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Hazleton deserves facts — not staged confrontations or “audits.” We correct Mario Castro’s misinformation and his misuse of the First Amendment as a shield.

Mario the Lawsuit Goblin - he doesn’t hate cops, he feeds off them
09/08/2026

Mario the Lawsuit Goblin - he doesn’t hate cops, he feeds off them

09/05/2026

🔥Oh HazletonNuisanceNOW really got me fired up with this one! And God Bless him, since the Trooper can not stand up for himself, I got him!🔥

This Tool is once again online confidently lecturing the public about a topic he obviously knows NOTHING about, and this time he’s decided to blame a dead trooper for his own death. It’s almost impressive how loudly he speaks while knowing so little. He claims Trooper Pahira “caused” an accident by conducting a DOT inspection on the shoulder of I‑81. A claim that collapses the moment it touches reality. Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers are legally required to conduct roadside inspections on highways when necessary. Highway shoulders are authorized enforcement zones under FMCSA and PSP policy. Trooper Pahira was exactly where his job placed him: on I‑81, in his assigned Motor Carrier Enforcement area. This Tool talks like PSP officers can just pull tractor‑trailers into “any ramp, any rest area, any open space,” which tells you everything you need to know about how little he’s ever read about DOT inspection triggers or PSP authority under FMCSA.

Then the tool claims the trooper “stopped traffic in the middle of the highway.” The middle of the highway? Are you that dumb? No, he didn’t. The truck was on the shoulder, not “in the middle of the highway,” not blocking lanes, not creating a barricade. The crash occurred because another driver lost control of his rig. Mario’s version is the kind of thing you hear from someone who thinks every disabled vehicle on the shoulder is “stopping traffic.” It’s dramatic, but it’s not reality. It’s just Mario doing what Mario does: narrating his own imagination as if it’s evidence.

Mario then escalates to accusing the trooper of “provoking an accident.” (Are you freaking kidding me? ) That’s not just wrong!!!! It’s reckless and disrespectful. But then again this tool doesn’t know the meaning of RESPECT! The official investigation found that the trooper was performing a routine, lawful CMV inspection when a driver failed to maintain control and struck him. Mario blaming the Trooper to score Facebook outrage points isn’t journalism. It’s exploitation. It’s the digital equivalent of stepping over a body to get a better camera angle.

He also insists the trooper should have used a rest area, as if rest areas magically appear every five miles and are always safe, always open, and always appropriate for the type of inspection being conducted. Motor Carrier Enforcement officers routinely perform inspections on shoulders, pull‑offs, designated enforcement zones, and interstates. This is standard practice nationwide. Mario pretending it’s “unnecessary” just shows he’s never read a single page of commercial enforcement policy. He’s arguing from vibes, not facts.

And then comes his favorite part! The part where he tries to sound legally informed. Mario asks why the family is suing if the trooper was a hero. He doesn’t understand how civil law works. A wrongful‑death suit does not mean the trooper caused the crash. It means the family is pursuing civil remedies against parties who may have contributed to the fatal event. Workers’ compensation does not prevent families from filing civil claims. Mario is mixing up workers’ comp, civil liability, and line‑of‑duty death benefits, three completely different legal systems. If Mario wants to talk about law, he should start with basic detention standards before jumping into wrongful‑death litigation.

Finally, Mario wraps it all up with the claim that the trooper died because he “stopped somebody in the middle of the highway.” No!! He died because a driver lost control and struck him. That’s the tragedy. That’s the reality. And that’s why commercial enforcement is dangerous work. Mario turning a line‑of‑duty death into a conspiracy theory about “unnecessary inspections” isn’t activism. It’s disrespect. It’s ignorance dressed up as commentary.

Trooper Pahira didn’t cause an accident. He didn’t stop traffic. He didn’t provoke anything. He was doing the job he was trained, assigned, and authorized to do. Mario is doing what he always does: misstate the law, misunderstand the facts, and mislead the public. If Mario wants to educate people, he should start by educating himself and showing some respect for the dead!

Remember what you say about the internet Mario? HazletonNewsNOW and La Casa Dominicana de Hazleton Inc. C/O La Casa Dominicana de Pennsylvania how can you even be associated with trash like this??

09/05/2026

🚨Fearmongering Isn’t Advocacy: HazletonNuisanceNOW’s ICE Claims Are Dangerous🚨

(Please people for the love of all that is Holy, stop encouraging this man with his misinformation! It’s like he is TRYING to start wide spread panic)

Mario is presenting inaccurate, fear‑based information that misrepresents both federal law and the documented ICE activity in Pennsylvania. His statements are not supported by recent reports, and they create unnecessary panic in the Hispanic community. Below is a clear, factual, professional correction you can use publicly.

