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3 More Men Arrested In Convicted Harrisburg Hacker's $2 Million Bank Scheme: AG
Three more men have been taken into police custody inconnection to with a $2 million bank scheme, according to an updated release by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
Less than one week ago, we reported that Carl Gonzalez, 19 of Highspire and Tyreese Lewis, 22, of Harrisburg, had been arrested for allegedly impersonating Pennsylvania bank employees and customers. Now, Jaire Amari Cotton, 22, of Harrisburg; Lavon Whittaker, 22, of Harrisburg; and Zyaire Monserrat, 22, of Steelton, join them in the Dauphin County Prison on the following changes.
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Infant, Toddler Porn Found At Mechanicsburg Man's Home, Police Say
While investigating "infant, toddler, and pre-pubescent child pornography being distributed on a social media platform," police found that type of porn at a 21-year-old Mechanicsburg man's home.
Connor Waterman of the 2100 block Merrimac Avenue, was found 'in possession of several images and videos depicting child porn," during a warranted search on Feb. 2, 2023, according to a release by Upper Allen Township police.
According to police and court documents, he's been charged with three felonies for the following:
Sexual Abuse of Children (Distribution of Child Porno…
Ex-PA State Police Corporal Sentenced For Stealing Heroin From Evidence Room
A former Pennsylvania State Police corporal who stole heroin, used it on the job, and attempted to use work software to cover it all up has learned his fate, authorities said.
Brian Edward Rickard, 48, of Honesdale, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 19 to six months to two years of house arrest followed by three years of probation, WNEP reports citing the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
Rickard was charged in 2021 after investigators found he stole heroin from the Troop R evidence room, "ingesting it while at work and home, and using work computers and programs …
Accused Philly Area Dealer Busted In Raid With Stockpile Of Guns, Drugs, Stolen Cars
A suspected Philadelphia area drug dealer is facing multiple charges after being busted with a stockpile of guns, drugs, and stolen cars, authorities said.
Joseph “Joey” Scott, of Middletown Township, was charged Thursday, Sept. 15 with several drug and weapons offenses and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on $1 million bail, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
Local and state authorities recovered 10 handguns — including two illegally modified to be fully automatic — a bulletproof vest, ammunition, five stolen cars, crystal …
PA Man Stabbed Wife Dead With Fire Poker Over Bogus Affair Accusation: Report
A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and subsequently sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his wife to death with a fire poker over unfounded cheating accusations, reports Citizens Voice.
Daniel Barrett, 40, of Plymouth (Luzerne County), beat and stabbed his wife, Mary Barrett, to death with a fire poker in January 2021, on suspicions she had been cheating on him, WNEP reported at the time.
After Barrett confessed to the crime on Jan. 11, 2021, officers executing a warrant at the home found his wife's body in the basement "clearly deceased" and covered with a sh…
NJ, PA Trio Trafficked Dozens Of 'Ghost Guns,' Indictment Charges
Two Philadelphia men and one from Camden trafficked no fewer than two dozen untraceable “ghost guns” from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, a grand jury indictment alleges.
Even more guns, as well as parts, large-capacity magazine and ammo, were seized during the investigation, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday.
According to the indictment returned in Trenton, Eduardo T. Lazo Jr., 26, of Camden, organized the operation and sold the illegal guns in Camden.
Juan Enrique Fernandez, 29, and Ericknell Rivera-Mercado, 31, both of Philadelphia, are accused of bringing th…
Scranton Doc, Wife Charged In $1.3M Genetic Testing Scheme
COVID-19 hardly fazed a Rockland doctor who, with his wife, continued to collect bribes and kickbacks in exchange for ordering millions of dollars in genetic tests from his offices in Pennsylvania, a federal grand jury in Newark charged.
Yitzchok “Barry” Kurtzer, 61,and Robin Kurtzer, 60, both of Monsey, collected monthly cash kickbacks and bribes ranging in exchange for “collecting DNA samples from Medicare patients and sending them for genetic tests to clinical laboratories in New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael Honig said.
The payoffs ranged up $5,00…
AG: Lehigh County Man Forced Another To Illegally Buy 29 Firearms To Support Meth Habit
A pair of Lehigh County men were arrested for their roles in the illegal straw purchases of 29 firearms in an effort to make up for the debt related to one of the man's drug use, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office announced.
James Gleason, 38, of Emmaus, was instructed by Reynold Lewis, 37, of Allentown, to make straw purchases of firearms to pay back debt related to Gleason’s methamphetamine use, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
Agents executed a search warrant on Lewis' hotel room and vehicle on May 3, and recovered one handgun, ammunition, firearm parts, and accesso…
