BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: Initial efforts to clean polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from launch facilities at Malmstrom AFB are ongoing but seeing success, Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) announced today. The clean-up effort was ordered by AFGSC commander Gen. Thomas Bussiere after PCBs were detected on surfaces in launch facilities at all three of the command's missile wings during a survey by the   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Shelby Thurman, Air Force Global Strike Command More than 60 senior leaders from Major Commands, Numbered Air Forces, and Wings across the U.S. Air Force converged on Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to attend Air Force Global Strike Command's 2023 Air Reserve Component Summit on Aug. 29. The purpose of the event was to reaffirm the continuing relationship that AFGSC has w  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force F.E. Warren Air Force Base (90th Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Shelby Thurman, Air Force Global Strike Command More than 60 senior leaders from Major Commands, Numbered Air Forces, and Wings across the U.S. Air Force converged on Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to attend Air Force Global Strike Command's 2023 Air Reserve Component Summit on Aug. 29. The purpose of the event was to reaffirm the continuing rela  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Shelby Thurman, Air Force Global Strike Command More than 60 senior leaders from Major Commands, Numbered Air Forces, and Wings across the U.S. Air Force converged on Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to attend Air Force Global Strike Command's 2023 Air Reserve Component Summit on Aug. 29. The purpose of the event was to reaffirm the continuing relationship that AFGSC has with th  more

ANDERSEN AFB, Guam, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Eric E. Flores, Pacific Air Forces B-52 Stratofortresses assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, landed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, October 2023. Bomber Task Force missions demonstrate the credibility of U.S. forces to address a global security environment that is more diverse and uncertain than at any other time in recent history. Throughout this deploym  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: FLOWOOD, Miss. -- The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro placement event, offering a limited number of excess animals gathered from western rangelands, on November 2-4, at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center, 9030 S St Landry Avenue, Gonzales, Louisiana. "The BLM has placed more than 240,000 wild horses and burros into private care since 1971," said Southeaste  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force, removed Hilda Mirely Tobias, a 44-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, from the United States on Oct. 13. Tobias is wanted for aggravated terrorist organizations in El Salvador for h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans placed an immigration detainer on a twice-removed unlawfully present Honduran citizen arrested for homicide in Nashville. Kevin Castro Garcia, 31, was arrested Oct. 10 and booked into the Davidson County Jail by the Nashville Metro Police Department on criminal homicide charges for the death   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following order to show cause (FRN Nos. 0007900699; 009562364) on Oct. 26, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Best Country Broadcasting, LLC, Licensee of WBOX-FM, Varnado, Louisiana, and WBOX(AM), Bogalusa, Louisiana ORDER TO PAY OR TO SHOW CAUSE By the Chief, Media Bureau and the Managing Director, Office of Managing Director: I. INTRODUCTION 1. By this Order to Pay or to Show Cause, we initiate a proceeding   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news: AECOM, an architecture and engineering firm based in Dallas has agreed to pay $11.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly submitting false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the replacement of certain educational facilities located in Louisiana that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: A Louisiana man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for willfully failing to report and pay over the IRS employment taxes withheld from employees' paychecks. According to court documents and statements made in court, Julian Russ of Houma, was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Community Construction Company LLC, a pipeline-maintenance and construction company based in Hazelhurst,   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release: Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announces the selection and appointment of April Leon Johnson to First Assistant United States Attorney. Mrs. Johnson is the first woman and African American woman appointed to this title. The former First Assistant United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis is now Counsel to the United States Attorney. Mrs. Johnson has served as   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: AECOM, an architecture and engineering firm based in Dallas has agreed to pay $11.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly submitting false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the replacement of certain educational facilities located in Louisiana that were damaged by Hurricane  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on October 19, 2023, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo sentenced GLENN E. DIAZ, age 72, to 87 months in prison, for his role in leading a scheme to defraud First NBC Bank (FNBC), the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017. DIAZ, along with codefendants PETER J. "PETE" JENEVEIN, age 58, of Panama  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SIEDAH ELEY, age 31, a resident of Columbia, Maryland, was sentenced on October 25, 2023 to five (5) years of probation by United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 1  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DR. ALEX L. GLOTSER, age 36, a resident of Metairie, pled guilty