Missouri Man Charged With Murder After Body Found Beneath Fresh Concrete Slab
A Missouri man faces murder charges after investigators found Jonathan Brown's body beneath a freshly poured concrete slab with a gunshot wound.…
Middletown Releases Plans for 450 Homes at Former Circus Liquors Property
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – Residents are getting their most detailed look yet at the proposed redevelopment of the former Circus Liquors property on Route 35, where plans call for 450 homes across several…
Peekskill Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Dogtopia Video, SPCA Says
A Peekskill man faces an animal cruelty charge after video allegedly showed him slamming a senior dog onto a grooming table at Dogtopia in Mount Kisco.…
Three Arrested For Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar “Silver Lease” Investment Fraud
AUDREY STRAUSS, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…
Maricopa Man Sentenced to Prison for Shooting Death
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Brent Edwin Justin, 32, of Maricopa, Arizona, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to nearly 17 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised…
Brothers Convicted Of Heroin Distribution
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Erie Man on Parole for Child Rape Sentenced to 12+ Years in Prison for Bank Robberies
ERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 155 months in prison, 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay $11,100 in restitution on…
Schuylkill County Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Collazo, age 34, formerly of Girardville, Schuylkill County, pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021, before U.S.…
Lackawanna County Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine And Heroin Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rudolph Ford, age 32, formerly of Olyphant, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021, before U.S. District…
Philadelphia Man Charged with Federal Firearms Offense After Incident During 2020 Civil Unrest
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mashaq White, 23, of Philadelphia, PA, was arrested and charged by Indictment on the charge of being a previously convicted felon…
Contract Rehabilitation Therapy Providers Agree to Pay $8.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Medically Unnecessary Therapy Services
Select Medical Corporation and Encore GC Acquisition LLC have agreed to pay $8.4 million to resolve allegations that Select Medical Rehabilitation Services Inc. (SMRS) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing…
Northern Ohio Health System Agrees to Pay Over $21 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Improper Payments to Referring Physicians
Akron General Health System (AGHS), a regional hospital system based in Akron, Ohio, will pay $21.25 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act of improper relationships with certain referring physicians,…
Former San Francisco Building Inspection Commission President Indicted For Bank Fraud, Obstruction Of Justice, Aggravated Identity Theft
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury indicted Rodrigo Santos yesterday for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and Federal Bureau…
Tampa Woman Sentenced To Twenty Years For Distribution Of Heroin And Fentanyl Resulting In Death
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Pagan (40, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and distribution of heroin…
Broome County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Enticement and Coercion of a Minor
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Richard C. O’Hara, age 32, of Broome County pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct with him. The announcement…
Caribou Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Charge
BANGOR, Maine: A Caribou man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. According to court…
Jury Convicts New Jersey Man of Essex County Drug Conspiracy
ALBANY, NEW YORK – James Kerns, age 30, of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, was convicted on June 30, 2020, following a four-day jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and…
Six Alleged Ms-13 Members Facing Federal Indictment for Extortion of Maryland Businesses
Baltimore, Maryland – Six federal criminal complaints charging six defendants with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by violence or threats of violence including extortion were unsealed in the U.S. District Court in…
Caretaker of Senior Couple Charged with Stealing Hundreds of Thousand from Couple’s Bank Accounts
Miami, Florida – A federal indictment unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Florida charges the caretaker of two seniors with accessing to their bank accounts to steal nearly $300,000. The indictment…
Romanian National Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty for His Role in A Conspiracy to Steal Checks Intended for Religious Institutions
Greenbelt, Maryland – Daniel Velcu, age 43, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal bank and wire fraud conspiracy, in which the conspirators received approximately $1,244,056.77 in stolen checks intended…
Phil Murphy sending political campaign message along with $500 rebate checks this week
TRENTON, NJ – If you’re eligible to receive a rebate check from the State of New Jersey this week, be prepared for a campaign style message Governor Phil Murphy to be included…
As sports betting explodes, ESPN expands Joe Wiz’s Feinline program to two hours
NEW YORK, NY – One of the highest-rated sports betting shows in the nation is getting an extra hour, The Feinline120, (120 minutes of sports betting advice) will air on Friday nights,…
Surfside Condo owner stayed at girlfriends and it saved his life
Erick de Moura lived in the Champlain Towers South on the 10th floor. He played soccer and went to his girlfriends house the night before his condo, and the entire building collapsed.…