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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A MAN WHO SWINDLED $17 MILLION IN INVESTOR FUNDS was sentenced on Friday, June 27 to 18 years in prison, as a repeat offender. U.S. District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto presided at the sentencing of Richard Dale Sterritt, Jr., 67, also known as “Richard Richman,” for conspiracy to commit securities...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A report from the FBI and the Department of Agriculture indicates a $66 million scheme to defraud the food stamp program in New York City. David Williams with the Taxpayer Protection Alliance joined FOX45 Morning News to weigh in on the report and what this could mean for Maryland.

The victim walked into the Elmwood Park Police Department headquarters around 5:15 a.m. to report the robbery, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He told officers he had met a woman, later identified as Elizabeth Womack, 37, of Elmwood Park, outside the 7-Eleven at Market Street and Mola Boulevard...

Two New York men have been charged in a complex scheme involving HIV medication fraud and identity theft. The defendants, identified as Josue Torres and Anthony Guerra, are accused of manipulating e-prescribing platforms to issue fraudulent prescriptions for costly medications using stolen identities of doctors and...

Jurors are expected to begin deliberating in the sex trafficking case of Sean "Diddy" Combs. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti on what to expect this week.

At 1:50 a.m., Jersey City police responded to Ocean Avenue and Wegman Parkway for a report of a disorderly crowd and double parked cars and upon arrival, heard shots fired, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the Jersey City mayor's office said. Police rushed to Bidwell Avenue and Ocean Avenue where...

BRIDGETON — One of the four escapees from Delaney Hall attempted to turn himself in to the New Jersey State Police last week but was turned away, according to federal authorities. On June 12, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and three others broke out of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Students now get free OMNY cards. But not all of them. The MTA has not yet set a date for the fare hike, but the agency’s annual budget anticipates it would take effect in August. [ more › ]

While many regard New York City as the greatest city in the world, one new study found it to be among the worst-run in the country. WalletHub, an online financial advisory site, recently released a study of the Best- & Worst-Run Cities in America, with New York City ranking 145th out the county’s 148 largest cities,...

Monday, June 30, will be hot and muggy, with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s, according to the National Weather Service. By evening, showers and scattered storms are likely to develop in much of the region. The main event arrives after the calendar flips to July when a...