Newark man tried to sextort young girl with ‘compromising’ photos

NEWARK, NJ – Chief Matthew P. Geist of the Middlesex Police Department announced the arrest of Robert Arroyo, 23, of Newark. Mr. Arroyo was charged with Terroristic Threats, Stalking, Invasion of Privacy…

New York Man Pleads to Passport Fraud Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that THIERNO O. BAH, age 30, a resident of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2021 to passport fraud conspiracy…

New York Man Gets 10 Years For Conspiring And Attempting To Engage In Trafficking Of A Minor

Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Michael Davis (37, Jamaica, NY) to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiring and attempting to engage in…

Massachusetts Man traveled to New York to have encounter with Child gets 3 year sentence

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Anthony Beckwith, age 36, of Sheffield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for traveling in interstate commerce to have sex with someone whom he believed…

31 Charged in New Jersey statewide child predator operation

TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced arrests of 31 individuals who are charged with sexually exploiting children online. The 31 men were arrested in “Operation 24/7,” a collaborative operation launched…

United States Postal Worker Arrested for Stealing Postal Money Orders

A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging United States Postal Service (USPS) worker Jaleesa Wallace with stealing blank postal money orders and unemployment benefits cards. Wallace was…

Two Cargo Handlers at LAX Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charge for Stealing Four Gold Bars Headed from Australia to New York

LOS ANGELES – Two cargo handling company employees who worked at Los Angeles International Airport each pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing four gold bars that were…

New York Man Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

A New York man was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in…

Two charged for sex trafficking 16-year-old girl in New York City

Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jamael “Tiny Biz” Whittingham and Shaneya “China” James have been indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned in Supreme Court on sex trafficking…

Reading, PA Woman and New York Man Plead Guilty for Their Role in Nationwide “Grandparents Scheme” Worth $300k+

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Daniel Duran, 33, of Jamaica, NY, and Jacqueline Velazquez, 37, of Reading, PA, entered guilty pleas before United States District Court…

Fort Lauderdale police continue investigation of transient found murdered on E. Sunrise

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – On June 20th at approximately 12:00 a.m., the Fort Lauderdale Police Department received a 9-1-1 call regarding a shooting in the 600 block of East Sunrise Boulevard in…

Head of New Jersey Park Police Union stole $75,000 from PBA accounts

TRENTON – Attorney Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a New Jersey State Park Police Officer who served as president of both his local police union and a statewide police union was charged…

New York Man Sentenced To 120 Months’ Imprisonment For Running Drug Trafficking Organization

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 23, 2021, Charles Gibson, Jr., age 42, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to…

York County Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking Offenses

HARRISBURG – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Minier, a/k/a “Cito,” age 26, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 22, 2021, to 10 years’…

Bloods Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Two Murders in Newport News

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday to the murders of two men in Newport News in June and July 2014. According to court documents, Mark Anthony Skeete,…

Major interstate auto trafficking operation operators arrested in New Jersey

TRENTON – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that five defendants were indicted today on charges that they conspired to operate a Newark-based stolen auto trafficking ring that fenced stolen luxury vehicles. They…

What’s going there? New tenant announced for former Freehold Raceway Mall Toys R Us

FREEHOLD, NJ – It was to be one of the flagship, newly renovated Toys R Us Stores. After upgrades, it had a movie lounge, interactive play areas and more toys than you…

Three men steal $1.5 million from rapper 50 Cent’s New Jersey home

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ – Rapper 50 Cent was the victim of a $1.5 million heist at his Bergen County crib back in January while the rapper was out of state. Now, police…

Construction Company President Charged With Defrauding The State Department In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Schemes

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

New York Woman Sentenced to 24 Months for Bank Fraud Charges

CONCORD – Diana Dyson, 59, of New York City, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting bank fraud, Acting United States…

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