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 authorities have launched the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, aiming to dismantle cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that contribute to fentanyl overdoses, violence, human...
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United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Scottie Girl, LLC, doing business as The Breastfeeding Shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and its owner Patricia Gatter have agreed to pay $1 million to settle allegations of submitting false claims...
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A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, according to an announcement from United States Attorney David Metcalf.
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Three Philadelphia residents, Rasheen Harvey-Fields, 18, Tavon Fry, 20, and Saair Steele, 21, have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit carjackings and related firearms offenses.
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Khalil Dickens, a 22-year-old Philadelphia resident, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for his role in a series of violent armed carjackings and robberies that took place during the summer of 2023.
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A Honduran national living illegally in Philadelphia has been sentenced to seven months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
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A Philadelphia man, Chihean Jones, also known as “Cha,” was convicted by a federal jury of two commercial robberies and the murder of a gas station attendant during one of those incidents.
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Shaquan Brown, a 31-year-old Philadelphia resident, has been sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for his role in a series of violent armed home invasions targeting business owners and their families.
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A Philadelphia man, Norman Copper, 34, has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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Willie Jordan, a 68-year-old resident of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to one year in prison for his involvement in two separate fraud schemes targeting both a religious and a political organization.
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A former Philadelphia Deputy Sheriff, Darryl T. Wells, pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Tuesday in federal court.
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A man from Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in a scheme that defrauded victims of nearly $2 million.
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Vanessa Velez and Felix Mendez, both from New York City, were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to possess and distribute approximately 40 kilograms of cocaine.
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A Maryland man, Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to mailing threatening communications and civil rights violations against Jewish institutions.
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Medical device company Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC, based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $38.5 million to settle allegations that it sold knee replacement devices prone to premature failure, resulting in false claims to...
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At a news conference in Philadelphia, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced the indictment of 33 alleged members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization, accused of distributing fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine in the...
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Francis Matos, 51, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $5,000 for conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce.
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Kysime Brown, a 21-year-old Philadelphia resident, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a violent armed carjacking.
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A Brazilian national living in the United States illegally has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer.
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Mark Snedden, the president and sole owner of a masonry restoration contracting company based in Munster, Indiana, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for conspiring to bribe an Amtrak employee and making a false claim.