Half-million dollar ticket sold at tobacco shop in Blair County
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, PA — A Pennsylvania Lottery player has won a $526,103 jackpot in the Cash 5 with Quick Cash drawing held Wednesday, May 21. The winning ticket matched all five numbers…
Tobacco thief brandishes gun during robbery at Bronx bodega
NEW YORK, NY – Police continue investigating an armed robbery at a bodega in Mott Place in the Bronx. Last Sunday, an unknown male suspect entered the bodega at 511 East 138th…
Million dollar scratch-off lottery ticket sold at Montour County tobacco store
DANVILLE, PA – One lucky person in Danville purchased a lottery scratch-off ticket and became a millionaire this week. The Pennsylvania Lottery announced the winner on Thursday. The identity of the winner…
Police searching for brazen cigarette thief who stole hundreds of dollars in tobacco products
COLUMBUS, OH – Detectives with the Columbus Police Department are asking the public for assistance in identifying a brazen cigarette thief who jumped behind the counter at a Columbus gas station and…
Four Men Sentenced for Tobacco Trafficking Conspiracy
BOSTON – Four men have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Springfield for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic in contraband tobacco and evade taxes. Ravinder Arora, 60, of East…
Four Men Sentenced for Tobacco Trafficking Conspiracy
BOSTON – Four men have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Springfield for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic in contraband tobacco and evade taxes. Ravinder Arora, 60, of East…
Man Who Robbed Multiple New Castle County Tobacco Stores Under Federal Indictment
WILMINGTON, Del. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging a Baltimore, Maryland man with three counts of Hobbs Act Robbery. According to the indictment, Donald Gladden, 56, robbed…
Longmeadow Man Sentenced for Tobacco Tax Fraud and Illegal Check-Cashing Business
BOSTON – A Longmeadow man was sentenced on Sept. 15, 2022 in federal court in Springfield for two cases in connection with evading payment of tobacco sales tax and operating an illegal…
Tobacco Wholesaler Sentenced for PACT Violation
BOSTON – A tobacco wholesaler from Connecticut was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for violating the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act. Syed I. Bokhari, 57, was sentenced by U.S.…
Manhattan Vape Bandits Make Off With $20,000 in Tobacco Products at 7-Eleven Smash and Grab
NEW YORK, NY – A 7-Eleven in Manhattan was the victim of a smash and grab that took place last week. Now, police in New York City are seeking to identify the…
New Jersey Man Points Gun at Gas Station Clerk During Argument about Tobacco Products
Linthicum Heights, Md – On July 15, 2022, at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers responded to a report of an assault at the BP Gas Station located at 6830 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard in…
Two 14-Year-Olds Charged for Robbery and Assault at Tobacco and Vape Shop
GERMANTOWN, MD – Two juveniles, upset that they were kicked out of a Germantown tobacco and vape shop, returned later in ski masks to rob the store. Montgomery County Police reported that…
New Jersey Democrats Seek to Ban Tobacco Sales at Pharmacies
Trenton – Trenton Democrats are taking aim at tobacco sales, one of the state’s largest tax revenue money makers in an effort to ban the sale of tobacco products at all pharmacies…
Tobacco Wholesaler Pleads Guilty to PACT Act Violation
BOSTON – A tobacco wholesaler from Connecticut has pleaded guilty to violating the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act. Syed I. Bokhari, 57, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 in federal…
Westborough Man Sentenced for Trafficking in Smokeless Tobacco
BOSTON – A Westborough man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for trafficking contraband smokeless tobacco into Massachusetts. Muhammad Mushtaq Balaparaya, 60, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy…
Leader of multimillion-dollar tobacco tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy sentenced to prison
Seattle – A leader of a scheme to cheat Washington State out of more than $10 million in tobacco excise taxes was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 26…
USP Canaan Inmate Charged With Attempt To Introduce Narcotics And Tobacco Into A Federal Prison
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Antonio Bishop, age 37, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Canaan (USP Cannan), Waymart, Pennsylvania, was indicted…
Owner of three Puyallup tribal smoke shops sentenced to prison for money-laundering scheme to evade state tobacco taxes
Seattle – A 43-year-old owner of three Puyallup tribal smoke shops was sentenced late Friday, December 10, 2021, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 14 months in prison for a sophisticated…
Staten Island Businessman Operating in Bucks County Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tobacco Smuggling
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ramzi Al Najar, 43, of Staten Island, NY, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, three years of…
15-year-old arrested for stealing running car as owner shopped at tobacco store
Wilmington- Delaware State Police have arrested a 15-year-old male of Claymont, DE, for theft of a motor vehicle after an incident on Monday night. On Monday, October 18, 2021, at approximately 7:59 p.m.,…
Holmes tobacco store sold million dollar Powerball winning ticket
HOLMES, PA – A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Delaware County sold a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million for the Friday, September 24 drawing. The ticket matched all five white balls drawn,…