WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Community Global Entry Enrollment In-Person Interview Appointments for Conditionally Approved Applicants NEW YORK, N.Y. -- U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the New York Field Office and the Port of New York/Newark will conduct interviews for conditionally approved Global Entry applicants at the Wall Township, NJ on Saturday March 15th. Th  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Community Global Entry Enrollment - Wall Township, NJ In-Person Interview Appointments for Conditionally Approved Applicants NEW YORK, N.Y. -- U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the New York Field Office and the Port of New York/Newark will conduct interviews for conditionally approved Global Entry applicants at the Wall Township, NJ on Satur  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Ecuadorian Citizen Sentenced to 18 Months for Alien Smuggling ALBANY, NEW YORK - Edgar Placencia-Guaillas, age 22, and a citizen of Ecuador, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. Acting United States Attorney Daniel Hanlon and Chief Border Patrol Agent Robert N. Garcia of the United  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism to Visit Leadership of Four Big Cities Rocked by Incidents of Antisemitism Today, the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism notified the local leaders of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston that it wanted to meet soon to discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses in their cities   more

NEW YORK, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Georgian Organized Crime Boss And Associates Convicted And Sentenced For Extortion Offenses Matthew Podolsky, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the sentences imposed on VAZHA GABADADZE, TEIMURAZ TAVBERIDZE, KAKHA KATSADZE, and DAVIT TIKARADZE for extortion offenses. The defendants include the leader of a criminal   more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Long Island Bloods Member Charged with Gang-Related Shooting and Selling Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Two Non-Fatal Poisonings Defendant and Gang Associate Allegedly Shot Three Victims at a Southampton House Earlier today, a 12-count superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip charging Bloods gang member Joshua Crowell, als  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: * * * Par Funding "Enforcer" Sentenced to 111/2 Years in Prison for RICO Conspiracy, Obstruction of Justice, and Retaliation James LaForte Brutally Assaulted Receivership Attorney, Threatened Government Witnesses, Extorted Merchants PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that James LaForte, 48, of New York, New York, was se  more

BROOKLYN, New York, March 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * Six Leaders of Transnational Maritime Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted for Distributing Multi-Ton Quantities of Cocaine U.S. Authorities Seized Over 5,000 Kilograms of Cocaine from Semi-Submersible Vessels Allegedly Built by the Defendants' Transnational Criminal Organization An indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charg  more