WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Zhong Jie Chen, 47, formerly of Columbia, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to misappropriating $354,520 of COVID-19 relief funds that he was supposed to use to operate his restaurants. Chen used the misappropriated funds to engage in day trading. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of the Washington Field Off  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jose Luis Tejada Aybar was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison for operating the Cab Louie Delivery Service, an on-demand drug courier service that delivered fentanyl-tainted cocaine to customers in September 2019. The deadly mix cause  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- 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 Jose Luis Tejada Aybar was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison for operating the Cab Louie Delivery Service, an on-demand drug courier service that delivered fentanyl-tainted cocaine to customers in September 2019. The dea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: M&P Production LTD, a Brooklyn, N.Y. establishment, is recalling approximately 669 pounds of raw lamb and beef samsa products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains sesame seeds, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.    more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 29 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that, based on both live-fire testing results and existing peer-reviewed studies, microstamping technology is a viable means of matching an expended cartridge case to the weapon from which it was discharged. This finding represents an important step toward establishing a roster of microstamping-enabled commercial f  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a multistate coalition of 18 attorneys general urging the Colorado Supreme Court to affirm a lower court's ruling that a Colorado baker violated the state's antidiscrimination law (https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/amicus-curiae/scardina-v.-masterpiece-amicus-brief.pdf) when he denied service to a transgender customer. Jack Phillips and his bakery, M  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: Earlier today, Vincent Ricciardo, also known as "Vinny Unions," was sentenced to 51 months in prison, $350,000 in forfeiture and $280,890 in restitution by United States District Judge Hector Gonzalez at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, for his participation in the long-running extortion of a senior official of a Queens-based labor union (the "Labor  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE LUIS TEJADA AYBAR was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison for operating the Cab Louie Delivery Service, an on-demand drug courier service that delivered fentanyl-tainted cocaine to customers in September 2019. The deadly mix caused the overdose deaths of Marsha   more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The Mission Safety Team from the Site Operations Office at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst recently received the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Squadron Excellence in Safety Large Industrial Award for 2023. Last year, the team worked together to target potential injury-causing issues. As a result, on-duty civilian/military mishaps decreased by 5  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: GALVESTON, Texas -- A retired Paterson, New Jersey, police sergeant has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse material following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston's Galveston office, the Pearland and Galveston police, and the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.   more