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

SACRAMENTO, California, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Admera Health LLC has agreed to pay the United States $5,389,648 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying commissions to third party independent contractor marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Admera will pay an additional $147,851 to individual states for claims paid to Admera by state Medicaid programs.  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release: A CDC Investigation Notice update regarding a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections has been posted at https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/delimeats-7-24/index.html. * * * Key Points: * Thirty-four people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 13 states. Thirty-three people hav  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * US Tank Painting faces $485K in penalties after employee suffers severe injuries in Bayville * * * BAYVILLE, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a New Jersey water tower painting company for three willful and 19 serious violations after finding the contractor failed to provide or install required safety equipment that would have prevented an employe  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 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Funding Will Benefit Communities Across Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York * * * NEW YORK - Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the Clean Corridor Coalition, led by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection , to receive a nearly $250 m  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: TRENTON, N.J. Hatzel & Buehler, Inc., a commercial electrical contractor with branch locations in eight states and the District of Columbia, will pay $500,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the company's New Jersey branch, the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, since at least Novembe  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Admera Health LLC (Admera) has agreed to pay the United States $5,389,648 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying commissions to third party independent contractor marketers in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). Admera will pay an additional $147,851 to individual states for claims paid to Admera by state Medicaid programs. Admera is a New Jersey-b  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 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned today in federal court in connection with attempting to provide material support to Hizballah, a designated foreign terrorist organization; engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries; and providing material support to terrorists. "We allege that in attempting to murder Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022, Hadi Mat  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

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia have reached an $863,934 civil settlement with certain substance use disorder treatment clinics serving patients from Virginia to resolve allegations that these clinics submitted false and fraudulent claims to the Medicaid program. The clinics - Crossroads Treatment Center of Petersburg P.C., ARS Treatment Centers of New Jersey P.C., Crossroads Treatment Ce  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

CAMDEN, New Jersey, July 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: A Burlington County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute more than two kilograms of cocaine in Burlington and Camden counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Orlando Ayala, 30, of Westampton, New Jersey, pleade  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 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $2.4 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) payments, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Mohamed A. Awad, 61, of Ocala, Florida, pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2023, before Judge Michael A. Shipp  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

BUFFALO, New York, July 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, engaging in an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and providing material support to terrorists. "We allege that in attempting to murder Salman Rushd  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The White House issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Today, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order creating a Presidential Emergency Board to help resolve an ongoing dispute between the New Jersey Transit Rail and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). The appointment of the Board is required under the Railway Labor Act because a party to the dispute has requested a Board. The Presidential Emergency Board will provide a structu  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- President Biden issued the following executive order on July 24, 2024: * * * Executive Order on Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate a Dispute Between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and Its Locomotive Engineers Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen A dispute exists between the New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and its Locomotive Engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. The dispute has no  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

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: New Jersey Becomes Next New State to Offer Free IRS Tax Filing Option in 2025 Under President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that New Jersey is the next new state to join IRS Direct File for Filing Season 2025. IRS Direct File was made possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which provided resources  more