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Federal Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Saturday September 21, 2024 ( 7 items )  

2500th Digital Liaison Detachment participates in Avenger Triad 2024
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: GRAFENWOEHR, Germany The U.S. Army Reserve's 2500th Digital Liaison Detachment, 7th Mission Support Command, participated in Exercise Avenger Triad 2024 in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 10-19, 2024. "For Avenger Triad 2024 the 2500th DLD, in conjunction with a team from the 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced from Baumholder, provided interoperability support to our NATO p  more

Contractor Arrives, Continues Response Action at Buxton Formerly Used Defense Sites Property
SAVANNAH, Georgia, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: BUXTON, N.C. - The company contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, arrived today at the former Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Sites property, located within the Cape Hatteras Seashore in Dare County North Carolina, to do a site survey and to continue the response actions the District team initiated Sept. 11, 2024. Over  more

Justice Dept.: Leader of $4M International Telemarketing Scheme Convicted
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: A federal jury in North Carolina convicted a man today for his role in orchestrating a years-long telemarketing scheme that defrauded victims in the United States from a call center in Costa Rica. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Roger Roger, 40, of Costa Rica, led a fraudulent telemarketing scheme in which co-conspirators, who falsely posed as U.S. governmen  more

Marine Corps Drone Technology Proves Vital in Search for Missing Child
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: Story by Cpl. Leo Amaro and Lance Cpl. Alyssa DeCrane, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune On July 9, 2024, the Camp Lejeune Fire and Emergency Services Division (FESD) successfully used their newly acquired small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) in a critical search operation for a missing child on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The operation demonstra  more

N.C. U.S. Attorney's Office Summer Anti-Violence Initiative Leads to 65 Individuals Indicted for Firearms and Violent Crime Offenses, Including Charlotte Man Charged With Gun Trafficking and Possessing Machinegun
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Charlotte returned a criminal indictment this week, charging Joshua Herman Phillips, 39, of Claremont, N.C., with gun trafficking, possession of a machinegun, and dealing in firearms without a license, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to allegations in the indictmen  more

National Park Service: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Urges Visitors to Avoid the Beach Near an Unoccupied House Collapse in Rodanthe
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: MANTEO, N.C. -- Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is urging its visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near the north end of Rodanthe and potentially for miles to the south, due to an early morning collapse of an unoccupied house at 23001 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Additionally, the Seashore is monitoring an adjacent house that sustai  more

U.S. Attorney for D.C.: Four Men Sentenced for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Four men from Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia were sentenced to various terms after they were convicted of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes r  more