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Queens Man Accused Of Smuggling Snakes In His Pants Into US From Canada Queens Man Accused Of Smuggling Snakes In His Pants Into US From Canada
Queens Man Accused Of Smuggling Snakes In His Pants Into US From Canada A 36-year-old man from New York is accused of smuggling three snakes in his pants across the United States-Canadian border. Calvin Bautista, a resident of Richmond Hill in Queens, was arraigned on Tuesday, Oct. 4, on an indictment charging him with smuggling three Burmese pythons into the United States at the Champlain Port of Entry, according to United States Attorney Carla Freedman. The US Attorney's Office said Bautista smuggled the snakes in his pants during a bus ride across the border. The charge filed against Bautista carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fin…

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Prison Guard From LI Accused Of Accepting $10K In Bribes, Having Romantic Relations With Inmate Prison Guard From LI Accused Of Accepting $10K In Bribes, Having Romantic Relations With Inmate
Prison Guard From LI Accused Of Accepting $10K In Bribes, Having Romantic Relations With Inmate A Rikers Island prison guard from Long Island has been charged in a larger bribery conspiracy case that includes taking bribes. Krystle Burrell, age 35, of Lawrence, was one of six people charged on Tuesday, April 6, with taking bribes to smuggle cell phones and other items to prisoners who are allegedly Bloods gang members, said the US Attorney's Office. Burrell is accused of accepting bribes in the amount of $9,780 in exchange for smuggling at least two cell phones to her inmate "lover" Terrae Hinds in the summer of 2021, the office said. By taking the bribes, Burrell was facilitating Hi…

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Long Island Man Accused Of Smuggling Vietnamese Nationals To Work At Nail Salons Long Island Man Accused Of Smuggling Vietnamese Nationals To Work At Nail Salons
Long Island Man Accused Of Smuggling Vietnamese Nationals To Work At Nail Salons A Long Island man is facing charges for allegedly smuggling Vietnamese nationals into the country to work on the cheap at nail salons he and a co-conspirator operated in New York. Hicksville resident Manh Ngoc Nguyen and Bronx resident Dat Tat Ho were charged in federal court in Central Islip for allegedly conspiring to defraud the government and smuggling illegal aliens into the country. Nguyen and Ho owned or managed several nail and hair salons on Long Island, Queens, and in the Bronx. It is alleged that between January 2017 and September this year, the two arranged for Vietnamese fore…

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by Zak Failla