BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one test re-entry vehicle from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System April 19 at 5:11 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force and Barksdale Air Force Base leaders are asking community members for input to determine if there is interest in establishing a local environmental Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). While Barksdale AFB has not identified any current environmental issues impacting the local community, RABs provide a forum for two-way communication between the community and  more

FALLON, Nevada, April 19 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: The Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 held a change of command ceremony on March 31, in Fallon, Nevada, marking the transition of command leadership. Cmdr. Timothy White, a native of Metairie, Louisiana, relieved Cmdr. Thomas Butts, a native of Erlanger, Kentucky, assuming all duties and responsibilities as the commanding officer. The ceremony began with Butts and White  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) St. Paul removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Guatemala for possessing an illegal firearm April 13. Jaime De Jesus Gomez Hernandez, 37, was flown from Eppley Airfield Airport in Omaha, Nebraska, to Alexandria International Airport  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) St. Paul removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for murder April 14. A flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit brought Orlando Orellana Calix, 38, from Eppley Airfield Airport in Omaha, Nebraska, to Alexandria Inter  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans removed an unlawfully present Nicaraguan wanted in El Salvador for arms trafficking. On April 13, Maximino Pichardo, a 37-year-old citizen of Nicaragua, was flown via an ICE Air operations charter flight from Alexandria International Airport in A  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced three separate settlements with natural gas processors that will require the companies to pay a combined $9.25 million in civil penalties and make improvements at 25 gas processing plants and 91 compressor stations. These settlements will reduce harmful air pollution and improve air quality in 12 state  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: QUINCY WHITE, age 43, a resident of Alabama, was sentenced on April 18, 2023 to 188 months imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Greg G. Guidry. WHITE had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more o  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment charging Hakeem Allen, age 27, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with distribution and possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin, clonazepam, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtheranc  more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that four defendants received lengthy sentences today for their participation in the trafficking of narcotics in the Lake Charles and Lafayette areas. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced two of the defendants in Lake Charles as follows: Christopher Wayne Jones, II  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown joins with the Department of Justice in announcing criminal charges against 18 defendants in 9 federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various fraud schemes involving health care services that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and allegedly resulted in over $4  more

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana, April 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, Brandon B. Brown, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: Louis Vernon Jackson, 38, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, was convicted by a federal jury late yesterday, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty presided over the four-day trial in Alexandria. Jackson was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, felon in possession of  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: KENDALL GILMER, JR., age 42, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on April 19, 2023 to 94 months imprisonment, 4 years of supervised release, and a $200 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. GILMER previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute fift  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: MELISSA J. WATSON ("WATSON"), resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was indicted on Friday, April 14, 2023, on one count of theft of public money, one count of wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to the indictment, WATSON schemed to misappropriate over $1.1 million in fu  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 20 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one test re-entry vehicle from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System April 19 at 5:11 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the United State  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 20 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one test re-entry vehicle from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System April 19 at 5:11 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that the Unit  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: LANCE STEVENS, age 27, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on April 20, 2023 before Chief U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to a six-count indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Gun Control Act and the Federal Controlled Substances Act. STEVENS was charged with two counts of drug trafficking in violation of 21 U.S.C.   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 22 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: The U.S. Marine Corps is set to host the formal activation ceremony of the service's first-ever Marine Innovation Unit and a co-located Defense Innovation Roundtable, to be held at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, on Friday, May 5, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST. The Marine Innovation Unit will be formally activated in accordance with military tra  more