Daughter who killed elderly dad and his girlfriend ordered to stay in jail during trial

TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on November 3, 2021, the Honorable Wendel E. Daniels, P.J.Cr.P, ordered that Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, shall…

Colombian Drug Kingpin and Paramilitary Leader Pleads Guilty to Operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario,” a citizen of Colombia, pleaded guilty to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiring to provide…

Arrest made in Paterson 9/11 murder

PATERSON, NJ – Police have made an arrest in the murder case of 20-year-old Elijah Wilson. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announce that based upon…

D.C. Police continue search for three fugitive murder suspects

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch seek the public’s assistance in locating a suspect in reference to a homicide that occurred on Saturday, March 20, 2021, in the unit block…

Man found stabbed to death in Little Ferry this morning, suspect in custody

LITTLE FERRY, NJ – The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Little Ferry Police Department are investigating a homicide that occurred at 14 Abend Street in Little Ferry on…

Queens Man Charged With Murdering Woman in Life Insurance Scheme

A superseding indictment was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Cory Martin with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Martin was previously charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated…

Former Alachua County Deputy Pleads Guilty To Lying During Purchases Of Firearms

Ocala, Florida – Kenyari Devaughnte Brewton (26, Ocala), a former deputy with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, has pleaded guilty to two federal felonies: (1) making a materially false statement during the…

Teen indicted for murder at Kew Gardens Hotel

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Richard Swygert, 19, has been indicted by a Queens grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on murder and related charges. The defendant is…

District Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for 2018 Killing Near Union Station

WASHINGTON – MacArthur Venable, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for killing a man near Union Station in October 2018.…

38 Year-Old Woman Shot and Killed in Southeast D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Saturday, October 23, 2021, in the Unit block of 54th Street, Southeast. At approximately 1:26 am,…

Florida Sheriff has blunt message for NJ after murderer released by Phil Murphy killed again

POLK COUNTY, FL – Florida Sheriff Grady Judd runs a tight ship, and he and his officers like their criminals where they belong, in prison. Not everyone agrees with Judd’s commitment to…

More MS-13 gang members caught trying to cross Biden’s open southern border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents arrested two Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members and an 18th Street gang member. On Oct. 20, Falfurrias Border Patrol Station (FLF) agents…

Murderer set free on early release caught in Florida after carjacking, murdering one in East Orange

POLK COUNTY, FL – After spending thirty years in prison in New Jersey, James Lewis was set free by New Jersey under an early release program. Then, he killed another man after…

District Man Pleads Guilty to Murder in Road Rage Incident Inside Third Street Tunnel

WASHINGTON – Daquon Brooks, 24, of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man in the Third Street Tunnel in July 2019, as well…

Three teens arrested for murder of Khalid Lisbon in Paterson

Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announce that based upon an investigation by the Paterson Police Department, in conjunction with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, and…

McAllen Border Patrol Agents Arrest Four Criminal Migrants

EDINBURG, Texas – McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested three Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members. They also arrested a previously convicted migrant with an outstanding warrant from Dallas, Texas. All four are…

Man in critical condition after hit and run in West New York

WEST NEW YORK, NJ – On October 16, 2021, shortly before 8:00 p.m., the West New York Police Department responded to the area of 58th Street and Boulevard East in West New…

Six injured in North Bergen crash caused by DWI driver

NORTH BERGEN, NJ – On October 17, 2021, at approximately 10:45 p.m., the North Bergen Police Department responded to the area of Tonnelle Avenue and 54th Street in North Bergen on a…

District Man Sentenced to 40-Year Prison Term for Killing Man in the Parking Lot of Recreation Center

WASHINGTON – Herman Cook, 50, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 40 years in prison on first-degree murder while armed and other charges for an…

Acting U.S. Attorney Gonzalez Announces More Than $2.2 Million in Grants to Assist Domestic Violence Victims in Idaho

BOISE – Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. joins law enforcement partners, victim services professionals, advocates, and communities across the country in observing October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and…

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