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You are subscribed to National Security news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. New York Man Who Made Numerous Threatening Communications is Sentenced 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT ELIJAH WHYTE, 30, of White Plains, New York, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to five years of probation for making numerous harassing and threatening communications. Haitian Gang Leader 'Barbecue' Indicted for Conspiracy to Violate U.S. Sanctions 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT An indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. charging Jimmy Cherizier, 48, of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Bazile Richardson, 48, a naturalized U.S. citizen, with leading a conspiracy to transfer funds from the United States to Cherizier, aka "Barbecue," to fund his gang activities in Haiti in violation of the U.S sanctions imposed on Cherizier, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Haitian Gang Leader 'Barbecue' Indicted for Conspiracy to Violate U.S. Sanctions 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT An indictment was unsealed today in U.S. District Court charging Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, 48, of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Bazile Richardson, also known as Fredo, Fred Lion, Leo Danger, and Lepe Blode, 48, a naturalized U.S. citizen, with leading a conspiracy to transfer funds from the United States to Cherizier to fund his gang activities in Haiti in violation of the U.S sanctions imposed on Cherizier.

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