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Suspect Named In Deadly Shooting At Poconos Bar: State Police
Troopers have issued an arrest warrant in a Monroe County homicide. Matthew "Stax" Morales is sought in connection with a deadly shooting at the My Place Bar and Grill in Middle Smithfield, according to state police. Authorities were called to the 5138 Milford Road bar just before 11 p.m. on Friday, May 24. They arrived to find a man with a gunshot wound to the chest, troopers said. The victim was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. Police said surveillance footage shows Morales pull a small semi-automatic pistol from his waistband just b…
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Off-Duty PA Trooper Pleads Guilty To Firing Gun During Road Rage Incident: DA
A state police officer received two years of probation after pleading guilty in connection with a 2022 road rage incident in Chester County, according to the District Attorney's Office. David Levy of Kennett Square will also be required to take an anger management class, prosecutors said in a release. Authorities said Levy was off-duty and driving on Route 1 near Longwood Gardens on Dec. 28, 2022. He was "apparently upset with how the victim was driving" and "interacted aggressively," braking abruptly in front of their car and at one point forcing them off the roadway, according…
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Know Him? Burglar Forced Way Into Philadelphia Home, Police Say (
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City police are seeking a suspect in a Philadelphia break-in early this month. Authorities said the pictured man forced his way inside a house on the 3300 block of Cresswell Street around 9:40 p.m. on May 7. Investigators said the homeowner was away and returned to find multiple items missing. The suspect was wearing a baseball hat and a light-colored backpack and fled on a mountain bike, according to police. He has a beard, tattoos on both arms, a teardrop tattoo below his right eye, and the word "IRISH" tattooed on his right forearm. PPD footage Ph…
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Police Search For Driver In Deadly Philadelphia Hit-Run
A 44-year-old died after being struck by a runaway driver in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood on Wednesday night, May 29, according to city police. Authorities said the victim was struck just before midnight while crossing the 1800 block of Torresdale Avenue. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead minutes later, police said. The suspect vehicle is a silver or blue Honda CRV that fled east on Torresdale. Anyone with information is asked to call the Crash Investigation Division at 215-685-3180.
Police & Fire
Early Morning Pottstown Fire Sends 5 To Hospital, Officials Say
Multiple residents are being treated for injuries and smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in Pottstown on Thursday, May 30. First responders were called to the Robert P. Smith Towers, 501 High Street, just after 6 a.m., according to borough officials. They arrived to find a blaze on the fifth floor and began "rescue and fire suppression efforts," authorities said. The state police and Pottstown borough fire marshals are investigating the cause.
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PA Driver Seriously Hurt After Spinning Out In Wild NJ Route 78 Crash: State Police
Two people were injured including one seriously after a three-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Wednesday, May 29 on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. A tractor-trailer was parked and unoccupied on the right shoulder on Route 78 West in Lebanon when a Subaru driven by a 60-year-old Northampton, PA woman entered the area and struck the left rear of the truck just after 9 a.m., New Jersey State Police said. The crash caused the Subaru to spin out and hit a Volkswagen passenger car traveling in the right lane, police said. As a result of the crash, the tractor-…
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Montco DUI Driver Fell Asleep At Wheel With 2-Year-Old In Backseat: State Police
A Montgomery County driver is charged with DUI after an incident in March, according to troopers. Police said they spotted the suspect's car on Blaker Drive in East Greenville Borough after midnight on March 16. The car was stopped in the roadway for 45 minutes when troopers approached, authorities said in a release. The driver was asleep with his foot on the brakes while the car was still in drive, and his 2-year-old daughter was asleep in the backseat, according to state police. Authorities said they found a bottle of buprenorphine and rolled-up dollar bills with an "un…
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Bristol Man Pleads Guilty To 4-Month-Old Son's Murder: DA
Tyler Sullivan pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of his infant son in a Bucks County court on Wednesday, May 29, according to the District Attorney's Office. Authorities have said they were called to Sullivan's Radcliffe Street home in Bristol last May 25 to find his 4-month-old son Timothy was "not breathing and cold to the touch." Officers performed life-saving measures but eventually took the baby to Lower Bucks Hospital where he died. Medical staff at the hospital said the boy's injuries were "indicative of a battered child" — he suffered "contusions, bruising, and …
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30-Year-Old Shot Dead In Doorway Of Philadelphia Home: Authorities
City police are investigating a homicide in North Philadelphia on Tuesday night, May 28. Authorities were called to the 6500 block of Walnut Park Drive around 10:45 p.m., PPD said in a release. They arrived to find 30-year-old Khalief Rhodan lying in a doorway with a gunshot wound to the torso. Rhodan was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. A 50-year-old suspect was located at the scene and taken to the hospital with chest pain and breathing difficulties, according to PPD. A gun was recovered from the scene. "Charges are pending as police continue the i…
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16-Year-Old Brought Gun To Chester High School, Police Say
City police were called to Chester High School on Tuesday morning, May 28 after security found a student with a handgun, officials say. Authorities said the 16-year-old student tried to pass through the school’s security checkpoint with a pistol around 7:50 a.m. The student was detained by the school resource officer, police said. The firearm was recovered and a juvenile petition is being filed, police added.
