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Middle District of Pennsylvania

Lebanon Sextortionist Sentenced After Swindling $150K From Victim: USDOJ Lebanon Sextortionist Sentenced After Swindling $150K From Victim: USDOJ
Lebanon Sextortionist Sentenced After Swindling $150K From Victim: Usdoj A Lebanon man has admitted to sextorting someone out of $150,000, according to a release by the US Department of Justice on Tuesday, April 30. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that 35-year-old John Anthony Zayas was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo on Wednesday, April 24.  Zayas previously pleaded guilty to "extortion by interstate communication" as stated in the release. In the fall of 2022, he had threatened to "publicize intimate photos and images of the victim" if they did not…
Florida Man Ran Sex Trafficking Scheme In PA, Feds Say Florida Man Ran Sex Trafficking Scheme In PA, Feds Say
Florida Man Ran Sex Trafficking Scheme In PA, Feds Say A Florida man will spend decades behind bars for running an interstate sex trafficking ring, federal authorities have announced.  John Golom, 57, was sentenced to 405 months — almost 34 years — in federal prison, US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard Karam said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 17.  Prosecutors said Golom recruited two women and regularly shuttled them from Florida to the Poconos where he made them engage in prostitution. For four years from 2014 to 2018, Golom threatened, coerced and lied to the women while pocketing all of the ill-go…
PA Man Guilty Of Threatening To Commit ‘ISIS Style Beheading’ Of Federal Judges: USDOJ PA Man Guilty Of Threatening To Commit ‘ISIS Style Beheading’ Of Federal Judges: USDOJ
PA Man Guilty Of Threatening To Commit ‘ISIS Style Beheading’ Of Federal Judges: Usdoj A central Pennsylvania man has been found guilty of threatening to brutally murder federal and state judges, according to a release by the US Department of Justice. Keith Thomas Dougherty, 66, of Harrisburg, was found guilty of one count of “Mailing Threatening Communications” and two counts of “Interstate Communication with Threat to Injure,” after a three-day trial, according to the release. Dougherty made threats to injure and kill federal and state judges in the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania in May 2017, March 2019 and January 2020, as stated in the release. “To avoid …