Virginia Man Sentenced for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in an investment fraud scheme in which he and his co-conspirators stole approximately $5.7 million…

T&A Crips member sentenced to 30 years in prison

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 26-year-old Columbus man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 years in prison for participating in a local gang’s racketeering conspiracy. Charles Carson pleaded guilty…

Most Americans support the Child Tax Credit, but why won’t Republicans?

As tens of millions of American families across the country began to see the second round of monthly cash payments appear in their bank accounts Friday, Republicans in Congress remained oddly quiet.…

Community News·Government News·Politics

Ninth Defendant Pleads Guilty in TRICARE Scheme

LITTLE ROCK—A ninth defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with a $12 million scheme to generate prescriptions for expensive compounded drugs paid for by TRICARE. Kenneth Myers Jr., 43,…

Federal Jury Finds Wauwatosa Nurse Practitioner and Business Partner Guilty of Distribution of Controlled Substances

Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on August 13, 2021, Lisa Hofschulz, a licensed nurse practitioner, and Robert Hofschulz, both owners and operators…

Chicago Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft

PEORIA, Ill. –Boyd Egan, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on August 13, 2021, to nine years in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and…

Orange detectives chase armed suspect during quality of life call

ORANGE, NJ – Police officers in Orange, New Jersey engaged a suspect during an incident while investigating quality of life issues in the community. According to the police department, detectives of the…

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Poll shows support for Biden’s botched Afganistan withdrawal plummets after embarrassing fiasco

Support for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has plummeted, a new poll shows, following the Taliban’s retaking of the country at lightning speed and widespread criticism of how the American exit unfolded.…

US and World News

“Don’t talk to your neighbor” New Zealand locks down after single case of COVID-19

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the country back into lockdown on Tuesday after discovering a single case of COVID-19. Ardern announced that New Zealand’s Cabinet decided to raise the country’s COVID-19 threat…

US and World News

When Governor Murphy returns from Italy, he has some explaining to do

TRENTON, NJ – OPINION – Is there something New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy isn’t telling the residents of New Jersey? Today he once again boasted about having 6 million people in the…

Health and Wellness·New Jersey News

Suspect identified in beating murder of three-year-old child

MORRISTOWN, NJ – Police in Morristown have identified a suspect in the murder of a three-year-old child who arrived at Morristown Medical center in cardiac arrest. The child was the son of…

New Jersey News

Cleveland, Ohio Man Charged with Producing Files Depicting the Sexual Victimization of Children and Extorting 11-Year-Old Female to Send Sexually Explicit Depictions

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAVAN BAILEY, age 19, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was charged on August 13, 2021 by a federal grand jury sitting in…

Six Men Indicted for Violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ERIC RODRIGUEZ, QUAN LEWIS, CHRIS HABISREITINGER, GREG TRAHAN, TRAVIS GIBSON and RYAN MOREAU were charged on August 13, 2021 in a 7-count superseding indictment by a Federal Grand…

Virginia Beach Man Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Undermining Maritime Safety

NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, from July 2016 to…

Army Veteran Sentenced in Maryland to Federal Prison for Supplying Forged Military Discharge Certificates to Individuals Applying for Military Waivers to Obtain Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Philip Mungin, age 58, formerly of Bryans Road, Maryland and currently residing in Mira Loma, California, to three months in federal prison,…

Hartford Man Admits Recording His Sexual Abuse of Minor for Nearly 3 Years

Leonard C. Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO ACOSTA TORRES, 61, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New…

Nurse Practitioner Charged in Alleged $2.3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who allegedly billed and received more than $2.3 million dollars from commercial health insurers and Medicaid for services he falsely claimed to have…

Kentucky woman sentenced to federal prison for aiding and abetting witness tampering in case involving murder of her ex-son-in-law

DAYTON – A Burlington, Kentucky, woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 70 months in prison for aiding and abetting her daughter in intimidating a witness after the murder of her…

Detroit man admits to his role in a drug conspiracy

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Doriawn Eduane-Draphel Rogers, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Rogers, 21, pleaded guilty…

Jury Convicts Hampton Woman on Heroin and Money Laundering Charges

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – On Friday, a federal jury convicted a Hampton woman on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.…

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