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Fire Rips Through Upper Macungie Business
A major fire broke out at a business in Upper Macungie early Wednesday, May 29. Photos show flames shooting through the roof of the Fastenal Fulfillment Center on Industrial Drive around 5:45 a.m. Two alarms were reached, and a portion of Route 100 was closed as firefighters worked to knock down the fire.
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Fourth Suspect Arrested For Attack On Off-Duty Cop In Philadelphia
Arthur Jones was arrested by US Marshals in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday, May 28. Jones, 38, was wanted in connection with the assault and robbery of PPD Officer Eric Rodriguez on May 12. Marshals said he was hiding in a hotel when law enforcement tracked him down around 11:30 a.m. He surrendered without incident, authorities said. Officials have said several people assaulted Rodriguez on Oxford Street and stole his gun. Rodriguez was treated for a black eye, facial bruises, and a leg injury. Three people other than Jones have since been charged: 23-year-old Ci…
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Suspect 'Armed And Dangerous' After Shooting At American Legion In Montco: Police
A 26-year-old man is in critical condition after shots rang out in the Ardmore American Legion Post on Monday evening, May 27 according to authorities. Lower Merion police said 35-year-old Andrew McCutchen of Philadelphia is wanted in connection with the shooting. Investigators believe McCutchen shot the victim multiple times inside the Legion around 7 p.m. then fled with another person in an SUV. A second person yet to be identified chased McCutchen outside the Legion and fired a gun at his fleeing car, according to police. Authorities said McCutchen is 5-foot-11 and 220…
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Four Gunmen Killed Pedestrian In Philadelphia Ambush, Police Say
Investigators are seeking four suspects in a deadly Philadelphia shooting on May 18. Police said the victim was walking along the 5400 block of Baltimore Avenue around 10:45 p.m. when the gunmen hopped out of a car and ambushed him. The 22-year-old was shot multiple times and died from his injuries, according to PPD. The suspects were in a dark grey 2018 Mercedes S560 with dark tinted windows and silver trim lines along the lower section of the doors. Suspect footage PhiladelphiaPolice Anyone with information is asked to call 215-686-8477 or submit a tip on the…
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Police Seek 'Armed And Dangerous' Suspect In Bensalem (
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Authorities are looking for an armed robbery suspect in Bensalem. Police launched a manhunt in the Eddington section of the township in connection with a Warminster theft on Tuesday afternoon, May 28, officials said. By about 3:30 p.m., police said they suspended their active search efforts. The suspect is described as a black male in a black ski mask with black pants and a black hoodie. He was last seen near Brown Avenue and Forrest Avenue around 2:20 p.m., authorities said. Eddington area residents should call 911 if they spot him. One other person is alrea…
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Man Charged At Police With Hatchet During Standoff On Carbon County Trail, Authorities Say
A man is in police custody after a standoff on the D and L trail in Lehighton on Monday, May 27, according to borough officials. Lehighton police said it began around 8 a.m. when callers reported burning in the woods near the 400 block of North First Street. On the scene, they heard shouting and small explosions coming from the Lehigh River, authorities said. In the woods, they found a man setting fires near propane tanks "in what appeared to be an attempt to cause explosions." Officials said the man verbally threatened police, charged at them with a hatchet, and "threatened to…
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Missing Lower Macungie Man Found
The missing person has been located.
