Trucks Stolen from Elkridge Dealer, 15-Year Old Suspected in Columbia Home Invasion

HOWARD COUNTY, MD – The Howard County Police Department has released information regarding several incidents that occurred earlier this week including two auto thefts from a car dealership in Elkridge and a…

Three Plead Guilty in Grandparent Scheme Targeting Rhode Island Seniors

PROVIDENCE – Appearing before a federal judge in Providence, three individuals today admitted that they participated in a “Grandparent Scam” that defrauded fourteen Rhode Island seniors out of a total of more…

Penelec’s 2022 Tree-Trimming Program Underway to Enhance Reliability

Work includes trimming along nearly 4,200 miles of power lines ERIE, Pa., May 3, 2022 — Penelec, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), continues to conduct tree-trimming work in communities across…

Met-Ed’s 2022 Tree-Trimming Program Underway to Enhance Service Reliability

Work includes trimming along nearly 3,200 miles of power lines READING, Pa., May 3, 2022 — Met-Ed, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), continues to conduct tree-trimming work in communities across…

Thrice-Convicted Rhode Island Businessman Sentenced for Pocketing Employee Federal Withholding Taxes

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island businessman convicted of misusing more than a half-million dollars in employment taxes collected from his employees to finance his own personal expenditures, including rent payments on a…

New York Man Pleads Guilty To Armed Bank Robbery

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 27, 2022, Michael Muse, age 44, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District…

Two Sentenced in Schemes to Defraud Home Improvement Stores

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Two Providence men who admitted to participating in a scheme to defraud credit card companies and home improvement stores out of more $160,000 were sentenced to federal prison today,…

Pittsburgh Man Pleads to Bank Robbery and Attempted Bank Robbery

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to charges of Bank Robbery and Attempted Bank Robbery, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung…

North Carolina Man Arrested on Charges For Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

WASHINGTON — A North Carolina man was arrested today for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted…

Local Man Sentenced for Obstructing Police During May 30, 2020, Pittsburgh Protest

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to one day in custody of United States Marshal Service, three years of supervised release, and 365 days of…

Pre-Prosecution Program Grant Awarded to Woonsocket Police Department

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded the Woonsocket Police Department a three-year, $819,109 grant to implement their proposed Law Enforcement Assisted Deflection, Engagement, and Retention (LEADER) in Treatment…

Providence Man Pleads Guilty in Schemes That Defrauded Home Improvement Stores

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man today admitted in federal court that he participated in a scheme that defrauded home improvement stores in Rhode Island and Massachusetts of more than $140,000, repeatedly…

Lycoming County Man Sentenced To One Year Imprisonment For Fraudulent Tax Return Scheme

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeremy Baney, age 50, formerly of Lycoming County and currently an inmate at SCI Smithfield, Pennsylvania, was…

Indictment Unsealed Charges Three in Fraud Scheme Targeting Rhode Island Seniors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A federal indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Providence on Friday charges three individuals with allegedly participating in a so called “Grandparent Scam” to defraud at least eleven…

New York Man Indicted For Armed Bank Robbery

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on October 19, 2021, Michael Muse, age 43, of Brooklyn, New York, was indicted for armed bank…

Three Charged in Fraud Schemes Targeting Home Improvement Retailers

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Federal arrest warrants were executed today against two individuals on charges they allegedly participated in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud Home Depot stores in at least three New England…

Registered Sex Offender Charged with Attempting to Transfer Obscene Material to a Minor

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 31-year-old registered sex offender living in Smithfield, RI, who allegedly claimed during Instagram communications with two minor boys in Florida to be 17-years-old, has been ordered detained in…

Registered offender detained after new charges emerge

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered sex offender living in Smithfield was ordered detained by a federal magistrate judge Tuesday after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with multiple child…

Roy Rogers adds “Big Sky” pulled pork sandwich topped with beer battered onion rings

Frederick, MD – With a nod to its western-themed heritage, Roy Rogers restaurants set out this week to take guests on an adventure to experience the Big Sky – but it’s not…

Construction worker finds two month old winning lottery ticket in glove box

Felton Lumpkin didn’t know he was driving around with a Virginia Lottery ticket worth $100,000 in the glove box of his vehicle. The Mechanicsville man had stuck the Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket in…

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