CAPE COD SPACE FORCE STATION, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Joshua Hollis, Buckley Space Force Base Public Affairs Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman visited Guardians and Airmen at the 6th Space Warning Squadron at Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts, April 26. Saltzman's visit highlighted the work Guardians accomplish at Cape Cod SFS by providing early detection of missile threats that enable  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force Artificial Intelligence Accelerator Program developed a new tool, the Puckboard Intelligent Recommendation Engine, which has the potential to improve mission readiness through smarter, more efficient aircrew mission and training scheduling. Aided by modern web and algorithm technologies, the DAF-AIA delivered a collection of novel methods for building in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally selling a dozen machinegun conversion devices. Michael Wilkerson, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 20 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. In February 2024, Wilkerson pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: The co-owner of a Mattapan plumbing and heating supply company was charged today with filing false tax returns in connection with a scheme to use millions of dollars of unreported receipts of the business to buy gold bars. Claudio Poles, 78, of Dorchester, was charged with four counts of filing false tax returns. According to the charging docum  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: A Stoughton man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Angel Morales, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty today to multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses, including assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jacquelyn Starer,   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that Juan Carlos "JC" Ortiz, 29, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of 95 months' imprisonment to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. Ortiz had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with others  more