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'Magician' Had Accomplice Distract Roulette Dealer To Steal $10K From PA Casino: Police 'Magician' Had Accomplice Distract Roulette Dealer To Steal $10K From PA Casino: Police
'Magician' Had Accomplice Distract Roulette Dealer To Steal $10K From PA Casino: Police "Artist. Magician. Creator. Illusionist."  That's how Shaun Benward describes himself on social media pages. Police have a descriptive for Benward of their own: Thief. Benward — who was placed on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's exclusion list in 2015 — has been accused of using the art of distraction with help from accomplice Denile Derohan to defraud a casino in Pennsylvania, according to multiple media outlets citing an affidavit filed by the state police. Benward, 35, had Derohan, 42, distract the dealers while playing roulette at Pittsburgh's River Casino, …

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by Jillian Pikora
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DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods
DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods Two teen brothers from New Jersey were arrested on accusations they killed a man found in a wooded area in Quakertown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania, authorities announced. Anthony Gamble, 19, and Joshua Gamble, 17, both of Somerset, NJ, will be charged with criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with evidence, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. The younger Gamble is being charged as an adult. The brothers are accused of killing a man found stabbed to death early Thursday in a wooded area in the 500 block of East Pu…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies
Police: Allentown Pair Nabbed In Dual Gas Station, Grocery Store Robberies Police in Allentown have arrested two people they say were involved in back-to-back robberies at a local gas station and grocery store. Carmelo Pardo, 37, and Iris Rodriguez, 43, are accused of committing a robbery at Sunoco on South 4th Street in Allentown around 5 a.m. on Jan. 28, police said. The two then carried out a robbery at Jayden Grocery Store on South 8th Street around 8 a.m. the next day, police said. A follow-up investigation identified Pardo and Rodriguez as the suspects, police said. Both were arrested and charged with burglary, criminal conspiracy and theft. Pardo faces tw…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hunterdon County Couple Busted For Stealing Six Golden Retriever Puppies Valued At $5,000 Each Hunterdon County Couple Busted For Stealing Six Golden Retriever Puppies Valued At $5,000 Each
Hunterdon County Couple Busted For Stealing Six Golden Retriever Puppies Valued At $5,000 Each A Hunterdon County couple was arrested for stealing six golden retriever puppies worth about $5,000, authorities said. Jennifer Goldthwaite, 41, and Christopher Gordon, 20, both of Flemington, were caught after a Pennsylvania dog breeder told police that people were trying to enter his property and possibly steal his French bulldog puppies for sale, New Holland police said. Officers found Goldthwaite in a car outside the breeder's home in Earl, PA, while Gordon was walking over to it. The man who called in the incident identified Gordon and Goldthwaite as the same people who came by hi…

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by Cecilia Levine