NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as "D-Nice" and "Israel Mandosa," 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: CARLISLE, Pa. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kathryn Isom-Clause traveled to Carlisle, Pennsylvania today as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. Launched in June 2021 by Secretary Haaland, the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative is the first comprehensiv  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL has awarded and is currently managing 16 regional direct air capture (DAC) Hub projects throughout the country, putting into use the technologies developed by the Lab and partner organizations to address climate change. Following the selection of 14 feasibility (TA-1) and 5 design (TA-2) phase DAC Hub projects by NETL and the Office of Fossil Energy and Carb  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: A resident of Blaine, Minnesota, has been sentenced in federal court to six months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release that includes in-home incarceration for the first 180 days, on his conviction of embezzlement and theft of union assets, and falsification of financial records required to be kept by labor unions  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Maneesh Ailawadi, MD, has agreed to pay $45,000 plus interest to resolve False Claims Act allegations that he caused the submission of false claims by submitting inappropriate claims to Medicaid and Medicare by improperly billing esophagogastroduodenoscopies ("EGDs") on bariatric patients at t  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wendell Freeman, age 30, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and ammunition charges. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment alleges that in September 2024, Freeman distr  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rhonda Rochelle Canidate, age 48, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to a two-count criminal information charging her with wire fraud and money laundering, in connection with a scheme to embezzle fun  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Naquann Simmons, age 30, of New York, New York, Eva Kelly Smith, age 31, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Eugene David Deininger, age 50, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Akilees Kadeem Hobson, age 26, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, and Armand Kierran Hobson, age 27 of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Kara  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Kyle McLemore, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III to 120 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $300 special assessment for selling illegal firearms from South Carolina on the street  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Walter T. Ham IV COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. military's premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command trained Sept. 16 - 20 with nearly 300 personnel from 52 Federal, state, local and private industry partners during "Exercise Toxic Buckeye" in Ohio and West Virginia. Army civilian employees from the U.S. Army 20th CBRNE Command conducted an accident-response exerci  more