Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

In June, Ryan Gabelli of Westmoreland County was arrested after allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to a person he thought was a 15-year-old girl. Pennsylvania State Police arrested Mr. Gabelli after apprehending him at a...

In a recent decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prevents individuals subject to a restraining order for domestic violence from possessing a firearm. This is slightly surprising, given how the...

On February 6, 2024, the Pennsylvania State Police were informed that a child between the ages of 5 and 6 had been a victim of sexual abuse more than 20 times. The offender was named as a 21-year-old individual named Jordan Sass....

A 16-year-old Schuylkill County resident faces charges after allegedly assaulting a teenager with a bat. Officers with the Freeland Police Department arrested Christopher J. Kreimendahl after responding to an incident at Freeland...

Domestic violence appears to have taken the life of a Temple University student after a late-night attack from her partner. Tymir Lackey has been charged with murder after EMTs and officers found Milan Jones dead from blunt force...

ChildLine is a toll-free hotline Pennsylvanians may call to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Although ChildLine investigators aren’t police, they may share information about ChildLine reports with law enforcement....

A “highly intoxicated” Philadelphia woman was charged with child endangerment and assault on law enforcement officers at a motel pool after she allegedly grabbed an unrelated 10-year-old boy, swinging and dunking him...

Parents in Lancaster County were charged with felony endangerment of a child after their family was found living in filthy conditions. The arrest occurred after a Lancaster County Children and Youth worker alerted police to the...

Bonnie Louise Gingrich, a 38-year-old teacher at Shalom Christian Academy in Chambersburg, Franklin County, has been charged with four felonies, including sexual contact with a student, corruption of minors, and two counts of...

State police charged a Buffalo Township man with attempted homicide, felony aggravated assault, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, among other charges, for allegedly hitting his wife in the back of the head with a...

A former Steelers player and current Kansas City Chefs defensive lineman was jailed in Alabama after a judge revoked his bond following his felony arrest for burglary and domestic violence. Tuscaloosa police charged Isaiah Buggs...

Phillip Bermudez, 47, is charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting his brother, Alfredo Cabrera, with a crossbow on June 16 in Johnstown. Cabrera managed to call 911 but later died from his injuries. A witness...

A school bus driver is facing criminal charges after hitting the brakes. The problem is she wasn’t stopping to avoid hitting another car or at a stoplight. She hit the brakes because kids on the bus were misbehaving....

A casino trip turned violent for a Wilkes-Barre couple, who engaged in a physical fight after returning home in the wee hours. Fabio Sanchez and Pamela Cruz Santana had roughed each other up enough that someone called the police,...

On May 8, 2024, in a federal court in Erie, Pennsylvania, Noah Oliver Fisch-Lewis, 33, of Ithaca, New York, pleaded guilty to two counts of charges involving violations of federal laws prohibiting the exploitation of a minor....

A Mount Carmel man is facing charges after allegedly throwing a woman out a window and threatening police officers who responded at the scene. Rather than cooperating with police and contacting an attorney, Jeffrey Leisey, 40,...

A Clinton County man has been charged with five felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child and one misdemeanor count of corruption of minors after Officer Bryan M. Burger of Mill Hall Borough Police Department...

22-year-old Johan Garcia-Barrera faces a DUI and multiple related charges after allegedly cruising the wrong way down Interstate 380. However, many of the charges largely hinge upon an officer’s observations of...

A November 2023 lawsuit against rapper and mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs appears to have sparked a series of legal and civil actions against the star. As of this writing, six other women and one man have also filed lawsuits against...

On May 11, Pennsylvania State Police were called to an Erie residence to investigate a report indicating a woman had cut a man. Troopers at the scene found a 42-year-old man with a severe cut on an arm, along with a 40-year-old...