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Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead speaks with the media, May 24, 2022, in New York. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File

Brooklyn preacher who boasted of ties to NYC mayor gets 9 years in prison for multiyear fraud

June 17 | Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A flashy Brooklyn preacher who has played up connections to New York City’s mayor was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison for multiple frauds. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 45, of Paramus, New Jersey, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Lorna G. Schofield, who said she didn’t see meaningful remorse from the Rolls Royce-driving bishop convicted […]

Breon Peace, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announces the guilty plea in the first case prosecuted under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which targets gun trafficking specifically. Photo: Peter K. Afriyie/AP

Undercover sting nabs Brooklyn woman for gun and drug trafficking

June 14 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A Brooklyn resident pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking firearms and distributing fentanyl and cocaine base on Wednesday and faces up to 35 years in prison following an undercover sting operation. Ariana Charles, 28, pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking firearms and conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base. The plea was entered […]

Cory Martin, a 36-year-old from Rosedale, Queens, was found guilty in federal court on Monday of dismembering a woman and attempting to collect life insurance.Photo courtesy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the EDNY

Canarsie Park carnage: Queens man convicted in grisly murder-for-insurance scheme

March 4 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A 36-year-old from Queens was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn on Monday on charges related to the murder and dismemberment of a woman in a scheme to collect life insurance benefits. The verdict against Cory Martin, of Rosedale, includes murder for hire, murder-for-hire conspiracy, wire-fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft and fraudulent use […]