Oh, SNAP! PA Store Owner Busted For $1.8M Food Scam: Feds Oh, SNAP! PA Store Owner Busted For $1.8M Food Scam: Feds Oh, SNAP! PA Store Owner Busted For $1.8M Food Scam: Feds
Oh, SNAP! PA Store Owner Busted For $1.8M Food Scam: Feds Looks like crime didn’t pay for one Philly shopkeeper! Jenny Espinal Tejada, 34, is trading her grocery store for a prison cell after she was caught running a nearly $2 million scam on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), prosecutors said. Tejada was sentenced to 18 months behind bars for defrauding the federal food aid program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The corner store owner got creative—and criminal—by using stolen merchant ID numbers to pretend her business was SNAP-approved, authorities said. But…
Child Porn Found By Employees Repairing Cell Phone Lands Hagerstown Man Federal Charges Child Porn Found By Employees Repairing Cell Phone Lands Hagerstown Man Federal Charges Child Porn Found By Employees Repairing Cell Phone Lands Hagerstown Man Federal Charges
Child Porn Found By Employees Repairing Cell Phone Lands Hagerstown Man Federal Charges A broken phone in Washington County led to federal charges for a 75-year-old Hagerstown man accused of child exploitation, authorities announced. In November 2024, the Hagerstown Police Department were tipped off by employees at Boost Mobile on Maryland Avenue after William Foster Alger came to the store to repair his cellphone. During the repair, police say that employees discovered nude photos of underage girls, and detectives found that Alger had foreign connections, and believed the photos were taken in Ecuador.  Detectives contacted the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) from…
$39.5M In Fake Sports Gear Seized In Massive Crackdown Before Super Bowl LIX $39.5M In Fake Sports Gear Seized In Massive Crackdown Before Super Bowl LIX $39.5M In Fake Sports Gear Seized In Massive Crackdown Before Super Bowl LIX
$39.5M In Fake Sports Gear Seized In Massive Crackdown Before Super Bowl LIX Authorities confiscated $39.5 million worth of counterfeit sports merchandise ahead of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. More than 214,500 items were seized in the year-long crackdown, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release on Wednesday, Feb. 5. "Operation Team Player" targeted fake jerseys, hats, jewelry, and other memorabilia being sold to fans. Led by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center), the operation involved Homeland Security Investigations, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and major sports leagues.  The initia…
Bridgeton Sicko Led Neo-Nazi Child Porn Ring Forcing Youth Into Self-Harm: Feds Bridgeton Sicko Led Neo-Nazi Child Porn Ring Forcing Youth Into Self-Harm: Feds Bridgeton Sicko Led Neo-Nazi Child Porn Ring Forcing Youth Into Self-Harm: Feds
Bridgeton Sicko Led Neo-Nazi Child Porn Ring Forcing Youth Into Self-Harm: Feds A New Jersey man is one of four cult members facing federal charges in a neo-Nazi child exploitation enterprise that groomed and then forced minors to produce child sexual abuse material and images of self-harm, authorities announced.  Colin John Thomas Walker, 23, of Bridgeton, and the group allegedly victimized at least 16 minors around the world, the US Department of Justice announced. The indictment also charges two other defendants from France and Texas, already in custody. According to the indictment, from at least 2019 to 2022, Rane, Walker, Merritt, and Borge we…
Lancaster Mom Breastfed Toddler While Using Meth, Sold Drugs From Home: DA Lancaster Mom Breastfed Toddler While Using Meth, Sold Drugs From Home: DA Lancaster Mom Breastfed Toddler While Using Meth, Sold Drugs From Home: DA
Lancaster Mom Breastfed Toddler While Using Meth, Sold Drugs From Home: DA A Lancaster Township mother admitted to breastfeeding her toddler while using methamphetamine and marijuana, authorities announced on Friday, Jan. 31. Kristina Kadian, 32, and Joseph Eberle, 45, are accused of selling meth from their home while the child was present, according to the Lancaster County Drug Task Force. Both were charged with felony possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, felony conspiracy, and felony endangering the welfare of children. Detectives launched an investigation into Kadian and Eberle in December 2024, using undercover and confidential informants to p…
Drug Raid: Crack Cocaine, $3K Seized From Cape May Pair, Prosecutor Says Drug Raid: Crack Cocaine, $3K Seized From Cape May Pair, Prosecutor Says Drug Raid: Crack Cocaine, $3K Seized From Cape May Pair, Prosecutor Says
Drug Raid: Crack Cocaine, $3K Seized From Cape May Pair, Prosecutor Says Two Cape May County residents were arrested and charged with dealing cocaine following a search on Wednesday, Jan. 29, authorities said. Kevin Powell, 49, and Elizabeth Powell, 47, both Lower Township residents were taken into custody after the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office Gangs, Guns, and Narcotics Task Force, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the Lower Township Police Department and the Cape May County Regional SWAT Team conducted a search warrant, the Cape May Prosecutor's Office said. The search turned up crack cocain…
