Virginia man Matthew Dixon arrested for threatening crowd at Empire State Building with a sword
Police have identified the unhinged Virginia man swinging a sword around on the observation deck of the Empire State Building as Matthew Dixon. Dixon, 35, of Lorton, Virginia, was charged with criminal possession More...
Naire McCormick identified as the victim in Brooklyn murder suicide, killed by Jancy Dempster
Police identified the woman shot and killed Sunday in a Brooklyn murder-suicide as Naire McCormick, a NYPD school safety officer. McCormick, 44, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head around 11:45 p.m. More...
Awais Chudhary Planned Attack in Queens Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIS
A criminal complaint filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charged Awais Chudhary, 19, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan, with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and More...
Iowa Man, Garrett Kelsey Charged with Making Threats to Jewish Organization
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation More...
R Kelly arrested for racketeering, trafficking minor girls for sex, giving them STDs
Robert Sylvester Kelly, AKA “R. Kelly,” was arrested in Chicago Thursday night following an investigation by the joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York and New York City Police Department (NYPD) More...
Jeffrey Epstein Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Sex Trafficking of Minors
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation More...
Brooklyn Man, Mohamed Naji Sentenced to 20 Years for Attempting to Join ISIS in Yemen
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Mohamed Rafik Naji was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Frederic Block for attempting to provide material support or resources to More...
Bronx: Claudius English convicted for sex trafficking, kidnapping minors
A Bronx, New York man was convicted in federal court Monday pursuant to an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s Trafficking in Person Unit (TIPU) and the New York City Police Department More...
MS 13 Gang Member, Kevin Paniagua Sentenced to 25 Years for Attempted Murder, Paralyzing 16 Year Old
Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Kevin Paniagua, a member of the Centrales Locos Salvatruchas (CLS) clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, More...
Bronx Man, Tyrone Felder Sentenced to Life for Connection with Fatal Carjackings
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TYRONE FELDER, a/k/a “Man Man,” was sentenced to life in prison plus 34 years for killing two livery cab drivers More...
Cesar Sayoc Pleads Guilty to 65 Felonies, Connection with October 2018 Terrorist Attack
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of More...
Gambino Crime Family Associate Charged in Murder and Robbery of Brooklyn Man
An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Anthony Pandrella, an alleged longtime associate of the Gambino organized crime family, with the Hobbs Act robbery and murder of 78-year-old More...
Gang Member, Stiven Siri-Feynoso Sentenced to Life for Murder of Woman on Bronx Playground
Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STIVEN SIRI-REYNOSO was sentenced today to life plus five years in prison for his role in the June 11, 2016, murder More...
NYPD Detective, Michael Bonanno Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL BONANNO, a New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) detective, pled guilty today to his role in a More...
Members of the Gambino and Bonanno Crime Families Sentenced for Racketeering
Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Frank “Frankie Boy” Salerno, a soldier in the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Bonanno family”), was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment More...
Bronx Man, Alexander Melendez Charged with 2014 Murder
Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), More...
Cesar Altieri Sayoc Charged for Mailing Improvised Explosive Devices
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of More...
FBI Director Christopher Wray Remarks on Arrest of Cesar Sayoc in Suspicious Package Investigation
As the attorney general has confirmed, we have arrested Cesar Sayoc in connection with this investigation. As our investigation is still ongoing, I may not be able to answer questions about his background or about More...
New York diamond Merchants, Sholom Muratov, Menachem Abramov Convicted for Defrauding Victims
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHOLOM MURATOV and MENACHEM ABRAMOV were convicted yesterday, following a seven-day trial in Manhattan federal More...
Bronx teaching asst Maria Contreras charged in rape of disabled boy
A teaching assistant in the Bronx has been charged in the rape of a mentally disabled student made her first court appearance on Sunday. Maria Contreras, 29, supported by family and friends, still asserts that she More...