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$2K+ Fraud At Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center By Employee, Police Say $2K+ Fraud At Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center By Employee, Police Say
$2K+ Fraud At Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center By Employee, Police Say A 38-year-old Elizabethtown woman is accused of stealing thousands from the Ephrata Performing Arts Center, the Ephrata police announced on Thursday, May 30.  Megan L. Riggs was arrested on the felony charge of Access Device Fraud and a misdemeanor for Theft by Deception on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, the police detailed.   The charges come as the result of an investigation beginning in August of 2023. Riggs had been employed by Ephrata Performing Arts Center through August 2022, the police explained. During her tenure with the EPAC she allegedly made "unauthorized purchases us…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Alabama Man Stole Racehorse From York County, PA State Police Say Alabama Man Stole Racehorse From York County, PA State Police Say
Alabama Man Stole Racehorse From York County, PA State Police Say The racehorse "Predict the Future" has unpredictably been returned home to its Pennsylvania owns months after it was stolen by an Alabama man running a fraudulent credit card scheme, authorities announced on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The York County owner listed the standardbred pacer for sale and quickly received a phone call from a man who said his name was “Leroy Davis" who claimed that he was from Mississippi and agreed to pay $15,000 with two $7,500 credit card transactions, police say. Then the owner arraigned to have her shipped to what he thought was the buyer's address in Moss …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA News Anchor Lied About Having Stalker: State Police PA News Anchor Lied About Having Stalker: State Police
PA News Anchor Lied About Having Stalker: State Police A Pennsylvania television news anchor has been arrested for falsely claiming she had a stalker, Pennsylvania state police say.  Haley Potter, 24, originally from Pittsburgh, began making false statements to the police saying she had an ongoing harassment issue from an unknown stalker in April, according to a release by the police.  The Slippery Rock University class of 2020 graduate allegedly led police down a slippery slope when showed them text messages, phone calls, and voicemails detailing her whereabouts that she claim to have received from an unknown person. Them she showed police a …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Woman Secretly Ordered $1,500 In Food Using Friend's Debit Card For Months PA Woman Secretly Ordered $1,500 In Food Using Friend's Debit Card For Months
PA Woman Secretly Ordered $1,500 In Food Using Friend's Debit Card For Months A 28-year-old Pennsylvania woman was arrested for using an acquaintance's debit card stored on her phone to order more than $1,500 worth of food for months, authorities said. Maranda L. Kachel made the orders using the stored card number between January and March 2022, Ephrata police said. She was charged with access device fraud, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Man Charged For Gambling With Credit Cards Stolen While Escorting Woman To Car Lehigh Valley Man Charged For Gambling With Credit Cards Stolen While Escorting Woman To Car
Lehigh Valley Man Charged For Gambling With Credit Cards Stolen While Escorting Woman To Car A man from Bethlehem has been charged after he allegedly gambled online using credit cards he stole from a woman in a wheelchair when escorting her to her car. Victor Manuel Mariera, 41, is accused of stealing the cards from the woman at Wind Creek Casino in Bethlehem shortly after 12:45 a.m. on April 7, LehighValleyLive reports citing the the Bureau of Gaming Enforcement. Mariera, of the 1100 block of Dover Lane, was seen caught on surveillance footage taking the woman to her car, rummaging through her white bag and placing it in his backpack, the report says. The victim later reported a …

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by Valerie Musson
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DA: Bucks Caregiver Steals $17K From Bristol Twp. Cancer Patient, Gives It To Inmate Boyfriend DA: Bucks Caregiver Steals $17K From Bristol Twp. Cancer Patient, Gives It To Inmate Boyfriend
DA: Bucks Caregiver Steals $17K From Bristol Twp. Cancer Patient, Gives It To Inmate Boyfriend A Bucks County caregiver is facing up to two years in jail for stealing nearly $17,000 from a Bristol Township cancer patient and putting some of the money into her boyfriend’s inmate account at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, authorities said. As part of the victim's treatment of tongue cancer, she had part of her tongue removed, making it difficult for her to speak and run errands. She hired Kelly Sharkey, 30, in late May or early June 2019 to assist her, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The woman gave Sharkey her debit and credit card to make househo…

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by Nicole Acosta