BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW YORK CITY - An indictment filed in Manhattan Supreme Court charges Jonathan Huertas, aka "El Don," with Operating as a Major Trafficker and with orchestrating two kidnappings and assaults that allegedly occurred in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in early 2022. The indictment also alleges plans for a third kidnapping. Huertas fl  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - November 2023": * * * Area prices were up 0.4 percent over two months; up 2.4 percent over the year * * * Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent for the two months ending in November 2023, the   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Dec. 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City - November 2023": * * * Area prices down 0.2 percent over the month and up 3.0 percent over the year * * * Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.2 percent in November, the U.S. Bur  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Amtrak customers can plan their first getaway of the new year at up to 20% off when they book Northeast Regional Coach and Acela Business Class fares now until Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Enjoy beautiful Northeast winter landscapes with travel valid between Tuesday, Jan. 2 and Friday, Feb. 29, 2024 to and from Boston, Washington, D.C., New York City, Virginia, and more. To book a trip, vis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSbook) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following book review on Dec. 15, 2023: * * * Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality. By James Kwak. New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 2017, 237 pp., $25.95 hardcover. * * * While economics courses can take many approaches to pedagogy, one guarantee is a graph--a graph with price on one axis, quantity on the other. Contained therein are two lines, one indicating demand, and the  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release: An indictment filed in Manhattan Supreme Court charges Jonathan Huertas, aka "El Don," with Operating as a Major Trafficker and with orchestrating two kidnappings and assaults that allegedly occurred in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in early 2022. The indictment also alleges plans for a third kidnapping. Huertas fled New York following the arre  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ismael Bimbow was sentenced to 22 years in prison today for his participation in a large-scale narcotic trafficking operation that sold kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin and for possessing firearms to protect the drug operation. Bimbo  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: Today, Alexander Valencia Garcia will be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Marcia M. Henry at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with two counts of international cocaine distribution. On November 7, 2023, the defendant, a Colombian citizen, was arrested in Florida on an arrest warrant i  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III today announced the indictment of Francis and Jessica Martinis, of Fort Salonga, accused of Criminal Sale of Prescription for a Controlled Substance by a Practitioner and Falsifying Business Records in the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive Dec. 8 who was wanted for aggravated homicide by law enforcement authorities in his home country of El Salvador. Jose Omar Rodriguez, 34, departed Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana and arrived at San Salvador International Airport in E  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following order (FRN No. 0008837932) on Dec. 14, 2023: * * * In re Application of Elmira College, For Renewal of License for Full-service FM Station WECW(FM), Elmira, New York ORDER By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt the attached Consent Decree entered into by the Media Bureau (Bureau) and Elmira College (Licensee), licensee of Station WECW(FM), Elmira, New York (Statio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as receiver of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. (FDIC-Receiver), today completed one of several transactions following the marketing of the $33 billion Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loan portfolio retained in receivership after the failure of Signature Bank, New York, New York. Hancock JV Bidco L.L.C. (Hancock), an entity indirectly co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2023: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), as Receiver of Signature Bridge Bank, N.A. (FDIC-Receiver), today completed two of several transactions following the marketing of the $33 billion Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loan portfolio retained in receivership after the failure of Signature Bank, New York, New York. In a pair of transactions, the FDIC-Receiver established t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following advisory opinion document on Dec. 15, 2023: * * * New York has scheduled a special election to fill the U.S. House seat in the 3rd Congressional District that became vacant when Representative George Santos was expelled from Congress. The Special General Election will be held on February 13, 2024. Participating candidates must file additional reports in connection with this election. PACs and party committees that do   more

