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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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.
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A Lehigh County man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for child exploitation offenses.
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United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the sentencing of Ivory S. Cousins, a former Philadelphia correctional officer, to five years in prison for violating an inmate's constitutional rights.
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United States Attorney David Metcalf has announced that Grosfillex, Inc., a French outdoor furniture manufacturer with North American headquarters in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, will pay $4.9 million to settle allegations of evading antidumping and...
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United States Attorney David Metcalf has announced that Phillis Fugah, a 24-year-old from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to carjacking and firearm-related charges.
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United States Attorney David Metcalf announced the sentencing of Pascal Gedeon, 31, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Alpha Omega Mayhue, 40, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 65 months in prison.