Prosecutors say that between 2019 and 2025, the Ous allegedly used a Worcester-based check-cashing business to cash more than $57 million in payments received from client companies. Of that amount, more than $48 million was allegedly used to pay workers in cash without reporting the wages to the IRS or paying required employment taxes, according to officials.
Sean Brewer, 58, is also charged with illegally owning a firearm and ammunition in connection with the shooting death of Jacklyn Berry, 47. He appeared in an East Boston courthouse Tuesday and was ordered held at Suffolk County Jail in lieu of posting $100,000 cash bail, court records show. Brewer's defense attorney was not immediately available for comment.
According to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Tavaughn Thompson of the Bronx and an unidentified 27-year-old individual both exited a northbound A train at 125th Street around 8:35 p.m. on the evening of December 29, 2023. Upon exiting the train car without any apparent reason Thompson punched the victim multiple times, leaving bruising and pain on the left side of their face, according to authorities. Thompson allegedly called the victim an anti-gay slur multiple times before and after the alleged physical attack.
Sunny Manhertz, 40, made his initial appearance in a Boston federal courthouse this week as he was charged with one count of unlawful voting by an alien and one count of casting a ballot known to be fraudulent. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment. Manhertz's arrest comes as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pores over voter rolls in certain Massachusetts communities, searching for noncitizens who registered for or voted in federal elections, a DHS agent explained in an affidavit filed in court.
Bright Banda, of Meadow Lane, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Roscommon, is charged with 12 counts of deception at various addresses in Dublin, Westmeath, Longford and Roscommon between February 2023 and January 2026.
Four Labour activists have appeared in court for the first time after being charged in connection with claims that a party database was manipulated to help fix a candidate selection. Joel Bodmer, 40, his wife Shila Bodmer, 41, former Southend councillor Gabriel Leroy, 24, and former Croydon councillor Carole Bonner, 69, appeared only to confirm their names, dates of birth and addresses. Joel Bodmer, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.
McDonald's surveillance video from April 9 showed Santos, a night manager, apparently spitting into a fry carton and shoving fries into her mouth before filling the container and handing it off to a drive-thru customer, according to a Southbridge police report filed in court.
"Sideshows are not harmless gatherings," Jones Dickson said in a press statement issued Monday. "These illegal events routinely cause vandalism, reckless driving, injuries, property damage, and pose significant threats to public safety. Individuals who organize, promote, and facilitate these activities will be held accountable."
According to the prosecutor, in addition to cocaine, a hair analysis showed traces of ecstasy and amphetamines. Nyberg herself denies the allegations. Nyberg was pulled over in her car during the Christmas holidays and officers found a bag containing 1.18 grams of cocaine. She left the Sweden Democrats shortly thereafter and is currently an independent MP.
Nick Pasqual has been found guilty of attempted murder for stabbing his estranged ex-girlfriend over 20 times in 2024. Charges include first-degree residential burglary with a person present and injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend, or child's parent.
A South Shore med spa owner has agreed to plead guilty to illegally injecting clients with black market Botox he got from outside the U.S., federal prosecutors announced Friday. Rodrigo de Medeiros Siqueira, 33, of Quincy, was charged with misbranding a drug after shipment in interstate commerce with the intent to defraud or mislead, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Human labor traffickers frequently target vulnerable children, gaining their trust before isolating them and profiting from the child's forced labor. For three terrifying days, the victim's parents and law enforcement desperately searched for this missing teen, fearing the worst had happened.
