Their alleged victims included at least one person from Pennsylvania, but police said their operation spread across the country. The two men behind an alleged Internet scam were arrested on Nov. 10 in Florida on charges of using online ads to steal peoples' money and using would-be "employees" to purchase items for themselves.
Western Pennsylvania man jailed for online threat against policeman
A 30-year-old Jeannette, Pennsylvania man has been in jail since Aug. 18 after a grand jury indicted him on federal charges of threatening a police officer over the Internet. His attorney says the charges violate her client's First Amendment rights to free speech and did not constitute a "true threat" to the officer.
