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Bucks Man Gets Jail Time For Assaulting Another Police Officer:
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A Bucks County man is getting jail time after targeting a law enforcement officer for the second time, the US Department of Justice said in a Thursday, Nov. 14 news release. Anthony Lombardo, 46, of Bristol, was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assaulting a federal officer on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, the news release states. Lombardo drove to the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse located at 7th and Market streets in Philadelphia on the day of the incident, according to the news release. When he arrived at the courthouse, he brandished a large kitc…
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Fake Government Contract Fraud Scheme Nets Philly Man Prison Time:
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A Philadelphia man is getting prison time after participating in a $622,000 fraud scheme involving fake government contracts, according to authorities. Darren Barr, 39, was sentenced to almost five years in prison after pleading guilty to an organized scheme that defrauded Lucas County Auditor in Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 6, the US Department of Justice states in a news release. Barr collaborated with unnamed co-conspirators in a plan that had them pretending to be legitimate vendors Lucas County was authorized to do business with, according to the news release. This scheme began in March 201…
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Fraudulent House Flipping in Philly Gets Delaware Man Jail Time:
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A Delaware man is facing jail time for fraud after flipping three Philadelphia properties he promised to convert into affordable housing, authorities said. Felton Hayman, 54, of Wilmington, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for his scheme on Monday, Oct. 28, according to a US Department of Justice news release. Hayman used his longtime friendship with an unnamed Philadelphia city councilmember to purchase three vacant city properties at below-market prices based on his promise to build affordable housing on the lots, the news release states. …
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'I Want To Put A Bullet In Your Head' PA Man Gets Jail For Anti-Semitic, Islamophobic Rant
A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 16 months in prison for making threatening antisemitic, Islamophobic rants over the phone, authorities said. Yaniv Gola, 51, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 22 after being charged for making phone calls threatening to injure, rape, and kill eight different victims, the US Department of Justice said in a news release. After serving the prison time, Gola will be placed under three years of supervised release, the Department of Justice said. The calls were made between Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 and Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, according to the news release. Gola …
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Owner of PA Restaurant Gets Prison Time For Defrauding COVID Programs: Authorities
The owner of a Montgomery County Italian restaurant is getting prison time for defrauding several federal COVID-19 relief programs, authorities said. Giuseppina “Josephine” Leone, 62, of North Wales, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and one year of supervised release on Tuesday, Oct. 22, the US Department of Justice said in a news release. She must also pay a $50,000 fine and a $300 special assessment for pandemic program fraud, the news release states. Leone has also paid full restitution in the amount of $972,861. Her request for a sentence involving an alternative to jail time was de…
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Threats To 'Skin' Political Official Lands PA Man Federal Charges: Indictment
A 62-year-old man was charged with threatening to kill a representative of a Pennsylvania state political party, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22. John Pollard sent threatening text messages to the political party official on Friday, Sept. 6, according to the USDOJ. Pollard was indicted for the crime and arrested on Monday, Oct. 21, federal authorities said. The official with the unnamed state political party had previously posted online that they were recruiting volunteers to help observe at the polls on Election Day, according to the indictment. This …
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PA Judge Indicted For 31 Counts Of Fraud, Witness Tampering:
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A federal grand jury has indicted a Pennsylvania judge and lawyer on 31-counts of wire and mail fraud, as well as witness tampering and obstruction of justice, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Steven Stambaugh, age 61, of York, has been charged with twenty-six counts of wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, two counts of tampering with a witness, and one count of obstruction of justice for a COVID-19 scheme, according to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam explained. Stambaugh is accused of defrauding the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania "to ob…
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Fake Urine Tests By Married PA Doctors Lead To Millions In Restitution:
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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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Stroudsburg Brothers Guilty For Assaulting Police At Jan. 6 Capitol Riot:
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Two brothers from Stroudsburg pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges for their attempts to help breach various police lines at the US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday, Sept. 26. Matthew Valentin, 31, and Andrew Valentin, 26, both of Stroudsburg, were charged with assaulting officers during the push-up Capitol Hill to get into the U.S. Capitol Building and disrupt the count of electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election, according to the District of Columbia US Attorney's Office. Both brothers switched their "not …
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PA Man Took 5-Year-Old To VA, NY For Sex:
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A 54-year-old Pennsylvania man has been sentenced after admitting to taking a 5-year-old girl for sex in Virginia and New York, the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, Sept. 25. John Oathout, of Harrisburg, PA, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Brenda K. Sannes in Syracuse, NY on Friday, Sept. 20. He'll serve 25 years in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release, and he'll be a registered sex offender for the remainder of his life, according to the USDOJ release. Oathout admitted to taking the 5-year-old girl on trips out of state w…
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Woman Buried In Basement For $100K In Social Security Benefits:
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A 37-year-old Philadelphia woman was caught stealing nearly $100,000 in Social Security benefits stolen from a woman she allegedly buried under her house, the US Department of Justice announced on Friday, Sept. 13. Holly Sadowski was arrested on charges of Social Security fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft, for concealing the death of a woman, U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero explained. She faces 107 years in prison and a $1,750,000 fine, Romero said in a statement. "The indictment further alleges that a DNA analysis of the human remains recovered from the concrete base…
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Philly HS Teacher Who 'Catfished' Teen Girls Gets 30 Years In Prison:
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A Philadelphia teacher who posed as a student to get teenage girls to send him nudes has been sentenced to 30 years in prison the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Jeremy Schobel, 33, of Philadelphia, was an English teacher at Harriton High School in Lower Merion Township and the High School of Creative and Performing Arts in Philadelphia when he created the Snapchat and Yubo accounts that he used to "entice young teenage girls, including one who was a student at his school," as stated in the USDOJ release. For over three years Schobel posed as fictional…
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Chambersburg Man Sextorted Woman After Snapchat Hacks:
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A 25-year-old Chambersburg man has been sentenced in connection with the hacking of women's Snapchat accounts and subsequent sextorting of them, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday, Aug. 1. Reginald "Reggie" Adams was sentenced to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release by Senior United States District Court Judge Michael Baylson "for hacking into numerous social media accounts and circulating the victims’ private photographs," United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero detailed in the release. Adams had previously pleaded guilty to wir…
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FL Man Admits To Kidnapping PA Girl For Sex In WV:
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A Florida man who traveled to Pennsylvania to abduct a child for sex is heading to prison the US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, July 24. Thomas Edward Grossman, 49, previously of Tampa, FL, pleaded guilty to charges of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and sexual exploitation of a minor before United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter, as detailed in the release. Grossman had taken the girl on Aug. 10, 2022 "from Pennsylvania to West Virginia with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Grossman also persuaded a mi…
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