PA Bar Association President Resigns, Ex-Con Prostitute Charged Following Extortion Incident
The 2020-2021 President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association has resigned following a prostitution charge.
David Eric Schwager, 53, a Luzerne County attorney, was slapped with a misdemeanor prostitution charge, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 15, according to online docket sheets.
The prostitute, Emily Merth, 25, apparently threatened to post a video of Schwager's sexual encounter with him if she didn't get more money from him, the Times Leader reports.
Merth, who has previous prostitution conviction out of Lehigh County, was charged with promoting prostitution, theft …
York Coroner IDs Woman, 18, Killed In Hellam Township Crash
The York County Coroner's Office has identified the victim killed in a single-car Hellam Township crash Tuesday morning.
Hannah Tome, 18, was a back seat passenger in the vehicle that had crashed near Yorkana Road south of Valley Acres Road around 2:50 a.m., the York County Coroner Pamela L. Gay said.
Tome was ejected and rushed to Wellspan York Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:37 a.m., Gay said.
A GoFundMe launched by Patricia Lehr for Tome's mother, Debra, had raised more than $750 as of Tuesday evening.
"No parent should have to bury their child," the account says.
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Feds: South Jersey Bookkeeper Stole $2.6M From Philly Corporation, Blew Funds On Luxury Trips
A former bookkeeper for the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) has been arrested on accusations she stole more than $2.6 million from the corporation over the course of seven years and blew the funds on gambling and luxury vacations, federal officials said.
Angela DiPietro-Sabatine, 57, of Pennsauken, NJ, was charged by indictment with ten counts of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft and aiding and abetting, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said.
The DRWC is non-profit, quasi-governmental entity whose m…
