Man Charged with Robbing Wallingford Convenience Store at Knifepoint

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Joey Miles Sherwood, 31, of Center Rutland, Vermont, was arrested yesterday for the August 1, 2021 knifepoint robbery…

Troy Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Charges

ALBANY, NEW YORK – John R. Paeglow III, age 64, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to defrauding a commercial finance company. The company paid more than $400,000 to Paeglow’s book…

Coordinated Law Enforcement Effort Dismantles California to Western Pennsylvania Drug Pipeline

PITTSBURGH, PA – Forty-seven individuals have been charged in six separate, but related, indictments with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations following a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking…

Calloway County Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Firearms, Marijuana

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An Auxvasse, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to growing marijuana and illegally possessing dozens of firearms. Darrin Dale Smithee, 55, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate…

Department of State Offers Reward for Information to Bring Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker to Justice

The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of People’s Republic of China (PRC) national Jian Zhang, a…

Did Ilhan Omar commit a felony for failing to report income from her 2020 book deal?

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar possibly committed a felony by failing to report income she may have received from her 2020 book deal in her required financial disclosure forms, a watchdog group alleged…

McCarthy tells big tech to stand up for Americans and don’t give Congress private user data

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy issued a statement Tuesday urging companies not to hand over private data to the Select Committee investigating the Capitol riot. The statement follows a request Monday made by the…

Active-duty Sailor and his former Navy colleague are charged with conspiring to traffic guns from Georgia to New Jersey

ATLANTA – Elijah Isaiah Boykin, an active-duty U.S. Navy Sailor, and Elijah Keashon Barnes have been indicted for unlawfully obtaining and transporting dozens of firearms that were later used in New Jersey-area…

Facebook now says it ‘incorrectly’ banned grieving Marine Corps mom

Facebook banned the Instagram account of a grieving mom. Facebook says it incorrectly removed the account of the mother of one of the Marines killed in the Kabul terrorist attack last week,…

Murphy allocates 6.5 million face masks for school mask mandate, issues firm warning to districts who disobey

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said he has reached into the state’s huge stockpile of PPE and will be making 6,500,000 face masks and surgical masks available to children…

Manor Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

AUSTIN – A Manor man was sentenced on Friday to 161 months in prison for robbing a pawn store at gunpoint. According to court documents, Joe Quinonez Jr., 32, was charged with…

Sutter Health and Affiliates to Pay $90 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations of Mischarging the Medicare Advantage Program

SAN FRANCISCO- Sutter Health, a California-based health care services provider, and several affiliated entities including Sutter Bay Medical Foundation (dba Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, and Sutter Pacific…

Chinese government limits kids to 3 hours of video game time per week

China’s National Press and Publication Administration issued measures Monday forcing “online game providers” to prohibit minors from using their services, except between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.…

It’s the states, not Congress that pose biggest threat to tech companies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation in May prohibiting tech companies from banning or suspending political candidates in the state, imposing fines of up to $250,000 per each day the candidate is…

Shore area man who supplied deadly heroin dose to teenager charged for his death

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A man who supplied a 16-year-old boy with the heroin dose that killed him has been apprehended and charged. According to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, on August…

Three Maryland Residents Facing Federal Indictment for Attempting to Illegally Export Arms and Ammunition to Nigeria

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging three Maryland men for the federal charges of conspiracy, violation of the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Reform…

William T. Mantanona Sentenced to 6 months Imprisonment For False Statement to a Federal Agent

Hagatña, Guam – SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands announced that defendant William Topasna Mantanona, age 65, from Chalan Pago, Guam was sentenced…

Two South Florida Lawyers and Former Chief Operating Officer Sentenced for Roles in Massive 1 Global Capital Investment Scheme

Miami, Florida – Two south Florida securities lawyers and the former Chief Operating Officer of 1 Global Capital LLC (“1 Global”) were sentenced for their roles in a sprawling fraud scheme that…

Federal Prisoner Indicted For Illegal Contraband And Escape

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – William Brett Brownell, 30, of Milton, Florida, was arraigned on charges of possession of contraband by a federal prisoner, introduction of contraband to a federal prison, and escape. The…

Felon Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Handguns in Hartford

Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYSHAWN TURNER, 36, formerly of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford…

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