$100K Scratch-Off’s Sold in Capitol Heights, Hagerstown

HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND – Scratch-off players in Capitol Heights and Hagerstown each claimed $100,000 Maryland Lottery prizes in the past week, while another four players won $50,000 each on tickets sold in Clinton,…

Paterson driver ambushed by hail of gunfire from another car

PATERSON, NJ – A 21-year-old Paterson resident was shot while driving his car by occupants of another vehicle pulled beside him and began shooting. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson…

Federal Complaint Charges Bloomington Man with Possession of Machinegun

PEORIA, Ill. – A Bloomington, Illinois, man, Javares L. Hudson, 21, of the 600 block of Monroe Street, was charged by federal criminal complaint on January 27, 2022, with possessing a machinegun.…

Two Austin Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempted Robbery and Shooting of Convenience Store Employee

AUSTIN – Two Austin men were sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms today for participating in an attempted robbery of an Austin gas station convenience store that resulted in the shooting of…

Chicago Man Found Guilty of Heroin and Fentanyl Crime Near a Playground

A man who set up a heroin and fentanyl distribution deal was convicted by a jury on January 27, 2022, after a four-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Derrick Darryl…

Key Inflation Indicator Soars To Highest Level Since 1983

A key inflation gauge reached its highest level since 1983, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes food and energy prices, grew 4.9% on…

Asbury Park’s Prospect Avenue murder suspects plead guilty

byChris Swendeman ASBURY PARK – Two men pled guilty for their respective roles in the 2019 shooting murder of a 23-year-old Asbury Park man at the Prospect Avenue basketball courts, Acting Monmouth…

Woman shot multiple times in Paterson

PATERSON, NJ – Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora announce that at approximately 11:18 p.m. on January 26, 2022, members of the Paterson Police Department were…

Pair Sentenced to 10 Years for Distributing Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl in Roanoke Area

ROANOKE, Va. – Two more members of a drug conspiracy have been sentenced in federal court for their role in the distribution of deadly narcotics. Kenneth Tito Beaner, 27, and Nathan Jamal…

La Quarenta gang drug dealers plead guilty in poly-drug conspiracy

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Four Corpus Christi men have admitted to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth, heroin and cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Fernando Martinez, 44, Corpus…

4 La Quarenta gang members plead guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Four La Quarenta gang members pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute meth, heroin and cocaine. The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and…

After two days, Newark firefighters get scrapyard pile fire under control

NEWARK, NJ – The Newark Fire Department has reported a scrapyard fire that burned and smoldered for nearly two full days has been extinguished. “This fire posed some unique challenges for the…

Sioux City Man Sentenced to More Than 25 Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Firearm Convictions

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine and possessed a firearm during his drug trafficking was sentenced January 24, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Jerry Powell, 32, from Sioux City,…

Jail deputy guilty of pimping out his wife for prostitution, watching from another car

Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 55-year-old Wallace Waliczek of Lancaster pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before Lancaster Town Court Justice Anthony J. Cervi to one count of Promoting Prostitution in the…

Border Agents Encountered More Than 2 Million Migrants In 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ended 2021 with more than 2 million migrant encounters. December 2021 numbers released Monday showed that border patrol encountered 178,840 migrants at the southern border, a…

The Online SAT Will Be Shorter And Easier

A common college admissions test, the SAT, will roll out its online version in the U.S. starting in March 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported. The new test is reportedly expected to be…

LAPD investigating hit and run crash that left one woman dead

South Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles Police Department’s South Traffic Division detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a…

Newark firefighters respond to scrapyard junkpile fire

NEWARK, NJ – Per Newark Public Safety Director Brian O’Hara, just after 7:50 p.m. last night, Newark Firefighters responded to 206 Calcutta Street on a call of a fire involving a pile…

Fugitive murder suspect captured in Washington, D.C. by US Marshals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Prince George’s County Police Department located and arrested the suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in the Town of University Park in November…

21 Year-Old Shot and Killed in Southwest D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Friday, January 21, 2022, in the Unit block of Forrester Street, Southwest. At approximately 6:43…

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