Chesco Prison inmates charged with COVID-related benefits fraud

PHILADELPHIA – First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that twelve Chester County Prison inmates and their accomplices were charged federally with fraudulently applying for and obtaining emergency unemployment benefits related to COVID-19.  The defendants are charged with submitting false applications claiming that the prison inmates lost jobs as a result...

Ex-principal gets 2 years for kiddie porn

Prosecutors said he possessed more than 150 sexually explicit images A 43-year-old Chester County resident and former middle-school principal was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 7, to 24 months in prison for possessing more than 150, but less than 300, images of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. At the time of the investigation,...