Facebook has become a drug cartel recruiting ground feds say

EL PASO, Texas — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO), have identified the increased use of social media platforms such as Facebook,…

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Former Northeast Missouri City Clerk pleads guilty to stealing Center city money

ST. LOUIS – Tracey Ray, 48, of New London, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of federal program theft. Ray appeared, today, before United States District Court…

Presque Isle Man Sentenced on Federal Drug Charge

BANGOR, Maine: A Presque Isle man was sentenced in federal court today for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced. U.S. District…

Office Manager Pleads Guilty To Embezzling More Than $1 Million From His Former Employer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Richard Allen Clark, 55, of Lenoir, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to federal charges for embezzling more than $1 million from…

Three undocumented rescued near Ocotillo after crossing border

OCOTILLO, California – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued three lost and in distress undocumented individuals in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo Wednesday morning. The incident occurred at about 10:30…

California News·Police Blotter

6 Defendants Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars In Proceeds Derived From Romance Scams

Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Patrick J. Freaney, Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service…

New York News

NDTX Round Up: May 21-27

SENTENCING – DIEGO GUTIERREZ PINALES On May 24, Diego Gutierrez Pinales, 54, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pinales, a drug trafficking organizations source of…

Oregon Man Faces Federal Charges for COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme

PORTLAND, Ore.—An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday charging a Portland, Oregon, man with fraudulently converting to personal use loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Wade Lysne, 29,…

Judges sentences Franklin County woman for far-reaching scheme involving fraud and money laundering

ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Christen Diane Schulte to 80 months in prison today. The 35-year-old Washington, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, last year, to two counts…

DOJ Announces Coordinated Law Enforcement Action to Combat Health Care Fraud Related to COVID-19

The Department of Justice today announced criminal charges against 14 defendants, including 11 newly-charged defendants and three who were charged in superseding indictments, in seven federal districts across the United States for…

New Jersey News

Convicted Felon Guilty of Illegal Possession of Multiple Guns in First Jury Trial in the Middle District of Georgia Since Lifting of Jury Trial Moratorium

ALBANY, Ga.– A federal jury returned a guilty verdict this afternoon, convicting an Albany man for illegal possession of firearms by a prohibited person in the first jury trial conducted in the…

Georgia News

Mount Pleasant Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Series of Fraud Schemes

Charleston, South Carolina –– Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett Dehart announced today that Cameron Banks, a/k/a “Reggie Staggers”, a/k/a “Roy Hamilton,” 36, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced to nine years in…

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Mobile kitchen trailer coming to the Jersey Shore to help families in need

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) today highlighted the award of $69,760 in federal Community Services Block Grant funding to O.C.E.A.N., Inc., which used the money to purchase a mobile…

Atlantic County News·Cape May County News·Community News·Jersey Shore News

Biden overturns Trump protection of national monuments from violent protesters

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s national monuments and memorials are once again fair game for leftwing protesters and rioters as President Joe Biden has ended former President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought…

Three wanted for armed robbery at barber shop arrested

COLUMBUS, OH – On May 13, 2021 at 2:05am, the victim had just walked out of a barber shop on Sullivant Ave. and was attempting to get into his vehicle when 2…

Ohio News·Police Blotter

Pennsylvania immediately adopts CDC policy on masks and the vaccinated

Harrisburg, PA – Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam announced that the commonwealth’s mask order reflects the announcement made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier today. Related: Murphy’s…

Pennsylvania News

Two Human Traffickers Heading to prison after leaving Illegal aliens in 100 degree trailer

LAREDO, TEXAS – A 28-year-old Laredoan has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to transport illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Jose Maria Ramirez pleaded guilty Nov. 24,…

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Tuesday NASA rocket launch will be visible from East Coast weather pending

A rocket launch that was planned for Saturday has been rescheduled for the third time after conditions at NASA’s Wallops flight facility in Virginia were not ideal for launch Sunday and Monday.…

New Jersey News

New Yorker Sentenced in Eastern District of Texas for Nationwide Identity Theft and Fraud Scheme

SHERMAN, TEXAS – A Huntington, New York, man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with an identity theft scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas…

New York News

Indian River County deputy rescues woman from overturned car in canal

VERO BEACH, FL – An Indian River County deputy rescued a woman from an overturned car in a waterfilled canal after a traffic crash last night. On Friday, approximately 6:27 pm. Deputy…

Florida News·Police Blotter

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