United States Files Suit Against UPMC, Its Physician Practice Group, and the Chair of Its Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery for Violating the False Claims Act

PITTSBURGH, PA – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), University of Pittsburgh Physicians, and James Luketich, M.D., in…

New York Man Sentenced to 4 Years For Exporting Night-Vision and Thermal-Imaging Devices Worth $100k+ to Russia

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anton Perevoznikov, 34, of Brooklyn, NY, was sentenced to 4 years in prison, and 3 years of supervised release. by United…

Coordinated Law Enforcement Effort Dismantles California to Western Pennsylvania Drug Pipeline

PITTSBURGH, PA – Forty-seven individuals have been charged in six separate, but related, indictments with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations following a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking…

Multiple people struck by lightning in South Seaside Park

SOUTH SEASIDE PARK, NJ – Multiple people have been struck by lightning in South Seaside Park near the 21st Avenue Beach entrance. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time. It…

Five Plead Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud, Mail Fraud Charges

ABINGDON, Va.– Five Southwest Virginia residents who conspired with more than 30 others to defraud the United States government by filing fraudulent claims for more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, mail…

Capitol police officers sue Trump, far right groups over Jan. 6

Seven Capitol Police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights suit against former President Donald Trump, several of his allies and members of far-right groups over their role in the Jan. 6…

Conspirator in Scheme to Defraud a Maryland Company of More Than $2 Million Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison

Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar today sentenced Chonnathason Has, a/k/a Bora Has, age 54, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years…

Tayvon Thomas gets 55-100 for murder of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera

PHILADELPHIA — DA Larry Krasner today announced the conviction and sentencing of Tayvon Thomas (DOB 7/26/1994) for the killing of 2-year old Nikolette Rivera and related shootings in Kensington in 2019. Thomas was sentenced by Common Pleas Court Judge…

Police searching for kids on bikes who beat victim

PHILADELPHIA, PA – On August 17, 2021 approximately 10:18 PM the victim was assaulted at 303 Christian St by a group of males on bicycles who punched and kicked him multiple times,…

Suspect wanted for bike theft in Philly

On August 12, 2021, at approximately 11:35am, the victim, a 70 year-old-male, parked his gray Del Sol bicycle outside at 1002 Spruce Street and locked the rear tire of his bike to…

Police offering reward for murder suspect Terrance Marche

LANSDALE, PA – Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Lansdale Borough Police Chief Michael Trail announce detectives are searching for Terrance Marche, 47, of Valley Forge Circle in King of…

Cumberland County Man Sentenced to 548 Months in Prison for Three Armed Bank Robberies and Related Charges

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 548 months in prison for his role in three armed bank robberies and related charges, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael…

St. Paul “Community Peace Officer” caught beating homeless man

ST. PAUL, MN – A peace activist was recorded beating up a homeless man outside a store in St. Paul, Minnesota, a video posted Thursday by a local crime watch Facebook page…

Social Security Employee Charged With Pandemic Fraud Scheme

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Takiyah Gordon Austin, age 46, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was charged ina 29-count Indictment on July 20,…

Stroudsburg Man Sentenced To 120 Months’ Imprisonment For Attempted Online Enticement Of A Minor

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Duus, age 35, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 11, 2021, to 120 months’ imprisonment…

Here are the police officers who have been killed in the line of duty since “Defund the Police” began

Since the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the emergence of the “Defund the Police” movement, violence against police officers has increased. As of July 31, 44 officers have…

Middlesex Borough Police Blotter

The following incidents were reported by the Middlesex Borough Police Department between July 29th and August 5th, 2021: July 29, 2021 @ 8:54 A.M. – Alexis N. Osterhoudt, 38, of Middlesex was…

Promoter of Bogus Green Energy Firm Based in Montgomery County Sentenced to 18 Years for $54 Million Ponzi Scheme

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Wayde McKelvy, 59, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to 18 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to…

Federal Judge Sentences Former Waxhaw, N.C. Resident To 33 Months For Orchestrating An $845,000 Investment Scheme

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Kamlesh Gopal Pardasani, 50, formerly of Waxhaw, N.C., was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for orchestrating an $845,000 investment scheme, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney…

Upper Marlboro Woman Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Stealing Over $300,000 in Social Security Benefits to Which She Was Not Entitled

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Sonya Bannister Burford, age 53, of Malboro, Maryland to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for…

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