News and Press Releases
2011: Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | Jun| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec
December 21, 2011
Lackawanna County man charged with receiving and distributing child pornography
Schuylkill County middle school teacher charged with receiving and distributing child pornography
December 20, 2011
Man charged with murder of fellow inmate at USP Canaan
December 19, 2011
Camp Hill man sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for child pornography charges
Man pleads guilty to currency structuring to evade IRS reporting requirements
Indictment charging York County man with possession of child pornography unsealed
December 15, 2011
Harrisburg man charged with identity theft and mail fraud in unemployment benefits scheme
Mexican citizen encountered in Franklin County indicted for illegal reentry
Gettysburg Auto Exchange owner and manager plead guilty in federal court
Court affirms 160-month prison sentence for child pornography offender
December 14, 2011
Hanover Township man pleads guilty to child pornography offense
December 13, 2011
Schuylkill County drug trafficker sentenced to prison
December 9, 2011
Lebanon man indicted for failing to register in Pennsylvania as a sex offender
Federal inmate charged with assaulting correctional officer
December 8, 2011
Third defendant in mortgage fraud scheme sentenced to prison
Factoryville man sentenced on sexual abuse charge
December 6, 2011
Cambria County man pleads guilty to money laundering, mail and wire fraud charges
December 5, 2011
Three men charged in federal indictment alleging commercial bribery
December 2, 2011
New York City man sentenced to 46 months in prison for cocaine trafficking in Monroe County
December 1, 2011
Pennsylvania hospice to pay U.S. $10.56 million settlement
New Jersey man indicted on federal drug charges
November 30, 2011
Kingston man sentenced to prison for marijuana trafficking
Four defendants in Schuylkill County drug case sentenced to prison
November 23, 2011
Gettysburg Auto Exchange Owner and Manager charged with fraud against charities
November 22, 2011
Internet escort services firms charged with money laundering plead guilty in federal court
Lackawanna County man indicted for conspiracy to distribute heroin
Schuylkill County man pleads guilty to drug conspiracy
November 18, 2011
Former executive director of Schuylkill County victim center pleads guilty to federal charge
Dunmore man charged with bank robbery and car theft
Appellate court upholds 10-year prison sentence for crack dealer
November 17, 2011
Repeat sex offender sentenced to 30 years in federal prison
U. S. Attorney's Office collects over $20 million in civil & criminal actions in FY 2011
November 16, 2011
Etters couple indicted for alleged bribery of an IRS agent
Mexican citizen encountered in Lackawanna County indicted for illegal reentry
November 15, 2011
November 14, 2011
Leaders of Carlisle cocaine trafficking ring plead guilty in federal court
November 11, 2011
York County man sentenced on charge of illegally possessing body armor
November 9, 2011
Four Luzerne County men indicted on stolen firearms and heroin trafficking charges
November 7, 2011
Former York County real estate agent convicted of wire fraud and money laundering
November 4, 2011
Luzerne County man pleads guilty to child pornography charge
November 3, 2011
Lewisburg man charged possession of child pornography
November 2, 2011
Monroe County man pleads guilty to wire fraud in investment scheme
November 1, 2011
Luzerne County man sentenced to prison for mortgage fraud scheme
October 2011
October 31, 2011
October 28, 2011
Scranton couple convicted of conspiracy to defraud estate of deceased aunt
October 27, 2011
Stroudsburg man sentenced to 66 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm
Williamsport man indicted on federal firearm charge
October 26, 2011
New Oxford couple convicted of federal production of child pornography charges
Two Scranton men indicted for bank robbery
October 24, 2011
October 21, 2011
VA employee pleads guilty to prescription drug fraud
Hershey man federally sentenced for receiving and distributing child pornography
Maryland couple charged with four Pennsylvania bank robberies
Dover woman charged with $400,000 money order fraud
October 19, 2011
Former Monroe County businessman sentenced to 14 years in prison for child pornography offense
Hazleton man sentenced for selling heroin
October 18, 2011
Monroe County man's involvement in stolen heavy equipment ring results in eight years' imprisonment
October 14, 2011
October 11, 2011
