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  • Airman receives courts-martial and sentence

    Tech. Sgt. Michael L. Merritt, 319th Missile Squadron, facility manager, faced a judge-only General Court Martial March 17-18, 2014, and was sentenced to 50 years confinement, reduction to Airman Basic, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and a dishonorable discharge. The offenses include charges

  • IG: Academy informant's expulsion not tied to work with OSI

    An inspector general inquiry has found that agents with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations acted properly when they used an Air Force Academy cadet as a confidential informant.Former cadet Eric Thomas had charged he was ordered to break cadet policy while working with investigators and

  • Man admits to three Pennsylvania bank robberies

    A Montgomery County, Pa., man admitted his role in three bank robberies in Pennsylvania, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on March 3.Kyle Wilson, 22, of Fort Washington, Pa., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez in Camden, New Jersey, federal court to information

  • AFOSI offers reward for arrest, conviction of suspects

    The US Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) is seeking information pertaining to the person(s) responsible for and/or associated with the theft of US Government equipment from building 1068 on RAF Lakenheath. The items stolen include advanced combat helmets, modular sleeping systems,

  • AF, AFA announce 2014 Team of the Year Award

    Each year, a specific enlisted career field is selected for recognition. The members of this career field represent the professionalism, technical expertise and leadership of all Airmen.The Air Force and the Air Force Association are proud to announce the selection of the 7S0X1 Air Force Office of

  • Special Agent receives Bronze Star for saving Airman’s life

    Special Agent Nicolo Solarino, Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment. 217, received the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, at a ceremony held at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Nov. 26., for heroic actions taken while under enemy attack during a deployment in 2004. At the time, Solarino was a

  • Child molester gets 30-year prison sentence

    An 18-year-old male who was convicted last year for sexually molesting two minor girls was sentenced by Judge James Canto to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole.Muki Joseph Redhat Callahan was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on Oct. 9, 2013 on four counts of first-degree

  • Government contractor to pay six-figure sum for allegation of improper claims

    A corporation headquartered in Fairfax, Va., J.M. Waller Associates, Inc. (JMWA), will pay $229,060 to settle certain civil claims under the federal False Claims Act in an agreement signed on February 5, 2014. The United States had alleged that JMWA submitted false or fraudulent claims for payment

  • Former Reserve Airman pleads guilty to stealing

    On February 20, 2014, in Del Rio, Texas, 20-year-old Simon Robert Barron, a former reserve U.S. Airman temporarily assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, pleaded guilty to federal charges of stealing government property and burglary of a pharmacy announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman,