Tag: US Customs and Border Protection
Poughkeepsie Nurse's Daughter Orphaned In Parents' Murder-Suicide: $122K Raised
A young girl left without either parent after a murder-suicide involving a Poughkeepsie family's daughter has received an outpouring of support, with more than $122,000 raised for her future.
Lillyanna lost her mother, Andrea Cantarini, 37, a nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, and her father, Juan Cornelio Diaz, 38, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Andrea's father, retired NYPD officer Rudy Cantarini of Poughkeepsie, said he spent 14 agonizing minutes on the phone with his daughter as Diaz held a gun to her head before fatally shooting her and then himself insi…
Retired Cop From Poughkeepsie Stayed On Phone With Daughter Before Her Death In Murder-Suicide
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.
Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.
Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
Fake Caregiver Kickbacks In $1.76M Medicaid Scheme Lands King Of Prussia Mom, Daughter In Jail
A home care agency owner whose daughter was already jailed in a massive Medicaid fraud case is now headed to state prison herself, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Stephanie Mobley, 54, of King of Prussia, owned ComfortZone Home Health Care, LLC, where prosecutors say she approved kickback arrangements, assigned phony caregivers to clients, and recruited clients to participate in the scheme.
A Montgomery County judge sentenced Mobley to 17 months to 10 years in state prison and ordered her to pay $1.76 million in restitution on Wednesday, Aug. 19, ac…
Family Charged In Murder Of Missing NJ Man: Camden County Prosecutor
Three people, a husband and wife and their son are charged with murdering a Deptford man whose body remains missing, authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 11.
On Saturday, June 14, Harold Miller, a Deptford man was reported missing after he was playing cards with friends on Thursday, June 12, County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez said.. Miller's empty vehicle was located in Pennsauken on June 14, authorities said.
During the investigation, detectives located surveillance video and cell phone data that showed Miller entered a residence on the …
Stacks Of Cash Stuffed In Suitcases Seized At Dulles, Traveler Loses Global Entry: CBP
Holiday travelers were reminded of federal cash reporting laws after more than $111,000 in unreported currency was seized at Dulles International Airport this month, officials said.
During August, US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Sterling airport stopped multiple travelers carrying undeclared stacks of cash that far exceeded the $10,000 federal reporting threshold, CBP announced Friday, Aug. 29.
The biggest bust came on Saturday, Aug. 2, when officers seized $77,135 from a Global Entry trusted traveler headed to Lome, Togo.
In that instance, the traveler’s Global Entr…
104 Pounds Of Psychedelic Powder Worth $80K Seized In Baltimore Bust, Officials Say
Customs officers in Baltimore stopped more than 100 pounds of a powerful psychedelic drug that was on its way to Harford County, officials announced.
On Monday, Aug. 25, US Customs and Border Protection officers seized 103 pounds and 10 ounces of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an LSD-like hallucinogen with a street value of about $80,000, according to CBP.
"DMT, a Schedule I controlled substance, is used for its psychedelic and hallucinogenic effects and was a popular drug of abuse in the 1960s," officials said. "Today, DMT is still encountered on the illicit market with other tryptamine ha…
$1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Philly Port
Customs officers in Philadelphia just reeled in a whopper — but it wasn’t fish.
US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 57 pounds of ketamine hydrochloride, a dangerous anesthetic often abused at raves and by sexual predators, during multiple parcel inspections in late June, the agency announced on Thursday, July 3.
The drugs, which had a street value of about $1.5 million, were being smuggled from Europe to South Florida, hidden inside fishing rods, toys, picture frames, and other everyday items.
CBP officers weren't playing around after they found nine pounds of keta…
