Troy Man Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Charges
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Sherrod Johnson, aka “Rod,” age 28, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to possessing heroin with intent to distribute it on two separate occasions in 2019 and…
TAKE 5 $21K Top-Prize Tickets Sold in Rockville Centre and Yonkers
NEW YORK – The New York Lottery today announced there were multiple top-prize winning tickets sold for the Nov 3 TAKE 5 EVENING drawing. The tickets were sold at: • KINGS ROCKVILLE C-STORE located…
$1 Million Powerball Winner in West Islip
WEST ISLIP, NY – The New York Lottery today announced one second-prize ticket for the November 3 Powerball drawing was sold in WEST ISLIP. The ticket is worth a guaranteed $1,000,000. The…
Owner And Principal Of Investment Fund Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Insider Trading And Investment Fraud
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DONALD BLAKSTAD, the owner and principal of a California-based investment fund, was sentenced today in Manhattan…
Gangster Disciples Enforcer and Hitman Convicted of RICO Murder, Killing Witness, and Other Violent Crimes
A federal jury convicted a Tennessee man today on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charges, including murder in aid of racketeering activity, stemming from his participation in a violent, criminal…
Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Illegal Kickback Scheme and Evading Taxes on Over $33 Million of Income
TRENTON, N.J. – The former co-owner of a Union City, New Jersey, pharmacy was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a scheme to pay bribes to health…
U.S. Attorney Announces Indictment Charging U.K. Citizen With Conspiracy To Commit Computer Intrusions And Other Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),…
Leader Of MS-13 In Honduras And Drug Supplier For MS-13 Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearms Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John J. Durham, Director of Joint Task Force Vulcan (“JTFV”), Anne Milgram, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”),…
Gangster Disciples Enforcer And Hitman Convicted Of RICO Murder, Killing Witness, And Other Violent Crimes
NASHVILLE – Following a two-week jury trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury today convicted Brandon Durell Hardison, aka Creep, aka Creeper da Reeper, a member of the Gangster Disciples, of…
Dark Web Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Oxycodone and Methadone
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Joanna De Alba was sentenced by United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry to 96 months in prison for distributing, and possessing with intent…
Long Island Man Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 84 Years for Murder, Multiple Home Invasion Robberies and Unlawful Use of Firearms
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Tyrone L. Robinson was sentenced by United States District Judge Joan M. Azrack to life imprisonment plus 84 years to run consecutive to…
Democrats To Subpoena Oil Companies Over Alleged Disinformation Campaigns
House Democrats plan to subpoena six fossil fuel industry entities for documents the corporations and groups failed to provide prior to a “Big Oil” hearing last month. “I tried very hard to…
D.C. Police Searching for Burglary Suspect
WASHINGTON, D.C. – – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in reference to a Burglary Two offense that occurred on Monday, November…
Massachusetts Resident Pleads Guilty to Attempted Enticement and Coercion of a Minor
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Bryan Krynicki, age 58, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in sexual acts with him. The announcement was…
Syracuse Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Drug, Money Laundering and Firearms Charges
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – John Wright, age 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 70 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, as well…
Sixteen indicted in multi-state drug distribution ring
Seattle – A series of arrests over the last ten days has disrupted a multi-state methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring. The drugs were coming up from California and were being distributed in…
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…
‘We Need The Police’: Minneapolis Voters Reject Measure To Abolish Police
Minneapolis residents overwhelmingly rejected a measure to replace the city’s police department with a public safety force on Tuesday. Voters rejected the measure by a margin of roughly 56% to 43%, according…
Both Parties Set To Win House Seats In Ohio’s Twin Special Elections
Both Republicans and Democrats are set to win a previously-vacant seat in the House of Representatives after a candidate from each party triumphed in two Ohio special elections Tuesday. Cuyahoga County Councilmember Shontel Brown…
Youngkin Leading McAuliffe, On Verge Of Clinching First Statewide Win In Virginia For Republicans Since 2009
Republican Glenn Youngkin is on track to be Virginia’s next governor as he sustains his lead over former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe Tuesday night, putting him on the cusp of being the…
