Yuma News
Nominations now open for Yuma's top arts awards
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 18 July 2019 18 July 2019
Yuma, Arizona - Nominations are now open and forms are available for the 2019 Tribute of the Muses and Helios awards, the top arts awards in the area for art, art education, art advocacy, or arts philanthropy.
Back to School Rodeo Returns Saturday
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- Written by City of Yuma City of Yuma
- Published: 18 July 2019 18 July 2019
Yuma, Arizona - All are invited to the Yuma Civic Center (1440 W. Desert Hills Drive) at 8 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, for the 8th Annual Back to School Rodeo (BTSR). The free event will be open to the public until noon, and offers Yuma-area families the opportunity to meet with dozens of community resources aiming to further support students in preschool to 8th grade in academics, health, wellness, creativity and extracurriculars.
Colombian National Pleads Guilty to Operating an International Fentanyl Trafficking Organization from a Canadian Prison
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 17 July 2019 17 July 2019
Washington, DC - A Colombian fentanyl trafficker, who was scheduled to go to trial on October 1, 2019, pleaded guilty earlier Friday to drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the leader and organizer of an international continuing criminal enterprise while incarcerated in Quebec, Canada.
Texas Judge Convicted of Bribery and Obstruction
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 17 July 2019 17 July 2019
Houston, Texas - A Texas state district judge has been convicted of bribery and obstruction, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick for the Southern District of Texas.
FBI CJIS’s National Sex Offender Registry Helps Tribal Governments and Law Enforcement Track and Identify Sex Offenders
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 17 July 2019 17 July 2019
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Justice announced a new tool giving tribal governments the ability to directly input data and gain access to the FBI’s National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) using the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS).
U.S. Military Dependent Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Voluntary Manslaughter
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- Written by DOJ DOJ
- Published: 17 July 2019 17 July 2019
Washington, DC - A Colorado man was sentenced to prison in connection with an attack on three U.S. Air Force airmen and resisting military police who attempted to restrain him.
Heir Location Services Company and Co-Owner Plead Guilty To Antitrust Charge for Long-Running Agreement Not to Compete
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- Published: 17 July 2019 17 July 2019
Salt Lake City, Utah - Kemp & Associates Inc., a Salt Lake City-based heir location services provider, and its co-owner, Daniel J. Mannix, pleaded guilty to allocating customers with another heir location services firm, the Department of Justice announced.