LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A member of a group law enforcement officials dubbed the "Chesapeake Bandits" was sentenced today to 166 months in federal prison for acting as a lookout in an armed robbery of an armored truck that netted the group more than $160,000 in cash and during which a handgun was fired. James Russell Davis, 35, of the West Adams neighborhood of Los A  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A Michigan man was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison for maliciously setting fires to six semi-trailers belonging to a major commercial trucking company in the Inland Empire and High Desert during a 10-month span. Viorel Pricop, 66, of Allen Park, Michigan, was sentenced by United States District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes, who also  more

FRESNO, California, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Jeremy Gober, 43, of Hanford, was sentenced to 46 months in prison Wednesday for committing health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Gober co-owned and co-operated Got Sleep Inc., which operated sleep clinics in Fresno and Orange Counties. Sleep clinics perform di  more

FRESNO, California, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against three men, Wendell Moton, 33, of Fresno, Donnie Hicks, 33, of Visalia, and McCael Marshall, 34, of Visalia, charging them with conspiracy to commit firearms trafficking and possession of a firearm by a felon, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court docume  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Alaska small businesses of the July 8, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by the Glacier Outburst Flooding in the City and Borough of Juneau that occurred Aug. 4 - 6, 2023. According to  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Washington small nonfarm businesses in Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Kitsap and Mason counties of the July 8, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: MAN FAI HO ("FAI HO"), age 61, of San Lorenzo, California, was sentenced on June 5, 2024 by United States District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo to thirty-three months imprisonment, a $10,000.00 fine, three years of supervised release, and a $100.00 mandatory special assessment fee after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to dist  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSres) -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA is moving forward with 10 studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars' surface back to Earth as part of the agency's Mars Sample Return Program. As part of this effort, NASA will award a firm-fixed-price contract for up to $1.5 million to conduct 90-day studies to seven industry proposers. Additionally, NASA centers, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and Jo  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected Amentum Services Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to provide program, science, engineering, operations, and project management support at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 contract is a single award, hybrid contract, consisting of cost-plus-fixed-fee core requirements and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders. With a  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Laboy, age 40, of Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 9 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for his role in a multi-million dollar marijuana ring. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Laboy previous  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in 38 counties following the amendment to President Biden's May 23 major disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding that occurred April 26 - June 5, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Gu  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's U.S. Space Command issued the following news: A U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team played an important behind-the-scenes role in supporting the Air Force's Glory Trip-249, June 4, and GT-250, June 6. Two unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, during Air Force Global Strike Command's operational test and impacted in a pre-established targe  more

TACOMA, Washington, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A 28-year-old California man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 66 months in prison and four years of supervised release for dealing fentanyl, laundering drug money, and arranging for people to be smuggled across the U.S. Mexico border, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Andre Jackson was identified as a key distrib  more