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Fake Caregivers, Kickbacks In $1.76M Medicaid Scheme Lands Philly-Area Mom, Daughter In Prison
A home care agency owner whose daughter was already jailed in a massive Medicaid fraud case is now headed to state prison herself, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Stephanie Mobley, 54, of King of Prussia, owned ComfortZone Home Health Care, LLC, where prosecutors say she approved kickback arrangements, assigned phony caregivers to clients, and recruited clients to participate in the scheme.
A Montgomery County judge sentenced Mobley to 17 months to 10 years in state prison and ordered her to pay $1.76 million in restitution on Wednesday, Aug. 19, ac…
Philly Contractor Takes Nearly $180K, Leaves Home Projects Unfinished: Police
A contractor is accused of taking nearly $180,000 from homeowners for renovation projects that were never started or left unfinished, police announced on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Shawn Hagan, 46, of Philadelphia, owner of Hagan Home Concepts, was charged following a multi-jurisdictional investigation by Bensalem and Middletown township police, according to the release.
The investigation involved three homeowners who reported paying Hagan a combined $178,291 for projects estimated to cost more than $300,000, police said.
A Bensalem resident hired Hagan to build a home addition for an estimated $7…
Arrests Made In Millville Double Murder: Prosecutor
A 50-year-old Millville man has been arrested in a double murder after he opened fire on a vehicle carrying four people, killing two of them, authorities said.
Daniel L. Gilmore Jr. was taken into custody Wednesday, Aug. 19, three days after Ashley Brown, 32, of Millville, and Andy Steven Brazil, 32, of Vineland, were shot and killed, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said.
At 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, Millville police responded to 815 N. High St. and found Brown and Brazil suffering from gunshot wounds, Webb-McRae said. Both were pronounced dead, Web…
Atlantic County Man Posed As Religious Solicitor To Meet ‘13-Year-Old’ In PA: Prosecutors
A New Jersey man who drove to Pennsylvania dressed as a religious solicitor to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex has been sentenced, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 19.
The case began when Oscar Castillo-Peralta, 54, of Pleasantville, NJ, started chatting on a social media app with someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl on Jan. 30, 2025, authorities said. Bensalem police previously identified the app as KIK.
The pair exchanged phone numbers and continued communicating by text, with the conversations becoming sexual over the following weeks, investigators s…
