Pennsylvania Criminal Defense

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...

Former Somerset County District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas entered a plea of no contest on charges in connection with an assault against his wife that took place while Thomas was actively serving as the DA. Thomas’ plead comes...

Father Lawrence Kozak of the Saint Thomas More Church in Chester County was arrested and charged with felony theft and related criminal charges for allegedly stealing more than $40,000 from his church for video games and other...

As kids, most of us participated in pranks. Whether it was toilet papering at the neighbor’s house on Halloween or making prank phone calls in silly voices, pranking is a childhood pastime for most. Unfortunately, sometimes...

An underage sex sting operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies has resulted in 27 arrests. Among those arrested as a result of the operation is Austin Maddox, a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Maddox was...

A report of domestic assault in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, recently led to the arrest of two individuals for endangering the welfare of children. When state police were called to the 7490 block of Lincoln Highway in Shade...