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$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence $400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence UPDATE: A woman who helped pull a notorious scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors nationwide was nearly 150 miles away when a judge in South Jersey sentenced her to a plea-bargained three years in state prison on Friday, Jan. 6. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown will be released in July after completing a federal sentence at a low-security prison in Danbury, CT, for scamming well-meaning donors out of $400,000 to purportedly help a homeless veteran. At that point, the year and a day federal sentence will be deducted from her state term and a determination will be made whether she shoul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Federal Convict Who Hatched $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets NJ Prison Time, Too Federal Convict Who Hatched $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets NJ Prison Time, Too
Federal Convict Who Hatched $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Gets NJ Prison Time, Too UPDATE: A New Jersey man already serving federal prison time for a GoFundMe scheme that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran got a state prison sentence, as well. The plea-bargained five-year term approved by a Superior Court judge in Mount Holly on Friday will run at the same time as the 27-month federal sentence that Mark D'Amico of Trenton received in April. The difference is that there's no parole in the federal prison system, which keeps D'Amico in the medium-security United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA for more than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former Palmyra Athlete, 20, Killed In Dauphin County Crash Former Palmyra Athlete, 20, Killed In Dauphin County Crash
Former Palmyra Athlete, 20, Killed In Dauphin County Crash A 20-year-old man died after crashing his car in Dauphin County woods early this week, authorities said. Trevor Binner of Palmyra was trapped in his vehicle when firefighters found his vehicle arrived in woods off Rountop Road around 12:45 p.m. Monday, police said. The Dauphin County Coroner's Office identified Binner after he was extricated between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Route 283 in Londonderry Township. He died of traumatic injuries suffered in the crash, officials said. According to his obituary, Binner was a junior at Penn State Harrisburg majoring in criminal justice with a m…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pennsylvania Adoptive Mom Sickens Child While Collecting Thousands, State Police Say Pennsylvania Adoptive Mom Sickens Child While Collecting Thousands, State Police Say
Pennsylvania Adoptive Mom Sickens Child While Collecting Thousands, State Police Say A Cumberland County woman is facing felony charges after lying about her adoptive daughter's health and fundraising to allegedly cover the cost of the medical bills, according to court documents. Shelley M. Noreika, 47 of Newville started her deception in 2016, taking her 6-year-old daughter to doctors and making false claims about her health, according to Pennsylvania State Police. During this time the girl was given medicines, medical devices to assist her walking and she had a feeding tube surgically-placed directly into her intestine, all of which were medically unnecessary according…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Bucks County Woman, 24, Found Dead In Miami Hotel Room After Being Drugged, Raped By Two Men Bucks County Woman, 24, Found Dead In Miami Hotel Room After Being Drugged, Raped By Two Men
Bucks County Woman, 24, Found Dead In Miami Hotel Room After Being Drugged, Raped By Two Men A 24-year-old Bucks County woman was found dead in a Miami hotel room after being drugged and raped by two North Carolina men, according to several news reports. UPDATE: Miami Spring Breakers Accused Of Drugging, Raping Bucks County Woman, 24, Held Without Bail Christine Englehardt, of Richboro, was visiting Florida and found dead Thursday morning in Albion Hotel, her father told NBC Miami. Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, are accused of stealing Englehardt's credit cards and cash and using them during their trip to Miami, the news outlet reports. Surveillance footage showe…

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by Nicole Acosta