KINGSTON, New York, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration applauds Ohio and New York for opening America's first electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations funded through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. A critical component of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests $5 billion over five years to cre  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ismael Bimbow was sentenced to 22 years in prison today for his participation in a large-scale narcotic trafficking operation that sold kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin and for possessing firearms to protect the drug ope  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Today, Alexander Valencia Garcia will be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Marcia M. Henry at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with two counts of international cocaine distribution. On November 7, 2023, the defendant, a Colombian citizen, was arrested in Florida on an arrest warra  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2023: Today a federal jury sitting in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida found defendants Gail Russ, registrar of the Palm Beach School of Nursing in Lake Worth, Florida, Cassandre Jean, owner and operator of Success Nursing Review in Brooklyn, New York, and Vilaire Duroseau, owner and operator of the Center for Advance Training and Studies in West Orange, New  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. General Services Administration and U.S. Postal Service opened three new credentialing locations in New York, Chicago, and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. These locations were selected due to high demand for credentialing services, with existing USAccess sites in the area experiencing long wait times. A total of 15 USAccess Credentialing Post Office Sites (CPOS) have opened across all regions of the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A two-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Vladimir Jovancic, 52, a Bosnia and Herzegovina national who resides in Serbia, with obstructing justice and assisting escape from custody. Jovancic was arrested on Dec. 4 in the Republic of Croatia. In a related operation, Italian authorities separately arrested a second suspect in Italy on Dec. 4. As alleged, Jo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a New York woman today of filing and aiding in the filing of false tax returns, obstructing the IRS and willfully failing to file tax returns. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ehrenfriede Kauapirura worked at a Brooklyn hospital as a dietician. Kauapirura filed a false amended 2015 tax return and a false original 2016 tax return. On both returns, Kauapir  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: A former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to commit money laundering in connection with his 2021 agreement to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch. Accordin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: A New York man pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in an extensive multi-year conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over $165 million in loans and fraudulently acquire multifamily and commercial properties. According to court documents, between 2018 and 2020, Boruch "Barry" Drillman, 36, of New York, conspired with at least four others to deceive lenders into issuing multifamily and commercia  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: MELVIN CONTRERAS, age 33, a resident of Bronx, New York, pled guilty on December 7, 2023 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. According to court documents, on M  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Nicole M. Argentieri, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, announced today that the Madoff Victim Fund ("MVF") began its ninth distribution of approximately $158 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in co  more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: Scott Solomon, age 37, of Albany, pled guilty today to defrauding a loan program meant for businesses struggling with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), made the a  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against NADINE JAZIMNE WADE on all four counts in the Indictment, which contained money laundering and bank fraud charges. The defendant was found guilty following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Katheri  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Naomi Gruchacz, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the Inspector General ("HHS-OIG"), Erin Keegan, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Secur  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on December 11, 2023, that a federal jury found DIONISIO FIGUEROA, a/k/a "Dionicio," an employee of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ("the SDNY District Court"), guilty of bribery, conspiracy, and false statements charges for his participation in   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ISMAEL BIMBOW was sentenced to 22 years in prison today for his participation in a large-scale narcotics trafficking operation that sold kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin and for possessing firearms to protect the drug operation. BIMBOW was conv  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Breon Peace, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: Today, Alexander Valencia Garcia will be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge Marcia M. Henry at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with two counts of international cocaine distribution. On November 7, 2023, the defendant, a Colombian citizen, was arrested in Florida on an arrest warrant issued from the E  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the guilty plea today of SHAKEEB AHMED in connection with his hack of two separate decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, one of which was the July 2022 hack of Nirvana Finance. AHMED pled guilty to computer fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang. AHMED   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Matthew G. Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's National Security Division, announced today that CHARLES MCGONIGA  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BORIS AMINOV pled guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with engaging in a years-long scheme to defraud Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies out of at least $20 million. 10 other defendants were charged in co  more

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, Trini E. Ross, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Kevin Judge, 65, of Orchard Park, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, marijuana, was sentenced to time served and two years' supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua A. Violanti, who handled the case, stat  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of charges against TROY CARUSO, the owner and chief executive officer of a commercial construction and contracting company headquartered in New York, New York (the "Contracting Company"), and JOHN NOLAN, a senior executive at the Contracting C  more

UTICA, New York, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release: Javier Bachiller, age 32, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Carla Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division. Bachiller admitted that on October 19, 2023, he possessed with in  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Carla B. Freedman, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2023: James Bolds, age 36, of Syracuse, was sentenced yesterday to 78 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of body armor by a person convicted of a crime of violence. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman; Special Agent in Charge Cra  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA"), announced that a jury returned a guilty verdict against CARLOS ORENSE AZOCAR yesterday on all three counts in the Indictment, which contained cocaine-importation and weapons charges. The defendant   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL and Alpharetta, Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Company (the largest pipeline system for refined oil products in the U.S, ranging from Texas to New York) have signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA). As a result, field demonstrations of optical fiber sensor systems developed at NETL on Colonial's fuel pipeline will continue -- in the   more

KINGS POINT, New York, Dec. 14 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is "celebrating the 68th Anniversary of tracking Santa's yuletide journey around the globe!" The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa's North Pole Village, which includes holiday activities, games, and music by various contributors including the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: Fifty primary and secondary school educators from 16 countries and territories are returning to their home countries following a semester spent on U.S. campuses and in American school classrooms, with American teachers and students who benefit from the global knowledge and cultural exposure, through a U.S. Department of State Fulbright Teacher Exchange. In addition to time spent at the front of the classroom,   more

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023: On December 13, Trinidad and Tobago national Kim Maharaj was extradited to the United States. He will begin serving his 12-year sentence for a 1998 gang assault in the State of New York on December 14. Marshals from the United States Marshals Service (USMS) and Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agents assigned to the Regional Security Office at the U.S. Emba  more

PERRY, New York, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Buffalo Sector arrested Monji Jelassi, a 64-year-old citizen of Tunisia. On December 2, Perry Police Department arrested and detained Monji Jelassi in response to a report of a male harassing a female and her children. The female-complainant told officers that Jelassi asked to "purchase" her 5-year-old child and then   more

KINGS POINT, New York, Dec. 15 -- The Maritime Administration's U.S. Merchant Marine Academy issued the following news release: Twenty-six members of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's faculty and staff were recognized for their achievements during the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 54th Annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony On Thursday, December 7th, Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, USN (Ret.), Maritime Administrator, presented the awards at a ceremony in Washington D.C., to Captain James Zatwarn  more

WEST POINT, New York, Dec. 12 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: Cadets Alexis Bradstreet and Martayn Van de Wall, Class of 2024, were selected to receive the prestigious Marshall Scholarship for continued academic study following graduation and commissioning in May. "Congratulations to our newest Marshall Scholars and their mentors! Alexis and Martayn have proven themselves as leaders and scholars and I'm thrilled to see their continued impact as they study in the UK   more