Crime and Courts

Two men in New York and another in New Jersey were among the latest batch of suspects arrested by the FBI related to the events at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6. Christopher M. Kelly was arrested on federal charges at 5 p.m. Wednesday at his residence in New City, New York, law enforcement sources said. The court papers allege…

A Virginia man was arrested at a checkpoint along the perimeter securing downtown Washington, D.C., ahead of Inauguration Day after he showed police a “non-government issued” inauguration credential and officers found a gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his pickup truck. Wesley Allen Beeler, of Front Royal, said in an interview that he made an honest mistake....

A 70-year-old woman is accused of lacing her husband’s coffee with ant and roach killer multiple times, causing him to become sick. Suncha Tinevra was caught on home surveillance video Jan. 12 retrieving a bottle from beneath a sink and squeezing its white powdery contents into her husband’s coffee, Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz said Saturday. “The victim...

A Brooklyn man was arrested Monday on charges of defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of almost $2 million. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged Leon Miles, 51, of using the money to purchase a 2020 Bentley Continental for $250,000 and a 2020 Cadillac Escalade for $100,000. The PPP is part of the CARES Act passed by Congress in March…

Authorities say the father of a woman whose body was found in late 2019 in a New York City park has been charged in her murder.

A 40-year-old Virginia man faces kidnapping and abduction charges after grooming a 12-year-old California girl over the internet for weeks, then trying to fly her across the country, authorities say. The man charged, Nathan Daniel Larson of Catlett, Virginia, is a known white supremacist and advocate for pedophilia, authorities say. He is also accused of running a website with child…

A reputed Mafia figure pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he conspired to assault the now-husband of former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo. John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove, admitted planning and carrying out the July 2015 attack during a videoconference in federal court. Perna and Dina Manzo’s ex-husband Thomas Manzo were charged with the assault earlier this…

Lawyers for the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein are urging a judge to free her to await trial under a $28.5 million bail package that would include armed guards to keep her in a New York City residence and protect her safety.

Numerous individuals have been charged in connection with a birth tourism and money laundering scheme in Suffolk County that allegedly facilitated pregnant Turkish women to fraudulently enter the United States using tourist and business visas to give birth so that their children would obtain birthright citizenship and medical benefits, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Authorities say the manager of a Maryland bowling alley was assaulted after he asked some patrons to wear face masks

Deputies in New York City broke up another massive party held amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Attorney General William Barr and Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said the U.S. would drop the charges and allow Mexico to investigate and determine if Salvatore Cienfuegos Zepeda should be tried in that country.

Flames come shooting out from the weapon and high into the air, and later onto the ground, as the man jumps around on top of the bus that had about two dozen riders inside at the time.

A woman was arrested in the attack of two employees of a Maryland ice cream shop.

The previously unknown assailant wanted for a brazen assault against Rick Moranis, star of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” has been taken into custody, police said Saturday. The 67-year-old actor and comedian had just gotten back to his Upper West Side building from a morning walk on Oct. 1 when the suspect, without saying a word, allegedly punched Moranis in…

Two women in Maryland say they were attacked while working at an ice cream shop because they asked two customers to wear masks. Nythia Davis and her friend McKeniva drove to work Saturday at a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shop in Edgewater. The trouble started when a man and woman walked in about 7:30 p.m., passing a sign on…

The self-improvement guru whose organization, NXIVM, attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, was sentenced to 120 years in prison Tuesday on convictions that he turned some followers into sex slaves branded with his initials

A college student visiting New York City was the unintended target of deadly gunfire Saturday morning in Brooklyn, police said. Police officials say 20-year-old Ethan Williams of Indiana was found around 2:30 a.m. on Eldert Street with a gunshot wound to his chest. He later died at Wyckoff Medical Center. The victim’s family says the Indiana University student was...

A Virginia woman who pretended to be a psychologist, treating hundreds of patients and even testifying as a medical expert during custody hearings in court, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison. Family after family testified in court in Stafford County on Friday about the damage done by Sharonda Avery. These families trusted Avery so much and were so…

New York City officials said they shut down an illegal party of more than 200 people who were violating pandemic restrictions at a catering hall.