Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Mark Lesko, will replace John Demers on an interim basis as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, a source familiar with the matter tells News 4. Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, currently the acting Chief Assistant to Lesko in...

Five individuals, including current and former JetBlue employees, were charged in federal court in Brooklyn Thursday with wire fraud in connection with allegedly making false statements to obtain more than $1 million in loans from the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, a program intended to provide relief to small businesses during the pandemic, prosecutors say. Orlando Sanay, 39, Keily…

Retired NYPD officer Robert Smith who, along with the two active duty NYPD officers, was charged last week with allegedly participating in a bribery scheme and who was separately charged with attempted distribution of heroin appeared via teleconference in federal court in Brooklyn Wednesday for a bail hearing.  Prosecutors argued that Smith should remain in custody saying he poses a…

A Brooklyn man was arrested early Tuesday by FBI agents in connection with his alleged participation in the events at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, law enforcement sources say. Anton Lunyk, 25, was arrested at his residence in the Midwood section of Brooklyn at 6 a.m.  He is charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct at the…

Another New York man was arrested for his role in the siege at the U.S. Capitol in January after law enforcement learned that he talked about storming the Capitol on social media and a dating app, according to prosecutors.

New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch entered a guilty plea in federal court in Manhattan Thursday to an information charging him with tax fraud. Prosecutors said Deutsch filed false and fraudulent income tax returns to the IRS in 2016.  Deutsch admitted claiming personal expenses as business expenses totaling $82,000. Deutsch represents the 48th District which includes Brighton Beach, Gravesend, and…

A 19-year-old Brooklynite is the latest person to be charged in connection with the deadly Capitol siege that took place earlier this year. Dovid Schwartzberg was charged with disorderly conduct in connection with the Jan. 6 events at the Capitol Building, law enforcement sources say. Schwartzberg, who is unemployed, surrendered at the FBI office in Manhattan Tuesday morning. He appeared…

A former Bridgeport man accused of throwing a lit Molotov cocktail at police amid a series of violent traffic stops in Brooklyn on Saturday told authorities he intended to “hurt the police” that day, federal officials detailed in court documents released Monday. Federal prosecutors called Lionel Virgile, 44, a flight risk and a community danger in their request Monday for…

An out-of-work electrician with a 2-month-old child has become the latest tri-state area arrest in connection to the deadly U.S. Capitol siege that took place Jan. 6, according to federal prosecutors.

Two former employees of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City are facing federal charges for allegedly stealing credit and debit cards from dead bodies and using them for gas, airfare and food. Charles McFadgen and Willie Garcon, both former mortuary technicians, allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the recently deceased on their cards, federal prosecutors…