New Jersey is Home to America’s Safest Drivers, New Report Claims
Trenton, NJ – If you live in New Jersey or have ever driven through New Jersey, you might have just raised your eyebrows, but a new study actually suggests New Jersey is…
Jury Convicts Two Mexican Nationals for $2.1 Million Meth Conspiracy
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two Mexican nationals have been convicted by a federal trial jury for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy to distribute over 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in the…
Financial Secretary-Treasurer of UAW Local 412 Charged With Embezzling Over $2 Million in Union Funds
DETROIT – Timothy Edmunds, the Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 412 of the United Auto Workers union, has been charged in a Criminal Complaint with embezzling over $2 million in union funds announced…
HSI investigation results in multiple federal drug and firearm convictions including contributing to an overdose death
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Following a four-day jury trial in federal court, a Sevierville man was convicted of multiple drug charges involving the distribution and possession of heroin, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl as…
Agents Apprehend Large Group in Big Bend Sector
ALPINE, Texas – Agents from Alpine Station apprehended 67 Undocumented Non-Citizens south of the city. On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, Border Patrol Agents working the Highway 118 checkpoint apprehended 67 UDNCs in a…
Union County Man Sentenced To 85 Months In Prison For Carjacking Uber Driver In Newark
NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 85 months in prison for his role in a Newark carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, Acting U.S.…
Laredo Field Office Set To Reopen and Resume Normal Operating Hours at the Amistad Dam International Bridge in Del Rio
DEL RIO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) Laredo Field Office will reopen the Amistad Dam International Bridge after an extended closure. On Wednesday, November 10,…
Multi-agency effort leads to the arrest of a cartel member
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents together with Webb County Constable’s Office (WCCP2) Precinct 2 arrested a cartel member near downtown Laredo. The incident occurred on Nov. 9, when agents…
Smugglers Use Dump Trailer to Transport Migrants Around Checkpoint
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted two migrant smuggling attempts within 24 hours. On Nov. 8, a Kingsville Border Patrol Station agent observed a Chevrolet…
Oficiales de CBP de Brownsville Confiscan $107K en Cocaína en el Puente Internacional Veterans
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Los oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) en el Puente Internacional de Veteranos interceptaron una carga de presunta cocaína valorada en más de…
Brownsville Port of Entry CBP Officers Seize $107K in Cocaine at Veterans International Bridge
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Veterans International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine valued at more than $107,000 hidden within a 2008 BMW. “Every narcotics…
Border patrol finds child abandoned at El Paso border crossing
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Paso Del Norte international crossing in El Paso took custody of an eight-year-old boy just before 6 p.m. Nov.…
Three Men Admit Roles in $50 Million Health Care Fraud and Kickback Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – Three men today admitted their roles in a health care fraud and kickback schemes, U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Nicholas Defonte, 73, and Christopher Cirri, 63, both of…
Upper Skagit tribal member sentenced to 15 years in prison for assault
Seattle – A 44–year-old member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison for three federal felonies in connection with…
Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking
BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to trafficking fentanyl. Eric Encarnacion Medina, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess…
Dallas Real Estate Developer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Bribery
A Dallas real estate developer was sentenced today to eight years in federal prison for bribing two former Dallas City Council members, Carolyn Davis and Dwaine Caraway, Acting U.S. Attorney for the…
Florida Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bribery Scheme
A Florida man was sentenced today to three years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $1,250,000 for engaging in a scheme to bribe former Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Maddox…
Kaléo Inc. Agrees to Pay $12.7 Million to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Anti-Overdose Drug
kaléo Inc., a Virginia-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, has agreed to pay the United States $12.7 million to resolve allegations that kaléo caused the submission of false claims for the drug Evzio, an injectable…
Pikeville Man Convicted of Wire Fraud and Healthcare Fraud
PIKEVILLE, Ky.- A Pikeville man was convicted on Monday by a federal jury in Pikeville for wire fraud and health care fraud. After two hours of deliberation, following a five-day trial, the…
Colorado Man Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
WASHINGTON — A Colorado man was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session…
ADA Settlement with Stamford YMCA Ensures Access to Programs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Stamford YMCA (“Stamford YMCA”) of Stamford, Connecticut, has entered into a settlement agreement with the government to…
