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Punched Federal Corrections Officer At PA Prison Lands Kentucky Drug Trafficker Extra 41 Months Punched Federal Corrections Officer At PA Prison Lands Kentucky Drug Trafficker Extra 41 Months
Punched Federal Corrections Officer At PA Prison Lands Kentucky Drug Trafficker Extra 41 Months A Kentucky drug trafficker serving time in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to an additional 41 months in prison for punching a corrections officer at the Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) Allenwood, federal officials announced on Monday, Dec. 23. Demetrius Catching, 34, formerly of Nicholasville, Kentucky, attacked the officer in 2016 while serving a 60-month sentence for distributing crack cocaine. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, will run consecutively to the 148 months Catching is already serving for drug distribution and money laundering convic…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fake Urine Tests By Married PA Doctors Lead To Millions In Restitution: USDOJ Fake Urine Tests By Married PA Doctors Lead To Millions In Restitution: USDOJ
Fake Urine Tests By Married PA Doctors Lead To Millions In Restitution: Usdoj A husband and wife team of Pennsylvania doctors have been sentenced for a urine drug test fraud, the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Physician with specialized training in anesthesiology, John H. Johnson and his physician wife, Paula Z. Johnson, both age 62, of Hollidaysburg, were sentenced for committing fraud by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner on Tuesday, Sept. 17, as detailed in the USDOJ release.  Dr. John Johnson received a sentence of 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. D…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Repeat PA Sex Offender Returned To Prison For Child Porn Charges: USDOJ Repeat PA Sex Offender Returned To Prison For Child Porn Charges: USDOJ
Repeat PA Sex Offender Returned To Prison For Child Porn Charges: Usdoj A repeat sex offender from Philadelphia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing child pornography, authorities said. Christopher Daniels, 34, also was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Juan R. Sánchez to 15 years of supervised release for repeated child pornography and related offenses, U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said on Wednesday, Aug. 28. Daniels was charged with those violations in an August 2023 superseding indictment, and in March of this year, a federal jury convicted the defendant of all six counts against him, including receiving child pornography as a s…

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by Jon Craig
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Harrisburg Drunk Threatened Federal Employees With AR 15 In Bizarre Email: Affidavit Harrisburg Drunk Threatened Federal Employees With AR 15 In Bizarre Email: Affidavit
Harrisburg Drunk Threatened Federal Employees With AR 15 In Bizarre Email: Affidavit Federal workers were threatened by a Pennsylvania man, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday, July 17.  Thomas West, 44, of Harrisburg, has been in custody for more than five months after being ruled a flight risk, according to federal court documents obtained by Daily Voice. He was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to time served and one year of supervised release, starting on Tuesday, July 16, as detailed in the release.  The charge of "sending an interstate communication cont…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Reality Bites NJ ‘Real Housewives’ Ex Convicted Of Hiring Mobster To Beat Wife’s New Man Reality Bites NJ ‘Real Housewives’ Ex Convicted Of Hiring Mobster To Beat Wife’s New Man
Reality Bites NJ ‘Real Housewives’ Ex Convicted Of Hiring Mobster To Beat Wife’s New Man 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Reality bit the ex-husband of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Dina Manzo when he was convicted Tuesday of getting a mob soldier to throw her new beau a beating. Restaurateur Thomas Manzo, 59, who lives in the affluent Bergen County suburb of Franklin Lakes, rejected a plea deal from federal prosecutors and took his chances with a jury. That didn’t go so good. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Newark convicted Manzo on June 4 of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, along with conspiracy and falsifying documents during a grand jury investigation. Althou…

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by Jerry DeMarco