Courts & Law
Man indicted in gas money scam involving homeless veteran
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Wednesday that 39-year-old Mark D'Amico, of Florence, was indicted on six separate charges related to the scheme.
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Temple University cops sued over alleged racial profiling incident
The federal civil rights complaint alleges that Temple police stopped a high school student at gunpoint for doing nothing other than driving while black.
7 years ago
U-Haul fined $1 million after fatal food truck explosion in North Philly
U-Haul wasn’t charged in connection with the 2014 deadly food truck explosion in North Philadelphia, but it is on the hook for more money.
7 years ago
Natural gas driller EQT fined $330K for erosion violations in Allegheny County
Natural gas driller EQT was fined $330,000 by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for erosion violations at two natural gas sites in Allegheny County.
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‘Sextortion’ bill would criminalize sexual coercion in Pa.
Ten other states have criminalized sexual extortion within the past two years.
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Justice Clarence Thomas’ moment may finally have arrived
Thomas is now the longest-serving member of a court that has recently gotten more conservative, putting him in a unique and potentially powerful position.
7 years ago
Prosecutors refuse final meeting with Cohen as prison looms
For months, President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen tried — but failed — to position himself as a whistleblower in the vein of Watergate hero John Dean.
7 years ago
Brady aide Ken Smukler gets 18 months in prison, $75K fine for election law crimes
A jury found that Smukler helped arrange and cover up a $90,000 payoff to one of then U.S. Rep. Bob Brady’s opponents in the 2012 congressional election.
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Pharmaceutical exec guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid
John Kapoor, the 76-year-old former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy after 15 days of jury deliberations.
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Dorney Park settles black patron’s racial profiling suit
The Allentown Morning Call reports Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom's parent company settled the suit for an undisclosed amount.
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Armed with new evidence from backlog of rape kits, Philly DA ready to prosecute
Police have finished testing a backlog of 1,500 rape kits for DNA evidence. Authorities have discovered that more than 60 of those samples match DNA in the police database.
7 years ago
ACLU: Border agents violate Constitution when they search electronic devices
In a legal filing, the agencies said their searches were "a crucial tool for detecting evidence relating to terrorism and other national security matters."
7 years ago
Pa. Republicans move to pick judges by region, but clash on details
The merit selection concept has been around for years but this version added a provision in which judges are picked from three legislatively-drawn judicial districts.
7 years ago
Shapiro to appeal tossed conviction of Penn State’s former president
University's former leader, Graham Spanier, had been scheduled to begin serving two months in jail Wednesday in connection with the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
7 years ago
Man charged with attempted murder after Shore cop struck by vehicle
An Ocean County man is facing numerous charges after a police officer was struck and injured by a car that authorities say was driven by the target of an investigation.
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