Springfield Lawyer Used $400K In Fake Checks To Dodge Taxes, Buy Electric Truck, Feds Say
A Pennsylvania attorney admitted to using more than $400,000 in fake checks to avoid paying federal taxes and purchase a new electric truck, then suing the dealership after it reclaimed the vehicle, federal prosecutors announced.
Daniel A. Pallen, 46, of Springfield, Delaware County, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and one count of mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Gail A. Weilheimer on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania shared by the FBI on Friday, Oct. 9.
Pallen, a licensed attorney who owns a la…
Months After Gunfire Hit Homes, Cars, Man Charged In Poughkeepsie, Police Say
A 20-year-old Ulster County man has been arrested months after a burst of gunfire left two vehicles and a home struck by bullets in Dutchess County, police said.
Kingston resident Jamori Douglas, 20, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 2, in connection with a July shooting on Boulevard Knolls, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department announced on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
The incident happened at around 8:45 p.m. on July 8, when authorities received a report of multiple gunshots and a possible person struck by gunfire. Officers searched the area and checked local hospitals but could not find a…
FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved'
FBI Director Kash Patel is getting married.
Patel, 46, who grew up in Garden City, Long Island, and country singer Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement Sunday, Oct. 4, after more than three years together.
Wilkins shared a black-and-white photo on X showing the smiling couple as she held up her left hand, revealing a diamond engagement ring.
"Went and got the law involved 💍❤️," it's captioned.
The couple met at an event in Nashville in 2022 and began dating in early 2023.
Wilkins, who was born in Boston and grew up primarily in Arkansas, graduated from Belmont University in Nas…
Fake FBI Agents Storm Newark Apartment, Steal $7.5K: Police
A New Jersey man has been arrested after police say he and two accomplices posed as FBI agents, forced their way into a woman's apartment and stole $7,500 from her safe.
Samuel Prata, 42, was arrested Sunday, Oct. 4, in connection with the Thursday, Aug. 27 home invasion on Mott Street near Raymond Boulevard, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said.
Three men knocked on the door of the woman's third-floor apartment around 2:30 p.m. and claimed to be federal agents, demanding that she open the door, Miranda said. When she did, the men rushed inside and pushed her onto a c…
Man Arrested For Rape After 16-Year-Old New Windsor Girl Went Missing For Days
A 25-year-old man has been arrested on rape and child sexual performance charges following the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl who was found safe after a two-day search in Orange County.
Adeyemi Adegbemigun, age 25, was charged with third-degree rape and promoting a sexual performance by a child, the Orange County District Attorney's Office confirmed to Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 1.
Adegbemigun was arraigned in Orange County's centralized arraignment part on Saturday, Sept. 26, and ordered held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail, $50,000 bond, or $100,000 partially secured bond…
Kosta Diamantis Gets 7 Years For CT School Bribery Conviction After Fleeing To Greece
A former Connecticut official who took bribes from contractors while overseeing school construction grants received a seven-year prison sentence while he remains a fugitive in Greece.
Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, 70, was sentenced in absentia in a Bridgeport federal court on Wednesday, Sept. 30, according to CT Mirror.
He was previously convicted on 21 counts, including bribery, extortion, conspiracy, and lying to investigators. His crimes involved a state program that helps fund school construction.
Two weeks before his sentencing, Diamantis fled the country to Greece, where his dual c…
Trump Targeted In Assassination Threats By PA Man From Same County As 2024 Shooting: DOJ
A Pennsylvania man who threatened to assassinate President Donald J. Trump and other U.S. officials has now been sentenced, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Sept. 3.
Shawn Monper, 33, of Butler, admitted in federal court to making threats to assault and murder U.S. officials and federal law enforcement agents, according to U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti.
Monper pleaded guilty to two counts related to threatening officials, and as part of his plea agreement, accepted responsibility for additional charges tied to his online activity on Monday, April 13, authorities said.
The case stems…
Fake Caregiver Kickbacks In $1.76M Medicaid Scheme Lands King Of Prussia Mom, Daughter In Jail
A home care agency owner whose daughter was already jailed in a massive Medicaid fraud case is now headed to state prison herself, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Stephanie Mobley, 54, of King of Prussia, owned ComfortZone Home Health Care, LLC, where prosecutors say she approved kickback arrangements, assigned phony caregivers to clients, and recruited clients to participate in the scheme.
A Montgomery County judge sentenced Mobley to 17 months to 10 years in state prison and ordered her to pay $1.76 million in restitution on Wednesday, Aug. 19, ac…
Cult Member Charged After 'Mom' Heard Before PA Parents' Execution: DA
Chilling new details have emerged more than three years after a Pennsylvania couple and the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, allegedly by suspects with ties to a cult-like group, have been arrested.
Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, 33, of Media, Pennsylvania, has been charged with murdering her parents, Richard and Rita Zajko, after a years-long Pennsylvania State Police investigation uncovered digital, ballistic, financial, and surveillance evidence tying her to the killings, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse announced on Wednesday, June 24.
Richard Zajko, 72, and …
Aziz Ansari Mocks Kash Patel In 'SNL' Cold Open
Aziz Ansari made a surprise cameo on "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday, May 2, stealing the cold open as FBI Director Kash Patel.
Ansari swaggered up to a mock White House podium, joining Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth, eyes bulging.
“What up, what up. It's K-dog, aka Kash with a K, aka the most effective FBI director this country's ever had, Kash Patel," he said. "Now, after the attempted assassination of President Trump, anotha one.”
“What if I told you this agency is only six weeks away from pinpointing the exact location of Osama Bin Laden?” he said in an apparent jab at the age…
Woman Dies After Balcony Fall On Carnival Cruise Ship Off California Coast
A woman has died after falling from her stateroom balcony aboard the Carnival Firenze while the ship was sailing near Catalina Island, California.
Carnival Cruise Line confirmed the tragic incident, stating that the woman fell from her balcony and landed on Deck 5, a lower deck of the ship, according to KNBC, which first reported the news.
The incident occurred around 2 a.m. local time Monday, April 27. while the ship was en route to Ensenada, Mexico, as part of a four-day itinerary departing from Long Beach.
The woman, who was traveling with her family, was discovered shortly after the fa…
Hamden Man Convicted In Deadly New Haven Shooting Of 27-Year-Old Learns His Fate
A Connecticut man will spend decades behind bars for a deadly shooting that left one person dead and another seriously hurt in a New Haven neighborhood.
Treyvon Battle, 35, of Hamden, was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison on Wednesday, April 22, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice said.
A jury found Battle guilty of murder, first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, and carrying a pistol without a permit in January.
The charges stem from a shooting that happened on May 27, 2017, on Dickerman Street in New Haven.
Prosecutors said Battle opened fi…
