Weather and Local Crime Report Highlights
Sunrise and sunset times with forecast for tonight tomorrow and next few days. Then police report notes on identity theft unauthorized Walmart credit card charges totaling 2800 and a $500 unauthorized withdrawal, plus a stolen 2006 Chrysler Town and Country in Neshannock Township and a rash of thefts from unlocked vehicles on Graceland Road. Also criminal trespass at a North Jefferson Street business and a burglary at Flaherty Field with fence damage and vehicle theft. Police cited Christopher John Gallo for access device fraud and related charges.
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Hickory Township
WalMart
North Beaver Township
Neshannock Township
Graceland Road
New Castle
Edison Avenue
Christopher John Gallo
Randolph St
Gallo
District judges cite New Castle police drilling multiple arrests
New Castle police charged Kasey L Book 26 with disorderly conduct Michael Anthony Liner 58 with public drunkenness Perry Lewis Lawry 48 with public drunkenness Jesse Ray Shelton 29 with failure to comply with sexual offender registration Gary M Morini 51 with retail theft theft by deception and receiving stolen property Ellwood City police charged Adam Matthew Pounds 25 with flight to avoid apprehension Nicholas Edward Ragula 21 with disorderly Joseph Thomas Shuttleworth 27 with defiant trespass Jason A Winterrowd 42 with DUI and damaging attended vehicle Jennifer L Nicholson Jessica Lynn Harris 38 with theft by unlawful taking theft by deception and receiving stolen property.
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New Castle
Kasey L. Book
Michael Anthony Liner
Perry Lewis Lawry
Jesse Ray Shelton
Gary M. Morini
Jerry G. Cartwright
Ellwood City
Adam Matthew Pounds
Nicholas Edward Ragula
Monaco
Joseph Thomas Shuttleworth
Jason A. Winterrowd
Koppel
Jennifer L. Nicholson
Man pleads guilty in $1.4 million online romance scam
Jeffery Plimpton, 59, admitted wire fraud for stealing more than 1.4 million from Alpha Aromatics and Pestco while controller, most funds sent overseas at the direction of an online romantic contact. He repaid 50 thousand, faces 33 to 41 months, and awaits sentencing in December. The case spotlights rising romance scams with overseas fraud.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-area
Jeffery Plimpton
U.S
Shardul Desai
Malaysia
Plimpton
Alpha Aromatics
Pestco Professional Services
Alpha
FBI
Desai
Southaven
Mississippi
Linda Cohn
Internet Crime Complaint Center
Sigismond Segbefia
Ghana
Silver Spring
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Segbefia
England
Afghanistan
Direct wine shipments allowed under Act 39 in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board approved the first direct wine shipper licenses under Act 39, allowing residents to receive up to 36 cases per year from licensed producers for personal use. Shipped wine is taxed and subject to a $2.50 per gallon excise, with licenses viewable on PLCB's site and more approvals planned after compliance checks. Governor Wolf hails modernization of the liquor system and consumer benefits.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
PLCB
Pennsylvania
Tom Wolf
Ex-house parent charged with sexual assaults at Ebensburg school
John Bowman Thornberry, 28, ex-house parent at Bishop Carroll High School, Ebensburg, is jailed in Cambria County on charges of assaulting two Chinese international students under his supervision. He was removed from his post in February and held on $250,000 bail awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Ebensburg
John Bowman Thornberry
Mills River
North Carolina
Cambria County
Thornberry
Bishop Carroll High School
Pennsylvania
Remembering 9 11 and its lasting impact on Pennsylvania
The New Castle News plans anniversary coverage inviting reader recollections of September 11 2001 and its effects on individuals and the nation. Moody's upgraded a state school loan program aiding districts though the long budget stalemate persists. The state treasury provided a 2.5 billion credit line with an initial 400 million draw to avoid overdrawing the main account.
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World Trade Center
Pentagon
United Airlines
American
New Castle News
Nclocal
Ncnewsonline
Pennsylvania
Moody’s Credit Rating Agency
Moody's
Treasury Department
Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Linked to Overdoses
Ronald McMillian, 24, pleaded guilty in federal court to four counts for supplying heroin and fentanyl linked to at least four overdoses in August 2015, including a major stamp bag reading MADE IN COLOMBIA, with sentencing set for December 13.
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Vania
Ronald McMillian
McMillian
Colombia
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Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Superior Court
Edward Krishack
Milton Hershey School
Pennlive.com
Krishack
Emphy
Old Butler Rd
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