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Missing NJ Woman Is Last Surviving Child Of PA Mom In Desperate Need Of Search Help
In 2015, Sue Quackenbush lost her son, Eric, to suicide. Ten months later, her other son, Michael, a US Marine and combat veteran, died in an accident. Now, Quackenbush, of West Chester, PA, is desperate to find her 37-year-old Willingboro, NJ daughter, Danielle Lopez, who has been missing since April 13. Part of the problem is that she doesn't know how. "I just don’t know how to organize it. I don’t have a person who can help," the hurting mother sad in an emotional phone call with Daily Voice. "Everyone’s life is a New York minute so when I have permission I just get in the car." …
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Disturbing Baby Porn Found On Bensalem Man Once Directed By GPS To Police HQ While Drunk: Cops
A 50-year-old Bensalem man who nearly 10 years ago made national headlines for a drunk driving incident has been arrested on child porn charges. Richard Schnee used the screen name Dangerdick2021 on Discord, where he is accused of sharing and trading child pornography with other users, Bensalem police said in a news release issued Friday, May 24. Numerous graphic messages from Schnee were also discovered that depicted his affinity for children, stating that "pregnant 6-year-olds would be hot," police said. A search warrant executed at Schnee’s home turned up files depicting child…
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Confessed NJ/Philly Sex Trafficker Who Beat, Threatened Victims Gets 10 Years, No Early Release
UPDATE: A confessed sex trafficker from Philadelphia was sentenced in federal court in New Jersey to 10 years in prison. Mallie M. Evans, 37, must spend at least 8½ years behind bars before he’ll be eligible for release because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Evans “recruited and coerced multiple victims” as prostitutes, shuttling them between Philly and Central and South Jersey, U.S. Attorney For New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. “Evans used fraud, emotional manipulation, physical violence, and threats of death and bodily injury to coerce the victims into engaging in co…
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Two Shot During Fight At Reading Basketball Court: Police
Two people were treated for injuries after shots rang out in Reading early Friday morning, May 24, city police say. Officers were called to the 1800 block of Forrest Street near Pendora Park around 2 a.m., authorities said. They arrived to find one man shot in the leg and another in the shoulder, RPD said. Both were taken to Reading Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe the shooting happened during a fight at the basketball courts. Police said the incident is under investigation and there is "no known threat to the public." Anyone w…
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Pennsylvania Married Couple Killed In Virginia Motorcycle Crash
A couple from York, PA died in a Virginia motorcycle crash earlier this month, authorities said. Bill Winemiller and his wife, Jane Winemiller, were heading east on Route 7 on a 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle when it rear-ended a 2018 Honda Civic stopped for a red light at the intersection of Harry Byrd Highway and Main Street in Clarke County around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, according to Virginia State Police. Bill, 69, was taken to Winchester Medical Center, where he died on Saturday, May 11, his obituary on York Dispatch says. Jane died at the same hospital on Friday, M…
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Speeding Pennsylvania Driver, 29, Charged Crash That Killed NJ Grandmother
A Pennsylvania man has been charged in connection with a fatal high-speed crash in South Jersey, authorities said. Theresa Karbach, 69, of Cherry Hill, died as a result of injuries from the crash in Lawnside on May 13 at about 9:30 p.m., according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay. Anwar Parham, 29, of North Wales, PA, was charged with death by auto, driving with a suspended license and assault by auto, MacAulay said. An investigation revealed that Parham was driving at a high rate of speed prior to and during the crash. A passenger from Karbach's car …
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Second Suspect Charged In Deadly Scranton Shooting
Another man is in police custody for the Scranton murder of 36-year-old Benjamin Thompson. Quamir Robinson was arrested at his Dunmore home on Tuesday, May 21, city police said in a release. He's charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, according to officials. Authorities have said 36-year-old Thompson was shot to death on Jackson Street on May 14. Twenty-four-year-old Rahjuan Marquel Morgan was arrested two days later for criminal homicide and conspiracy, Daily Voice reported. "Additional suspects have been identified and are considered fugitives," police said Tue…
