Ex-principal gets 2 years for kiddie porn

Prosecutors said he possessed more than 150 sexually explicit images A 43-year-old Chester County resident and former middle-school principal was sentenced Thursday, Nov. 7, to 24 months in prison for possessing more than 150, but less than 300, images of children engaging in sexually explicit conduct, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release. At the time of the investigation, Troy...

Three sentenced in $35.5 million loan fraud scheme

Defendants ordered to pay nearly $8 million in restitution to two banks  PHILADELPHIA – Three Delaware County residents were sentenced Wednesday for engaging in a sweeping, $35.5 million scheme to defraud Wilmington Trust Federal Savings Bank and Malvern Federal Savings Bank. Dennis Nicholas, 62, of Newtown Square, was sentenced to 72 months in prison; his wife, Bernadette Nicholas, 64, was sentenced...