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Kelly Nichole Sharkey, 30, of Bristol Township, pleaded guilty in September to access device fraud and theft by unlawful taking.
Sharkey stole $17,000 from a cancer patient she was caring for and giving some of the money to her boyfriend who was in jail.
The victim told investigators that Sharkey’s crimes made it difficult for her to trust anyone.
A Bucks County woman was sentenced for stealing $17,000 from a cancer patient she was caring for and giving some of the money to her boyfriend who was in jail.
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Vincent McCandless, Sr., 35, of Huntingdon (Bucks County District Attorney s Office)
BUCKS COUNTY, PA A Bucks County inmate had several years added to his sentence after he pleaded guilty to helping run a drug-smuggling operation inside Bucks County Correctional Facility.
Vincent McCandless, 35, of Huntingdon, was one of nine men including a former correctional officer from Warminster accused in June of being part of the opioid ring, which smuggled Suboxone strips into the jail.
McCandless pleaded guilty Thursday to contraband and criminal conspiracy. He was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley to 35-70 months in prison, to be served after he completes his original sentence.
Prison Warden Gone, Second County Leader Out This Week
The Bucks County Correctional Facility’s warden is out.
Warden Paul Lagana is gone as the top leader at the Doylestown Township campus that has been in the headlines for how the county handles people with mental health problemsand COVID-19 cases behind bars.
Sources with knowledge of correctional center operations said management acknowledged Lagana would no longer being running the facility over the past days.
The reason for Lagana’s departure was not released.
“Paul Lagana’s separation from employment with the county becomes effective this Monday, Jan. 4. Because we don’t comment publicly on personnel issues I can’t elaborate on the circumstances,” said county communications director Larry King.
Updated on December 30, 2020 at 6:02 pm
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Kenneth Troy Heller was charged Wednesday and plans to plead guilty to the Oct. 24, 2020 killing of Jason Kutt.
Kutt, 18, was watching the sunset with his girlfriend in Nockamixon State Park when he was shot in the back of the neck.
Kutt s parents told NBC10 Wednesday that they want rules to change, so that hunters and the rest of the public are not in parks at the same time.
A Warminster machinist and hunter turned himself in and intends to plead guilty to fatally shooting a teenager in a Bucks County park two months ago.
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A man with a distinctly-braided beard wanted for swiping more than $1,300 in allergy medication from a Pennsylvania CVS was arrested in New Jersey, authorities said.
A white man with a long beard braided in the center of his chin later identified as Kevin Cross entered the CVS store at 755 Durham Road in Wrightstown around 6 p.m. Dec. 6, local police said.
Cross took several over-the-counter allergy medications, totaling over $1,300, then fled in a black BMW with New Jersey plates, authorities said.
A warrant for Cross arrest on Dec. 9, police said. He was arrested on Dec. 22 by Mount Laurel police, and extradited by the Bucks County Sheriff s Department on Dec. 24.