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…
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…
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…
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…
West Chester University Student Gets 20 Years For Having 22K+ Images Of 'Sadistic' Child Porn West Chester University Student Gets 20 Years For Having 22K+ Images Of 'Sadistic' Child Porn
West Chester University Student Gets 20 Years For Having 22K+ Images Of 'Sadistic' Child Porn A former West Chester University student was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for his possession of more than 22,000 extremely graphic photos and videos of child pornography, federal authorities announced. Ryan Davis, 24, formerly of Glen Mills, (Delaware County) pleaded guilty in July 2019 to transporting and possessing "sadistic" pornography that depicted prepubescent children and included infants and toddlers being sexually abused, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. An investigation into Davis' online Dropbox account revealed that the …
FBI Called To PA Apartment After DIY Fireworks Go Wrong FBI Called To PA Apartment After DIY Fireworks Go Wrong
FBI Called To PA Apartment After DIY Fireworks Go Wrong A Mechanicsburg man is facing a weapons of mass destruction charge after a failed attempt to make fireworks, say police. Johnathan Park, 33, was arrested after he attempted to make fireworks on his bed in his apartment in 500 block of Geneva Drive, according to police. Upper Allen Township police and fire were called to the apartment complex for reports of a burn victim around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. Upon arrival crews found that Park's bed caught fire while he was attempting to making homemade fireworks. Neighborings in the complex were evacuated. Park's apartment had explosives and explo…
Feds: South Jersey Bookkeeper Stole $2.6M From Philly Corporation, Blew Funds On Luxury Trips Feds: South Jersey Bookkeeper Stole $2.6M From Philly Corporation, Blew Funds On Luxury Trips
Feds: South Jersey Bookkeeper Stole $2.6M From Philly Corporation, Blew Funds On Luxury Trips A former bookkeeper for the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) has been arrested on accusations she stole more than $2.6 million from the corporation over the course of seven years and blew the funds on gambling and luxury vacations, federal officials said. Angela DiPietro-Sabatine, 57, of Pennsauken, NJ, was charged by indictment with ten counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The DRWC is non-profit, quasi-governmental entity whose m…
Feds: Reading Woman Gets 15 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Girls Ages 15, 17 Feds: Reading Woman Gets 15 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Girls Ages 15, 17
Feds: Reading Woman Gets 15 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Girls Ages 15, 17 A Reading woman was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for sexually trafficking two teen girls in 2017, federal authorities announced Friday. Melissa Madera, 27, forced the 15- and 17-year-old girls into commercial sex and compensated the teens with Ecstasy and cocaine to ensure their compliance, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Madera had a sexually explicit image of one of the girls and used it on a commercial sex trafficking website, advertising the teen for sex acts at Berks County hotel locations such as the Quality Inn in Wyomissing…
Philly Man Who Threw Cinder Blocks At Driver Facing New Charges For Armed Robbery Of Pharmacy Philly Man Who Threw Cinder Blocks At Driver Facing New Charges For Armed Robbery Of Pharmacy
Philly Man Who Threw Cinder Blocks At Driver Facing New Charges For Armed Robbery Of Pharmacy A Philadelphia man who allegedly threw cinder blocks at a driver earlier this month is facing new charges for reportedly robbing a Kensington pharmacy, authorities announced. The indictment alleges that Gregory Stevens, 27, demanded oxycodone from a pharmacist at Universal Pharmacy on Kensington Avenue, to which the pharmacist told him it was in the back room of the pharmacy and led Stevens there to get it on Feb. 22, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams A struggle ensued when the pharmacist attempted to resist Stevens, and he shot the pharmacist …
Gunman Accused Of Firing Shots Into MontCo Democratic Committee Office Facing Federal Charges Gunman Accused Of Firing Shots Into MontCo Democratic Committee Office Facing Federal Charges
Gunman Accused Of Firing Shots Into MontCo Democratic Committee Office Facing Federal Charges A Pennsylvania gunman arrested by state authorities earlier this month is now facing federal charges after sending a threatening email to an executive and firing shots at the Montgomery County Democratic Committee Office on Jan. 20, authorities announced. Francis Nero, 48, of Eagleville, was federally charged on March 3 on charges of sending threatening communications and cyberstalking, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. MCDP Office Executive Director Brian Levy told Norristown police on Jan. 8 that he got a threatening email from someone on Ja…
Trio Indicted For Armed Robberies Of Delaware County Wawa Stores Trio Indicted For Armed Robberies Of Delaware County Wawa Stores
Trio Indicted For Armed Robberies Of Delaware County Wawa Stores Three men have been indicted for their involvement in two armed robberies of Delaware County Wawa stores in which they made off with $7,800 and more in 2019, authorities announced. The Indictment alleges that Quintel Martins, 27, of Drexel Hill, DeAndre Jackson, 23, of Newark, Deleware and Christopher Winfield, 22, of Wilmington, Delaware, committed an armed robbery of a Wawa in Wayne, Pennsylvania on June 17, 2019, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. It is also alleged that the trio committed an armed robbery of a Wawa in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania…
NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews
NJ Neo-Nazi Admits Masterminding Nationwide ‘Kristallnacht’ Attack On Blacks, Jews A New Jersey member of a hardcore neo-Nazi group admitted Friday that he convinced two fellow white supremacists to vandalize property owned by Blacks and Jews. Richard Tobin, 19, of Brooklawn, dubbed the nationwide campaign “Operation Kristallnacht,” after a 1938 pogrom in which German Nazis slaughtered more than 90 Jews and burned their homes, synagogues, stores and schools, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Tobin told a federal judge via video conference Friday that he “implored” two other members of “The Base” to break windows and slash tires, among other destru…