Sacramento, California - Federal arrest warrants were executed for four individuals involved in a drug trafficking organization operating in and around South Lake Tahoe, California, and Stateline, Nevada. During a coordinated law enforcement operation this morning, agents and officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, South Lake Tahoe Police Department, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Drug Enforcement Agency executed warrants in South Lake Tahoe related to illicit interstate drug and weapons trafficking.

Alpena, Michigan - Michigan’s Army and Air National Guard produced an awe inspiring show recently on highway M-32 near Alpena. It was part of an event that takes place annually and it’s called Exercise Northern Strike, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens. 

Washington, DC - Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State: "On behalf of the United States of America, I send best wishes and congratulations to the people of the Republic of Korea as you celebrate your National Day on August 15.

San Diego, California - National Spine & Pain Center, LLC (“NSPC”), a physician management services organization headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, agreed this week to pay $5.1 million in restitution to Medicare as part of a criminal settlement for receiving payments in violation the Anti-Kickback Statute.

San Diego, California - Jason Harrington pleaded guilty Monday and admitted that he sold $1.1 million of forged art. Harrington sold artwork purportedly created by Richard Hambleton – a New York City artist who rose to fame in the 1980s and whose paintings routinely sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Fresno, California - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Marvin Joseph Chang, 33, of Monterey Park, charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, being a felon in possession of ammunition, and vandalism, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.