Wednesday - October 23, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Tuesday October 22, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Justice Dept.: Philadelphia Resident Charged for Election-Related Threat to State Party Representative
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today charging a Pennsylvania man with threatening to kill a representative of a state political party who was recruiting official poll watchers. According to the indictment, on Sept. 6, John Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, sent threatening text messages to Victim 1. Victim 1 had previously posted online, in Victim 1's capacity as an employee of a state political p  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Election Day Program
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced today that Criminal Division Chief Bruce D. Brandler, Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA) Michael Consiglio, Geoffrey MacArthur, and James Buchanan will lead the efforts of this Office in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Aliquippa Resident Pleads Guilty to Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking charges, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Kijana Stephaun Lowe, 27, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge William S. Stickman IV to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fi  more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Dominican Republic Man Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: A citizen of the Dominican Republic has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months of imprisonment, to be followed by two years of federal supervised release, on his conviction for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.   more

Pa. U.S. Attorney: Philadelphia Resident Charged for Election-Related Threat to State Party Representative
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today charging a Pennsylvania man with threatening to kill a representative of a state political party who was recruiting official poll watchers. According to the indictment, on Sept. 6, John Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, sent threatening text messages to Victim 1. Victim 1 had previously posted online, in V  more

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education to Visit Pennsylvania to Uplift Investments Made Through the American Rescue Plan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: On Monday, October 21, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten will travel to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to visit Wickersham Elementary School and uplift model investments made through use of American Rescue Plan funding. On Tuesday, October 22, Deputy Secretary Marten will visit Johnstown High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to highlight additional investments made in their school district using  more