Gas N Goods becomes gold mine with $31K lottery win
ROCHESTER, NY — A lucky TAKE 5 player scored a $31,641 top prize in the May 22 evening drawing, with the winning ticket sold at a local Rochester convenience store. The ticket…
Teens Arrested in Attempted Local Sporting Goods Store Burglary
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD – Last Thursday at approximately 11 p.m., Baltimore County police officers arrested two teenagers attempting to break into a sporting goods store located on the 2300 block of Hammonds…
Suspects Wanted for Theft at Polaris Sporting Goods Store
POLARIS, OH – A group of unidentified individuals is wanted for a large-scale theft from a Polaris sporting goods store. The incident took place on Monday, July 18, in the 1500 block…
Brazen Thief Unloads Cart Full of Stolen Goods from Local Business
COLUMBUS, OH – Columbus Police Property Crimes Bureau detectives are asking for public assistance to identify a suspect who stole a cart full of packages from a business in south Columbus. The…
$637,000 of counterfeit goods stopped by CBP Officers in Chicago
CHICAGO– On June 4, at Chicago O’Hare’s International Mail Facility, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers inspected a shipment manifested as ‘Fashion Sunglasses’ and found a lot more than pairs of…
Europe Imposes First-Ever Climate Tax On Imported Goods
Europe Imposes First-Ever Climate Tax On Imported Goods John Hugh DeMastri on April 18, 2023 The European Parliament finalized legislation Tuesday that will impose taxes on imports based on the greenhouse gas…
Police seek suspects who took bags of cash, goods from Philadelphia market
PHILADEPHIA, PA – Two burglars who broke into a market on Woodland Avenue in January fled with trash bags full of cash and goods, police say. The robbery happened in January, but…
U.S. Attorney Announces $1.3 Million Settlement Of Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Apparel Importer For Underreporting Value Of Goods To Avoid Paying Customs Duties
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), AnnMarie R.…
One Night, Two Shipments, $686K in Counterfeit Goods Intercepted by CBP Officers in Chicago
CHICAGO— On Sunday, January 29, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the International Mail Facility near O’Hare intercepted two separate shipments originating from Thailand and heading to Alabama containing a…
Brooklyn Man Indicted for Interstate Transportation of Stolen Goods
NEWARK, N.J. – A federal grand jury indicted a Brooklyn, New York, man for transporting stolen jewelry across state lines, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Tony Newton, 63, of Brooklyn,…
Indianapolis CBP Sees 55 Percent Increase in Counterfeit Goods in FY 2022
INDIANAPOLIS—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Indianapolis saw a record number of fraudulent counterfeits during Fiscal Year 2022. CBP officers in Indianapolis seized 7,901 counterfeits that would have been worth…
United States Resolves Civil Claims Against Woonsocket Defense Contractor for Foreign Goods
PROVIDENCE – The United States Attorney’s Office has resolved a civil False Claims Act investigation into Hyman Brickle & Son, Inc., a Woonsocket-based Rhode Island textile manufacturing company that supplies products to…
Rochester Pawn Shop Owner Going To Prison For Selling Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Stolen Goods
CONTACT: Barbara BurnsPHONE: (716) 843-5817FAX #: (716) 551-3051 ROCHESTER, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Thomas Nary, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of transportation of stolen goods in interstate…
New York Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiring to Traffic in Stolen Goods Worth More Than $1 Million
NEWARK, N.J. – A Staten Island, New York, man who conspired with others to traffic in stolen goods and merchandise was sentenced today to 36 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Philip R.…
Police seeking man who stole two air rifles from Lansing Dick’s Sporting Goods
Lansing, NY – Police are searching for a man who left the Ithaca Dick’s Sporting Goods store without paying for two air rifles. The masked-up individual is being sought by NYSP Ithaca.…
Delaware Man Charged with Interstate Transportation of Stolen Goods
TRENTON, N.J. – A Delaware man was arrested for transporting stolen goods obtained through a string of jewelry store thefts in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Michael Larbi,…
Three Members Of Caribbean Arms Trafficking Ring Charged With Conspiracy To Smuggle Goods From The United States
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Tevin OBrian Oliver (29, Homestead), Jameal Kaia Phillip (30, Trinidad and Tobago), and Edward Soloman King…
Wheels Fall Off of Cheese Smuggling Scheme as CBP Officers Seize Undeclared Goods
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Paso Del Norte border crossing in downtown El Paso seized more than 100 pounds of undeclared cheese Sept. 6. The…
Ferndale, Washington, woman indicted for trafficking in counterfeit goods
Seattle – A 42-year-old Ferndale, Washington woman was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for multiple counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Kara Suneva Allen,…
District of Columbia Fire/EMS Employee Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Scheme Involving Undelivered Goods
WASHINGTON—Louis “Joey” Mitchell, a former employee of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS), pleaded guilty today to a federal bribery charge…
Suspect Stole Shipping Container with $260,000 in Goods in Newark
NEWARK, NJ – Police are searching for Fernando Cunningham, 52, of Union, as the suspect who stole a trailer that had a shipping container filled with merchandise valued at $260,235 in Newark…