on October 18, 2023, to defrauding Medicare out of approximately $5.6 million in connection with ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment ("DME") and Cancer Genetic Testing ("CGx"). GLOTSER pled guilty to a bill of information ch  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ALEJANDRO AGUILAR-RAMOS, a Mexican national, age 30, pleaded guilty as charged on October 17, 2023 to Count 1 of the indictment, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: RYAN P. MULLEN, age 42 and a resident of Jayess, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering before U.S. District Judge Jane Triche-Milazzo, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court documents, MULLEN conspired with DUANE DUFREN  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENNETH CHARITY ("CHARITY"), age 58, a resident of New Orleans, was sentenced on October 18, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Lance Africk to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud First NBC Bank (FNBC), the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017. According to court documents, from Februa  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on September 29, 2023, JOSHUA HOGAN, was indicted in a previously sealed indictment on four counts of distribution of fentanyl, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(C). The indictment was unsealed on October 18, 2023. In Counts 1 a  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: DAYSHAWN BROWN, age 39, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged on October 13, 2023 in a previously sealed ten-count indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The case was unsealed on October 16, 2023. According to the indictment, Counts 1 and 8 charge BROWN with distribution of quantities of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, Unite  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KING SANCHEZ, was sentenced today by the United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo for violations of the Federal Gun Control, the Federal Controlled Substances, and Hobbs Acts. SANCHEZ previously pled guilty to Count 1 of a superseding indictment, charging him with conspiracy to posses  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: RANDY HARROD, age 45, a resident of Trinity, Texas, was sentenced on October 26, 2023 by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to 108 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of methamp  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: BRIA PETERS, age 38, formerly of New Orleans, LA and now residing in Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty on October 18, 2023 to a one-count bill of information for making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) before U.S. District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. On  more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington, Oct. 26 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: The North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a live-fly air defense exercise, Amalgam Arrow, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. CST over southern Louisiana. Under the direction of the Continental U.S. NORAD Region and the Western Air Defense Sector, aircraft participating in the exercise include NORAD F-15 fighter aircraft and C  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 28 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: * * * Published on October 27, 2023 by Disaster Field Operations Center West * * * Small nonfarm businesses in four Arkansas counties, neighboring parishes in Louisiana and neighboring counties in Mississippi are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 28 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: * * * Published on October 27, 2023 by Disaster Field Operations Center West * * * Small nonfarm businesses in five Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Arkansas are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SHANIQUA PAGE WILSON, age 32, a resident of Odenton, Maryland, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1343. The charges stem from WILSON'S role in preparing and   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: On October 18, 2023, DAMION WILSON, age 23, was sentenced to serve a total of 87 months in the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons. On June 27, 2023, DAMION WILSON, was found guilty of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, maintaining a drug involved premises, and  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: CODY SHAUGHNESSY, age 38, was sentenced on October 18, 2023, after previously pleading guilty to a four-count indictment charging him with violating of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), respectively. As to the three charges for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and the one charge of possession with intent t  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Oct. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: A Louisiana man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for willfully failing to report and pay over the IRS employment taxes withheld from employees' paychecks. According to court documents and statements made in court, Julian Russ of Houma, was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Community Construction Company LLC, a pipeline-mainte  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: Six defendants have been indicted for their roles in a conspiracy that resulted in more than $240,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Renetta Golden-Larimore, 54, Tajona Manning, 31, and Tashawn Mayfield, 24, all of Kansas City, Mo., Camo  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: Fighter aircraft from the U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea conducted a trilateral escort flight of a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress Bomber operating in the Indo-Pacific, 22 Oct, 2023. U.S. F-16s from the 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing flew alongside Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-2s from the 8th Air Wing, and Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-15Ks from the 11th Wing.   more