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Man Who Tried Luring 12-Year-Old Into Prostitution At NJ Hotel Gets Decade Behind Bars: Feds Man Who Tried Luring 12-Year-Old Into Prostitution At NJ Hotel Gets Decade Behind Bars: Feds
Man Who Tried Luring 12-Year-Old Into Prostitution At NJ Hotel Gets Decade Behind Bars: Feds A 41-year-old Philadelphia man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Monday, Jan. 27 after pleading guilty in United States District Court in Camden to trying to engage what he thought was a 12-year-old into prostitution, authorities said. In August 2023, Louis Goldenberg began interacting on a messaging application with an undercover agent, who was posing as a middle-aged woman with a 12-year-old niece, US Attorney Vikas Khanna said. From August through September 2023, Goldenberg messaged the undercover agent, continuously expressing interest in having sexual contact with the…
Trump Justice Department To Investigate January 6 Prosecutors Trump Justice Department To Investigate January 6 Prosecutors
Trump Justice Department To Investigate January 6 Prosecutors The Trump administration will investigate prosecutors who oversaw the criminal cases against Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack defendants, according to a brand-new report. Earlier report - Trump Ends All Jan. 6 Cases With Pardons, Dismissals, Commutations, Signs Flurry Of Orders Calling the probe a "special project," Ed Martin, the acting US Attorney for Washington, DC, asked prosecutors to turn over notes, documents, files emails and other information related to the cases in an email on Monday, Jan. 27, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hours after being sworn in to a second non-consecuti…
Trenton Man Possessed Guns, Dealt Fentanyl, Cocaine: Feds Trenton Man Possessed Guns, Dealt Fentanyl, Cocaine: Feds
Trenton Man Possessed Guns, Dealt Fentanyl, Cocaine: Feds A 33-year-old Trenton man was arrested and charged this week with illegally possessing firearms and dealing fentanyl and cocaine, authorities said. On Wednesday, May 15, police searched the apartment of Jose Colon-Matos, recovering two loaded firearms from a safe, including one with an obliterated serial number, large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine and $9,000 in cash, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Colon-Matos was being a previously convicted felon in possession of two firearms, possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and …
Trenton Man Sentenced To Life For Violent Carjacking Spree That Seriously Injured 2, Feds Say Trenton Man Sentenced To Life For Violent Carjacking Spree That Seriously Injured 2, Feds Say
Trenton Man Sentenced To Life For Violent Carjacking Spree That Seriously Injured 2, Feds Say A Trenton man will spend the rest of his life in prison nearly seven years after a violent carjacking spree that left two victims with life-altering injuries, authorities said. Cedrick Hodges, 41, received his life sentence in Trenton federal court, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release on Wednesday, Nov. 20. He was found guilty on five counts after a seven-day trial on Thursday, Oct. 24. Sellinger said Hodges "terrorized" Hamilton Township on the night of Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017. "The sentence handed down today will ensure that this violent offender will …
'I'll Give You The Steel Bat:' NJ Man Sent Death Threats To Political Commentator, Feds Say 'I'll Give You The Steel Bat:' NJ Man Sent Death Threats To Political Commentator, Feds Say
'I'll Give You The Steel Bat:' NJ Man Sent Death Threats To Political Commentator, Feds Say A 45-year-old Morris County man has been arrested and charged after posting an online death threat at a political commentator, authorities said. Last month, Haim Braverman, of Morris Plains, posted a video of himself on a social media platform in which he made various threats to a political commentator who had publicly commented on a prominent, now-deceased rabbi, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said.  In the video, Braverman threatened to use a bat against the commentator, stating: “You’ll get what’s coming to you . . . , I’ve never met someone . . . if I could [expletive] kill you right…
NJ Amtrak Employee Lied To Feds Investigating Sleeper Car Sex Assault, DOJ Says NJ Amtrak Employee Lied To Feds Investigating Sleeper Car Sex Assault, DOJ Says
NJ Amtrak Employee Lied To Feds Investigating Sleeper Car Sex Assault, DOJ Says An Amtrak employee from New Jersey has been charged in a federal indictment for lying to federal investigators questioning him about a sexual assault he allegedly carried out on a passenger during a trip from Washington DC to Chicago, authorities said. Maurice Driver, 35, of Gloucester City, NJ, was charged with lying to a federal agent in a five-count indictment unsealed on Tuesday, June 4, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Special Agent in Charge Mike Waters of the Amtrak Office of Inspector General Eastern Area Field Office announced. Driver had been working as a lead service atte…