WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: A New York woman pleaded guilty today to fraudulently destroying over 2,600 COVID-19 vaccines and issuing a corresponding number of fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination record cards. According to court documents, Kathleen Breault, 66, of Cambridge, a midwife at Sage-Femme Midwifery PLLC (Safe-Femme), an authorized COVID-19 vaccine administration site in Albany, New York, conspired to obstruct t  more

NAPLES, Italy, June 18 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: American, Dutch, and Spanish Sailors and Marines conducted simultaneous medical drills between time zones and geographic boundaries aboard their vessels across the Baltic Region, during exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS 24), June 14, 2024. The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), the Royal Netherlands N  more

ROCHESTER, New York, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Rasheem "Coop" Sullivan, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas E. Gregory, wh  more

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the conviction of RICARDO FERGUSON, a/k/a "Maybach," for the December 5, 2021, murder of Robert Brown, Sr. inside of the Aqueduct Park walkway in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. FERGUSON shot Brown in the head and attempted to steal crack   more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: On Thursday and today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Moeleek Harrell, Derrick Ayers, Franklin Gillespie and Anthony Kennedy on 21 counts of an eighth superseding indictment charging them variously with racketeering, murder, murder conspiracy, robbery, drug offenses, money laundering and bribery of state correction officers. The defendants  more

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON SKEET was sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle contraband to inmates at Rikers Island in exchange for bribes between January 2020 and June 2022. SKEET smuggled contraband, including marijuana, to inmates approximately 100 times du  more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Keith Wyche was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 40 years in prison for distribution of heroin and fentanyl causing the death of a Staten Island man, distribution of heroin causing the overdose of a Staten Island woman, conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, and dis  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Anthony Beverly, age 34, most recently of Syracuse, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman, Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investi  more

NEW YORK, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has filed a federal Fair Housing Act ("FHA") lawsuit against TOLL BROTHERS, INC. and TOLL BROTHERS REALTY TRUST (collectively, "TOLL BROTHERS"), relating to their failure to design and construct new apartment buildings so as to be acc  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Kylie Reeves, 31, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who ha  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57172) involving FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant, New York: * * * Facility: FitzPatrick Region: 1 State: NY Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-4 NRC Notified By: Ryan Perry HQ OPS Officer: Bill Nytko Notification Date: 06/13/2024 Notification Time: 17:12 [ET] Event Date: 06/13/2024 Event Time: 13:31 [EDT] Last Update Date: 06/13/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 26.719 -  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released enforcement actions taken against national banks and federal savings associations (banks), and individuals currently and formerly affiliated with banks the OCC supervises. The OCC uses enforcement actions against banks to require the board of directors and management to take timely actions  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued the following statement on June 17, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entering into resolution agreements with the University of Michigan and the City University of New York regarding Title VI of the of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI): "Hate has no place on our college camp  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued the following news on June 17, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced the resolution of all nine pending complaints against the City University of New York (CUNY), the CUNY Central Office (Central Office), and the following CUNY colleges and schools: Hunter College (Hunter), CUNY School of Law (the Law School), Brooklyn College (Brooklyn), Queens College (Queen  more