Saturday - November 23, 2024
News Tipoffs - Louisiana Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Minuteman III Test Showcases Readiness of U.S. Nuclear Force's Safe, Effective Deterrent
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. - A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with multiple targetable re-entry vehicles from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System Nov. 5, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Airmen from the 625th Strategic Operations   more

Social Security I.G.: Thibodaux Man Guilty of Social Security Theft
WOODLAWN, Maryland, Nov. 6 -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that NATHANIEL HOPKINS, JR. ("HOPKINS"), age 48, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Jay Zainey to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641. According to court documents, HOPKINS's wife was authorized to receive Social Securit  more

Texas U.S. Attorney: Jasper County Felon Sentenced to Over 21 Years for Federal Gun and Drug Violations
BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release: A Jasper convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Larry Buckley, 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 262 months in federal  more