FRESNO, California, Sept. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Darmanjot Singh, 29, an Indian national residing in Ontario, California, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Singh engaged in a high-speed pursuit with law enforcement officers that e  more

FORT MYERS, Florida, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Miami Division issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Durand Dijuon Demetiu Colbert (34, Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and attempted possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Colbert faces a minimum mandatory penalty  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SAN FRANCISCO -- As part of Pollution Prevention Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is celebrating two California organizations as part of its 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention (P2) Recognition Program. EPA is recognizing Zero Waste San Diego and Western Digital Technologies in Fremont for their commitments to pollution prevention by reducing, eliminating or preventing pollution at   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered an order Sept. 19 assessing monetary relief totaling over $36 million against a New York resident formerly of San Francisco. The order requires Ichioka to pay $31 million in restitution to defrauded victims and a $5 million civil mone  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2024: A California real estate executive was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a fine of $200,000 for engaging in an extensive multi-year conspiracy to falsify financial statements. According to court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Tyler Ross, 38, of San Francisco, and formerly of Michigan, served  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: AL VERNON BROWN ("BROWN"), age 52, a Los Angeles, California resident, was sentenced on September 18, 2024, by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846, as well as, distribution a  more

WINCHESTER, Virginia, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Middle East District issued the following news story: By Shannon Moeck, Middle East District The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) recently welcomed Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadet Temin Sohn, a chemistry student from the University of Southern California, as part of its cadet summer training program. The program introduces future Army officers to the various career fields  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2024: * * * Today, after a 10-day trial and just over two hours of deliberation, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California found Michael P. Owens, Dawson L. Davenport, Robert A. Gunton, Andrea J. Lindstrom, and Julie A. Yale liable for securities fraud. The jury also determined that Owens, Gunton, and Yale violated the securities registration provisions of t  more