Lisa Herbenko, 49, allegedly siphoned $398,620.87 from the coffers of the Reading Education Association (REA). The organization, which advocates for the educational professionals and the students of Reading, PA, has been under...
Relationships are hard and sometimes emotional. It can be challenging to resolve conflict healthily, and sometimes conflicts between couples can escalate into threats of violence. In the worst-case scenario, people can end up...
One Mistake Should Not Define You Many of us have made mistakes during our lives – even mistakes that have led to arrests and subsequent convictions. Unfortunately, we now live in a world that is increasingly lived online. We...
Dealing with the police can be stressful enough, but if you aren’t native to the U.S., it can be even more so. Sometimes misunderstandings can arise from cultural or language differences, leading to more conflict than...
Domestic violence is a serious and underreported crime that claims thousands of lives every year. Statistics show that as many as 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men have experienced severe physical abuse or sexual abuse from a partner in...
Domestic violence is a serious problem in Pennsylvania and throughout the U.S. On average, nearly 20 people experience domestic violence every minute, with ten million victims of domestic violence each year. One in four women and...
Since the pandemic, teens have had to adapt to many changes during and after school. While schools were closed, teens suffered from the absence of sports and other after-school programs. In Pittsburgh, they found new places to...
Many of us have done it – typed an angry email or text in response to a heated situation, and then, instead of hitting the ‘delete’ button like we probably should have, we hit ‘send.’ In most cases, the worst...
Accidents happen; people trip, slip, miss a step, fall off bikes, walk into signs while looking at their phones, stumble over sleeping pets…there is any number of perfectly benign and innocent ways that someone can end up with a...
Don’t Let Your Child’s Criminal Conviction Drain Your Finances and Derail Your Career
March 31, 2023
Most parents never imagine their child will be convicted of a crime. When this nightmare becomes a reality, parents of juvenile offenders worry about the impact the conviction will have on their child’s future. The stakes...
Situations involving domestic violence are deeply traumatic and emotionally draining. The matter can become even more complicated when you have responded with force to a serious threat to your safety to defend yourself or someone...
Domestic violence continues to be a serious problem in Pennsylvania as well as throughout the rest of the country. The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence reported 112 deaths attributed to domestic violence in...
Criminal History and Your Credit Score
March 25, 2023
While it may sometimes seem as though credit reporting agencies manage to track everything about your life, whether it’s purchases you make, payments you miss, loans you take out, and how many credit cards you have, you may...
Myles Andrew Howell, a 21-year-old man from Manchester, Pennsylvania, was recently arrested and charged with several felonies, including one first-degree felony, three second-degree felonies, and one third-degree felony relating...
Hardly a year goes by when we don’t hear a surprising new update concerning Bill Cosby. In 2018, Cosby was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault, and in 2021, the PA supreme court vacated the conviction. He was released...
No one is immune from the law, and unfortunately, the law doesn’t always feel fair. For example, in 2017, Rapper Meek Mill was charged with a felony crime after popping a wheelie on a bike without a helmet. This criminal...
Many people in Pennsylvania use Tinder and other online dating apps to find romantic partners for casual sexual relationships. However, as with any romantic relationship, things can sometimes get out of hand, or people may have...
The problems we faced during the COVID-19 Pandemic have eased up, but long-term impacts continue to plague us. Now that the dust has settled, we’re starting to really understand how devastatingly stressful the pandemic was...
Earlier this year, a Pennsylvania teenager, Nehemiah Gonzalez, was charged as an adult after opening fire on someone during a drug deal turned robbery. Allegedly, Gonzalez, 17 years old, and the victim met at the park for a...
Known as restraining orders in other states, in Pennsylvania, a Protect From Abuse Order or a “PFA” Order typically restrains a defendant from contacting protected persons. While PFA orders can be issued by a court for...