Luzerne County man charged with tampering with consumer products
Three Reading men indicted for Schuylkill County bank robbery
October 7, 2011
Adobe PDF Court document - U.S. District Court issues decision denying former Lackawanna County Commissioners Robert Cordaro's motions seeking a new trial
October 5, 2011
Former police officer pleads guilty to child pornography charge
Millersburg resident charged with attempt to manufacture drugs in residence
October 3, 2011
Luzerne County man sentenced to five years in federal prison for crack cocaine trafficking
Grand jury indicts two Schuylkill County men for oxycontin trafficking
September 2011
September 30, 2011
Pike County man sentenced for illegal purchase of firearm
September 29, 2011
Ashley man pleads guilty to drug trafficking and damaging property subject to forfeiture
Schuylkill County man sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
Adams County resident indicted for document fraud
September 23, 2011
Cumberland County man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography
September 22, 2011
Monroe County man sentenced for selling cocaine
Jamaican man sentenced to more than 7 years in prison on charges of hindering removal
September 21, 2011
Alleged postal money order thief indicted by grand jury
September 20, 2011
Monroe County man indicted on federal cocaine trafficking charges
Harrisburg man sentenced to more than 21 years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges
September 15, 2011
Fourth Canadian resident pleads guilty to charges related to MoneyGram scheme
Man indicted for hindering removal
September 14, 2011
September 12, 2011
Monroe County man enters guilty plea to federal charges related to pipe bomb incidents
September 8, 2011
Carbondale man sentenced for selling crack cocaine
September 7, 2011
September 2, 2011
Operator of Lackawanna County business charged with tax evasion
Plains podiatrist sentenced in health care fraud
September 1, 2011
Lancaster couple indicted on charges they allegedly defrauded HUD out of $70,000
Allenwood Penitentiary inmate charged with possessing cellphone
August 2011
August 31, 2011
August 29, 2011
August 25, 2011
Pike County man sentenced to prison for mortgage fraud scheme
Alleged armed drug dealer from Harrisburg charged and arrested
Three Harrisburg men indicted on unrelated federal drug charges
Scranton man sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for producing child pornography
Two men encountered in Lycoming County indicted for illegal reentry
Man encountered in Wayne County indicted for illegal reentry
August 24, 2011
North Carolina woman sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for attempted kidnapping
August 23, 2011
York man pleads guilty to federal housing program fraud
August 19, 2011
Carbon County man pleads guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography
August 18, 2011
August 16, 2011
Major Lebanon County cocaine and crack cocaine dealer pleads guilty and sentenced in federal court
August 15, 2011
August 11, 2011
August 10, 2011
Tobyhanna man sentenced on drug and firearm offenses
Bradford County man sentenced to 12 years in prison for receiving and distributing child pornography
Former Lakeland School District Transportation Director pleads guilty to federal program fraud
York man sentenced to 152 months in prison for three county violent crime spree
August 8, 2011
Former Berwick bank employee sentenced for embezzling more than $700,000
August 4, 2011
Cocaine trafficker sentenced to 78 months in federal prison
Cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana trafficker sentenced to 120 months in prison
Shippensburg tax defier ordered detained for cutting off his electronic monitoring device
August 3, 2011
Hanover man convicted of criminal conspiracy, arson and interstate transportation of stolen property
August 2, 2011
Geisinger Medical Center agrees to pay government $1.3 million to resolve questioned Medicare claims
July 2011
July 29, 2011
Wellsboro man charged with illegal possession of a weapon
July 28, 2011
Two New York men charged with cocaine trafficking in Tioga County
Lewisburg inmate charged with possession of contraband weapon
July 21, 2011
Second Canadian resident pleads guilty to charges related to Moneygram scheme
Russian national federally sentenced for involvement in export smuggling operation
July 14, 2011
Leader of Central Pennsylvania drug conspiracy sentenced to life in federal prison
July 13, 2011
Alleged Luzerne County drug traffickers charged
July 12, 2011
York Haven resident charged for failure to register as a sex offender pleads guilty
