A 22-year-old man was charged with stalking, trespassing, burglary and criminal mischief after breaking into Taylor Swift’s townhouse in New York City. A Manhattan judge warned him not to go near the singer’s house again. Roger Alvardo allegedly used a ladder to climb through a window and enter Swift’s SoHo home. Authorities said he then…

Five New York doctors were charged for their participation in a scheme that involved accepting bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in return for prescribing large quantities of its highly addictive cancer painkiller. An indictment identified the doctors as Alexandru Burducea, Gordon Freedman, Dialecti Voudouris, Todd Schlifstein and Jeffrey Goldstein. Federal prosecutors said they…

An art forger previously convicted of selling knock-off paintings was arrested again on June 14 just over two weeks after being released from prison on similar charges. He was indicted on 11 counts in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Authorities accused Vincent Lopreto, 52, of selling around $400,000 worth of counterfeit Damien Hirst…

A Democratic activist and staffer for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration was arrested after police found thousands of child pornography photos and videos on his computer. Jacob Schwartz, 29, was charged with possessing a sexual performance by a child under the age of 16 and promoting a sexual performance by a child.…