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$250K In Jewels, Gold, Heirlooms Stolen By Essex County Burglary Crew: US Marshals $250K In Jewels, Gold, Heirlooms Stolen By Essex County Burglary Crew: US Marshals
$250K In Jewels, Gold, Heirlooms Stolen By Essex County Burglary Crew: US Marshals A crew of burglars accused of ransacking luxury homes in New York and stealing over $250,000 in jewelry, gold, and family heirlooms has been busted in New Jersey, Nassau County police announced. David Fernando Moreno Hernandez, Juan Pablo Orjuela-Saavedra, and Ivan Stewar Ramirez-Villalobos, all Colombian nationals based in Newark and East Orange, are accused of breaking into homes in Muttontown and Old Westbury over several months, detectives said in a release on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. The trio allegedly shattered rear windows and glass doors to enter unoccupied homes under cover of ni…

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by Jillian Pikora
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FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says
FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says An Iranian operative and two associates living in America have been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting United States citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump. Federal authorities have charged Farhad Shakeri, an alleged operative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with two New York City associates in a plot to assassinate a US citizen critical of the Iranian government.  The case highlights the continued threat posed by Iran’s attempts to silence dissidents and even target top US. officials. According to the Department of Justice criminal complai…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Jersey City Jeweler Defrauded Customs Of $13.5 Million In Jewelry Imports: Feds Jersey City Jeweler Defrauded Customs Of $13.5 Million In Jewelry Imports: Feds
Jersey City Jeweler Defrauded Customs Of $13.5 Million In Jewelry Imports: Feds A 39-year-old Jersey City jeweler who operated in the Diamond District pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Sept. 10  to spearheading a scheme to illegally evade customs duties for more than $13.5 million of jewelry imports into the country and with illegally processing more than $10.3 million through an unlicensed money transmitting business, authorities said. Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah, a.k.a. Monish Doshi Shah, pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and operating and aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business, US Att…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Member Of 'Hit List' Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners In NJ, NY, PA Sentenced Member Of 'Hit List' Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners In NJ, NY, PA Sentenced
Member Of 'Hit List' Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners In NJ, NY, PA Sentenced 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A member of a burglary ring that specifically targeted Asian-American small business owners in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware was sentenced to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison. James Hurt, 48, of New York, and other members of the second-story crew worked from what the FBI called a hit list of dozens of homes in the four states based on “stereotype and opportunity" from Dec. 2, 2016, to March 20, 2019. The burglars often got into homes through unsecured upper-floor windows before seeking out cash, jewelry and guns, the FBI said In one instance, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Member Of Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners On 'Hit List' In NJ, NY, PA, Sentenced Member Of Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners On 'Hit List' In NJ, NY, PA, Sentenced
Member Of Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners On 'Hit List' In NJ, NY, PA, Sentenced 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A confessed member of a burglary ring that targeted Asian-American small business owners in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. Kevin Jackson, 57, of Rahway, NJ, must serve a little over two years before he'll be eligible for release because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Jackson was part of a second-story crew that the FBI said worked from a hit list of dozens of homes in the four states based on “stereotype and opportunity" from Dec. 2, 2016, to March 20, 2019. One of Jackson's associates told detectives t…

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by Jerry DeMarco