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FEDS: Philly Man Convicted Of Raping Child, Charged For Hiding Crime To Obtain U.S Citizenship FEDS: Philly Man Convicted Of Raping Child, Charged For Hiding Crime To Obtain U.S Citizenship
Feds: Philly Man Convicted Of Raping Child, Charged For Hiding Crime To Obtain U.S Citizenship A Philadelphia man who was convicted of raping a child for eight years was indicted for concealing that crime to obtain U.S citizenship, federal authorities said. Approximately 14 months after he was granted U.S citizenship, Sumo Dukulah, 47, was arrested for raping a child, beginning when she was eight years old in 2004 and continuing until March 2013 when she was 16 years old, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Dukulah was later convicted of those charges and is currently serving a state sentence of 31-63 years in prison. When Dukulah a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philly Middle School Teacher Who Sexted Student Gets 15 Years In Prison Philly Middle School Teacher Who Sexted Student Gets 15 Years In Prison
Philly Middle School Teacher Who Sexted Student Gets 15 Years In Prison A former Philadelphia middle school teacher was sentenced to 15 years in prison following the discovery of sexually explicit text conversations with his 12-year-old student in 2019, federal authorities said. Christopher O’Sullivan, 32, in October 2020 pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of a minor, and one count of production of child pornography, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Court documents allege that over the course of several weeks in June and July 2019, O’Sullivan sent a series of "sexually suggestive" text messages to a 1…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: Philly Corrections Officer, Inmate, GF Trafficked $69K In Drugs, Phones Into Prison Feds: Philly Corrections Officer, Inmate, GF Trafficked $69K In Drugs, Phones Into Prison
Feds: Philly Corrections Officer, Inmate, GF Trafficked $69K In Drugs, Phones Into Prison A 33-year-old Philadelphia Corrections Officer was federally charged with trafficking as much as $69,000 in drugs and smuggling cell phones into a prison, authorities announced. A 36-year-old inmate and his 42-year-old girlfriend -- both of Philadelphia -- were charged as co-conspirators in the seven-count indictment, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. Officer Haneef Lawton, inmate Kernard Murray and Charene Stallings were charged with one count of conspiracy, two counts of federal program bribery, and distribution (and possession with intent to distri…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Man Charged With Kidnapping, Robbery Of Postal Workers Using Replica Handgun Philadelphia Man Charged With Kidnapping, Robbery Of Postal Workers Using Replica Handgun
Philadelphia Man Charged With Kidnapping, Robbery Of Postal Workers Using Replica Handgun A Philadelphia man was arrested after he robbed and kidnapped postal workers with a replica handgun as they were delivering parcels in West Philadelphia, authorities announced. The indictment alleges that James Chandler, 54, forced the workers into their postal trucks and stole packages on Jan. 11 and Feb. 4, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Chandler is also accused to have forced a postal worker at gunpoint to drive him for several blocks in her postal truck before fleeing on foot during the Feb. 4 incident, Williams said. “Target…

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by Nicole Acosta
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'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing': PA Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Abuse Of Kenyan Orphans 'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing': PA Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Abuse Of Kenyan Orphans
'Wolf In Sheep's Clothing': PA Man Gets 15 Years For Sex Abuse Of Kenyan Orphans A Lancaster County man is facing decades behind bars for sexually abusing four minor children, two as young as 11-years-old, in an orphanage in which he and his wife operated in the Republic of Kenya, authorities said. Gregory Dow, 61, and his family traveled from Lancaster County to Boito, Kenya to start an orphanage known as the Dow Family Children’s Home, in 2008, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. The orphanage remained in operation for nearly a decade with financial support from donors in the United States, including churches and other faith-ba…

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by Nicole Acosta