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Harrisburg cops had no legal grounds to search man for gun based on a second-hand tip, U.S. court says Updated Jan 29, 2021; A federal appeals court overturned the 6 ½-year prison sentence for a Harrisburg man Friday after concluding city police had no grounds to stop and search him for a firearm based on a tip they received second-hand. The panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit also voided Devin Bullock’s related federal conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Theodore A. McKee concluded in the circuit court’s opinion that police simply didn’t ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A disgraced Pennsylvania judge who locked up thousands of...

Disgraced kids-for-cash Judge Mark A. Ciavarella’s bid for a compassionate release from his 28-year federal prison sentence has been denied. Citing a host of medical ailments ranging from chronic kidney disease to hypertension, Ciavarella, 70, argued last month he is at increased risk of developing complications from COVID-19 and that he should be released from Federal Correctional Institution-Ashland, Kentucky, where he is serving his sentence for accepting kickbacks as a Luzerne County judge. In a brief order issued Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner agreed that ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Restauranteurs across Pennsylvania breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as the three-week ban on indoor dining ordered by Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine came to an end. A struggling industry once again must pick up the pieces left behind after this abrupt change in their business model; rehiring waitstaff, replenishing inventory, and reevaluating menus.   Despite strong mitigation measures, the COVID-19 crisis is not showing signs of slowing. Business owners are left with the haunting question as ...

Restaurants that continue to defy the closing orders and operate in any manner, according to the Department of Agriculture will be referred to the Pennsylvania Department of Health for further legal action. About 79 visits to restaurants throughout the state were complaint-driven based on establishments offering dine-in service, said Shannon Powers, Department of Agriculture spokeswoman. The restaurants are among 180 establishments issued warnings by the department The 40 restaurants were ordered to close for refusing to comply, while the others either agreed to stop dine-in service or had al...