Tag: Pennsylvania
Jerome Edwards, Child Sexual Exploitation, Pennsylvania 2022
⏱ 3 min read Jerome Edwards, a 55-year-old Philadelphia man, was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the heinous crime of child sexual exploitation. Between June 5, 2022, and June 27, 2022, Edwards produced at least 77 images and 54 videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting multiple young victims, aged three to…
Alexander Telewoda, Mail Theft, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 3 min read Alexander Telewoda, 26, of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, was part of a conspiracy that stole thousands of US Treasury checks worth over $84 million from the USPS Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center between June 2023 and September 2024. Telewoda and his co-conspirators, including Saahir Irby and Tauheed Tucker, who worked as USPS…
Jeffrey Pope, Voter Fraud, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read Jeffrey Pope, a 65-year-old resident of Apollo, Pennsylvania, has been accused of casting multiple votes in the 2024 presidential election. According to the indictment, Pope voted twice, once in Pennsylvania and once in Alaska, where he owns property. The alleged crimes occurred on October 18 and 22, 2024, when Pope submitted…
Mark Misiano, Receipt and Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography, Pennsylvania 2026
A South Philadelphia man is facing serious charges after allegedly receiving and attempting to receive child pornography, according to federal authorities. Mark Misiano, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney David Metcalf. The criminal complaint alleges that Misiano was…
Curtis John Shupe, Social Security Benefits Theft, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read Curtis John Shupe, a 61-year-old Indiana County man, has been indicted for stealing over $1,000 in Social Security benefits from someone else in Pennsylvania. The theft occurred between September 2021 and July 2025, while Shupe was acting as the representative payee for the benefits. The indictment was handed down by a…
Michael Blazo, Child Pornography Manufacturing, Pennsylvania 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 22-year-old Montgomery County man, Michael Blazo, has pleaded guilty to manufacturing child pornography. Blazo, from Schwenksville, PA, was charged with enticing 10 minor victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct online. The crimes took place between late 2021 and 2022, with Blazo posing as a teenager to gain his victims’…
Ceyon Calvert, Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ceyon Calvert, 43, and Christal Calvert, 38, of Pembroke Pines, Florida, were arrested on June 28, 2026, for orchestrating a wide-scale Publishers Clearing House scam targeting elderly victims in Pennsylvania. The couple allegedly told victims they won multi-million-dollar prizes and instructed them to provide tens of thousands of dollars as upfront…
Daryl F. Heller, Investment Fraud, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read Daryl F. Heller, a 56-year-old man from Lititz, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to running a massive investment fraud scheme that swindled investors out of approximately $402 million in unpaid principal. The scheme, which operated from January 2017 to December 2024, involved Heller soliciting around $770 million from investors across the country,…
Drew Michael Kozlowski, Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 45-year-old Sharpsburg, PA resident, Drew Michael Kozlowski, has been indicted for distributing, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material. The alleged crimes occurred in March and June 2026. Kozlowski is accused of receiving and attempting to receive material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor on March 27, 2026, and…
Jalaal Claitt, Carjacking, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read Jalaal Claitt, a 20-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia, has been sentenced to 13.5 years in prison for his role in two brazen armed carjackings in Philadelphia and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. On September 17, 2024, Claitt and his accomplices carjacked a black Chevy Malibu in West Philadelphia, making off with the vehicle, an…
