National News

Sep 5, 2006

Imposes Tariff on Dumped Paper Products Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on August 31, 2006 its final decision in the antidumping duty investigation of lined paper products from China. The Department found that Chinese companies are selling…

Aug 15, 2006

TUCSON, Ariz. A federal grand jury in Tucson, Ariz. returned an eighteen count indictment against Sergio Renteria of Willcox, Arizona, his wife, Sandra Renteria, also of Willcox, and their daughter, Kayla Taylor, for conspiring to impede and impair the functions…

Aug 15, 2006

Conviction is 4th stemming from 1994 murder of Special Agent Richard Fass PHOENIX Agustin Vasquez-Mendoza was found guilty on Tuesday, August 8 in Maricopa County Superior Court for the first-degree murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Richard E.…

Aug 15, 2006

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Wesley Elvis Peden, 47, of Oroville, California, was held in custody on August 10, 2006, and ordered removed to the Eastern District of California following his arrest in Cottonwood, Arizona, on August 7, 2006. Peden is charged…

Aug 1, 2006

A website known as www.namgla.net was closed for business Tuesday, July 25 by the FBI as part of its Innocent Images National Initiative targeting child pornography networks operating globally using the Internet. The announcement was made by J. Stephen Tidwell,…

Jul 26, 2006

by Master Sgt. Tommie Baker 3rd Wing Public Affairs Ty Pennington, the star of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," jokes with members of the production crew during the filming of the "Rogers Family" episode in North Pole, Alaska. Approximately 180…

Jul 18, 2006

WASHINGTON Former Virgin Islands Fire Service employee Earl E. Brewley and Esmond J. Modeste, purported Project Manager of a fictitious company named Elite Technical Services (Elite), pleaded guilty today to engaging in an elaborate bribery and kickback scheme to defraud…

Jul 18, 2006

WASHINGTON Chad Hatten, 36, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on July 11, 2006 to 90 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, the Justice Department announced. Hatten was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lee…

Jul 4, 2006

PHOENIX - Kaster Tezino, 23, of North Highlands, Calif., was charged in Phoenix on June 22 by criminal complaint with Interstate Transportation of a Minor for Prostitution. Tezino made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson in…

Jun 22, 2006

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Paso Del Norte (PDN) crossing in downtown El Paso made a substantial cocaine seizure on Wednesday, June 22. CBP officers seized 31.5 pounds of the drug with…