Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John
Former NFL Great From NJ Al 'Bubba' Baker Battles It Out With 'Shark Tank' Star Daymond John The dismissal by a federal judge in Newark of a complaint by a former Garden State-grown NFL star against “Shark Tank” regular Daymond John hasn’t slowed an ongoing battle between them. John is seeking both a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against Al “Bubba” Baker and his daughter, Brittani, to stop them from trashing him over what they say has been a “nightmare” experience since their appearance on the ABC reality show. The Bakers -- including Bubba's wife, Sabrina -- contend that John and some of his cronies fleeced them after they cut a deal on “Shark Tank” to …
Lehigh Valley Man Assaulted Cops On Jan. 6, Federal Court Rules Lehigh Valley Man Assaulted Cops On Jan. 6, Federal Court Rules
Lehigh Valley Man Assaulted Cops On Jan. 6, Federal Court Rules A Lehigh Valley man was convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers, obstructing an official proceeding, and civil disorder all related to the riot at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2021, federal authorities say.  Craig Michael Bingert, 31, of Allentown, was found guilty following a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth, the Justice Department said in a release.  Convicted on the same counts was Isaac Steve Sturgeon, 34, of Dillon, Montana, authorities noted.  Prosecutors say that Bingert and Sturgeon were at the front of a …
Penn State Grad Who Made LEGO Plans For Riot Learns His Fate: DOJ Penn State Grad Who Made LEGO Plans For Riot Learns His Fate: DOJ
Penn State Grad Who Made Lego Plans For Riot Learns His Fate: DOJ A 29-year-old Penn State alumnus who used a LEGO set to make his plans has been sentenced for his role in the Capitol Riot, according to newly released documents by the Department of Justice. Robert Morss, Glenshaw (previously of Pittsburgh) was sentenced by US District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden to serve 66 months in prison followed by 24 months of supervised release and restitution of $2000 for assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon, obstruction of an official proceeding, and robbery during the January 6 US Capitol Riot, the US Department of Justice an…
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison UPDATE: A convicted New Jersey “sleeper agent” for Hezbollah who scoped out potential terrorism targets in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Alexei Saab, a 45-year-old software developer who lived in Morristown, must serve just about all of the sentence delivered in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, May 23, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Saab kept up appearances as an ordinary American citizen while working for Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) from 2000 to 2005, federal prosecutors said. Dur…
FBI Busts Hawthorne Dad On Child Porn Charges FBI Busts Hawthorne Dad On Child Porn Charges
FBI Busts Hawthorne Dad On Child Porn Charges A 49-year-old father from Hawthorne was arrested by federal agents on child porn charges, authorities said. Edward M. O’Hagan, 49, “used one of his email accounts to send video files containing images of child sexual abuse to himself,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. “He also used two email addresses to create accounts on an encrypted file storage platform that was used to upload or create files containing images of child sexual abuse,” the U.S. attorney added. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark denied O’Hagan’s release on Monday, May 22 and ordered that he remain held pending f…
ICE Seeks Hold On Guatemalan National From Lodi Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen ICE Seeks Hold On Guatemalan National From Lodi Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen
ICE Seeks Hold On Guatemalan National From Lodi Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen A Guatemalan national living in Lodi repeatedly sexually assaulted an underage teen, authorities charged. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immediately issued a detainer, for deportation purposes, after Juan Nimacachi, 39, was arrested and sent to the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, May 17, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Special Victims Unit zeroed in on Nimacachi after being alerted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency on Tuesday. Working with Lodi police, the investigators found that Nimacachi -- who works as a car…
After School Satan Club Can Meet In Saucon Valley, Federal Judge Rules After School Satan Club Can Meet In Saucon Valley, Federal Judge Rules
