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EXCLUSIVE: Woman Wanted For $600K Hospital Fraud Launches Suicide Fundraiser; East Hempfield PD EXCLUSIVE: Woman Wanted For $600K Hospital Fraud Launches Suicide Fundraiser; East Hempfield PD
Exclusive: Woman Wanted For $600K Hospital Fraud Launches Suicide Fundraiser; East Hempfield PD A New Jersey woman— with ties to multiple other states — is wanted for allegedly defrauding Pennsylvania hospitals of more than $600,000 by faking a sickle cell diagnosis and has been raising money online for assisted suicide in Switzerland, Pennsylvania State Police announced and GoFundMe confirmed to Daily Voice on Tuesday, March 18. Taleah McKnight, 30, also known as Abygail Brooks, Chemory Brooks, Taleah Brooks, and Leah Osei, has an active arrest warrant for theft by deception and theft of services, East Hempfield Township Police in Lancaster County said on Thursday, March 14. McK…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Steelton Mom Loses 3rd Son To Gun Violence Following Harrisburg Shooting Steelton Mom Loses 3rd Son To Gun Violence Following Harrisburg Shooting
Steelton Mom Loses 3rd Son To Gun Violence Following Harrisburg Shooting A mother has lost her third son to gun violence, according to a GoFundMe she launched to help her "bury [her] baby boy." Steelton mom, Cheryl Hughes's youngest son 20-year-old Azar Hughes was shot dead outside the Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center following a concert around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, July 5, authorities said and Daily Voice previously reported. Azar was the same age as his brother Malik Mundy when he was shot dead on Mother's Day in 2015, according to his obituary and Cheryl's social media.   My Baby Boys My Son’s 8 Months Apart 💔💔😭 Nooderz 9/13/14 Malik 5/…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole
NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole UPDATE: A South Jersey man who concocted a GoFundMe scheme with his then-girlfriend that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran is headed to federal prison. Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, must serve just about all of his plea-bargained 27-month sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He also must pay restitution and undergo gambling, drug and mental-health counseling under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden on Friday, April 1. Three years of supervision will als…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash
Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash UPDATE: The fake GoFundMe campaign for school bus driver, Lindsay Thompkins' family has been removed and his family has launched a real one. You can read more about it and find out how to donate here. ORIGINAL: The victims of a fatal school bus crash along Interstate 79 have been identified by police. Lindsay Thompkins, 31, of Aliquippa, Beaver County, was the driver of the school bus that crashed into a tractor-trailer near the Route 422 interchange on Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania state police.  The tractor-trailer driver Karandeep Singh, who was uninjured when the bus crashed int…

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by Jillian Pikora
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GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter
GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter GoFundMe has taken swift action after learning about a Cumberland County mom who lied about the her daughter's health while swindling the public to cover the medical bills. Shelley Noreika, 47 was charged after she claimed her daughter was sick, taking her to numerous doctors who gave her medicines, medical devices to assist her walking and surgically-placed a feeding tube directly into her intestine, all of which were medically unnecessary according to state police. When GoFundMe learned about the charges, the removed Noreika's campaign. Noreika has been banned from using the GoFundMe pla…

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by Jillian Pikora