by Eric Durr Soldiers with Joint Task Force Empire Shield work with members of the FDNY EMT during a major blizzard Jan. 26, 2015. The storm, believed to be one of the most powerful in recent history, managed to shut…

By Eric Durr Soldiers, with the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion, New York Army National Guard, arrive at the Cheektowaga Fire Training Center in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2014, in support of Operation Lake Effect. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed…

Governor Baker announced a statewide travel ban effective at midnight on Monday 1/26. As of 12PM (noon) on Tuesday, 1/27, the travel ban has been lifted for Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties. The travel ban remains in effect for…

WASHINGTON — United States Congressman Michael Grimm plead guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. Since 2011, Grimm has served as a member of the United States…

Scheme Involved International Environmental Consulting Contracts, Including Reconstruction Contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq TRENTON, NJ—The former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of a New Jersey-based international engineering consulting company pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the…

WASHINGTON—A California man has plead guilty in connection with his operation of the myRedBook.com website to facilitate prostitution. This represents the first federal conviction of a website operator for facilitation of prostitution. Eric Omuro, also known as “Red,” 53, of…

WASHINGTON—A Florida owner and operator of multiple physical therapy rehabilitation facilities was sentenced in federal court in Tampa to serve 11 years in prison for his role in organizing a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy…

MORGANTOWN, WV—Twenty-one people involved in a Philadelphia to Morgantown heroin and painkiller distribution ring have been indicted on federal charges. Earlier this month, a federal grand jury returned a 65-count indictment charging the defendants in a scheme to bring large…

Miami, FL - Charges have been filed against James D. Perron, 48, of Tinmouth, Vermont, for three counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. If convicted, Perron faces a maximum penalty of 20…

WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned three multi-count indictments against eleven real estate investors for their role in bid rigging and fraud schemes at foreclosure auctions in Northern California. The indictments, filed late yesterday in U.S. District Court…

NEWARK, NJ—Two Bergen County, New Jersey, residents were charged today in a scheme to defraud two international companies out $3 million by fraudulently billing them for services that were never completed. Barbara Brown, 64, and Philip Charles de Gruchy, 61,…

INDIANAPOLIS— Todd J. Wolfe, 52, Indianapolis man, was arrested at his home this morning for bank fraud, wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud in a scheme involving the theft of over $5 million dollars. Since 2009, Wolfe operated DECA Financial services…