National News

Nov 14, 2006

Vasquez-Mendoza is fourth to be sentenced stemming from 1994 murder of Special Agent Richard Fass Phoenix Agustin Vasquez-Mendoza was sentenced to life in prison by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Warren Granville for the first-degree murder of Drug Enforcement Administration…

Nov 14, 2006

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began a pilot program on November 13 that will collect biometric information from illegal migrants interdicted while attempting entry into U.S. territory through the body of water between the Dominican Republic and…

Nov 9, 2006

MURDER OF U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; CONSPIRACY TO MURDER U.S. NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ATTACK ON A FEDERAL FACILITY RESULTING IN DEATH USAMA BIN LADEN Aliases: Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin, Shaykh Usama Bin Ladin, The Prince,…

Oct 31, 2006

TUCSON, Ariz. Fernando Arango, 52, of Rio Rico, Ariz., an officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, pleaded guilty on October 25, 2006, to Attempting to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. Arango was arrested by the FBI and OPR…

Oct 17, 2006

WASHINGTON Congressman Robert W. Ney has pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with conspiracy to commit multiple offenses including honest services fraud, making false statements, and violations of his former chief of staff's one-year lobbying ban and with…

Sep 19, 2006

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned August 30, 2006 a one count indictment against Lawrence Moreno, age 65, of Lakeside, Arizona, for Misappropriation of Postal Funds. The indictment alleges that since August 26, 1989, Moreno was…

Sep 14, 2006

If you were surprised by the strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake that shook offshore Florida on the morning of September 10, 2006 you´re not alone. This event was centered far offshore -- about 250 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Fla. -- yet…