D.C. police offer $25,000 for suspect in Wednesday murder

WASHINGTON, DC – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, in the 800 block of 3rd Street, Southeast. At approximately 3:21 am,…

D.C. News·Police Blotter

Justice Department Settles with Newark Public Schools to Protect English Learner Students

NEWARK, N.J. – The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Newark Public Schools to resolve the department’s investigation into the school district’s programs for its English learner students, Acting U.S. Attorney…

New Jersey News·North Jersey News

Two arrested for murder of Dallas man

DALLAS, TX – On Monday, August 30, 2021, at approximately 12:42 p.m., Dallas Police responded to a shooting call at 1661 Bending Oaks Trail. Upon arrival, officers found the rear door of…

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Taliban hosts mock funeral for Americans, complete with flag-draped coffins

Taliban supporters held mock funerals Tuesday in the city of Khost, holding up coffins draped with American, NATO, and several European countries’ flags as they celebrated the end of the U.S. military…

US and World News

New Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Machinegun Offense

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that ANGEL REYES-RODRIGUEZ, 29, of New Haven,…

Man Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Stolen Gun in Chicago Park

CHICAGO — A man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for illegally possessing a stolen semi-automatic handgun in Douglas Park on Chicago’s West Side. TERRY LEE illegally possessed the…

Brooklyn Woman Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Intrusion into Credit Union’s Computer System

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Juliana Barile pleaded guilty to one count of computer intrusion arising from the defendant’s unauthorized intrusion into, and destruction of data on, the computer system…

Man Charged With Bank Robberies In Santurce And Bayamón

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Carlos Javier Alvelo-Cartagena with two bank robberies and a firearm offense, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for…

Baltimore County Hit Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Murder-for-Hire and Extortion Charges

Baltimore, Maryland – Stepfen Gerard Gaither, age 30, of Randallstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal charges for a murder-for-hire conspiracy and for interstate communications with intent to extort, in connection to…

Rapid City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Robbery

Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Use and Brandishing of a Firearm During the Commission…

Armed Montgomery County Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances

Greenbelt, Maryland – Ronnie Hammond, age 21, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The guilty plea was announced by Acting United States Attorney…

Hartford Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Prison for Gun Possession, Violating Supervised Release

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TAFARIE GREEN, 31, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport…

Serial robber sentenced for string of North Georgia robberies

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Giovanni Annucci-Romero has been sentenced for a string of armed robberies in the cities of Gainesville and Cleveland, Georgia. “The excellent coordination of federal and local law enforcement officers…

Coordinated Law Enforcement Effort Dismantles California to Western Pennsylvania Drug Pipeline

PITTSBURGH, PA – Forty-seven individuals have been charged in six separate, but related, indictments with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations following a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking…

Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Possession, Distribution of Fentanyl Pills

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Anders Folk. According to court documents, on June 1, 2019,…

Virginia teacher punished for speaking out against gender policy reinstated by state Supreme Court

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled to reinstate a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) gym teacher, affirming a lower court’s ruling that the school board’s removal of the teacher was “likely unconstitutional,” according…

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Active-duty Sailor and his former Navy colleague are charged with conspiring to traffic guns from Georgia to New Jersey

ATLANTA – Elijah Isaiah Boykin, an active-duty U.S. Navy Sailor, and Elijah Keashon Barnes have been indicted for unlawfully obtaining and transporting dozens of firearms that were later used in New Jersey-area…

New Jersey News

Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Boston man pleaded guilty on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Carlos Monteiro, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute…

Manor Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

AUSTIN – A Manor man was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in prison for robbing a pawn store at gunpoint. According to court documents, Joe Quinonez Jr., 32, was charged with…

Two Tacoma men sentenced to lengthy prison terms for gun and drug crimes

Tacoma – Two Tacoma residents were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to lengthy prison terms for gun and drug-distribution crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Tyson Lloyd,…

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