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Syrian Refugee Pleads Guilty To ISIS Bomb Threat At Pittsburgh Church Syrian Refugee Pleads Guilty To ISIS Bomb Threat At Pittsburgh Church
Syrian Refugee Pleads Guilty To ISIS Bomb Threat At Pittsburgh Church A Syrian refugee has pleaded guilty in connection to an Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham bomb threat at a church in Pittsburgh. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 23, of Pittsburgh, pleaded guilty on Thursday to one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS in relation to his plan to attack Legacy International Worship Center located at 2131 Wilson Ave in Pittsburgh in 2019, according to the US Department of Justice. Alowemer came to the US as a refugee escaping the Syrian Civil War on Aug. 1, 2016. He lived in an apartment in Northview Heights, Pittsburgh with his parents and sibling…

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by Daily Voice Staff
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FAMILY AFFAIR: Philly Man Admits Attempted Armed Bucks County Bank Robbery With Sons FAMILY AFFAIR: Philly Man Admits Attempted Armed Bucks County Bank Robbery With Sons
Family Affair: Philly Man Admits Attempted Armed Bucks County Bank Robbery With Sons A Philadelphia man admitted to an attempted armed bank robbery in Bucks County in which his two sons were his accomplices, authorities said. In Jan. 2018, Ronald DeWitt Vines, 47, was charged by Indictment for attempting to commit armed robbery of the PNC Bank branch on Buck Road in Holland in late 2017, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. On the day of the incident, Vines placed a handgun against the side of a bank employee’s head, forcing her to open the bank door as she arrived for work that morning, and then forcing her inside the bank, auth…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: PA US Golf Worker Resold US Open Tickets Worth $3.4M For Profit Feds: PA US Golf Worker Resold US Open Tickets Worth $3.4M For Profit
Feds: PA US Golf Worker Resold US Open Tickets Worth $3.4M For Profit A Pennsylvania man employed by the United States Golf Association was charged with federal fraud for reselling U.S. Open tickets worth $3.4 million for profit, authorities said. Robert Fryer, 39, of Perkasie, is accused of stealing more than 23,000 U.S. Open admission tickets for the 2013 U.S. Open held at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA, and continuing through the 2019 U.S. Open held at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, CA, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. He sold those tickets to third-party ticket brokers in return for …

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by Nicole Acosta
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SURRENDERED: Pickup Driver With Alleged Bomb In Custody, Identified SURRENDERED: Pickup Driver With Alleged Bomb In Custody, Identified
Surrendered: Pickup Driver With Alleged Bomb In Custody, Identified IN CUSTODY: A man who held police at bay outside the Library of Congress for nearly five hours on Thursday told President Biden in a livestream from the scene that he had enough explosives in his pickup to blow up 2½ city blocks and was "ready to die for a cause," while claiming there were other bombs planted in the nation's capital. Floyd Ray Roseberry of North Carolina "was just taken into custody moments ago," Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger told reporters at 2:30 p.m. "He's been moved away from the scene." Manger then left without answering questions. Roseberry livestreamed on Face…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DA: 5 People Arrested For MontCo, Philly, Berks, Lancaster County Gun Trafficking Ring DA: 5 People Arrested For MontCo, Philly, Berks, Lancaster County Gun Trafficking Ring
DA: 5 People Arrested For MontCo, Philly, Berks, Lancaster County Gun Trafficking Ring Five Pennsylvanians were arrested for operating a straw purchase gun trafficking ring in Montgomery, Philadelphia, Berks, and Lancaster counties, authorities said Friday. Daveese Smith, 21, of Norristown; Darell Smith, 25, of Philadelphia; Maliqa Jack, 25 of Pottstown; Donaya Williams, 22, of Philadelphia; and Tanisha Allen (AKA Tanisha Smith), 42, of Norristown are accused of illegally obtaining and reselling 14 firearms, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Some of the suspects were arrested and charged in February when DA Kevin Steele initially announced th…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Pa. Man Accused Of Rape, Making Child Porn Was Vocal About Depression On Facebook Pa. Man Accused Of Rape, Making Child Porn Was Vocal About Depression On Facebook
Pa. Man Accused Of Rape, Making Child Porn Was Vocal About Depression On Facebook A father from York has been arrested on federal charges related to child porn, according to the US Department of Justice. Jeremy Nathaniel Fallbeck, 31, of York, has been charged with producing, receiving, and coercing child pornography and enticing a child to engage in unlawful sexual activity on Aug. 4. The charges stem from an investigation into unlawful sexual activity from on or about January 9, 2019 until on or about August 25, 2019, in York County, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler. During that time Fallbeck became a father for the second time, welcoming his first…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Feds: Philly Man Indicted For Bucks, Delaware County Sex Trafficking Ring Feds: Philly Man Indicted For Bucks, Delaware County Sex Trafficking Ring
Feds: Philly Man Indicted For Bucks, Delaware County Sex Trafficking Ring A Philadelphia man was charged by Indictment for operating a sex trafficking ring in Philadelphia, Bucks, and Delaware counties, federal authorities said. Kevin Smith, 27, is accused of "knowingly recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, and maintaining" a minor for the purpose of forcing them into prostitution for about a week in September 2019, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Investigators also allege that Smith operated a sex trafficking ring various times over a period of two years from July 2015 to July 2017, authorities said. During …

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by Nicole Acosta
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FEDS: Philadelphia Man Admits Years-Long Sexual Abuse Of 8-Year-Old Girl FEDS: Philadelphia Man Admits Years-Long Sexual Abuse Of 8-Year-Old Girl
Feds: Philadelphia Man Admits Years-Long Sexual Abuse Of 8-Year-Old Girl A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty to seven counts of manufacturing child pornography following an indictment that alleges he sexually abused an 8-year-old girl for more than two years and kept a photo and video record of the assaults, federal authorities announced. When Philadelphia police served an arrest warrant for Herbert Smith, 33, for his sexual assault of a different nine-year-old victim, they discovered him lying in bed with that victim, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Police seized Smith’s digital devices, and the subsequent forensic ana…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: Jersey Shore Swindler Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands From Philly Start-Up Feds: Jersey Shore Swindler Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands From Philly Start-Up
Feds: Jersey Shore Swindler Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands From Philly Start-Up A Jersey Shore hustler embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars in investments from a Philadelphia-based tech startup when he was its chief operating officer, federal authorities have charged. Joseph Geromini, 54, of Linwood told investors who contributed roughly $2.25 million that he would use their money to help build the company, which developed blood testing for various diseases, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Camden alleges. The Atlantic County resident promised to “further develop and commercialize its products and services, for lab expenses, and to pay employee s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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Chester County Man Charged With Tax Evasion -- Again Chester County Man Charged With Tax Evasion -- Again
Chester County Man Charged With Tax Evasion -- Again A 51-year-old Chester County man previously convicted on tax evasion charges in 2016 has been charged again for avoiding to pay most of the $5 million in restitution in that case, federal authorities announced. An indictment alleges that Michael Goldner, 51, of Paoli, accrued approximately $1,858,740 in tax debt between 2013 and 2017 and in 2016 involved himself in a scheme to avoid payments, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Goldner allegedly had his employer make payments to Goldner's wife to pay for personal expenses including the mort…

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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