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But U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch decided against leniency, describing Manos-Becton’s criminal conduct as “endless” and saying this case was the latest in “a lifetime spent stealing.”
The small bank in the historically black Hill District had been established to provide loans to people who could not get them elsewhere.
“The victims are really the Hill District residents for whom this institution was established and who benefited from it,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Hull, who prosecuted the case.
Hull said Manos-Becton has prior convictions for burglary, robbery, drug offenses and prostitution, not to mention more than 20 other convictions for fraud- or theft-related offenses, and at the time of the Dwelling House fraud, she was on probation for charges involving a weapons violation and sneaking contraband into a prison.
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January 4th, 2012
Assistant public defender Jay Finkelstein argued that people convicted of much larger financial frauds received “single-digit” sentences. He asked the court for less than nine years in prison even though Jammie Harris, 47, a Pittsburgh woman who stole roughly $1.1 million after Manos-Becton told her about the accounting glitch, was sentenced to more than nine years in prison last year.
Bloch rejected any leniency and, instead, imposed the stiffest sentence possible under the guidelines, saying Manos-Becton “fails to acknowledge the tremendous role she played in the fraud against this financial institution.”
Veronica Smith, 56, of Pittsburgh, and Manos-Becton’s 25-year-old son, Dimitri Manos, of Coraopolis, have pleaded guilty to lesser roles in the scheme and are scheduled for sentencing Thursday.
Hull argued that Manos-Becton was a career criminal with convictions for burglary, robbery, drug offenses and prostitution—not to mention more than 20 other convictions for fraud- or theft-related offenses. At the time of the Dwelling House fraud, she was on probation for Florida charges involving a weapons violation and sneaking contraband into a prison in that state, Hull said.
See the full article from “Lebanon Daily News”
January 4th, 2012
Assistant public defender Jay Finkelstein argued that people convicted of much larger financial frauds received “single-digit” sentences. He asked the court for less than nine years in prison even though Jammie Harris, 47, a Pittsburgh woman who stole roughly $1.1 million after Manos-Becton told her about the accounting glitch, was sentenced to more than nine years in prison last year.
Bloch rejected any leniency and, instead, imposed the stiffest sentence possible under the guidelines, saying Manos-Becton “fails to acknowledge the tremendous role she played in the fraud against this financial institution.”
Veronica Smith, 56, of Pittsburgh, and Manos-Becton’s 25-year-old son, Dimitri Manos, of Coraopolis, have pleaded guilty to lesser roles in the scheme and are scheduled for sentencing Thursday.
Hull argued that Manos-Becton was a career criminal with convictions for burglary, robbery, drug offenses and prostitution—not to mention more than 20 other convictions for fraud- or theft-related offenses. At the time of the Dwelling House fraud, she was on probation for Florida charges involving a weapons violation and sneaking contraband into a prison in that state, Hull said.
See the full article from “York Daily Record”
January 4th, 2012
… Portland has overextended its welcome as the destination for hipsters who want to find themselves, while frolicking in beautiful scenery and reasonable rents,” says Hesse. “Pittsburgh is reasonable-rents, nice scenery, nice downtown, and the people are, in general, just far less insufferable.”
As a born-and-raised Pittsburgher, I’ll go a step further. Portland, with its elaborate facial hair and abundance of strip clubs, represents irony. Pittsburgh, with its working-class pragmatism, is the opposite: earnest and straightforward. It’s a place where people drink cheap beer and wave their Terrible Towels without self-consciousness. Hipsters take faux working-class attributes —brusque beards, Pabst Blue Ribbon and occupations such as butchery — and integrate them into their lives with an ironic wink and a superiority complex. In Pittsburgh, you can find all of the above, only without the derision and affectation.
See the full article from “Washington Post (blog)”
January 3rd, 2012
SPACE PIMPS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA Altar Bar, Thurs. 7 p.m. $10-$12. 1-877-435-9849.
MIKE MEDVED Club Cafe, Thurs. 8 p.m. $12-$15. 1-866-468-3401.
JOHN “DR. DIRTY” VALBY Altar Bar, Fri. 10:15 p.m. $15-$20. 1-877-435-9849.
JOSH WHITE JR Club Cafe, Fri. 9 p.m. $12-$15. 1-866-468-3401.
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Consol Energy Center, Fri. 3:30 and 8:15 p.m. $30.45-$59.50. 1-800-745-3000.
THE FIELDS THE MORGANTICS Club Cafe, Tues., 8 p.m. $7. 1-866-468-3401.
