NORRISTOWN — A Chester County woman is headed to jail for embezzling more than $270,000 while she was a school administrator at the Penn Christian…
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Parents of Chester County youth bound for trial in malnutrition case
By The Citizen on October 16, 2025
WEST CHESTER — The parents of a severely emaciated Chester County teenager who authorities said suffered from near-fatal malnutrition at their hands have been ordered to…
Philadelphia man gets life sentence for murder of 2-year-old Reading boy
By The Citizen on October 10, 2025
A 24-year-old Philadelphia man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the 2023 murder of a 2-year-old Reading boy. Charles Acosta was…
Jenkintown ‘psychics’ accused of defrauding 2 women of $600,000
By The Citizen on October 8, 2025
JENKINTOWN — With an elaborate fortune-telling scheme, two self-proclaimed psychics exploited the trust and vulnerability of two women who were looking to them to remove…
Chester County contractor pleas guilty to fraud
By The Citizen on October 6, 2025
WEST CHESTER — A contractor in Chester County who was accused by three clients of failing to perform home improvements on their properties had pleaded guilty…
Two new Chester County adult probation officers sworn in
By The Citizen on October 3, 2025
WEST CHESTER — Two new Chester County adult probation officers were sworn in recently as a Common Pleas Court judge told them they were set…
Decrying police behavior, judge sentences driver to state prison
By The Citizen on September 26, 2025
WEST CHESTER — Common Pleas Judge Alita Rovito did not mince words. She had just watched the video of a violent arrest of a Delaware County…
Reading man sentenced in 2023 ambush murder
By The Citizen on July 14, 2025
A Reading man was sentenced to state prison Monday for his role in a 2023 ambush killing. Jason Nival, 28, was found guilty by a…
Justin Mohn verdict: Bucks County man who beheaded father and posted video on YouTube found guilty, sentenced to life in prison
By The Citizen on July 11, 2025
The Pennsylvania man who posted a video of his father’s severed head on YouTube was convicted of murder Friday and sentenced to life without parole.…
Poconos native Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to killing 4 University of Idaho students, multiple media report
By The Citizen on June 30, 2025
BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to…
Idaho judge rejects Bryan Kohberger request to delay trial in Idaho college student killings
By The Citizen on June 26, 2025
By REBECCA BOONE BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge says he won’t postpone the quadruple murder trial of a man accused in the stabbing…
New York man pleads guilty to kidnapping Reading 13-year-old in 2022
By The Citizen on June 6, 2025
A New York man has pleaded guilty in federal court to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from her Reading home and taking her to his apartment…
Birdsboro man sentenced to state prison for attempting to pay to sexually assault 12-year-old
By The Citizen on June 5, 2025
A Lancaster County judge has sentenced a former constable from Birdsboro to 28 to 57 years in state prison for trying to pay to sexually…
These are the Pa. counties and cities on Trump’s list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’
By The Citizen on May 29, 2025
The Trump administration has given notice to more than 500 jurisdictions across the country — including 16 in Pennsylvania — that it considers them to…
Bryan Kohberger attorneys ask for trial delay, citing in part publicity around the case
By The Citizen on May 21, 2025
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have asked that his trial be delayed, citing in…
Berks man pleads guilty in stolen human remains case
By The Citizen on May 16, 2025
A Wernersville man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges he bought and sold human remains that had been stolen from Harvard Medical School.…