A Salisbury Township man was sentenced to prison after faking his own kidnapping by the mafia in an attempt to receive ransom money. Joshua B. Fernando, 27, of Salisbury Township, was sentenced to 6-23 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to faking his own kidnapping,

A Salisbury Township man will spend up to 23 months in prison after attracting the attention of local, state and federal authorities when he pretended to be kidnapped by the

A man from Salisbury Township has been sentenced after pleading guilty to faking being kidnapped by the Mafia to acquire the ransom money.

The 27-year-old man used a VPN to conceal his location and sent fake pictures and videos of him being assaulted, investigators said.

Joshua Fernando, 27, of Salisbury Township plead guilty earlier this month to faking his own kidnapping by the Mafia in an attempt to acquire ransom money.