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BALTIMORE, MD – On March 1, 2021, at approximately 7:25 p.m., a 12-year-old male was shot in the 2000 block of St. Cloud Avenue. The victim was transported to an …

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging two Providence men with allegedly running a so-called “grandparent scam” in two states, fraudulently obtaining or attempting …

NEW YORK, NY – Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas E. Walsh II, Rockland County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant …

NEWARK, N.J. – A former police officer with the North Brunswick police department today admitted his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme that defrauded state health benefits programs through the submission …

MONTGOMERY, AL– On Friday, February 23, 2021, Tawasaki Leonorda Williams, a 35-year-old from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 75 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent …

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Wilkens was involved in distributing at least 3 pounds of meth in Sioux City.  A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty March 4, 2021, …

NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey physician and his medical practice will pay $106,255 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by making false representations in connection …

PITTSBURGH, ARIZONA – Richard Georgelos pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine between 2017 and 2019, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. …

WILLIAMSPORT, PA  – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 5, 2021, Jimmy Carter, age 56, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to …

MIAMI, FLORIDA – A Florida couple pleaded guilty for their participation in a scheme to file four fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.1 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program …

BALTIMORE, MD – On March 5, 2021 at approximately 3:30 a.m., officers responded to an area hospital where a shooting victim had just arrived seeking treatment. Upon arrival, officers located …

BALTIMORE, MD – On March 5, 2021 at approximately 11:03 a.m., officers responded to a shot spotter alert in the 900 block of N. Patterson Park Avenue. While responding to …

BALTIMORE, MD – A  man was shot dead in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor section of the city Friday night. On March 5, 2021, at approximately 6:35 p.m., Central District patrol officers …

BALTIMORE, MD – In reference to a walk-in shooting victim that was reported on February 5, 2021, at approximately 5:00 p.m., investigators have arrested 40-year-old Frankie Randall of Baltimore. Investigators …

BALTIMORE, MD – On March 6, 2021, at approximately 11:25 p.m., Northwest District officers were dispatched to the 4100 block of Belvedere Avenue to investigate a reported shooting. Officers responded …

BALTIMORE, MD – On March 7, 2021, at approximately 12:41 a.m., Central District officers were dispatched to a parking lot in the 200 block of W. Read Street to investigate …

BALTIMORE, MD – On March 7, 2021, at approximately 7:45 p.m., Northern District officers were dispatched to the 2400 Block of Shirley Avenue to investigate a reported shooting. Officers responded …

BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime Unit has arrested a Ouachita Parish man for Internet crimes against children. Matthew Hamilton, 26 of West Monroe, has been …

PEORIA, ILL –The former national president of Project Linus, Carol Babbitt, 61, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing money from the not-for-profit organization. Project Linus …

BOSTON, MASS – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in relation to the seizure of over 10 kilograms of fentanyl and heroin in December 2018. Carlos Soto-Villar, 34, a Dominican …

LEXINGTON, KY – A Cynthiana, Ky., man, Randall Perry, 54, was sentenced on Thursday to 36 months in federal prison, by U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, for mail fraud. Perry pleaded …

KIRTLAND, OHIO – A Kirtland couple has pleaded guilty in federal court to bribery of a former city of Cleveland demolition official in return for favorable service and treatment with …

BOSTON, MASS – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in connection with drug trafficking activities involving fentanyl. Jonathan Mejia, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton …

BOSTON, MASS – A former Leader of the Massachusetts Department of Correction Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings”) pleaded guilty yesterday to racketeering charges. …

BOSTON, MASS – A Nigerian national was sentenced yesterday in connection with defrauding victims using various online scams during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nosayamen Iyalekhue, 33, was sentenced by U.S. Senior …