Colts Neck, NJ

Columbus, OH

A former Army financial counselor was sentenced this week to more than 12 years in prison for using his position to defraud Gold Star families out of millions, the Justice Department announced this week. Caz Craffy, also known as “Carz Craffey,” 42, pleaded guilty in April after officials charged him...

Army Reserve officer sentenced for ripping off Gold Star families

Fox News

An Army intelligence officer has pleaded guilty to all charges related to selling national security details to the Chinese government totaling more than $40,000.

Former Army soldier pleads guilty to all charges after selling national defense secrets to China

Mediaite

Former federal prosecutor and NBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he will “spend the rest of his miserable life in court” or in prison. During a conversation on SiriusXM’s The Dean Obeidallah Show, host Dean Obeidallah asked about how and...

Former Federal Prosecutor: If Trump Loses Election He Spends ‘Rest of His Miserable Life’ in Court or Prison

Pittsburgh, PA

Butler, PA

Would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks’ father was spotted this week leaving a Pittsburgh office building. Asked about his son’s attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Crooks’ father ignored multiple questions before telling reporters, “I gotta pee.”

Video: Trump shooter’s father gives new statement

The U.S. Air Force recently made a major change that gives the newest airmen and guardian trainees additional time carrying weapons as part of their training program at the Department of the Air Force Basic Military Training. In a Monday press release, Air Education and Training Command wrote, “Airmen and...

Air Force requiring trainees to carry M4 rifles in basic training

Maine State

Lewiston, ME

A Lewiston Commission to investigate the deadliest shooting in Maine’s history nearly a year ago released their final findings Tuesday, stating there were several opportunities by the Army Reserve, law enforcement and others to change the tragic events that day. On Oct. 25, 2023, a gunman killed 18 people...

Maine’s deadliest mass shooting report: Army, police missed ‘several opportunities’ to possibly prevent the Lewiston tragedy

Australian actor Simon Baker, best known for his leading role in CBS’ hit series “The Mentalist,” is facing drunk-driving charges in Australia. Australian media reported the actor, 55, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, and attempting to drive under the influence of alcohol. Further details were unavailable.

‘The Mentalist’ star Simon Baker charged with DUI in Australia

Liberty, NC

Military.com

A paratrooper at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, who was indicted last week on charges of weapons trafficking and lying about his association with a white nationalist group has been removed from the Army, Col. Mary Ricks, a service spokesperson, said Tuesday.Spc. Kai Nix was indicted Aug. 14 by a grand jury and arrested the following day by federal authorities amid a joint investigation between the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Army Criminal Investigation Division. Nix served as an infantryman at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat...

82nd Airborne Soldier Who Allegedly Trafficked Weapons, Associated with White Nationalists Gets Booted from Army

Texas State

Minneapolis, MN

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Derek Chauvin has been transferred to a prison in Texas, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons said on Tuesday, nine months after the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd survived a prison stabbing in Arizona.

George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin transferred to Texas prison

A new report claims that President Joe Biden approved changes to the United States’ nuclear strategy earlier this year, ordering U.S. forces to prepare for potential nuclear confrontations with China, Russia, and North Korea. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the plan approved by Biden was not...

Biden orders US forces to prepare for nuclear confrontations: Report

Polk County, FL

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Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

Okinawa’s capital city of Naha is planning to evacuate 1,400 people while Japanese troops disarm and remove a suspected United States bomb from World War II next month. According to Naha’s website, the 551-pound ordnance was discovered at the construction site of a sewage system in the city’s Shuri district last December. Stars and Stripes reported that the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 101st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit is planning to dig 20 feet deep and 10 feet wide around the bomb’s shell prior to removing the bomb fuse.

City evacuating 1,400 people to remove World War II bomb

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer are among those feared dead aboard the sunken wreckage of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily. Vincenzo Zagarola, a spokesperson for the Italian coast guard, said searches will continue, “but, at this point, it would be...

Lynch and other Bayesian yacht passengers feared dead, coast guard says

SAN JUAN, PR – The U.S. Coast Guard said nine suspects and approximately 174 pounds of cocaine were turned over to federal authorities in Puerto Rico on Monday after a multi-agency interdiction in the Caribbean earlier this month. The Coast Guard said a Customs and Border Protection aircraft spotted...

U.S. Coast Guard BUSTS Smugglers with MASSIVE Cocaine Haul in Puerto Rico!

Four-Star General Charles Hamilton, who previously led the Army Materiel Command and was responsible for much of the Army’s logistics operations, has requested reinstatement in a letter to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth. In his letter, written on Friday, Hamilton stated that he intervened in the Army’s Command Assessment Program (CAP) selection process last fall because he believed the process was biased against a Black subordinate officer.

Suspended Four-Star General Charles Hamilton Appeals for Return to Command

A new report claims that multiple Secret Service agents have been placed on leave following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Three sources in the Secret Service Community told Real Clear Politics that several Secret Service agents at the...

Secret Service agents put on leave after Trump assassination attempt: Report

Sailors may have a hard time getting a hold of the Navy Working Uniform Type III trousers for the next several months, due to massive shortages worldwide. Courtney Williams, a spokesperson for Navy Exchange Service Command, said that the Navy Exchange is experiencing “severe shortages” in its stores, as well as online.

Navy suffers shortage of working uniform trousers

Washington, DC

The Army fired the senior enlisted leader for 1st Information Operations Command this week, marking the second such leader in the Washington, D.C., area to be relieved in less than a week. On Tuesday, officials relieved Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell following a 15-6 investigation due to a “loss...

Army fires command sergeant major of DC-area information ops unit

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Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Dickerson, posted a video on Tik Tok with music in the background singing, "I don't give a shi- anymore" and his commanders got wind of it. He was then releived of duty and court martialed per a news report from the MilitaryTimes.com.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Dickerson Acquitted in Court Martial Case Over Tik Tok Video

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Former US Army counselor who stole millions from Gold Star families sentenced to prison

A New Jersey financial counselor and U.S. Army reservist who admitted to defrauding Gold Star families that received death benefits after their family members died serving...

Former US Army counselor who stole millions from Gold Star families sentenced to prison

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