$1M Federal Insider Trading Scheme: Larchmont Man Shared Private Info, Feds Say $1M Federal Insider Trading Scheme: Larchmont Man Shared Private Info, Feds Say $1M Federal Insider Trading Scheme: Larchmont Man Shared Private Info, Feds Say
$1M Federal Insider Trading Scheme: Larchmont Man Shared Private Info, Feds Say A Westchester man and Long Island resident are among four people charged in connection with their alleged involvement in an insider trading scheme that netted over $1 million in profits, federal officials announced. David Cooper, age 38, of the Westchester village of Larchmont, and John Lowe, age 61, of the Suffolk County hamlet of Sayville, were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced on Wednesday, Jan. 15.  Three other men—Randy Grewal, 54, of Anthem, Arizona, and Richar…
Child Sex Abuse Sting Operation In Clarkstown Leads To Arrest: DA Child Sex Abuse Sting Operation In Clarkstown Leads To Arrest: DA Child Sex Abuse Sting Operation In Clarkstown Leads To Arrest: DA
Child Sex Abuse Sting Operation In Clarkstown Leads To Arrest: DA A sting operation by the Rockland County District Attorney's Office led to the arrest of a Queens man caught in the trap. Jose Quizhpi, age 48, was indicted on Tuesday, Jan. 14, by a Rockland County grand jury on eight counts of attempted disseminating indecent materials, two counts of attempted rape, and other charges. Scott Waters, spokesman for the Rockland District Attorney's Office, said that between Nov. 5 and 17, 2024, Quizhpi exchanged numerous text messages, photographs, and videos, which were sexually explicit in nature, with a girl who he met online and whom he bel…
Overdose Death Of Bucks County EMS Worker Uncovers Online Pharmacy Operation: Warrington PD Overdose Death Of Bucks County EMS Worker Uncovers Online Pharmacy Operation: Warrington PD Overdose Death Of Bucks County EMS Worker Uncovers Online Pharmacy Operation: Warrington PD
Overdose Death Of Bucks County EMS Worker Uncovers Online Pharmacy Operation: Warrington PD An overdose death in Bucks County led to the takedown of an illicit online pharmacy based in the Dominican Republic, Warrington Township police announced in a press release issued Monday, Jan. 6. The investigation began in April 2022 after a Bucks County EMS first responder died of a drug overdose, police said. The day after the victim’s death, a FedEx package containing Valium and Rivotril (Clonazepam) was delivered to their residence in Bucks County, according to investigators. Detectives traced the drugs to an online pharmacy operating under the domain “Sure Life Solutions,” police said.…
Eastern Shore Drug Ring Crumbled: Cocaine, Fentanyl, And Firearms Seized: Maryland State Police Eastern Shore Drug Ring Crumbled: Cocaine, Fentanyl, And Firearms Seized: Maryland State Police Eastern Shore Drug Ring Crumbled: Cocaine, Fentanyl, And Firearms Seized: Maryland State Police
Eastern Shore Drug Ring Crumbled: Cocaine, Fentanyl, And Firearms Seized: Maryland State Police Nearly 40 people accused of running a large-scale drug-trafficking ring on Maryland’s Eastern Shore were indicted following a massive five-month investigation by local, state, and federal law enforcement, authorities announced. The operation, led by Wicomico Narcotics—a collaboration between the Maryland State Police, Fruitland Police Department, Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration—dismantled a network accused of distributing cocaine, fentanyl, and other drugs across Wicomico, Dorchester, and Baltimore counties. Search warrants executed in Augu…
Undercover Prostitution Sting At Passaic County Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Undercover Prostitution Sting At Passaic County Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Undercover Prostitution Sting At Passaic County Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized
Undercover Prostitution Sting At Passaic County Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Authorities dismantled a prostitution operation at two Passaic County spas, arresting four people and seizing nearly $9,500 in suspected proceeds, officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 5. The operation conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 3, began after concerned residents tipped off authorities about suspicious activities at the New Paterson Massage & Coco Healthy Spa on McBride Avenue in Paterson and the Eastern Cozy Spa on Overmount Avenue in Woodland Park, Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. Undercover detectives conducting surveillance at the locations reported being offered sexual acts, Adamo sai…
PA Man Arrested For Dealing Cocaine After $66K Seized: DA PA Man Arrested For Dealing Cocaine After $66K Seized: DA PA Man Arrested For Dealing Cocaine After $66K Seized: DA
PA Man Arrested For Dealing Cocaine After $66K Seized: DA A Lancaster man accused of dealing cocaine was arrested after authorities seized more than $66,000 in cash and cocaine from his home, the Lancaster County Drug Task Force announced Monday, Dec. 2 Alex Yamil Ramos-Flores, 28, is charged with Felony Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine and Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, officials said. Detectives, with help from Homeland Security Investigations and Pennsylvania State Police, raided Ramos-Flores’ home in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue on Nov. 6. They uncovered 14 grams of powder cocaine worth $1,400, two loaded pistol mag…