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Former NY Giant Antonio Dennard Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting Former NY Giant Antonio Dennard Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting
Former NY Giant Antonio Dennard Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting Authorities have identified the 32-year-old man slain at a Pennsylvania bar over the weekend as former NFL cornerback Antonio Dennard.  Dennard was shot dead at Legends bar on North 5th Street Highway in Muhlenberg Township just after 3 a.m. Sunday morning, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office and a report by WFMZ. Officials said the official cause of death is pending further examination. An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Coroner's Office added.  Muhlenberg Township police and the Berks County District Attorney's Office are investigating the case a…
Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children
Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children A jury found a former Berks County daycare worker guilty of sexually assaulting children, according to authorities and news reports. Andrew McCollin -- then aged 33 -- was arrested on Aug. 30, 2019, after a 4-year-old child reported that a teacher at Creative Beginnings Early Learning Center in Bern Township had inappropriately touched them, according to WFMZ and detectives with the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Since then, investigators learned of a 5-year-old child and another child -- whose age was not released -- who were sexually assaulted by their teacher in 2018 and 2…
Deadly Police Shooting Of 'Emotional, Confused' Man Battling Cancer Was Unjust, Daughter Says Deadly Police Shooting Of 'Emotional, Confused' Man Battling Cancer Was Unjust, Daughter Says
Deadly Police Shooting Of 'Emotional, Confused' Man Battling Cancer Was Unjust, Daughter Says It wasn't brain or lung cancer that killed a 62-year-old Berks County man battling both. Rather, a police shooting on Monday that his daughter is calling a tragic and unjust misunderstanding that could have been avoided and handled differently. Steven Hughes of Muhlenberg Township was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer early last year and has been undergoing chemotherapy treatment for both ever since. The treatment often leaves him confused -- according to his daughter, Anjie Leigh Hughes, of Montgomery County -- which was exactly the case Monday afternoon, when he reporte…