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PA City Has 3K+ Undeliverable Or Flawed Ballots That May Not Get Counted: Officials PA City Has 3K+ Undeliverable Or Flawed Ballots That May Not Get Counted: Officials
PA City Has 3K+ Undeliverable Or Flawed Ballots That May Not Get Counted: Officials Philadelphia has almost 3,500 mail-in and absentee ballots with issues that could keep them from being counted as of Wednesday, Oct. 30, according to the City Commissioners. These ballots either came with unverifiable identification or are otherwise undeliverable or potentially flawed to the point that they can't be counted in the Tuesday, Nov. 5 General Election, a news release issued by the Philadelphia City Commissioners states. For a full list of the ballots in question, click here. Unverifiable identification issues come from voters whose identification couldn't be verified, according…
Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops
Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops A couple from Secaucus is facing a litany of charges after scamming residents in multiple states out of more nearly $2.2 million, police said. Akeem Lee and Majda Hodzic-Lee called victims in Florida, Minnesota, Arizona, Kansas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, saying they'd won the "Publishers Clearing House Lottery," Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. In exchange for the vehicles and large sums of money the victims were told they won, they were required by Lee and Hodzic-Lee to send cash, money orders and/or gift cards for taxes, fees and IRS …
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police A 47-year-old man is accused of seriously assaulting a US Postal Service worker over undelivered mail, Susquehanna Regional Police announced on Tuesday, March 26.  James Gordon Moore "was upset about a package not being delivered [...] Moore jumped over the counter and punched the victim in the head several times before being knocked unconscious," the USPS employee told the SRPD officers.  Officers were called to the scene of the assault at the Marietta Post Office located at 16 North New Haven Street at 12:56 p.m. on Monday, March 25. The postal worker was found "lying behind th…
Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring
Pounds Of Cocaine Seized In Pennsylvania Helps Convict Last Member Of Puerto Rican Drug Ring The seventh and final member of a drug smuggling ring that ran from Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania — has been convicted, according to a release by the US Department of Justice on Nov. 16.  Moniqua Ramirez, 44, has been found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, according to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam. She was convicted at the end of a three-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Ramirez, along with six other Puerto Ricans conspired to smuggle kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico into Central Pennsylvania using the US Post…
COLD CASE: Philly YMCA, USPS Worker Shot Dead At Harrisburg Gas Station, Police Say COLD CASE: Philly YMCA, USPS Worker Shot Dead At Harrisburg Gas Station, Police Say
Cold CASE: Philly YMCA, USPS Worker Shot Dead At Harrisburg Gas Station, Police Say Five years after a deadly Harrisburg shooting police continue to search for a killer. Six days before her 52nd birthday, Donna "Weezy" Louise Warren, was found shot to death while walking to a Harrisburg gas station in the area of North 7th and Maclay streets on Friday, May 25, 2018, police say, and her obituary details.  Police believe the gunfire was meant for someone else, but they say they have exhausted all leads and "are seeking any new information or tips in reference to this open homicide investigation," police stated in the release.  Weezy was the "'Gifted Love Child' of…
2 Sets Of Human Remains Found On The Same Afternoon In Separate PA Woods: Authorities 2 Sets Of Human Remains Found On The Same Afternoon In Separate PA Woods: Authorities
2 Sets Of Human Remains Found On The Same Afternoon In Separate PA Woods: Authorities Two bodies where found separately in wooded area of Pennsylvania in the afternoon on Sunday, March 19, 2023, authorities say. The first body was found in the Harrisburg area, in the 1300 block of Crooked Hill Road near the US Postal Service shipping and sorting hub close to Elmerton Road by the Farm Show Complex, authorities explained.  The reported of "human remains" was called into the Susquehanna Township Police around 1:30 p.m. and officers, the Dauphin County Coroner's Office, and the Dauphin County Forensics Unit began to investigate the incident. No further details on that inci…
