Find Your Daily Voice
42°
Millions Stolen In Bank Scam Run By Pennsylvania Fraud Ring: AG
A multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that drained bank accounts across central Pennsylvania has been dismantled, with 24 people now facing charges, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Friday, Feb. 28.
York resident Jeremy Antuan Boria Fraticelli, 22, is accused of leading the operation, which targeted victims in Cumberland, Dauphin, and York counties, investigators said.
Fraticelli and his co-conspirators allegedly posed as bank representatives to trick customers into handing over their private banking information. Once they gained access, they transferred funds into so-called "funnel a…
PA Man Guilty Of Beating Woman To Death, Leaving Body In Motel Bathtub: State
A Bucks County man has been convicted of murder in the brutal 2021 beating death of 41-year-old Helena Johnson, authorities announced.
Michael Sarmiento, 40, of Quakertown, was found guilty of third-degree murder but mentally ill by Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough on Wednesday morning, Feb. 26. The ruling carries the same legal weight as a third-degree murder conviction but allows Sarmiento to receive mental health treatment while incarcerated, state Attorney General Dave Sunday announced.
Johnson, a Massachusetts resident, was found dead on June 6, 2021, inside a Hazle Township…
Teens Wanted In Multi-State Crime Spree, Firing At PA Troopers Captured In Connecticut
The two Tennessee teens who fired at Pennsylvania State Troopers during a multi-state crime spree have been captured in Hartford, Connecticut, authorities announced.
Jeremiah Begley, 17, and Christian Guerrero Jr., 17, were taken into custody on Thursday, Feb. 27, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, Hartford Police, and the PSP Fugitive Apprehension Unit, state police said. They are being held in Connecticut while awaiting extradition to Dauphin County, PA.
The Crime Spree
The chaos began on Feb. 23, 2025, at 12:40 p.m., when a motorist on I-81 in Silver Spring Township, Cumbe…
Molotov Cocktails Hurled At PA Rep. Alec Ryncavage’s Office (Video)
An unidentified man attempted to firebomb the legislative district office of Pennsylvania Representative Alec Ryncavage, authorities said.
The attack happened late Wednesday night, Feb. 21, at Ryncavage’s Nanticoke office, which shares walls with a family-owned pharmacy and a physical therapy office, he said in a statement.
The suspect ignited and threw two incendiary devices toward the building, but no one was injured, officials said.
“This is concerning for my constituents, my staff, and the community,” Ryncavage wrote. “Sadly, someone wanted to light it all on fire.”
Nanticoke po…
