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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Darnell Jackson, also known as “Major Change,” a 52-year-old from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot and possessing …
Murder-for-Hire Mastermind Brought Down with Loaded ‘Ghost Gun’ – Sentenced to 20 Years Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Nateirah Ortiz, a 25-year-old from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for her role in an armed carjacking in South Philadelphia earlier …
Armed Carjacker’s High-Speed Chase Ends in Crash and 8-Year Prison Sentence Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Bradford County jury has convicted Matthew Chapman, 43, of Ridgebury Township, on charges of indecent assault and corruption of minors for the repeated sexual abuse of …
Trusted Family Friend Exposed as Predator—Pennsylvania Man Convicted of Shocking Child Abuse Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Two members of the violent Reading-based Trinidad Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) have been sentenced to life in prison for their involvement in a series of brutal crimes, …
Drug Lords Sentenced to Life—Brutal Reading Gang’s Reign of Terror Ends in Justice Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Stanley Sabatel, a major supplier to a Luzerne County drug trafficking organization, was sentenced this past week to 16½ to 33 years in prison following his conviction …
Top Drug Supplier in Luzerne County Sentenced to Decades—A Major Blow to Meth Trafficking Network Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Donavon Parish, a 29-year-old resident of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for a series of malicious cyberstalking and antisemitic threats directed at …
Mississippi Man Jailed for Antisemitic Cyberstalking—How His Chilling Threats Shook Communities Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA —A Philadelphia contractor has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, following his guilty plea to charges of tax evasion, according to the Office of …
Philadelphia Contractor Sentenced for $327K Tax Evasion—Here’s What Happened Read More HARRISBURG, PA — A Pennsylvania jury this week found Christopher Rowe, 50, of Cambria County, guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 death of his former girlfriend, Kaylene Roedel. The …
Jealous Rage Ends in Murder: Pennsylvania Man Guilty of Killing Ex-Girlfriend Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — Four individuals involved in a sophisticated scheme to steal, alter, and deposit checks taken from U.S. mail collection boxes have been sentenced to prison, bringing a firm …
Postal Crime Crackdown: Four Sentenced in $350K Mail Fraud Scheme Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Two Philadelphia men, Al-Ashraf Khalil, 31, and Isaam Jaghama, 31, have been found guilty of their roles in a deliberately set fire that ended in tragedy. A …
Deadly Pizza Shop Arson: Two Convicted in Tragic Firefighter Death Case Read More