US Postal Worker Hurt In Lancaster County Crash: Police US Postal Worker Hurt In Lancaster County Crash: Police
US Postal Worker Hurt In Lancaster County Crash: Police A US Postal Service delivery person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Lancaster County on Thursday, authorities say.  The mail truck and silver sedan collided at the intersection of Sego Sago and West Lexington roads on Dec. 22, th Northern Lancaster County Regional police department, detailed in a release on Friday morning.  The postal worker suffered minor injuries according to the police.  Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Fentanyl, Cocaine Worth $4.3M Seized In Takedown Of Massive PA Drug Ring, DA Says Fentanyl, Cocaine Worth $4.3M Seized In Takedown Of Massive PA Drug Ring, DA Says
Fentanyl, Cocaine Worth $4.3M Seized In Takedown Of Massive PA Drug Ring, DA Says Nearly thirty people are facing criminal charges after authorities dismantled a "large-scale" operation that trafficked drugs from Mexico and Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania, with nearly $4.3 million worth of fentanyl and cocaine seized as evidence, authorities said. In an early-morning roundup on Thursday, Dec. 1, a total of 22 adults were taken into custody, said Berks District Attorney John T. Adams and Montgomery District Attorney Kevin R. Steele in a joint statement.  Posted by Berks County District Attorney on Thursday, December 1, 2022 Posted by Berks County District Attorney on T…
Watch 'Superheroes' Rescue Trucker As Tractor-Trailer Explodes On PA Turnpike (VIDEO) Watch 'Superheroes' Rescue Trucker As Tractor-Trailer Explodes On PA Turnpike (VIDEO)
Watch 'Superheroes' Rescue Trucker As Tractor-Trailer Explodes On PA Turnpike (Video) "Some superheroes"— including a member of the US military— rescued a truck driver from the cab of his smoking tractor-trailer seconds before it exploded, and another driver caught the whole thing on camera. The crash—turned explosion— rocked the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Irwin at mile marker 69.9 on Saturday, Oct. 15 around 1:30 p.m. according to state police.  "We are shook. As we pulled away, we heard the explosion. We are hoping everyone involved is ok. There were some superheroes here who pulled the driver out," Amy Romig said in her Facebook post with the video o…
Feds: Postal Supervisor In NJ Sold 400 Vax Cards That She Printed At Work Feds: Postal Supervisor In NJ Sold 400 Vax Cards That She Printed At Work
Feds: Postal Supervisor In NJ Sold 400 Vax Cards That She Printed At Work A U.S. Postal Service supervisor from New Jersey openly sold 400 bogus COVID vaccine cards that she printed at her job -- while claiming that a graphic design degree was "paying off" for her, federal authorities charged. Lisa Hammell, 39, of the South Jersey town of Turnersville, sold the cards for from $20 to $100 after advertising them on social media, an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Two of the buyers were from New Jersey and another was a federal employee in Virginia whose mother needed the card because she worked in a hospital and had to be …
Amtrak Worker Gets 18 Months Without Parole For Selling Stolen Agency Equipment Amtrak Worker Gets 18 Months Without Parole For Selling Stolen Agency Equipment
Amtrak Worker Gets 18 Months Without Parole For Selling Stolen Agency Equipment UPDATE: A now-former Amtrak employee from the Jersey Shore was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for selling hundreds of chainsaws and chainsaw parts that he stole from the agency. Jose Rodriguez, 49, of Brick, will have to serve out the entire sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Rodriguez had collected 114 chainsaws, 122 chainsaw replacement bars and 222 replacement chains worth more than $76,000 before he was caught, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He sold the items through online auction and directly to buyers, using the U.S. Postal Serv…
NJ Feds: California Gal Admits Running $9.9 Million Counterfeit Coupon Scam NJ Feds: California Gal Admits Running $9.9 Million Counterfeit Coupon Scam
NJ Feds: California Gal Admits Running $9.9 Million Counterfeit Coupon Scam UPDATE: A California woman admitted in federal court in New Jersey that she created and sold more than $9.9 million worth of counterfeit coupons used at retail stores throughout the country. Using the name “Mandy Carr,” Tong Lor printed Carolina coupons with fake bar codes for household items such as diapers, laundry detergent, and toiletries and then mailed them to customers nationwide, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Lor, 34, of Modesto sold the counterfeit coupons via invitation-only Internet groups associated with her businesses: Mandy’s Treasure Box, Mandy's Knitting …
Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years
Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years One of a nest of criminals who paid New Jersey high school students to cash COVID stimulus checks stolen from the mail was sentenced to four years in federal prison. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, must serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence rubber-stamped by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark via videoconference on Monday, Feb. 14. Bennett -- a reputed associate of a group called "The Members" -- recruited U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checks, checkbooks, debit cards, and credit cards from the mail in excha…
DUMB CRIMINAL FILE: Gunman Botches Robberies Of Mail Carriers In Bergen, Passaic, Feds Charge DUMB CRIMINAL FILE: Gunman Botches Robberies Of Mail Carriers In Bergen, Passaic, Feds Charge
Dumb Criminal File: Gunman Botches Robberies Of Mail Carriers In Bergen, Passaic, Feds Charge A 20-year-old Paterson man was arrested after he tried and failed to rob postal carriers in Bergen and Passaic counties at gunpoint on the same day, federal authorities said. Yeniser Cruz Perez was carrying a gun when he approached one of the U.S. Postal Service carriers in the area of Brownstone Court and Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff on Jan. 20, 2020 and demanded the master key used to open mail collection boxes and apartment panels, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The only problem: The worker didn't have one, Sellinger said. That same day, he said, Cruz Perez approached another USPS…
Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment
Ex-Amtrak Worker From NJ Admits Stealing, Selling Agency Equipment UPDATE: For more than eight years, a now-former Amtrak employee from the Jersey Shore collected chainsaws and chainsaw parts from the agency, then sold them and kept the money. Federal authorities eventually caught on to Jose Rodriguez, 49, of Brick, then got a conviction for mail fraud. Hired in October 2007, Rodriguez worked as a senior engineer and repairman at Amtrak's North Brunswick facility, authorities said. Five years later, Rodriguez admitted in federal court, he began gathering equipment under the false pretense that they'd be used for company projects. Before he was caught in …
POSTAGE SCAM: Brothers Who Co-Owned Bergen E-Commerce Company Admit Cheating Gov't Out Of $3M POSTAGE SCAM: Brothers Who Co-Owned Bergen E-Commerce Company Admit Cheating Gov't Out Of $3M
Postage Scam: Brothers Who Co-Owned Bergen E-Commerce Company Admit Cheating Gov't Out Of $3M Two brothers who co-owned a Bergen County e-commerce company admitted short-changing the government by more than $3 million in postage by altering hundreds of thousands of labels intended for envelopes and slapping them on outbound packages. Jack Koch, 44, of Elmwood Park, and Steven Koch, 43, of Pompton Lakes, owned Fresh N Clear, a high-volume business that sold various household items online that were shipped o customers via the Postal Service, federal authorities said. Over the course of several months in 2020, the company bought 240,471 USPS Priority Mail postage labels, “almost all fo…
Ring Member Convicted In $565,091 IRS Scam That Sent Refund Checks To Same NJ Town Ring Member Convicted In $565,091 IRS Scam That Sent Refund Checks To Same NJ Town
Ring Member Convicted In $565,091 IRS Scam That Sent Refund Checks To Same NJ Town A New Jersey woman was convicted of participating in a massive ID theft scheme that had $565,091 in tax refunds from the IRS sent to a small section of the same town. Awilda Henriquez, 35, took her chances with a trial after three of her accomplices took guilty pleas. She was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Camden on Thursday of 27 counts involving defrauding the federal government, mail theft, stealing government money and aggravated ID theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Ring members filed more than 3,300 tax returns in 2013 using the names and Social Security numbe…
PA Man, 20, Stole Over $100K In Postage Stamps, USDOJ Says PA Man, 20, Stole Over $100K In Postage Stamps, USDOJ Says
