A federal judge says that while her name appears on election petitions filed last week by Congressional candidate Steve Irwin, the signature is not hers.“I did not sign this petition,” U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon told WESA-FM on Thursday night.
A Blairsville woman was sentenced to over six years in federal prison on charges of mail and tax fraud, after Indiana County prosecutors say she stole more than $500,000 from her employer over the course of a decade. Sandra J. Doak, 64, of Blairsville, was sentenced to 42 months in
Two Beaver County men were in federal court Monday in separate-but-related cases of cocaine distribution in western Pennsylvania. Cadee Akins Sr., 49, of Monaca, pleaded guilty to a charge of cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Court records indicate Akins distributed five or more kilograms of cocaine between November 2017
ERIE – Litigation between a local man and the U.S. government, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration and the Erie Veterans Administration Medical Center, filed over allegations they failed to early-diagnose his prostate cancer, is heading to the court of a federal magistrate judge.