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Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities
Man Charged For Sex Acts With Child After Parkesburg Police Raid: Authorities An Atglen man is charged with multiple felonies including corruption of minors after police raided a borough apartment on Wednesday, March 6, authorities say.  Parkesburg police, West Fallowfield police, and Chester County detectives with the Drug and Organized Crime Unit executed multiple search warrants at the Glenbrook Apartment complex, 463 Main St., officials said in a release.  Zaire Wise-McFarlin, 19, was charged with disseminating a photo or film of child sex acts, possession of drugs with intent to distribute, criminal use of a communications faci…

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by Mac Bullock
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Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million In PA: DEA Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million In PA: DEA
Undercover Op. Seizes 400K Doses Of Fentanyl, Heroin, Xylazine Worth $3.6 Million In PA: DEA Two Philadelphia men and approximately 400,000 doses of drugs were taken off the streets in an undercover operation by the Liberty Mid-Atlantic High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Drug Enforcement Administration–Philadelphia Field Division, Pennsylvania State Police–Drug Law Team, Upper Merion Township Department of Public Safety, and the Montgomery County District Attorney's office according to a joint release on Friday, Jan. 25.  Richard Nunez, 45, and Javier Cornelio Fabian, 43, were arrested on Thursday on "multiple felony charges related to oper…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Lancaster Man Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Lancaster Man
Child Pornography Charges Filed Against Lancaster Man A Spring Township employee is charged with possessing child pornography in Lancaster County, according to state court records.  Kenneth McCardell III, 36, of Lancaster, is also charged with criminal use of a communications facility, judicial filings show.  "The Township has been advised that its employee (...) has been charged with serious criminal offenses by the Manheim Police Department," said Township Manager John Groller in a statement.  McCardell has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation, Groller said.  "Beyond the statement above, the Tow…

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by Mac Bullock
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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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Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say
Female PA Corrections Officer Sexually Assaulted State Prison Inmate, Police Say A corrections officer was arrested for her alleged sexual relationship with an inmate at a state prison in Delaware County, authorities said. Alyssa N. Pierce, 32, of Philadelphia, on three occasions, had "indecent contact and/or sexual intercourse" with a 27-year-old male inmate at the State Correctional Institution in Chester, Pennsylvania State Police said. An investigation into Pierce began in June, and as a result, she was charged with three felony counts of institutional sexual assault, and two felony counts of criminal use of a communications facility. Pierce communic…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Man Had More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos, Most Prepubescent Kids: DA PA Man Had More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos, Most Prepubescent Kids: DA
PA Man Had More Than 1,000 Child Porn Photos, Most Prepubescent Kids: DA A 40-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. A search of Patrick Fox's Glenside home found 1,202 child pornography photos showing minors engaged in sexual acts or in sexually explicit poses, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Abington Township Police Chief Patrick Molloy The vast majority of the over 1,000 images were of prepubescent children, with approximately 60 depicting children under the age of five, authorities said. An investigation into Fox began in November 2021 as detectives were looking into t…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Man Tried Meeting Undercover Agent Posing As 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex: DA PA Man Tried Meeting Undercover Agent Posing As 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex: DA
PA Man Tried Meeting Undercover Agent Posing As 13-Year-Old Girl For Sex: DA A Montgomery County man was arrested after he tried meeting with an undercover agent acting as a 13-year-old girl for sex, authorities announced. Mark Morris, 56, of King of Prussia, responded to the agent on social media after he posted "Bored... Entertain me," on Nov. 11 at 9:37 a.m.,  Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Conshohocken Borough Police Chief George Metz said. The conversation included talking about meeting in person and the sex acts that he wanted to perform on her, authorities said.  The back-and-forth text conversation continued throughout the…

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by Cecilia Levine