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PA Dad Who Brought Gun To Fistfight Over Snapchat Post Heading To Prison: DA PA Dad Who Brought Gun To Fistfight Over Snapchat Post Heading To Prison: DA
PA Dad Who Brought Gun To Fistfight Over Snapchat Post Heading To Prison: DA A Pennsylvania father has been sentenced to serve up to seven years in prison for his role– of bring a gun to a fistfight, turned shooting– that all started as an argument on Snapchat, authorities announced on Friday. Mark Ivie Sr., 44, of Ephrata, pleaded nolo contendre, meaning he has accepted conviction but is not admitted guilt, to a felony charge of criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and a misdemeanor of simple assault in a negotiated guilty plea, leading to a three-and-a-half to seven-year sentence, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney’s office…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say
PA Sex Offender On 'Worst Teachers' List Caught Chatting Up Children On Snapchat, Police Say A former high school teacher and registered sex offender has been caught chatting with children on Snapchat, according to a release by police. Andrew Eberhart, 24, of Lebanon, previously posed online as a woman with the user name "Jordynmatter" on Instagram in an attempt to gather sexually explicit photos of young boys, the Lebanon district attorney stated following a year's long investigation in 2020. Eberhart might be a year older, but apparently is no wiser as an investigation was started in December because he was thought to be back at it again, but this time he was using Snapchat. Leb…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police
PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police A central Pennsylvania high school football coach has been charged with corrupting a minor after drunk texting a 16-year-girl, according to a release by police. Hempfield High School football coach, Thomas "Tommy" James Walker, 25, of Marietta sent messages about being "drunk and horny" to the girl on the social media platform SnapChat on Oct. 7 around 10:30 p.m., according to the police. The West Hempfield Township police department began investigating the matter after receiving a complaint from the girl and her parent "that a teacher from Hempfield sent her inappropriate messages," as st…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Teen TikToker Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions Teen TikToker Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions
Teen TikToker Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions A teen social media star from Connecticut is outearning some of the most successful CEOs in the US by millions of dollars, according to new reports by Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. With 133 million TikToker followers, 17-year-old Fairfield County resident Charli D'Amelio, of Norwalk, who started posting to TikTok in 2019 -- has the video-sharing app's largest following, Forbes says. Last year, she brought in $17.5 million. The median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies in 2020 was $13.4 million, the WSJ reports. Darren Woods was the highest-earning CEO of 2020, brin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PA Man Sentenced In July 4th Snapchat Shooting That Injured 4 PA Man Sentenced In July 4th Snapchat Shooting That Injured 4
PA Man Sentenced In July 4th Snapchat Shooting That Injured 4 A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 24 to 50 years behind bars for a Fourth of July shooting over a fight that began on Snapchat in 2020, authorities announced Thursday. Mark Ivie Jr., of Ephrata, was convicted of five counts of aggravated assault and multiple other charges after opening fire at a group of men with an AR-15 at his family's home on July 5, the Lancaster County DA said. Sentencing Judge Donald Totaro said he was not giving a “volume discount” due to there being multiple victims in the shooting, and ordered consecutive sentences for each victim.  A …

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat
FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating after fifteen school districts were threatened and thirteen schools have temporarily closed due to threats made on Snapchat, according to school officials. The threats were first made on Snapchat and the echoed on other social media outlets on Monday, Nov. 29, according to school administrators in the Pittsburgh area. Some of the districts affected were McKeesport Area Schools, North Hills School District, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and Propel Charter Schools, as stated in a report by KDKA. We are aware of a threat on a social med…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat
Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat An assistant middle school principal has been sentenced for soliciting nude photos of young girls, according to court documents and the Snyder County district attorney's office. Christopher Scott Morrison, 40, of New Bloomfield worked at Selinsgrove, Area School District during which time he used Snapchat to contact four girls ages 11 to 14, the Lewistown Sentinel reported court documents and according to the the release for the DA. He was suspended without pay and later resigned from the school before charges were filed in May 2020, according to the Sentinel's report. Morrison was charge…

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by Jillian Pikora
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LanCo. Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter For Shooting Over Snapchat Post, DA Says LanCo. Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter For Shooting Over Snapchat Post, DA Says
LanCo. Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter For Shooting Over Snapchat Post, DA Says An Ephrata Township man has been convicted of five counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter among other charges in connection with a shooting in July 2020, according to a statement released by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Mark Ivie Jr., 21, shot at a group of men with an AR-15 rifle after an altercation at the Ivie’s Ephrata home on Blackberry Lane that began over a Snapchat argument, according to the release. During the trial the jury heard testimony that a former coworker of Ivie Jr. posted a music video on Snapchat, which Ivie Jr. criticized, starting an argument on…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Social Media Threat Not Directed At North Penn School District, Police Say Social Media Threat Not Directed At North Penn School District, Police Say
Social Media Threat Not Directed At North Penn School District, Police Say A threat circulating on social media has no connection to the North Penn School District, authorities said. The apparent threat made on Snapchat originated out of state and was traced back to a school far from Pennsylvania, according to the Towamencin Police Department. "We contacted their police department directly who has an investigation underway and taken precautionary steps to protect their student body," police said in a statement Wednesday. "It appears as though this threat has been passed around for the past two or three days, impacting multiple states and school districts." There…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Gun Threat Prompts Police Presence At Parkland School District Gun Threat Prompts Police Presence At Parkland School District
Gun Threat Prompts Police Presence At Parkland School District Authorities in Lehigh County are investigating a possible threat made at the Parkland School District, reports say. The apparent threat made Monday includes circulating Snapchat posts of a handgun and two men with handguns that read “we are hitting up parkland with the gang and we’re shooting up the whole building," WFMZ reports. Parkland School District Possible Threat: An investigation was initiated after these Snapchat posts were brought to the attention of police. One reads “we are hitting up parkland with the gang and we’re shooting up the whole building.” @69News pic.twitter.com/o…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
DA: Bensalem Man Facing Dozens Of Additional Charges In 'Sextortion' Case DA: Bensalem Man Facing Dozens Of Additional Charges In 'Sextortion' Case
DA: Bensalem Man Facing Dozens Of Additional Charges In 'Sextortion' Case A Bensalem man who was charged in June for sexually extorting and harassing six victims now faces 40 additional charges after nine more victims were identified, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, was charged Tuesday morning with multiple counts each of child pornography, unlawful contact, corruption of minors, sexual extortion, stalking, terroristic threats, harassment, and cyber harassment of a child, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Pisarchuk has been held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility since failing to post 10 percent of $2,000,000 bail for sexually …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen
Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen A former Pennsylvania firefighter was sentenced to 10 to 20 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met on an online dating app in 2019, authorities said. Carlton Bell, 29, of Pottstown (Montgomery County), was arrested in January 2020, and pled guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual abuse of children in April 2021, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. On Dec. 24, 2019, East Coventry police received information that a 14-year-old child created a profile on Grindr, --  one of the largest social networking apps for g…

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by Nicole Acosta