Cesar Humberto Pina, 45, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of wire fraud. He appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward S.  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars stolen from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced. Malik Baker, 29, of Vauxhall, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEWARK, NJ. - A New Jersey real estate investor and influencer was arrested today for committing a multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) New Jersey Field Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Cesar Humberto Pina, 45, of F  more