WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - From October 20-21, Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie Canegallo traveled to Phoenix, Arizona and El Paso, Texas where she met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to thank them for their continued service and dedication to securing our borders, countering drug smuggling, and enforcing U.S. immigra  more

DESERT CENTER, California, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents, arrested a couple transporting fentanyl from California to Arizona Monday morning. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station Strike Team were observing traffic of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 when an SUV passed their position at a high rate of speed. Agents followed the vehicle for approximately  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Robert Allen Cooke III, 355th Wing Public Affairs The 68th Rescue Squadron hosted a CRO (Combat Rescue Officer) screening course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Oct. 15-20, 2023. The CRO screener program, known as 'CRO Phase II,' is a part of a multi-phased training process that screens cadets who want to become CRO for the U.S. Air Forc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: DOUGLAS, Ariz. -- An Arizona man was sentenced during the week of Oct. 9 to 288 months in prison for attempted production of sex abuse material. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case. Jeremy Carson Lamb, 39, of Mesa, pleaded guilty on June 13 to one count of attempted production of child pornography. "Predatory behavior will not be tol  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 13, a southern Arizona man was charged following an Oct. 5, complaint for possession with intent to distribute cocaine as a result of a case by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the DEA. The agencies conducted the interdiction and subsequent investigation in this case. The complaint al  more

PRESCOTT, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Prescott National Forest - issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: Beginning this week and continuing for approximately 10 months, a contractor working on the Verde Ranger District will be using heavy equipment to thin approximately 4,565 acres of the Racetrack Mastication project. This project is being implemented under the Black Hills Vegetation Management Project. The project area is loc  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 28 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2023: * * * Published on October 27, 2023 by Disaster Field Operations Center West * * * Small nonfarm businesses in ten Arizona counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Jeffrey Lusk of SBA's Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduce  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Jedidiah Michael Noble, 35, of Ganado, Arizona, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge Michael T. Liburdi to 20 years in prison. Noble pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder. On January 13, 2021, Noble stabbed his grandmother approximately 50 times, killing her. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S.   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Elan David Nash, 36, of Polacca, was sentenced on September 25, 2023, by United States District Judge Steven P. Logan to 25 years in prison. Nash previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder, Kidnapping, and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury of an Intimate Partner. During a violent crime spree in November of 2019, Nash shot and killed a woman on the Hop  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Michael Lee, 27, of Tucson, was arrested yesterday on a federal complaint warrant by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Southern Arizona Violent Crime and Gang Task Force for transmitting threats through interstate communications for threatening to commit a mass shooting at the University of Arizona. The complaint alleges that Lee transmitted threats t  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Sunshine Michelle Betters, 47, of Tucson, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 120 months in prison for Transportation of Illegal Aliens Resulting in Death. Betters also was sentenced to an additional 11 months imprisonment for violating her federal supervised release for a prior conviction for Transportation of Illegal Aliens. On Ju  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: The Department of Justice joins survivors, victim service providers, advocates, and communities nationwide in recognizing October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). This is a time to center the experiences of survivors; honor those who lost their lives to domestic violence; express gratitude to the countless individuals in the movement to end violence; a  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: Today, the United States Attorney's Office announced its immigration enforcement statistics for July 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023. These cases are prosecuted in partnership with the Tucson and Yuma Sectors of the Customs and Border Protection's U.S. Border Patrol, along with Homeland Security Investigations, and assistance from other federal, state, and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SELLS, Ariz. -- An Arizona woman was sentenced Oct. 20 to 120 months in prison for transporting noncitizens resulting in a death. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Border Patrol and the Tohono O'odham Tribal Police Department investigated the case. Sunshine Michelle Betters, 47, of Tucson, was sentenced to an additional 11 months imprisonment for violat  more