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Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison In PA Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison In PA
Foreign Citizen Who Threatened To Assassinate Joe Biden, Donald Trump Goes To Prison In PA A Somalian man living in Pennsylvania threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, and now he's in a Pennsylvania Prison, according to a release by the US Department of Justice on March 15, 2024. Mohamed Farah, 34, who was living in Cumberland County, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson to three years’ imprisonment on Wednesday, March 13.  Following his release, the Court has also imposed a three-year term of probation.  "The indictment alleges that in January 2022, Farah, who is a citizen of Somalia, threatened to ass…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Delco Cyberstalker Learns His Fate For Sending More Than 100 Threatening Texts To Woman Delco Cyberstalker Learns His Fate For Sending More Than 100 Threatening Texts To Woman
Delco Cyberstalker Learns His Fate For Sending More Than 100 Threatening Texts To Woman A 25-year-old Delaware County man has learned his fate after nearly a year of cyberstalking a woman, federal authorities said. Karanjot Singh, of Upper Darby, was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 4 to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said. Singh stalked a woman online for more than nine months, starting in March 2020, and sent her over 100 sexually violent and threatening text messages, the US attorney said. Singh repeatedly terrorized her, texting her at all hours of the day and night with escalating threat…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philadelphia Career Criminal Who Shot SWAT Officer Facing Federal Charges: Authorities Philadelphia Career Criminal Who Shot SWAT Officer Facing Federal Charges: Authorities
Philadelphia Career Criminal Who Shot SWAT Officer Facing Federal Charges: Authorities A Philadelphia career criminal who shot a SWAT officer serving a search warrant in February was charged by federal authorities Wednesday, May 4. Police arrived at 35-year-old Kristian Reyes' West Lehigh Avenue home in the Fairhill section of the city on Feb. 11 with the intention of arresting him on probation and parole violations, United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said.  He had drug-related convictions dating back to 2007, CoffeeorDie reports. After receiving no response, SWAT officers broke into the home and made their way up to the third-floor a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: Philly Man Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million In PPP Funds Feds: Philly Man Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million In PPP Funds
Feds: Philly Man Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million In PPP Funds A Philadelphia man was charged with two counts of bank fraud and nine counts of money laundering for stealing nearly $1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds and using it toward personal purchases, federal authorities said. It is alleged that in June 2020, Devron Brown, 50, received $937,500 in PPP loan proceeds, from a PPP loan application that contained false about his alleged construction business, Just Us Construction Inc., according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. Brown allegedly falsified the number of employees, the wages paid to t…

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by Nicole Acosta