Bergmann: Jackson Mayor’s Contempt for Average Citizens Comes Through Loud and Clear at Adventure Crossing

The following article was written by Randy Bergmann, a former editor at the Asbury Park Press and now independent journalist, originally published on his Facebook Page and republished with permission. Randy Bergmann…

Pike Road Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

Montgomery, Alabama – On March 1, 2022, Jermaine Mizell Jones, a 38-year-old man from Pike Road, Alabama, was sentenced to 188 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance,…

Orange Park Man Indicted For Pointing Laser At Coast Guard Helicopter

Jacksonville, Florida– United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Justin Marland Fisher (41, Orange Park) with knowingly aiming a laser at an aircraft. If convicted, Fisher…

The Pennsylvania State University Agrees To Pay $899,824.55 To Settle A Voluntary Disclosure Related To The Penn State Psychological Clinic

HARRISBURG, PA —The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Penn State has agreed to pay $899,824.55 to resolve allegations of civil liability for the submission of…

Queens D.A. Announces Conviction in Jackson Heights Assault Case

QUEENS, NY – A man wanted for an assault of a woman inside her own home on her birthday in Jackson Heights is going to prison. That’s according to Queens District Attorney…

NRA Scores Court Victory Against AG Letitia James In New York

The NRA won a legal victory when a New York Supreme Court judge ruled that Attorney General Letitia James could not pursue dissolving the gun-rights group. “In short, the Complaint does not…

Former Illinois Speaker of the House Indicted on Federal Racketeering and Bribery Charges in Connection With Alleged Corruption Schemes

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago today indicted former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives MICHAEL J. MADIGAN on racketeering and bribery charges for allegedly using his official position…

New Haven Man Charged with Federal Drug and Gun Offenses

Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE MENAFEE, also known as “Mo,” 32, of New Haven, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging…

Enlisted Sailor Stationed in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, Charged with Producing Files Depicting the Sexual Victimization of Children, Extorting People to Send Sexually Explicit Depictions, and Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BIAGIO WILLIAM AMBROSINO, age 19, originally from Queens, NY, who is now an enlisted sailor stationed in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, was charged…

Polk County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficking

BEAUMONT, Texas – A Livingston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Paul Michael Oliver, 54,…

Elizabeth Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Drugs Supplied by DS44 Gang Members

PITTSBURGH – A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 68 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws,…

Florida Woman Sentenced to 14 Years for Role in International Cocaine Trafficking Ring and Money Laundering

PITTSBURGH, PA — A former resident of Plantation, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to a total term of 178 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release on her convictions…

New Orleans Man and Woman Indicted for Gun and Drug Trafficking Offenses

NEW ORLEANS, LA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONI JONES, age 33, and TIMREK ANDREWS, age 43, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged on February 25, 2022…

Honduran National Indicted for Illegal Re-Entry

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane Evans announced today that WILSON AMILCAR VASQUEZ-CABALLERO, age 29, was charged on February 25, 2022 in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien…

Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Two Armed Robberies

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Akiem Howard, age 22, of Syracuse, pled guilty yesterday to robbing two Syracuse convenience stores and brandishing and discharging handguns in furtherance of both robberies, announced United States…

Pain Clinic Owners Convicted of Unlawfully Distributing Opioids and Multimillion-Dollar Health Care Fraud

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A federal jury convicted a Tennessee physician and his wife yesterday for unlawfully distributing opioids, providing unnecessary services and defrauding insurers from their now-shuttered Alabama clinics. According to court…

Sex Offender Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Failure to Register in Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Lawrence A. Marvitz, age 44, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to 69 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for…

Cook County Man Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Guns After Store Employee Reports Firearms to Deputies

VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Cook County, Georgia, resident with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to prison this week for unlawfully possessing firearms after a local gun shop employee turned over the…

Florida Man Known As “The Monkey Whisperer” Pleads Guilty To Federal Charges For Trafficking Protected Primates

Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, also known as “the Monkey Whisperer” (57, Parrish), today pleaded guilty to having violated the Endangered Species Act and…

Motorcyclist on stolen bike injured in crash near Wilbur Watts School

BURLINGTON, NJ – Burlington police officers on Tuesday responded to a motorcycle crash at around 3:00 am after the operator, a Georgia man crashed into a fence. According to police, the operator,…

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