FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Christopher Goulait, DLA Public Affairs * * * Editor's Note: This is one of five stories featuring 2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductees. An induction ceremony will be held 2 p.m. May 21 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The ceremony is open to all DLA employees; invitations are not needed. * * * Carol O'Leary made a name for herself tr  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 14 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force announced the recipients of the 2023 Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, May 8. Master Sgt. Keith T. Dison, flight chief of advanced geospatial intelligence analysis troop of the Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade, received the individual award, while the team award went to the Atomic Spark team, which is comprised of the   more

ABINGDON, Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: The leader of a wide-ranging methamphetamine conspiracy, who was incarcerated in Georgia at the time, pled guilty last week in U.S. District Court to federal drug charges. Christopher David Johnson, 46, pled guilty last week to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distributing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. At sentencing  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Davon Jamir Linder, 24, of Beckley, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on February 27, 2023, Linder sold a controlled substance containing methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Beckley. Linder admitted to the transaction. Linder is scheduled to be  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Che Dushon Lark, 48, of Charleston, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 6, 2020, law enforcement officers responded to reports of a vehicl  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Timothy Priddy, 49, of Buffalo, West Virginia, was sentenced today to one year of federal probation for making a false statement. Priddy admitted that he lied to federal investigators about the verification of invoices for COVID-19 testing that he certified for payment while an official with the West Virginia Department of Health and   more