Police Blotter

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – During the holidays, Newport Beach police will be handing out presents.  Instead of gifts of joy, they will be tickets for violating the state vehicle code …

NEWARK, DE – On November 30, 2020, Newark Police Detectives took Nathan Harrington, 25, of Middletown, and Brittany Martin, 26, of Taneytown, MD, into custody without incident when they arrived …

WILMINGTON, DE – On Saturday (Nov 21), patrol officers from the New Castle County Division of Police were dispatched to the Jalisco Mexican Grocery Store in the Willow Run Shopping …

HAMILTON, NJ – Colonel Patrick J. Callahan and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that the New Jersey State Police have arrested 24 suspects for various drug, weapon, and …

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL – Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a report of a sexual battery that is said to have occurred Monday afternoon after a stranger approached a home in …

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Larry Bouknight (34, Jacksonville) to 20 years in federal prison for distributing a controlled substance that resulted in death. …

NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men were charged with theft of government property and fraudulently altering United States Postal Service (USPS) postage stamps, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. …

Fargo, North Dakota – United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Paul Henry Cavanaugh, age 55, from Fort Totten, ND, to …

ALEXANDRIA, VA  – A former Fairfax doctor was sentenced today to seven years in prison for leading and organizing an extensive and illegal prescription distribution conspiracy and a related health …

SAN JUAN, P.R. – The United States Secret Service (Secret Service) has received multiple reports that individuals falsely claiming to be customer service representatives of local cell phone providers are …

NEWARK, N.J. – A Florida attorney today admitted his role in a scheme to extort $7.5 million from a California bank, Attorney for the United States Rachael A. Honig announced. …

WILMINGTON, NC  – A Rocky Mount man was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for several robberies. According to court documents, Antonio Devon Lynch, 34 of Rocky Mount, …

Leader of Boston Latin Kings Sentenced for Racketeering and Drug Charges BOSTON, MASS – The former leader of the Boston-based Devon Street Kings Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King …

NEWARK, N.J. – The daughter of a former secretary treasurer of a union at Jersey City Medical Center today admitted her role in helping her mother embezzle $40,455 from the …

RICHMOND, VA – An illegal alien who has been deported from the U.S. at taxpayer expense on four occasions, pleaded guilty yesterday to once again illegally entering the United States. …

McALLEN, TEXAS – A 29-year-old resident of Rio Grande City has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of importing 59 kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. …

RALEIGH, N.C. – A Kinston man was arrested today on charges of carjacking and firearm offenses in relation to a shooting that occurred on November 19, 2020 in Kinston, NC. …

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Xavier Santonio Bobbitt of Oxford man was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon.  No stranger to federal courts, this …

Florence, South Carolina –  United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Marcus Dwayne Grissett, 37, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after …

WICHITA, KANSAS – A California man pleaded guilty today to federal charges that officers found more than 9 pounds of fentanyl and more than 8 pounds of heroin when they stopped …

BROWNSVILLE, TX- A 19-year-old resident of Harlingen has been ordered to federal prison after he claimed he was being “edgy” when threatening to destroy the Federal Reserve, announced U.S. Attorney …

KNOXVILLE, TN – Jason Leonard Valdivia, 28, of Sweetwater, Tennessee, was sentenced today by visiting U.S. District Judge Laurie J. Michelson, in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville, to …

NYC, NY – Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ADEL KELLEL, owner of Raffles Bistro, formerly a restaurant located …

PHILADELPHIA, PA – First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Malik Martin a/k/a “Leek”, 37, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced to 12 years in prison and five …

LEXINGTON, KY. – A Los Angeles woman, Nancy Santos, 30, was sentenced in federal court last week, to 29 months in prison, before U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy …