Mt. Carmel Doctor Pleads Guilty To Operating A Massive “Pill Mill”
WILLIAMSPORT –The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Raymond Kraynak, age 64, of Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on September 23, 2021, before Chief United…
Wilkes-Barre Man Indicted On Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Hughes, age 38, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on July 13, 2021, by a federal grand…
Wilkes-Barre Woman Sentenced For The Straw Purchase Of A Firearm
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Crystal Hughes, age 37, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Malachy E.…
Kingston Man Charged With Felon In Possession Of Firearm
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ahmyr Younger, age 19, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal complaint June 30, 2021, with illegal…
Schuylkill County Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Collazo, age 34, formerly of Girardville, Schuylkill County, pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021, before U.S.…
Lackawanna County Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine And Heroin Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rudolph Ford, age 32, formerly of Olyphant, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on July 1, 2021, before U.S. District…
Monroe County Man Sentenced To 36 Months’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ronald McKenna, age 41, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 30, 2021, to 36 months’…
Luzerne County Man Sentenced To 120 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Possess And Distribute Methamphetamine
SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Wilver Veras, a/k/a “Gavi,” age 31, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment to be followed by…
Schuylkill County Man Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tyler Kegolis, age 34, formerly of Frackville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on June 30, 2021, before U.S. District…
New York Man Sentenced To 120 Months’ Imprisonment For Running Drug Trafficking Organization
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 23, 2021, Charles Gibson, Jr., age 42, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced to…
Schuylkill County Woman Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Samantha Blume, age 30, formerly of Frackville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy…
Dunmore Man Sentenced To 96 Months’ Imprisonment For Methamphetamine Trafficking
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 23, 2021, Robert Andrewsh, Jr., age 26, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 96 months’…
York County Man Sentenced To 10 Years’ Imprisonment For Drug Trafficking Offenses
HARRISBURG – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Luis Minier, a/k/a “Cito,” age 26, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 22, 2021, to 10 years’…
New Jersey Man Sentenced To 240 Months’ Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances Resulting In Death
SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James R. Bell, age 30, of Newark, New Jersey was sentenced on June 21, 2021, to 240 months’ imprisonment…
Monroe County Man Sentenced For Firearms Violation
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joshua Tanner, age 36, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 21, 2021, by United States …
Pike County Man Sentenced To Prison For Possession Of A Sawed-Off Shotgun
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Walter Valdivia, Jr., age 38, of Matamoras, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 21, 2021, to 33 months’…
Hazleton Man Sentenced To 130 Months’ Imprisonment For His Role In A Conspiracy To Distribute Fentanyl And Methamphetamine
SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Manual Luna-Batista, 39, of Hazleton, Luzerne County was sentenced on Thursday, June 10, 2021 to 130 months’ imprisonment by…
Hershey Road Restaurant owner charged for bank fraud, PPP loan fraud
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Scott Levy, age 58, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged on June 7, 2021, in a criminal…
New Jersey Company Fined $325,000 And Sentenced To A Two Year Term Of Corporate Probation For Committing An Osha Violation That Resulted In A Worker’s Death
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Dana Container, Inc., (“Dana”), a company headquartered in Avenel, New Jersey, was sentenced by United…
Former Scranton Police Officer Charged With Federal Bribery Violation
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Thomas McDonald, age 47, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with a…
Owner Of Carlisle Area Trucking Business Charged With Covid-Relief Fraud
HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Keith McConnell, age 43, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was charged by criminal information with perpetrating a wire fraud…
East Stroudsburg Man Sentenced To 18 Months’ Imprisonment For Numerous Acts Of Passing Counterfeit Currency
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on June 3, 2021, William Daquan Battle, age 28, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United…
Gettysburg Man Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Witness Tampering By Murder
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Willie Tyler, age 69, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to life in prison by Chief Judge…
Justice Department Settles Investigation Into Language Barriers In The Hazleton Police Department
HARRISBURG, PA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Justice Department announced the United States has reached a settlement agreement with the Hazleton Police Department…
Maryland Man Sentenced To Seven Years’ Imprisonment For Armed Pharmacy Robbery
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gerard Gaffney, age 19, of Mount Ranier, Maryland, was sentenced on April 26, 2021, to 84 months’…
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