Phoenix Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Operating International Drug Smuggling Ring Using Women as Mules Through Philadelphia and the Caribbean

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Delgardo Frazer, 52, of Phoenix, AZ, was sentenced to eleven years and three months prison, and four years of supervised release…

Springfield Man Sentenced for Racketeering Offenses Relating to Prostitution

BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for racketeering offenses relating to the promotion of commercial sex. Kevin Smoot, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Court…

Group With Ties to Racially Motivated Violent Extremists Including two Former Marines Facing Additional Charge of Targeting Energy Facilities

RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, Paul James Kryscuk, 35, Liam Collins, 21, Jordan Duncan, 26, and Joseph Maurino, 22, were charged via a third superseding indictment obtained in the Eastern District of North…

Clarksburg woman admits to carjacking charge

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Courtney M. Oliverio, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a carjacking charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Oliverio, 39, pleaded guilty today to one…

Wheeling man sentenced to 10 years for drug charges

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Sylvester Eugene Walker, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Walker, 28,…

Wheeling man sentenced for drug charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Lewis Smith, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months of incarceration for selling cocaine near a local school, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.…

Woman Charged With Carjacking A Ford Truck In Río Piedras

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Ruth Cintrón Valles with a carjacking in Río Piedras, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District…

Erie Man Pleads to Drug and Gun Charges following PSP Investigation

ERIE, Pa. – A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Chancelor…

Johnstown Man Admits Distributing Heroin

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A former resident of Johnstown, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. Willie Gene…

Portland Area Identity Thief Pleads Guilty in Federal Court

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Gresham, Oregon man pleaded guilty today for stealing financial and identification documents from more than 100 people in and around Portland. Robert Loren Finanders, 40, pleaded guilty to unauthorized access…

Tulsa Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Emails to Newson6 Threatening President Biden

A Tulsa man pleaded guilty today in federal court for sending threatening emails to KOTV Channel 6 directed at President Joseph Biden, unnamed members of the Congress, and their families, announced Acting…

Essex County Man Indicted for Gunpoint Robbery of Cell Phone Store

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his role in a January 2021 gunpoint robbery of a cell phone store in…

Omar Amanat Sentenced To Prison For Multiple Fraud Schemes After Conviction At Trial During Which He Fabricated Evidence

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that OMAR AMANAT, an associate of codefendant Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, the former chairman and chief executive officer…

Texas court rules against Biden’s catch and release border orders

A federal trial court in Texas ruled against the Biden administration’s directives to catch and release some migrants on Thursday. A Texas federal judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from enforcing the Biden…

Politics

Biden administration to stop charging $2,000 fee for Americans fleeing Afghanistan

The Biden administration continued to inform American citizens in Afghanistan as of Thursday evening they could have to pay more than $2,000 to board an evacuation flight out of the country, despite…

US and World News

Southern California Man Pleads Guilty After Attempting to Set Fire to Federal Courthouse During Portland Protest

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Southern California man pleaded guilty today for attempting to set fire to the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse during a protest in Downtown Portland on July 13, 2020. Kevin Benjamin…

Pentagon confirms Taliban seized 40 U.S. Aircraft, thousands of armored vehicles and weapons

The Taliban has seized dozens of aircraft and thousands of weapons, vehicles and pieces of high-tech equipment in Afghanistan that was funded by the U.S. government, Reuters reported. Billions of dollars worth…

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East Harlem gang members busted after plotting their crimes on social media

Over a dozen members of the East Harlem, New York, “Chico Gang” were indicted in a joint investigation between police and prosecutors Wednesday, according to a press release from the Manhattan District…

New York News·Police Blotter

Democrats pushing for eviction protection raked in large rental earnings during pandemic

New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney staunchly advocated for a rent cancelation bill throughout 2020, but fell silent a year later when the bill came back up after her recent financial disclosure…

New York News·Politics

Taliban army seizes millions in American military equipment, now Republicans demand to know how much has been left behind

Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee plan to offer legislation that would require the Biden administration to reveal how much U.S. equipment was taken by the Taliban. The Republicans told the Daily…

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