WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Filing False FEMA Applications May Lead to Criminal Charges LANSING, Mich. - If you apply for FEMA Assistance and purposely claim disaster damage that never happened, you you may be charged with a serious crime. FEMA must make sure taxpayer dollars go only to Michigan homeowners and renters in Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Kent, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: A former police officer with the Warren Police Department in Michigan pleaded guilty today to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Matthew Rodriguez, 49, pleaded guilty to using excessive force against an arrestee while fingerprinting and photographing him at a local detention facility. "This police officer carried out a violent assault on a man who was doing nothing to more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: A Detroit gas station owner has been charged with several federal crimes stemming from his involvement with a Detroit-based stash house that held over 40 kilograms of fentanyl, a pill press, and a variety of other materials used to manufacture fentanyl pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcem more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release: A Detroit gas station owner has been charged with several federal crimes stemming from his involvement with a Detroit-based stash house that held over 40 kilograms of fentanyl, a pill press, and a variety of other materials used to manufacture fentanyl pills, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Orville Gre more PR

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, April 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced that yesterday Troy Davonn Morgan, age 23, was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison for operating as an armed drug dealer in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In imposing the sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker rejected Morgan's plea for leniency, emphasizing  more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, April 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The leader of the Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang was sentenced to life in prison today after having been convicted in December, 2023 of 22 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, and related firearms offenses, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibs more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57059) involving Dow Chemical, Midland, Michigan: * * * Rep Org: Dow Chemical Licensee: Dow Chemical Region: 3 City: Midland State: MI License #: 21-00265-06 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Kelly Wegener-Gave HQ OPS Officer: Adam Koziol Notification Date: 03/28/2024 Notification Time: 12:55 [ET] Event Date: 03/27/2024 Event Time: 11:01 [EDT] Last Update Date: 03/28/2024 Emergency C more PR

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: NRC will hold a hybrid public meeting to discuss the NRC's Palisades Nuclear Plant Restart Panel's activities to independently assess the plant's readiness to potentially resume operation in a way that ensures public health and safety. The meeting will be held at the Grand Upton Hall, Lake Michigan College, 2755 E. Napier Ave., in Benton Harbor. The information for attending virtually more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, April 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: Three more defendants pleaded guilty today to roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Southern District of West Virginia. Hakeem Rashad Mack, also known as "Paper," 31, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more more PR