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Fox News
26-06-2025
- Fox News
Illegal immigrant who enrolled in Ohio high school claiming to be a teenager hit with federal gun charges
A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against 24-year-old Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who was residing in Perrysburg, Ohio, where he also attended high school claiming to be a teenager until last month. The grand jury returned the indictment this week, charging Labrador Sierra with possession of a firearm by an alien who is in the U.S. unlawfully, making a false statement while purchasing a firearm, and making or using false documents, the DOJ said in a news release. The indictment alleges that Labrador Sierra submitted a false date of birth to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on federal applications to acquire Temporary Protective Status and Employment Authorization Documents in 2024 and 2025. The suspect also allegedly possessed a Taurus G3C 9mm semiautomatic pistol, which he was not allowed to have, since he was in the U.S. illegally, and the DOJ alleges that Labrador Sierra submitted false information to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to purchase the firearm. He allegedly provided false statements on a federal form to purchase the firearm and made statements to deceive the licensed firearms dealer at the point of sale. For example, the indictment alleges that Labrador Sierra said he was not a U.S. citizen or national; was not illegally or unlawfully in the U.S.; and was not an alien who entered the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa. If Labrador Sierra is convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison for possessing a firearm as an illegal alien. He could also face 10 years in prison for making a false statement while purchasing a firearm and up to five years in prison for making or using false documents or writings. Earlier, court documents showed that Labrador Sierra had been charged with forgery after he allegedly enrolled in a public high school using fraudulent documents. The Perrysburg Police Department said last month that it had been contacted by the Perrysburg Local Schools about possible fraudulent activity involving one of its students. A fraud case was ultimately established and handed over to the department's detectives for further investigation. Detectives worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and it was discovered that Labrador was a 24-year-old from Venezuela. Investigators also learned that Labrador Sierra had used fraudulent documents to enroll in Perrysburg Schools and was posing as a 16-year-old student. Perrysburg School officials said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital that Labrador Sierra had been enrolled at Perrysburg High School under the name and age of a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor on Jan. 11, 2024, in accordance with federal and state requirements for enrolling students experiencing homelessness or without a legal guardian. Between Jan. 11, 2024, and May 14, 2025, the school said, Labrador Sierra obtained documentation and support, further complicating the situation. For instance, he obtained a state-issued driver's license, social security number and Temporary Protective Status (TPS) from U.S. Immigration. The school also said that Labrador had completed an application for a visa with help from Advocating Opportunities, which provides free legal assistance. The Wood County Juvenile Court granted guardianship of Labrador Sierra to a Perrysburg family. School officials said the guardians had contacted the school on May 14 to report that they had received information indicating Labrador Sierra was not a minor, but instead a 24-year-old man. Labrador Sierra reportedly denied the allegation when district administrators met with him on May 15. The school district issued a statement shortly after his arrest, noting that Labrador Sierra had been a member of the junior varsity soccer and swim teams. Labrador Sierra was ultimately taken into custody during a traffic stop on Interstate 75 on Tuesday afternoon. DHS told Fox News they have located Labrador Sierra's information under a different spelling of his name. They added that Labrador Sierra is a visa overstay who first came to the U.S. in 2019. DHS also confirmed that Labrador Sierra has received TPS.
