Tyshon Young, a/k/a “Young Money,” a/k/a “Young Boy,” 30, of Asbury Park, and Matthew Miller, a/k/a “Star,” 41, of Neptune, were sentenced to 21 and 36 months in prison, respectively today by U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing heroin and cocaine throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
Young and Miller previously pleaded guilty before Judge Sheridan to separate informations charging them with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.
Miller has been in federal custody since his March 2014 arrest and has thus already served more than half of the sentence imposed by Judge Sheridan today, according to Fishman’s spokesman William Skaggs. Young was in custody for roughly a month before making his $100,000 bail in early May of 2014, Skaggs said in a phone interview.
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Posted: December 22nd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News, Neptune, U.S. Attorney | Tags: Asbury Park, Heroin Distribution, Matthew Miller, Monmouth County News, Neptune, Tyshon Young, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | 4 Comments »
Martin Wolmark, a 57 year old Orthodox Rabbi from Monesy,NY, was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to coerce a Jewish man to grant his wife a “get”, a religious divorce, through violence and threats of violence, a according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
Wolmark pleaded guilty in February.
On Aug. 7, 2013, Wolmark spoke with a woman and her brother about obtaining a Jewish divorce from the woman’s recalcitrant husband. A get is a divorce document which, according to Jewish Law, must be presented by a husband to his wife to effect their divorce. Unbeknownst to Wolmark, the woman and the brother were actually undercover FBI agents.
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Posted: December 14th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment | Tags: Divorce, Martin Wolmark, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | 1 Comment »
NEWARK–A third member of a close circle of friends tied together in an investigation spanning across New Jersey, New York and to the Middle East, pleaded guilty Thursday of attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Nader Saadeh, a 20-year-old from Rutherford taken into custody shortly after arriving Jordan last May, admitted in a court… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 10th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, War on terror | Tags: ISIL, ISIS, Nader Saadeh, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, War of terror | Comments Off on NYC bomb plot revealed in guilty plea of N.J. ISIS supporter
180 Turning Lives Around, the Hazlet based non-profit dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence in our community, has been awarded a $255,284 federal Transitional Housing Assistance Program grant, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
180 will partner with Long Branch Concordance and contracted service providers to support 10 families in the 180 agency owned scattered site townhomes.
180’s Families in Transition Program provides women and their children with a safe home for up to 18 months. Support services include career counseling, financial management, life skills training and assistance in obtaining housing.
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Posted: September 21st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Justice Department, Monmouth County News, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney | Tags: 180 Turning Lives Around, Domestic Violence, Long Branch Concordance, Sexual Violence, Transitional Housing Assistance, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | Comments Off on 180 Turning Lives Around Receives Federal Grant
NEWARK — A former Monmouth County postal worker was arrested Friday for stealing more than $30,000 in federal tax refund checks through a scheme to steal the identity of others, New Jersey federal prosecutors say. Luis Martin, 24, of Trenton, was charged with stealing government funds when he was arrested by special agents from the IRS’… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 23rd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Paul Fishman | Tags: IRS, IRS criminal division, Luis Martin, Monmouth County, Trenton, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, U.S.Post Office, USPS | Comments Off on Ex-postal worker stole IRS refund checks, feds allege
Layne Bracht
Layne Bracht, 32, of Highlands, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison today for uploading images of child sexual abuse to an online file-sharing network, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
A repeat offender who was convicted in 2006 of possession of child pornography, Bracht admitted in October of 2013 that he knowingly placed images and videos depicting child sexual abuse into shared folders that others could access via a peer-to-peer network. Special agents of the FBI executed a search warrant at his residence in Highlands on Jan. 15, 2014 and seized digital evidence that contained numerous videos and images depicting child sexual abuse, including material involving prepubescent minors and sadistic or masochistic conduct. The digital evidence seized included three files previously downloaded from Bracht by law enforcement agents working in an undercover capacity on the peer-to-peer network. Brach has been in federal custody since his January 2014 arrest. He pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas on December 2, 2014.
In addition to the prison term, Judge Irenas sentenced Bracht to serve 15 years of supervised release.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Crime, Crime and Punishment, Highlands, Monmouth County | Tags: Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni, Child Pornography, Highlands, Layne Bracht, Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | Comments Off on Highlands Man Gets 121 months for child porn
NEWARK —Federal prosecutors are trying to keep secret more than 1.5 million pages of documents connected to the investigation into the George Washington Bridge scandal, which led to criminal charges earlier this month against two former associates of Gov. Chris Christie. Defense attorneys, however, argue that there is no justification for such a broad request, and… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 20th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate | Tags: Bill Baroni, Bridgegate, Bridget Ann Kelly, Defense Attorneys, Evidence, Michael Baldassare, Michael Critchely, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | Comments Off on Bridgegate prosecutors want to keep secret 1.5 M pages of documents
Lt. Gov Kim Guadagno, center, with former Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French, right and Sui Allex, a Marlboro GOP Council candidate, at the launch of the We Care About NJ PAC on Tuesday evening.
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno has been cleared by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in the allegations against her made by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, according to a report at NJ.com.
After months of praising the Christie Administration after Superstorm Sandy, Zimmer used the media frenzy when the Bridgegate story broke in January of 2014 to become famous by alleging that Guadagno shook her down seven months earlier.
The mayor said that Guadagno told her, on behalf of Governor Christie, that Hoboken’s Sandy recovery aide was tied to Zimmer pushing through a development application for the Rockefeller Group. The shakedown allegedly happened at a supermarket ribbon cutting ceremony in May of 2013. Zimmer suddenly remembered the shakedown in January of 2014 when the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal was dominating the news.
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Posted: May 1st, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken, Kim Guadagno, Monmouth County, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney | Tags: Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | 2 Comments »
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman
NEWARK — In between variations of ‘no comment,’ U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul J. Fishman made a handful of notable comments during the Friday afternoon Bridgegate press conference. On Friday, former Port Authority director of interstate projects David Wildstein pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy. Indictments were then unsealed against another former Port Authority… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 1st, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Bridgegate, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney | Tags: Bridgegate, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | Comments Off on 7 notable Paul Fishman quotes from the Bridgegate press conference
Bridget Ann Kelly, texting, with Governor Chris Christie and Michelle Brown at Seaside Park fire, September 12, 2013. Photo credit: Phil Stilton, OCSignal.com
NEWARK — Two key figures in the Bridgegate scandal — Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly — were each indicted on nine counts, according to court documents unsealed Friday. Baroni, the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Kelly, a former deputy chief of staff of Gov. Chris… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: May 1st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Bridgegate | Tags: Bill Baroni, Bridgegate, Bridget Ann Kelly, Chris Christie, David Wildstein, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman | Comments Off on Bridgegate: Bill Baroni, Bridget Kelly indicted on 9 counts
Tyshon Young, a/k/a “Young Money,” a/k/a “Young Boy,” 30, of Asbury Park, and Matthew Miller, a/k/a “Star,” 41, of Neptune, were sentenced to 21 and 36 months in prison, respectively today by U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing heroin and cocaine throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
