SANTA ANA, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: A former Inglewood Police Department (IPD) officer was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for stealing cocaine from IPD's lock-up and reselling it on the street. John Abel Baca, 48, of Whittier, then a 21-year veteran of the Inglewood Police Department and its union representative, was sentenced by United States District Judge James V. Selna. Judge  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: The founder and chief executive officer of a California-based company that marketed stem cell-based products linked to multiple hospitalizations has pleaded guilty to a felony violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Justice Department announced today. John Warrington Kosolcharoen, 53, most recently of Rancho Santa Margarita, pleaded guilty   more

EDWARDS AFB, California, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Laisa Leao, 412th Test Wing Edwards Air Force Base's Blue Eagles Honor Guard provided a first-of-its-kind support to a British World War II Allied Veteran who had recently passed away. The Blue Eagles trained two members of the Royal Air Force to properly conduct a flag-folding ceremony in honor of Stella Brecht, who had served as a radar technician and mechanic in the RAF Women's Aux  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO) coordinated with the military services and U.S. Coast Guard to select 16 domestic installations that will begin awarding shipments under the Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) in September. These installations are located across nine states - Arizona, Califo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: A California man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in a $2.8 million fraud scheme in which Medicare was billed for hospice services that the patients did not need. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, John Thropay, M.D., 75, of Arcadia, was the medical director of multiple hospice companies, including Blue Sky Hospice Inc., located in Van Nuys  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: The founder and chief executive officer of a California-based company that marketed stem cell-based products linked to multiple hospitalizations pleaded guilty yesterday to a felony violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. John W. Kosolcharoen, 53, most recently of Orange County, California, pleaded guilty to introducing an unapproved new drug into interstate commerce with the  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Carlos Fernandez, 33, of Porterville, California, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for attempting to smuggle 20 pounds of cocaine through the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Cardell T. M  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft recently got outfitted with a set of enormous solar arrays at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Each measuring about 46 1/2 feet (14.2 meters) long and about 13 1/2 feet (4.1 meters) high, the arrays are the biggest NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission. They have to be large so they can soak up as much sunlight as possible during the space  more