Taxpayers footed Pa.’s bill for election lawsuits. Costs went into the millions
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Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., looks on in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Six weeks earlier, Kelly, an ally of President Trump, had filed a lawsuit that, had it been successful, would have canceled the legally cast votes of more than 2 million Pennsylvanians. (Caroline Brehman / Pool via AP Photo)
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By Julia Agos | WITF
Two weeks after the 2020 presidential election was called for Democrat Joe Biden, and as President Donald Trump sought to overturn the results, Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey issued a statement accepting Biden’s win.
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WILLIAMSPORT A former securities broker in Tennessee has admitted emailing false and forged documents as part of a scheme that misappropriated $5.7 million from the pension plan of a Centre County business.
John Sherman Jumper, 55, of Memphis, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. Middle District Court to a charge of wire fraud.
The government has set the loss from the scheme at $2.7 million because the pension plan for hourly workers at Snow Shoe Refractories of Clarence was repaid $3 million.
The charge to which Jumper pleaded guilty involved an email he sent to the pension plan’s unidentified actuary in Harrisburg that contained false and fraudulent information.
Revised lawsuit over 2019 death in Dauphin County Prison names 55 defendants
Updated Apr 10, 2021;
Posted Apr 10, 2021
Carmen Riley, reading a statement, and Thomas Matthews, parents of Ty Rique Riley, become emotional during a press conference about their son s death on July 1, 2019 after falling unconscious in Dauphin County Prison. August 8, 2019.
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WILLIAMSPORT A number of defendants previously dismissed from a lawsuit over the 2019 death of an inmate in Dauphin County Prison have been pulled back into the court battle.
They are among 55 defendants named in an amended complaint, filed Friday, that charges that Ty-Rique Riley’s in the prison was caused by “intentional, malicious and/or grossly negligent conduct.” The lawsuit was brought by Riley’s parents in U.S. Middle District Court.
Prison guard admits accepting bribes to smuggle tobacco into Allenwood inmates
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
WILLIAMSPORT – A Northumberland County man has admitted he accepted bribes to smuggle tobacco products into inmates at the Allenwood low-security prison.
William Lokitis, 41, of Marion Heights, on Thursday in U.S. Middle District Court pleaded guilty to a charge of bribery of public officials.
According to the charge, Lokitis while working as a corrections officer in food service between December 2016 and July 2017 accepted money from others in return for smuggling tobacco into inmates.
The prison is smoke-free so possession of tobacco is considered contraband. Inmates are known to sell tobacco using postage stamps as money.
Ex-securities broker admits misappropriating $5.7 million from a Pa. firm’s pension plan
Updated Apr 09, 4:46 PM;
Posted Apr 09, 4:46 PM
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John Sherman Jumper, 55, of Memphis, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. Middle District Court to a charge of wire fraud.
The government has set the loss from the scheme at $2.7 million because the pension plan for hourly workers at Snow Shoe Refractories of Clarence was repaid $3 million.
The charge to which Jumper pleaded guilty involved an email he sent to the pension plan’s unidentified actuary in Harrisburg that contained false and fraudulent information.
He admitted falsely representing himself as a vice president of the refractory business that manufactures and sells fireclay and high alumina refractory brick and related products.