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Federal Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday September 10, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Air Force Chief of Staff Visits Team Offutt AFB
OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., visited with Airmen from across Team Offutt, Sept. 6-7, 2023. During his two-day visit he coined high performers and visited U.S. Strategic Command. Col. Mark Howard, 55th Wing commander, greeted Gen. and Mrs. Brown upon their arrival Sept. 6, 2023, at base operations. Gen. Brown took questions from Airmen from the 55th Wing during  more

Army Corps of Engineers Seeks Public Comments on Dakota Access Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -Omaha District is seeking public comments on the recently published Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Dakota Access, LLC's request for an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act for the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline crosses the Corps-managed federal land at Lake Oahe, North Dakota. The DEIS is not a decision and does not aut  more

SEC Charges Privately Held Monolith Resources for Using Separation Agreements That Violated Whistleblower Protection Rules
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Monolith Resources LLC, a privately held energy and technology company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, for using employee separation agreements that violated the SEC's whistleblower protection rules. According to the SEC's order, from February 2020 until early March 2023, Monolith used separation agr  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska: Omaha Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jerrell Jackson, 34, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 6, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for distributing fentanyl. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Jackson to 54 months in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After Jackson's release from prison, he will begin a three  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska: Omaha Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Conspiracy
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Michael Blaine Lee, 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lee to 121 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from pris  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska: Two Sentenced to 9 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Erika Lopez-Garcia, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Gabriel Rubio-Quevedo, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, were sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. During separate sentencing hearings, United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lopez-Garcia and Ru  more