Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Kyung Soon Kim, 53, of Robertson Court, will spend two consecutive weekends in prison for his role in an insurance scam with his business associate in 2008.
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Wednesday, April 24
A South Korean pastor from Montgomery Township broke the Eighth Commandment, according to The Reporter, when he committed theft and conspiracy theft in 2008, for agreeing to take part in an insurance scam involving his business associate and her son’s Lexus. Kyung Soon Kim, 53, of the 100 block of Robertson Court, was sentenced to two consecutive weekends in the county jail, according to the article, after pleading guilty to the aforementioned charges. Kim also has to pay $24,554 in restitution to Liberty Mutual Insurance. Kim’s business associate, Kathleen Bangwhan Chung, 69, of Philadelphia, has already pleaded guilty to making false reports to an insurance company and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, according to court records. …
Monday, February 25, 2013
Jeffrey Penna, 42, of Cabin Road, was sentenced Monday to seven years' probation after pleading guilty to numerous felony methamphetamine possession charges in connection with a countywide distribution ring
Another player in the Montgomery County methamphetamine trafficking operation has been sentenced in Montgomery County court Monday. Jeffrey M. Penna, 42, of the 1200 block of Cabin Road, Hatfield, was sentenced to seven years’ probation for pleading guilty to numerous felony counts of possession with intent to distribute meth between December 2011 and March 2012, according to Carl Hessler Jr. of Journal Register. Penna’s brother, David Penna, 36, of the 1800 block of Valley Forge Road, Towamencin, already pleaded guilty to his involvement in the methamphetamine ring and received four years’ probation. According to the article, Jeffrey Penna will be “under court supervision” for 10 years, and would be “locked up immediately” on a probation …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Andrew Sung, 20, of the 100 block of Warwick Way, Montgomery Township, entered a Rose Twig Lane home in June 2011 with accomplice John Yoon, 20, to rob the residents of marijuana stashed in the home
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Friday, February 1
Andrew Sung, 20, of the 100 block of Warwick Way, Montgomery Township, received a maximum 23 months in prison — with credit for one-month served — during a sentencing in Montgomery County Court, according to Peg Gibbons of The Intelligencer. Sung wielded a baseball bat during a residential marijuana robbery on the 100 block of Rose Twig Lane, Montgomery Township, in June 2011, according to the article. Sung’s accomplice in the robbery — John Yoon, 20, of the first block of Whitemarsh Lane, Hatfield Township — is sitting in prison on a 23-month-maximum sentence after pleading guilty to three robberies in Summer 2012, according to the article. Sung and Yoon entered the home on Rose Twig Lane, with the former carrying a bat and the latter was…
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Gerald F. Boyce, 41, of the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue, pleaded guilty to the indecent exposures charges in December for incidents that occurred between June 2011 and May 2012. Boyce heads to jail on Feb. 4, according to The Intelligencer
A Lansdale father, who masturbated in plain view of women and girls under the age of 18 on five occasions in Lansdale Borough, was sentenced to 30 days to 23 months in Montgomery County prison Wednesday. Gerald F. Boyce, 41, of the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue, pleaded guilty to the indecent exposures charges in December for incidents that occurred between June 2011 and May 2012. Boyce heads to jail on Feb. 4, according to Peg Gibbons of The Intelligencer. Boyce, who was charged with attempted rape in Philadelphia in 2000, committed five public masturbation incidents wherein eight of the 10 victims were underage. Boyce has a criminal history of indecent exposure and corruption of minors, according to court records. Boyce is the father …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Ryan Markle, 24, of South Valley Forge Road, must pay back $13,515 to Twin Ponds Golf Course in Douglass, after admitting to stealing from them while he was employed there
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Tuesday, January 8
Lansdale’s Ryan Patrick Markle, 24, just scored the biggest bogey of them all at Twin Ponds Golf Course. On Tuesday, the resident of the 600 block of South Valley Forge Road admitted to stealing more than $13,000 from the Douglass, Montgomery County golf course in after-hours thefts, while employed there in 2011, according to a Pottstown Mercury article. He was sentenced to one to three months at the Montgomery County prison, according to the article. Upon release, he was three years’ probation. Marklet gets credit for time served. Markle, who entered a plea agreement, must pay back $13,515 to the Twin Ponds Gold Course, according to the article. Markle admitted to felony theft by unlawful taking, according to the report. According to the …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Repeat traffic offender Mukesh Shah, of West Vine Street, Hatfield, hit Esther Lee with his van in March 2011 on Forty Foot Road in Towamencin. He was not sentenced on a felony charge of accidents involving injury
A Hatfield hit-and-run driver, and eight-time repeat traffic offender, is nearly done completing his minimum prison sentence for hitting and critically-injuring a pedestrian in Towamencin in March 2011. According to Peg Gibbons of PhillyBurbs, Mukesh K. Shah, 56, of the 100 block of West Vine Street, was sentenced Thursday to 15 days to 23 months in Montgomery County Prison. Shah must also complete one-year probation following parole, pay $250 in fines and perform 100 hours of community service. He pleaded guilty in May 2012 to misdemeanor lying to police, misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person, misdemeanor tampering with evidence, failure to stop and render aid, and failure to notify police of an accident, according to the …
Thursday, July 12, 2012
The rapper, known for his Philadelphia roots, formerly owned a home on Steven Lane in Towamencin Township. Sigel, aka Dwight Grant, pleaded guilty to not filing income tax returns between 2003 and 2005
Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel, aka Dwight Grant, who used to own a home on Steven Lane in Towamencin Township until it went into foreclosure, has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to failing to pay income taxes between 2003 and 2005. Grant was ordered to report to prison on Sept. 12, 2012. The U.S. District Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has Grant listed with a Lansdale mailing address. Grant, 38, bought 1383 Steven Lane in Towamencin in February 2001 for $316,500, according to Montgomery County property records. It was bought by U.S. Bank N.A. in September 2010. According to a press release from the U.S. District Attorney, Grant pleaded guilty on August 9, 2011 to failing to file …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Scott L. McQuirns Sr., 53, pleaded guilty in June to having more than 40,000 images and 300 videos of child pornography
Scott L. McQuirns Sr., 53, of the 100 block of Henning Drive, Montgomery Township, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Department of Justice of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. McQuirns will report to prison in April. The maximum McQuirns could have received was 10 years in prison, lifetime supervised release and a $250,00 fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. According to a press release from Patricia Hartman of the U.S. Attorney's Office, McQuirns pleaded guilty on June 9, 2011. Forsenic investigators found more than 600 images and videos of child pornography on McQuirn's hard drive, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The government's forensic …
The Truth
1:05 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Two weekends in jail? Are you kidding me? The scam was over 10K he (and his partners) should be getting charged with Grand Theft and be doing real time. He has to repay 24K, big whoop, he'll just go back to South Korea. Our justice system is a joke, if he got a DUI or was busted for pot, then they'd impale him on a stake as a warning to others... more ›