Exclusive: Carjacker Arrested By FBI On Hutch In Westchester, Officials Say
A 24-year-old man from Connecticut was captured on the Hutchinson River Parkway with help from the FBI following a carjacking investigation in the Bronx, police said.
According to the NYPD, James Hendrickson, of 110 Forest St., in Manchester, CT, was charged on Monday, July 14, at 6:45 p.m. within the confines of the 41st Precinct, after he was located on the Hutchinson River Parkway that afternoon in Westchester.
UNF News photographer Kyle Mazza, of Fair Lawn, NJ, was en route home from Massachusetts where he'd been photographing an assisted living facility fire that left nine people …
FBI Helps Bust Bogus Contractors Who Stole Half-a-million Dollars From Clifton: Cops
Two bogus contractors accused of stealing nearly $600,000 from the City of Clifton have been arrested and extradited to New Jersey, following a multi-year investigation by local police and the FBI, authorities said.
Robert J. Richard, 73, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and William A. McInteer, 58, of Brumley, Missouri, posed as a legitimate city vendor and diverted $592,757.43 into a third-party bank account that had no ties to the vendor or the city, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said.
The investigation began in September 2022, when Clifton city officials discovered a large fraudule…
Lebanon County Man Shared Child Porn, Feds Say
A 35-year-old man from Lebanon County has been indicted on federal charges for distributing and possessing child pornography, authorities said.
Stephen Okamoto, of Lebanon, was charged by grand jury indictment on Wednesday, March 6, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Prosecutors say Okamoto distributed child porn images and videos on November 13, 2023, and was later caught with additional material on February 8, 2024.
The charges are part of Project Safe Childhood, a national initiative launched by the Department of Justice to crack down on the…
Franklin Lakes Wife Indicted In Notorious House-Flipper Husband's Federal Case
A New Jersey woman has been indicted in a federal case tied to her husband, a notorious house flipper, after she destroyed her cell phone as law enforcement tried to seize it during a fraud investigation, officials announced.
Jennifer Iturralde Pina, 43, of Franklin Lakes, was indicted on a charge of destruction of records in a federal investigation, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced Thursday, July 3.
The case stems from a federal investigation involving her husband, Cesar Humberto Pina, 45 — a real estate influencer better known as “Flipping NJ.”
Pina gained national attention through r…