CBS News
26-06-2025
- CBS News
Venezuelan man accused of posing as Ohio high school student indicted on federal charges
A federal indictment has been issued in the case of a Venezuelan man who claimed to be several years younger than his real age and attended high school in Northwest Ohio. This is among the legal implications that were faced by Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra, 24, who had been living in Perrysburg, Ohio, and attended Perrysburg Schools. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio issued a press release Wednesday on the case, explaining he was charged with possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the United States, making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm, and making or using false writings or documents. Specifically, Labrador-Sierra is accused of submitting a false date of birth to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on federal applications for Temporary Protective Status and Employment Authorization Documents in 2024 and 2025. Under the claim that he was an unaccompanied minor, Labrador-Sierra was placed into the custody of the Wood County court system and enrolled in school in 2004. He was even involved in school sports. The scheme unraveled in May after his appointed guardians informed the school district that he might not be of high school age. Law enforcement immediately got involved. This case is under investigation by the City of Perrysburg Police Department, United States Border Patrol−Sandusky Bay Station, the FBI Toledo Field Office, and the ATF, with assistance from the Wood County Prosecutor's Office. At one point, he was facing an Ohio state charge of felony forgery. But WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, reported the Wood County prosecutor's office dropped that case as authorities pursued federal charges. If convicted of the currently pending charges, he faces up to 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by an alien; 10 years in prison for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm; and up to five years in prison for making or using false writings or documents.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Media Advisory - Energy Sector Gains New Edge in Vegetation and Methane Emissions Monitoring with Maxar and Satelytics Partnership
PERRYSBURG, Ohio, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maxar and its partner Satelytics are announcing today an expansion of their offerings to the energy industry. In addition to the methane monitoring solution that has been on the market for several years, Satelytics is now introducing a vegetation encroachment solution that leverages Maxar's very high-resolution satellite imagery. Monitoring vegetation growth along utility lines and pipelines Caption: Satelytics' vegetation monitoring product leverages Maxar's very high-resolution satellite imagery to identify vegetation, like the coniferous tree in the above screenshot, that could possibly fall on electrical distribution networks. This alert enables a utility company to go into the field and mitigate specific vegetation issues instead of spending time monitoring the whole transmission line from a truck. Satelytics will generate risk profiles of vegetation in and around customer assets using mono- and stereo-imagery collections from the Maxar constellation, including the recently launched WorldView Legion satellites. This solution will lean on Maxar's collection capability of 6 million sq km of capacity per day, which significantly outpaces any other commercial provider. Monitoring vegetation growth along utility lines or pipelines with Maxar's 30 cm-class resolution satellite imagery and Satelytics' value-added insights allows an energy company to prioritize sending ground crews to specific locations that are known to need trimming maintenance instead of having ground crews drive the entire lengths of lines, which can be hundreds of miles in distance. This targeted vegetation maintenance allows the energy company to reduce search time and increase efficiency of field crews, proactively identify and address potential threats outside the immediate corridor, verify completed work and optimize contractor management, and improve overall grid reliability by reducing vegetation-related outages. 'Maxar's recently expanded capacity with the new WorldView Legion satellites creates new opportunities for us to reliably collect fresh, very high-resolution satellite imagery along our customers' rights-of-way to analyze for vegetation encroachment. Our customers will benefit from the high-quality of Maxar's imagery as value-added products like our vegetation risk assessments improve with better input data.' — Sean Donegan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Satelytics Producing methane detection alerts Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite hosts a shortwave infrared (SWIR) sensor that collects imagery in wavelengths outside what the human eye can see. Satelytics uses this SWIR sensor to create a methane detection and measurement product for energy companies. Duke Energy's Piedmont Gas division, a local distribution company that operates in the Midwest and Southeast U.S., uses Satelytics' methane solution to improve operational efficiency, safety and reporting by quickly finding leaks, repairing them and reducing emissions across a five-state service territory. Since the beginning of 2022, Duke Energy has reduced recordable leaks by over 85% using Satelytics' solution. To learn more about Satelytics' methane detection and quantification alerts, read their blog post. 