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Pennsylvania Man Spared Prison Sentence In Turks And Caicos After Ammo Arrest: Report
Bryan Hagerich will avoid jail time and pay a fine of $6,700 after being accused of bringing ammunition to the British territory of Turks and Caicos, 6abc reports. Hagerich, a Pennsylvania dad, was caught with 20 rounds in his baggage in February, authorities have said. He was facing a possible 12-year sentence but received a 52-month suspended sentence and a fine instead, according to the report. A judge found "exceptional circumstances" in Hagerich's case and said the statutory minimum sentence was "unjust and disproportionate to the crime committed," 6abc wrote. Hageri…
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Special Ed Teacher From Philadelphia Touched 14 Students In NJ, Prosecutor Says
A special education teacher who was charged last year with sexually touching seven children has been charged with touching an additional seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 59, of Philadelphia, a teacher at Chatsworth Elementary School, has been charged with 14 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw The investigation began in September 2023 after a student accused Root of touching him inappropriately during previous school years, the prosecutor said. The investigation revealed that the victi…
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Four Stabbed On SEPTA Bus In Montgomery County: Authorities (
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A verbal argument on a SEPTA bus on Thursday night, May 23 led to four people being cut with a knife, Upper Merion police said in a release. It happened on a Route 99 bus near the Macy's at King of Prussia mall, according to investigators. Authorities said three teen girls and an adult woman began arguing when one of them threw a drink at another. The four began to fight and the adult woman "brandished a small pocket knife," cutting the teens and her own hands during the scuffle, police said. First responders found the teens at the scene and the adult woman behind a nearb…
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8-Year-Old Among Three Shot In Philadelphia: Police
Investigators in Philadelphia are looking for an accused gunman in a triple shooting on Thursday, May 23. Police said the pictured man shot three people on the 300 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, including: A 47-year-old woman struck in the face and placed in "critical but stable" condition A 45-year-old man struck in the leg and placed in stable condition An 8-year-old girl grazed in the head and placed in stable condition Investigators believe the shooter opened fire at a black sedan that collided with his motorscooter around 3 p.m. He fled the scene on foot.&nb…
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Warrant Issued For Ex-Con Found With Stolen Firearms In MontCo Traffic Stop: Cops
Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 43-year-old man who was found with stolen firearms while driving on a suspended license in Montgomery County, police said. Jonathan Karcher was stopped on Sept. 25, 2023 on Welsh Road in Lower Moreland by an officer who watched him violate multiple traffic rules, and noticed he had a tinted plate rendering it unreadable, the LMPD said. In a traffic stop, officers determined Karcher's tags were fake, and he admitted to buying them off Facebook Marketplace, police said. Karcher could not provide officers with insurance, registration, or pr…
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'Tired Of People F—ing With Me:' Delaware Linen Shooting Suspect, Victims ID'd By DA
Authorities have named the suspected shooter at Delaware County Linens as 61-year-old Wilbert Rosado Ruiz. Ruiz is accused of killing brothers 29-year-old Leovanny Pena Pena and 26-year-old Giguenson Pena Pena, and sending three others to the hospital early Wednesday, May 22, officials tell Daily Voice. He is charged with first-degree murder and related counts. According to an affidavit, multiple witnesses reported seeing Ruiz get into an argument with one of the people he'd shot before opening fire, striking the four others just before 8:30 a.m. at the Delaware County Line…
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Man Admits Pointing Replica Handgun At Officers In Bucks County, DA Says
A Levittown man could spend nearly two years in prison for pointing a fake gun at police officers last year, prosecutors say. Benjamin Fell, 21, was shot by Falls Township police last March 28 during what began as a routine traffic stop on Lincoln Highway, the DA's Office said. Fell fled police in his 2007 silver Ford Focus, driving 75 mph in a 40 mph zone before the chase ended near Oak Lane, authorities said. Prosecutors said Fell opened his car door, ignored police commands to show his hands, and pointed a "dark gun-shaped object" at an officer. The of…
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