Nigerian Man Sentenced To 87 Months’ Imprisonment For Laundering $1.89 Million In Fraud Proceeds

WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jabin Godspower Okpako, age 36, was sentenced on November 23, 2021, to 87 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District…

Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

Yesterday, a federal jury in Maryland convicted two El Salvadorian nationals for conspiring to participate in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise, commonly known as MS-13. Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, aka Insolente,…

Thanksgiving Gas Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2012

The average price of gasoline nationwide hit its highest Thanksgiving week level since 2012, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said. On Monday, Americans paid an average of $3.40 per gallon, a more…

Police Union Slams Local Govt’s Budget Reform Amid Record Annual Homicides

The Washington, D.C., police union blamed the city’s recent surge in homicides on police reform measures implemented in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “Homicides are up 13% over last year’s alarming…

EXCLUSIVE: New Records Cast Doubt On Hunter Biden’s Claim He Finally Divested From Chinese Private Equity Firm

Hunter Biden no longer holds any interest in his personal LLC or the Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners, his attorney told The New York Times on Saturday, but new records obtained…

Left-Wing Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Is Funding An Anti-Facebook Campaign Targeting Online ‘Misinformation’

Left-wing billionaire Pierre Omidyar is funding a constellation of advocacy organizations and campaigns targeting tech giant Facebook for its alleged harms to users, including the proliferation of “hate speech” and “misinformation” on…

WaPo Says Americans Should Consider Adding Crickets To Thanksgiving Dinner, Ditching Turkey For Lab-Grown Meat

An article in The Washington Post Wednesday argued that climate change could result in replacing Thanksgiving staples with lab grown meat, plant-based meat alternatives and crickets. Hot summers, wildfires, droughts and flooding…

Former Executive Director of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Husband Sentenced to Prison Terms for Bank Fraud

WASHINGTON – Jeanine Henderson Arnett, 44, the former Executive Director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and her husband, Diallo Arnett, 47, have been sentenced to prison terms on bank fraud…

Burlington Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy

DAVENPORT, IA – On Monday, November 22, 2021, two Burlington men were sentenced to prison by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for their involvement in a drug conspiracy…

28-year-old shot, later died at hospital

COLUMBUS, OH – On Monday, November 22, 2021 at 3:49pm, Columbus Police Officers were called to the 3500 block of Fremont St. on a report of a shooting. On arrival, officers found…

NASA Launches Kamikaze Rocket To Collide With Threatening Asteroid

NASA and Elon Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX, launched a test rocket designed to crash into asteroids that may threaten the existence of life on Earth. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a…

One dead in shooting in Columbus

On Monday, November 22, 2021 at 3:49pm, Columbus Police Officers were called to the 3500 block of Fremont St. on a report of a shooting. On arrival, officers found the decedent, 28-year-old…

New toolkit helps consumers avoid scams while holiday shopping

WASHINGTON — The holiday shopping season is underway and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) is launching a new holiday shopping toolkit to help consumers protect themselves from substandard or even…

Gary M. Restaino Takes Office as United States Attorney

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Gary M. Restaino took office today as United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. President Biden nominated Mr. Restaino to serve as U.S. Attorney on October 27, 2021.The…

Capt. Phip’s Seafood Sentenced for Federal Visa Fraud Charge Resulting in Foreign Workers Being Paid Lower Wages Than Those to Which They Were Entitled

Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Phillip J. “Jamie” Harrington III, age 50, of Dorchester, Maryland, to one year of probation, to pay a $10,000 fine, a…

South Carolina Chiropractor Pleads Guilty and Agrees to $9 Million False Claims Act Consent Judgment

Washington, D.C. — On Nov. 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a $9 million civil consent judgment for the United States against South Carolina chiropractor Daniel…

North Carolina Man Arrested for Assault on Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

WASHINGTON — A North Carolina man has been arrested for assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon and other crimes related to the breach of the…

Justice Department Announces $139 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice today announced more than $139 million in grant funding through the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (“COPS Office”) COPS Hiring Program (“CHP”). The…

Four Sentenced this Week for Roles in Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud Scheme

ABINGDON, Va. – Four more Southwest Virginia residents who conspired with over 30 other people to defraud the United States government by filing claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits…

Hanover Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana Shipped Through the Mail from California to Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland – Dwight Antonio Pitts, age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty on November 19, 2021, to charges related to his participation in a drug distribution conspiracy involving large amounts of…

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