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE “The Nutcracker.” Benedum Center, Downtown, Thurs. 7 p.m.; Fri. 2 and 7 p.m. $22.75-$95.75 412-456-6666 or www.pbt.org.
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ALTAR BAR Strip, 412-263-2877. Thurs.: The Space Pimps Holiday Extravaganza, 7 p.m., $10 in advance, $12 at the door; Fri.: John “Dr. Dirty” Valby, 10 p.m., $15 in advance, $20 at the door; Wed.: The Early November, 7:30 p.m., $20 in advance, $22 at the door.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
December 28th, 2011
Ring In The New Year with Prinzzess at Blush in Pittsburgh
The holidays are merrier with the acclaimed adult performer feature dancing December 27 – 31
Dec 26th, 2011 05:15 PM
PITTSBURGH, PA—Girlfriends Films contract star Prinzzess will ring in the new year dancing at Blush in Pittsburgh, PA. Prinzzess headlines at the city’s most popular gentlemen’s club for five nights, December 27–31. Blush is the second exotic club in Pennsylvania to feature Prinzzess this holiday season. The popular lesbian adult performer recently performed at Creekside Cabaret outside Philadelphia.
For more information about Prinzzess’ showtimes and Blush’s hours, visit www.BlushExotic.com.
“What’s better than drinking champagne on New Year’s Eve?” asks Prinzzess. “How about watching me pour it all over my naked body? At Blush, we’re going to celebrate the end of 2011 Girlfriends Films style: hot and sexy! Come out and party with me!”
See the full article from “AVN News (press release)”
December 26th, 2011
Even after all the turmoil 2011 brought to sports, what with the NBA and NFL players and owners huddling with lawyers and accountants, more unsettling reports of brains ravaged by hard hits, and college players being given cash, tattoos, access to strip clubs and pretty much anything else you can imagine, the games still mattered.
Until November.
In less than two weeks, allegations of child sex abuse at Penn State and then at Syracuse shook both schools to the core, cost Joe Paterno his job and left us all with the searing question of whether our love for sports has helped corrupt what were once such simple games.
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Miami is sitting out the bowl season in hopes of sparing itself similar pain from the NCAA, which is investigating allegations a booster gave cash, cars, yacht rides, access to strip clubs, even prostitutes, to 72 athletes over a nine-year span. Twelve Hurricanes have already been punished by the NCAA, with penalties ranging from making restitution to lengthy suspensions.
See the full article from “Sentinel and Enterprise”
December 25th, 2011
A former employee of a Peters Township massage parlor accused of making unsolicited contact with the genitals of two undercover detectives was admitted to the first-time offenders program Dec. 14 on charges of prostitution and indecent assault.
Jianhua “LiLi” Li, 47, of Philadelphia, previously of Flushing, N.Y., was admitted to the 12-month Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program by Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky.
She was arrested July 29 alongside Shi Mei Ma, 45, of Aspinwall, owner of Golden Phoenix Chinese Massage in Ace Plaza on Route 19, by Washington County Chief Detective Michael Aaron.
On July 12, the district attorney’s office received a complaint from a neighboring business owner of suspect activity at the massage parlor.
Outgoing Washington County District Attorney Steven Toprani said an undercover detective was sent in to establish probable cause.
See the full article from “McMurray Almanac”
December 21st, 2011
… EVANS CITY, Pa. (AP) — Sex — not included. Pennsylvania state troopers charge a man with robbing a stripper, because she refused to perform a sex act. According to authorities, Mark Frazin hired the woman for an event at his home. Police say the dancer and a security escort told Frazin sex wasn’t included. Officers say Frazin pointed a rifle at the exotic dancer and demanded his money back. Frazin now faces robbery and other charges.
See the full article from “KMOV.com”
December 5th, 2011
Cranberry police arrested six people in an overnight prostitution sting after an investigation in which they were assisted by officers from Moon Township and Monroeville.
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While local police concede that they have seen an rise in reports of prostitution in recent months, they were quick to stress that this bust was not in response to a prostitution “problem,” but was instead a “proactive measure.”
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Mascellino also said the Holiday Inn Express was not chosen as the sting location because prostitution has been reported there in the past.
“This hotel is not a hot spot…We haven’t had any reports [of prostitution] at that hotel,” he said. “We have at other hotels.”
The following people were arrested and charged with various crimes including promoting prostitution, criminal conspiracy, criminal use of a communication facility, possessing instruments of a crime and prostitution:
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Related Topics: Cranberry Police Department, Moon Police Department, and prostitution sting
See the full article from “Patch.com”
December 1st, 2011
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