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Two Males, One From Philly Indicted for Smuggling Illegal Aliens Into America

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, June 26, 2025

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Bekhzod Rakhmatov, 30, of Maineville, Ohio, and Munis Khojiev, 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were arrested and charged by indictment with attempting to bring an alien to the United States for private financial gain and conspiring to bring aliens to the United States for private financial gain, arising from…

Maryland Male Arrested For Threatening Jewish Organizations By Mail.

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, June 17, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross Clift A. Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, is behind bars, charged with mailing threatening letters to Jewish Organizations across the area, including Philadelphia. Federal authorities said the threats started in 2024. Many of these letters threaten the Jewish institutions and contain references to Gaza, Israel, or events in which Jewish…

New Jersey Member Of Congress Indicted For Interfering With ICE Officials

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, June 11, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross New Jersey Attorney General Alina Habba said that LaMonica McIver a member of congress was part of a Congressional Delegation that was granted access to the Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility in Newark, New Jersey on May 9, 2025. She was inside the secure area and at the same time of…

Ohio Female Gets Jail For Fake Mail Order Scam Involving High End Purses

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 23, 2025

Nobody likes to buy something online and not get the merchandise. It can really piss you off when the seller does not contact you after repeated tries. Federal authorities said that Rashell Ortiz, 23, of Grove City, Ohio and her boyfriend Orvil Cataquet Jr., 25, of Syracuse, New York. did just that. They would advertise…

For the Second Time, Senior Citizen Convicted For Threatening Federal Judges

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 18, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross In 2021, Keith Dougherty, 69, of College Park, Maryland, Sent threatening communications to Federal Judges in different areas of the country. He was sentenced to over three years in Federal Prison and was on probation when in July of last year he did it again, authorities said. As detailed in court…

Overseas Fugitive Brought To United States, Authorities Said He Ran Fake Psychic Scam

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 15, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross Georg Ingenbleek, 58, a citizen of Germany, was brought to the United States and then sent right to jail. Ingebbleek was indicted in 2020 for sending out letters to people who he claimed were from real, well know psychic’s. The recipients were told that they were being contacted because they had…

New Jersey Attorney General Busts Fake Pastor In NJ Who Kept Parishioners As Slaves

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 13, 2025

Alex Lloyd Gross/ Delaware Valley News.com File Photo NJ Attorney General Alina Habba An Essex County man who claimed to be a pastor of a church in Orange, New Jersey was indicted on April 25, 2025, for sex trafficking, forced labor, and, along with his wife, conspiring to commit forced labor, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba…

Former Prison Guard and Two Others Plead Guilty To Phones and Drugs Into Philly Prison

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 5, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross One male who worked at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center on State Road and another inmate and someone else who was not involved in the prison all entered guilty pleas to smuggling items into the facility. Items smuggled into prisons are done by working with an employee to bring those things…

Former Federal Corrections Officer Arrested For Sexual Assault Of An Inmate

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 3, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross Michael Jefferson, 42, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was a Correctional Officer at the Philadelphia Detention Center, located in center city Philadelphia. He is no longer employed there but he may be staying there as a resident, after he was arrested for raping an inmate. According to the US Attorney, on…

Indiana Businessman Pleads Guilty To Bribing Philly Amtrak Worker

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 1, 2025

by Alex Lloyd Gross Mark Snedden, 69, of Munster, Indiana, eneted a guilty plea to the charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery and making and presenting a false claim. It was back in 2015 when the 30th Street Station was getting a major work project done and Sneddon and other employees of the…