Security News in Brief: Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Prison for Firearm Offense

Source: United States Department of Justice News

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — On August 27, 2021, a Council Bluffs man, John Allen Lindeman, Jr., age 26, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 78 months in prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by three years of supervised release.

Defense News in Brief: Recruit Performance Divisions Return to RTC’s Pass-In-Review: Triple Threat

Source: United States Navy

Recruit Training Command (RTC) returned to in-person guest attendance at graduation Aug. 13, 2021, for the first time in 17 months, and with that came the return of performing divisions, sometimes better known as 900 divisions.
Performing divisions are comprised of recruits in training who were selected upon arrival to boot camp to assist graduations. They are divided into staff divisions, state flag divisions, and triple threat divisions, which is comprised of the band, choir, and drill team.
The triple threat is unlike any other division with natural talent just waiting to be put on display.

Security News in Brief: Justice Department and EPA Reach Clean Air Act Settlement with Gear Box Z for Selling Defeat Devices

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Arizona-based Gear Box Z (GBZ) has agreed to stop manufacturing and selling aftermarket automotive products widely known as “defeat devices,” that, when installed, bypass, defeat or render inoperative Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-certified emission controls on motor vehicles thereby increasing emissions and harming air quality.

Security News in Brief: Commercial Flooring Company Pleads Guilty to Antitrust and Money Laundering Charges

Source: United States Department of Justice

Mr. David’s Flooring International LLC (Mr. David’s), a Chicago-based commercial flooring contractor, pleaded guilty after being charged for its role in a long-running conspiracy to rig bids and fix prices for commercial flooring products and services, and for its role in a money laundering conspiracy involving kickbacks.