GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: A New Mexico man accused of stealing 100-year-old items, including letters by the wife of Western artist Charlie "C.M." Russell, from the Montana Historical Society and selling them for a profit on eBay admitted today to a theft crime, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Brian Anthony D'Ambrosio, 49, of Sante Fe, New Mexico, pleaded gui  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A Shiprock man pleaded guilty in federal court to orchestrating a bid-rigging and money laundering scheme that defrauded a federally-funded Native American educational institution of approximately $1.5 million over a three-year period. According to publicly available court documents, William Badoni, 61, admitted to conspiring with his co-defendant, Elroy Harry,   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. Sam A. Prince, 28, of Clovis, New Mexico, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for April 25, 2024. In late 1942, Prince was a member of Headquarters Battery, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Is  more