Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom Saturday issued the following statement regarding the 13 U.S. service members killed in the terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. Among the fallen were: Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, CA; Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, CA; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, CA; and Navy Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, OH, who was stationed at Camp Pendleton.

Nashville, Tennessee - A Tennessee man was charged yesterday with civil rights violations for his role in the arson of four Nashville area churches.

Seattle, Washington - Cameron Shea, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was sentenced Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to three years in prison for federal conspiracy and hate crime charges for threatening journalists and advocates who worked to expose anti-Semitism, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said, “This conduct cannot be tolerated. This kind of conduct has consequences…It is so serious that it requires a serious sentence.”

New York - The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will begin the process of remitting forfeited funds to FIFA, the world organizing body of soccer; CONCACAF, the confederation responsible for soccer governance in North and Central America, among other regions; CONMEBOL, the confederation responsible for soccer governance in South America; and various constituent national soccer federations (collectively, the “Victims”).

Shasta Lake, California - A California couple pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit forced labor. According to court documents, Nery A. Martinez Vasquez, 53, and his wife Maura N. Martinez, 53, both of Shasta Lake, are naturalized United States citizens, originally from Guatemala. They owned and operated Latino’s, a restaurant, and Redding Carpet Cleaning & Janitorial Services, a cleaning company that serviced various businesses, including multiple car dealerships, in the Shasta Lake area.

Seattle, Washington - A Washington state tech executive was sentenced Tuesday in the Western District of Washington to two years in prison for perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.