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'Hazardous' Laser Strikes At PA Airport: Police 'Hazardous' Laser Strikes At PA Airport: Police
'Hazardous' Laser Strikes At PA Airport: Police Two laser strikes have been reported by air traffic controllers at a Pennsylvania airport on Tuesday, Oct. 29, police announced.  The "laser strikes" were reported by airport traffic controllers at Harrisburg International Airport "coming from an area approximately one mile north of the tower," Highspire police said.  The shining laser pointers were aimed at planes flying overhead, posing "a serious risk to the safety of the aircraft and people on the ground," police wrote in the release.  "This action is not only hazardous but also illegal," they added. "Aimi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Harrisburg Drunk Threatened Federal Employees With AR 15 In Bizarre Email: Affidavit Harrisburg Drunk Threatened Federal Employees With AR 15 In Bizarre Email: Affidavit
Harrisburg Drunk Threatened Federal Employees With AR 15 In Bizarre Email: Affidavit Federal workers were threatened by a Pennsylvania man, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday, July 17.  Thomas West, 44, of Harrisburg, has been in custody for more than five months after being ruled a flight risk, according to federal court documents obtained by Daily Voice. He was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to time served and one year of supervised release, starting on Tuesday, July 16, as detailed in the release.  The charge of "sending an interstate communication cont…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Depressed Dad Confesses To Incest: York DA Depressed Dad Confesses To Incest: York DA
Depressed Dad Confesses To Incest: York DA A 33-year-old dad from Red Lion has admitted to raping a child he is related to, authorities say.  Jeremy Nathaniel Fallbeck, was sentenced less than a month ago in connection with a federal child porn case— and now he has entered a guilty plea in another local case, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  He entered the guilty plea for rape by forcible compulsion, indecent sexual assault of a minor, and incest of a minor, according to a release by the York County DA on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.  He has already been sentenced to over 23 years imprisonment— or 280 months to b…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Bucks Man Planned To Kill Feds, Court Papers Say Bucks Man Planned To Kill Feds, Court Papers Say
Bucks Man Planned To Kill Feds, Court Papers Say New details are emerging in the case of a Bucks County man shot by a security guard outside the federal court complex in Philadelphia Tuesday, Jan. 17.  The suspect, now identified as Anthony Lombardo of Bristol, illegally parked his mini-van on 7th Street near the James A. Byrne US Courthouse in Center City at about 9:30 a.m., the FBI says in a federal criminal complaint.  When an officer approached the van and told him to move, authorities wrote that Lombardo exited his vehicle brandishing a knife and approached the security guard. The officer opened fire, wounding Lombardo, who fell to …

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by Mac Bullock
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$10 EACH: Pharmacist Charged With Selling COVID Vax Cards On eBay, Feds Warn Against Fakes $10 EACH: Pharmacist Charged With Selling COVID Vax Cards On eBay, Feds Warn Against Fakes
$10 Each: Pharmacist Charged With Selling COVID Vax Cards On eBay, Feds Warn Against Fakes A licensed pharmacist was arrested by federal agents Tuesday for selling COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay as government warnings against buying cards increased. Tangtang Zhao, 34, of Chicago worked for a pharmacy that distributed and administered vaccines – and with them the vax cards -- at its locations nationwide, Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. said. Zhao got his hands on 125 authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination cards that he sold to nearly a dozen different buyers for $10 each, Polite said. “Knowingly selling COVID vacc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Message App Shows How Pair Stole $10M Worth Of HIV Meds From NJ Veterans Hospital Feds: Message App Shows How Pair Stole $10M Worth Of HIV Meds From NJ Veterans Hospital
Feds: Message App Shows How Pair Stole $10M Worth Of HIV Meds From NJ Veterans Hospital UPDATE: Encrypted messages outline how a former pharmacy worker stole $10 million worth of HIV medications from a New Jersey veterans hospital with the help of a black-market fence from Bergen County, authorities charged. Surveillance cameras had already caught pharmacy tech Lisa M. Hoffman of Orange stealing the drugs from the shelves of the outpatient pharmacy at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in East Orange, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said earlier this year. According to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark this week,  federal agents also s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card
FBI: Don’t Even Think Of Using A Phony COVID Vaccination Card It was inevitable that there’d be a black market for COVID vaccination cards, which has prompted warnings from federal authorities. It might be tempting to print out and fill in a blank vaccination card you bought online -- or on the street. Just be warned: You’re not just putting others at risk. You’re also facing possible federal charges if you’re caught with a forged card, the FBI says. "If you did not receive the vaccine, do not buy fake vaccine cards, do not make your own vaccine cards, and do not fill-in blank vaccination record cards with false information," the bureau warns. "By …

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by Jerry DeMarco