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'Operation Special Delivery': Berks Crew Smuggled $4M Of Cocaine Through The Mail, Police Say 'Operation Special Delivery': Berks Crew Smuggled $4M Of Cocaine Through The Mail, Police Say
'Operation Special Delivery': Berks Crew Smuggled $4M Of Cocaine Through The Mail, Police Say A dozen people face criminal charges in connection with an ongoing scheme to mail cocaine from Puerto Rico to Berks County, according to authorities.  During the course of "Operation Special Delivery," a task force of Berks detectives and federal agents seized roughly $4 million worth of cocaine from 19 packages sent through the US Postal Service, said county authorities in a release.  Eleven of the 12 suspects are currently in police custody, detectives said.  The investigation began last August when the Postal Inspector's Office found "kilogram quantities" of cocaine being regularly shi…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Homeland Security Arrests Pennsylvania State Corporal During Child Porn Hearing: Reports Homeland Security Arrests Pennsylvania State Corporal During Child Porn Hearing: Reports
Homeland Security Arrests Pennsylvania State Corporal During Child Porn Hearing: Reports A Pennsylvania state corporal who admitted to looking at child porn after Dropbox tipped off Pennsylvania state police that he was saving child pornography to its cloud — has had all charges against him dropped after Federal agents took him into custody on Monday, May 23, according to multiple media outlets. Sean Ryan McKenzie, 37, of Perryopolis, was accused of putting a camera in his bathroom to record a young girl and a child in a swimsuit, police said when charges were first filed against him in March. He was found with child pornography on a USB, in a Dropbox, and on his phone. He…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Baltimore Catholic School Teacher Busted For Sexual Online Relationship With Former Student: PD Baltimore Catholic School Teacher Busted For Sexual Online Relationship With Former Student: PD
Baltimore Catholic School Teacher Busted For Sexual Online Relationship With Former Student: PD A 38-year-old Maryland catholic school teacher was arrested for having an online sexual relationship with a former student who was a minor, authorities said. An investigation was launched into Mark Planamente, of Parkville, on Feb. 11 after Maryland State Police got a tip that he was having an inappropriate online relationship with the girl, Marland State Police said. Planamente was arrested at his home that night on charges of sexual solicitation of a minor and displaying obscene material to a minor, authorities said. A search of his home turned up electronic devices, which were bein…

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by Cecilia Levine