The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its investigation of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to eating food from Taco Bell restaurants in 5 states. FDA is collaborating with state and local health officials, the U.S. Centers…

Largest Amount Ever Recovered in a Single Year WASHINGTON The United States in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006 recovered a record amount of more than $3.1 billion in settlements and judgments in cases involving allegations of fraud against…

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…

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…

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,…

Current Information Suggests Outbreak is Not Ongoing The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the results of an investigation by state and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigators, which found consuming tomatoes in restaurants as the…

TUCSON - Frank Kolk, 50, of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been sentenced to 46 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to be followed by four years supervised release. On June 1, 2006, Kolk pled guilty to one…

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…

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…

WASHINGTON Christopher Kevin Weaver, a charter boat captain from Panama City, Fla., was sentenced on October 10, 2006 to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine for violating the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) by knowingly and unlawfully…

WASHINGTON Gheevarghese Pappen, a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee pleaded guilty on October 12 in Savannah, Ga., to soliciting and accepting nearly $50,000 in illegal gratuities, announced Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division. Pappen,…

Los Angeles, CA - Joe Davies had no idea the life he enjoyed as a semi-pro golfer in California was going to change due to small talk between two law enforcement officers attending a professional conference in August more than…