A new NASA outreach project will enlist the help of amateur astronomers to discover near-Earth objects (NEOs) and study their characteristics. NEOs are asteroids with orbits that occasionally bring them close to the Earth.
LOS ANGELES—A North Hollywood man was taken into custody yesterday morning after being charged in a federal indictment that alleges he pointed the beam of a laser at multiple aircraft, announced Steven Martinez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office; and André Birotte, Jr., the United States Attorney in Los Angeles.
SALT LAKE CITY—Scott R. Womack, age 36, of Brigham City, has been charged in an eight-count misdemeanor information with deprivation of rights in connection with conduct alleged to have taken place during 2010 while he was a Box Elder County Deputy Sheriff.
BROWNSVILLE, TX—Karina Pena, wife of a man on probation, has been sentenced for her role in the scheme of former State District Judge Abel Corral Limas to solicit and accept bribes in exchange for official action, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.