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PA Man Repeatedly Abused GF's Son, Most Recently Attempted To Cut Genitals Off, DA Says PA Man Repeatedly Abused GF's Son, Most Recently Attempted To Cut Genitals Off, DA Says
PA Man Repeatedly Abused GF's Son, Most Recently Attempted To Cut Genitals Off, DA Says A Pennsylvania man was arrested on accusations he repeatedly physically abused his girlfriend's five-year-old son, most recently trying to cut the boy's genitals off, authorities said. Steven J. Dougherty, 31, of Collingdale, was taken into custody on Tuesday, July 20, after an eight-month joint investigation by Montgomery County detectives and Lower Pottsgrove police, officials said. Investigators began looking into Dougherty on Nov. 19, 2021, after receiving a call about a severely injured boy who was brought to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Montgomery Cou…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Pennsylvania Construction Worker, 25, Dies In Trench Collapse Pennsylvania Construction Worker, 25, Dies In Trench Collapse
Pennsylvania Construction Worker, 25, Dies In Trench Collapse A 25-year-old man died when a retaining wall collapsed on him while digging a trench Saturday afternoon in Montgomery County, authorities said. The man, who may have been a construction worker, was working at a home on Wrack Road in the Jenkintown section of Abington, when the wall fell on him around 3:45 p.m., Abington Police Lt. Ed Quinn told Daily Voice. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his identity was being withheld pending next of kin notification. Firefighters responded where they found the man crushed by the stone wall, according to initial reports. An investigation is…

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by Cecilia Levine