Maersk CEO sees Red Sea shipping disruption lasting ‘at least a few months’
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Megan Davies DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc said on Wednesday the disruption to global shipping caused by the attacks on vessels in the Red Sea will…
Laredo Sector Border Patrol stops a human smuggling attempt at Checkpoint
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer. The incident occurred on the evening of March 30,…
Federal Inmate Sentenced For Possessing A Weapon At FCI Schuylkill
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Savon Bagby, age 25, a Federal inmate at the Schuylkill Federal Correctional Institution, was sentenced on March…
Federal Inmate Sentenced For Possessing Weapon At USP Allenwood
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 31, 2022, federal inmate Ellis Gene Battle, Jr., age 42, was sentenced to 27 months’…
CBP Makes Massive Fentanyl, Meth, And Heroin Seizures At The Border
CBP Makes Massive Fentanyl, Meth, And Heroin Seizures At The Border Jennie Taer on April 1, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently intercepted two smuggling attempts of millions of…
CBP Officers Seize over $700K in Cocaine at the Hidalgo International Bridge
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $715,000 worth of alleged cocaine. “Our CBP officers remain vigilant and rely on their…
Laredo Field Office Set To Reopen and Resume Normal Operating Hours at the Amistad Dam International Bridge in Del Rio
DEL RIO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) Laredo Field Office will reopen the Amistad Dam International Bridge after an extended closure due to a maintenance…
Laredo CBP Officers Seize Methamphetamine Worth Over $4 Million at Colombia-Solidarity Bridge
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized methamphetamine in one enforcement action that totaled over $4,000,000 in street value. “Officers assigned to our cargo facilities…
Bronx Man Sentenced for Trespassing at Albany International Airport
BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK – Stan Johnson, age 23, of the Bronx, New York, pled guilty today and was sentenced to time served (approximately 6 months in jail) for trespassing at the Albany…
Ocala Man Arrested For Lying On Federal Firearm Form At Gun Dealer
Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Marques Young (22, Ocala) on a criminal complaint charging him with one count of knowingly causing a Federal Firearms Licensee…
Big Oil Thumbs Nose At Democrats, CEOs Decline Price Gouging Hearing Invitation
Big Oil Thumbs Nose At Democrats, CEOs Decline Price Gouging Hearing Invitation Thomas Catenacci on March 30, 2022 Three major U.S. fossil fuel companies rejected an invitation from House Democrats to testify…
CBP Officers Seize over $2 Million in Methamphetamine at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridges
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridge intercepted $2,300,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine. “Our CBP officers continue to rely on their…
Two Individuals Convicted at Trial of Federal Tax Fraud Scheme
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Sandra Denise Curl of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Percy Leroy Jacobs of Prince Frederick, Maryland late yesterday for conspiring to defraud the United States, helping…
New York Man Charged with Making Bomb Threats Directed at a Business on St. John
ST. THOMAS, USVI – U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that a New York man was arrested Tuesday, March 29, 2022, on St. Thomas on criminal charges related to making bomb…
Lawton Man to Serve More Than Fifteen Years in Federal Prison for Shooting at Federal Officers
OKLAHOMA CITY – Yesterday, MICHAEL HANS OLOA, 35, of Lawton, was sentenced to serve more than fifteen years in federal prison for assaulting federal law enforcement officers by shooting at the officers…
Former Comptroller And Compliance Specialist At Investment Adviser Firm Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Defraud Clients
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VANIA MAY BELL, the former comptroller and chief compliance officer of Executive Compensation Planners, Inc. (“ECP”), a…
With Gas Prices At Historic Highs, Biden Calls For Raising Taxes On Oil Drillers
With Gas Prices At Historic Highs, Biden Calls For Raising Taxes On Oil Drillers Thomas Catenacci on March 29, 2022 President Joe Biden’s budget proposes to scrap more than $45 billion in…
Detainee Pleads Guilty to Injuring Officers in Assault at Detention Center
HONOLULU – David Akui-Cabanilla, III, 36, pleaded guilty today in federal court to two counts of assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury. U.S. District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi took…
Criminal Migrants Arrested at the Border in the Rio Grande Valley
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested two criminal migrants with serious criminal history, to include kidnapping, murder, and sexual contact charges. On Saturday, March 26, Rio Grande City Border…
Smugglers Continue to Place Human Lives at Risk
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted six migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 125 arrests. Agents rescued 86 migrants from a trailer and two more from a…
DeSantis’ Spokeswoman Had A One Word Response To All The Virtue Signaling At The Oscars
DeSantis’ Spokeswoman Had A One Word Response To All The Virtue Signaling At The Oscars Laurel Duggan on March 28, 2022 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ spokeswoman responded to celebrities’ chanting of the…
REPORT: Which ‘Squad’ Members Defended Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars?
REPORT: Which ‘Squad’ Members Defended Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars? Sebastian Hughes on March 28, 2022 Two members of “the Squad,” a group of left-leaning Congressional Democrats, reportedly deleted…
Former Monroe County Man Sentenced To Two Years’ Imprisonment For Making Fraudulent Purchases At Boscov’s
HARRISBURG—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 24, 2022, Kwane Henderson, age 42, formerly of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District…
CBP Officers Apprehend Fugitives Wanted for Child Fondling at Hidalgo International Bridge
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Eliseo Gonzalez, a male Mexican citizen from Weslaco, Texas and Matias Cantu Garza, U.S. citizen…
Two Men Face Federal Drug Charges After Multi-Agency Enforcement Operation at Rutland Motel
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Daniel Ruiz, 34, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Joel Ivan Caquias Aviles, 21, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, were arrested…
South African woman arrested at local airport for mailing controlled substances to Ohio inmates
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Federal agents arrested a South African woman this morning at John Glenn International Airport on federal charges alleging she mailed large amounts of K2 and Suboxone via mail into…
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