Pork Buyers May Be Owed Money In $117M Settlements: See If You Qualify
You might be able to get paid if you bought certain pork products as part of $117 million in class action settlements.
The settlements cover people who purchased qualifying pork products for personal consumption from Saturday, June 28, 2014, through Saturday, June 30, 2018. The lawsuit claims several companies conspired to limit the supply of pork and increase prices.
Eligible consumers must have indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs, or pork chops, USA Today reported. An indirect purchase means the pork was bought f…
Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Lebanon: Police
A man was targeted in a fatal shooting in Pennsylvania, on Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, city police said.
Daniel Matos, 33, of Lebanon, was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound when officers responded to the first block of North Jones Street in the city at approximately 1:53 p.m., according to the Lebanon City Police Department.
Officers had been called to the block for a report of a gunshot victim, police said.
The preliminary investigation indicates Matos was targeted and the shooting was “not a random act of gunfire,” according to the release.
Police did not identify a suspect or a…
Netflix Show Takes Over Downtown Metuchen For Season 2 Filming
A New Jersey town got a Hollywood makeover this week.
Netflix's "Big Mistakes", produced by and starring Dan Levy, as well as Laurie Metcalf and Poorna Jagannathan, was filmed in and around Yestercades and Peterson Park, Mayor Jonathan M. Busch said on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Yestercades, a business in town, was transformed for the day into the fictional “Caputo’s Yarn & Crafts,” according to Busch.
According to Netflix’s Tudum, the series centers on Nicky, played by Levy, and Morgan, played by Taylor Ortega, siblings who become tangled up with organized crime after a botched theft meant t…
Person Falls Overboard In Susquehanna River, Helicopter Joins Search: Dauphin County Dispatch
A person fell overboard into the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, prompting a search near Hill Island involving boats, drones, and a State Police helicopter on Friday, Sept. 18, emergency dispatch said.
The water rescue call was logged at 5:23 p.m. on East Hill Island Road in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, according to dispatch records.
Rescue crews began searching the river near the island after the person went overboard, dispatch said.
Crews from Londonderry Township, Swatara Township, and Middletown were on the scene, along with responders from Cumberland, Lancaster, York, and …
23 Years After Joshua Crawford Was Murdered On His Birthday, Frederick Man Charged: Sheriff
For 23 years, the killing of Joshua Wayne Crawford never went away.
Now, a Maryland man has been arrested in the cold case murder of Crawford, who was found dead on what would have been his 21st birthday, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
Tavon Jamar Willis, 46, of Frederick, was taken into custody after a grand jury returned an indictment Friday morning connecting him to Crawford's 2003 murder, according to the sheriff's office.
Crawford was found murdered inside his Exeter Court apartment on July 2, 2003.
He would have turned 21 that day.
The Maryland…
Third Floor Of Virginia Motel Became Protected Drug, Sex Marketplace, Feds Say
The third floor wasn't just another place to spend the night.
Federal prosecutors say it became the moneymaker at a Virginia motel, where rooms cost extra for guests who wanted a protected place to buy and sell drugs or engage in commercial sex.
Now, the woman who helped run it is headed to federal prison for more than a decade.
Kosha Sharma, 53, who operated the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries with her husband, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 17, to 10 years and 10 months behind bars for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and managing a drug-involved premises, according to federal prosecutors.…