York resident charged federally with failing to register as sex offender
July 11, 2011
Federal embezzlement charges filed against two mid-state union officials
July 8, 2011
Shamokin man charged with failing to deliver mail
Georgia man sentenced for student loan fraud
July 7, 2011
July 6, 2011
Convicted Carbondale physician excluded from participation in all federal health care programs
July 6, 2011
Taylor man indicted for possession with intent to distribute drugs
June 2011
June 30, 2011
Wayne County man sentenced to prison for illegal firearms purchases
June 29, 2011
Man indicted for allegedly damaging a Marcellus Shale pipeline
June 24, 2011
United States Attorney's Office makes statement concerning the incident involving a federal witness
June 23, 2011
June 22, 2011
Schuylkill County man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking offense
Former Hazle Township man sentenced to 8 years in prison for child pornography offense
June 21, 2011
Two Luzerne County men charged with theft from Monroe County firearms dealer
June 20, 2011
Two Luzerne County men arrested for allegedly importing and trafficking GBL and steroids
June 15, 2011
Albany woman sentenced to five years in prison
for crack cocaine trafficking
June 14, 2011
June 13, 2011
Schuylkill County man sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
June 10, 2011
Indictment charging 20 people on federal cocaine distribution charges unsealed
June 9, 2011
Wilkes-Barre man indicted on federal drug charges
June 8, 2011
Two individuals charged as part of on-going corruption investigation sentenced today
Luzerne County man indicted on federal heroin trafficking and firearms charges
June 7, 2011
Brooklyn man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking
June 6, 2011
Cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana trafficker sentenced to 120 months in prison
June 2, 2011
Crack cocaine trafficker sentenced to 80 months in prison
Heroin dealer sentenced to 18 months in prison
June 1, 2011
Delta man charged with firearms conspiracy
May 2011
May 26, 2011
Owner of settlement company sentenced to prison term for federal wire fraud charges
Canadian citizen pleads guilty to charges related to Moneygram scheme
Two Luzerne County bank tellers plead guilty to charge of conspiring to commit theft
May 25, 2011
May 24, 2011
May 17, 2011
Two Monroe County men indicted on federal charges related to pipe bomb incidents
Five individuals indicted for operating a multi-state prostitution network
May 16, 2011
May 13, 2011
May 12, 2011
Former Dauphin County residents indicted for production of fraudulent identification documents
Man federally charged with drug trafficking and firearms offenses
Plains Township man charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine
May 11, 2011
Baltimore man sentenced in connection with $35 million tax fraud conspiracy
Monroe County man charged with wire fraud in fraudulent loans scheme
May 6, 2011
East Stroudsburg man sentenced to 97 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography
May 5, 2011
Philadelphia man indicted on York robbery charges
May 4, 2011
Pike County man indicted for producing, receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography
New York City man and Monroe County woman indicted on federal cocaine trafficking charges
May 2, 2011
Scranton man found guilty in worker's compensation fraud scheme
April 2011
April 29, 2011
New York man sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegal gun purchases
April 28, 2011
Monroe County man charged with mail fraud and identity
Williamsport man indicted on federal drug charges
April 27, 2011
April 22, 2011
Man residing in Dauphin County indicted for illegal reentry
Man residing in Franklin County indicted for illegal reentry
April 21, 2011
York County man found guilty of illegally possessing body armor
Tobyhanna man charged with drug and firearm offenses
New York man sentenced to prison for illegal gun purchases
April 20, 2011
Mountaintop couple charged with filing false tax returns
April 19, 2011
Kingston man sentenced to prison for downloading child pornography
Grand jury indicts two suspects for oxycontin trafficking
Three Schuylkill County drug traffickers plead guilty
Luzerne County man sentenced for child pornography offense
Scranton man sentenced to prison for possessing child pornography
April 18, 2011
Adobe PDF document - U.S. Attorney's Office files brief in response to Ciavarella's post trial motions
April 15, 2011
Watsontown man charged with firearms offenses
April 13, 2011
Two charged with filing fraudulent tax return claims
April 8, 2011
