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Mugshot Released: PA Man Accused Of Wrapping Wife's Corpse In Plastic Captured In South Jersey
A mugshot of the Philadelphia man charged with abusing his wife's corpse has been shared with Daily Voice by authorities in New Jersey, where he was taken into custody. Vladimir Lushevskiy, 65, of the 9000 block of Diplomat Place, is facing charges of fugitive from justice and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose out of Westampton Township (Burlington County, court records show. Lushevskiy has also been charged with abuse of corpse in Philadelphia after it came to light that the body of his 61-year-old wife, Lola Karabaeva, was found wrapped in plastic inside a closet in their h…
Police & Fire
Philly Man, Two Brothers Indicted In Woman's Killing In Atlantic City: Prosecutors
Three Philadelphia men were indicted after two women were shot in the head in Atlantic City, including one who died, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 34-year-old Gregg Page for murder, attempted murder, and several weapons charges on Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. Two brothers, 30-year-old Ryan Schenck and 27-year-old Ramir Schenck, were also indicted for hindering apprehension. Atlantic City police responded to a report of two women severely injured on North Main Avenue at around 4:41 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1. Officers found the vi…
Police & Fire
New Jersey Hospital Worker, Nursing Student Arrested In Dangerous Car Rally
An illegal car meetup with fires and a police officer nearly being struck has led to two more arrests — this time of people from outside the Philadelphia suburbs, police announced on Saturday, Sept. 28. Alexis Boyce, 20 of Englishtown, NJ, turned herself into Philadelphia Police at 600 Arch Street at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, and Albert Woynar, 18 of Pittsburgh, was arrested by Pennsylvania State Troopers later that day, Philadelphia Police detailed in the release. Both were wanted in connection with a 50-car meetup in the 7400 block of Bustleton Avenue on Saturday, Se…
Police & Fire
Trafficker Who Mailed Hundreds Of Pounds Of Coke From PR To South Jersey, Philly Gets 10 Years
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A manager of a crew that purchased hundreds of pounds of cocaine in Puerto Rico that they shipped to South Jersey and Philadelphia via overnight mail was sentenced to a plea-bargained 10 years in federal prison. Philly resident Jose Gonzalez, 51, and his co-conspirators flew to San Juan on dozens of commercial flights from Philadelphia International Airport, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Phillip Sellinger said. They paid cash there for multi-kilo quantities of coke, then used overnight delivery from U.S. Post Office branches in San Juan to ship it to various addresses in Philade…
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: Man Standing On Church Steeple Points Long Gun At Officers In Philly, Police Say
A barricade situation involving a man standing on a church steeple was unfolding Monday night, May 13 in Philadelphia, police said. Officers were dispatched to a church on the 700 block of E Cornwall Street around 8:15 p.m. for a man, believed be under the influence of drugs, standing on the steeple of a church, city police said. Google Maps Upon arrival, the man pointed a long gun at the officers, leading to the declaration of a barricade situation at 8:41 p.m., police said. The staging area is at G & Westmoreland, with SWAT and Tactical Air units on location. This is a devel…
Police & Fire
Four Nabbed In Thefts Of $1.6M In Electronics From 55 UPS Locations Across NJ, NY, PA, Beyond
Four Philadelphia men wanted for a burglary spree through 55 UPS warehouses across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond were captured by federal agents this week, authorities announced. The quartet and at least three accomplices who are still at large stole an estimated $1.6 million in electronics over a two-year span beginning in January 2021, they said. The four currently in federal custody are charged with conspiracy to commit cargo theft, US Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said on Friday, Nov. 17. All four had been arrested and released at one time or other since …
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Slain Philly Officer's Handcuffs Used To Arrest NJ Suspect Who Police Say Killed Him
The handcuffs Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez was carrying when he was fatally shot were the ones authorities used to arrest the gunman accused of killing him, Daily Voice has learned. Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, of Cherry Hill, NJ was arrested by the US Marshals Service at approximately 4 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, in connection with Mendez's Oct. 13 death at Philadelphia International Airport, PPD brass said at a press conference. Slain PPD Officer Richard Mendez's handcuffs were used to arrest his suspected killer, Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, authorities said.US Marshals S…
Police & Fire
NJ Car Fire Linked To Killing Of Philadelphia Police Officer
