EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell successfully interdicted a drug smuggling vessel, seizing approximately 1,300 pounds of cocaine and taking five suspected smugglers into custody on Sunday, Sept. 16. Boutwell was on patrol in…

WASHINGTON Van Thu Tran was sentenced today in San Diego to 36 months in prison for her role in a scheme to cheat casinos across the country out of millions of dollars. In addition to her prison sentence, Van Thu…

Numerous area fires appear to be intentionally set BOZEMAN, MONTANA The previous reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the fire at Heritage Christian School, 4310 Durston…

by Laura Mowry Edwards Air Force Base Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California (AFNS) -- For the Edwards community who has been actively involved in NASA's Space Shuttle program since flight testing began in the 1970's, it was a…

A total of 30 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney have been reported from 19 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (1), California (2), Connecticut (3), Illinois (1), Louisiana…

Related to $250 Million Contract for 911 Emergency Response System in Iraq WASHINGTON An Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary, Lucent Technologies World Services Inc. (LTWSI), has agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it submitted…

MANHATTAN , NY. - Thirty-nine kilograms of heroin (86 pounds) were seized during a court authorized search of an apartment at 86-34 122 nd Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, which housed a heroin distribution center. Agents arrested one individual, Jose…

Four Additional Defendants Were Previously Charged for Their Roles in the Scheme WASHINGTON Five individuals have been charged in court documents in the Eastern District of Michigan for their participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving purported home health and…

As of September 13, the National Park Service (NPS) has announced a total of 9 confirmed cases of hantavirus infection in people who recently visited Yosemite National Park. The visitors to Yosemite are residents of: California (7), Pennsylvania (1), and…

Obamas Immigration Policies May Encourage More Border Crossings Phoenix, AZ - Maricopa County Sheriffs Human Smuggling interdiction unit had its hands full yesterday in two separate smuggling cases that netted 17 total arrests yesterday. In the first investigation, a vehicle…

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a producer of pesticides for commercial and consumer lawn and garden uses, was sentenced in federal district court in Columbus, Ohio, to pay a $4 million fine and perform community service for eleven criminal violations of…

Phoenix, AZ - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies had a vested interest in todays jury decision to put David Anthony to death for the gruesome murders of his wife Donna and her two young children. Justice served…