FRESNO--United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott, California Department of Justice, Director, Division of Law Enforcement Rick Oules, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Pena announced that Sergio Reynol Padilla, a.k.a. Sergio Reynol Padilla-Gonzalez, 39, Lorena…

Developer, contractor to pay $110,000 penalty (San Francisco, Calif.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Tucson, Ariz. developer Whetstone Development Corp. and its general contractor K.E. & G. Development to pay penalties totaling $110,000 to settle…

Landmark Budget Includes Largest Increase in Health Care Spending in History WASHINGTON - Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson announced on February 6, 2006 that President Bush will seek a record $80.6 billion in the fiscal year 2007 budget…

SAN LUIS, AZ - Customs and Border Protection Officers at the San Luis port of entry arrested two men in connection with separate smuggling attempts on February 1, 2006 after "Nelo," a narcotics detection dog, helped the officers find almost…

WASHINGTON, D.C. A California man has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting others to violate the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 a federal law designed to crack down on the transmission of bulk, unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages Assistant Attorney General…

WASHINGTON, DC Jack Thomas, former campaign manager for the Robert Lamutt for Congress Committee (RLCC), pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina in the District of Columbia on January 24, 2006, announced…

2.6 Million More Sign Up for Stand-Alone Coverage in last 30 days Nearly 24 million Medicare beneficiaries now have prescription drug coverage, including more than 2.6 million people who signed up for the new stand-alone prescription drug coverage in the…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have arrested two more men in connection with the theft of 400 pounds of explosives from an ATF explosives licensee. The apprehensions of Joseph Mulnix, 29,…

NUMEROUS OTHER VIOLATIONS ALSO UNCOVERED DURING POST HOLIDAY RUSH EL PASO, TEXAS -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at El Paso area border ports of entry discovered 33 attempts to smuggle prohibited food and agricultural products during…

"Botnet" Investigation Led by U.S. Secret Service's Electronic Crimes Task Force and the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office SAN JOSE United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Anthony Scott Clark, 21, of Beaverton,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. Chief Immigration Judge Michael J. Creppy has ordered the removal to Ukraine of Ivan Demjanjuk, 85, on the basis of his service during World War II as an armed guard at a Nazi extermination camp and two concentration…

HIDALGO, TEXAS -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers working at the Hidalgo port of entry arrested one woman on alien smuggling charges Thursday, December 29. They also intercepted two cocaine loads, two marijuana loads, heroin and methamphetamine in…