A car fire on a New Jersey roadway has been linked to the shooting of two Philadelphia police officers that left one dead on Thursday evening, Oct. 12, authorities said. Police in South Brunswick said only that the vehicle fire extinguished on Route 32 around 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, was connected to the shooting. The vehicle fire came nearly two hours after Philadelphia Police Officers Richard Mendez and Raul Ortiz were shot at Philadelphia Airport. Mendez, a 50-year-old with 22 years in the department, was hit multiple times and died from his wounds. Ortiz was struck in the arm and was…
Police & Fire
Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot (
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Following a domestic incident, a man was waiting for officers to arrive so he could open fire, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said in a press conference late on Wednesday night. Standford explained that the domestic situation began when a dad became agitated over his 12-year-old son playing a video game on Oct. 4. The boy and his uncle turned off the game and went to the second floor of their home in the 7500 block of Whitaker Avenue. But the dad followed his son and shot the uncle. That's when the boy called 911 — while his dad, with a gun still in his hand, went to the fro…
Sports
PA Man Runs Onto Field During World Series Game 5
A Delaware County man was charged with trespassing after he ran onto the field at Citizens Bank Park during game five of the 2022 World Series on Thursday, Nov. 3, police said. Luke Lulevitch, 20, of Nether Providence Township, was arrested by Philadelphia police after a brief jaunt through the outfield in the top of the sixth inning around 10:10 p.m. Video from the incident shows Lulevitch in a Phillies jersey being tackled by security in the outfield after failing to hurdle over the left-field wall. World Series streaker💀 pic.twitter.com/buoHRoiJbn — Gavin McHugh (@gavinmchughh) Nov…
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US Marshals Nab NJ Murder Suspect In Philadelphia
Members of the US Marshals Service captured a New Jersey man wanted for murder in Philadelphia, authorities said. Michael Cruz, 20, had been wanted in the Plainfield killing of Somerset's David Michael Buck on Sept. 17, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney said. Cruz was captured on Monday, Oct. 3 and is pending extradition proceedings to return to New Jersey, authorities said. Buck was found that September evening around 6:40 p.m. having suffered gunshot wounds on the 700 block of Kensington Avenue in Plainfield, according …
News
Irate Philly Dunkin' Donuts Customer Berates Workers In Viral TikTok Video
Video of an irate Dunkin' Donuts customer berating workers at a Philadelphia store was going viral on TikTok. The video posted by Alexis Isabel (@lexxxiiiig) on Tuesday, Aug. 30 shows the unidentified woman criticizing the staff and demanding doughnuts, before yelling a racist remark. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told Daily Voice that they'd "look into this." "I'm going to call ISIS on your ass," the woman shouts at the worker behind the register. She then tells them, "I want it in cash," regarding her order, and asks "Where's the f***ing reciept?" “I paid for ’…
Police & Fire
3 Killed In Mass Casualty Philly Shooting Were Boxer, School RA, 'Little Twin' Daughter
Authorities have identified the three people who were killed in this weekend' mass casualty shooting that left nearly a dozen people injured in Philadelphia. Gregory Jackson, 34, Alexis Quinn, 27, and 22-year-old Kris Minners, all of whom were pronounced dead at local hospitals. Jackson was identified by those who know him as a boxer, "vital as ever," whose name in the ring was "Japan Jackson." Posted by Daniel Cork on Sunday, June 5, 2022 Minners was a graduate of Girard College, where he had been working as a residential advisor for 6th and 2nd grade boys, the school said in a statem…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID 3 Dead In Philadelphia Mass Casualty Shooting
Authorities have identified the three people who were killed in this weekend' mass casualty shooting that left nearly a dozen people injured in Philadelphia. Gregory Jackson, 34, Alexis Quinn, 27, and a 22-year-old black man whose name was not released pending notifications, city police said. All were pronounced dead at hospitals. City officers assigned to a foot detail heard gunshots coming from the area of 400 South Street around 11:30 p.m. They ran over and saw several civilians lying on the sidewalk and street with gunshot wounds, authorities said. As the officers began rendering first…
Police & Fire
Philly Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Student
A Philadelphia teacher has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a teenage student, authorities said. Barbara Cordo, 30, of Plymouth Meeting, was charged with institutional sexual assault, contact with a minor, and corruption of a minor, according to a spokesperson with the Philadelphia Police Department. Though details remain vague, investigators say Cordo had an "inappropriate relationship" with a 17-year-old student in Dec. 2021. Cordo was working as a teaching assistant at an unnamed school when the Dec. 11, 2021 incident on Kelly Drive allegedly occurred, according to F…
News
Aerial Video Tracks Carjacker's Philly Pursuit, Arrest After Stealing Car During NJ Test Drive
