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Police Officer, Father Of 5 Strangled To Death During Fight, Investigators Say
A Pennsylvania police officer whose death was initially described as a “sudden medical emergency” was strangled to death during a fight, investigators now say.
Michael “Mike” McGeehan, 44, a longtime Middlesex Township police officer and father of five, died following an altercation with 25-year-old Paden Edward Frey on July 11, according to the Lycoming Regional Police Department.
Frey, of Cogan Station, was arrested at his home without incident early Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 7, with assistance from the Lycoming County Sheriff’s Office, police said.
He has been charged with murder, stran…
Bomb-Making Materials Found In CT Home Shared With 3 Others, Police Say
A Connecticut man faces explosives charges after police say he made and stored explosive materials in a home where three other people lived, authorities said.
Aleksi Javanainen, 30, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 2, after a domestic incident, Connecticut State Police said. A second search warrant led police to bomb-making materials at his Hanks Hill Road home in Mansfield on Oct. 3.
Officers seized fuels, oxidizers, acids and corrosives from the first floor, police said.
The Connecticut State Police Bomb Squad carried out a “controlled disposal” at the property Saturday after the search…
