Police Blotter

COLUMBUS, OH – The Columbus Police Department is searching for a woman who asked to see a Chihuahua puppy at the Bethel Road Petland store, then walked out of the …

NEWARK, NJ – An elaborate insurance scam operated by an Orange resident in the City of Newark came to an end after police began investigating. Newark Public Safety Director Brian …

JERSEY CITY, NJ – A Jersey City woman has been convicted of stealing approximately $80,000 from the City of Jersey City where she worked as a payroll clerk for the …

ABSECON, NJ – A motor vehicle stop led police to the seizure of 2,000 bags of heroin in Absecon, at the Jersey Shore. Absecon police reported at approximately 3:00 PM …

TRENTON, NJ – A bill that would allow remote learning days for pandemic shutdowns and even snow and other weather-related closures count toward the New Jersey 180 day public school …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – As the army of Vladimir Putin and Russia continue their vicious and unprovoked assault on the independent nation of Ukraine, Americans across the nation are rallying …

San Antonio, TX – Brian Ontiveros was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) tonight on charges involving homicide. Ontiveros, 26, was wanted by the …

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kareem A. Salem (619) 546-8904 and John Parmley (619) 546-7957 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – March 4, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Joe Sery, former owner and chief executive …

A federal judge sentenced an Alabama man today to 160 years’ imprisonment for using internet applications to seek images and live transmissions of the violent sexual abuse of Filipina children …

BECKLEY, W.Va. –  James David Morris, Jr., 43, of Beckley, was sentenced today to two years and 11 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, …

Tacoma – A former Port Orchard, Washington attorney, who stole a bequest left by a client for the benefit of a children’s hospital, and then defrauded a close friend, was …

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today …

BOSTON – A Brockton man was charged today in federal court in Boston with the Nov. 8, 2021 robbery of an Eastern Bank branch in Lakeville. Nathon Caeser Ribeiro Neves, …

NEW ORLEANS –  ZACHARY VERDIN, age 29, a resident of Marrero, was sentenced this week by United States District Judge Susie Morgan, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. VERDIN was …

BOSTON – A former Massachusetts attorney and his wife pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with various mortgage fraud schemes. Barry Wayne Plunkett Jr., 61, and …

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine while he illegally possessed firearms was sentenced March 3, 2022, to more than 11 years in federal prison. Lucas Lowman, 39, from Mason …

PORTLAND, Ore.—An Oregon City, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for his leadership role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl from Mexico …

BOSTON – A Marlboro woman pleaded guilty today to fraudulently receiving Social Security disability benefits, MassHealth, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and Section 8 housing assistance.    Maribel Rodriguez, 63, …

FAYETTEVILLE – A Springdale man was sentenced on March 2, 2022, to 144 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Being a Felon …

Hattiesburg, Miss. – A Colorado man was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for selling a firearm to a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special …

Gulfport, Miss. – A Honduran national was sentenced to 15 months in prison for unlawful reentry by an alien removed after felony conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and …

Gulfport, Miss.  – An El Salvadoran national pleaded guilty to the federal felony offense of unlawful return of an alien removed after felony conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca …

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jeffrey Patterson, 46, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 155 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised …

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Michael A. Deshong and Alicia Williams (619) 546-9290 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—March 4, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Darris Cotton of Vista pleaded guilty in federal court today …

BOSTON – A Lowell man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston on firearms trafficking charges. Isael Rodriguez, 27, was charged with one count of dealing in …