Pair indicted for defrauding COVID-19 benefit programs

Seattle – A Seattle area pair was indicted today in the Western District of Washington, for more than $1 million in fraud on COVID-19 relief programs, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Bryan…

New Jersey Brother of former head of Obama security team gets 41 months for assaulting cop at Capitol riot

STOCKHOLM, NJ – His brother Preston Fairlamb III led former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Secret Service detail. His father was a retired New Jersey State Trooper. When Fairlamb senior passed, Mrs. Obama…

DC Government Used ‘Highly Sensitive’ Phone Location Records To Track Covid Spread

The Washington, D.C., government used phone GPS records provided by a private data broker to track citizens in order to study the spread of COVID-19, according to public records. The D.C. government’s…

Toms River extends the deadline for hi-rise developer to build more downtown apartments

TOMS RIVER, NJ – With no solid plan on the table to build more hi-rise apartment complexes in Downtown Toms River, the township council voted to extend the timetable for the Capodaglia…

16-Year-Old Boy Arrested After Fatally Stabbing Man

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announce an arrest has been made in a homicide that occurred on Monday, November 8, 2021, in the 1600 block of R…

Suspects Sought in D.C. Armed Robbery and Police need your help

WASHINGTON. D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects in reference to an Armed Robbery (Gun) offense that occurred on Saturday, October 30,…

D.C. Police search for Suspects in Possession of Firearm

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District seek the public’s assistance in locating suspects in reference to a Carrying a Pistol without a License offense that occurred on…

D.C. Police Need your help identifying Robbery Suspect

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect in reference to a Robbery (Fear) that occurred on Monday, October…

Suspects and Vehicle Sought in Northeast D.C. Burglary

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects and a vehicle in reference to a Burglary Two of an Establishment offense that…

D.C. Detectives Make Arrest in Shooting Death of 57 Year-Old Man

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced a wanted suspect has been arrested in reference to a homicide that occurred on Friday, September 17, 2021, in the 4500…

Treasury Nominee Blasted Manchin For Not Being ‘On The Democratic Side’

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the comptroller of the currency blasted Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in early 2020, saying he “is supposed to be on the Democratic side” as she…

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

WASHINGTON — A Colorado man was arrested today for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session…

Spokane Naturopath Agrees to Pay $47,700 Civil Penalty for Improper Prescription of Controlled Substances

Spokane, Washington – Christopher M. Valley, N.D., a Spokane-based naturopathic doctor, has agreed to pay $47,700 to resolve allegations under the Controlled Substances Act that he improperly prescribed controlled substances between December…

Leader of tree poaching ring that started massive Olympic Peninsula forest fire sentenced to 20 months in prison

Tacoma — The lead defendant in a scheme to unlawfully harvest maple trees from the Olympic National Forest that resulted in a massive 2018 forest fire was sentenced late yesterday to 20…

York County Man Sentenced for Distributing Heroin to Women Who Died from Drug Overdoses

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A York County man was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for distributing heroin to two women who died from overdoses at his Seaford home and for…

Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Heroin Distribution Conspiracy Conducted Over the Dark Web

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Russell Ramseur, age 44, of Largo, Maryland, to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy…

Staten Island Businessman Operating in Bucks County Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tobacco Smuggling

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ramzi Al Najar, 43, of Staten Island, NY, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, three years of…

D.C. Police Need Your Help identifying Carjacking Suspects

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District seek the public’s assistance in identifying suspects and vehicles in reference to a Robbery (Force and Violence) offense that occurred on…

Former Medical Student Sentenced for Fatal Party Drug Overdose

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – An Ontario, Canada, man was sentenced today to one year in prison for distributing MDA—a psychedelic drug similar to MDMA, or “molly”—that resulted in the fatal overdose of a…

CBP’s Baltimore Field Office Reminds International Travelers that New COVID Vaccination Requirements Start Today at Local Airports

BALTIMORE – U.S. Customs and Border Protection reminds travelers that, starting today, foreign nationals boarding flights to Baltimore Washington (BWI), Philadelphia (PHL), Pittsburgh (PIT) and Washington Dulles (IAD), and other U.S. international…

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