Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

The owners of the Oakland nuisance bar, Panther Pit, are facing criminal charges for allegedly violating Pennsylvania liquor laws. They will face trial for operating the bar without a liquor license. The bar was shut down for a...

A civil lawsuit originally filed against rapper Sean Combs (also known as P. Diddy, among other names) was recently amended to add Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, as a defendant. Both are accused in the lawsuit of raping the...

A reality TV star is facing potential criminal charges after a December 2024 arrest for possible misdemeanor domestic violence. Police had arrived at a residence to find the star arguing with a woman. James Kennedy, who has been...

Unless you were still dwelling on or celebrating election results, making early preparations for Thanksgiving, or had gotten a jumpstart on winter hibernation, you probably heard about the November 15 heavyweight fight between...

For defendants involved in high-profile cases, the journey from indictment to sentencing can be a marathon rather than a sprint. The complexities of building a case against a well-organized criminal enterprise, coupled with the...

Two Pennsylvania men are facing federal charges for vandalizing Chabad of Squirrel Hill, a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Per the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Mohamad Hamad and Talya Lubit...

The nine individuals operating a years-long clever theft-and-return scheme based in Philadelphia were laughing all the way to the bank – until they got busted, that is. This organization raked in $850,000 by stealing merchandise...

It’s called the City of Brotherly Love, but a Delaware resident found out the hard way that nepotism in business dealings with the City of Philadelphia doesn’t go unpunished.  Felton Hayman was sentenced in...

The US Department of Justice is aggressively pursuing businesses for COVID-19 Payroll Protection Program (PPP) fraud, and social media (as usual) has something to say about it. Countless small businesses applied for, and many...

A Pennsylvania man, Tommy Hawkins, has been sentenced in federal court to 65 months in prison for his leading role in a COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud scheme. Hawkins is a former branch manager of the...

Two former members of Penn State’s football team are facing multiple sexual assault charges after allegedly raping and assaulting two women at a campus apartment complex in July of 2024. The two were charged by the Centre...

Hafizullah Ebady recently became the seventh of eight co-defendants to plead guilty in federal court to participating in a massive international healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme. The operation generated over $1.7...

In late October, after a year-long investigation, five defendants from Philadelphia ranging in age from 27 to 50 – David Arroyo, Miguel Jorge-Ortiz, Neil Perez, Jose Guzman, and Carlos Lake – were busted on federal drug...

In October 2024, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania announced the state had charged 22 people for their alleged involvement in a human trafficking ring. The ring allegedly operated out a house in Northeast Philadelphia for over...

Off-duty State Police officer Benjamin Brallier was murdered while jogging along the Montour Trail in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The accused murderer, Anthony Quesen, was found nearly a third of a mile from the scene with cuts...

Just as every US citizen has the right to vote, election officials should be free to perform their duties without worrying about threats, intimidation, or violence. However, with emotions – and tensions – running high around...

Sex trafficking remains a serious issue in the United States, affecting thousands of victims each year. This form of human trafficking involves the exploitation of individuals, often minors, for commercial sex acts through force,...

Do you know what can take 6 years to do? A tulip can grow from a seed in 6 years. Jupiter will travel from one side of the sun to the other. Six years is how long it took for the second World War to end. There’s no doubt...

Two Pennsylvania men have been arrested in Bucks County for orchestrating a string of gift card scams at local Giant Stores. Law enforcement claims that nearly 100 gift cards from local stores were tampered with as part of the...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed charges against a Pennsylvania businessman, Alan C. Redmond, for tax fraud. Redmond is the 96% general partner of Bene Market LLC, a call center operating as an insurance broker, selling...