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Security News in Brief: Stone Canyon Required to Divest US Salt to Acquire Morton Salt

Source: United States Department of Justice

The Department of Justice announced today that Stone Canyon Industry Holdings LLC (Stone Canyon) and its portfolio company SCIH Salt Holdings Inc. (SCIH), which was previously named Kissner Group Holdings LP, will divest their entire evaporated salt business in order to proceed with their proposed acquisition of Morton Salt Inc. (Morton), among other assets. The department said that without the divestiture, the proposed acquisition would substantially lessen competition in the sale of several types of evaporated salt, including round-can table salt, pharmaceutical-grade salt, and bulk evaporated salt.

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Security News in Brief: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Oklahoma City Memorial Ceremony on the 26th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Every year, on the 19th of April, people gather here at this beautiful memorial to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and those who were changed forever, to commemorate the strength of the community that came together in the face of such great loss, and to celebrate the resilience that makes Oklahoma City a model for communities everywhere.

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Defense News in Brief: Serving Side by Side

Source: United States Navy

SOUTH CHINA SEA – According to defense.gov, only one percent of Americans make the commitment to serve in their nation’s military. Service members, whether enlisted or commissioned, serve side by side every day in various parts of the world, defending their country’s freedom and liberty.

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Defense News in Brief: Navy Recognizes NAVSUP with Awards for Human Resources and EEO Community Excellence

Source: United States Navy

MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania – Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, and NAVSUP Business System Center (BSC) in Mechanicsburg received Human Resources (HR) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Community Support Team/Group Awards as part of the 2020 Department of the Navy (DoN) HR and EEO Community Awards for Excellence, April 7.

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FBI Seeking Potential Victims in Brian T. Summerson and Pierre L. Washington Investigation

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

MEMPHIS, TN—The FBI is asking for the public’s assistance in seeking potential victims and additional information about two over the road truck drivers who kidnap females and demand ransom of the females for their release.

Brian T. Summerson, 25, of Dillon, South Carolina, was arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida, for Battery Cause Bodily Harm, False Imprisonment, and Tampering with a Witness Calling 911. Summerson is an over the road trucker with a primary route of I-95 from New Jersey to Miami, as well as Chicago, Illinois, and Kansas City, Missouri. When meeting potential victims, he tells them his name is Von or Vaughn.

Pierre L. Washington, 35, of Chicago, Illinois, owns a trucking company, God Got Me LLC. Washington is also an over the road trucker, but at this time, his routes are unknown. Washington was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, in March 2021 by the FBI in reference to an ongoing investigation.

The investigation is ongoing and has revealed photographs, videos, and text communications of additional women on Summerson’s electronic devices and electronic accounts.

The FBI places a priority on protecting victims of crime. If you have any information concerning this case, or if you believe you are a victim or may have been affected by these alleged crimes, please provide your contact information via email to truckervictims@fbi.gov so that an investigator can contact you. Your responses are voluntary but would be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim.

The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes that it investigates and provide these victims with information, assistance, services, and resources.