Former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Toole sentenced in federal court
April 7, 2011
15 indicted for conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout Scranton
Springbrook Township man found guilty of receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography
Wilkes-Barre man sentenced for internet enticement of minor
Selinsgrove woman charged with bank larceny
April 1, 2011
Former Western Union and Moneygram agents indicted on federal telemarketing fraud charges
March 2011
March 31, 2011
Wyoming County man charged with receiving and distributing child pornography
New Jersey woman pleads guilty to HUD fraud
March 30, 2011
Former operator of York County real estate firm charged with $2.7 million mortgage fraud scheme
March 29, 2011
March 25, 2011
Three inmates serving sentences at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg indicted
Two men residing in central Pennsylvania indicted for illegal reentry
March 24, 2011
Schuylkill County man sentenced to prison for drug, gambling, and tax offenses
Bradford County man admits to receiving and distributing child pornography
Lebanon women charged with federal housing program fraud
Reading man allegedly selling crack cocaine in the Harrisburg area indicted
Two Harrisburg men arraigned on gun and drug trafficking charges as well as car-jacking
New Oxford couple indicted on federal child pornography charges
March 22, 2011
Former union secretary/treasurer charged with embezzlement
Court upholds New York drug dealer's conviction
March 17, 2011
Convicted felon indicted for possession of a loaded firearm
Carlisle woman indicted for trying to obstruct the administration of IRS laws
March 16, 2011
Three Luzerne County men indicted on child pornography charges
March 15, 2011
Former podiatrist charged with health care fraud
March 10, 2011
Man residing in Dauphin County indicted for illegal reentry
March 9, 2011
Former Executive Director for the Redevelopment Authority for the city of Shamokin sentenced
Kennel operators indicted for conspiracy, aggravated identity theft, and mail fruad in dog sales
March 7, 2011
Three sentenced for conducting trucking fraud
March 1, 2011
Police search upheld and child pornography offender's 151-month prison sentence affirmed
New Jersey woman charged with HUD fraud
Former Hazle Township man admits to child pornography offense
Brooklyn man admits to distributing drugs in Luzerne County
February 2011
February 28, 2011
President of electroplating company charged with Clean Water Act violation
New Jersey man sentenced to 10 years for attempted internet enticement of a minor
Monroe County man charged with wire fraud
February 24, 2011
Hershey man charged with receiving and distributing child pornography
Man residing in Adams County indicted for illegal reentry
February 23, 2011
Drug trafficker's 87-month prison sentence affirmed
February 17, 2011
Two indicted for string of armed bank robberies in York County
February 10, 2011
Pike County man charged with thefts at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
February 9, 2011
Scranton couple charged with conspiracy to defraud estate of deceased aunt
Captured fugitive charged with failure to report for sentence
Inmate indicted for threat against former prosecutor
Previously deported man residing in Scranton charged with reentry of an illegal alien
February 1, 2011
Factoryville man charged with abuse of minor at Lewisburg prison facility
January 2011
January 31, 2011
Monroe County man pleads guilty to receiving child pornography
January 28, 2011
Second Luzerne County bank teller charged with conspiring to commit theft
January 27, 2011
Child pornography offender's 210-month prison sentence affirmed
January 26, 2011
Luzerne County bank teller charged with conspiring to commit theft
Schuylkill County man charged with producing and trafficking in child pornography
January 25, 2011
Former New Jersey police officer indicted for bank robbery
January 24, 2011
January 21, 2011
York County consultant sentenced to prison for $1.5 million fraud scheme
January 20, 2011
Allentown man sentenced for his involvement in pharmaceutical drug fraud
Two Harrisburg men charged with escape
January 19, 2011
Scranton cocaine and heroin supplier sentenced to 120 months
January 18, 2011
Gilberton Borough councilman sentenced to prison for drug offense
Georgia man pleads guilty to student loan fraud
January 14, 2011
Final defendant associated with an armed robbery group sentenced to 106 years in prison
January 11, 2011
January 7, 2011
York County drug trafficker pleads guilty to federal charges
January 5, 2011
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