KODIAK, Alaska - The Coast Guard and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game personnel are beginning preparations to safeguard the fishing fleet for the start of the 2010 Red King crab season in Bristol Bay. The Coast Guard Marine…

Yuma, Ariz. -- Gathering wild horses and burros is a controversial management action in the Bureau of Land Managements oversight of wild herds, but it is a necessary one for maintaining the health of not only the horses and burros,…

PHOENIX, AZ This morning Deputy U.S. Marshals and Task Force Officers from the Phoenix based Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force arrested James Talley, 39, at a residence in the area of 48th St. and McDowell in Phoenix. James Talley…

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a nearly $13 million construction contract for gravesite expansion at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. The contract was awarded to U.S. Builders Group, a service-disabled Veteran-owned small business…

Baltimore, Maryland U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Shakoor Stevenson, age 27, of Salisbury, Maryland, yesterday to 136 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Judge Motz enhanced…

by Elaine Wilson American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON -- America's support of our troops and their families has been a welcome theme during this past decade of war. The stories of support are abundant, from top leaders encouraging Americans to…

Baltimore, Maryland U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced John F. LeGrand, age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 40 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for armed robbery, possessing a gun in furtherance of a…

New Mexico Distributor Continued to Ship Contraband Cigarettes After Law Enforcement Raids Matthew M. Cunningham, a tobacco products distributor in New Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised…

Phoenix, Arizona - Patrick Chorpenning Sr., 63, of Peoria, who served as director of the Arizona Department of Veterans Services (AZDVS) between 1999 and 2007, pleaded guilty today to two felony charges in Maricopa County Superior Court. Chorpenning pleaded guilty…

Anchorage, Alaska On August 27, 2010, two members of the Dollison Family were sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for cocaine distribution. Dahmir Hale, 22, a resident of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing 92.5…

WASHINGTON Air Products LLC has agreed to pay $1.485 million in civil penalties to resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its Pasadena, Texas, chemical manufacturing facility. The settlement resolves Air Products Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in transferring…

Former Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent John Shipley was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for violating federal firearms laws. Senior United States District Judge David Briones also ordered that Shipley be placed under supervised release…