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NY Companies Sold Adulterated, Misbranded Dietary Supplements, Feds Say NY Companies Sold Adulterated, Misbranded Dietary Supplements, Feds Say
NY Companies Sold Adulterated, Misbranded Dietary Supplements, Feds Say Federal regulators stepped in when a New York business owner allegedly sold dietary supplements that weren’t all they were cracked up to be. Mohammed Islam agreed to settle a civil complaint from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Brooklyn federal court on Monday, Dec. 18. The complaint, filed in October 2023, alleged that Islam’s Long Island-based companies – Total Body Nutrition, TBN Labs, and Loud Muscle Science – violated federal law by manufacturing and distributing adulterated and misbranded dietary supplements. Specifically, an investigation found that the companies failed…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Attempted Arson Of NYPD Van With 4 Officers Inside Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Attempted Arson Of NYPD Van With 4 Officers Inside
Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Attempted Arson Of Nypd Van With 4 Officers Inside A New York woman is heading to federal prison after admitting she tried to set fire to an occupied NYPD van during protests over the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020. Ulster County resident Samantha Shader, age 29, of Saugerties, was sentenced to 6 years behind bars Tuesday, Nov. 15, in federal court in Brooklyn. It followed her April 2022 guilty plea to using an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a Molotov cocktail. According to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District, Shader traveled from her home in Saugerties to Brooklyn on May 29…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Father-Daughter NY Duo Accused Of Acting As Illegal Agents For China Father-Daughter NY Duo Accused Of Acting As Illegal Agents For China
Father-Daughter NY Duo Accused Of Acting As Illegal Agents For China A father and daughter from New York are among several people accused of acting as illegal agents of the Chinese government who allegedly worked to force a US resident to return to China. Long Island residents Quanzhong An, age 55, and his daughter, Guangyang An, age 34, both of Roslyn, were named in an eight-count indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn Thursday, Oct. 20. The indictment charges a total of seven Chinese nationals with taking part in an international forced repatriation effort known as “Operation Fox Hunt,” which prosecutors said involved surveilling, harassing, and …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Woman Who Served In NYPD Charged For Role In Capitol Riot Woman Who Served In NYPD Charged For Role In Capitol Riot
Woman Who Served In Nypd Charged For Role In Capitol Riot A retired NYPD officer from Queens is the latest to be charged for her participation in the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Sara Carpenter, age 51, voluntarily surrendered herself to the FBI on Tuesday, March 23, making her the latest law enforcement officer to be implicated for participating at the insurrection that left five people, including a Capitol police officer, dead. In January, Carpenter told FBI investigators that she decided to head to the Capitol with hundreds others after hearing then-President Donald Trump’s instructions to “march to the Capitol," authori…

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by Zak Failla
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Duo Charged In Armed Robbery At Aqueduct Racetrack Duo Charged In Armed Robbery At Aqueduct Racetrack
Duo Charged In Armed Robbery At Aqueduct Racetrack An Aqueduct Racetrack security guard acting as an “inside man” and a co-conspirator are facing charges for an alleged armed heist of more than $280,000, according to federal officials. It is alleged that Lafayette Morrison, a security guard at the track, alerted his friend Lamel Miller, both Queens residents, when and where cash would be taken to a vault following “Gotham Day” races at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, March 7. U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that at approximately 9:45 p.m. on the day of the races, Miller and a third man held up several racetrack employees, including Morr…

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by Zak Failla
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New Rochelle Man Among 12 Gambino Crime Family Members Charged By Feds New Rochelle Man Among 12 Gambino Crime Family Members Charged By Feds
New Rochelle Man Among 12 Gambino Crime Family Members Charged By Feds Seven Westchester residents are among 12 alleged members of the Gambino Crime Family facing charges for a host of crimes that includes racketeering conspiracy, bribery, loansharking, fraud, obstruction of justice and other offenses. Federal officials charged Andrew Campos, an alleged captain in the Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra; James Ciaccia, George Campos, Vincent Fiore, and Richard Martino, alleged Gambino family soldiers; and Renato Barca, Jr., Benito DiZenzo, Mark Kocaj, Frank Tarul, and Michael Tarul, alleged Gambino family associates for alleged crimes dating back t…

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by Zak Failla