Security Intelligence – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 1, 2025

Security Intelligence: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 1, 2025.

MIL-OSI Security: Hammond Man Guilty of Violating Federal Controlled Substances Act
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that KYLIN SEXTON (“SEXTON”), age 25, a resident of Hammond, pleaded guilty on April 24, 2025 to possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, in violation of 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C) and 841(b)(1)(D).  SEXTON faces […]

MIL-OSI Security: Hammond Man Guilty of Violating Federal Controlled Substances Act
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that KYLIN SEXTON (“SEXTON”), age 25, a resident of Hammond, pleaded guilty on April 24, 2025 to possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, in violation of 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C) and 841(b)(1)(D).  SEXTON faces […]

MIL-OSI USA: Mesa Man Indicted for Torching Tesla Property
Source: US State Government of Utah Today, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a five-count indictment against Ian William Moses, 35, of Mesa, Arizona for Maliciously Damaging Property and Vehicles in Interstate Commerce by Means of Fire. The charging documents filed in the case allege that Moses was at the Tesla dealership in Mesa […]

MIL-OSI USA: Mesa Man Indicted for Torching Tesla Property
Source: US State Government of Utah Today, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a five-count indictment against Ian William Moses, 35, of Mesa, Arizona for Maliciously Damaging Property and Vehicles in Interstate Commerce by Means of Fire. The charging documents filed in the case allege that Moses was at the Tesla dealership in Mesa […]

MIL-OSI Canada: B.C. pronounces provincial day of remembrance and mourning for victims of tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival
The Province of British Columbia has declared Friday, May 2, 2025, an official day of remembrance and mourning for the victims of the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver on April 26, 2025.   Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured while celebrating Filipino culture and history in a senseless attack […]

MIL-OSI Security: Security News: Mesa Man Indicted for Torching Tesla Property
Source: United States Department of Justice 2 Today, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a five-count indictment against Ian William Moses, 35, of Mesa, Arizona for Maliciously Damaging Property and Vehicles in Interstate Commerce by Means of Fire. The charging documents filed in the case allege that Moses was at the Tesla dealership in […]

MIL-OSI Security: Mesa Man Indicted for Torching Tesla Property
Source: United States Attorneys General 1 Today, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a five-count indictment against Ian William Moses, 35, of Mesa, Arizona for Maliciously Damaging Property and Vehicles in Interstate Commerce by Means of Fire. The charging documents filed in the case allege that Moses was at the Tesla dealership in Mesa […]

MIL-OSI Security: Man Charged with Smuggling Protected Parakeets Inside the Boots he was Wearing
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SAN DIEGO – Naim Lajud Libien was arrested and charged with smuggling 12 protected Orange Fronted Parakeets into the U.S. stuffed inside the boots he was wearing and inside a seat compartment in his car. At least two of the birds died, and a third appeared to have a […]

MIL-OSI Security: Former Antioch Police Officer Found Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute Anabolic Steroids And Obstruction Of Justice
Source: Office of United States Attorneys OAKLAND – A federal jury today convicted former Antioch police officer Devon Wenger of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute anabolic steroids and one count of obstruction of justice. The jury’s verdict follows a three-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Jeffrey […]

MIL-OSI USA: April 30th, 2025

Heinrich Announces Legislation to Combat Gun Trafficking, Protect Communities from Gun Violence
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich Legislation builds on Heinrich’s work to increase criminal penalties for straw purchases and stop illegal gun trafficking out of our country WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the core bipartisan group of senators who negotiated and passed the Bipartisan […]

MIL-OSI USA: April 30th, 2025

Heinrich Announces Legislation to Address PFAS, Water Contamination in Private Wells
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that he has cosponsored new legislation to protect New Mexico communities from dangerous contaminants like per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Exposure to PFAS has been linked to deadly cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and […]

MIL-OSI Security: Colorado Man Charged with Wire Fraud and Identity Theft
Source: Office of United States Attorneys DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Julio Melendez, age 31, was indicted by a federal grand jury on ten counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting; one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; and two counts of aggravated identity […]

MIL-OSI Security: Anaheim Man Found Guilty of Producing, Distributing, and Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material of 13-Year-Old Victim
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was found guilty by a jury today of federal child sexual exploitation crimes for befriending a 13-year-old girl, providing her with alcohol, and sexually assaulting her, taking photographs and making videos of the attack. Jonathan Gonzalez-Reyes, 38, of Anaheim, was found […]

MIL-OSI USA: Welch, Judiciary Committee Democrats Hold Hearing on Trump’s Blanket Pardons and Commutations for January 6th Insurrectionists 
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today joined his Senate Judiciary Committee Democratic colleagues for a spotlight hearing entitled “Clear and Present Danger: The Trump Administration’s Whitewashing of the January 6th Insurrection.” Hearing witnesses included Former United States Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn; […]

MIL-OSI Security: Honduran Man Indicted For Re-Entry of Removed Alien
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JOSE MELVIN LOPEZ-LORENZO (“LOPEZ-LORENZO”), age 29, a native of Honduras, was indicted on April 24, 2025,for re-entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson. According to the indictment, LOPEZ-LORENZO was found in the United […]

MIL-OSI Security: UPDATE 3: Unified Command continues response to release near Garden Island Bay, LA
Source: United States Coast Guard News Release   U.S. Coast Guard 8th District HeartlandContact: 8th District Public AffairsOffice: 504-671-2020After Hours: 618-225-9008Eighth District online newsroom   Port conditions change based on weather forecasts, and current port conditions can be viewed on the following Coast Guard homeport webpages: For more information follow us on Facebook and Twitter. […]

MIL-OSI Security: Coast Guard Cutter Liberty, final Island-Class cutter, decommissioned after over 35 years of service
Source: United States Coast Guard News Release   U.S. Coast Guard 17th District AlaskaContact: 17th District Public AffairsOffice: (907) 463-2065After Hours: (907) 463-206517th District online newsroom   04/30/2025 07:16 PM EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Liberty (WPB 1334) during a ceremony in Valdez, Tuesday. MIL Security OSI –

MIL-OSI Security: FBI New York Seeking Additional Victims of Brooklyn Man Arrested for Sexual Exploitation of Children
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b) NEW YORK, NY— The New York FBI/NYPD Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force executed an arrest warrant for Manuel Davila, 28 of Brooklyn on April 29, 2025, following an investigation into the sexual exploitation of multiple children. Upon execution of a judicially authorized search warrant, […]

MIL-OSI Security: Reuters “Reporting” Fails to Mention that the Biden Administration Released Two Tren de Aragua Gang Members into American Communities
Source: US Department of Homeland Security WASHINGTON – The mainstream media’s latest attempt at a criminal gang sob story includes a self-admitted member of Tren de Aragua. The real story here is that the previous administration was releasing gang members into American communities.  Jeferson Daniel Escalona Hernandez, a 19-year-old self-admitted Tren de Aragua gang member […]

MIL-OSI Security: DHS Reveals Second Domestic Abuse Filing Filed by Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Ex-Wife
Source: US Department of Homeland Security So-called “Maryland Dad’s” Track Record of Violence  WASHINGTON – On Wednesday April 30, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that the ex-wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the so-called “Maryland Dad”—filed a petition for protection against him in 2020.   “The facts are clear: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a […]