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North Wales Police Issue Arrest Warrant For Home Contractor Accused Of Defrauding Homeowners
When you are trying to find a contractor to make repairs to your house or condo, you probably research the contractor’s reputation online before you contact them. Disgruntled customers tend not to be shy about voicing their opinions in online reviews, and if they wrote the reviews in anger, then the contractor’s work or… Read More »
Self-Appointed Police Informant Acquitted Of Drug Possession
You have probably seen police informants in the movies and on TV. They interact with people suspected of drug dealing, and then they give the police the information and evidence they need to have probable cause to arrest the suspects. Sometimes the informants even wear recording devices so that law enforcement can use the… Read More »
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 »
Five Alleged Co-Conspirators Charged With Trafficking A Kilogram Of Fentanyl To Butler County
The United States is one of only a few countries where we do not measure by grams in kilograms in our everyday lives; for example, you probably know your approximate body weight in pounds, but not in kilograms. For reference, a kilogram equals 2.2 pounds, so one kilogram of ground beef is enough for… Read More »
York Mother Faces Attempted Homicide Charges For Allegedly Stabbing 5-Year-Old Daughter
For the 13th consecutive month, parents across the country are at their breaking point. The emotional and financial stress of the pandemic never seems to end, on top of the emotional and financial stress that the parents of young children were already dealing with before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Pennsylvania. … Read More »
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Overturns Bill Cosby’s Conviction Because Prosecution Violated His Right To Due Process
Years ago, when the accusations against Bill Cosby first began to surface, people who had grown up seeing him on television in family-friendly shows were shocked. Cosby’s public persona made him the last person that people would suspect of committing sexual assault; in all his public roles, he seemed like a moral and altruistic… Read More »
