MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Sean Evans, 514th Air Mobility Wing During the May Unit Training Assembly, the 514th Air Mobility Wing's First Sergeant Council and Top 3 Council organized a Blues Exchange drive at the McGuire Chapel at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on May 5, 2024. The drive is designed to assist Airmen of the Freedom Wing donate dress blue uniform items they no longer use and ex  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-141) on May 7, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New Jersey Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communications   more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 7 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Sean Evans, 514th Air Mobility Wing It's not every day a member of the President's cabinet visits Airmen to discuss career trajectory options. The Honorable Dr. Kimberly A. McClain, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, visited the Airmen of the 514th Air Mobilit  more

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, New Jersey, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Primetime Construction LLC, subsidiary commit to enhanced corrective measures * * * Two related North Jersey construction contractor companies - Primetime Construction LLC and its subsidiary Primetime Contractors LLC of Paterson - have agreed to pay $215,000 in penalties and undertake several significant safety measures to resolve numerou  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, May 11 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Three teams from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst tested their entrepreneurial skills on May 1 for the site's first Spark! Tank Ignites event. Building on the success of a similar event last year at NAWCAD Patuxent River and based on the television show Shark Tank, the teams pitched projects that need funding to continue development. The j  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A California man was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for conspiring to unlawfully sell firearms and methamphetamine via the internet, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Angelo Chavez, 24, of Manteca, California, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count each of conspiracy to unla  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: A chief engineer employed by a Greek shipping company today admitted charges related to the discharge of oily waste into the sea from a commercial vessel near a petroleum terminal in Sewaren, New Jersey; he and a second engineer also admitted concealment of pollution from that vessel through the falsification of records, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: Four Bergen County, New Jersey, residents were arrested for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Ernesto Adon Martinez, 38, Luis Arismedy Gomez Torres, 28, and Deury Luis Gomez Torres, 25, all of Fort Lee, New Jersey, are each charged by complaint with one count of c  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: A New Jersey doctor was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for participating in a health care fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Muhammad Mirza, 51, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one co  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to possession of cocaine and fentanyl with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Kedwin Ramon Then Gutierrez, 35, of Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O'Hearn in Camden federal court to an information charging him with one count of possession of cocai  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Justice Department unsealed charges today against a Russian national for his alleged role as the creator, developer, and administrator of the LockBit ransomware group from its inception in September 2019 through the present. At times, LockBit was the most prolific ransomware group in t  more

NEW YORK, May 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New York District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is excited to announce its upcoming virtual public meeting aimed at gathering feedback on the Interim Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) Update for the Port of New York and New Jersey. Scheduled for Monday, May 20, 2024, there are two sessions from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern Time, the event serves as a platfor  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57103) involving Hope Creek Nuclear Plant, New Jersey: * * * Facility: Hope Creek Region: 1 State: NJ Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Daniel White HQ OPS Officer: Sam Colvard Notification Date: 05/03/2024 Notification Time: 11:56 [ET] Event Date: 05/03/2024 Event Time: 04:11 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/03/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on May 7, 2024, by spokesperson Matthew Miller: * * * The Department of State is announcing a reward offer under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev for participating in, conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in transnational organized cybercrime as a le  more