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Federal Tipoffs Involving California Newsletter for Friday August 30, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Air Force Special Operations Command Releases Inyokern Airfield CV-22B Accident Investigation Board Report
HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news on Aug. 29, 2024: Today, Air Force Special Operations Command released an Accident Investigation Board report on an CV-22B Osprey mishap that occurred Aug. 17, 2023, at Inyokern Airfield, California. The aircraft and crew were assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing's 20th Special Operations Squadron, at Cannon AFB, N.M. The mishap resulted in minor injuries to one maintenan  more

Beale Airmen Conduct Landing Zone Operations at California National Guard's Showcase of West Coast Landing Zone
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Frederick A. Brown, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. -- The California National Guard showcased the Army's premier West Coast Landing Zone (LZ) designed for rapid troop mobility during contingency scenarios Aug. 6-9. The 9th Operations Support Squadron's airfield operations personnel, from Beale Air Force Base, were i  more

Calif. U.S. Attorney: Three Indicted for Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotics in Prison Following the Death of USP Atwater Staff
FRESNO, California, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: A federal grand jury has indicted three individuals for conspiracy to distribute narcotics and introducing a controlled substance into prison as a result of an ongoing investigation into the death of a Supervisory Correctional Systems Specialist at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, betw  more

Mass. U.S. Attorney: California Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Illegal Depressant Etizolam Over the Internet
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A California man pleaded guilty today for conspiracy to sell the illegal depressant Etizolam over the internet. Paul Z. Lamberty, 52, of Folsom, Calif., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of the introduction of misbranded drugs with the intent to defraud and mislead. U.S. District Court Chief Ju  more

Miss. U.S. Attorney: Ocean Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute Over 6,000 Grams of Methamphetamine
GULFPORT, Mississippi, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: An Ocean Springs man pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 6,208 grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Eric Donte Pittman, 51, traveled to California with a co-conspirator to pick up a package of methamphetamine to bring back to Jackson County, Mississippi. When returning to Mississippi on August 28, 2023, Pittm  more

NASA JPL Developing Underwater Robots to Venture Deep Below Polar Ice
PASADENA, California, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: On a remote patch of the windy, frozen Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California huddled together, peering down a narrow hole in a thick layer of sea ice. Below them, a cylindrical robot gathered test science data in the frigid ocean, connected by a tether to the tripod that had lowered it through the borehole.This test gave engineers a  more

R.I. U.S. Attorney: Former Navy Petty Officer Admits to Role in Stealing and Selling Military Gear
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: A California man who served for more than twenty years in the United States Navy before his discharge as a Petty Officer First Class has admitted to a federal judge in Rhode Island that, while actively serving in the Navy, he participated in a scheme to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars of government property from a Navy base res  more