ABERDEEN, Maryland, July 24 -- Aberdeen Proving Ground issued the following news: By Rachel Ponder The career of Michael "Mike" Vetter, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command's director of logistics and engineering, or G4, was celebrated during a retirement ceremony at the Myer Auditorium June 24, 2024. He retired with 45 years of combined service. Selected as the G4 in April 2002, Vetter's major career accomplishment was the Base Realignment and Closure construction and relocation   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Housing Providers Allegedly Denied Rentals, Permitted Residents to Be Harassed Based on Disability, or Denied Reasonable Accommodations * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) today announced that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in eight additional cases alleging management companies and housing providers d  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Racing Commission today announced that the total handle for the Haskell Stakes held Saturday, July 20, 2024 at Monmouth Park set a Haskell day record. The total handle of $21,748,294 was nearly 2 percent larger than the previous record of $21,359,642, which was set last year. The Monmouth Park crowd of 38,976   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Global Ordnance,* Sarasota, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0001); High Noon Unlimited Inc.,* Holiday, Florida (W52P1J-21-D-0002); and Paramount Enterprises International Inc.,* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (W52P1J-21-D-0003), will compete for each order of the $189,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Trinitrotoluene. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and fundi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Fusion vessels have a Goldilocks problem: The plasma within needs to be hot enough to generate net power, but if it's too hot, it can damage the vessel's interior. Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are exploring ways to draw away excess heat, including several methods that use liquid metal. One possibility, say researchers at the U.S. Depar  more

ALBANY, New York, July 24 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following wrap up on July 23, 2024: * * * Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions * * * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate, and extract lost, injured, or distressed peo  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: NEW YORK - Today, in a significant investment to improve water infrastructure in New Jersey, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia, Shawn LaTourette, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and other dignitaries' broke ground for a major upgrade to the drinking water system serving the Township of Irvington, NJ. The  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Scammers Phoned American Seniors, Impersonated Attorneys to Steal Cash * * * Two residents of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, were extradited to the United States last week and made their initial appearance in Newark federal court yesterday on charges relating to their participation in a sprawling "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions o  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A grand jury returned a 22-count indictment charging Spencer Christjencody Gear, 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada, with threatening to assault and murder federal officials, including federal judges, and state employees in Washington, D.C., New York, New Jersey and Montana. "The citizens we rely on to serve the public must be able to do their jobs without fearing for their lives," said Attorney General Merrick B. G  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A New Jersey man was sentenced today to 40 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for committing a series of bias-motivated violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey. Dion Marsh, 29, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi to an information charging him with five counts of viola  more

PORTLAND, Maine, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: An Orange, New Jersey man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to burglarizing two Maine post offices and robbing at knifepoint two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers. According to court records, during a one-week period in January 2024, Winston McLeod, 31, and a coconspirator broke into the Paris and North Monmouth post offices and stole money ord  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Department of Transportation are part of a coalition selected by the EPA to receive more than $670 million in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance * * * PHILADELPHIA (July 22, 2024) - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: Jon Briceno, age 42, of Katy, Texas, pleaded guilty Friday, July 19, 2024, to conspiracy to commit money laundering, relating to his laundering of more than $8,751,523.07 in proceeds of various frauds, such as romance schemes and business email compromise schemes. The guilty plea was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland; Special Age  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: A Monmouth County, New Jersey, woman and her son from Mercer County, New Jersey, have admitted their roles in a years-long scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing military equipment parts that were not authorized under the governing contracts, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Linda Mika, 73, of Jackson, New Je  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: An Ocean County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 480 months in prison for a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division a  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Six South Carolina individuals have been sentenced for conspiring to illegally sell firearms, including nine handguns, in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Kendell McFadden, 31, of Florence, South Carolina, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in Newark federal court to 48 months in prison for hi  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 24 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on July 23, 2024: * * * "Today, I received a letter from Senator Bob Menendez informing me of his intention to resign effective August 20, 2024. "I will exercise my duty to make a temporary appointment to the United States Senate to ensure the people of New Jersey have the representation they deserve." * * * Original text here: https://nj.gov/governor/news/news/562024/approved/20240723a.shtml  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A New Jersey man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Gregory C. Yetman, 47, of Helmetta  more