If you see this on your trees, you need to get rid of it quickly. Here’s why

TRENTON – New Jersey Department of Agriculture Secretary Douglas H. Fisher is encouraging New Jersey residents to help take part in eliminating Spotted Lanternfly egg masses before they hatch near the end…

Surfside Middle School Gun Report was swatting hoax

PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL – Police were called to the Surfside Middle School in Panama Beach on Wednesday in reference to a call of a student inside the building with a gun.…

Feds Settle Housing Discrimination Case Against Staten Island Real Estate Agency

BROOKLYN, NY – Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Pamela S. Karlan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Civil…

Texas State Trooper charged for sexually assaulting two women while on duty

HOUSTON, TX – A former Texas State Trooper has been charged for soliciting women he detained for sex. One woman who was allegedly a prostitute engaged in oral sex out of fear,…

BLM Leader Bought Himself a New House, Guns, Entertainment with Donations

CLEVELAND, OH – An Ohio Black Lives Matter leader is accused of defrauding donors after the funds he raised to “Fight for George Floyd” were used instead for his own personal gain.…

Jackson Township threatened with federal sanctions after stalling Department of Justice investigation

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Jackson Township may soon face federal sanctions which could include withholding of state and federal funding if the township continues stalling the ongoing Department of Justice civil rights…

Kroger Shooter Pleads Guilty To Federal Hate Crimes And Firearm Offenses

LOUISVILLE, KY. – A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to federal hate crimes and firearm charges arising out of the racially motivated shootings of Black individuals at a grocery store. The federal…

Row houses churches parks and businesses exhist in the expansive city of Baltimore

Baltimore Felon Gets 10 Years for Dealing Heroin, Fentanyl

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A Baltimore felon is heading to prison for 10 years for his role in dealing heroin and fentanyl in the city. The U.S. Department of Justice reports: U.S. District…

Patient at the physiotherapy doing physical exercises with his therapist

Manhattan Chiropractor Arrested for Healthcare Fraud

NEW YORK, NY – A New York Chiropractor is facing up to 10 years in federal prison for engaging in healthcare fraud. Melissa Kaines was able to defraud insurance carriers for over…

Gunrunner and his accomplices sentenced for trafficking more than 100 firearms from Georgia to Maryland

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – Warren Vernell Robertson, III, a prolific gun trafficker, along with two of his accomplices, has been sentenced for a variety of federal offenses involving the illicit resale of Georgia-sourced…

Miami Man Charged with Multiple Bank Robberies

MIAMI, FLORIDA – Federal prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Christopher C. Pinkston of Miami with robbing two banks in South Florida last month. According to allegations in the criminal complaint affidavit, at about…

Convicted Felon, Drug User, and Domestic Abuser Heading Back to Prison

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – A man who possessed a loaded pistol was sentenced March 12, 2021, to more than one year in federal prison. David Devall, age 43, from Sioux City, Iowa,…

Feds charge men who sprayed bear spray at Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died after the January 6th incursion a the U.S. Capitol. According to news reports at the time, it was believed Sicknick died of…

Sea turtle egg poachers get prison time

MIAMI, FLORIDA – Bruce Wayne Bivins and Carl Lawrence Cobb, both of Riviera Beach, Florida, will serve federal prison terms after pleading guilty to poaching federally-protected sea turtle eggs. U.S. District Court…

Mo Hill, Toms River Township Approve 2 Acre Zoning for Houses of Worship

TOMS RIVER, NJ – After two years of behind-the-scenes negotiations with members of the Orthodox Jewish community, township lawyers, and the Department of Justice, the Toms River Township Council and Mayor Maurice…

High-Speed Chase Results in Federal Firearms Sentence

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA – A Cedar Falls, Iowa, man who led Waterloo police officers on a high-speed chase on March 6, 2020, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. Rocky…

Man who Brandished Firearm at a Victim Telling Her he Does Not Mess With “Snitches” Sentenced to Federal Prison

WATERLOO, IOWA – A man who displayed a firearm at a female victim at a Motel 6 in Waterloo, Iowa, in an attempt to dissuade her from contacting law enforcement, was sentenced…

Eastern Kentucky Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Child Exploitation Crimes

LOUISVILLE, KY – Brian Keith Tackett, 37, of Banner, Kentucky, (Floyd County), pled guilty and was sentenced yesterday by Chief United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers for online enticement of a…

Florida Attorney Charged With Sexually Abusing Children In Cambodia

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Rugh James Cline (40, Tampa) with five counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a…

Utica Man Charged for Traveling Insterstate To Engage In A Sexual Act With A Minor

SCRANTON , PA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joan Perez, age 20, of Utica, New York, was indicted on February 23, 2021, by…

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