Chris Palmer
Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Criminal justice reporter at the @PhillyInquirer. I don't really tweet (X?) anymore. cpalmer(at)inquirer(dot)com
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3 days ago |
inquirer.com | Chris Palmer
A former executive at a construction firm that helped restore 30th Street Station’s limestone facade was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in federal prison for securing his company’s role in the project by showering an Amtrak supervisor with bribes.
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4 days ago |
inquirer.com | Chris Palmer
The former chief financial officer of a now-defunct Philadelphia-based lending company was sentenced Monday to 5½ years in prison — a penalty that a federal judge said was reflective of the man’s role in helping perpetuate one of the biggest frauds in Pennsylvania history. Joseph Cole Barleta, formerly a top official at Par Funding, was a key player in helping the cash advance business run for years as a criminal enterprise.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Chris Palmer
Carter P. Reese has had a distinguished and varied life in the Reading area. The 77-year-old, who has three master’s degrees, worked for years at Pottstown’s prestigious Hill School — as a fine arts and history teacher and later as director of admissions. He and his Harvard-educated wife co-founded and later sold an international company that helped students gain admission to elite American boarding schools and universities.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Chris Palmer
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to nominate Emil Bove, his former personal attorney and a controversial top official at the Justice Department, to fill a vacant seat in the federal appeals court based in Philadelphia.
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1 week ago |
centredaily.com | Chris Palmer
May 27-A former Philadelphia corrections officer was indicted Tuesday and accused of pepper-spraying five prisoners in several different incidents in 2023 - sometimes while the men were handcuffed or restrained by other guards, court documents say. Christopher Knight is also accused of submitting false reports to cover up his actions.
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