Paterson councilman running for mayor charged with pulling false fire alarm after Dominican Day Parade
Paterson, NJ – A sitting Paterson councilman and current mayoral candidate has been arrested and charged with triggering a false fire alarm inside city hall nearly a year ago, an act that…
EXCLUSIVE: Top GOP Rep Presses Biden Admin For Info On Unknown Number Of American Inmates In Dominican Republic
EXCLUSIVE: Top GOP Rep Presses Biden Admin For Info On Unknown Number Of American Inmates In Dominican Republic Jake Smith on August 27, 2023 House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul pressed…
CBP announces Global Entry partnership with Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that citizens of the Dominican Republic are now eligible to apply for Global Entry, a program that allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers…
Canada, Dominican Republic reach agreement over Haitian crisis response
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the Dominican Republic have agreed that Canada will coordinate assistance for Haiti by boosting staff at its embassies in Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, the countries said in…
IMF sees slower Dominican Republic growth at 4% in 2023
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic’s economy is expected to grow around 4% in 2023, the IMF said on Monday, slowing from the 4.9% rise in 2022. The economy is “one…
US Border Patrol Apprehends 21 Non-Citizens from Haiti and the Dominican Republic Entering Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –US Border Patrol Agents apprehended 21 non-citizen migrants from Haiti and the Dominican Republic that entered illegally into Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in separate incidents. On Mar.…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MAN SENTENCED TO 141 MONTHS INCARCERATION IN CONNECTION WITH HAULOVER BAY SHOOTOUT
ST. THOMAS, VI – United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Rammer Guerrero Morales, 31, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 141 months of imprisonment by Chief Judge Robert…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL IMPRISONED AFTER FALSELY CLAIMING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP
St. Croix, VI – United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Ramon Torres-Pichardo, 28, of the Dominican Republic, was sentence to eight months of imprisonment by Judge Wilma A. Lewis…
Dominican Man Charged with Illegal Reentry
BOSTON – A Dominican man has been charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Jonathan Alcequiez-Sanchez, 35, was charged with one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien. Alcequiez-Sanchez…
Previously Deported Dominican National Sentenced To 18 Months’ Imprisonment For Illegal Reentry Following Removal For An Aggravated Felony
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tomi Moscat-Lara, age 44, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced by United States…
Dominican Drug Lord Pleads Guilty to Importing Tons of Cocaine into the United States
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Dominican drug lord Cesar Emilio Peralta-Adamez, also known as “El Abusador,” plead guilty to drug trafficking charges, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of…
Dominican National Admits to Participating in Conspiracy to Import Large Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico
PROVIDENCE – A Dominican national admitted to a federal judge on Monday that, while visiting Providence in March 2022, he participated in a criminal drug conspiracy that law enforcement alleges imported multiple…
Dominican National Admits to Participating in Conspiracy to Import Large Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico
PROVIDENCE – A Dominican national admitted to a federal judge on Monday that, while visiting Providence in March 2022, he participated in a criminal drug conspiracy that law enforcement alleges imported multiple…
Police Capture Man With Gun at Paterson Dominican Day Parade
PATERSON, NJ – On Sunday, September 18th, 2022, at approximately 5 pm, Ceasefire detectives Ibraaheem Yanes and Johan Suarez were working the 2022 Dominican Day Parade when they observed a male riding…
Fugitive Extradited From Dominican Republic To Face Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft Charges
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the extradition of Jose Ramon Tejeda-Guerrero (38) from the Dominican Republic to the United States. Tejeda-Guerrero was charged in a 2012 indictment…
Dominican National Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking Offense
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that REGINO MORILLO-ESPINAL, 40, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday by…
Dominican National Sentenced to 38 Months in Prison for Selling Oxycodone from New Britain Grocery
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jose Lugo, also known as “Domi,” 34, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District…
Dominican Drug Lord extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic to Face Drug Trafficking Charges
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Dominican authorities extradited Consolidated Priority Organizational Target (CPOT) Julio De Los Santos-Bautista, also known as “Julito Kilo,” to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in…
Philadelphia CBP Discovers $1.3 Million Cocaine Load on a Flight that arrived from the Dominican Republic
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a cocaine load, with a street value of about $1.3 million, hidden in the technical space of a passenger airplane that arrived at…
New York City Cops Attacked by Glass Bottles, Projectiles at Dominican Day Parade
NEW YORK, NY – New York City police officers were attacked by a mob of unruly attackers in the Bronx on Sunday. A group of individuals threw glass bottles and other projectiles…
Reading Man Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison for Travelling to his Native Dominican Republic to Engage in Illicit Sex with a Child for Years
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Valentin Ortiz, 73, of Reading, PA, was sentenced to five years and 11 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and…
New Jersey Most Wanted Fugitive Found Dead in Dominican Republic
Newark, NJ – United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, Juan Mattos, Jr., and Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, jointly announce the location…
Citizen of Dominican Republic Sentenced to 20 Months for Immigration Offenses
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Wascar Javier, age 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today to serve 20 months in prison following his conviction for illegally reentering the United States,…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BROTHEL OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION
ST. THOMAS, USVI – United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced that Ramona Rivera Luna, 65, a Dominican Republic national, pleaded guilty on June 27, 2022 before United States Magistrate Ruth Miller…
Citizen of Dominican Republic Indicted for Cocaine Trafficking and Illegal Reentry
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Jose Campusano, age 38, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Utica, New York, was indicted yesterday for trafficking cocaine and illegal reentry into the United States.…
Pawtucket Man Charged for Allegedly Traveling to the Dominican Republic to Engage in Sex with a Minor
PROVIDENCE – A Pawtucket man who traveled repeatedly to the Dominican Republic, where he allegedly had sexual contact with a minor, has been charged in federal court in Providence with engaging in…
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