1. ICE is not allowed to arrest people “just for being Hispanic.”

Mario’s claim that “if you’re Hispanic, ICE will arrest you and ask questions later” is legally false.

Under federal law:

- ICE must have probable cause or a specific immigration target.
- ICE cannot detain someone based solely on ethnicity.
- Random arrests of Hispanic individuals would violate the Fourth Amendment and federal civil‑rights protections.

Documented ICE violations in other states do not change the law in Pennsylvania.

2. Recent ICE misconduct does not mean ICE is conducting random sweeps in PA.

Mario is referencing incidents from Colorado, Minnesota, Washington, and California, where ICE violated court orders. Those cases are real, but they did not occur in Pennsylvania, and they do not authorize ICE to conduct indiscriminate arrests here.

In Pennsylvania, the documented issues include:

A. Improper detainers
B. A small number of illegal traffic stops
C. Occasional warrantless home entries

These are serious, but they are targeted incidents, not widespread racial sweeps.

3. ICE is not raiding clubs, bars, or nightlife venues.

Mario’s claim that ICE is “going into clubs” is completely unsupported.

ICE policy restricts enforcement in:

- bars
- clubs
- restaurants
- concerts
- churches
- hospitals
- schools

There are no documented ICE club raids in Pennsylvania.

***But what about the claims that ICE did raid schools you ask?? There was one documented incident in California where ICE attempted to enter schools without a judicial warrant and the schools denied entry.

In September 2025, DHS issued a statement correcting misinformation:

ICE does not raid schools
ICE does not target children
ICE cannot enter schools without a judicial warrant

This was an official federal clarification.

ICE has not raided schools, and they have not entered any schools in Pennsylvania. ****

4. ICE is not grabbing people coming out of work in PA.

Pennsylvania has no recent workplace raids.
None in Hazleton, Wilkes‑Barre, Luzerne County, or surrounding areas.

Mario is recycling stories from other states and presenting them as local events.

5. ICE misconduct does not justify Mario’s fear narrative.

Yes - ICE has violated court orders in several states.
Yes - some agents have used excessive force.
Those issues deserve attention.

But Mario is using those incidents to claim:

- all Hispanics are targets
- ICE is patrolling workplaces
- ICE is raiding clubs
- ICE is pulling over vans at random
- ICE will arrest first and ask questions later

None of these claims are supported by any Pennsylvania documentation. HazletonNewsNOW La Casa Dominicana de Hazleton Inc. C/O La Casa Dominicana de Pennsylvania

09/03/2026
09/03/2026

Now this here has to be my most FAVORITE and to me the most comical part of his video. 🤣🤣

Let’s clear something up before Mario adds any more chapters to his imaginary history book. Back when Lou Barletta was Mayor, Hazleton did pass three ordinances back in 2006 - the Illegal Immigration Relief Act, the Tenant Registration Ordinance, and the English‑Only ordinance. And here’s the part Mario always forgets!! NONE of them were ever enforced. The federal courts shut them down in Lozano v. Hazleton before the city could even try. No one was arrested for speaking Spanish. No one was deported. No landlord was checking green cards like they were running airport security. The ordinances were blocked, appealed, blocked again, and finally tossed out as unconstitutional. End of story.

Now, enter Mario, Hazleton’s unofficial spokesperson for things that never happened.
He gets on video acting like Hazleton was running a secret “Don’t Speak Spanish” police force. According to him, people were being deported for going to work, kicked out of town for renting an apartment, and apparently the city had some kind of magical power to arrest you for… talking. 🤣🤣(That part kills me 🤣🤣). The confidence he has while saying things that NEVER existed anywhere in the ordinance text is honestly impressive. He delivers misinformation like he’s reading from a script only he can see.

And then…….my other favorite part — he derails mid‑sentence into,
“Brian… spinach… it’s spinach…”
Sir, are you okay? Did the Wi‑Fi in your brain buffer? 🤣🤣🤣 WTF? 🤣🤣🤣

Mario’s not just wrong, he’s just living somewhere out in left field eating paint chips 🤣🤣!

