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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Federal prosecutors charged a 60-year-old Lafayette Hill man with two counts of cyberstalking, alleging he used online posts and electronic communications to target a local government official, …
Man Charged in Disturbing Cyberstalking Campaign 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
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 Delaware County attorney pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal tax evasion and mail fraud after admitting to using more than $400,000 in fictitious checks to evade federal …
Delaware County Attorney Pleads Guilty in $424,000 Fraud 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 PHILADELPHIA, PA — A North Penn School District elementary school teacher faces a federal child pornography charge after prosecutors alleged he used a messaging app to entice two 8-year-old girls …
North Penn Teacher Accused of Exploiting 8-Year-Old Girls Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Guatemalan national who returned to the United States after two deportations was sentenced this week in Philadelphia to 12 months and one day in federal prison, …
Guatemalan Man Gets 12 Months for Illegal Reentry Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man has been indicted on a federal assault charge after prosecutors alleged he struck a U.S. Postal Service employee in the head with a heavy …
Federal Indictment Alleges Postal Worker Attacked With Metal Pipe Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a 2025 gunpoint carjacking and a subsequent assault on two federal correctional officers, exposing him to a …
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty in Carjacking, Jail Assaults Read More PHILADELPHIA, PA — A 32-year-old Mexican national was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison for transporting more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine from Colorado to Chester County …
Man Gets 10 Years in 100-Pound Chester County Meth Case Read More