Law and Crime Report

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A New Jersey woman employed by New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew was charged Wednesday with conspiring to stage a violent assault and making false statements …

Galloway Township, NJ – Officers from the Galloway Township Police Department joined forces with TapHouse Jiu-Jitsu Wednesday evening to host a community women’s self-defense seminar designed to teach practical personal …

Trenton, NJ – The former chief financial officer of a Burlington County-based nonprofit was sentenced to eight years in state prison after admitting to stealing more than $2.5 million from …

Queens, NY – A year-long investigation into a violent Queens gang culminated Thursday with the indictment of 32 alleged members of the “Bad-Co Ballout” crew, accused of committing a string …

ELKTON, MD – A former Cecil County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison, with all but six months suspended, for repeatedly conducting unlawful searches in a …

Shillington, PA – A 53-year-old man is recovering a week later after one of his dogs fired a shotgun that struck him in the back late last Tuesday night, police …

NEW YORK, NY – A Manhattan man who repeatedly assaulted Jewish New Yorkers at protests over the Israel-Hamas war has been sentenced to 17 months in federal prison. Tarek Bazrouk, …

HOUSTON – A Missouri City couple who once worked at NASA admitted Friday to running a years-long mortgage fraud scheme tied to the financing of their luxury home, federal prosecutors …

CHICAGO – A 23-year-old man was charged in federal court Friday after allegedly attacking an armored truck driver and stealing a bag of cash during a brazen daylight robbery in …

NEW ORLEANS, La. – A former cruise line employee from Indonesia was sentenced Monday to four years in federal prison after being caught with child exploitation materials at a New …

ALBANY, N.Y. – A Watervliet man admitted Monday to trading cocaine for stolen guns, pleading guilty to two federal firearms charges tied to a 2022 burglary at a Hudson Falls …

BOSTON, MA – A Dominican national living unlawfully in Boston has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for reentering the United States after being deported, prosecutors …

SOUTH BEND, IN – A 39-year-old man from South Bend has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison after admitting to distributing fentanyl and other drugs, prosecutors announced. …

BATON ROUGE, LA – A Prairieville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to defraud a Louisiana childcare grant program created with pandemic relief funds, prosecutors announced. Romney …

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A 72-year-old Minnesota man with a prior conviction for threatening a judge has been indicted again, this time on charges of threatening to murder a federal judge, …

CHARLOTTE, NC – A federal jury has convicted a Texas man on multiple counts after prosecutors said he traveled to North Carolina to engage in criminal conduct involving a minor …

BALTIMORE, MD – A Miami woman has been indicted on 16 federal charges for her alleged role in a pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud scheme that targeted state agencies, including the …

ST. LOUIS, MO – A New York woman pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a sweeping fraud scheme involving counterfeit checks and stolen identities worth nearly $2.7 million. Gabrielle …

LOS ANGELES, CA – Identical twin brothers who worked as MRI technicians have been indicted on federal charges alleging they failed to report more than $1.1 million in income, much …

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – A 50-year-old man from Orange has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for attempting to smuggle more than 23 kilograms of cocaine through a …

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – A federal inmate at FCI Allenwood has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after being caught with a makeshift weapon during a random search, prosecutors …

BOSTON, MA – A Haverhill man and former Seabrook, N.H., police officer has been indicted on a federal charge of receiving child sexual abuse material, prosecutors announced. John Giarrusso, 49, …

ORLANDO, FL – Two Orlando men have each been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing firearms as convicted felons, prosecutors announced. U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell …

ALEXANDRIA, VA – A former U.S. Army private has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and one count …

BOSTON, MA – A Dominican national has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston after allegedly resisting and assaulting federal officers during an immigration arrest. Eddy Rafael Matos-Lara, …