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Adams County Car Dealer Faces Charges For Auto Title Fraud
In November 2024, a young woman was driving her father’s car in Marysville, when police pulled her over, as they often do with inexperienced drivers. They asked her for the car’s registration, and she showed the police the paperwork she had. The police looked up the car registration information and found out that the… Read More »
Plymouth Township Couple Charged With Home Contractor Fraud
Entrepreneurship sounds like a dream until you do it. You might complain about working for your boss, but when you are an employee, all you have to do is show up at the appointed time and complete your assigned tasks, and your employer will issue your paycheck on payday. You don’t have to worry… Read More »
Children’s Guardians Arrested For Keeping Children Locked In Windowless Room
When it comes to parenting, you can’t win. If you let your kids eat candy, people will say that you are dooming them to a lifelong struggle with obesity, but if you don’t, then people will say that you are dooming them to a lifetime of anxiety about food. Listening to unsolicited advice about… Read More »
Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel
One of the most annoying habits of children is that they pout and say “no fair!” when things do not go their way. It is hard to stay calm and explain that justice is not always about getting what you want. When the courts deliver an unfair ruling, the party that received an unfavorable… Read More »
Forgery Of Signatures Of Celebrities
Everyone knows someone who likes to exaggerate their connections with celebrities. Perhaps your coworker is from Upper Darby, and he tells everyone that he is BFFs with Tina Fey, but what he actually means is that he once saw someone who looked a lot like her in a supermarket. Maybe your math teacher is… Read More »
Inside The Barely Legal World Of Pennsylvania Vape Shops
Cannabis is legal in Pennsylvania, except when it’s not. Buying cannabis openly, from a storefront dispensary or in the lobby of an apartment building, feels weird, like you expect undercover cops to show up and flash their badges, even though you could just as easily flash your medical cannabis card, or else take out… Read More »
Hearsay Evidence In Pennsylvania Criminal Cases
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees people accused of crimes the right to a trial by jury without unnecessary delay. The court should schedule a trial shortly after the defendant enters a plea of not guilty. Even when the court does this, the court has the right to postpone the trial… Read More »
Woman Accused Of Working At Pennsylvania Nursing Homes Under False Identities
In the nursing profession, your services will always be in demand, but it is one of the lines of work that has a high rate of burnout. Nurses and certified nursing assistants often cope with long commutes and no-win working conditions where, thanks to understaffing, nothing they do can be good enough for their… Read More »
Supreme Court Ruling Lets Defendant Appeal Sentence Based On Laws That Have Changed Since His Conviction
In The Shawshank Redemption, Morgan Freeman plays an elderly man serving a life sentence for a crime he committed when he was decades younger. When telling the story to a newly arrived inmate, he refers to the person against whom the jury returned a guilty verdict, his younger self, as “that kid.” The point… Read More »
Yes, You Can Get Criminal Charges For A Couple’s Quarrel Over A Phone
Smartphones can be a big help. They can let your loved ones know that you are stuck in traffic, so they don’t worry when you are late. They can help you find a route to almost anywhere, so you don’t get lost. They can even resolve disputes between family members or friends about which… Read More »
