Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

Pennsylvania’s Pittston Township Police Department has reported that a six-year-old girl was unlawfully taken and was reported missing over the weekend. The child who was playing at Luzerne County SkyZone was removed from...

A Pennsylvania mother has been charged with child abuse of her two children after the Pennsylvania State Police responded to a ChildLine report. The specific charges that the mother was charged with include aggravated assault,...

A former York County, Pennsylvania resident, Wyatt Andrew Jones, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison following the sexual abuse of his infant daughter and the solicitation and receipt of sexually explicit photos from a...

Pennsylvania’s own Perkiomen Valley School District has received a series of threats following the release of its schools’ bathroom policy permitting transgender students to utilize the bathroom of their sexual...

If you’re facing domestic violence charges, it can be devastating to your career and also your reputation and standing in the community. Without a vigorous defense, you could lose so much. That’s what Houston Rockets...

A 22-year-old Punxsutawney man has been brought up on 484 felony charges for allegedly possessing and disseminating child pornography. Brendon Eugene Troutman is accused of uploading child porn to the social media website Discord,...

Pennsylvania residents who have been granted a Protection from Abuse (PFA) order to protect them from domestic violence—and the law enforcement officers tasked with enforcing those orders—now have a new technological tool on...

Eric Hill, a Plymouth man, was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute between 400 and 1.2 kilos grams of fentanyl in Luzerne County in 2019 and 2020. The United States Attorney’s...

A 17-year-old male was recently charged in the stabbing death of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend and her mother in North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, just north of Allentown. According to police, the 17-year-old then stole the...

Even though you have talked to your teen about the dangers of drinking and driving, some teens may make bad choices and end up with a DUI arrest. While some tough love is in order for a teenager charged with DUI, the consequences...

Crimes against children are often the most vigorously prosecuted in the U.S., and Pennsylvania police are no exception. When someone prominent in the community faces an accusation, it can ruin a reputation and have lasting...

A man who left on a recent flight from O’Hare to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton as a passenger landed as a defendant in a federal criminal case after exposing himself and masturbating “throughout the flight,” according to federal...

The story of a Philadelphia man who allegedly kicked police officers after they arrested him serves as an excellent reminder of what to do — and what not to do — if you get arrested in Pennsylvania. No matter the...

A Pennsylvania nurse, Heather Pressdee, has been charged with criminal charges for allegedly poisoning patients in the healthcare facilities where she was employed. Pressdee worked at a few facilities across the state. The...

Children under the age of 18 receive special protections under state and federal law. For example, Pennsylvania law prohibits the sex trafficking of minors. Federal law adds another protection by prohibiting anyone from taking an...

People run for local political offices because they want to make a difference in their communities. They are called to help build the world they want to live in. But having a past criminal record can get in the way of those...

Delaware resident Geoffrey Hines was sentenced to 23 years in prison for committing numerous state and federal sex crimes against children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among his charges were manufacturing or attempting to...

Pennsylvania state trooper Ronald K. Davis faces serious consequences after being charged with various felony charges, including unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, assault, recklessly endangering another person, and official...

Pennsylvania takes sexual assault offenses seriously. It’s considered a second-degree felony and can lead to up to 10 years in jail and a fine of up to $25,000. One of the most important aspects of any sexual assault case is...

Identity theft, particularly when it happens electronically, can result in many white-collar criminal charges related to fraud and theft. WHTM recently reported a story about two Dauphin County men charged in a bank fraud...