Man Caught Smuggling Two Kilos of Cocaine Through Newark Airport

NEWARK, NJ – A Colorado man will make his initial appearance today on charges that he smuggled approximately two kilograms of cocaine into the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Leandre…

Memphis Illegal Who Shot and Killed 3-Year-Old Had Long Record of Being Deported

Memphis, TN –Argel Hernandez-Escobar, 33, last residing in Memphis, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for one count of possessing a firearm as an illegal alien and one count of…

Lawton Man Sentenced to Serve a Decade in Federal Prison for Shooting During Road Rage Incident OKLAHOMA

LAWTON, OK – MARTAVIOUS ARNEZ GROSS, 23, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for possessing a firearm during a road rage incident on the H.E. Bailey…

Buena Park Man Gets 50 to Life for Sexually Assaulting Toddler, Posting Photos Online

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 24-year-old Buena Park man was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 50 years to life for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl while he babysit her in 2016…

ICE Rounds Up Dozens of Violent Illegal Aliens in Sanctuary in D.C. Area

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday the conclusion of a week-long targeted enforcement operation that resulted in the apprehension of more…

82 Arrested in Huge Vermont Drug and Gun Running Operation

BURLINGTON, VT – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Christina E. Nolan, announced today the results of an…

Illegal Alien From Honduras Jailed for Illegally Entering U.S. 7 Times

Gulfport, Miss. – Wilson Orlando Hercules, 33, an illegal alien from Honduras, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to Unlawful Reentry by an Alien Removed After Conviction of a…

ICE Arrests 125 Illegal Aliens Hiding in California Sanctuary State

Los Angeles, CA – Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the conclusion to a week-long targeted enforcement operation that resulted in the apprehension…

$5M Reward for ICE Most Wanted Fugitive

NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York announced Friday that a former Venezuelan official and member the agency’s Most Wanted List has been designated as a…

Oxon Hill El Salvadorian MS-13 Gang Member Arrested for Gun Trafficking

OXON HILL, MD – Wilber Vigil-Benitez, also known as “Solitario,” of El Salvador, was arrested today on an outstanding arrest warrant from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia,…

Morris County Woman Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Illegally Export Aircraft Components to Iran

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – A Morris County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for her role in a scheme to illegally smuggle millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft…

Kidnapping: Teen Used Handgun to Force Victim to Drive Him to ATM to Steal Withdrawl

WASHINGTON – Kareem Davis, 19, of Washington, D.C. has been arrested and charged via criminal complaint with kidnapping on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. The charges were announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael…

Kanawha County Man Sentenced for Defrauding FEMA of 2016 Disaster Relief Funds

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Mike Stuart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, announced that a Kanawha County man was sentenced today for defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…

Atlantic County Felon Admits to Drug and Firearm Offenses

ABESECON, N.J. – An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, along with a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Joseph Brandenberger, 35, of…

Pastor Sentenced to 200 Years for Sexually Abusing and Recording the Abuse of an Infant and Young Girl

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jerry Zweitzig, 71, of Hatboro, PA, was sentenced to 200 years in prison and lifetime supervised release by United States District Court…

Essex County Man Charged with Being Felon in Possession of Firearm and Possession of Heroin with Intent to Distribute

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man made his initial appearance today on charges of illegally possessing a handgun and possessing heroin with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Craig…

Jackson Mayor’s Workplace Harassment Hearing Rescheduled for February 2021

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A workplace harassment suit against Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina, a public employee “double dipper” who holds a public job as mayor and a politically appointed job with…

Atlantic County Courts: Trial for Jackson Mayor’s Workplace Harassment Suit to be Postponed

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – One of several workplace harassment lawsuits and claims filed against Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina will be postponed, according to the Atlantic Couty Superior Court Law Division. The…

FBI Seeking New Jersey Sex Trafficking Victims in the Jose Torres Investigation

NEWARK, NJ – The FBI, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, is asking for the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of an alleged sexual predator who hired sex workers…

New Jersey Pedophile Caught Trying to Hire Killer to Murder His Child Victim with Bitcoin

HADDONFIELD, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, man under investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office for child [censored]ography-related offenses was arrested today for allegedly paying $20,000 in Bitcoin to have…

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