Serial predator preying on women in Center City as five victims reported in two-week span
A string of five sexual assaults in Center City between July 18 and Sunday is being investigated as a pattern, police confirmed Monday, with a suspect targeting women in early morning hours…
Manhattan Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Victims Of Millions Of Dollars Through Offering Fictional Investment Opportunities
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EPHRAIM JOSEPH ULLMANN pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme…
Teens Armed With Guns Threatened to Shoot and Kill Robbery Victims
GLEN BURNIE, MD – Several victims were held up on Thursday by a group of teenagers armed with handguns, police said. According to police, at approximately 5:30 a.m., officers responded for a…
Shooting in Columbus Takes Victim’s Life
COLUMBUS, OH- The Columbus Police Department is investigating a homicide that took place late Thursday night. Officers responded to a call at the 3600 block of Briggs Road to check a resident’s…
St. Paul Man Charged for Online Sextortion Scheme Targeting More Than 500 Minor Victims
MINNEAPOLIS – A St. Paul man has been charged in an extensive online sextortion scheme that victimized more than 500 minor girls across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According…
Former United Nations Employee Pleads Guilty To Assault And False Statements Charges, Admits To Sexually Assaulting Thirteen Victims And Drugging Six More Victims
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KARIM ELKORANY, a former communications specialist with the United Nations (“UN”) in Iraq, pled guilty before…
Tax Return Preparer Sentenced in Fraud Scheme Involving Over 160 Victims
BAY CITY – A Gladwin, Michigan man was sentenced yesterday to 46 months’ imprisonment for wire fraud and tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the…
Virginia Beach Woman Sentenced for Lottery Scheme Defrauding Elderly Victims
NORFOLK, Va. – A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for defrauding elderly victims across the United States of several hundred thousand dollars in a lottery and…
Hillsborough County Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing And Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Materials And Ordered To Pay Victims Over $100,000 In Restitution
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Andres Ivan Leyva Sabina (51, Tampa) to 17 years in federal prison for distributing and possessing images and videos depicting children being…
U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan Joins African American Community Leaders at Vigil for Mass Shooting Victims
Remarks as delivered It is a sad honor to be with you this afternoon. The news of the tragic shootings in Buffalo, and elsewhere, are at the forefront of our minds. Our…
Sioux Falls Man Found Guilty of Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in the Death of Two Victims and a Drug Conspiracy Charge
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that Jeffrey Darnell Moore, age 53, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (heroin) and two counts…
Community Comes Together To Create ‘Field of Honor’ for America’s Veterans, Victims
TAPPAN, NY – A patriotic display has been assembled on the Manse Law Field in Tappan by the Carl A Schelin Post 1271, Tappan Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary, and the Tappan…
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Posing as a 16-Year-Old Boy to Persuade, Induce, and Entice at Least Three Minor Victims to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct in Order to Produce Images and Videos of Such Conduct
Greenbelt, Maryland – Derrell Lamar Hooker Orange (“Hooker Orange”) age 37, of Brandywine, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to enticement of a minor to produce child [censored]ography and to possession of child [censored]ography. …
Two Californians Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Tech-Support Scam Targeting Elderly Victims
PITTSBURGH, PA – Two residents of Santa Ana, California, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy relating to their…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Nationwide Prostitution Enterprise That Involved Incapacitating and Stealing from Victims
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RANDY JONAL SCHENCK (a/k/a RuRu, a/k/a “Shaq”), age 41, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana and Downey, California, pleaded guilty on May10,…
Jamaican Nationals Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Roles in Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly Victims
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA — Four Jamaican nationals who resided in Myrtle Beach have been sentenced for their roles in a bogus lottery scam that targeted elderly victims around the country. Specifically, Fabian Gray,…
Superstorm Sandy Fraudster Contractors Plead Guilty to Scamming Storm Victims
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Two out-of-state contractors who defrauded Superstorm Sandy victims in Ocean County out of a half-million dollars have pleaded guilty in court, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D.…
Man Who Stuffed Victim’s Body in Hockey Bag and Abandoned it on Queens Roadway Indicted
NEW YORK, NY – Last month, police found the body of 51-year-old Orsolya Gaal stuffed in a hockey sports bag and dumped on Metropolitan Avenue. Today, the man suspected of that murder…
Man Impersonating Cop Armed with Airsoft Pistol Robbed Several Victims
HARRISBURG, PA – A man wearing what looked like a policeman’s uniform robbed several individuals in Harrisburg on Mother’s Day, police reported today. According to police, on Sunday, at about 4:00 am,…
Salt Lake City Estate Planning Attorney Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay over $12.7 Million Dollars to 26 Victims
SALT LAKE CITY – Attorney Calvin Curtis, 61, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to serve 97 months in federal prison by a U.S. District Court Judge today. Curtis was ordered to…
Suspect Tried to Break Into Home, then Set Victim’s Car on Fire
PITTSBURGH, PA – Police are investigating an incident where a woman who tried to break into a Larimer Avenue home ended up setting fire to the homeowner’s car instead. Pittsburgh Police and…