PHOENIX The U.S. Attorneys Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have announced a takedown of mortgage fraud schemes, the culmination of substantial coordinated efforts during the last three and a half months to identify, arrest and prosecute mortgage…

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized various animal food products stored under unsanitary conditions at the PETCO Animal Supplies Distribution Center located in Joliet, Ill., pursuant to a warrant issued by the…

Seizure part of Caribbean Border Interagency Group Initiative MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents, working jointly with other Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) law enforcement officers seized approximately 567 kilograms of cocaine with a street…

by Karon Schneider Jake's Corner the movie, filmed entirely on location at Jake's Corner, Payson and Phoenix, is headed to the big screen. Written and Directed by Jeff Santo and produced by Tim Comstock and Hollywood Heard, Jake's Corner will…

WASHINGTON - Gourmet Foods, Inc., a Rancho Dominquez, Calif., firm, is recalling approximately 130 pounds of various ready-to-eat chicken products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The…

WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force's top civilian and uniformed leader tendered their resignations to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates June 5. "Recent events convince me that it is now time for a new leader to take the stick…

Our new name may have confused readers when they picked up this edition of what has been known as Tonto Basin News for the last 11+ years. I contemplated having the new name coincide with the new facelift, which debuts…

PHOENIX Leland Ivan Antonio, 48, of San Carlos, Arizona, a member of the San Carlos Apache Indian Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mary H. Murguia to 13 years in federal prison. Antonio pleaded guilty on February 11, 2008…

Phoenix, Arizona Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Edward Burke has ruled that Virtual Realty Funding Company (VRF) and its owner Kenneth D. Perkins violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and state banking laws and ordered them to pay $1.2 million…

Detroit U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Ambassador Bridge discovered 23.9 kilograms of ecstasy and five kilograms of methamphetamine in the spare tire of a car, attempting to make entry into the U.S. via the Nexus lane. The…

Washington - U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine announced two major recent cocaine seizures totaling more than four tons of cocaine made possible by the surveillance operations of CBP Air and Marine. The two loads of…

Phoenix, Arizona Rodney Fielding, 50, and Lisa Fielding, 46, of Tempe, pleaded guilty in a land investment fraud scheme that cost investors more than $1.87 million. Rodney Fielding pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, and Lisa Fielding pleaded guilty…