Senate adopts $3.5 trillion budget

The Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget framework early Wednesday, setting the stage for Democrats to pass sweeping measures addressing climate change, education, immigration, health care and more. The budget passed on…

Government News

Homicide case opened after two guns found during police investigation in Albany shooting

ALBANY, NY – A shooting incident that occurred Sunday evening on Catherine Street is now being investigated as a homicide. On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at approximately 4:10 p.m., officers responded to…

New York News·Police Blotter

Union County Man Charged with Possessing Three Firearms and Narcotics

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County resident was charged with possessing three firearms, as well as possessing with intent to distribute narcotics, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced today. Orlando Perez,…

Defendant Convicted in Federal Court of Heroin Trafficking Offenses

Acting United States Attorney Richard Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, age 31, was convicted of conspiracy to…

Two shot in Albany, police investigating

ALBANY, NY – Albany police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Catherine Street. On Sunday, August 1, 2021 at approximately 4:10 p.m., officers responded to the area of Catherine and…

New York News·Police Blotter

Knife-wielding suspect charged after threatening women, children at Weequahic Park

NEWARK, NJ – Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara reports the arrest of Marcelino Canterero, 46, of Newark, for threatening bystanders at Weequahic Park Wednesday night. “I commend Officers Nice and…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Four daycare workers convicted for abusing disabled patients

Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Brunswick Police Department announced that the last of five former Broadway Respite and Home Care employees has been convicted for…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Two Shreveport Men Sentenced in Federal Court on Firearms Charges

SHREVEPORT, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two defendants from Shreveport have been sentenced in the Western District of Louisiana. Carnell L. Briggs, a/k/a “Bankroll” and…

Former medical student sentenced for online sextortion scheme

NORFOLK, Va. – A Canadian man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating an online sextortion scheme and producing images of child sexual abuse. This case was investigated by…

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Buffalo Man Who Ran Cross-Country Drug Conspiracy Going To Prison For More Than 10 Years

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwan Hugley, a/k/a Twan; a/k/a Anthony Carter; a/k/a Juan Luis Rodriguez-Martinez; 42, of Atlanta, GA,…

Man Who “Systematically Groomed” a Child for Sexual Gratification Sentenced to over Twenty-Eight Years in Prison

A man who took photographs of a child performing a sex act was sentenced today to more than twenty-eight years in federal prison. Terrance Sullivan, age 63, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the…

Owner of Tax Preparation Business Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding the Internal Revenue Service

SHREVEPORT, La. – Angelena Adams, 52, of Princeton, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to spend 27 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised…

Prattville Woman Sentenced For Possession Of Meth With Intent To Distribute

Montgomery, Ala. – Today, Acting United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced that a Prattville, Alabama woman has been sentenced for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.…

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Injured crewman rescued by Coast Guard from tanker 223 miles of Cape Hatteras coast

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Coast Guard rescued a man from motor vessel CL Yingdu, approximately 223 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras on Saturday. Watchstanders from the U.S. Coast Guard Fifth District…

North Carolina News·Police Blotter

NJEA summer reading list for teachers is full of radical racial ramblings and wokeness

TRENTON, NJ – The NJEA, New Jersey’s largest public teachers union has published their summer reading list for their members statewide. You can forget about curling up to a good classic novel…

New Jersey News·School and Education News

New healthy fruit bowl chain coming to Union office tower in Dallas

Dallas, TX- Rush Bowls, a Colorado-based fast-casual concept known for its fresh and healthy meals-in-a-bowl – will open its newest location in late-July within The Union office tower on 2300 N Field…

Food & Dining

Mental Health Therapist Pleads Guilty to Enticing Minor

A Monticello woman, who enticed a minor to engage in sexual activity, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Miranda Breeden, age 46, pled guilty to one count of…

Drug trafficker from Canada sent to prison

HOUSTON – A 51-year-old woman has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Elizabeth K. Fisher pleaded guilty…

Charleston Woman Sentenced to Prison for Federal Drug Crime

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Charleston woman who took part in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 2019 was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison and four years of supervised release. …

Border Pesticide Initiative Results in Prosecution of 50 defendants for Smuggling Dangerous Chemicals

Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – July 9, 2021 SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based effort to block the smuggling of dangerous Mexican pesticides into…