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DOYLESTOWN, PA — In a Bucks County courtroom filled beyond capacity, a Perkasie man was sentenced Wednesday to three to six years in state prison for a high-speed, alcohol-fueled crash …
Perkasie Man Sentenced to Prison for DUI Crash That Killed Volunteer Firefighter Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Northampton County jury has convicted 27-year-old Zahmire Welcome of first-degree murder in the gruesome 2018 killing of 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes, whose body was discovered stabbed and …
Gang Killer Convicted After Victim Found Stabbed and Burned Alive in PA Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Two northeastern Pennsylvania men were sentenced this week to lengthy state prison terms after pleading guilty to felony charges involving the possession of child sexual abuse material, …
Two Pennsylvania Men Sentenced to Prison in Child Exploitation Cases Read More
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Yardley man was sentenced Tuesday to up to nearly two years in county jail for a months-long campaign of politically motivated harassment and vandalism that targeted …
Yardley Man Jailed After Nail-Throwing Vendetta Against Trump Supporters Read More
DOYLESTOWN, PA — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the final appeal of convicted murderer Richard Roland Laird, effectively upholding his death sentence for the 1987 killing of …
Supreme Court Ends 38-Year Saga: Killer in Nation’s First Anti-Gay Murder Case Faces Death Read More
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Bristol Township man was sentenced Monday to 10 to 25 years in state prison for sexually assaulting two minors and supplying them with drugs, following an …
Bristol Township Man Sentenced to Up to 25 Years for Sexual Assault of Minors Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Philadelphia pharmacy chain has pleaded guilty to felony Medicaid fraud and theft charges and will pay more than $2 million in restitution after investigators uncovered a …
Philadelphia Pharmacy to Pay $2.3M in Medicaid Fraud Case Over HIV Drugs Read More
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Bristol Township man was sentenced Wednesday to two to four years in state prison after investigators uncovered more than 12,000 images and videos of child pornography …
Bristol Township Man Gets State Prison Term for Child Pornography Crimes Read More
DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Levittown woman who admitted to fatally shooting her husband at the Bristol Borough Wharf was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 30 years in state prison, the …
Levittown Woman Sentenced to Up to 30 Years for Husband’s Wharf Killing Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A former Transportation Security Administration employee was sentenced Monday to three years’ probation, including one month of home confinement, for conspiring to distribute Suboxone inside a Philadelphia …
Ex-TSA Worker Sentenced for Role in Prison Drug Smuggling Scheme Read More