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Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Saturday August 24, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Houtzdale Woman Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Trafficking
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: A resident of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Joanna Shylock, 36, pleaded guilty to Count Two of the Superseding Indictment before Senior United States District Judge Kim R. Gibson. In connection with the gu  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Lehigh Valley Man Charged With Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud and for Defrauding Local Car Dealerships
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Justin Heimbach, 33, of Bath, Pennsylvania, has been charged by indictment with six counts of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud in connection with schemes to defraud the federal government and multiple local car dealerships. In March of 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relie  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Pittsburgh Felon Serving Life Sentence Found Guilty at Trial of Contempt of Court and Assault of Court-Appointed Attorney
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: After the conclusion of a non-jury trial, a federal judge on August 22, 2024, found James Taric Byrd guilty of one count of contempt of court by misbehavior that obstructs the administration of justice and one count of assault for striking his court-appointed attorney in a courtroom at the Joseph F. Weis Jr. U.S. Courthouse, United Sta  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: York Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for His Role in Smuggling Kilos of Cocaine From Puerto Rico
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kevin Marrero-Morales, from York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 20, 2024, to 10 years in prison by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for trafficking cocaine. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, a grand jury indicte  more