Bethesda, Maryland -- Researchers have found that genetic alterations originally identified in people suffering from a rare disease may also be an important risk factor for the second most common form of dementia among the elderly. In a study recently…

PHOENIX - Kaster Tezino, 23, of North Highlands, Calif., was charged in Phoenix on June 22 by criminal complaint with Interstate Transportation of a Minor for Prostitution. Tezino made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson in…

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Paso Del Norte (PDN) crossing in downtown El Paso made a substantial cocaine seizure on Wednesday, June 22. CBP officers seized 31.5 pounds of the drug with…

TUCSON, Ariz Amid a myriad of enforcement actions including fugitive apprehensions and stopping prohibited agricultural from being smuggled across the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the Arizona ports of entry seized more than 3,200 pounds of…

TUCSON, Ariz. - John H. Richardson, 51, a journalist for Esquire Magazine, pleaded guilty in Tucson last week to the charge of Interfering with a Forest Officer. Richardson was sentenced the same day to time served. On March 24, 2004,…

TUCSON, Ariz. Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico Police Officer Julio Cesar Lozano-Lopez, 29, of Naco, Sonora, Mexico was sentenced here June 8, 2006, by U.S. District Judge John M. Roll to time served. Lozano-Lopez has been in federal custody for 14 months…

PHOENIX, Arizona Julieta Franco-Beltran (47), Rodrigo Plaza-Franco (25) and Ambrosio Plaza- Franco (28), all citizens of Mexico were sentenced in Phoenix on June 1, 2006 by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone. Julieta Franco-Beltran was sentenced in two separate alien…

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced awards today to more than 1,100 local police and fire departments totaling more than $20 million as part of the second phase of the fiscal year 2005 Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance…

SAN LUIS, Ariz - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at the San Luis port of entry seized more than $500,000 worth of heroin and methamphetamines on April 24, arresting a man from San Luis Rio Colorado in connection with…

Roughly 53 percent of the firms employees during 2005 had invalid / mismatched Social Security numbers WASHINGTON, D.C. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and Glenn T. Suddaby, United…

WASHINGTON, D.C. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have unveiled a comprehensive immigration enforcement strategy for the nations interior. The new interior enforcement strategy represents the second phase…

DOUGLAS, AZ - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the Douglas Port of Entry caught a man wanted in Maricopa County on charges of probation violation stemming from his conviction for Sexual Conduct with a Minor. At around…