U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennslyvania
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennslyvania
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Federal prosecutors have charged ViaClean Technologies, LLC, a Philadelphia-based company, and its founder James Young with conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, as well as violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...
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A Philadelphia man has been indicted on charges related to an armed carjacking that took place in West Philadelphia earlier this year.
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Mark Tucci, a 44-year-old Philadelphia resident, pleaded guilty to several federal charges related to making violent and racist threats against African Americans.
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Rubiel Perez, a 31-year-old resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for a series of armed robberies that took place in Lehigh County in March 2023.
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James Sessoms, a 60-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 28 months in prison for defrauding government benefit programs out of more than $1 million.
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A Bethlehem man, Earl Burford, 47, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for distributing child pornography and possessing a firearm as a felon.
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A Mexican national, Cristian Geovanni Rojas Benitez, 37, has been indicted in Philadelphia for allegedly assaulting a federal agent with a vehicle while the agent was performing official duties.
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A Philadelphia man has been indicted on charges of impersonating a federal officer and committing robbery at an auto repair shop.
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Zyair Dangerfield-Hill, 24, of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to 199 months in prison and five years of supervised release for his role in an armed carjacking that targeted a 73-year-old man in the Spruce Hill neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
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Three men from Philadelphia have been arrested and charged in connection with the June 21, 2025, armed robbery of a Brink’s armored car outside a Home Depot on Castor Avenue.
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A Trinidad and Tobago resident, Shurlan Guppy, also known as Shurlan Gorin, Rafael Oquendo, Christopher Hughes Matthews, and Marc Roman, has been extradited to the United States to face federal drug charges. U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced...
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West End Services, Inc., an Allentown-area pharmacy, and its owner-pharmacist Christopher Leon have agreed to pay $825,000 to the federal government.
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A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his involvement in the armed robbery of a dollar store in North Philadelphia.
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Three foreign nationals have been sentenced in Philadelphia for illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations, according to U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
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Fatima DeMaria, 65, of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, has been indicted on charges of asylum fraud and mail fraud following an investigation into her business practices at Immigration Matters Legal Services in Oxford, Pa.
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Abdul Porter, a 28-year-old resident of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison and three years of supervised release for illegal possession of a firearm.
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Willie Jordan, 68, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in federal court.
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Joshua Lang, a 37-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 430 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for child sexual exploitation and child pornography offenses.
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Allegheny County has agreed to pay $629,043 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by not providing the required share of resources in exchange for AmeriCorps funds.
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Brian Zenszer, a former SEPTA police officer from Warminster, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possession and distribution of child pornography.