SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: In advance of the Tuesday, November 5, 2024 General Election, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. held a press conference today to remind Californians about their voting rights and to advise law enforcement agencies about laws protecting the integrity of the electoral process. The Secretary of State is California's top electi  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A former deputy mayor and long-time Los Angeles city official was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for soliciting and accepting more than $750,000 in bribe money for himself and facilitating over $1 million in bribes from property developers to then-Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar as part of a long-running pay-to-play   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted San Diego restaurant owner Leronce Suel of wire fraud, conspiracy, and tax crimes for providing bogus information in applications for COVID relief programs and failing to report more than $1.7 million in revenue to the IRS. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Suel was the majority owner of Rockstar Dough L  more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 5 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: * * * Note: This article appeared in the Watermark Fall 2024 issue with an inaccurate headline, which has been corrected for this post. * * * Palm Beach County, FL, Sheriff's Office Sgt. Rafael Padilla-Rodriguez is continuing to use his Center for Homeland Defense and Security Radiological Emergency Preparedness Early Career Program (https://www.chds.us/c/acade  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Tyrone Anderson, 44, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 5,000 grams of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base and for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, Drug Enforcement Admi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A Carthage, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Robert Marion Nevels, 36, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 3, to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On March 12, 2024, Nevels pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Nevels admitted that h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: OAK BLUFFS, Mass. Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Brazilian noncitizen with a record of possessing to distribute controlled substances in Edgartown. Officers from ERO Boston arrested the 21-year-old Brazilian national Sept. 18 in Oak Bluffs. "Not only did this Brazilian noncitizen break U.S. immigration laws, but he   more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Senior Master Sgt. Nancy Chavez Mozingo, 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron first sergeant, has always had values of service and community. The youngest of 12, Chavez Mozingo grew up in Tracy, a small town in Northern California, where her connection to those around her helped shape who she is today. "Because (Tracy) was such a rural area, it was a pretty tight-knit community where ev  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned an indictment yesterday charging a California man with evading the payment of his individual income taxes and obstructing the IRS in its efforts to collect those taxes. According to the indictment, Gabriel Guerrero, a Los Angeles-based commercial real estate agent, did not timely file tax returns for many years. In 2014, he allegedly filed more th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a sophisticated international money laundering and drug trafficking organization. Yanbing Chen, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley scheduled sent  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2024: A Carthage, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Robert Marion Nevels, 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Thursday, Oct. 3, to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On March 12, 2024, Nevels pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with the intent to di  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * California Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1.8 Billion * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved California's Initial Proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's "Internet fo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, announced that the SBA has issued 49 grants up to $200,000 each to organizations supporting startups through specialized training, mentoring, and technical assistance under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) P  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following as-written remarks on Oct. 4, 2024, by Secretary Carlos Del Toro at the SENEDIA Defense Innovation Days: - - - Good afternoon, everyone! Thank you, Rob, for that kind introduction. It is wonderful to be with you here in Newport, Rhode Island for the 10th annual SENEDIA Defense Innovation Days. This is my fourth year in a row speaking and engaging with all of you--I'll leave it the team at SENEDIA to tell you if this is a record for most  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army First Lieutenant Herman J. Sundstad, 26, of Perley, Minnesota, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 24, 2024. In the summer of 1944, Sundstad was a member of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), also known as Merrill's Marauders. On June 5, Sundstad's unit, referred to as "Task For  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Sacramento District issued the following news release: Robert Chase has been awarded the Secretary of the Army Award for Valor for his heroic actions to help rescue a man and his dog from an overturned vehicle last November. The commendation recognizes civilian employees and private citizens who perform an act of heroism or sacrifice with voluntary risk to their safety in the face of danger, both on and off the job. Secretary   more

REDFORD, Michigan, Oct. 5 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Oct. 4, 2024, at a campaign event at Redford Fire Department Station 1: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi. (Applause.) Oh, good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. It is my great honor to be with everybody this afternoon. Matt, I want to thank you for your leadership and for all that you do for so many. You know, everyone here, you all have chosen to live a life of service in the most extr  more