{"id":193761,"date":"2026-05-15T22:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/193761\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:46:12","slug":"pennsylvania-pawn-shop-co-owner-pleads-guilty-to-selling-stolen-goods-worth-19-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/193761\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania pawn shop co-owner pleads guilty to selling stolen goods worth $19 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania pawn shop co-owner pleads guilty to selling stolen goods worth $19 million<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOUT THERE. MAURICE. BRIAN. NEIGHBORS TOLD ME THEY SAW THE SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWING FROM THIS HOME EARLY THIS MORNING, AND THEY SAY IT ONLY TOOK A MATTER OF MINUTES FOR THE DUPLEX TO BE COMPLETELY UP IN FLAMES. THE NEIGHBOR RAN OUT, SAID, I SEE SMOKE. I RAN OVER TO LOOK. FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT OF THE HOUSE AT THAT TIME, AND BY THE TIME I GOT OVER TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE, FLAMES WERE COMING THROUGH THE ROOF. THREE DUPLEXES. A TOTAL OF SIX HOMES WERE AFFECTED BY THIS MORNING\u2019S FIRE. AS SOON AS NEIGHBORS SAW THE SMOKE, THEY SAY THEY JUMPED INTO ACTION. ONE WOMAN CALLING 911 AND BIRD DIRECTING TRAFFIC AROUND THE SCENE TO THE PEOPLE AFFECTED COULD GET THE HELP THEY NEEDED. WELL, THE FIRE TRUCKS HERE AS FAST AS WE CAN AND ON THE SCENE AND HELP THE PEOPLE JUST DIRECT TRAFFIC, KEEP THE CARS AWAY FROM THE SCENE, AND LET THE FIREMEN DO THEIR JOB. BIRD SAYS THIS IS A TIGHT KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SEEING THIS KIND OF DEVASTATION ON STOVER\u2019S TOWN ROAD IS A TOUGH SIGHT. YOU FEEL BAD FOR THEM. I FEEL BAD FOR THE FAMILY. ALL OF US. DO WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER? COMING UP ON NEWS EIGHT AT SIX, WE\u2019LL HEAR FROM THE FIRE CHIEF ABOUT WHY THIS FIRE MAY HAVE SPREAD SO QUICKLY. LIVE IN WEST MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP. MORRISSEY. WALSH, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. BREAKING NEWS. U.S. OFFICIALS SUSPECT IRANIAN HACKERS ARE BEHIND A SERIES OF BREACHES OF SYSTEMS THAT MONITOR THE AMOUNT OF FUEL AND STORAGE TANKS SERVING GAS STATIONS IN MULTIPLE STATES. THIS IS ACCORDING TO EXCLUSIVE REPORTING FROM CNN. THE HACKERS REPORTEDLY ACCESSED PASSWORD UNPROTECTED AUTOMATIC TANK GAUGE SYSTEMS, IN SOME CASES ALTERING DISPLAY READINGS BUT NOT THE ACTUAL FUEL LEVELS. NOW, NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED, BUT OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS SAY THE INTRUSIONS RAISED SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE SUCH ACCESS COULD POTENTIALLY HIDE A GAS LEAK. NO ONE INJURED TONIGHT AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO A CUMBERLAND COUNTY BUSINESS. ALL PRO TRAILER SUPERSTORE SHARED THIS VIDEO WITH NEWS EIGHT. IT SHOWS THE CAR CRASHING INTO THE BUSINESS AND CARLISLE PIKE IN MECHANICSBURG AROUND 130 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BUSINESS ESTIMATES THE DAMAGE TO BE BETWEEN 75 AND $100,000. THEY SAY THE CRASH DAMAGED ITEMS YOU CAN SEE, INCLUDING COMPUTER SYSTEMS, FURNITURE AND, OF COURSE, THE WALLS. AND NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ABOUT YESTERDAY\u2019S RESCUE FROM AN ISLAND IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN LANCASTER COUNTY. NOW POLICE ARE SAYING A PERSON WAS ASSAULTED ON PINE ISLAND IN MARTIC TOWNSHIP. THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AVIATION COMMAND WAS REQUESTED AFTER CREWS DETERMINED THAT PERSON COULD NOT BE RESCUED BY BOAT OR LAND DUE TO QUOTE THE EXTENT OF THE INJURIES AND THE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TERRAIN. STATE POLICE SAY THE PERSON WAS FLOWN TO WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL AND IS SAID TO BE DOING WELL. THE ROLLINSVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SAYS ANOTHER PERSON WAS RESCUED BY A ROWBOAT FROM THE POWER PLANT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LANCASTER COUNTY SIDE, WHERE THEY WERE ALSO TREATED FOR A MEDICAL ISSUE. STATE POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WITH JUST UNDER A WEEK UNTIL HERSHEY PARK IS EXPECTED TO OPEN FULL TIME FOR THE SUMMER SEASON. CONTRACT TALKS CONTINUE WITH UNION WORKERS, SOME OF WHOM WORK IN THE PARK. HERSHEY ENTERTAINMENT AND RESORTS SAYS IT CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHOCOLATE WORKERS UNION LOCAL 464. SO WE ASKED HERSHEY ABOUT A LETTER SENT TO THE COMPANY FROM THE UNION, AND A SPOKESPERSON SAID THE BUSINESS MANAGER FOR LOCAL 464 RECENTLY ISSUED A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION TO UNION MEMBERSHIP DISTRIBUTED THROUGH COMPANY COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. AT THE UNION\u2019S REQUEST, STATING THAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEXT WEEK AND THAT OPERATIONS REMAIN BUSINESS AS USUAL AT THIS TIME. THE STATEMENT GOES ON TO SAY WE ARE PLEASED THAT AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN REACHED AND RATIFIED FOR TWO OF OUR FIVE PROPERTIES, AND WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON COMPLETING THE PROCESS FOR THE REMAINING THREE. HERSHEY TELLS US THOSE TWO PROPERTIES ARE THE HERSHEY COUNTRY CLUB AND HERSHEY LODGE. THE THREE THEY ARE STILL TALKING WITH ARE THE HOTEL OR HOTEL HERSHEY GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY PARK THAT SAYS HERSHEY PARK PREPARES TO OPEN FOR THE 2026 SUMMER SEASON ON MAY 21ST, AS SCHEDULED. ALL RIGHT, LET\u2019S TALK WEATHER. WE\u2019RE GOING TO GET A LIVE LOOK OVER LANCASTER, WHERE IT\u2019S BREEZY FOR NOW, BUT WE\u2019RE LOOKING AT A PRETTY BIG TEMPERATURE SWING HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. YOU CAN PUT AWAY THE COATS FOR A LITTLE BIT. NEUROLOGIST ETHAN HUSTON FOR ALL THE DETAILS. YES, SUMMERLIKE WARMTH IS GOING TO BE SLOWLY BUILDING BACK IN ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. IT\u2019S BEEN A PLEASANT DAY TODAY. START THE DAY OFF FAIRLY GLOOMY, BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS, ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. RIGHT NOW WE\u2019RE AT 70 IN HARRISBURG, 68. IF YOU\u2019RE JOINING US FROM LANCASTER, AND THAT BREEZE IS OUT THERE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO ABOUT 15MPH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THIS LIGHT BREEZE AROUND AS THE SUN IS STILL ABOVE THE HORIZON. YOU CAN SEE ALL IS QUIET RIGHT NOW ON LIVE LOCAL RADAR IN THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. SO IT\u2019S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENING OUT AND ABOUT FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. YOU\u2019RE GOING TO BE OUT FOR DINNER. JUST MAY NEED TO PUT THE NAPKIN UNDERNEATH THE PLATE AS WE DO HAVE THAT LIGHT BREEZE OUT THERE. BUT NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES. THEY WILL DROP DOWN ONLY TO NEAR 50 DEGREES TONIGHT AS THE SKIES BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR AND THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX AFTER SUNSET. BUT THE SUMMERLIKE WARMTH, IT IS GOING TO BE AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE\u2019RE FORECASTING HIGHS TO BE AT LEAST 80 DEGREES, IF NOT WARMER. IT LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE THE WARMER DAY OF THE 2ND MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER DARK SATURDAY EVENING, AND THEN A FEW SPOTTY THUNDERSHOWERS WILL BE OUT THERE FOR YOUR SUNDAY, BUT THESE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB INTO THE 90S. WE GO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND WE\u2019RE NOT GOING TO BE TOO FAR AWAY OFF FROM THE RECORD HIGHS. FIND OUT WHEN, IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, ETHAN, THANK YOU. THERE WAS A FUNERAL TODAY