Wildwood Air Show Returns Sunday After F-22 Raptors Thunder Over Packed Beach and Boardwalk
The Wildwoods Air Show returns Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. with the F-22 Raptor, F-16s, MiG-17, Coast Guard aircraft, warbirds and aerobatics.…
Manchester Township Will Be Next Town to Fall to Overdevelopment, Expansion
Manchester Is Looking More Like the Next Jackson as Land Buyers Move In…
Police Officer Sickened by 9-11 Response Says Town Took His Accrued Time Away at Retirement
Retired Jackson Police Sgt. Michael Grochowski says a Ground Zero-related illness ended his career and is challenging the loss of accumulated vacation time.…
Tobacco giant Philip Morris trying to buy asthma therapy company
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International entered a bidding war with the U.S. private equity firm Carlyle to buy an asthma therapy company that focuses on treating lung conditions. Philip Morris International (PMI),…
Migrants being flown to small West Texas town before being released by Biden administration
The Biden administration is reportedly flying migrants to Abilene, Texas, before releasing them to board other flights with destinations around the U.S., KTAB News reported Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has…
Some Texas school districts defy governor’s ban on school masks
The school districts of Dallas and Austin, Texas will require masks to keep students and staff more protected against the COVID-19 delta variant surge. The decisions announced by each school districts’ superintendent…
Senate adopts $3.5 trillion budget
The Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget framework early Wednesday, setting the stage for Democrats to pass sweeping measures addressing climate change, education, immigration, health care and more. The budget passed on…
New York City man exonerated for a murder he didn’t commit after spending 32 years in prison
Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that she will file a joint motion with the defense to vacate the conviction of Carlton Roman, who has been incarcerated for 32 years…
Four Individuals Charged with Long-Running Global Pump-and-Dump Scheme
BOSTON – Three Canadian nationals and one former California attorney, who is believed to be residing in Mexico, have been charged in connection with a long-running international securities fraud scheme in which…
Modesto Men Plead Guilty to Drug Conspiracy
FRESNO, Calif. — Modesto residents Genaro Serrato Calles, 49, and Antonio Valencia Hernandez, 65, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According…
Federal Judge Sentences Three Cocaine Traffickers To Prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., handed down prison sentences of up to 25 years to three cocaine traffickers, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for…
Dennis Duffy Pleads Not Guilty to CARES Act, American Express Frauds
The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dennis Duffy II, 38, of Winooski, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to two sets of…
Central Valley Fruit Broker Member Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $1.25 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Allegations of Fraudulent Crop Insurance Claims
FRESNO, Calif. — Ralph Hackett, 66, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting mail fraud and agreed to pay $650,000 in criminal restitution for helping another individual submit a fraudulent…
Members of Brooklyn-Based “Ninedee Gang” Indicted for Racketeering and the Murder of a Former Federal Witness
Earlier today, a nine-count superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging four members of the Ninedee Gang, a violent street gang based at the Louis H. Pink Houses (“Pink…
Former Bronx Public Charter School Teacher Charged In Connection With His Sexual Exploitation Of Former Students
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jacqueline Maguire, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…
Waterloo Man Sentenced to Over a Decade in Federal Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms as a Felon
A man who unlawfully possessed a loaded handgun while awaiting sentencing on another federal firearms offense was sentenced today to 92 months in federal prison. The court ordered the sentence to be…
Rochester Woman Sentenced To A Year in Prison And Ordered To Pay Restitution For Her Role In Arsons During May 2020 Violent Protests
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mackenzie Drechsler, 20, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of rioting for her…
Former Employee Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stealing a Handgun from his Employer
A former employee of a federally licensed firearms dealer who stole a handgun from his employer while at work was sentenced today to a year in federal prison. Raykwon Stevenson, age 25,…
Man who Kidnapped Teenager from Minnesota and Brought her to Iowa Sentenced to Over a Decade in Prison
A man who maintained a long term online grooming relationship with a minor teenager via social media, which ended with him secretly driving her to Iowa and hiding her in a park…
Colchester Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Machinegun
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division; and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the…
Illinois Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sending Threatening Communication Through Social Media
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – An Illinois man was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison for sending a threatening message through social media to a West Virginia law enforcement officer. According to…
Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Millcreek Township Jared Store
ERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Hobbs Act robbery, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Devon Ashley…
Local Man Pleads Guilty to Placing a Backpack of Destructive Devices in Downtown Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms law, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.…