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Burn Victim Airlifted After Overnight Mattress Fire In Pennsylvania Home Burn Victim Airlifted After Overnight Mattress Fire In Pennsylvania Home
Burn Victim Airlifted After Overnight Mattress Fire In Pennsylvania Home A person was flown to a hospital after a fire broke out inside a Pennsylvania home early Wednesday morning, firefighters said. Crews from the Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Association were dispatched to the 100 block of Sunbrook Drive in Chambersburg Borough for a reported house fire at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 17. While responding, firefighters learned the fire was in a closet, had reportedly been extinguished, and that one person had suffered burn injuries. Engine 1-1 arrived to find no visible fire from outside the home, but crews encountered light smoke conditions afte…
PA Doctor Admits To Exploiting 13-Year-Old Girl, Possessing Child Pornography PA Doctor Admits To Exploiting 13-Year-Old Girl, Possessing Child Pornography
PA Doctor Admits To Exploiting 13-Year-Old Girl, Possessing Child Pornography Warning: The following details may be disturbing to some readers. A former Lancaster County family medicine physician has been sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting a 13-year-old girl and possessing child pornography, authorities announced. Frank Yang Liu, 34, of Manheim, was sentenced by Judge Merrill Spahn after pleading guilty on Monday, April 21 to multiple felony offenses, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. He received a state prison sentence of three to nine years. Liu was originally charged after an investigation by the FBI’s Child Exploita…
ICE Detains NJ Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved ICE Detains NJ Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved
ICE Detains NJ Resident During Child Porn Raid, But Family Says He Wasn't Involved A man was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a federal raid in New Jersey, even though he was not the subject of the investigation, according to officials and immigrant advocacy groups. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that a search warrant was executed on the 800 block of Asbury Avenue in Ocean City (Cape May County) as part of an ongoing child exploitation investigation on Tuesday, July 29.  Prosecutor Jeffrey Sutherland said the warrant stemmed from a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which identifi…
Retired PA Police Officer Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Material, AG Says Retired PA Police Officer Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Material, AG Says
Retired PA Police Officer Caught With Child Sexual Abuse Material, AG Says A retired Pennsylvania police officer is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Wednesday, July 23. Peter J. Benedict Jr., 68, of Beaver County, was charged with 11 felony counts — including possession of child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communication facility — after agents searched his home earlier this week, according to AG Sunday. Benedict had served as a police officer in Beaver County and worked as a school resource officer between 2022 and 2023. He retired from law enforcement in 2023. Authorities stressed that th…
Pulitzer-Winning Washington Post Journalist Found With Child Porn On Work Laptop: DOJ Pulitzer-Winning Washington Post Journalist Found With Child Porn On Work Laptop: DOJ
Pulitzer-Winning Washington Post Journalist Found With Child Porn On Work Laptop: DOJ A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist is accused of having child porn on his work laptop, federal prosecutors announced Friday, June 27. Thomas Pham LeGro, 48, was arrested on Thursday after FBI agents searched his Washington, DC home and seized multiple electronic devices, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. His first court appearance was held Friday in U.S. District Court in DC. LeGro was charged with possession of child pornography, officials said. Investigators discovered 11 child sexual abuse videos in a folder on LeGro’s work-issued laptop, according to the DOJ…
Bucks County Man Faces Child Pornography Charges, Police Say Bucks County Man Faces Child Pornography Charges, Police Say
Bucks County Man Faces Child Pornography Charges, Police Say A 27-year-old Warrington man was arrested on child pornography charges last week, according to township police.  Derrick A. Carthon is being held on a $250,000 bond, court records show.  Authorities received six cyber tips from X.com, formerly known as Twitter, related to accounts associated with Carthon, police said. They searched his home on July 23 and seized multiple electronic devices before taking him into custody, according to officials.  Carthon has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Aug 12.