HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced a settlement with SoLo Funds, Inc., regarding the California-based lending platform’s tip and donation features attached to loans made on its platform. The conduct, as alleged, deceptively led borrowers to believe that they were obtaining interest-free loans while actually subjecting them to inflated interest rates.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the arrest of a New Cumberland woman charged with possessing numerous files of child sexual abuse material, including those depicting the abuse of very young children.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a former band director at a Luzerne County high school was convicted this week of sexual assault for groping a student in 2019. The jury convicted Theron Roberts late Thursday afternoon of felony institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors, along with two misdemeanor counts of indecent assault. Roberts, 41, will be sentenced on Sept. 27.
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that Allentown resident Jacob Torres was sentenced to 9 to 24 years in prison for the assault of a minor and for disseminating child sexual abuse materials. Torres, 33, was convicted of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, two charges of unlawful contact with a minor, two charges of sexual abuse of children, and two charges of criminal use of a communication facility. As a condition of his sentence, Torres is to have no contact with minors, no...
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Pennsylvania State Police, announced charges against a former North Braddock Police Officer for drug trafficking and providing sensitive law enforcement information to assist a trafficker in avoiding police. The 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jury recently recommended charges against Craig Gibson for alleged cocaine trafficking in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. The grand jurors heard evidence presented by the Office of Attorney General that Gibson, an officer at...
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that the Office of Attorney General has sent a cease-and-desist letter and filed a lawsuit against Pittsburgh-based Leda Health Corporation regarding the company’s so-called “Early Evidence Kits” to be used by victims following a sexual assault. The kits are marketed as enabling victims to collect “evidence” at home, rather than going to a hospital or medical facility.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that two Philadelphia-based non-profit organizations, Center for Families and Relationships (CFAR) and Project HOME, will each receive $520,125 to bolster mental health services and related programs. This funding follows the closure of the Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute crimes on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) public transit system in Philadelphia, as mandated by Pennsylvania Act 40 of 2023.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced charges against numerous members and associates of the “SaySlide” criminal organization, from the Ogontz and Oak Lane neighborhoods in Philadelphia, who allegedly used violence to perpetrate a theft and fraud scheme targeting United States Postal Service drop boxes. These charges follow a month-long Grand Jury investigation.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Northampton County man was sentenced to 81 to 162 years in prison for sharing several videos of child sexual abuse material using the KIK social media application and possessing over 50 images on his cellphone. Zebbelin Standish, 36, was sentenced Wednesday in Northampton County Court. Sentencing Judge Paula A. Roscioli said in court that she wanted to ensure Standish could never victimize another child.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Lancaster County jury has convicted a former Jehovah’s Witnesses elder of sexual abuse of three children more than 20 years ago. Norman Aviles-Garriga was found guilty Wednesday afternoon of all 12 charges being tried, including aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of children, following a three-day trial in Lancaster County.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that the parents of a newborn baby who died in Sullivan County in 2022 have pleaded guilty. The baby boy died two days after birth, and the parents, along with a third person, were charged based on failures to take reasonable action to summon medical assistance.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Philadelphia man will serve up to 12 years in prison and pay restitution for forging documents to avoid child support obligations. The defendant, Damien Hartsfield, was convicted in January of felony counts of forgery, theft by deception, identity theft, conspiracy, perjury, and misdemeanor false swearing.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Pennsylvania State Trooper was convicted Friday of vehicular homicide for causing a fatal crash last year when he was off-duty, on his way to work, in Tioga County.
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Michelle Henry announced an agreement with UPMC and Washington Health Care Services to preserve affordable access to health care in Washington and Greene Counties in connection with UPMC’s acquisition of Washington Health Care Services.
