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PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man will serve 115 months in federal prison after receiving concurrent sentences for illegally reentering the United States following his 2023 deportation and for bribing …
Postal Bribery Case Brings 115-Month Prison Term Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Jerry Sandusky’s latest effort to overturn his 2012 child sexual abuse conviction ended Tuesday after a Centre County judge dismissed his post-conviction petition following his withdrawal of …
Sandusky Loses Latest Bid to Overturn 2012 Conviction Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — An Indiana tax preparer was convicted Friday of conspiring for more than eight years to defraud the IRS by using false business losses, education credits and deductions …
Tax Preparer Convicted in Years-Long IRS Fraud Scheme Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Columbia County judge this week rejected Michael Crimi’s bid to overturn his murder conviction in the 2017 beating death of his then-girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter, leaving intact …
Court Upholds Murder Conviction in 3-Year-Old’s Killing Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man was sentenced Thursday to 9½ years in federal prison for a 2024 gunpoint carjacking that ended when the stolen vehicle crashed into a city …
Philadelphia Man Gets 9½ Years in Gunpoint Carjacking Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man was sentenced Tuesday to 12½ years in federal prison after separate juries convicted him of illegally possessing firearms in two cases stemming from encounters …
Philadelphia Felon Gets 12½ Years in Gun Cases Read More HARRISBURG, PA — A former contracted IT technician for Peters Township School District was sentenced Monday to four to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to two felony counts …
Former School IT Tech Gets Up to 8 Years in CSAM Case Read More HARRISBURG, PA — An Indiana County jury convicted 78-year-old Ronald Lee Weiss of first-degree murder Thursday in the 1978 killing of 16-year-old Barbara Bruzda, returning the case to a guilty …
Indiana County Jury Convicts Man Again in 1978 Killing Read More HARRISBURG, PA — A Lebanon County jury convicted Fernando H. Silva on all charges Thursday in a case involving the abuse of two children between 2019 and 2024, concluding a …
Lebanon County Man Convicted in Yearslong Child Abuse Case Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A western Pennsylvania campaign aide was sentenced to four to eight years in prison for forging signatures on congressional nominating petitions, exposing a breach of Pennsylvania’s candidate …
Campaign Aide Gets Prison Term for Forged Election Petitions Read More