by Marc Neff
PENNSYLVANIA OUTLAWS NAKED PICTURES OF MINORS TAKEN BY CAMERA PHONES
Pennsylvania State Police are dealing with a growing problem in today’s society; teens taking pictures of themselves or others involved in sexual acts and transmitting the images to friends via cell phone. The problem has become so extensive that schools have asked for help from the State Police Cyber Crimes Division. Troopers have been dispatched to assist in the finding and destruction of...
by Marc Neff
WRESTLER’S DOCTOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO DRUG OFFENSES
Dr. Phil Astin pled not guilty to a 175-count indictment, alleging conspiracy and illegal distribution of prescription drugs, in Federal Court in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday. Astin was the doctor for professional wrestler Chris Benoit and is accused of providing him with illegal steroids, which led to Benoit’s mental health problems and caused him to kill himself, his wife, and his seven-year...
by Marc Neff
FOOTBALL PLAYER ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH FELONY FRAUD
A West Virginia University football player was arrested last week after he allegedly charged over $1,000 on credit and debit cards which were not his. Charles Pugh, a safety for the Mountaineers, will face felony charges for fraudulent schemes. Pugh allegedly found car keys in the school’s student union, used the panic button to locate the associated vehicle in a parking garage, and then...
by Marc Neff
RAPPER WARREN G WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR MARIJUANA OFFENSE
California rapper Warren G, best known for his 1990’s hit single “Regulate”, was arrested Sunday after the vehicle he was a passenger in was stopped by police for running a red light in Hollywood, California. Police stopped the vehicle, driven by G’s friend Ryan Butler, at about 1:40 am, and upon searching the vehicle discovered a bag containing $1,236 and another containing 0.89 ounces of...
by Marc Neff
SENATE CONSIDERS BILL REQUIRING TECHNICIANS TO REPORT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
The Michigan State Senate took testimony regarding a bill which if passed, would require computer technicians to report any child pornography they find on a client’s computer. According to a Michigan news source, the bill will be introduced along with testimony from Dan Tomaszewski, whose Georgetown Township-based Computer House Calls reported child pornography found last year on a client’s...
by Marc Neff
PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT TO DEFINE “CONTROL” OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
A Delaware County, Pennsylvania man is challenging his conviction of “sexual abuse of children by possession and control of child pornography” by disputing the criminal statute’s definition (or lack there of ) of “control”. Anthony Diodoro admittingly viewed thirty images of child pornography on his computer, but argued that he did not save the images to the hard-drive and therefore neither...
by Marc Neff
PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SENTENCED FOR DUI, RESISTING ARREST
John Adonizio, a Pittston Area school board member, was sentenced this week for driving under the influence and resisting arrest. Adonizio was arrested this past December in Hughestown, Pennsylvania, when police observed him speeding and swerving towards a snow-covered intersection, just after 2 a.m. Police attempted to stop the vehicle, but Adonizio eluded the police for several blocks...
by Marc Neff
LANCASTER MAN CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING FOR BEING A GOOD FRIEND
Pennsylvania State Police arrested a 20 year old man from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania over the weekend, when he attempted to bail his friend out of jail early Sunday morning after he too was arrested for drunk driving. According to the Intelligencer Journal, police stopped and arrested a 20 year old Lancaster county man, just after 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning, when they suspected he was...
by Marc Neff
PHILADELPHIA DRUG CASE OVERTURNED, POLICE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING NOT ENOUGH
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently decided a case which overturned the conviction of a defendant charged with possessing illegal drugs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Police arrested a man after witnessing an exchange of currency for an unknown object; without seeing any other suspicious activity. The man arrested was searched and found to be in possession of crack-cocaine. The...
by Marc Neff