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Justice Prevails in a Lancaster County Courtroom

On Tuesday, January 5, 2010, Bruce Yarnell was acquitted of all charges related to his arrest by East Lampeter police in March 2009.
His trial took place in courtroom #8 with the Honorable Judge Dennis Reinaker presiding. Assistant District Attorney Alina Andreoli prosecuted the case. At the conclusion of the prosecution's case and the cross examination of their witnesses, his attorney motioned for a demurrer on all charges. Following a short recess, Judge Reinaker returned and, concurring with defense counsel, dismissed the three charges of attempted aggravated assault. It took the jury only a brief time to find Mr. Yarnell not guilty of the remaining misdemeanor count of resisting arrest.
The courtroom gallery was packed with family and friends of Mr. Yarnell.

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Discrimination in Sentencing
Is change coming?
H.R. 18: Powder/Crack cocaine equalization act:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-18
Read about developments on this issue from April 29, 2009:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jasmine-tyler/obama-administration-call_b_193028.html
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Free Speech victory in Federal Court
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4924
http://www.lifenews.com/state4091.html
John McTernan and Ed Snell win their day in court and are represented by:
Boyle, Neblett and Wenger
Offices in Camp Hill, Coudersport, York and Philadelphia
www.dennisboylelaw.com

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Victory over Dauphin County CYS

Commonwealth v. D.W. (Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and appeal of CYS finding of abuse, 2008) - This case began when the ex-wife of Dennis Boyle's (www.dennisboylelaw.com) client's husband accused his client of sexually abusing her step-son. As a result of the ex-wife's report, Dauphin County Children & Youth Services ("CYS") took custody of the step-son and his two brothers, placing them in foster care. The police and district attorney's office also began investigations, and the ex-wife filed a Protection From Abuse ("PFA") Petition on behalf of the step-son. Attorney Boyle become involved in the case at its inception. Following a hearing on the PFA, attorney Boyle succeeded in convincing the Judge to dismiss the PFA. Archangel Investigations was able to develop information showing that the ex-wife had a history of making false sexual abuse allegations and found witnesses that saw the ex-wife coaching the children. CYS withdrew its dependence petition at the pre-trial conference, and the police and district attorney decided not to prosecute. Even so, CYS made a finding of "founded" with respect to the abuse, causing the client substantial hardship. Attorney Boyle appealed that finding to the Department of Public Welfare, which has jurisdiction over CYS agencies. An administrative law judge found no evidence of abuse, reversed the finding, and cleared the client of any suspicion of wrong doing.

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Mortgage Woes
4/30/2008
Just the tip of the iceberg?

Pay option ARMS were written well into 2007. Though not as popular in Central PA as in some other areas, these mortgages have the very real potential to continue to create problems for the banking and real estate industry for the next twelve months.
With the Fedetal Reserve indicating that it is ending it's efforts to push down short-term interest rates, look for sharp increase in the money supply to continue to ignite inflationary fears. If the FED really steps aside, interest rates will rise and we predict many Pay Option ARM holders will be forced into foreclosure as their monthly payments exploded due to interest accumulation.

The folowing is an explanation provided by a Lancaster mortgage industry executive:

"The payment options (for Pay Option ARM's) included a fully amortized payment, an interest only payment, or a payment based on a pay rate of 1-2% with negative amortization. So if the actual rate was 7% based on an index of 4% and a margin of 3% and the customer wanted to pay 2% then the other 5% was added to the balance. They allowed up to a 20% increase in the balance. People were told they could make the minimum payment based on the 1-2% rate for 5 years. However, the margins were often set so high that the interest accumulation forced the payment to increase very quickly and the actual rate was 9,10,11%. A large percentage of these people could have easily qualifed for a 6% fixed rate at the time they chose the Pay Option ARM's."

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On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, Lancaster County Children & Youth entered into a landmark settlement agreement with Patricia Shope, mother of Breyonna.

Shope v. Lancaster County Children & Youth Services (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2008) - On June 8, 2006, the year old daughter of Patricia Shope was taken to the Lancaster General Hospital where she was diagnosed with ear infections (otitis media). For reasons that never became clear, a social worker for Lancaster County Children & Youth Services ("CYS") came to the hospital, without reasonable suspicion, and took custody of the child. The mother was required to see two different psychologists, at the request of CYS, both of whom found no issues with the mother. Despite the fact that CYS never had any evidence of abuse or neglect, they retained custody of the child until August, 2006. Following the child's return and an investigiaton by Archangel Investigations, a Federal federal civil rights lawsuit was initiated by the Camp Hill law firm, Boyle, Neblett & Wenger, alleging 14th Amendment violations. The case settled on the eve of trial when CYS agreed to pay Ms. Shope $125,000 for the Constitutional violation.

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DILLSBURG FIRE VERDICT
December 2007

Ken Doll Jr & Sr:
NOT GUILTY!

A jury found Ken Doll, Jr. and Ken Doll, Sr. not guilty of all charges stemming from an altercation with police during a fire at their property on January 31, 2007. To read the entire story, click here.