Fake Strasburg Chiropractor Sexually Assaults Amish Women, Girl, DA Says
A Strasburg Township man is accused of sexually assaulting nine victims — including a child — while posing as a chiropractor for more than 20 years, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, May 19.
John Miller Esh, 61, allegedly used phony chiropractic and massage sessions to violate women and a girl from Lancaster County’s Plain community, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. The abuse began in 2002 and took place at his home on the 1700 block of Beaver Valley Pike and multiple other locations, investigators said.
Dozens Of Sessions, Thousands Paid, Victims S…
Ex-Church Bookkeeper Embezzled $80K From Selden Parish, DA Says
A woman who once handled the books at a Long Island church embezzled nearly $80,000 from the parish, prosecutors alleged.
Stacey Hirsch, 48, formerly of Centereach and now living in Saint Lucie, Florida, was arraigned on grand larceny charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, May 2, after being extradited from Florida.
Hirsch served as the bookkeeper for Hope Lutheran Church on Dare Road in Selden, according to her Facebook profile. Between June 2022 and May 2023, she wrote unauthorized checks to herself and her husband from the church’s account — then used the money to pay off credi…
'Unconstitutional:' Feds Slam Trenton Police For Excessive Force, Illegal Stops
Federal investigators have accused the Trenton Police Department (TPD) of widespread civil rights violations, including excessive force and illegal arrests, calling the department’s practices “unconstitutional” in a damning report released Thursday, Nov. 21.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) found that TPD officers routinely stopped and searched individuals without reasonable suspicion, made arrests without probable cause, and escalated encounters with excessive force.
These practices, compounded by poor training, inadequate oversight, and a lack of accountability, have eroded community…
