FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: A Fayetteville man was sentenced on Monday, May 20, to 240 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville. According to court documents, multipl  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 25 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: A federal district judge imposed a 210-month term of imprisonment to an individual who admitted to driving a car intended to distract law enforcement from another car trafficking 40 pounds of methamphetamine. At a joint plea and sentencing hearing Wednesday, Jose V. Sanchez, 28, of Lindsay, California, pleaded guilty to one count of c  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 25 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) has launched a $1 million fund to support affordable housing on tribal lands in its District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. Through the new, Native American Housing Opportunities Fund, federally recognized tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) spons  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 24, 2024: * * * Defendant Caused Tax Loss in Excess of $900,000 * * * An Arkansas man pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false individual income tax return. According to court documents, Carlos Gonzalez, 59, of Rogers, filed false tax returns that underreported the gross receipts from his tree-trimming and removal business, Charley's Tree Service. From 2014 through 2020, Gonzalez deliberately und  more