Nigerian National indicted in Washington State for fraud on COVID-19 economic relief programs

Seattle – A Nigerian citizen has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Seattle for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and multiple counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced…

South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Interstate Stalking

PORTLAND, Maine: A South Carolina man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to interstate stalking, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. According to court records, during the days leading up to…

Pennacchio Calls for Learning, Healing on State’s First Juneteenth Holiday

New Jersey’s first Juneteenth state holiday is a lesson in American history, and Senator Joe Pennacchio said it is also an opportunity to unify the races.…

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Kean Bill that Would Stabilize State Funding for Higher Education Clears Senate

The Senate approved Sen. Tom Kean's bill that would help ensure predictable state funding for New Jersey’s higher education institutions.…

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New Jersey state agencies still operating under Phil Murphy’s pandemic restrictions

TRENTON, NJ – After public outcry and CDC guidance suggesting the unmasking of America and New Jersey, last month, Governor Phil Murphy reluctantly and with some strings attached, allowed the pandemic state…

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With no endorsement in NJ election, Trump backs Staten Island Borough Council Candidate

STATEN ISLAND, NY – New Jersey Republicans aren’t quite sure what the message is coming out of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s Save America PAC after he sat on the sidelines…

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Costa Rican National Extradited to Eastern District of Texas and Sentenced for Conspiracy to Import Cocaine into the United States

PLANO, Texas – A Costa Rican man was sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. Felipe Espinoza-Cruz,…

United States Attorney’s Office District of Arizona May 2021 Immigration and Border Crimes Report

I. Illegal Reentry After Deportation (8 U.S.C. 1326) 281 individuals were charged in May with illegal reentry A. 230 of those 281 individuals had previously been convicted of non-immigration criminal offenses in…

Acting United States Attorney Mark J. Lesko Announces Formation of Civil Rights Team in the Office’s Civil Division

Mark J. Lesko, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today the creation of a Civil Rights Team in the Office’s Civil Division. The Team, comprised of…

Interstate road rage ends after police chief sees elderly man throwing coins at woman’s car

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – In another case of local elderly road rage, highway hi-jinks spilled out into the local streets of Ocean County. Fortunately, this time, nobody was killed. At 9:09 am…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Cuomo signs law that allows state to investigate prosecutors, punish them

NEW YORK, NY – New York Governor Cuomo has been empowered by the Democrat state legislators to have the power to investigate the state’s prosecutors in another sweeping criminal justice reform that…

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2,745 New Jersey contact tracers being retrained for non-COVID-19 tracing state says

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy hired 2,700 contact tracers during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and their efforts essentially hit a brick wall. New Jersey wasn’t answering their calls. Murphy…

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Phil Murphy has deleted 43,000 COVID-19 positive case records from the state database

TRENTON, NJ – Over 43,000 positive COVID-19 cases have been deleted from the state’s official database of COVID-19 since early March. The Murphy administration has identified these cases as duplicates and errors.…

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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…

New Jersey News·Police Blotter

Dominican Republic Man Charged with Illegally Reentering the United States

ST. THOMAS – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a Dominican Republican national was arrested Friday, June 11, 2021, on St. Thomas on criminal charges related to allegedly illegally reentering…

New Jersey ranks as the best state to live in according to this report, but why?

New Jersey is the top state to live in according to a report issued this week by Wallet Hub. If you just lived in New Jersey through the COVID-19 pandemic and the…

Community News·New Jersey News

New York State Fair Returns This September, Cuomo Announces

SYRACUSE, NY – On Monday, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the 2021 New York State Fair, an end-of-summer celebration at the New York State Fairgrounds from August 20 to September 6 in…

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Sidney Man Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements in a Highway Project

BANGOR, Maine: A Sidney man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to making false statements with respect to work on a federally approved highway project, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.…

Daniel Chase Pleads Not Guilty To Making False Statements To Social Security Administration

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel Chase, 60, of Weathersfield, VT, pleaded not guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges that…

African American running for Michigan Secretary of State calls for election audit

LANSING, MI — A secretary of state candidate in Michigan visits the Arizona audit in hopes they will replicate it in her state. One America’s Christina Bobb has more. “Great talking with ⁦@christina_bobb⁩ about…

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