New Jersey’s Plastic Ban: A Confusing and Overreaching Policy Leaves Residents and Businesses Scratching Their Heads
TRENTON, NJ – Since its implementation on May 4, 2022, New Jersey’s “Get Past Plastic” law has been hailed by some as a bold step toward environmental protection, but for many residents…
Downtown Toms River Businesses Host Irish Festival this Weekend
TOMS RIVER, NJ – You might not find a pot of gold, but you’ll find plenty of pre-St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Downtown Toms River this weekend as the community hosts an…
Long Island man sent threatening letters to LGBTQ businesses and organizations
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to sending multiple LBGTQ businesses, organizations and individuals threatening and harassing letters and is now facing up to five years in…
Ukrainian Defense Minister says Russians taking heavy losses, resorting to looting businesses for fuel, supplies
Kyiv, Ukraine – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Hanna Maliar said on Saturday that Russia’s invasion isn’t going as well as Vladimir Putin had planned. Maliar said Russian forces are running…
New Jersey lawmaker wants to ban New Jersey businesses from deals with Russian companies
TRENTON, NJ – In 2012, former U.S. President Barack Obama mocked his Republican presidential opponent Mitt Romney who then said Russia is America’s biggest national security threat. “The 1980s called and want…
Pocketbook thief lurking Wall Township businesses, police warn
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Wall Township Police Department has responded to two separate theft incidents in the last week from local businesses where customers’ pocketbooks were removed from their shopping carts…
Feds Indict Two Men For Robbery Spree Targeting Latino Businesses in North Philadelphia Late Last Year
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Omar White-Davis, 28, of Philadelphia, PA, and Acia Moore, 20, also of Philadelphia, PA, were charged by Indictment with multiple counts of…
Minneapolis Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery Spree of Twin Cities Businesses
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for seven violent armed robberies of Twin Cities businesses. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after…
Toms River Mayor shames local businesses for mitigating the spread of COVID-19
TOMS RIVER, NJ – As many cities across New Jersey are imposing indoor mask mandates, in Toms River, it’s the opposite. Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill has forced a business to change…
Companies Agree to Pay $1.15 Million to Resolve Allegations of Fraud in Obtaining Army Contracts Reserved for Eligible Small Businesses
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Idaho-based Native American Services Corp. (NASCO) and Texas-based Mirador Enterprises, Inc. (Mirador) have agreed to pay $1.15 million…
New Jersey businesses crippled by Phil Murphy’s COVID-19 lockdown could soon see relief if new bill passes
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Michael Testa’s legislation that would provide a COVID-related tax benefit to the state’s small businesses was advanced today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Testa’s bill, S-4254, gives…
Sussex County Man Sentenced to 64 Months in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining $5.6 Million Loan Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
NEWARK, N.J. – A Sussex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 64 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan of over $5 million, Acting…
Police Investigating Shooting in Downtown Silver Spring where 5 Businesses were struck by bullets
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND – Detectives from the Montgomery County Police 3rd District Investigative Section are investigating an overnight shooting incident in downtown Silver Spring.At approximately 2 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, an…
Carthage Couple Sentenced for Embezzling from Joplin Businesses
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Carthage, Missouri, husband and wife were sentenced in federal court today for their involvement in a five-year-long scheme to embezzle more than $235,000 from a Joplin, Mo., business…
Chicago Mayor blames businesses for violent smash and grabs, White House disagrees
CHICAGO, IL – Chicago’s progressive liberal mayor Lori Lightfoot is now blaming retailers in her city for the uptick in organized smash and grab thefts that have been happening. “Some of the…
Baltimore Serial Armed Robber Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing 35 Businesses, Often at Gunpoint
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Darnell Gerald Gaither, Jr., age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised…
Armed Robber Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Committing Three Armed Robberies of North Philadelphia Businesses
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Darrell Johnson, 36, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 14 years and one day of imprisonment by United States District Judge Wendy…
BLM: Don’t shop at white-owned businesses for the holidays; Black leaders now calling for defunding of BLM
Conservative Clergy of Color, a national non-partisan civil rights advocacy group, is calling on corporations and business leaders to withdraw their financial support from the Black Lives Matter movement following the launch…
Former Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Captain Sentenced for Defrauding the Sheriff’s Office and Other Businesses
NEW ORLEANS – U.S Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on November 9, 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter sentenced former Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) captain KEVIN STIMAGE to…
AG Wilson, other states and several businesses, start court proceedings against OSHA vaccine mandate
(COLUMBIA, S.C) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, along with several other states and businesses, today filed the paperwork to begin court proceedings against OSHA’s vaccine mandate for private employers with…
Owner of Louisiana Construction and Building Inspection Businesses and His Two Siblings Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud
WASHINGTON – A Louisiana man who owns construction and building inspection businesses, along with his brother and sister who were employed by the construction businesses, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud…