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35-Gallon Stockpile Of Gasoline Used In Igniting Deadly Arlington Home Explosion, Probe Finds
Police have released their findings into the Dec. 3, 2023 home explosion set by a 56-year-old suspect in Arlington.
Officers were called to James Yoo's home, a duplex on N. Burlington Street, after Yoo fired multiple rounds from a flare gun out of his window, police said.
Yoo barricaded himself inside, prompting a 3-hour and 40-minute standoff that ended in a home explosion, that authorities are now saying was caused by Yoo.
Investigators determined that Yoo had stockpiled more than 35 gallons of gasoline at his home, federal and local police said on Friday, June 7, 2024.
While offic…
Suspect In Gas Mask With Pepper Spray Robs Japanese Restaurant In Evesham: Police
A man in a gas mask robbed a South Jersey restaurant after pepper-spraying an employee, authorities said.
On Saturday, Sept. 23 at 10:21 p.m., the Evesham Police Department responded to Mikado Japanese Sushi & Steak House, 793 East Route 70, for a report of a robbery, according to Evesham Police Chief Walt Miller.
An investigation found that a lone male suspect entered the business after closing time, Miller said. The suspect pepper sprayed (possibly bear spray) the victim, bound her hands and feet, and duct taped her mouth, Miller said.
The suspect then access…
Punches, Pepper Spray: Inwood Fight Ends In 3 Arrests, Police Say
At least seven people were involved in a Long Island disturbance that ended with three arrested, police said.
The incident occurred late on the night of Wednesday, April 12 in Inwood, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
Police say the disturbance started when 21-year-old Ashanti Eskarge, of Westbury, punched a 19-year-old girl in the mouth, lacerating her lower lip.
After that punch, three additional women (ages 37, 19, and 16) and 19-year-old Destiny Rodriquez began to argue.
Authorities allege that at some point, Rodriquez and an unknown male approached the house of th…
Man Who Murdered Lancaster Dad Learns His Fate, DA Say
A confessed killer is heading to prison, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office on Friday, January 13, 2023.
Police were dispatched for a report of a stabbing at 505 Pearl Street on Sept. 1, 2021, just before 7 a.m.
The officers arrived to find Brandon Schweers, 36, of the 500 block of Pearl Street in Lancaster, with visible injuries to his head and knee, as well as having difficulty breathing.
Prior to being taken to the hospital, Schweers told the officers that Aaron Robertson was the person who attacked with a knife and pepper spray.
During t…
CT Shoplifting Suspect Pepper Sprays Security Guard, Makes Escape, Police Say
A woman who allegedly shoplifted items from a Connecticut Walmart store pepper-sprayed an employee as she fled after being stopped, police said.
The incident took place in Hartford County just before 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, at the Walmart, located at 1400 Framington Ave., in Bristol.
According to Lt. Christopher Lennon, of the Bristol Police, the woman was stopped after being spotted placing numerous items in her personal bag.
She then exited the store, and when security personnel stopped her and asked for a receipt, she ignored them and kept walking, Lennon said.
When the sec…
Boy Attacked By Dog In Lansdale
A child was hospitalized with scratches all over his body after being attacked by a dog in Lansdale, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 1:40 p.m. last Thursday on the 100 block of Walnut Street, local police said.
A witness told NorthPennNow that the dog was a Rottweiler. Another witness also said someone tried spraying the dog with pepper spray, although that detail was not confirmed, the outlet reports.
There, the boy was found with numerous puncture wounds and lacerations on his arms, legs, back, face, and head, authorities said.
He was rushed via ambulance to Grand Vi…