Nurse Practitioners Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud

GREAT FALLS – Two Montana nurse practitioners have been sentenced for conspiring to defraud Medicare of millions of dollars. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris sentenced Janae Nichole Harper, 34, of Kalispell,…

Man Sentenced to a Year and a Half in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Loaded Gun During Looting in Downtown Chicago

CHICAGO — A man who illegally possessed a loaded handgun during widespread looting in downtown Chicago last summer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison. Chicago Police officers attempted to…

Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Methamphetamine in Cecil County, Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland – Nakir Ali Kiett, age 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute approximately 211 grams of methamphetamine in Cecil County, Maryland. The guilty…

CBP Cincinnati Seizes 44 Pounds of Sildenafil Pills Worth $712,756

CINCINNATI—Last Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized about 44 pounds, approximately 23,610 pills, of sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in the prescription drug Viagra. The pills were…

Police Blotter

Greg Abbot threatens fines for Texas cities who require masks, ask for vaccination status

Sebastian Hughes on July 30, 2021 Republican Gov. of Texas Greg Abbott signed an executive order Thursday that could lead to cities being fined for implementing mask mandates. The order states that government entities will…

Government News

Texas governor says residents will never be forced by feds to take COVID-19 vaccines

AUSTIN, TX – Greg Abbott, the Republican Governor of Texas today said that his administration supports the national vaccination effort, but said he will reject any federal mandates that force residents to…

Texas Governor: Our communities are overrun with COVID-19 infected immigrants

AUSTIN, TX – Texas Governor Greg Abbott today said his state and the communities in it are being over run with COVID-19 infected illegal migrants, drug cartel members and human smugglers. Abbott…

Politics

Joe Biden seeking authority to mandate COVID-19 vaccination nationally

U.S. President Joe Biden said he is currently looking into the legality of the U.S. federal government to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens. For now, Biden says that local authorities should…

Government News·Politics

Female athletes battling men in women’s sports take their case to Washington

Mary Margaret Olohan World champion track athlete Cynthia Monteleone, her daughter Margaret, and three-time Olympian Inga Thompson journeyed to Washington, D.C., this week to urge lawmakers to protect women’s sports. “Headlines say…

Local Sports News

Bizarre fight breaks out on Venice Beach Boardwalk

Steven Hall on July 30, 2021 VENICE BEACH, CA – A fight took place with at least three purported homeless men Wednesday on the Venice Beach Boardwalk in California, KCAL reported. A man…

California News·Police Blotter

Postal workers union slams Biden’s vaccination mandate

Thomas Catenacci One of the largest labor unions representing federal workers, strongly criticized President Joe Biden’s reported plans to soon issue a vaccine mandate. The American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which represents 216,797 federal…

In the News

Majority of Americans support breaking up big tech monopolies

Ailan Evans on July 29, 2021 A majority of Americans believe major tech companies are too powerful, and support the government regulating and breaking them up, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted…

Business News

Fauci’s Agency Dumped Millions Into Chinese Entities To Study Infectious Diseases Since 2012, Federal Data Shows

Andrew Kerr on July 28, 2021 27 of the Chinese organizations, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, received funds from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s NIH subagency to perform research on infectious diseases, the data…

Politics

Local Media Production And Political Consulting Firm Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that LSA Strategies LLC, a media production and political consulting firm located in Buffalo,…

Buffalo Man Who Ran Cross-Country Drug Conspiracy Going To Prison For More Than 10 Years

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwan Hugley, a/k/a Twan; a/k/a Anthony Carter; a/k/a Juan Luis Rodriguez-Martinez; 42, of Atlanta, GA,…

Cook County Man Sentenced to 64 months in Prison for Possessing Firearms as a Convicted Felon

URBANA, Ill. – A Dolton, Ill., man, Jerry Caldwell, 59, of the 14000 block of Shepard Drive has been sentenced to 64 months in the Bureau of Prisons for possessing firearms as…

Pittsburgh Man Off to Prison for Attempting to Rob a South Side Bank while in a Wheelchair

PITTSBURGH, PA – A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of attempted bank robbery, Acting…

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Settles Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Clothing Companies And Their Former CEO For Misrepresenting The Value Of Goods To Avoid Paying Customs Duties

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and…

Wood County man admits to violation against a minor

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Steven Lockhart, of Davisville, West Virginia, has admitted to trying to meet a minor for sex, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Lockhart, 57, pleaded guilty today…

Mineral County man sentenced for firearms charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Kendu Woodard, of Keyser, West Virginia, was sentenced this week to 24 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced. Woodard,…

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