'Satelytics has been innovating with Maxar's very high-resolution satellite imagery for nearly a decade, and we're excited to see them expand their offerings to include vegetation management for utilities. The quality, currency and accuracy of our data enables use cases that require precision to make informed decisions and Satelytics is taking it a step further with their energy industry-focused products.' — Todd Surdey, SVP and GM of Enterprise at Maxar Geospatial insights for informed monitoring and mitigationThe combined power of Maxar's high revisit, very high-resolution satellite imagery and Satelytics' AI-driven algorithms provides energy companies with early detection geospatial insights and alerts that enable informed decision-making and minimize environmental risks. About SatelyticsSatelytics is a software company producing geospatial analytics for early detection, location and — in many instances — quantification of our customers' most pressing challenges. The Ohio-based company uses science, software, and technology to deliver valuable services to customers to identify problems before they become disasters – environmentally, financially, or otherwise. About Maxar IntelligenceMaxar Intelligence is a leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights. Operating the most advanced commercial Earth observation constellation in orbit, we use the power of very high-resolution satellite imagery and software technology to deliver mission success on Earth and in space. Our secure, AI-powered products and services deliver ground truth in near real-time to keep nations safe, improve navigation, protect our planet, speed up disaster response and more. For more information, visit Media Contact: Michele NachumFirecracker PRmichele@ Photos accompanying this announcement are available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Yahoo
Police arrest 24-year-old who posed as high school teen for over a year
Police arrest 24-year-old who posed as high school teen for over a yearSource Perrysburg Police Department
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ohio lawmakers want local governments to create cybersecurity plans
Government requirements and culture can make upgrading aging computer systems difficult, experts say. (Getty Images) Ohio House lawmakers got a stark warning Tuesday from a leading cybersecurity firm: potential threats are changing 'dramatically' in terms of 'sophistication, speed and complexity.' The presentation came on the heels of lawmakers introducing a bill requiring municipalities to develop their own cybersecurity policies. House Bill 283 is a response to wave of cyber-attacks aimed at relatively low-level government agencies. The bill's co-sponsor, state Rep. Haraz Ghanbari, R-Perrysburg, explained in April last year, the state auditor reported at least 23 cyberattacks against government offices in the last 12 months. 'In Licking County,' Ghanbari added, 'just one attack resulted in the theft of more than $700,000.' The measure directs local governments to review their systems and identity risks and detection strategies. The also have to develop training programs and create plans for repair, and response and in the event of an attack. Ghanbari's co-sponsor, state Rep. Adam Mathews, R-Lebanon, said locals would have to inform state safety officials within seven days and the state auditor within 30. 'This will ensure prompt and accurate information is relayed to the proper authorities involved in the response,' he said. The proposal also puts added pressure on local response to ransomware attacks. Under the proposal, Matthews said, municipal governments would be prohibited from paying a ransom unless it 'formally and out in the open' approved legislation to that effect. 'This requirement bolsters transparency and ensures constituents are both aware of the incident's occurrence and have an opportunity to provide feedback on the best use of their taxpayer dollars,' he said. Thomas MacLellan from the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, told lawmakers that governments, agencies and businesses aren't defending against a random hacker. 'Ransomware is now a business,' he said. 'It is a business where they actually have help desks.' And just as the sophistication of attacks has grown, so has the speed. 'In 2021, it took about nine days to exfiltrate data,' he said of bad actors removing information. 'In the latest attacks now leveraging artificial intelligence, it literally only takes hours.' Beyond these kinds of ransom attacks, where an actor holds critical data or access hostage in exchange for money, MacLellan described several other threats, including attackers exploiting industrial control systems. 'Those are the things, the switches that turn on things that are connected to the internet,' MacLellan said, 'that turn on bridges and dams and traffic lights and hospital systems.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX In terms of preparing for attacks, he suggested state lawmakers get a security firm on retainer. 'You need a bat phone,' MacLellan said, 'to be able to pick up and say, we need some help, because we are overwhelmed, we've been hit by something.' Notably, Palo Alto Networks could be the one on the other end of that phone line. He also argued the state needs to be aggressive about understanding and monitoring its exposure — what MacLellan termed 'attack surface management.' A computer, router or other piece of hardware running out-of-date software could be a vulnerability, he said, and organizations need to make sure to find and fix those problems. MacLellan added that some states have begun developing joint security operations, effectively a state-run cybersecurity team to protect state and local governments in the event of an attack. He repeatedly argued the biggest challenge in cybersecurity is workforce; centralizing talent could allow for greater reach and impact. State Reps. Ismail Mohamed, D-Columbus, and Ron Ferguson, R-Wintersville, asked HB 283's sponsors about a statewide approach to cybersecurity planning. 'Why isn't there a centralized place,' Mohamed asked, 'instead of requiring each subdivision to have their own cyber program?' Ghanbari and Matthews said they would leave the finer points up to local governments to maintain local control and allow greater flexibility. Highlighting a well-publicized cyberattack against Columbus last year, Rep. Christine Cockley, D-Columbus, asked about the cost prevention compared to the cost of response and recovery. She noted the city has faced significant costs investigating what happened and providing safeguards for people impacted by the breach. MacLellan acknowledged he didn't have hard and fast numbers to offer, but said 'when you begin to look at the cost of remediation versus the cost of actually putting together a good system, the delta is pretty significant.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
