Exclusive: NJ Woman Accused Of Scamming SZA Now Charged In $560K Lancaster Hospital Fraud Case
A New Jersey woman who allegedly scammed Grammy-winning singer SZA and launched a suicide fundraiser is now criminally charged with stealing over $560,000 in hospital services by faking sickle cell anemia, authorities announced on Wednesday, May 28.
Taleah Javon McKnight, 30, is facing one felony count each of Theft by Deception and Theft of Services, according to East Hempfield Township police and the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
McKnight has previously lived at addresses in Roselle Park and Rahway, Union County, as well as Carteret, Middlesex County, New Jersey, accor…
Convicted Felon, Wife Sentenced In Lancaster County Armed Robbery Spree: DA
A convicted felon and his wife who carried out three armed robberies across Lancaster County in a single morning have each been sentenced to up to a decade in state prison, prosecutors announced on Thursday, May 22.
Emily Ann Brown, 39, of Marietta, was sentenced to five to 10 years after pleading guilty on Tuesday to three counts of robbery and three counts of criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Her husband and co-defendant, Michael Allen Brown, 48, pleaded guilty to the same charges in February and received an identical sente…
Fake Strasburg Chiropractor Sexually Assaults Amish Women, Girl, DA Says
A Strasburg Township man is accused of sexually assaulting nine victims — including a child — while posing as a chiropractor for more than 20 years, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, May 19.
John Miller Esh, 61, allegedly used phony chiropractic and massage sessions to violate women and a girl from Lancaster County’s Plain community, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. The abuse began in 2002 and took place at his home on the 1700 block of Beaver Valley Pike and multiple other locations, investigators said.
Dozens Of Sessions, Thousands Paid, Victims S…
111 MPH Snapchat Video Leads To Murder Charge In Crash That Killed Lancaster Woman: DA
A man is charged with murder after allegedly filming himself driving over 100 mph before a deadly Lancaster County crash, authorities announced on Tuesday, May 14.
Charles Henry Mitchell IV, 23, of Conoy Township, is accused of killing Elena Murariu, 55, of West Donegal Township, in a high-speed crash at the intersection of Turnpike and Bossler roads around 5:23 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Mitchell told investigators Murariu pulled out in front of him, but Northwest Regional Police say his own Snapchat video shows otherwise. In a …