PA Man, 20, Stole Over $100K In Postage Stamps, Usdoj Says A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty of stealing over $100,000 worth of US postage stamps, according to the US Department of Justice. Elieze Guilamo, 20, of York, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for conspiring to steal government property on Tuesday, according to a release by the department of justice. Guilamo previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with other individuals to purchase $105,875 worth of postage stamps from post offices in the Middle District of Pennsylvania and elsewhere, according to acting United State…
Porch Pirate Caught In the Act By Postal Worker In Dauphin County Porch Pirate Caught In the Act By Postal Worker In Dauphin County
Porch Pirate Caught In the Act By Postal Worker In Dauphin County A US Postal worker caught a porch Pirate stealing packages while on their route on Thursday, according to police. The USPS worker called police in Hummelstown and reported seeing USPS packages being stolen from homes in the area. When police confronted the man he admitted to it and returned a stolen bottle of perfume. Sean Michael Percy, 47, of Elizabethtown, was charged with one count of theft and was required to pay restitution for stolen perfume that he took from a neighbor. Percy has a criminal record of public drunkenness and a felony charge for breaking into a structure in 2012. Po…
Feds: NJ Mail Carrier Picked Up, Delivered Drugs For Years Feds: NJ Mail Carrier Picked Up, Delivered Drugs For Years
Feds: NJ Mail Carrier Picked Up, Delivered Drugs For Years A New Jersey mail carrier took bribes for five years to help people use the U.S. Postal Service to ship coke, pot and other contraband through the mail. Emerson Pavilus, 46, of Union was working for the post office in Flanders when he took the payoffs, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. “Among other things, Pavilus provided his conspirators with addresses in Flanders to which parcels could be shipped, intercepted those parcels from the mail stream, and personally delivered those parcels to conspirators at addresses other than those listed on the parcels,” Honig said. Pavilus was n…
Feds: NJ Mail Carrier Picked Up, Delivered Drugs For Years Feds: NJ Mail Carrier Picked Up, Delivered Drugs For Years
Feds: NJ Mail Carrier Picked Up, Delivered Drugs For Years A New Jersey mail carrier took bribes for five years to help people use the U.S. Postal Service to ship coke, pot and other contraband through the mail. Emerson Pavilus, 46, of Union was working for the post office in Flanders when he took the payoffs, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. “Among other things, Pavilus provided his conspirators with addresses in Flanders to which parcels could be shipped, intercepted those parcels from the mail stream, and personally delivered those parcels to conspirators at addresses other than those listed on the parcels,” Honig said. Pavilus was n…
Almost 300 Dog Bites Were Reported By USPS Carriers In Pennsylvania During 2020 Almost 300 Dog Bites Were Reported By USPS Carriers In Pennsylvania During 2020
Almost 300 Dog Bites Were Reported By USPS Carriers In Pennsylvania During 2020 Man's best friend betrayed your mail carrier nearly 300 times in Pennsylvania last year. For National Dog Bite Awareness Week the U.S. Postal Service is reminding the public that all bites pose a threat to postal workers and the public they serve. The most notable insight USPS shared was that dog owners can be held accountable for their dog's actions--covering medical expenses, lost work hours and even uniform replacement. Postal Carriers are reminded to keep dog repellent readily available and be aware of your surroundings. Here's what dog owners can do: Door Delivery: If a carrier del…
Feds: California Gal Admits Running $9.9 Million Counterfeit Coupon Scam Feds: California Gal Admits Running $9.9 Million Counterfeit Coupon Scam
Feds: California Gal Admits Running $9.9 Million Counterfeit Coupon Scam A California woman admitted in federal court in New Jersey that she created and sold more than $9.9 million worth of counterfeit coupons used at retail stores throughout the country.Using the name “Mandy Carr,” Tong Lor printed Carolina coupons with fake bar codes for household items such as diapers, laundry detergent, and toiletries and then mailed them to customers nationwide, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Lor, 34, of Modesto sold the counterfeit coupons via invitation-only Internet groups associated with her businesses: Mandy’s Treasure Box, Mandy's Knitting Club, and …