PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of McKeesport, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced Thursday. Larita Jenkins, 49, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge William S. Stickman. In…
Read More Pittsburgh Area Woman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More than $43K
FDLE agents arrested four South Florida men, including a father and son, charging them with racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, organized scheme to defraud, and multiple counts of extortion. Agents say, Bruce Leonard Chait, Shawn David Chait, and their co-conspirators, Harris Shapiro, John Colonel, and…
Read More Four Florida Men Arrested and Charged With Racketeering, Extortion
The FBI Violent Crime Task Force seeks assistance from the public to identify and locate a suspect, dubbed the “Yankees Cap Crook,” who is responsible for a Houston area bank robbery. On January 4, 2021, a man entered the Woodforest Bank located within a Walmart…
Read More FBI $5,000 Reward: Can You Help Catch The ‘Yankees Cap Crook’?
Friday, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced the Protect America First Act to end the crisis at the Southern border by halting all immigration for four years. The bill would fund and continue building the wall, expedite the deportation of illegal aliens, rescind DACA & DAPA,…
Read More Congresswoman Greene Introduces ‘Protect America First Act, End Border Crisis – Immigration Moratorium For Four Years
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Rep. Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-Ariz.) in introducing the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to prohibit states, localities, or any other organization from using federal funding to maintain gun registries. The…
Read More U.S. Republican Senators Introduce GRIP Act, Prohibit Federal Funding For Gun Registries
By Christina Jewett Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing tube down the trachea of a critically ill covid patient. Those performing such “aerosol-generating” procedures, often in an intensive care…
Read More CDC’s ‘Huge Mistake’: Did Misguided Mask Advice Drive Up Covid Death Toll for Health Workers?
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The Pasco County Utilities Operations & Maintenance Department is actively working to repair a ruptured 12-inch water main along Little Rd, just south of S.R. 52. An independent contractor hit the pipe while working in the area. All southbound lanes of…
Read More Ruptured Water Main Forces Closure of Southbound Little Rd.
A federal grand jury in Alabama returned a five-count indictment today charging two Alabama men, an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) sergeant and corrections officer with assaulting an inmate at ADOC’s Staton Correctional Facility and making false statements following the assault. According to court documents,…
Read More Alabama Correctional Sergeant and Officer Indicted for Inmate Abuse, Obstruction of Justice
GIBSONTON, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an overnight stabbing that left one man dead. Early Thursday, at 1:42 a.m., the Communications Bureau received a 911 call in reference to a stabbing on the 8000 block of Honeywell Road in Gibsonton. Upon…
Read More 15-Year-Old Teen Charged in Deadly Stabbing Overnight
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – After a brief closure, the Military Gallery at the Polk County History Center has reopened with a revitalized look and new displays. Among the artifacts spanning from the Seminole Wars to the War on Terror, visitors will find interpretive panels with…
Read More Polk County History Center’s Military Exhibit Expands