Tag: luzerne county
Ricky Charles Patterson, Drug Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ricky Charles Patterson, a 45-year-old resident of Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 151 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking operation. On May 2, 2025, ATF agents raided Patterson’s home, seizing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and a loaded Smith & Wesson revolver. As a previously convicted felon,…
Jhaquil Moore and Keith Hayes, Cocaine Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jhaquil Moore, aka ‘Twizz,’ and Keith Hayes, two Luzerne County men, have been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Hughestown and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The alleged cocaine trafficking took place between February 1, 2026, and May 12, 2026. Moore and Hayes are also accused of distributing cocaine on six occasions…
Andrew John Murphy, Producing and Distributing Child Pornography, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Luzerne County man is charged with producing and distributing child pornography, federal authorities announced. Andrew John Murphy, 42, of Nanticoke, PA, was indicted on April 28, 2026, by a federal grand jury on child exploitation charges. According to investigators, Murphy produced child pornography from December 2023 through April 2026 and…
Nicole Hilstolsky, Embezzlement, Pennsylvania, 2018
⏱ 3 min read Nicole Hilstolsky, 48, of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after admitting she cooked up a fake robbery to cover her tracks. Hilstolsky was sentenced today to eight months behind bars for pilfering $16,247 from the WOD Federal Credit Union back on October 15, 2018. The now-defunct credit union was…
Karen McGinnis, Tax Evasion, PA, 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is heading to federal prison after a two-year scheme to skim over $400,000 from the taxpayers of Fairview Township. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick slapped her with a 20-month sentence yesterday, a small price to pay for betraying the public trust. From March 2023…
Karen McGinnis, Embezzlement, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is going to federal prison for turning her role as Fairview Township’s tax collector into a personal piggy bank. Between March 2023 and January 2025, McGinnis siphoned off over $400,000 in property tax payments meant for the township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School…
Karen McGinnis, Tax Roll Embezzlement, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after a brazen scheme to pilfer over $400,000 from the Fairview Township tax rolls. The former tax collector used her position to line her own pockets between March 2023 and January 2025, and today, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick…
Karen McGinnis Embezzled Public Funds, Mountain Top PA, 2026
⏱ 3 min read A trusted public official turned thief. Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison on March 17, 2026, after admitting she siphoned off over $400,000 from Fairview Township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School District between March 2023 and January 2025. McGinnis, the township’s…
