Gunman wanted after livery cab driver shot in the face during Brooklyn robbery
Police say suspect demanded cash and vehicle keys before opening fire BROOKLYN, NY — A 21-year-old livery cab driver was shot in the face during an early morning robbery in Brooklyn after…
Florida Man Sentenced For Trafficking In Protected Water Monitor Lizards
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Akbar Akram (44, Holiday) to serve a four-year term of federal probation for trafficking in protected water monitor lizards, in violation…
Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Heroin
BRIDGEPORT, CT – John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, DEWAYNE JOYNER, also known as “Weezy,” 36, of Bridgeport, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District…
Pittsburgh Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl and Heroin in New York City
NEW YORK, NY – A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 21 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United…
Antiquities Dealers Arrested For Fraud Scheme in New York City
Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan Defrauded Antiquities Buyers and Brokers by Using False Provenances to Offer and Sell Antiquities. Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New…
Two Marines Charged for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy After Fellow Marine’s Fatal Drug Overdose
LOS ANGELES – Two active-duty United States Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton were arrested today on a federal grand jury indictment charging one Marine and three civilians with conspiring to distribute narcotics –…
San Diego Child Sex Trafficker Receives Fifteen Years in Federal Prison
SAN DIEGO – Joseph Price was sentenced in federal court today for sex trafficking a minor in San Diego in July and August 2019, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591. Price…
Peckville Bank Robber Sentenced to Prison
PECKVILLE, PA – – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on September 18, 2020, Justin Wade Lynch, age 44, originally of Texas, was sentenced to…
Former Brooklyn Business Owners Plead Guilty in Scheme to Sell Misbranded Beef Products
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Howard Mora and Alan Buxbaum pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto to conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
Currituck County Felon Sentenced for Possession of Ammunition
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Jarvisburg man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition. According to court documents, Antonio Rishawn Taylor, 31, an eight-time…
With Nation in COVID-19 Pandemic, Democrats Once Again Suggest Impeachment for Political Chess Match
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chuck Schumer and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez today called once again for an impeachment process against President Donald J. Trump. This time, to block Trump’s appointment of a Supreme Court Justice…
Huge F*ck Cuomo & DeBlasio Mural Painted on Brooklyn Street
BROOKLYN, NY – As Americans hit the streets to express themselves through large painted street murals, a new one has popped up in Brooklyn. Except this one doesn’t say “Black Lives Matter”,…
Horry County Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Minors
COLUMBIA, S.C. –South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Theodore Woolings Bye, III, 35, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on 26 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet…
Delaware Launches COVID-19 Tracking App
WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and the Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI) on Tuesday launched COVID Alert DE – a mobile app available…
Illegal Alien Convicted of Making False Statements During Purchase of Firearm
Orlando, Florida –A federal jury has found Wilmer Eduardo Mejia-Palacios (36, Orlando) guilty of four counts of making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer. Mejia-Palacios faces up to five…
Jury Convicts Orlando Man of Possessing Cocaine with Intent to Distribute
Orlando, Florida – A federal jury has found Tony Deshane Brown, a/k/a Antowayne Hill, a/k/a Antowayne Pollard (50, Orlando), guilty of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. He faces up to…
Kernersville Man Who Tried to Shoot a State Trooper Sentenced to 30 Years on Federal Drug and Gun Charges
Fired .40 and AK style pistols at NCSHP during high speed chase, fled with assault rifle and drugs, arrested three miles from crash site after a manhunt GREENSBORO, N.C. – A man…
Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill Jewish Congregants in California Synagogue
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal grand jury in Alaska, returned an indictment charging William Alexander, 49, for threatening to kill the congregants of a California synagogue, the Justice Department announced today.…
Twelve charged in multi-year mortgage fraud scheme in Atlanta
SMYRNA, GA – Twelve defendants have been charged in a mortgage fraud scheme allegedly spanning more than four years and resulting in the approval of more than 100 mortgages based on fabricated…
Tennessee Doctors Sentenced in $65 Million TRICARE Fraud
SAN DIEGO – Two doctors, Susan Vergot and Carl Lindblad, were sentenced in federal court today for participating in a health care fraud scheme that bilked TRICARE – the health care program…
Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison for Child Exploitation Offense
MANCHESTER, CT – John H. Durham. United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUQMAN GOTTI, formerly known as Timothy Pennington, 39, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District…
