New Jersey flags to fly half-staff for 226 killed in Dominican Republic nightclub collapse
TRENTON, N.J. — Acting Governor Tahesha Way has ordered all U.S. and New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff on Monday in remembrance of the 226 victims killed in the collapse of…
Two Foreign Nationals Plead Guilty to Trafficking Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Seattle – Herdade Lokua, 34, and Jospin Mujangi, 32, of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Seattle to conspiracy and Lacey Act charges. They were…
Moscow gives British Embassy new address on ‘Luhansk People’s Republic Square’
LONDON – Moscow’s city replaced a street sign outside the British Embassy on Friday with one that read “Luhansk People’s Republic Square”, in honour of an east Ukrainian breakaway territory seized by…
Five Individuals Indicted for Crimes Related to Transnational Repression Scheme to Silence Critics of the People’s Republic of China Residing in the United States
Yesterday, a grand jury returned an indictment in federal court in Brooklyn charging five defendants with various crimes pertaining to a transnational repression scheme orchestrated on behalf of the government of the…
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…
Former Tungsten Heavy Powder & Parts CEO Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export United States Defense Articles including to The People’s Republic of China
For Further Information, Contact:Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kareem A. Salem (619) 546-8904 and John Parmley (619) 546-7957 SAN DIEGO – Joe Sery, former owner and chief executive officer of Tungsten Heavy Powder &…
Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to United States on Money Laundering Charges
NEWARK, N.J. – A citizen of the Dominican Republic who was extradited to the United States on money laundering charges made his initial appearance in New Jersey federal court, U.S. Attorney Philip…
Teamsters Oppose Republic Airways’ Effort to Weaken Safety
WILMINGTON, Ohio, May 19, 2022 — The Airline Professionals Association, Teamsters Local 1224, filed a public comment today opposing Republic Airways’ request to allow pilots to operate its aircraft with half the…
Republic Man Sentenced for Meth Trafficking after High-Speed Chase
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Republic, Mo., man who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute. Heath E. Yarger, 49, was…
Lindenhurst Woman Caught Trafficking Three Kilos of Cocaine from the Dominican Republic
Lindenhurst, NY – Police in Lindenhurst arrested a woman who was using the United States Postal Service packages to traffic cocaine into New York from the Dominican Republic. According to the Suffolk…
Native of Dominican Republic Convicted for Making Materially False Statements to Government Agents at the Cyril E. King Airport
St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that after a two-day jury trial, Luis Miguel Lopez, a 28-year-old citizen of the Dominican Republic, was convicted of making…
Third Ebola patient dies in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo
DAKAR -The third Ebola patient in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo has died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, the latest fatality in an outbreak first reported last month. The…
Citizen of Dominican Republic Admits Role as Leader of International Money Laundering Organization
NEWARK, N.J. – The leader of an international money laundering organization in the Dominican Republic today admitted his role in a conspiracy to commit money laundering, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. …
Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money Laundering Charges
Mohamad Yassine and Hassan Rahman, citizens of Lebanon, will be arraigned today on money laundering charges for operating an international money laundering organization. Yassine and Rahman were arrested in September 2021 in…
Philadelphia CBP Finds 900 ED Pills in Passenger Baggage from Dominican Republic
PHILADELPHIA – One U.S. man traveling home from the Dominican Republic made his U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrivals inspection a lot harder on himself after officers found his baggage to be…
Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as an official currency
BANGUI – Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as an official currency, the presidency said on Wednesday, becoming the first country in Africa and only the second in the world to do…
Previously Removed Dominican Republic Man Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States
St. Croix, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Reynaldo Mejia-Mejia, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty yesterday in District Court before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon,…
Previously Removed Dominican Republic Man Charged with Illegally Reentering the United States and Possession and Use of Fraudulent Documents
St. Croix, USVI – Reynaldo Mejia-Mejia, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was arrested March 23, 2022 on St. Croix and charged by federal complaint with illegally reentering the United States and…
Dominican Republic National Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Kilograms of Cocaine by Boat
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A man from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty today to transporting over 300 kilograms of cocaine in a “go-fast” boat traveling from Colombia to the Dominican Republic. According to…
Non-Citizen Charged With Failure To Depart To The Dominican Republic
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jonathan Pena-Charles, age 30, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on two counts of failure…
Former Government Official In The Dominican Republic Sentenced To 15 Years For Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that the Dominican Republic’s former Consul General to Jamaica, JEREMIAS JIMENEZ CRUZ, was sentenced today to 179 months…
Citizen of the Dominican Republic Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL JIMENEZ DE LA CRUZ, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Waterbury, was sentenced today…
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