Every town has that one person who speaks with full authority on things they clearly made up, and Mario clocked in early for his shift. If Hazleton ever needs a mascot for misinformation, he’s already wearing the clown 🤡 outfit for sure. But yeah you people that support him keep telling him how what he is doing is great, filling people’s heads with crap that never happened! Sure 👍 🤣🤣 HazletonNewsNOW La Casa Dominicana de Hazleton Inc. C/O La Casa Dominicana de Pennsylvania

09/03/2026

Another dramatic monologue about how HazletonNuisanceNOW is Hazleton’s #1 “victim.” According to him, he “records police misconduct,” even though his videos show him recording literally everyone the police. EMTs, firefighters, workers, random citizens, people in medical distress, kids, private homes — he films anything that moves. But sure, let’s pretend he’s out here doing some kind of heroic police‑accountability documentary.

Then he launches into his usual speech about being a “victim of police misconduct, retaliation, discrimination, and the system.” Apparently every emergency scene he inserts himself into is part of a grand conspiracy to silence him. He says he’s been arrested “for recording,” but anyone who watches his videos can see he’s not just recording he’s walking into active scenes, interfering with responders, and turning medical emergencies into Facebook content. But in Mario’s world, none of that matters because he’s the “obstacle” standing between Hazleton and total corruption. Very cinematic.

Next, he proudly announces he “won a lawsuit” against an officer. Let’s clear this up: he did NOT win a lawsuit. There was no trial, no judge’s ruling, no constitutional victory, and no precedent. What he got was a settlement, which is legal speak for “here’s a check, please go away.” A settlement is not a win. It’s not proof of retaliation. It’s not proof of discrimination. It’s not proof of anything except that the city didn’t feel like wasting taxpayer money on his theatrics. But he’ll keep milking it like he single handedly rewrote the First Amendment.

Then he explains that he had to create his pages because “no one would help him” and “no one would share his videos.” Translation: every other page in Hazleton refused to platform his misinformation, harassment, and ambulance‑chasing content. That’s not oppression, that’s moderation. But he frames it as everyone being “silent” and “working with the people against us.” Because of course, if someone doesn’t repost his videos, they must be part of a conspiracy.

And then comes his favorite part: the race card. Mario claims “the mayor is against Hispanics” because……wait for it……the mayor supposedly “signed a contract with ICE.” In Mario’s universe, ICE only exists to target Hispanics, and any cooperation with ICE automatically means the mayor hates an entire ethnicity. Reality check: ICE enforces immigration status, not race. Illegal is illegal, whether someone is Hispanic, Canadian, German, Brazilian, or from Jupiter. But Mario needs a villain, so he turns a routine federal cooperation into a dramatic anti‑Hispanic plot twist. It’s predictable, manipulative, and completely disconnected from how immigration law actually works.

He also throws in that Hazleton is “63% Hispanic,” as if population demographics magically override federal immigration statutes. They don’t. ICE doesn’t look at a map and say, “Oh, this city has a lot of Hispanics, let’s go bother them.” That’s not how any of this works. But Mario’s narrative depends on fear, so he keeps repeating it.

Finally, he scolds Hispanic pages for “going against their own people” because they won’t echo his content. He says they’re “pretending to be part of the group” and that “we don’t belong anywhere.” Meanwhile, he’s the one dividing the community by telling Hispanics they’re being hunted by the mayor, the police, and anyone who doesn’t share his videos. It’s not activism, it’s manipulation dressed up as victimhood!

09/03/2026

HazletonNuisanceNOW’s lips are flapping like a ducks a$$ 🦆 again!

His latest rant about Nathan Lee last night is nothing but a desperate attempt to twist an old restaurant promo video into some dramatic civil‑rights scandal, and the only thing he exposed was his own dishonesty. He built his entire meltdown around a joke video Nate made awhile ago, a harmless food‑pun video about mac and cheese and chicken specials, and tried to turn it into a racist manifesto because he needed clicks.

The “illegal alien” line he keeps crying about was clearly a joke — there is not one undocumented worker at Nate’s business, we all know who was recording the video and she has been with Nate for 7 1/2 years and no sane business owner would ever publicly announce something like that on camera, upload it to Facebook, and incriminate themselves. Mario knows this, but he needed a villain, so he invented an immigration scandal out of thin air.

Then he tried to sexualize Hailey by pretending Nate made inappropriate comments toward her, when the line “dirty mac and cheese — we know you like it dirty” was directed at the audience and referred to the dish itself, which is literally called dirty mac and cheese (duh). Nate didn’t sexualize her!! Mario did!! Repeatedly calling her a “little girl,” “young female,” “13 years old,” and implying she’s working with an “old guy,” all while pretending he’s offended on her behalf.

Mario claims he’s outraged by a food pun, yet he’s the same person who screams “go f*** your mother,” “go f*** yourself,” and “c***sucker” at police officers and anyone who tells him something he doesn’t like. Those aren’t jokes; those are direct vulgar attacks on real people and their families, but somehow Mario thinks he’s the moral authority on respectful language.

He even has the nerve to call Nate racist while he himself says “you know how it goes with them people” not once, not twice, but three separate times. And what exactly does “them people” mean, Mario? What group are you referring to? What stereotype are you hinting at? Nate didn’t say anything like that. YOU did, yet you’re the one trying to label other people as racist.

Then Mario claims that anyone who supports Nate or ICE is “not a good person,” which is laughable because supporting someone who follows the law doesn’t make anyone bad, and believing in due process doesn’t make anyone immoral. Mario’s worldview is simple: if you don’t worship his opinion, you’re the enemy.

He even lies about why Nate is closing one location, pretending it’s because of “comments,” when the truth — which Mario saw in Nate’s video — is that Nate is closing that particular spot for health reasons and because life is short. Nate still owns other businesses, still works, still provides for his family, and still contributes to the community. What do you do Mario? Do you work? What do you contribute to the community besides bull💩 and misinformation?

But since Mario wants to “air out laundry,” let’s talk about his: he isn’t living at his house in Jeddo because it was deemed uninhabitable after he failed to pay his water, sewer, and electric bills. That’s not a rumor, that’s reality. So now he’s mooching off a woman who lives near the hospital, living in a place he doesn’t pay for while pretending he’s a community leader. And she’ll figure him out soon enough, because parasites don’t last long. People eventually see the pattern, the chaos, the drama, the freeloading and they kick him out just like everyone else has.

In the end, Mario didn’t expose Nate. He exposed himself. The lies, the exaggerations, the misquotes, the sexualizing, the vulgarity, the hypocrisy, the fake outrage, the invented immigration story, the coded language, the attacks on people who follow the law, and the desperate need for attention. Nate didn’t get exposed! Mario did! 🤣 And the internet doesn’t forget (your words Mario). HazletonNewsNOW Fugetaboutit2 La Casa Dominicana de Hazleton Inc. C/O La Casa Dominicana de Pennsylvania

If you support lies and misinformation then you are just as much a part of the problem in this community as Mario is! It’s not about race either because if you are a piece of 💩 it doesn’t matter what color your skin is!

Recording in public is a First Amendment‑protected activity, but that protection is not unlimited. The law draws a brigh...
09/03/2026

Recording in public is a First Amendment‑protected activity, but that protection is not unlimited. The law draws a bright line between lawful recording and conduct that becomes interference, harassment, or obstruction. The dos are straightforward: you may record from any lawful vantage point, you may document officials performing their duties, and you may gather information for news, education, or public accountability. But the don’ts are where HazletonNuisanceNOW repeatedly crosses into unlawful territory. The First Amendment does not protect inserting yourself into active work zones, blocking officials, or disrupting their ability to perform duties, that’s obstruction under Pennsylvania law. It does not protect escalating confrontations to provoke reactions, which courts consistently classify as disorderly or harassing conduct when it serves no legitimate expressive purpose. It does not protect misrepresenting statutes or claiming authority you don’t have; falsely asserting legal power can constitute deceptive or intimidating behavior. And it absolutely does not protect following individuals, stepping into their personal space, or targeting them with repeated unwanted contact, that’s harassment, not journalism. When someone uses a camera as a weapon instead of a tool for transparency, they undermine legitimate First Amendment activity, spread misinformation, and create legal risk for themselves and the community. Responsible recording strengthens public accountability; Mario’s behavior erodes it.

08/31/2026

Hazleton City Police Department need more education. Telling upset accident victims “he’s in public, he can record ( livestream to facebook)” is legally incorrect. Public space removes privacy for normal activity, not for people who are visibly shaken, distressed, or emotionally overwhelmed after an accident. Officers have full authority to move a recorder back when the subject objects, when the recording ESCALATES TENSION, or when the person being filmed is vulnerable.

Mario wasn’t exercising a right, he was exploiting upset accident victims for content. And the police enabled it because they rely on oversimplified training instead of actual law. What makes it worse is Mario’s hypocrisy: he only screams about his “rights” when he’s targeting victims or provoking officers. But the second he needs police protection, he suddenly stops calling them pigs, tyrants, clowns, or telling them to go f* their mothers. When they’re protecting him, he’s polite. When he’s safe again, he goes right back to disrespecting them.

Hazleton deserves officers who understand the law and a community that isn’t misled by someone who only respects police when it benefits him.

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