SCRANTON The United States Attorney s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eric R. Colborn of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 14, 2021, to 16 months imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for bank fraud. Judge Mariani also ordered Colborn to pay restitution in the amount of $22,470.40.
According to Acting United States Attorney Bruce D. Brandler, Colborn previously entered guilty pleas on January 15, 2020 to bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
Colborn created a counterfeit Wells Fargo brokerage statement in his name showing that he had in excess of $14,000,000 in a brokerage account, and then fraudulently induced reliance on the counterfeit brokerage statement to secure property and other things of value. One such example occurred when Colborn admittedly issued a bad check to a local realtor in the amount of $2,000 for a down payment toward the purc
Scranton School Board president s murder remains unsolved 40 years later
Tommy Genova left behind a wife and four young children when he was gunned down just before a board meeting. No one has been convicted of his murder. Author: Carolyn Blackburne Updated: 9:41 PM EST January 27, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. It s been 40 years since Scranton School Board President Tommy Genova was killed in the parking lot of the district administration building.
He was 44 years old and left behind a wife and four young children.
All these years later, his murder remains a mystery.
His daughter Lori Macciocco remembers January 26, 1981, like it was yesterday. One minute, I was playing Atari that I got for Christmas and watching Little House on the Prairie that came on on Monday night, I kissed my father goodbye, and then the next minute I m kissing him on the operating table of a hospital. Cold. Dead, Macciocco said.
Jaime Chorba is facing several charges, including possession of child pornography. Author: Peggy Lee Updated: 9:32 AM EST December 18, 2020
ARCHBALD, Pa. A teacher in the Valley View School District is facing charges of having child pornography.
Court documents show detectives with the Lackawanna County district attorney s office began investigating Jaime Chorba, 44, of Archbald, after receiving cyber-tips related to Chorba s email accounts and finding multiple attached images and videos of child pornography.
Investigators say many of those were uploaded while Chorba was at Valley View.
Investigators say Chorba uploaded 255 images of child pornography to his email accounts.
They also alleged he took nude pictures of himself at various locations at Valley View High School.
A Valley View School District teacher faces charges after investigators said they found child pornography, lewd images of the teacher in different rooms of the school and pictures of students unaware they were being photographed.
Jaime Ryan Chorba, 44, 120 N. Cougar Drive, Archbald, who teaches health and physical education in the district, was charged with nine counts of possession of child pornography, two counts dissemination of child pornography and two counts of criminal use of a communication facility.
It was unclear late Wednesday if Chorba was free on bail.
According to a criminal complaint, detectives received three cybertips related to Chorbaâs accounts. Investigators with the Lackawanna County District Attorneyâs Office and the Northeast Computer Crime Unit searched his devices and found thousands of images of pornography, including some child pornography. Investigators also found seven videos containing child pornography in a folder labeled âguys.â
The crime and delinquency grants awarded include:
$316,757 to RASA/VOJO for ongoing services
$198,581 to Adult Probation Services
$125,000 to the Women s Resource Center
$47,000 to the Children s Advocacy Center
$33,057 to domestic and sexual violence
$14,169 to Jessup Police
$8,555 to the Lackawanna County District Attorneyâs Office for body cameras
âThe funding awards will help support critical work by our local organizations to provide assistance to residents here in Lackawanna County,â Flynn said.
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