Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

If you are facing imminent domestic violence charges, there are likely actions you can take now that can help prove your side of the story and protect your freedom. By preserving as much objective evidence as possible, you can...

Throughout Pennsylvania, parents and guardians who discipline their children are often forced to go through invasive police investigations and face severe criminal charges. One of the primary causes is that the line between legal...

When an executive or corporate officer discovers internal misconduct or fraud, the initial instinct might be to cover it up or simply hope that federal regulators and law enforcement never notice. Both strategies carry significant...

When someone is arrested and formally charged with a crime, the worst punishments often do not come from the criminal court. Instead, the most devastating consequences tend to come from the court of public opinion and the massive...

Ask someone how a criminal investigation begins, and they’ll probably mention a witness, a police report, or evidence left behind at the scene. But internet solicitation cases often work very differently. Police often create...

Breakups and divorces involve untangling a shared life. Beyond deciding who gets the lamp purchased at a street fair five years ago, couples are increasingly contending with unraveling their shared digital life. Breakups are often...

A Protection From Abuse order is a civil order, and that word “civil” misleads people every day. Violate a PFA in Pennsylvania in any way, and you are not facing a civil problem anymore. You are facing a criminal...

One Williamsport father recently learned how quickly child custody disputes can escalate and lead to serious criminal charges. Police quickly apprehended 35-year-old Douglas Goodwin after allegations that he lured his...

One morning, when Porcha Woodruff was getting her daughters ready for school, she was informed by law enforcement officers that she was being placed under arrest for carjacking. Woodruff, a nursing student who was eight months...

Pennsylvania has the second-highest percentage of its people on probation and parole in the country, after Georgia. The state also has the highest incarceration rate in the Northeast, supervising its citizens at one of the highest...

AI-powered smart glasses are no longer a futuristic novelty. They are becoming a real-world source of criminal investigations, arrests, and legal disputes. As wearable technology makes recording, photographing, and collecting...

The TAKE IT DOWN Act is federal law now — and the FTC started enforcing it in spring 2026. If you’re in Pennsylvania and facing charges tied to sharing intimate images without consent, the legal environment just got more...

A bill currently before the Pennsylvania Senate’s Judiciary Committee would increase the penalties for a number of crimes committed in violation of a protective order (PFA). For most crimes affected by the bill, the criminal...

Anyone can be accused of domestic violence. An argument can spiral out of control. Tempers can flare. And in some cases, police are called. Domestic violence cases are notoriously difficult. Victims should be safe. Those accused,...

Juvenile arrest rates often climb during the summer. If your child has been arrested, what happens in the next few days will matter for the rest of their life. Don’t wait to get legal help. Contact the Criminal Defense Team...

Beginning in November 2026, some individuals convicted of federal crimes will face new sentencing guidelines. The goal with these changes is to streamline the recommendations that judges use when sentencing defendants. For...

Criminal charges are not guilt. That someone has been accused of a crime doesn’t mean they committed that crime. A teenage Penn State hockey player was recently charged with a felony. While he’s still facing misdemeanor...

A recent New York divorce case made national attention for raising a new legal question: if a partner knowingly transmits a sexually transmitted infection, can that conduct rise to the level of assault or domestic violence? In...

Nathan Chasing Horse, best known for portraying the Lakota character Smiles a Lot in the 1990 movie “Dances With Wolves,” was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison in Nevada after being convicted of 13 counts of sexual...

When Cole Tomas Allen allegedly rushed through a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 26, 2026, carrying a shotgun and a pistol, it became one of the most serious security incidents...