State College Borough Council President Jesse Barlow requested that the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office investigate new allegations made in a civil lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Osaze Osagie in 2019, but was informed they could not take on the case.
On Feb. 1, Barlow contacted the AG’s office with a request to specifically investigate allegations about now-retired borough police Capt. Chris Fishel. The Osagie family lawsuit alleges that Fishel, who later chaired an internal department review that cleared the officers involved, had been aware of a witness report to the department about alleged heavy drinking and domestic violence by the officer who shot and killed Osagie.
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Updated: 3:37 PM EST February 16, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program has been a magnet for scammers since it launched in March 2020. Pennsylvania officials on Feb. 16 warned residents to continue staying vigilant against unemployment compensation fraud.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office has so far arrested 29 people in relation to unemployment compensation fraud, representing six individual fraud rings and $2.5 million in illegally acquired funds.
Scammers often use others personal information, such as usernames, passwords and Social Security numbers.
“A lot of identity theft doesn’t happen because you’re being careless. It happens because you’ve been implicated in a breach. Unfortunately there’s a great deal of information available on the dark web,” said Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Zarallo.
The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline suspended a Harrisburg magistrate judge without pay Tuesday, pending her ethics trial on allegations that she used her clout to interfere in her son's traffic stop and made off with a bottle of pills from his car.
An arrest was made in a five-year murder case out of Centre County. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office announced 35 year old Christopher Kowa