New York AG Releases Footage from Investigation into the Death of Michael Rosado

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released security camera footage that the office obtained as part of its ongoing investigation into the death of Michael Rosado, who died…

Leader of New Jersey criminal burglary ring indicted

TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced the indictment of a man who is charged with leading a criminal ring responsible for numerous residential burglaries across much of…

Missouri AG warns of possible spike in crime as vaccine mandates, defunding continue to push police officers out

Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt of Missouri warned that vaccine mandates nationwide could lead to a greater police officer shortage even as crime surges. Schmitt, Missouri’s chief law enforcement officer, said he…

Three New York Men Sentenced to Prison for Elaborate Scheme to Sell Illegally Imported Drugs

PITTSBURGH, PA – Three New York state residents were sentenced in federal court on Friday to terms of imprisonment on their convictions for participating in a complex Bank and Wire Fraud conspiracy,…

Brooklyn Man Admits Role In Scheme To Defraud New Jersey Banks By Depositing $1 Million In Stolen Checks

NEWARK, N.J. – A Brooklyn, New York, man today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud banks of more than $1 million using stolen and counterfeited checks and stolen identities, Acting…

United States Citizen Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Assist North Korea In Evading Sanctions

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that VIRGIL GRIFFITH, a U.S. citizen, pled guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers…

AG investigating after police in Auburn shoot and kill woman who fired at them from inside home

NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Brandi Baida, who died on September 21, 2021, following an encounter…

10 charged in New York City car theft ring

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea today announced the indictment of 10 members of an auto theft and distribution…

Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty To Honest Services Fraud Scheme

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael Speckhardt, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State, Office of Inspector General (“State Department…

AOC’s “Tax the Rich” dressmaker is a tax deadbeat according to IRS, state records

NEW YORK, NY – New York socialist Democrat Sandy “AOC” Cortez has come under fire after she wore a designer dress to a high profile Hollywood gala wearing a dress that said…

AG investigating Rochester police shooting death of Dedrick James

NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Dedrick James, who died on September 15, 2021, following an encounter…

New York builder gets up to 7 years in prison for defrauding homebuyers out of $1 million

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen today announced the sentencing of Shawn M. VanVeghten (39, of Saratoga Springs) for defrauding…

New York City hostess attacked after asking Texas tourists for proof of vaccination

NEW YORK CITY, NY – A group of visitors in New York City got hostile after a hostess at Carmine’s Italian Restaurant asked them for proof of vaccination before being seated. “Officers…

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Altered Postal Money Orders and Theft

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANTOINE MERCHANT, age 32, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on August 26, 2021 to conspiracy to pass altered U.S. Postal…

New York Man Sentenced for Controlled Substance Offense

BOSTON – A Bronx, N.Y. man was sentenced today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to distribute a fentanyl in 2019. Jason Jimenez, 27, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District…

Attorney General James and DEA Announce Takedown of 12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring in Western New York

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division announced today the arrests of 12…

If you died in New Jersey’s flash floods last week, it’s your own fault Governor Murphy suggests

Last year, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo got himself into hot water when he said if you died from COVID-19, it’s your own fault. Now, one of Cuomo’s biggest admirers, New Jersey…

Two Rochester Men Arrested On Cocaine Charges Following Chase With Police

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Cintron, 37, and Edwin Junior Gallardo-Ortiz, 35, both of Rochester, NY, were…

New York Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Federal Gun Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Jaquan Jeremiah Wright, 22, of New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for a federal gun crime. Wright previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm…

New York Man Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

PITTSBURGH, PA — A resident of Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Hector Taveras,…

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