Aerial footage captured by NBC10 shows a man in a carjacked SUV leading a police pursuit through Philadelphia, after stealing a vehicle during a test drive in New Jersey. Trouble began last Thursday when the 41-year-old suspect is believed to have forced a car salesman out of a 2022 Kia Sorento during the test drive in Cherry Hill, police said during a press conference. The stolen car was spotted speeding through a North Philadelphia neighborhood on Monday night. The suspect had threatened to shoot if the salesperson did not get out of the car, and fled from police on the 1800 blo…
Police & Fire
8 Kids, 4 Adults Dead In 'Devastating' Philadelphia Fire
Eight children and four adults were confirmed dead in a fire that swept through a Philadelphia rowhouse early Wednesday morning, city officials said. Had the smoke alarms in the N. 23 Street building been working properly, though, things might have turned out differently, Mayor Jim Kenney's office said in a news release. “This is, without a doubt, one of the most tragic days in our city’s history,” said Kenney, the son of a firefighter, at a news conference Wednesday. “Losing so many kids is just devastating.” Fire companies arrived at 6:40 a.m. and found heavy fire coming …
Police & Fire
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon Carjacked At Gunpoint In Philadelphia
UPDATE: Delaware State Police have arrested five suspects hours after the gunpoint carjacking of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon in South Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. Click here to read more. ** Original story below *** Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Scanlon was walking to her 2017 Acura MDX around 2:45 p.m. in FDR Park when she was approached by two armed men, Philadelphia police said in a statement. She gave them her car keys, and one of them fled in her SUV down the 2000 block of Pattison Ave…
Police & Fire
Would-Be Robber With Toy Gun Nabbed After Clerk Yanks His Shirt Off
A would-be robber with a toy gun was arrested after a Pennsylvania 7-Eleven store clerk yanked his shirt off, authorities said. John E. Grubbs II, 44, of Philadelphia, was nabbed Wednesday after leaving his DNA-stained shirt at the Bensalem Township store, local police said. They did not specify the store's address. Investigators say Grubbs entered the store on Tuesday, pointed the gun at the clerk, and demanded that he open the register. They got into a fight once the cashier realized Grubbs' weapon was a toy gun, police said. During the struggle, the employee yanked Grubb…
Police & Fire
Pregnant Woman Killed By Gunfire Leaving Philadelphia Baby Shower ID'd
The 32-year-old woman killed by gunfire while leaving her baby shower in Philadelphia has been identified by Fox29 as Jessica Covington. Covington was seven months pregnant and gifts inside from a car when she was shot in the head and stomach on the 6100 block of Palmetto Street around 8:30 p.m., the outlet said citing city police. Both she and her unborn were pronounced dead at Einstein Medical Center. This is #JessicaCovington as seen on her Instagram. @PhillyPolice say she just returned from her baby shower (7 months pregnant) when she was shot in the head and stomach and killed. He…
News
NJ, PA Trio Trafficked Dozens Of 'Ghost Guns,' Indictment Charges
Two Philadelphia men and one from Camden trafficked no fewer than two dozen untraceable “ghost guns” from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, a grand jury indictment alleges. Even more guns, as well as parts, large-capacity magazine and ammo, were seized during the investigation, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday. According to the indictment returned in Trenton, Eduardo T. Lazo Jr., 26, of Camden, organized the operation and sold the illegal guns in Camden. Juan Enrique Fernandez, 29, and Ericknell Rivera-Mercado, 31, both of Philadelphia, are accused of bringing th…
Obituaries
National Ice Dancer, 18, Killed In Double Philadelphia Shooting
The ice dancing community is mourning the unexpected death of a national junior ice dancer killed in a double shooting in Philadelphia over the weekend. "How could a young man with so much potential, such a bright future, willing to work so hard..... be gone," was one of many statements made by loved ones in memory of 18-year-old Joshua Anthony Soto. Soto and another 18-year-old were shot Saturday night in the 1800 block of East Cornwall Street, CBS3 reports citing Philadelphia police. Soto was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second victim, who has not been publicly identified, wa…
Police & Fire
Body Found In South Jersey May Be Missing Teen, Police Say
A body found in a wooded area of South Jersey could be that of a missing teen, authorities say. The body was found along the 200 block of East Lena Street in the Whitesboro section of Middle Township on Sept. 8. While authorities say they can't positively identify the body, evidence collected at the scene leads detectives to believe the victim is Leila Bellamy, 18, of Whitesboro, they say. UPDATE: Found Deceased Leila Bellamy July 14 2021 Whitesboro-Burleigh, New Jersey On 07/16/2021, Leila Bellamy was... Posted by Attempt to Locate on Friday, July 23, 2021 Bellamy was last seen on…
News
Atlantic City Woman Beaten After Asking Girl To Stop Splashing Water At Philadelphia Museum
