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Federal Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Friday November 15, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Ariz. U.S. Attorney: Phoenix Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Deadly Human Smuggling-Related Crash on the Tohono O'odham Nation
TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Kevin Rojo-Barron, 21, of Phoenix, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 144 months in prison stemming from a deadly crash last March on the Tohono O'odham Nation. Rojo-Barron pleaded guilty on July 18, 2024, to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit Resulting in Death, and Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit Resulting i  more

EPA, Hopi Tribe, Federal Partners Reach Milestone on Safe Drinking Water, Conclude Administrative Orders
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: PHOENIX - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has terminated three Safe Drinking Water Act Administrative Orders with four Hopi Villages and one Administrative Order on Consent with the Hopi Tribe, following successful collaboration on drinking water issues between the EPA, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Indian Health Service (IHS), and the Hopi Tribe. These parties have ov  more

Minn. U.S. Attorney: Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison in Twin Cities Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Twin Cities felon has been sentenced to 160 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed fentanyl throughout Minnesota and the surrounding region, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, between August 2022 through December 2023, Cornell Montez Chandler, Jr., 25, consp  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Phoenix Man Pleads Guilty to Cocaine, Fentanyl, and Methamphetamine Violations
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: A resident of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Mark Camacho, 25, pleaded guilty to Count One of the Second Superseding Indictment before Senior United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson. In connection with the guil  more