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White Plains, NY
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IRS Scam Busted: $93M COVID Fraud Tied To Attempted Hit On Alleged Mastermind IRS Scam Busted: $93M COVID Fraud Tied To Attempted Hit On Alleged Mastermind
IRS Scam Busted: $93M COVID Fraud Tied To Attempted Hit On Alleged Mastermind It started with a fake business. It ended with a shootout in broad daylight. Four people are facing federal charges in what prosecutors call the largest COVID-19 tax credit fraud scheme ever identified.  This $93 million operation allegedly involved fake companies, kickbacks, and a botched attempt to silence the ringleader. The sprawling indictment, unsealed in Los Angeles, details an alleged conspiracy to defraud the IRS by submitting false claims for Coronavirus Response Credits.  These federal tax refunds were designed to help small businesses cover sick and family leave wage…

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by Joe Lombardi
Haymarket, VA
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Would-Be Church Shooter Penned Chilling Letters Before Being Thwarted In Haymarket: DOJ Would-Be Church Shooter Penned Chilling Letters Before Being Thwarted In Haymarket: DOJ
Would-Be Church Shooter Penned Chilling Letters Before Being Thwarted In Haymarket: DOJ A Falls Church man who entered a Prince William County church armed with a gun and dozens of rounds of ammunition was convicted of a federal hate crime after making threats to kill congregants during Sunday services, authorities announced. After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Rui Jiang, 35, guilty on all charges, including attempting to obstruct the free exercise of religious beliefs through an attempted act of violence involving a dangerous weapon, according to the Department of Justice. Jiang was also convicted of transmitting online threats and a firearms violation, prosecut…

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by Zak Failla
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Police Impersonator Terrorizes MD Medical Center Security Day After Arrest: Officials Police Impersonator Terrorizes MD Medical Center Security Day After Arrest: Officials
Police Impersonator Terrorizes MD Medical Center Security Day After Arrest: Officials A man with bad intentions who posed as law enforcement at the Anne Arundel Medical Center is facing fresh charges after being busted returning to the scene of the crime with bad intentions, police say. Annapolis resident Glenn Anthony Atkins, 64, is facing multiple charges following trespassing incidents that were reported on consecutive days, according to officials from the Anne Arundel County Police Department. The strange week began at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, May 1, when officers were called to investigate an allegedly intoxicated man outside the Anne Arundel Medical Center on Me…

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by Zak Failla
Chambersburg, PA
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SC Homicide Suspect Hid In PA Basement, US Marshals Say SC Homicide Suspect Hid In PA Basement, US Marshals Say
SC Homicide Suspect Hid In PA Basement, US Marshals Say A man wanted on criminal homicide charges was caught in Western Pennsylvania, US Marshals announced on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Travis Burton was found hiding in the basement of a home in the 600 block of Romine Street, McKeesport, acting U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Phil Cornelious stated in the announcement.  Burton is accused of shooting a 65-year-old man dead in a backyard near 2569 Gibbs Road Johns Island, South Carolina on Jan. 14, 2023, around 1 p.m., according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office. He was also wanted on a firearms viola…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Accused Illegal Arms Dealer Turns Himself Over To Lancaster Police Say Accused Illegal Arms Dealer Turns Himself Over To Lancaster Police Say
Accused Illegal Arms Dealer Turns Himself Over To Lancaster Police Say A 28-year-old Lancaster County man who was wanted for multiple firearms violations— including illegal arms deals, has turned himself in to the police, authorities say.  Isiah Robert Taloan of the first block of Brandon Court, conducted several firearms deals in the area, according to Lancaster County Crime Stoppers.  He was wanted for 10 felonies related to illegal sales or transfers of firearms, two felonies for conspiracy, one felony for a person not to possess a firearm, and eight misdemeanors for unsworn falsifications, the crime stoppers release details.  A $1,000 rewar…

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by Jillian Pikora
York, PA
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Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, Ghost Guns, Cash Found In York Home Leads To Four Arrests: Authorities Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, Ghost Guns, Cash Found In York Home Leads To Four Arrests: Authorities
Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine, Ghost Guns, Cash Found In York Home Leads To Four Arrests: Authorities Four men have been arrested after drugs, cash, and ghost guns were seized from a central Pennsylvania home, police announced on Friday, Sept. 23. The items were found when members of the York City Police Violence Intervention Unit, York City Spec-Ops Division, York County District Attorney’s office, and the York County Drug Task Force were executing a search warrant for fugitive Matthew Hughes at a home located 1120 Stone Gate Drive on Sept. 21, according to the release.  Officers seized the following items: Approximately 21 grams of marijuana. Approximately 62 grams of meth. Approxi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Teen Probation Violator Nabbed With Stolen AR-15 Pistol, Xanax Pills: Chester Police Teen Probation Violator Nabbed With Stolen AR-15 Pistol, Xanax Pills: Chester Police
Teen Probation Violator Nabbed With Stolen AR-15 Pistol, Xanax Pills: Chester Police Chester City police officers who tracked down and arrested a teenager wanted on a probation violation found him with a stolen AR-15 pistol and Xanax pills, authorities said. The 16-year-old boy had an active probation warrant for unspecified violations when he was nabbed on the 400 block of Frank Young Avenue around 8:10 p.m. Saturday, July 23, Chester City police said. During the arrest, officers found a clear plastic bag containing Xanax pills and a black AR Palmetto State Armory AR-15 pistol, they said. The pistol was loaded with one live round of ammunition in the chamber and eigh…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison
DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison A 29-year-old Hilltown man was sentenced Friday to up to four years in state prison on several firearms violations in an investigation that began when he pointed a gun at a woman in the parking lot of a Walmart in Hilltown Township, authorities said. A woman told police she was with her 10-year-old daughter when she pulled into an open parking spot and noticed a man in a car next to hers cursing at her around 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2020, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. When she and her daughter got out of the car, the man -- later identified as Willia…

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by Nicole Acosta
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Child Rapist, Murder Suspect Are Added to Massachusetts Most Wanted List Child Rapist, Murder Suspect Are Added to Massachusetts Most Wanted List
Child Rapist, Murder Suspect Are Added to Massachusetts Most Wanted List The Massachusetts State Police have added two more men to its Most Wanted List - a third man was added just the day before. New to the list are: Mariano Pereyra, Jr., 62, who is wanted for child rape in Wellesley; and Ingmar Robles Pojoy, 26, who is wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Lynn.  Jude Demeis, who is wanted on child pornography charges, was added to the Most Wanted List on July 22. Mariano Pereyra, AKA Mariano Gil, Mariano Pereira, and Pereyra Gilmarino: The Dedham District Court and Norfolk Superior Court issued two arrest warrants for Pereya in March of 2013, p…

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by Kristin Palpini