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Joseph McGuire, 66, of the 2300 block of North 30th Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to charges of unlawful contact or communication with a minor, dissemination of explicit sexual materials to a minor and corruption of a minor in connection with incidents that occurred between 2021 and 2022.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal jury has acquitted a former Philadelphia police sergeant of lying to the FBI about money seized during a drug raid.

A federal jury has acquitted a former Philadelphia police sergeant of lying to the FBI.

A former Philadelphia police sergeant was acquitted of lying to the FBI. The sergeant claimed that the prosecutors never gave him an opportunity to clarify the situation.

A federal jury has acquitted a former Philadelphia police sergeant of lying to the FBI.

Kennedy was accused of stealing money — thought to be proceeds from drug trafficking — from a nightstand during a drug-related search warrant in 2016. The occupants of the apartment had installed security cameras and recorded the alleged theft that was later posted to Instagram. The charges announced Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s office were related to the federal investigation of that alleged theft, though Kennedy was not charged in the theft itself. According to court documents, Kenn...

WHYY By A police car drives in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Two Philadelphia police officers have been suspended after being charged with giving false statements in separate cases. Sgt. Michael Kennedy, 49, was federally indicted Wednesday on making false statements to the FBI, obstruction and conspiracy to make a false statement. Separately, Officer James Saxton was arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department’s internal affairs division and charged with pe...

HATFIELD — A Lansdale teenager charged as an adult with attempted homicide after he allegedly stabbed and seriously injured his two siblings during a knife attack on a Hatfield Township playground will seek to have his case moved to juvenile court, according to his lawyer. “We look forward to the opportunity to show the commonwealth, the D.A.’s office, and if necessary, the court, that Nathan is in need of treatment as a juvenile and does not belong in the adult criminal justice ...