TRENTON, N.J. — Five House Democrats representing New Jersey voted against a bill last fall that would deport illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes, drawing criticism from advocates of the…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal jury has convicted Peter Gerace, the 57-year-old owner of Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club, on charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, bribery, sex trafficking conspiracy,…
President Joe Biden has announced the commutation of the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row, reducing their sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. This action…
FREEHOLD, N.J. – An 18-year-old man was found guilty on all counts Thursday in the fatal 2022 shooting of a 19-year-old in Asbury Park, while his co-defendant entered a guilty…
JACKSON, N.J. — Former Paterson mayor Jose “Joey” Torres pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal contempt for violating a 2017 judicial order that permanently barred him from seeking or holding…
GREENSBURG, PA — Charges of witness intimidation, retaliation, and criminal conspiracy against Anthony Hairston, a Westmoreland County man convicted of third-degree murder, were held for court on Tuesday. Hairston, 29,…
GREENSBURG, PA — Charges of witness intimidation, retaliation, and criminal conspiracy against Anthony Hairston, a Westmoreland County man convicted of third-degree murder, were held for court on Tuesday. Hairston, 29,…
QUEENS, N.Y. – A Queens man was convicted of attempted murder, attempted aggravated assault, and kidnapping after a 2021 domestic violence incident in which he threatened his wife, an off-duty…
TRENTON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy announced Monday that he has granted clemency to 36 individuals, issuing 33 pardons and three commutations in what marks his first use of the…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Philadelphia jury has convicted Rodrick Williams, 25, of first-degree murder and related firearm charges for the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Michael Mines in April 2021 near…
OCEAN CITY, Md. — A Ridgely man was sentenced to a decade in prison on November 8 after being found guilty of first-degree assault in a violent 2022 boardwalk attack…
Hawk Newsome, leader of Black Lives Matter Greater New York, has made headlines with his fiery remarks outside the Daniel Penny trial. Following the dismissal of the top manslaughter charge…
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Bradford County jury on Tuesday found Matthew Chapman, 43, guilty of repeated sexual abuse of a child after a two-day trial, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney…
Greensburg, PA – David Stone, a 62-year-old from Pike County, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at Keystone State Park in Westmoreland County. The conviction was…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday defended President Biden’s controversial decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, addressing questions over credibility and timing during a…
WASHINGTON — A coalition of progressive lawmakers, led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), called on President Biden Monday to…
Former Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has filed a motion in Manhattan federal court requesting a new trial after his bribery conviction. His defense argues that improper evidence was accessed by…
WILMINGTON, DE – In an unprecedented move, President Joe Biden has issued a full and unconditional pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, who faced federal convictions for tax fraud and…
MIAMI—A federal jury has convicted Gabriel Donato-Mendez, 48, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., on charges of conspiracy to export U.S. defense articles and attempted smuggling of defense articles, officials announced…
BALTIMORE — Idrissa Bagayoko, 58, owner of Maliba Trading LLC, has been convicted in federal court of selling an unregistered pesticide and recklessly transporting a probable carcinogen without proper documentation,…
WASHINGTON — Kenneth Josiah Hampton, 26, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty of drug trafficking and firearms offenses following a six-day jury trial in U.S. District Court, prosecutors announced…
BALTIMORE — Stephen L. Snyder, a prominent medical malpractice attorney from Baltimore, was found guilty by a federal jury of attempted extortion and seven counts of violating the Travel Act…
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A Harrison man was found guilty Friday on multiple charges for his role in a 2022 armed robbery in Weehawken, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.…
ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal jury has convicted Amaris Marie Delapena, 50, of Windermere, on 15 counts of wire fraud and 22 counts of bank fraud for embezzling funds while…
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man has been convicted of illegally possessing a firearm and using it to threaten a 76-year-old man during a dispute over a parking space in March…