WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Col. Christopher Rondeau assumed command of Air University Detachment 1 at the Air Force Institute of Technology on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during a ceremony on July 31, 2024. As AFIT's senior military leader, he is responsible for maintaining good order and discipline among approximately 1,800 active-duty faculty  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Daryl Smith, 50, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to the distribution of cocaine base. According to court documents, Smith was selling cocaine base in Ohio County. Smith is one of 12 defendants involved in a drug trafficking operation that spanned from Las Vegas, Nevada to the Ohio Valley. Smith faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A fede  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Stephan G. Ward, 32, of Akron, Ohio, has admitted to the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ward, also known as "YG," was delivering methamphetamine to others for distribution in Marshall County. Ward faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Timothy Edwin Payne Jr., 43, of Belpre, Ohio, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 4, 2022, Payn  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Sandusky, OH - Earlier this afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) arrested Le'ceeonna White, 21. White was wanted by the Cleveland Division of Police for aggravated murder. According to Cleveland Police, on July 13, 2024, a male victim was shot in the back while trying to run away from the assailant. The incident   more