PORT HURON, Michigan, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Area Port of Port Huron seized approximately 113 pounds of MDMA at the at the Blue Water Bridge, July 25th. Officers were conducting inspections of inbound commercial cargo shipments when vacuum-sealed packages were was discovered, comingled among a shipment of legitimate goods. The contents  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 7, 2023, Van Vincent Thomas, 41, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III to a sentence of 27 months' imprisonment followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Thomas previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to dist  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PR Docket No. 90-221, WT Docket No. 02-378) on Aug. 10, 2023: * * * The Region 21 (Michigan)/1 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Thursday, September 14, 2023. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., the Region 21 800 MHz RPC meeting will convene at the Monitor Township Fire Department, 2483 Midland Rd,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An Indiana man will make his initial appearance at the federal district court in Detroit today for allegedly sending a threatening communication to an election worker in Michigan. According to court documents, on or about Nov. 10, 2020, Andrew Nickels, 37, of Carmel, allegedly called the victim, who was the clerk of a local municipality, and left a voicemail in which Nickels stated, in part, "We're watchi  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that a federal grand jury in Grand Rapids returned a superseding indictment charging Travon Deshaun-Roderick Mansker, 26, of Battle Creek, with possessing over four kilograms of methamphetamine intended for resale and 10 firearms as a felon. Two of the weapons had been modified to me  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: A Commerce Township resident pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a fraud scheme involving approximately $851,000 in loans intended to help small businesses stay afloat during the Covid-19 pandemic, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Joining in the announcement was Angie M. Salazar, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field   more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that a grand jury has charged a man from Grand Rapids with federal human trafficking and child exploitation crimes. Torey Franklin, 29, is accused of sex trafficking a minor in the spring and summer of 2022, and producing, receiving, and distributing child porn  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Rashad Maleek Trice, 26, was arraigned for kidnapping two-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith, resulting in her death and kidnapping a minor. Trice was charged by criminal complaint on July 7, 2023, to secure his immediate detention, and indicted on July 26 to satisf  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2023: A federal jury in Detroit found two California residents guilty yesterday of conspiring to launder money, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Orville O. Greene, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration, and Charles E. Miller, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Sea ice is still a substantial barrier to Arctic vessel traffic * * * There has been much buzz about the warming planet's melting Arctic region opening shipping routes and lengthening travel seasons in ocean passageways that ice once blocked. Expanded fishing, trade and tourism is envisioned. Operative word: Envisioned. Scientists at Michigan State University and other institutions repor  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release: On April 3, 2023, Daniel J. Castro, M.D., pled guilty to making a false statement related to health care matters in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1035. The sentencing hearing for Dr. Castro is scheduled for October 5, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. at the United States District Court, 315 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan. As part of the plea a  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following directive: The Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), and its crew arrived at the ship's new home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 7. USS Carl M. Levin is the first naval ship named in honor of Michigan's longest serving senator, the late Carl M. Levin, for his years of service as a longtime member and chairman of the Senate Armed   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont, Nikolas P. Kerest, issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that on August 7, 2023, Van Vincent Thomas, 41, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III to a sentence of 27 months' imprisonment followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Thomas previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine base a  more