WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Champlain arrested an individual wanted out of the state of Georgia for failure to appear on negligent vehicular manslaughter. On April 14, CBP officers encountered a 30-year-old woman with Canadian citizenship. During the examination process, CBP officers discovered that the travel  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 4 is announcing the 2024 Pollution Prevention (P2) Recognition Program. EPA Region 4 encourages Tribal, nonprofit and for-profit organizations that have adopted innovative P2 practices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Tribal lands within the boundaries of Region 4 to apply. "EPA's  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Florida attorney has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for participating in a scheme to illegally obtain funding from a federal COVID-19 small business relief program. Shaquandra Woods, 41, of Jacksonville, Fla., was sentenced to 75 months in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for th  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: ST. MARYS, Georgia -- An Indian national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away at the Southeast Georgia Health System's Camden Campus in St. Mary's on April 15. An autopsy is pending to determine the official cause of death. Jaspal Singh, 57, a citizen of India, entered the United States legally on Oct. 25, 1992. On Ja  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Three individuals were indicted for their roles in fraudulently obtaining approximately $5 million of federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and for laundering the loan proceeds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Eric Rivera, 42, of Norcross, Georgia, is charged with one count of b  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the selection of Rick Clark as superintendent of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Clark begins working at the park April 21. "We are pleased to welcome Rick back to the southeast region and Gulf Islands National Seashore," said Mark Foust, NPS South Atlantic-Gulf regional director. "His experience managing  more