Border Patrol Agents Could Be Fired If They Don’t Get Vaccinated For COVID-19

Border Patrol agents could be fired if they’re not vaccinated for COVID-19 by the end of November, two active agents and a union official told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday.…

US and World News

Two South Louisiana Men Sentenced in Federal Court

LAFAYETTE, La. – Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two men from South Louisiana have been sentenced by United States District Judge Robert R. Summerhays. Deondrick W. Brown,…

Cattle Broker Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud, Ordered to Pay $2.1 Million in Restitution

MACON, Ga. – A Georgia cattle broker was sentenced to prison and was ordered to pay millions in restitution after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme defrauding an investor…

Two Men Charged With Fraud Involving More Than $1 Million in Unemployment Compensation and the CARES Act

ROCKFORD — A superseding indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Rockford charged two individuals with wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft involving unemployment compensation claims and the…

Loves Park Investment Advisor Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $950,000 From Customers

ROCKFORD — A Loves Park man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $950,000 from three of his customers. A criminal information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Rockford charges NASEEM…

Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Dominican national previously deported pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Jose Perez Felix, a/k/a “Eugenio Piedraita-Rivera,” “Roberto Patricio Ramirez,” “Grande,” 43,…

Federal Grand Jury Indicts 15 For Their Roles in Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Operating in Kanawha County

Approximately 10 pounds of methamphetamine and 40 firearms seized CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced that a federal grand jury has returned two indictments charging 15 individuals…

Boerne Man Sentenced for Ponzi Scheme with over $7.4 M in Losses

SAN ANTONIO – A Boerne man was sentenced yesterday to 135 months in prison and ordered to pay $7,424,927.10 in restitution for running a Ponzi scheme. According to court documents, Victor Farias,…

Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Drugs via the Dark Web

BOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with conspiring to manufacture and distribute controlled substances. Binh Thanh Le, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to…

Federal grand jury indicts 4 for laundering Target gift cards

LOS ANGELES – Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) this morning arrested two people named in an indictment alleging a scheme to launder the proceeds of scams sent to fraudsters via…

California News

CBP Nets Nearly $230k in Undeclared Currency at Ambassador Bridge

DETROIT — Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations seized $200,000 in undeclared U.S. currency at the Canadian border early Tuesday morning. The cash was discovered by officers during a…

Police Blotter

Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to Serve Three Decades in Federal Prison

OKLAHOMA CITY – Earlier this week, GERMAINE COULTER, SR., 48, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced to serve 30 years in federal prison for child sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit child sex…

Philadelphia man admits to role in drug trafficking enterprise

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Christian Lamar Goode, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has admitted to his role in a multi-state organized drug trafficking enterprise dubbed the “19th Street Enterprise,” Acting United States Attorney Randolph…

Two More Mexican Nationals Are Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to International Timeshare Telemarketing Scam

NEW ORLEANS – CLAUDUA ANTILLON ZAHUITA, age 38, and SERGIO LEON KURI, age 40, both residents and citizens of Mexico, were sentenced to prison on September 29, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge…

Indianapolis Man Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery

INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis man was sentenced yesterday to more than 11 years in prison following his guilty plea to bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. He…

Houston crew convicted of violent ATM robberies

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Three Houston men have pleaded guilty to a string of Love’s Travel Stop robberies throughout Texas and Louisiana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Christopher Bernard Brown…

Corrupt Department Head at Walter Reed Sentenced to Federal Prison for Accepting Cash, Event Tickets, and Other Gratuities from a Maryland Company That Received More Than $25 Million in Government Business

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced David Laufer, age 64, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, today to eight months in federal prison, followed by one year…

Lottery Results

Former Belmont County attorney charged with stealing more than half a million dollars from elderly victim with dementia

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury has charged a former Belmont County attorney with crimes related to stealing more than half a million dollars from an elderly woman with dementia while…

CONSUMER ALERT: Attorney General James Seeks to Protect New Yorkers’ Wallets by Urging ShrubBucket Customers to File Bankruptcy Claim

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued an alert, urging New York customers of ShrubBucket to immediately file a claim in the company’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings if they are…

New York News

$3.5 trillion spending bill that costs ‘nothing’ includes new vehicle mileage tax pilot

This week, President Joe Biden said his $3.5 billion infrastructure bill will come with absolutely no cost to everyday Americans, but inside the bill is a measure to explore a per mile…

Politics

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