After School Satan Club Can Meet In Saucon Valley, Federal Judge Rules Saucon Valley School District in Northampton County must allow the "After School Satan Club" to meet on campus, a federal judge decided in a ruling dated Monday, May 1.  The controversial club will be allowed to meet on school grounds, though district officials will not be required to distribute their permission slips, US District Court Judge John M. Gallagher ruled in a preliminary injunction.  The After School Satan Club, sponsored by the Salem, Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple (TST), garnered controversy in February when its flyers made the rounds on local social media.  The flyer…
Special Police Officer Admits To Slapping Handcuffed Suspect In DC Special Police Officer Admits To Slapping Handcuffed Suspect In DC
Special Police Officer Admits To Slapping Handcuffed Suspect In DC Federal officials announced that a former special police officer from Maryland will avoid prison time after admitting to abusing his power and violating a suspect's civil rights. Oxon Hill resident Brandon Greenfield-Logan, 33, pleaded guilty this week in US District Court to one count of deprivation of rights under the color of law for violating the rights of a handcuffed prison, according to the Department of Justice. According to his plea agreement, in September 2021, Greenfield-Logan was working as a special police officer, and while in full uniform and vested with police powers, was ca…
Current, Former Wildwood Mayors, Commissioner Indicted In Health Benefits Scam Current, Former Wildwood Mayors, Commissioner Indicted In Health Benefits Scam
Current, Former Wildwood Mayors, Commissioner Indicted In Health Benefits Scam UPDATE: Less than a week after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion, Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron was indicted by a state grand jury along with two other elected officials in an alleged health insurance scam. Byron, former Mayor Ernest Troiano Jr., and current City Commissioner Steve Mikulski fraudulently participated in the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP), the indictment alleges. In order to be eligible for the benefits, they needed to be full-time employees “whose hours of work are fixed at 35 or more per week” in their elected positions, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin ex…
PA Woman Accused Of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop At Jan. 6 Riot Sentenced PA Woman Accused Of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop At Jan. 6 Riot Sentenced
PA Woman Accused Of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop At Jan. 6 Riot Sentenced Former Mechanicsburg/Harrisburg woman, Riley June Williams has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Thursday, March 23, 2023 after she was convicted on charges related to the Jan. 6 riot in the U.S. Capitol— infamously in connection with the theft of Nancy Pelosi's laptop. The 23-year-old had been charged with stealing a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, entering a restricted building and other related offenses, as Daily Voice has previously reported. Nearly two years ago, Oct. 19, 2021, Williams pleaded not guilty to all eight charges, but she w…
Phucket Fugitive Returned To Face Charges In NJ Deli Fraud Scheme Phucket Fugitive Returned To Face Charges In NJ Deli Fraud Scheme
Phucket Fugitive Returned To Face Charges In NJ Deli Fraud Scheme A fugitive from Thailand was returned to the United States to face charges in a massive market manipulation scheme involving a New Jersey deli company whose stock was once valued at an illogical $100 million, federal authorities announced. A U.S. District Court magistrate judge in Newark ordered one-time Hong Kong businessman Peter Coker Jr. held after he was flown in custody from a Bangkok jail. Coker, 54, formerly of North Carolina, was seized at a hotel in the resort area of Phuket in mid-January following the arrests of his father, Peter Coker Sr., and James Patten in North Carolina. C…
Framingham 'Spoofer' Tricks Victims Into Wiring Hundreds Of Thousands: Feds Framingham 'Spoofer' Tricks Victims Into Wiring Hundreds Of Thousands: Feds
Framingham 'Spoofer' Tricks Victims Into Wiring Hundreds Of Thousands: Feds A 27-year-old used a fake business to stash the thousands of dollars he acquired through a criminal email scheme, officials say.  Gustaf Njei, of Framingham, was sentenced to pay almost $95,000 in restitution on top of two years in prison and two years of supervised release on Friday, March 10 for convictions relating to an email-based fraud scheme that netted him hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to US District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV. Njei created a fake business called "Niej Trading" to operate a sophisticated business email compromise (BEC) scheme, the distr…