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Phil Godlewski
Documented criminal history
Phil Godlewski pleaded guilty to corruption of minors in 2011, tampering with records and bad checks in 2021, and unsworn falsification to authorities in 2022.
These are historical pleas described in later court opinions.
A 2024 court opinion records that Phil Godlewski pleaded guilty to corruption of minors on 11 July 2011 and was sentenced to 3 to 23 months of home confinement. [1][8]
A docket snapshot printed 19 August 2026 lists a post-conviction petition filed on 17 August, with no disposition of that petition shown. The signed post-conviction orders were not obtained, and current case status remains unverified.
Related civil ruling /
The Superior Court upheld judgment for the newspaper after Godlewski failed to establish that its report of a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student was false. Godlewski disputed that account. [2]
This was a civil ruling, not an additional criminal conviction.
A dated selection of records, not a complete background check. Criminal dispositions are described from court opinions and dated docket copies. Fresh criminal-docket reports could not be retrieved, so this archive does not establish present case status.
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A 2024 court opinion records that Phil Godlewski pleaded guilty to corruption of minors on 11 July 2011 and was sentenced to 3 to 23 months of home confinement. [1][8]
Scope of this record
A docket snapshot printed 19 August 2026 lists a post-conviction petition filed on 17 August, with no disposition of that petition shown. The signed post-conviction orders were not obtained, and current case status remains unverified.
The court opinion records guilty pleas to tampering with records and bad checks. It describes a fraudulent bank statement and a $21,789.84 check Godlewski knew would not be honoured. [1]
Scope of this record
Current criminal-docket status was not independently verified. Original forgery and theft charges are not listed here as convictions.
A September 2024 court order recounts guilty pleas on 10 August 2022 to two unsworn-falsification-to-authorities offenses under section 4904(b). [6]
Scope of this record
The underlying criminal docket and present case status were not independently retrieved. The exact docket number is omitted because the inspected copies contain an inconsistency.
The Superior Court affirmed summary judgment for Chris Kelly and the Scranton Times in Godlewski's defamation and false-light lawsuit. [2]
Scope of this record
A civil judgment, not a new criminal conviction. The memorandum is non-precedential. Actual malice concerns knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth.
Court-authored order inspected for its caption, date and footnote. The criminal docket identifier is inconsistent across copies and is not treated as verified. External file access is paused after a certificate-validation failure on 19 October 2026; no secure replacement copy was verified.
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07Superior Court opinion on a separate civil appeal petition
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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38 MDM 2025. 2025 PA Super 283. Disposition: pages 1 and 6.
A procedural decision about an appeal-certification request. The private respondent is not named in this archive.
08Criminal docket snapshot, printed 19 August 2026
Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System docket sheet. Copy hosted by Internet Archive.
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CP-35-CR-0002613-2010. Pages 2 to 3: historical disposition. Pages 9 to 10: post-conviction filings.
The document's printed date is 19 August, despite the filename. It lists a 17 August petition without a disposition of that petition. Signed post-conviction orders were not obtained. This hosted snapshot does not establish current case status.
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