Philadelphia police are investigating an attack on an Atlantic City woman at an area museum that left her badly bruised and her young nephew in shock. Danielle Vincent of Atlantic City had taken her nephew to the Franklin Institute on May 1, and at some point asked a young girl at a children's exhibit to stop splashing water, NJ.com reports. That's when a man and two women -- one of whom was apparently the girl's mother -- began punching and pummeling Vincent, she told the media outlet. The assault was caught on surveillance video and is under investigation by the Philadelphia Police …
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Tonight
: Jersey Shore Detective Details Harrowing 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show
Well-educated. Tall and blonde. Highly esteemed. Heather Lavelle was an unlikely killer. But in Summer 2004, a killer is exactly what Lavelle became. In August of that year, she and boyfriend James Savage tortured and beat her ex-boyfriend Christian Rojas to death in his Bensalem apartment. If not for Bensalem Police Det. Chris McMullin -- who worked as one of the lead detectives on the case, along with two from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office -- Lavelle and Savage may have gotten away with the crime. McMullin will be detailing the gruesome homicide on the Feb. 17 episode of…
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North Wildwood Officer Details Harrowing 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show 'American Detective'
Well-educated. Tall and blonde. Highly esteemed. Heather Lavelle was an unlikely killer. But in Summer 2004, a killer is exactly what Lavelle became. In August of that year, she and boyfriend James Savage tortured and beat her ex-boyfriend Christian Rojas to death in his Bensalem apartment. If not for Bensalem Police Det. Chris McMullin -- who worked as one of the lead detectives on the case, along with two from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office -- Lavelle and Savage may have gotten away with the crime. McMullin will be detailing the gruesome homicide on the Feb. 17 episode of…
News
Philly Detective At Center Of Internal Affairs Investigation For Trump Protest At Capitol
A Philadelphia police detective has been temporarily reassigned based on a tip that she attended last week's raid on Capitol Hill, landing her at the center of an internal affairs investigation, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Social media posts indicate that Detective Jennifer Gugger, who works in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Recruit Background Investigations Unit, had been at the rally, departmental sources told the news outlet. Gugger had used the name "Jenny Lynn" on a now-defunct Facebook account, which she used to tag friends and post photos showing a small crowd near …
Police & Fire
NJ Man Charged In Vandalism Of Philly Federal Building
Seven people were charged and numerous suspicious devices were seized by authorities following two separate incidents of vandalism of federal buildings on New Year's Eve in Philadelphia. A man seen tossing a brick through the window of the Robert Nix Federal Building just before 9 p.m. was identified as 25-year-old Adam McVicker, of Coatesville, police said. McVicker, along with Dustin Callahan, 24, of Farmingdale, NJ; Allison Donohue, 23, of Wallingford; and Josey Augustine, 31, of Royersford were charged with criminal mischief and related offenses, authorities said. …
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Feds: New Mob Regime Ran Sports Bets, Extorted Victims, Sold Drugs From Philly To Jersey Shore
The mob didn't disappear from Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore after former leaders Joseph Ligambi and Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino were sent to prison, federal authorities revealed Monday. Over the past five years, in fact, new leadership of the Philly and Atlantic City La Cosa Nostra beefed up the ranks, commanding illegal sports gambling, extorting victims through loansharking, selling cocaine, heroin and opioids -- even conspiring to kidnap a drug dealer who sold them bad dope, they said. Fifteen reputed mobsters and associates of the organized crime family were charged in a …
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Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint
Authorities captured four Philadelphia men who they said beat and tased two victims during a gunpoint robbery in Edgewater late last year. The victims were attacked when they arrived at the Riello Apartments on Gorge Road before dawn on Dec. 8, 2019 by a quartet who held them at gunpoint while beating them, tasing them with a cattle prod and robbing them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Detectives from Musella’s office and the Edgewater Police Department identified four suspects who were all arrested Wednesday at their homes with help from the FBI and Philadelphia Police …
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A rifle that fired the bullet that killed a 2-year-old girl being held by her mother was among more than 36 firearms and over a pound of meth that was seized in a joint takedown of a major gun trafficking ring operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, authorities announced Monday. The attorneys general’s offices in both states worked in tandem with NJ State Police, Philadelphia police and the FBI, DEA and ATF in “Operation Zombie,” which produced the arrests of five alleged ring members from Philadelphia who authorities said brought guns and meth into Camden. A semi-automatic rifle that th…
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