Bomb Hoaxer Admits Targeting Jewish Hospitals On LI, Live-Streaming On Social Media Bomb Hoaxer Admits Targeting Jewish Hospitals On LI, Live-Streaming On Social Media
Bomb Hoaxer Admits Targeting Jewish Hospitals On LI, Live-Streaming On Social Media An Oregon man formally confessed to making a series of bomb threats against Jewish hospitals in New York, some of which were live-streamed on social media. Domagoj Patkovic, age 31, of Portland, Oregon, pleaded guilty to conspiring to make bomb threats related offenses in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Patkovic and others called in bomb threats to Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and on Long Island beginning in May 2021, according to prosecutors. During the calls, they allegedly made violent threats and threatened to detonate explosive devices. Patkovic hi…
MS-13 Leader Admits To 7 Brutal Murders, Including Brentwood High School Students MS-13 Leader Admits To 7 Brutal Murders, Including Brentwood High School Students
MS-13 Leader Admits To 7 Brutal Murders, Including Brentwood High School Students An MS-13 leader formally confessed to his role in seven murders and other violent crimes that devastated Long Island. Jairo Saenz, 28, also known as “Funny,” pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in Central Islip federal court on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Saenz, a high-ranking member of the MS-13 gang’s Brentwood/Central Islip Sailors clique, admitted to taking part in a reign of terror that included the murders of 14-year-old Nisa Mickens and 15-year-old Kayla Cuevas in September 2016, prosecutors said. The Brentwood High School students were brutally attacked with a machete and baseball bats af…
New Haven Serial Fraudster Gets Time Served After Admitting To Identity Theft, Fraud: Feds New Haven Serial Fraudster Gets Time Served After Admitting To Identity Theft, Fraud: Feds
New Haven Serial Fraudster Gets Time Served After Admitting To Identity Theft, Fraud: Feds A Connecticut man with a history of elaborate fraud schemes has been sentenced to time served for his latest string of financial crimes, authorities said. John Voloshin, 69, also known as “Josh Thomas,” received the sentence in Hartford federal court after spending more than three years in detention. U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny also ordered him to serve three years of supervised release, with the first six months in a halfway house, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Connecticut. Voloshin, formerly of New Haven and Woodbridge, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated …
Brazilian Man Tried To Extort NJ Company For 3 Mil In Bitcoin Using Stolen Data: Feds Brazilian Man Tried To Extort NJ Company For 3 Mil In Bitcoin Using Stolen Data: Feds
Brazilian Man Tried To Extort NJ Company For 3 Mil In Bitcoin Using Stolen Data: Feds A 29-year-old Brazilian man was arrested and charged on Monday, Dec. 23 with threatening to extort a New Jersey company using stolen data, authorities said. In March 2020, Junior Barros De Oliveira gained unauthorized access and exceeded authorized access to the computer systems of an unnamed Brazilian subsidiary of a New Jersey company, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. Exploiting this access, De Oliveira obtained confidential customer information relating to approximately 300,000 customers of the company, Sellinger said. In September 2020, De Oliveira began contacting U.S. representativ…
Ex-Yale New Haven Hospital Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Patients' Meds: Feds Ex-Yale New Haven Hospital Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Patients' Meds: Feds
Ex-Yale New Haven Hospital Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Patients' Meds: Feds A nurse in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to tampering with medications at a prominent hospital, putting patient safety at risk in a disturbing case of drug theft, authorities said.  Sean Falzarano, 38, admitted in federal court to stealing and altering vials of Lorazepam while working at Yale New Haven Hospital, according to the US Attorney for Connecticut.  Lorazepam is the generic version of Ativan, a sedative used to treat anxiety,  Prosecutors said Falzarano used his access to an area where the drugs were stored on Jan. 31, 2022, stole one vial of the drug, and siphoned…
Four Robberies, Two Shootings: Jersey City Man Pleads Guilty To Wild Night Four Robberies, Two Shootings: Jersey City Man Pleads Guilty To Wild Night
Four Robberies, Two Shootings: Jersey City Man Pleads Guilty To Wild Night A 32-year-old Jersey City man pleaded guilty in Newark federal court on Monday, Dec. 9 to committing four robberies and two shootings, all in the same evening, authorities said. On Nov. 14, 2021, Rodney Williams robbed a store in Jersey City at gunpoint, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. Soon after, Williams, accompanied by Siobhan Chandler, demanded money from a gas station, Sellinger said. When the attendants did not immediately comply, Williams shot one of the attendants in the chest before fleeing the scene, Sellinger said. Williams and Chandler then robbed a third store at gunpoint, …
Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds
Three Members Of Jersey City Gang Face Life After Murder Convictions: Feds Three members of the Jersey City based Marion street gang were convicted in Newark federal court on Wednesday, Dec. 11 for their role in a racketeering conspiracy that included three murders, authorities said. Myron Williams, a 31-year-old Newark residnt, Khalil Kelley, a 25-year-old Jersey City resident and Roger Pickett, a 24-year-old Jersey City resident were involved in three murders in 2021 and 2022, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. On March 29, 2021,  Kelley and other gang members lured a rival gang member outside by sending him Instagram messages pretending to be the vict…
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Asks Judge To Rule On Mental Fitness Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial Ex-Abercrombie CEO Asks Judge To Rule On Mental Fitness Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Asks Judge To Rule On Mental Fitness Ahead Of Sex Trafficking Trial Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries is hoping to delay his federal sex trafficking case. An attorney for the 80-year-old Jeffries filed a motion on Monday, Dec. 9, asking a Manhattan judge to schedule a hearing to determine whether Jeffries is mentally competent to stand trial. “[The motion] will be dealt with in court as, and when, appropriate – according to the judge,” Jeffries’ attorney, Brian Bieber, told Daily Voice. Federal prosecutors are expected to challenge the move, potentially delaying the case by months. An indictment unsealed in October accused Jeffries of pr…
Trenton Man Sentenced To Life For Violent Carjacking Spree That Seriously Injured 2, Feds Say Trenton Man Sentenced To Life For Violent Carjacking Spree That Seriously Injured 2, Feds Say
Trenton Man Sentenced To Life For Violent Carjacking Spree That Seriously Injured 2, Feds Say A Trenton man will spend the rest of his life in prison nearly seven years after a violent carjacking spree that left two victims with life-altering injuries, authorities said. Cedrick Hodges, 41, received his life sentence in Trenton federal court, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release on Wednesday, Nov. 20. He was found guilty on five counts after a seven-day trial on Thursday, Oct. 24. Sellinger said Hodges "terrorized" Hamilton Township on the night of Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. "The sentence handed down today will ensure that this violent offender will …
Man Threatens To Kill Reporter, Her Family In Orange County, Feds Say Man Threatens To Kill Reporter, Her Family In Orange County, Feds Say
Man Threatens To Kill Reporter, Her Family In Orange County, Feds Say Anger over an unflattering news article prompted a man to threaten to kill a New York reporter and her family, federal prosecutors alleged. Austin Suman, age 35, now residing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was charged in Westchester County with making a threat involving an explosive and related charges in White Plains federal court. Prosecutors said Suman contacted a Hudson Valley reporter based in Orange County via Facebook messenger on Friday, Nov. 8, threatening to “end” the woman’s family. He allegedly threatened to blow her house “off its foundation” and used multiple racial slurs. …
Franklin Lakes Wife Destroyed Phone To Obstruct Feds In Husband's High-Profile Probe: Officials Franklin Lakes Wife Destroyed Phone To Obstruct Feds In Husband's High-Profile Probe: Officials
Franklin Lakes Wife Destroyed Phone To Obstruct Feds In Husband's High-Profile Probe: Officials Federal authorities have charged the wife of a Bergen County celebrity house flipper with trying to obstruct an investigation into her husband’s alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi-like real estate scheme. Jennifer Iturralde Pina, 43, of Franklin Lakes, is accused of attempting to stop a witness from cooperating with investigators and destroying one of her phones as federal agents arrived to seize it, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said this week. The alleged obstruction is linked to an ongoing investigation involving her husband, Cesar Humberto Pina, 45, a real estate influencer better kn…
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse In Pennsylvania Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse In Pennsylvania
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse In Pennsylvania The father of a Pennsylvania woman who was accused of stealing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was convicted of sexually abusing a girl on Wednesday, Oct. 30 — just two days after the trial began, according to court documents and the Dauphin County District Attorney's office.  Rickey Williams, 55, — a security guard from Dauphin County — touched the girl when she was between the ages of 8 and 18. Judge William T. presided over the trial.  She came forward about the abuse within two weeks after police allegedly caught him soliciting a video of a 14-ye…