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Ex-Coworker IDs Alexandria Capitol Rioter Who Shoved Journalist, Police: Feds
A 57-year-old Virginia man has been arrested for assaulting law enforcement at the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, federal officials said.
David A. Marshall, Jr., of, Alexandria, identified by a former co-worker, assaulted law enforcement officers and a member of the news media, shoving and yanking the journalist down a set of stairs, and assisted other rioters in seizing police equipment, court papers say.
Just after 1:10 p.m., he "pushed and shoved" officers in the West Plaza then picked up up a yellow flag and took an officer’s baton and bag, federal paperwork details.
Marsha…
Special Delivery: Man Ships Meth To Albany County, Sells Fentanyl, Feds Say
A 46-year-old man is facing federal charges after allegedly shipping methamphetamine to the region from out of state and selling fentanyl.
Michael Laudicina, of Santa Cruz, California, was arraigned on drug charges in Albany federal court on Thursday, Jan. 4.
Prosecutors said Laudicina shipped at least 50 grams of meth to Albany, Ulster, and Warren counties on three occasions between July and November 2022.
He also sold fentanyl – a powerful, synthetic opioid that’s nearly 100 times stronger than morphine – in August 2022, prosecutors said.
In court Thursday, Laudicina was arraigned on ch…
Marlborough College Professor Indicted On Child Porn Charges: Feds
An American Sign Language professor from Middlesex County, who allegedly traded child pornography online featuring kids as young as 4, was indicted this week on multiple federal charges, authorities said.
Larry Stephen, 45, of Marlborough, is charged with one count of receipt of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said on Thursday, Aug. 17. Police arrested him in June.
Agents in Virginia began investigating Stephen in May after they found child porn being shared on an unnamed social med…
Yonkers Man Among Trio Nabbed In $701K Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
Three men are facing federal charges for allegedly using other people’s identities to defraud the New York Labor Department out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Errol Murray, age 21, of Yonkers; Taliek Lanier, age 22, of Albany; and Thomas Brace, age 61, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, formerly of Albany, were all arrested on federal charges of mail and wire fraud, plus identity theft.
Federal prosecutors said the trio conspired with a 36-year-old Albany woman, Jamie Johnson, and provided her with the personal identifying information of other people.
Jonson pleaded guilty in February 2022 of…
Neighborhood Complaints Lead To Gun, Drug Charges For Area Duo, Police Say
Two area men have been arrested for alleged possession of guns and drugs during a crackdown on gun violence.
Michael Wardlaw-Brown, age 31, and Winston White, age 28, both of the City of Poughkeepsie, were arrested on Wednesday, May 5 as part of the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department's ongoing investigation into drug activity and gun violence in the area of Carroll Street, said Capt. Richard Wilson.
During a warrant search, conducted by the department's Neighborhood Recovery Unit along with the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, and the Dutchess County Task Force, agents recove…
Area Man, 25, Faces Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses
An ex-convict wanted for missing mandated sessions with his parole officer was apprehended by police after they recovered a backpack he tossed aside, filled with an illegal firearm and "large quantity" of narcotics, while he was pursued by law enforcement, police said.
Police said a City of Newburgh detective allegedly spotted Alberto Rivera, of Newburgh, 25, who the detective knew was wanted by authorities, riding a bicycle on Broadway on Friday, Oct. 1 at approximately 1:25 p.m.
When the detective stopped his vehicle in Rivera's path, police said, the wanted man fled the scene…
CT Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Congressman
A Connecticut man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to murder California Congressman Adam Schiff with his bare hands.
Robert Phelps, 62, of Torrington, was arrested and charged in federal court with one count of threatening to assault and murder a U.S. official, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. He was taken into custody on Friday, March 13, and charged on Monday, March 16.
It is alleged that on Nov. 12, last year, the office of U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee who headed the House's team in impeachment proceedings of Pre…
Three Long Island Residents Face Child Porn Charges
Three Long Island residents are among four people facing federal charges for possessing and producing child pornography.
Taylor Pick, of Calverton, Jonathan Beretta, of Centereach, and Maureen Serra, of Lake Ronkonkoma, were taken into custody by law enforcement for their roles in allegedly coercing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
A fourth suspect, Benjamin Downs, of Massachusetts, was also charged.
According to the indictment, the four coerced four minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce and distribute videos and pictures between January last year thr…
Trio From Area Nabbed In FBI Sting For Running $6M Unlicensed Money Transmitting Scheme In Area
Three area residents have been arrested and charged for running a multi-million dollar scheme to operate an unlicensed money transmitting businesses to launder money derived from illegal activities.
Rockland residents Chaskel Landau, 45, of Spring Valley, Alter Landau, 64, of Spring Valley, and Joseph Neumann, 78, of Monsey, were arrested this week, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced. The three were tied to an elaborate scheme to transmit approximately $6 million.
The three were arrested following an FBI sting operation.
It is alleged that between September 2014 and August 2016, the t…
Man's Fatal Overdose In Area Leads To Federal Indictment
An alleged drug dealer is facing federal charges after allegedly selling heroin and fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of an area man.
Montague, New Jersey, resident Robert Ciervo, 25, has been charged for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics, which resulted in the death of 36-year-old Westtown resident Richard Beauchesne earlier this year.
Ciervo was arrested on Sunday, Sept. 29 and charged in White Plains federal court with participating in a conspiracy to distribute drugs with Margaret Flood, 38, and Robert Flood, 39, both of Sparrowbush, and Travis Hoppe…
Westchester Pair Face Multiple Charges After High-Speed Chase
A pair of men from Westchester are facing a series of federal felony charges after allegedly taking local police on a wild, high-speed chase before ramming into an FBI vehicle, officials announced.
Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrests of Yonkers residents Harry Quintana-Cruz. 26, and Alejandro Ortiz-Cruz, 18, both of whom were charged in a complaint with forcibly assaulting, resisting, and interfering with FBI Special Agents by colliding into their vehicle after a high-speed car chase.
On June 1, Quintana-Cruz - who is a co…
