Pickpocket steals wallet on Bronx bus then attempts purchase at Foot Locker
BRONX, N.Y. – A woman was targeted in a pickpocket theft while boarding an MTA bus in the Bronx, with the suspect later attempting to use her credit card at a nearby…
USPS Doubles Down On Plan To Purchase Gas Delivery Trucks After White House Protests
The U.S. Postal Service defended its plan to replace the majority of its delivery vehicles with gas-powered trucks while electrifying some of its fleet. “Our commitment to an electric fleet remains ambitious…
Toms River Bowling Benefit Raises Money Toward Purchase of Mobile Sensory Vehicle for Children with Developmental Disabilities
TOMS RIVER, NJ – This weekend, Tracey Fournier and her team at the Toms River Advisory Committee on Developmental Disabilities raised money through a bowling fundraiser to raise money to purchase a…
Duval Felon Sentenced To Eighteen Months For Attempting To Purchase Firearm
Jacksonville, Florida – Chief United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jose Angel Vazquez (60, Jacksonville) to 18 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for…
Fort Washington Woman Wins $50K after Powerball Quick-Pick Purchase
FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND – A morning trip to the grocery store helped a Prince George’s County woman fill her bank account with a $50,000 Powerball prize. The lucky lady bought a $2 quick-pick ticket…
DBS to announce purchase of Citi’s Taiwan consumer business -sources
TAIPEI -Singapore’s DBS Group will announce on Friday it is to buy Citigroup’s consumer finance business in Taiwan, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. DBS and Citi declined…
Federal Reserve Sticks To Rate Hike Schedule, Signals End To Asset Purchase Stimulus
The Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near zero, and it will begin its rate hike in mid-March, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday after the central bank’s two-day meeting. The…
Woman busted after offering $500k to purchase baby at Walmart
CROCKETT, TEXAS – The people of Walmart have a new life member. Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, was charged for attempting to purchase the baby of mom while waiting on the checkout line…
Ocean County GOP candidates took $134k in campaign contributions from controversial Dominion Voting Systems reseller before $2.75m purchase
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ahead of the 2021 election for Governor, the five-member all-Republican Board of County Commissioners voted to purchase and upgrade their existing voting machines to Dominion systems machines, but…
How Mo Hill’s Surf Club Purchase Could Lead to Ocean County building massive homeless shelter next door to Ocean County College
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The amount of wheeling and dealing done between Toms River Mayor Maurice “MO” Hill and Ocean County Commissioner Virginia Haines to close the purchase of the destroyed and…
Toms River Mayor Hill says town is seeking to purchase land to stop overdevelopment along Lakewood border
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill took a sharp turn on Monday and announced the township is now seeking to purchase property in the township’s northern section along the…
Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Prison For Stealing Credit And Debit Card Account Numbers To Purchase Show Tickets
LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for stealing credit and debit card account numbers and profile information to spend on Las Vegas Strip…
Beaver Falls Man Sentenced to Prison for Lying on Firearms Purchase Form
PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced on a charge of making a false statement to purchase firearms, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Judge David…
11 Individuals Charged in a Scheme to “Straw Purchase” Firearms
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Eleven individuals have been indicted on charges involving straw purchasing of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives, and Firearms Special Agent in…
Multiple Defendants Charged in a Scheme to “Straw Purchase” Firearms Appeared in Federal Court
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Three defendants charged in a scheme to “straw purchase” firearms appeared in federal court this week. Two additional defendants have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. U.S. Attorney Prim F.…
Luzerne County Man Charged With Straw Purchase Of A Firearm
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on November 2, 2021, Dashea Simmons, age 25, of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was charged by a federal grand…
Texas man sentenced for weapons violation tied to purchase of nearly 50 firearms
EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison for dealing firearms without a license, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)…
Good deed leads to lucky purchase for retiree over $50,247 Racetrax Win
WALDORF, MARYLAND – Lucky Kenneth Hill of Waldorf won his biggest Racetrax prize ever with a Superfecta bet. A Charles County man does more than just shop for groceries and buy Lottery games at Foods In…
Birthday Purchase Gives Calvert County man $50,000 Powerball Prize
CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND – Our Calvert County winner of a $50,000 prize can tell you that Powerball tickets make the perfect addition to a birthday party. A Southern Maryland man crossed paths…
Four Charged with Making False Statement to Purchase Firearms at Licensed Youngstown Area Dealer
Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging four individuals with making a false statement during the purchase of firearms and possession of…
South Pekin Woman Charged with Making a False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm
PEORIA, Ill. – Kirstin Sue Jackson, 39, of the 200 block of Ripper Street, Pekin, Ill. was indicted on federal charges on September 21, 2021. The indictment alleges that in May of…
Two Individuals Charged with Identity Theft After Using Stolen Identities of Deceased and Elderly Victims to Purchase Vehicles, a House, and to Obtain a False Passport
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Lloyd Linwood Comer, age 59, of Brandywine, Maryland, and Doreen Gilmore, age 54, of Brandywine, Maryland for the federal charges…
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