Leader of check-cashing scheme scammed banks out of $200,000, authorities say; suspect is jailed in Pa.
Updated May 16, 1:42 PM;
Posted May 14, 6:41 PM
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WILLIAMSPORT - The reputed ringleader of a criminal organization accused by prosecutors of scamming banks out of more than $200,000 will remain jailed for now.
James Harris-Bey, 50, of the Detroit, Mich., area, was arraigned Thursday in U.S. Middle District Court on bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud charges.
Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle ordered him detained. He deferred a decision on bail until he receives an assessment from Detroit probation officers of the home of a sister who has agreed to be Harris-Bey’s custodian.
John Jones III moves from being a federal judge to Dickinson College president: ‘I feel very blessed’
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
U.S. Middle District Court Chief Judge John Jones III, who chairs Dickinson College s board of trustees, talks here with outgoing Dickinson College President Margee Ensign, who he will succeed on an interim basis.
Screenshot from Dickinson College video
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U.S. Middle District Court Chief Judge John Jones III had no plans on leaving the federal bench for four more years.
But then an opportunity arose that intrigued him enough to decide to trade his judicial robe for an academic one.
A Penn State faculty member filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the university of racial discrimination.
Errol Henderson, an associate professor of political science, says that in response to his complaints about racism at Penn State, he was disciplined and denied a promotion to full professor.
A Penn State spokesperson declined comment, saying the university does not comment on pending litigation.
Attorney Stephen Console wrote that as early as 2010, Henderson, who is Black, “formally complained about the racially hostile work environment and Penn State’s poor engagement with individuals, such as himself, who raise concerns about diversity, inclusion and discrimination.”
Fired Pa. cop settles suit related to a drug probe involving council members
Updated 2:14 PM;
WILLIAMSPORT – A Lycoming County police officer who claimed he was suspended just before making an arrest in a drug case involving council members has settled his federal lawsuit over his subsequent firing for $120,000.
Eric Winters, a corporal and officer-in-charge in Montgomery, claimed his June 29, 2020, firing was in retaliation for conducting investigations requested by the mayor as the result of public complaints.
Winters stated in his suit in U.S. Middle District Court he was suspended May 4, 2020, the evening before he planned to make an arrest in a drug case that allegedly involved two council members.
Disciplined Penn State professor sues, accuses the university of discrimination
Updated May 12, 2021;
WILLIAMSPORT – A Penn State professor disciplined after colleagues complained about his op-ed piece in the student newspaper has sued the university, accusing it of discrimination.
Errol A. Henderson, who is Black, contends in a suit filed Wednesday in U.S. Middle District Court his race and complaints of discrimination and a hostile work environment were the motivating and/or determinative factor in the actions taken against him.
The focus of the complaints against him was the January 2019 publication in The Daily Collegian of the op-ed entitled “Being Black at Penn State.”