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Pair Convicted Of Kidnapping Teen From Philly, Holding Him In NJ Apartment
A Leonia man and an accomplice from California were convicted of kidnapping a teenager from Philadelphia and bringing him to Bergen County, where the ringleader of their group was shot and killed during a daring and dramatic rescue by the FBI.
Eduardo Castelan-Prado, 39, of Leonia, and Jose Ochoa, 32, of Moreno Valley, CA, and their unidentified partner snatched the 17-year-old victim at gunpoint from outside the restaurant where he worked last June 14, apparently to convince his father to pay a drug debt of hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities said.
The men brought the boy to a ga…
Feds: South Jersey Bookkeeper Stole $2.6M From Philly Corporation, Blew Funds On Luxury Trips
A former bookkeeper for the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) has been arrested on accusations she stole more than $2.6 million from the corporation over the course of seven years and blew the funds on gambling and luxury vacations, federal officials said.
Angela DiPietro-Sabatine, 57, of Pennsauken, NJ, was charged by indictment with ten counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said.
The DRWC is non-profit, quasi-governmental entity whose m…
Philadelphia Officer Gets 14 Years For Distributing Child Porn While On Duty
A 49-year-old Philadelphia police officer was sentenced to 14 years in state prison, 20 years of supervised release and ordered to pay more than $100,000 for distributing child pornography while on duty, federal officials said..
James Strohm, 49, was also ordered to pay $79,000 in restitution and more than $27,000 in special assessments by United States District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh, First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said.
Strohm, a 20-year member of the Philadelphia Police Department, in July 2019 pleaded guilty to one count of posse…
