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Pennsylvania is the #2 state to most likely experience holiday burglaries, here’s why and ways to prevent them

Miranda Marquit, spokesperson for Porch.com, joined us on The Spark Tuesday to discuss why holiday burglaries are spiking in Pennsylvania and ways to prevent them.

By Aniya Faulcon

Updated: 2021-08-06 12:21:18

Theft charges brought down a state lawmaker. But Pa.’s reimbursement system was ripe for abuse.

Per diems allow legislators to collect flat-rate payments intended for food and lodging without turning over any receipts. They were front and center in the charges against Margo Davidson.

By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA, Sam Janesch/The Caucus, Michael Wereschagin/The Caucus and Brad Bumsted/The Caucus

Updated: 2021-07-22 15:44:20

Pa. state lawmaker from Delaware County charged with theft after years-long investigation

The charges against State Rep. Margo L. Davidson, a Democrat, revolve around expense reimbursements she received between 2015 and 2019.

By Angela Couloumbis/Spotlight PA

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Harrisburg woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop due in US court

A federal judge may decide Thursday whether a Pennsylvania woman accused of helping steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol should be released on bail.
By The Associated Press

Former York Ice Arena manager charged with theft

DA David Sunday filed charges against Michael James Cleveland, 50, of New Cumberland, after a three-year investigation allegedly showed $22,892 missing from rink bank accounts during Cleveland’s tenure.

By Julia Agos/WITF

Ex-librarian, bookseller get home detention in Pittsburgh library theft involving rare books

Prosecutors said several hundred rare items worth more than $8 million were taken in a scheme investigators believed dated back to the 1990s.
By The Associated Press



Pa. priest accused of stealing nearly $100,000 from parish

Prosecutors allege he diverted funds into secret accounts and misappropriated fees charged to parishioners.
By Tim Lambert/WITF

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