WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW YORK Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City arrested a Jamaican national for immigration violations Aug. 6 in the Bronx. The Jamaican noncitizen previously served 28 years for a homicide conviction. "Our Fugitive Operations Team arrested this individual whose violent criminal past clearly shows him to be a danger to our New York community," said  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: Patrick Dai, 22, formerly a junior at Cornell University and originally from Pittsford, New York, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and a special assessment in the amount of $100 for posting threats to kill or injure another person using interstate communications. "Every student has the right to pursue their education without fear of   more

UPTON, New York, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Department of Energy Office of Science recognizes Brookhaven physicist for her leadership in neutrino studies and for mentoring young scientists * * * Physicist Mary Bishai of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has been named a 2024 DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow. The honor recognizes her "enduring  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging John Bolden and Anthony Carreira, who are detectives employed by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Jacqueline Johnson and Christian McKenzie with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The defendants were charged with engaging in a scheme to submit fraudulent applications for loans  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against OTC Link LLC, a New York-based broker-dealer, for failing to file numerous reports of suspicious financial transactions, known as Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), for a period of more than three years. OTC Link agreed to pay $1.19 million to settle the charges. To help detect potential securities law and mone  more

UPTON, New York, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * By characterizing sources of energy loss and optimizing quantum circuits, scientists have reached a major performance milestone for quantum devices * * * Scientists from Yale University and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a systematic approach to understanding how energy is lost from the materials that  more