New Jersey plastic bag ban starts a two months from today
TRENTON, NJ – If you’re tired of sucking your drink from a withering paper straw from a super-sized plastic container or bottle, buckle up New Jersey, things are about to go from…
Philadelphia CBP tells Miami Resident: ‘No Soup for You’
PHILADELPHIA – The shipment may have been manifested as chicken vegetable soup, but Philadelphia U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers soon realized that the brothy bouillon before them was canned criminal…
TV Producer For Russian Oligarch Charged With Violating Crimea-Related Sanctions
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced…
Woman Facing Federal Charges for Filing and Receiving Social Security Benefits Under Two Social Security Numbers
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Dinorah De Denis, age 72, of Frederick, Maryland, for the federal charges of theft of government property and social security…
Thief Arrested After Answering Phone He Stole
A 20-year-old man lured a thief into police custody after his phone was stolen on a train Tuesday, the New York Post reported. The phone’s owner chased after the thief, 57-year-old Kevin…
World Bank Makes Big Show Of Cutting Off Russia Just Weeks After Being Accused Of Oppressing Uyghurs In China
World Bank Makes Big Show Of Cutting Off Russia Just Weeks After Being Accused Of Oppressing Uyghurs In China Ailan Evans on March 3, 2022 The World Bank announced Wednesday it would…
One Of The First Lady’s SOTU Guests Is A Critical Race Theory Advocate, Argued Anyone Opposed To It Supports ‘Censorship’
One of the first lady’s State of the Union (SOTU) guests is a supporter of Critical Race Theory (CRT) who has attributed criticism of the theory to a form of “censorship.” Jill…
PINKERTON: Does Biden Have The Courage To Renew America In A World With More Wars?
James Pinkerton on March 2, 2022 There are many kinds of renewal: cultural, technological, national. Yet none mean much unless there’s the accompanying willingness to change. And change-making requires determination and, oftentimes,…
‘Protect Young People’: Multiple State Attorneys General Probe Whether TikTok Harms Kids
A bi-partisan group of state attorneys general are investigating TikTok for potentially harming children’s physical and mental health, according to a Wednesday press release. At least eight attorneys general are probing whether…
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…
Lake Elsinore Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Bagman Role in Scheme to Defraud Elderly Victims with Threats of Arrest
LOS ANGELES – A Riverside County man was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for participating in an international fraud scheme in which he helped collect more than $550,000…
Seventeen Kentuckians Indicted for Animal Fighting Charges
LEXINGTON, Ky.- In four separate indictments, issued by a federal grand jury sitting in London, 17 Kentuckians have been indicted with various offenses related to animal fighting and cruelty. In the first…
CBP Memphis Seizes over 634 lbs of DMT so far this Fiscal Year
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) in Memphis have seized over 635 lbs of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) since the beginning of this fiscal year, which began October 2021. Memphis…
U.S. Attorney Cindy Chung Names Leadership Team, Reorganizes Criminal Division
PITTSBURGH – United States Attorney Cindy Chung has announced the office’s new executive leadership team and a restructuring of the Criminal Division that will allow the office to best effectuate the Administration’s priorities. “This…
Fugitive Wanted in Baltimore for Attempted Murder Apprehended by U.S. Marshals
Martinsburg, WV – On January 27, 2021, members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Christopher Brown, 20, of Baltimore, MD. Brown was wanted by the Baltimore City Police…
U.S. Marshals Recover 16 Critically Missing Children
Philadelphia, PA – During a four-week operation conducted February 15 – March 15, the U.S. Marshals Service Offices in Philadelphia, in conjunction with Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services and Bucks County Children…
U.S. Marshals Service Leads Operation to Find Missing Iowa Children
Cedar Rapids, IA and Des Moines, IA – Since October 2020, the U.S. Marshals in Iowa have been partnering with federal, state and local agencies in a joint operation dubbed Operation Homecoming,…
U.S. Marshals Bring Expertise to Attorney General’s New Effort to Reduce Violent Crime
Washington – Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced a new Department of Justice effort to help protect our communities from the recent increase in major violent crimes. “Today, we renew our…
U.S. Marshals Recover Missing Endangered Child
Danbury CT – The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Danbury Police Department this morning recovered a trafficked and endangered child, and in the process arrested a man suspected of…