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The elected tax collector for Center Township in Beaver County admitted to embezzling $1 million from the township and school district and filing a false tax return.
Jeanne Bowser, 62, of Aliquippa pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and filing false income tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced Thursday. She pleaded guilty to both counts before U.S. District Judge Robert Colville.
Bowser was Center Township’s tax collector, and she also collected taxes for Central Valley School District.
A Pittsburgh man was charged with possessing material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors.
David Stanton, 53, was indicted on the charge by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced Wednesday.
In March, Stanton knowingly possessed videos in computer graphic and digital files that involved the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to the indictment said.
Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin J. Risacher is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.
The FBI conducted the investigation leading the to the indictment in this case.
Julia Felton is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Julia at 724-226-7724, jfelton@triblive.com or via Twitter .
A Butler County Prison inmate was charged with illegally possessing a cell phone in jail.
William Kelly Penn, 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possessing contraband while in prison, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced Wednesday.
Penn, a federal detainee at Butler County Prison, had a cell phone while in custody on Feb. 20, according to the indictment. Cell phones are prohibited objects for inmates.
Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin J. Risacher is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government.
The United States Marshals Service conducted the investigation leading to this indictment.
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An Aliquippa man has been sentenced to just over five years in prison for possession of cocaine, a gun and ammunition.
Antoine Cummings, 37, was sentenced to five years and three months in prison following his conviction on narcotics trafficking and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced Thursday.
Senior United States District Judge Nora Barry Fischer imposed the sentence in federal court.
Law enforcement officers seized about 51 grams of powdered cocaine, a loaded Smith and Wesson .40-caliber pistol, ammunition and over $5,800 when the Beaver County Drug Task Force and Aliquippa Police Department searched Cummings’s apartment in September 2019.
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