HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced recent updates in the prosecutions of two men charged with child pornography crimes — the sentencing of a Philadelphia County man, and the jury conviction of a Northampton County man.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Somerset County District Attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser today jointly announced charges against a Windber woman accused of delivering fentanyl-laced heroin to a 41-year-old Johnstown-area man who suffered a fatal overdose. Kelly Lynne Wolf, 35, was charged with drug delivery resulting in death, delivery of a controlled substance and related […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Bedford County man has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for killing Tyler Matthai last year, then burning his body. Derek Louk, 30, entered the plea Thursday in Bedford County Court. He also pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse. Louk will serve 15 to 30 years […]
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that two Philadelphia women have been charged with felony neglect and assault for their treatment of a quadriplegic man who required full-time care.
NORTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced first-degree felony charges against an Allegheny County man for his role in selling a heroin-fentanyl combination to a man who died of a fatal overdose. Shaunteze Turner, 27, of Woodlow Street, Pittsburgh, was arrested today by the Office of Attorney General and charged with drug […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced criminal charges against a Northumberland County man accused of soliciting sex from a person he believed to be a 14 year-old girl. The person the man was communicating with was an agent with the Attorney General’s Child Predator Section working undercover. Jadan D. Notarangelo, 28, of Milton, […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that an Erie man who poured scalding water on a disabled man, severely burning him, was sentenced by an Erie judge to two and a half years to five years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that a former Clinton County man was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for the murder of a woman he had an affair with whose body was never discovered. This case is the first homicide to be tried in Clinton County since 2004 and represents the Office of Attorney General’s commitment to prosecuting cold cases.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro is today issuing a warning to Pennsylvanians of common online scams that may increase in frequency this holiday season.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Philadelphia man was sentenced to 26 to 52 years in a state correctional facility for the 2021 murder of 21-year-old Dominic Billa, and the attempted murder of another man, at the Philadelphia Mills Mall.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that the Office has issued the second annual Safe2Say report. The report tracks data received during the 2019-2020 school year, starting July 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2020.
HARRISBURG—As temperatures continue to drop and consumers turn on the heat in their homes, the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate seeks to educate consumers, including our seniors, on how to protect themselves against the rising costs of heating and electricity expected this winter.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Berks County man was convicted on charges related to intimidating a victim who was testifying against him in a human trafficking case.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Berks County man was sentenced to up to 22 years in prison for intimidating a victim who was testifying against him in a human trafficking case. Dushawn Ellis, 34, declared that he put a $20,000 hit on the witness, and, according to trial testimony, took steps […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that a Schuylkill County man was found guilty by a jury of third-degree murder, theft and related charges.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Lehigh County man was sentenced this week to 7 to 14 years in prison for a January 2023 shooting at Pagan’s Place bar in Allentown.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the filing of criminal charges against a New Jersey man who is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl he met in an online chat room. The charges against Anthony C. Luciani, 46, of Summit, N.J. are the result of an investigation conducted by the Pennsylvania Office […]
HARRISBURG — Following the arrest last month of a Berks County man on homicide charges for failing to provide necessary care and medication to his 96-year-old mother, who died as a result, Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the defendant waived his preliminary hearing and will face trial.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that a Cambria County man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a Johnstown man in 2017 – a murder eyewitnessed by the victim’s wife and brother.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that a Schuylkill County man was sentenced to 24 ½ to 49 years in prison for the murder of his father.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro today led a coalition of 27 attorneys general from around the nation calling on the U.S. Department of Education to use their emergency powers to provide federal student loan borrowers with help during this time. In a letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the coalition asks the Department to take specific steps to protect borrowers from further financial burden and debt collection due to job losses and lost wages resulting from the rise in national unemployment in the last few weeks.
PHILADELPHIA ― Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the arrest of a man attempting to sell illegal, homemade dynamite in the Philadelphia area. Office of Attorney General agents — in partnership with the ATF and the Philadelphia Police Department — staged a sting operation that resulted in the charge and arrest of Talib Crump, 26, in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
HARRISBURG—Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced today, following an investigation by his office’s Conviction Integrity Section, post conviction relief has been granted to Leroy Evans, a Delaware County man who has served 41 years in prison for a conviction of first degree murder.
HARRISBURG–Attorney General Michelle Henry announced today that an Armstrong County man was convicted of multiple sexual offenses and domestic violence crimes against three young women between the ages of 16 and 20. A jury returned guilty verdicts against 25-year-old Zachary Baum, following a week-long trial in Armstrong County Court. Baum was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual […]
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced dozens of new charges against a Franklin County man who was previously charged with sexual abuse of three children and an adult.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry, in collaboration with Pennsylvania State Police, announce that a Bethlehem man has been charged with perpetrating a scheme to alter video gambling vouchers — inflating the winnings — and cashing the vouchers at numerous locations in eastern Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG —Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced a charge of criminal homicide against a Berks county man for failing to provide necessary care and medication to his 96-year-old mother, resulting in her death.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that a Schuylkill County man was found guilty of attempted murder in the first degree, aggravated assault and other charges by a jury of his peers.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced his Bureau of Consumer Protection and Office of Military and Veterans Affairs have settled a case against a Pennsylvania man for lying about his military service and violating the Stolen Valor Act.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that a York County man pled guilty to multiple charges related to falsifying his educational credentials and not disclosing his full criminal history before he took a job working with children with disabilities.
