WILMINGTON, Delaware, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced today that a Bear, DE man pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with obtaining a Payroll Protection Plan ("PPP") loan. According to court documents, Michael Coleman, 43, a former Sergeant with the Wilmington Police Department, pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining a $150,000 PPP   more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware announced that a Delaware man was sentenced on Monday to 135 months in federal prison following a jury conviction in August 2023. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly presided over the trial and pronounced the sentence. The jury found that James Richard Smith III, age 46 of Wilmington, D  more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Amanda Jett, 436th Airlift Squadron The 3rd Airlift Squadron spearheaded the testing of a new C-17 Globemaster III combat offloading procedure known as Method C, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, January 23, 2024. Method C allows aircrews to safely deliver palletized cargo off the aft ramp without the use of forklifts or other types of aircraft cargo hand  more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Roland Balik, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The 436th Force Support Squadron Manpower and Organization Flight was the recipient of two 2023 Air Mobility Command General Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. Manpower Management Engineering Awards. The Manpower and Organization Flight won the Team of the Year award for the third consecutive year. The award recognizes one team whose   more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Roland Balik, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs About a dozen C-5M Super Galaxy pilots and flight engineers assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron conducted Fleet Launch Under Severe Hazards or FLUSH checklist training on Jan. 29, 2024. The C-5M FLUSH checklist is designed for an aircrew to launch the Super Galaxy from a 'no power on' or 'dark' status to an all four engines  more

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force's Joint Base Langley-Eustis issued the following news: By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte, 633d Air Base Wing Public Affairs In a display of mutual respect and collaboration, JBLE leadership welcomed members and representatives of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Delaware Nation, Nansemond Indian Nation, and the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, for its annual government-to-government Tribal Consultation, Joint Base Langley-Eusti  more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Jeremy Larlee, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The T-tail of a C-5 M Super Galaxy aircraft extends a towering 65 feet in the air, a height that can make performing maintenance a difficult and dangerous task. Team Dover in cooperation with a civilian aviation company tested out a drone program for an autonomous aircraft inspection project in a hangar on Dover AFB, Jan. 22  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved a complaint of antisemitic harassment of a student filed against the Red Clay Consolidated School District in Delaware in June 2023. The district entered into an agreement to ensure it complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when responding to discrimination based on race, color, and national origin, including anti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information regarding the shooting of a bald eagle in Clayton, Delaware, in violation of federal laws. The bald eagle is federally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. On the morning of November 9, 2023, an injured adult bald eagle was found a  more