http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/rsspress.aspx The latest press releases from the PA Office of Attorney General. (c) 2007, PA Office of Attorney General 5 <p>Attorney General agents arrested an East Stroudsburg man in connection with a two-month cocaine and marijuana trafficking investigation in Pike and Monroe Counties.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4853Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:36 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced a $3 million multi-state consumer protection agreement with Vonage, a New Jersey-based company that provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4848Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:31:09 -0400<p>MONROEVILLE-Thirteen suspected drug dealers are charged with participating in a $2.2 million cocaine ring, which operated in and around Monroeville and Sharpsburg, Allegheny County.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4846Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:45:47 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - As part of an ongoing public corruption investigation into the Pennsylvania Legislature, agents from the Attorney General's Public Corruption Unit today filed criminal charges against Representative John Perzel and former Republican Representative Brett Feese.   Also charged are eight current or former aides to Perzel and Feese.</p> <p>Attorney General Tom Corbett said the charges are part of an ongoing grand jury investigation into the misuse of public resources and employees for campaign purposes in the Pennsylvania Legislature.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4834Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:53:17 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General narcotics agents today arrested four out of six suspects in connection with a drug ring responsible for importing and distributing heroin and crack cocaine into Northumberland, Union and Snyder counties</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4806Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:46:49 -0400<p><br /> HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested a high school chemistry teacher from Ohio accused of using the Internet to sexually proposition what he believed was a 13-year old girl, along with sending sexually explicit webcam videos to the girl.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4798Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:58 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection has filed a civil lawsuit against a Philadelphia man and his pet supply company who are accused of making false claims about charitable contributions and failing to provide refunds to consumers who returned items.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4796Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:10:30 -0400HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Section has recovered more than $1.5 million on behalf of the state's Medicaid program as part of a national agreement with three pharmaceutical companies involving drug pricing. <p> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4795Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:46:37 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested a Beaver County man accused of traveling to Lawrence County in order to have sex with what he believed were two teenage girls who he allegedly sexually propositioned on the Internet.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4794Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0400<p>Nine suspects, who allegedly operated a $2.5 million marijuana ring that stretched from New York to Easton to the Kutztown University campus, was broken-up today following a year-long investigation.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4792Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:40:34 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that the Attorney General's Health Care Section has reached a $33,525 consumer protection agreement with a Lancaster County assisted living facility accused of failing to properly refund security deposits paid by residents.</p> <p> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4789Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:40 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation have filed criminal charges against a Canadian man accused of stealing nearly $270,000 in unclaimed property from the Pennsylvania Treasury Department.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4787Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:22:01 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced the filing of criminal charges against a Butler County man accused of using his position as a doctor to sexually assault two teenage boys who were supposed to be receiving medical treatment.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4784Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:27:39 -0400<p>The federal government reports that the leading cause of death among 15-20 year olds is motor vehicle crashes. Distracted driving, including riding with multiple friends, texting, and playing with music devices is a significant contributor to these fatal car crashes.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4782Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:05:36 -0400<p>Attorney General Tom Corbett today urged consumers interested in watching the Philadelphia Phillies defend their Major League Baseball World Series championship to be on the lookout for unscrupulous ticket sellers, questionable travel packages and possible counterfeit tickets offered in newspaper ads, on the Internet or outside stadiums on game days. <br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4779Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:12:52 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, assisted by local police officers from across Erie County and the Pennsylvania State Police, are in the process of arresting 41 suspects linked to a nearly $5 million drug organization operating in and around Erie.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4768Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:27:52 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation along with Pennsylvania State Police have filed criminal charges against a Beaver County man accused of operating a $2 million "ponzi scheme," defrauding credit unions in Armstrong, Westmoreland and Luzerne counties.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4765Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:30:01 -0400<p>Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Public Corruption Unit have filed criminal charges against the former director of the Northumberland County Drug &amp; Alcohol Department, who is accused of concealing his outside employment with businesses that had contracts with his department, billing private businesses for work performed on county time and diverting more than $12,000 in cash payments that should have been forwarded to the Northumberland County Treasurer's Office.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4763Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:34:46 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General's Child Predator Unit have arrested a Pike County man accused of using an Internet chat room to sexually proposition what he believed was a 13-year old girl, along with transmitting illegal child pornography.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4761Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:55:59 -0400<p>Six former employees of North Organized Regionally for Total Health, Inc. (NORTH) were charged today with using their personal employee access codes to create fraudulent Women, Infant and Children (WIC) checks and passing them at area supermarkets for cash.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4758Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:13:02 -0400<p>A new educational program focused on preventing cyberbullying was launched today by the Office of Attorney General at Keith Valley Middle School, Horsham, Montgomery County, during an assembly with more than 800 middle school students.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4755Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:04:15 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that the Attorney General's Health Care Section has filed a lawsuit against a Texas-based aviation parts manufacturing business, along with three corporate officers, accused of failing to pay health care premiums for Harrisburg area employees while continuing to deduct employee contributions from paychecks - leaving employees to face massive medical bills.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4754Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:35:07 -0400<p>HARRISBURG -- Attorney General Tom Corbett released the following statement today on the death of Franklin County District Attorney Jack Nelson:</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4753Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:50:58 -0400<p>A $2 million drug enterprise allegedly run throughout Clinton, Centre and Lycoming counties was broken-up today by state narcotics agents from the Attorney General's Office.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4750Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:41:50 -0400<p>HARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett announced the recent arrest of five Internet predators, including a Lancaster County man accused of using Facebook to sexually proposition his biological daughter, an EMT from Philadelphia who sent nude photos and pornography to what he believed were 13-year old girls and a delivery truck driver from Pittsburgh accused of exposing himself to undercover agents via webcam and asking the "girls" if they had any friends online who would be interested in seeing nude videos.</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4737Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:41:46 -0400<p>More than 60 narcotics agents, drug task force officers and local law enforcement today fanned out across Northumberland County and have arrested 21 out of  31 suspected drug dealers as part of a street-level sweep.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4731Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:15:38 -0400<p>Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced the arrest of a Forest County man accused of using his position as the chief information technology officer for the county to access a law enforcement email message and leak confidential information about an investigation involving a marijuana growing operation.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4725Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:59:47 -0400<p> </p> <p>PHILADELPHIA - A reward program offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in illegal dog and animal fighting was announced today by the Attorney General's Office and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).</p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4722Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:56:45 -0400<p>Attorney General Tom Corbett and Luzerne county District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll today      <br /> announced charges against 17 suspected drug dealers operating in Luzerne County.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4717Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:06:49 -0400<p>A New Castle man is in custody following an investigation into an alleged murder for hire plot.<br /> </p>http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=4698Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:21:29 -0400