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Father-Son Duo Sentenced For 2018 South Philly Home Invasion: Feds Father-Son Duo Sentenced For 2018 South Philly Home Invasion: Feds
Father-Son Duo Sentenced For 2018 South Philly Home Invasion: Feds A Philadelphia man and his father received federal prison sentences in connection with a 2018 home invasion on the city's south side, authorities announced.  Khairyi Burgess, 23, will spend 12 years behind bars followed by five years of supervised release, US Attorney Jacqueline Romero said in a statement Thursday, Nov. 17.  He must also pay $1 million in restitution to the victims, she added.  Investigators say Burgess worked with two accomplices to break into a south Philadelphia home and rob the family that lived there at gunpoint in August 2018.   The trio ent…

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by Mac Bullock
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Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole
Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole A convicted counterfeiter from Philadelphia must spend the next five years in federal prison for printing $235,000 worth of fake $100 bills that he and a crew circulated in Virginia, authorities said. Hollis Forteau, 38, formerly of Willingboro, NJ, already had an extensive criminal history when federal investigators arrested him for printing Benjamin Franklin and other $100 images onto bleached dollar bills that he distributed to at least six associates. The crew members used the funny money to buy items at retail stores in Virginia, then returned the goods to other stores in the same chai…

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by Jerry DeMarco