Source: United States Spaceforce
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach said in a keynote address at the 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference that the service must draw on lessons from Operation Epic Fury to be ready to fight, built to endure and integrated to win, while making point defense a core function of air and space power.
Source: United States Spaceforce
SecAF Troy Meink said in a closely watched keynote address at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference, the Air Force and Space Force must confront and defeat rapidly changing, AI-enabled threats while navigating a budget process built for a different pace of warfare.
Source: United States Department of Justice
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison for abusing his status as a law enforcement officer to threaten and intimidate adversaries of a now-imprisoned, self-proclaimed cryptocurrency businessman, and for cheating on his taxes.
Source: United States Department of Justice
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – RAYNELL PEARSON (“PEARSON”), age 48, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty on September 10, 2026 to conspiracy to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.
Source: United States Department of Justice
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), James C. Barnacle, Jr., announced today the unsealing of a Complaint charging WANJA OBERHOF, a founder and the former CEO of a wellness startup, the Healing Company, with defrauding an investor in his venture.
Source: United States Department of Justice
MICHAEL SIMES, 51, of Newtown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 10 months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release for offenses related to his failure to file tax returns and to pay more than $3.1 million in taxes, penalties, and interest owed.
Source: United States Department of Justice
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Kevin Lee Tompkins, age 40, of Thornton, Colorado, has been charged by a federal grand jury with four counts of making interstate threats to kill federal, state, and local law enforcement officers.
Source: United States Department of Justice
BOSTON – A Las Vegas man, formerly of Northborough, Mass., pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2026 in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of anabolic steroids and methamphetamine. The defendant also pleaded guilty to firearms charges.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri has filed charges, secured pleas and sentences, and obtained civil judgments against 15 defendants, involving more than $60 million in actual or intended losses, with restitution nearing $800,000, as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the SBA Office of Inspector General (SBA-OIG), targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Western District of Missouri was a key participant in this surge effort.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas today announced results as part of a nationwide enforcement action led by the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, the Small Business Administration, and the SBA Office of Inspector General targeting fraud in the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The Eastern District of Texas was a key participant in this surge effort.