FOR THE TEENAGER WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK AT PENN PARK IN YORK. INVESTIGATORS SAY 15 YEAR OLD MICHAEL HARRIS WAS KILLED AFTER A FIGHT WITH A GROUP OF TEENS. POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED ANY INFORMATION ABOUT SUSPECTS OR ARRESTS. THE REMAINS OF A YORK COUNTY MAN WHO HAD BEEN MISSING FOR NEARLY A YEAR HAVE BEEN FOUND. MARK HICKS WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST JUNE. THE CORONER SAYS THE REMAINS WERE FOUND APRIL 16TH IN A WOODED AREA ON EAST STREET IN HANOVER. THEY IDENTIFIED THE REMAINS THROUGH DENTAL RECORDS. THE CORONER SAYS HE DIED BY SUICIDE. CUMBERLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEIR 911 SERVICES WERE DOWN FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING. AROUND 4:15 A.M. OFFICIALS SAY THEIR BACKUP SYSTEM WORKED AS INTENDED AND CALLS WERE AUTOMATICALLY REROUTED TO DAUPHIN OR FRANKLIN COUNTY 911 CENTERS, WHICH THEN RELAYED INFORMATION BACK TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY DISPATCHERS BY RADIO OR CELL PHONE SERVICE WAS RESTORED IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AROUND 6 A.M., BUT THERE\u2019S NO WORD YET ON A REASON FOR THIS OUTAGE. CASES OF WHOOPING COUGH CONFIRMED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. WAYNESBORO AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS ALL CASES INVOLVED FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, AND THE SCHOOL NURSE NOTIFIED THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF THE CASES AND IS NOW FOLLOWING UP, PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND CHECKLIST FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT INCLUDES DEEP CLEANING OF THE FIFTH GRADE CLASSROOMS AND ADDITIONAL CLEANING MEASURES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. AFTER A TWO YEAR HIATUS AND MAJOR REPAIRS, THE PRIDE OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BOAT BACK OUT ON THE WATER. THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE SEASON THAT IS SET TO KICK OFF ONE WEEK FROM TODAY ON MAY 22ND, AND WILL FEATURE JAZZ PIANIST STEVE RUDOLPH AND THE HARRISBURG AREA RIVERBOAT SOCIETY SAY\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania pawn shop co-owner pleads guilty to selling stolen goods worth $19 million<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769026991_958_wgal.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WGAL logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:18 PM EDT May 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA co-owner of a Pennsylvania pawn shop has pleaded guilty to selling $19 million worth of stolen goods through his business and online.  You can watch News 8 headlines in the video player above. Department of Justice prosecutors said Larry Leonard bought stolen merchandise at low prices and resold items such as electronics, tools, and household goods for profit at his store in Philadelphia.  Leonard pleaded guilty to conspiracy, transporting stolen property, and money laundering.He faces up to 45 years in prison.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A co-owner of a Pennsylvania pawn shop has pleaded guilty to selling $19 million worth of stolen goods through his business and online.  <\/p>\n<p>You can watch News 8 headlines in the video player above. <\/p>\n<p>Department of Justice prosecutors said Larry Leonard bought stolen merchandise at low prices and resold items such as electronics, tools, and household goods for profit at his store in Philadelphia.  <\/p>\n<p>Leonard pleaded guilty to conspiracy, transporting stolen property, and money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>He faces up to 45 years in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania pawn shop co-owner pleads guilty to selling stolen goods worth $19 million OUT THERE. MAURICE. BRIAN. 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