Federal Agriculture Specialists Protect Valentine’s Day from Invading Horde of Destructive Insect Pests

BALTIMORE – Presenting flowers to a loved one on Valentine’s Day is an old and cherished tradition, but as time passes, the United States has become more reliant on importing those symbols…

Multiple criminals including MS-13, child predators stopped at Biden’s open border

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents arrested several migrant criminals this week. On Feb. 7, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrested a Salvadoran national near Mission,…

Wall Township dad pleads guilty to murdering his six-week-old baby girl

by Christopher Swendenman, MCPO FREEHOLD – Austin Meli, a 23-year-old Wall Twp. resident pled guilty today, February 10, 2022 to Aggravated Manslaughter for the death of his six-week-old baby girl, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor…

Browns Mills Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for House Fire That Claimed Father and Daughter’s Lives

BROWNS MILLS, NJ – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 63-year-old man who was found guilty of causing the deaths of his elderly mother and her companion in a 2018…

Five Members of a Family-Run Sex Trafficking Organization Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences in Brooklyn Federal Court

Five members of a family-run sex trafficking organization were sentenced this week to prison terms of nearly 40 years in prison by United States District Judge Allyne R. Ross in federal court…

Valentine’s Day Flowers Insect-Free

NEW YORK, NY – Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists, working at the New York/New Jersey area ports of entry, are busy…

Former Inmate Sentenced to 19 Months in Prison for Role in Scheme to use Drones to Smuggle Contraband into Fort Dix Federal Prison

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones…

Owner Of Blair Pharmacy Sentenced to a Year and a Day in Federal Prison for Providing Illegal Payments to Independent Marketers to Induce Them to Refer Business to His Pharmacy

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Matthew Edward Blair, age 48, of Timonium, Maryland, to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by 18 months…

Texas Woman Charged with Operating Warranty Fraud Scheme Targeting Cisco Systems

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Takandryia Latrice Cage, 35, formerly of Grand Prairie, TX, was charged by Information with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud…

Nine Members Of “Downtown Mafia” Indicted For Cocaine Trafficking

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ricky J. Patel, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) in New York, and Keechant L. Sewell, the…

Essex County Man and Union County Man Charged with Scheme to Steal Checks and Defraud Banks

NEWARK, N.J. – Two people were arrested today for their roles in a scheme to steal and alter checks from the mail by using stolen U.S. Postal Service keys that access mail…

Union County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Distribution Charges

NEWARK, N.J. – A Union County, New Jersey men was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for drug distribution charges in connection conspiring to distribute cocaine base and distributing fentanyl and…

Times Square Billboard Demands Biden End Federal Mask Mandate

A massive billboard appeared in Times Square Thursday morning asking that President Joe Biden end the federal mask mandate, according to the Job Creators Network. “Hey Joe! Even your home state is…

‘Threatens Free Expression’: Senate Panel Passes Online Child Sex Bill Critics Say Will ‘Jeopardize Security’

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday which is intended to curb the spread of child sexual material online, but has drawn the ire of privacy advocates and tech groups. The…

Two Win $50,000 in Bergen and Mercer Counties

TRENTON, NJ – Two New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Wednesday, February 9, drawing winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. Those tickets were sold at the following…

Special needs kids should be exempted from school mask mandates, Corrado says

From the desk of NJ Senator Kristin Corrado TRENTON, NJ – Senator Kristin M. Corrado will introduce a pair of bills that will ensure students in speech therapy, as well as students…

There he goes again…Phil Murphy is releasing more dangerous inmates under COVID-19 early release policy

TRENTON, NJ – Phil Murphy can’t help himself. Even after five people have been murdered as a result of his early inmate release program, he’s letting even more criminals out of prison…

Passaic County Doctor Charged with 34 Counts of Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances

NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, doctor was charged today with multiple counts of illegally prescribing medicines to his patients, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Evangelos Megariotis, 68, of…

Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ivan Reyes Arzate, a former Mexican Federal Police Officer and Commander of the Mexican Federal Police’s Sensitive Investigative Unit (“SIU”), was sentenced by United States…

Passaic County Man Charged with Attempted Robbery of Two U.S. Postal Service Employees

NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was indicted today for assaulting and attempting to rob two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers in January 2021, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…

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