Monthly Archives: August 2021
Bicyclist Gets Hit By Feed Truck, Then Faces Charges For Manufacturing Methamphetamine
If you get hit by a car while riding your bicycle, you are lucky to walk out of the hospital emergency room and go home. Accidents where a car strikes a bicycle can have long-term medical and legal consequences, but usually not of the kind that a Sunbury man who got hit by a… Read More »
Defendant Acquitted Of Aggravated Assault But Convicted Of Simple Assault For Movie Theater Shooting
As Pennsylvania reopens, people who have watched all the movie offerings on Netflix during the pandemic are eager to watch movies in the movie theater, even though going to the movies costs the equivalent of a year’s Netflix subscription and a panic purchaser’s haul worth of microwave popcorn, to say nothing of how you… Read More »
Allegheny County Man Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison For Drug Distribution While On Supervised Release
If you are facing criminal charges for the first time in your life, the actions of your criminal defense lawyer can affect how your life will be for years to come. Even if you do not go to prison for your first offense, law enforcement and the criminal courts will have an excuse to… Read More »
Parents Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter After Baby Drinks from Fentanyl-Contaminated Baby Bottle
It is entirely possible to get criminal charges, and even to spend years in prison, for something you did by accident. Involuntary manslaughter is the crime of accidentally causing another person’s death. It often occurs in conjunction with other crimes related to endangering other people. For example, someone who drives drunk and causes a… Read More »
Jury Convicts Elmhurst Man Of Sexually Abusing Preteen Girl Over A Five-Year Period
The story of this week’s case would still be horrific even if it were only an account of the allegations against the defendant. Physical acts of sexual abuse of children are traumatic enough in themselves, but there is much more to the victims’ ordeal than just the physical violence. The fear and emotional manipulation… Read More »
