Fox Valley Man Sentenced for Arson of Ridgeway VP Gas Station

Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on October 4, 2021, Christian B. M. Crawford (age: 28) of Menasha, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 84…

Oregon Man Pleads Guilty To His Role In Cross Country Marijuana Conspiracy

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 OREGON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HIS ROLE IN CROSS COUNTRY MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert…

Former U.S. Military Pilot Charged With Making False Statements on National Security Background Forms Regarding Foreign Contacts

SAN DIEGO – A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot-turned-civilian-contractor appeared in federal court in San Diego yesterday to face charges that when he was required to make disclosures during national security background…

Two New Jersey Men Arrested And Charged With Securities Fraud For Scheme To Defraud Investors In Hemp Company

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…

Canadian Man Going To Prison For Attempting Illegally To Export Firearms From The U.S. To Dubai And Columbia

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aydan Sin a/k/a Hon Chak Gordon Sin a/k/a Andy a/k/a Bullion, 49, of…

Former West Hazleton Police Chief Sentenced To Two Months’ Imprisonment For Civil Rights Violation

WILKES-BARRE- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Buglio, age 46, of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F.…

Owner Of New York Investment Fund Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Orchestrating $26 Million Scheme To Defraud Investors

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BRENT BORLAND, the owner and principal of a New York-based investment fund known as Belize Infrastructure…

Bronx Man Who Possessed Five “Ghost Guns” Charged With Possessing A Firearm And Ammunition

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John B. DeVito, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and…

Four Defendants Charged With COVID-19 Fraud Scheme

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Margaret Garnett, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI”), and Jonathan Mellone, Special Agent-in-Charge of…

Government News

Laredo CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $1.1 Million

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized narcotics in two enforcement actions that totaled over $1,100,000 in street value. “Throughout the pandemic, the dedicated employees…

Government News·Police Blotter

Governor Hogan Nominated as Chair of Appalachian Regional Commission

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today was unanimously nominated to serve as co- chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The ARC is a partnership of the federal government and 13 states focused on fostering economic…

Maryland News

Hogan Commits $155 Million To Support State Child Care Providers

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that more than $155 million in Child Care Stabilization Grants will be distributed to licensed child care centers and registered family child care providers across the…

Maryland News

California Residents Sue Oil Company Responsible For Major Beach Spill

A law firm filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of California residents and businesses affected by the oil spill that could significantly harm the local economy. The New York City-based firm, Milberg…

US and World News

Target To Pay Holiday Employees $2 More An Hour In Effort To Retain Workers

Target announced Tuesday that it would pay employees an additional $2 an hour during the peak time of the holiday season. Target store and service center employees who work Saturdays and Sundays…

Business News·Good News

Pawtucket Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket man who sold a kilogram of cocaine to another person while under law enforcement surveillance was sentenced on Monday to six-and-a-half years in federal prison, announced Acting United…

Florida Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Filing Hundreds of False Tax Returns

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Homestead, Florida man was sentenced to federal prison today for perpetrating a multi-year fraud scheme wherein he filed 745 false tax returns in 19 different states. Damian O. Barrett, 40,…

Fuel tanker driver killed in fiery crash on Route 287

MAHWAH (VIA MFD) – On Saturday morning at 6:44 a.m., multiple Mahwah fire, police and EMS units converged at a notoriously dangerous 287 overpass on the New York border. A fully loaded…

New Jersey News·North Jersey News·Police Blotter

How Biden Has Misled Americans About The Situation At The Southern Border

President Joe Biden and his administration have misled Americans about the situation at the southern border multiple times since taking office, according to Customs and Border Protection data and various media reports.…

Politics·US and World News

Pineapple shipment destroyed after invasive Amazonian caterpillar found

GULFPORT, Mississippi – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists discovered a butterfly larvae pest, informally known as the Saunders 1850, while inspecting a container of pineapples from Costa Rica. The larvae…

Police Blotter

Border Patrol Agents rescue 69 migrants from inside a tractor-trailer

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — U.S. Border Patrol Agents assigned to an immigration checkpoint in Las Cruces, New Mexico, encountered a tractor-trailer smuggling 69 migrants during the early hours of Sept. 30. Las…