Police Blotter

WYCKOFF, NJ – The Wyckoff Police Department said a barking dog scared away a burglar who tried to rob a home in the town on Saturday. Police responded to the …

BORDENTOWN, NJ – A Trenton man on trial for the robbery the Bordentown branch of Investor’s Savings Bank was convicted by a jury after just two hours of deliberation.  Burlington …

CLEVELAND, OH – A Cleveland dance teacher has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for assaulting multiple former students from 2013 to 2018. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley …

BRANCHBURG, NJ – The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has announced an arrest of a car thief who stole a Branchburg woman’s Jeep out of her driveway Sunday morning. Acting Somerset …

Charleston, WV – The U.S. Marshals of the Southern District of West Virginia, Cops United Felony Fugitive Enforcement Division (CUFFED) Task Force is working with the Bluefield Police Department and …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 21-year-old local man has been sent to federal prison for production of child [censored]ography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Marcos Daniel Gomez pleaded guilty Oct. …

RICHMOND, Va. – A Sterling man pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents, on July 21, 2021, Salahudin Mitchell, 39, distributed more than 56 grams of …

PITTSBURGH, PA – The Pittsburgh Police Department responded to the area of the 800 block of N. Homewood Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert for four rounds fired. Arriving police officers …

PITTSBURGH, PA -A man was shot and killed near the intersection of Kingsboro Street and Pasadena Street just before 6:15 p.m. today. Police said multiple shots were reportedly fired. When …

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ – A post-Purim event held in the parking lot at a Howell Township shopping plaza just north of Lakewood prompted a police response Wednesday night. Howell Township …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Christopher Michaud, 43, of Chesterfield, South Carolina, was sentenced to 147 months in prison and three years of supervised release today on robbery and firearms offenses, announced …

SHERMAN, Texas – A Nigerian man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Sobanke Idris …

The last of eight members of an organized fraud ring based in Detroit has been sentenced, concluding a multi-year prosecution that originated with a twenty-three-count indictment alleging conspiracy to commit …

CONTACT: Barbara Burns   PHONE:       (716) 843-5817 FAX #:          (716) 551-3051   BUFFALO, NY – Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced the appointment of 12 U.S. Attorneys to serve on the Attorney General’s …

Seattle – A resident of Astoria, Oregon was convicted this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of five federal felonies connected to his scheme to profit from illegal kickbacks …

TYLER, Texas – A Whitehouse, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Anthony D. Klein, 47, pleaded guilty to …

United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that DANIEL PATRICK GUTIERREZ, age 36, of Cheyenne, Wyoming was found guilty by a federal jury for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of …

Seattle – A 43-year-old Renton, Washington, man was transferred to federal custody today and charged with drug and gun crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.  David Christopher Pitts was initially …

DENVER – Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced that U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan is being appointed, along with 11 other U.S. Attorneys, to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory …

BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK – Stan Johnson, age 23, of the Bronx, New York, pled guilty today and was sentenced to time served (approximately 6 months in jail) for trespassing at …

            WASHINGTON – A Florida man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on …

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A Galesburg, Illinois, man, Benjamin William Norville, 29, of the 500 block of Chambers Street, was sentenced on March 29, 2022, to an aggregate term of …

            WASHINGTON – Three men, all from the District of Columbia, have been indicted on federal conspiracy charges stemming from a series of recent robberies …

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Noah Felice, age 70, of Fayetteville, New York, was arraigned today after being charged in an indictment with lying to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), announced …