EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers performing anti-terror inspections at El Paso area border ports of entry made six marijuana seizures this past weekend, confiscating a total of 2,021 pounds of the drug. CBP officers recorded…

Border Situation Remains Chaotic On Tuesday, January 9, County Attorney Andrew Thomas called for an inquiry by Congress and the Arizona legislature into the circumstances surrounding the recent reported retreat by National Guard troops along the Mexican border after they…

WASHINGTON The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released today fiscal year 2007 grant guidance and application kits for five grant programs that will total roughly $445 million in funding for state, local and private industry infrastructure protection initiatives. These five…

County Attorney's Office Will Seek Prison Sentence County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced that his office has charged Mike Tyson, former world heavyweight boxing champion, with two felony drug crimes and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence. The charges…

PHOENIX - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced that ADEQ has issued a water quality permit for the BHP Copper Pinto Valley Operations open pit mine in Miami in Gila County. The permit, which is technically…

SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency redesignated the Miami, Ariz. area as having met the federal health standard for sulfur dioxide and approved the state's plan to maintain healthy air quality levels in the area for the 10…

PHOENIX - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced that ADEQ has issued an air quality permit for the BHP Copper Pinto Valley mine near Miami in Gila County. The permit will regulate emissions of nitrogen oxides,…

TUCSON, Ariz.-- A federal grand jury in Tucson, Ariz. returned a two count indictment against United States Border Patrol Agent Paul C. Smith, 32, of Arizona City, Arizona. for Theft of Public Property and Money. U. S. Attorney Paul K.…

By Sgt. Jim Greenhill National Guard Bureau SAN LUIS, Ariz. The U.S. border with Mexico here is flat. There is no river between the two countries, and the Yuma Desert stretches to the east. But the borderland terrain is considerably…

Phoenix, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced on December 14 the indictment of Douglas K. Martin, the Arizona State Mine Inspector, on three counts of theft, three counts of fraud and three counts of procurement code fraud. The indictment alleges…

CHICAGO Federal fraud charges were unsealed on December 12 against 21 defendants who allegedly participated in an international fraud scheme in which victims were led to believe that they were purchasing items that were listed for sale on the Internet,…

Gammarano, A Long-Time Gambino Family Member, Has Also Been An Acting Captain Of The Family An indictment was unsealed on December 12 in Brooklyn federal court charging Gambino organized crime family soldiers John Gammarano and William Scotto with racketeering, racketeering…