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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Wednesday July 03, 2024 ( 11 items )  

22nd Air Refueling Wing Builds Airbridge in Support of Project Magellan
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By A1C Gavin Hameed, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs The 22nd Air Refueling Wing exhibited their ability to explode into theater by coordinating with three military bases around the world to preposition several of the wing's tankers in support of Project Magellan, the world's first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation flight from J  more

DEA-St. Louis: Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release: The owner of an Olathe, Kansas, business pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in a money-laundering conspiracy to transfer the proceeds of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking to Mexico. A Kansas City, Mo., woman also pleaded guilty to her role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy. Ana Lilia Leal-Martinez, 48, a citizen of Mexico residi  more

DEA-St. Louis: Drug Trafficking Organization Member Sentenced for 8 Felony Counts
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri, man who sold fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine base to a decade in prison. Byron Green, 29, pleaded guilty in March to eight felony counts: a fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine distribution charge, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine,  more

DEA-St. Louis: Northwest Missouri Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 3 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release: A Newtown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri and to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to nine years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Coltrain t  more

Justice Department Secures Agreement With Kansas School District Regarding School Discipline, Law Enforcement and Seclusion and Restraint
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement (https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1358961/dl) to resolve the department's investigation into race and disability discrimination in Wichita Public Schools, Kansas' largest school district. Under the settlement, the district will revise practices to prevent discrimination in discipline and referrals of students to law enforcement, end the use of se  more

Justice Dept.: Vice President of Kansas Company Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Avionics Equipment to Russia and Russian End Users
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Defendant Pleads Guilty to Numerous Export Control and Money Laundering Violations Douglas Edward Robertson, 56, of Olathe, Kansas, the former vice president of KanRus Trading Company Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a years-long conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by filing false export forms with the U.S. government and, after Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in Febr  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Drug Dealer Sentenced to a Decade in Prison
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Tuesday sentenced a St. Louis County, Missouri man who sold fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine base to a decade in prison. Byron Green, 29, pleaded guilty in March to eight felony counts: a fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine distribution charge, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession  more

Mo. U.S. Attorney: Newtown Man Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking in Northwest Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release: A Newtown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri and to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. Lucas Ryan Coltrain, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to nine years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Coltrain to forfeit   more

State Dept.: Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition - 'We Live in Painting - The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art'
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of State has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2024, entitled "Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: 'We Live in Painting: The Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art'." The notice was issued by Nicole L. Elkon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. * * * SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinatio  more

Surface Transportation Board: 4 Companies File Exemption to Control Front Range Railroad
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Surface Transportation Board has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2024, entitled "Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver Transport Ventures LLC, Global Diversified Infrastructure Fund LP, First State Infrastructure Managers Limited, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. - Continuance in Control Exemption - Front Range Railroad LLC." The notice was issued by Eden Besera, Clearance Clerk. * * * Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver Transpor  more

U.S. Transportation Command: 22nd Air Refueling Wing Completes First 45-Hour Nonstop KC-46 Flight Around the World
MCONNELL AFB, Kansas, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: By Airman Paula Arce, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs A 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus executed the world's first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1 starting and finishing here. This flight was the latest Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) for the KC-46A Pegasus, Air Mobility Command's  more