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10+ Years Of Raping Boys In PA, NJ Lands Man 11+ Years In Prison 10+ Years Of Raping Boys In PA, NJ Lands Man 11+ Years In Prison
10+ Years Of Raping Boys In PA, NJ Lands Man 11+ Years In Prison A Quakertown man who has admitted to raping multiple boys in Pennsylvania and New Jersey was sentenced by President Judge Raymond F. McHugh on Monday, Sept. 16.  Steven Craig Gorman, 57, pleaded guilty in three cases in June 2024, the Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn explained.  One case involved a 12-year-old boy in Pennsylvania in 2023; the other case involved abuse from the time a man was 13 until he was 20 years old in Richland Township and Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, and at rental properties in New Jersey in January 2011 and until …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Family Killed In House Fire Had Broken Smoke Detectors: Report PA Family Killed In House Fire Had Broken Smoke Detectors: Report
PA Family Killed In House Fire Had Broken Smoke Detectors: Report A Pennsylvania family died in a fire started by their Christmas tree overnight, 6abc reports. Heavy flames shot through the roof of the two-story Essex Court home in Quakertown around 1:30 a.m., claiming the lives of a father, his two sons and two family dogs. The victims were identified as Eric King, 40, Liam, 11, and Patrick, 8. Eric's wife and high school sweetheart Kristin, along with the couple's oldest son, Brady, were able to escape.  Smoke detectors in the home were not working at the time of the blaze, PennLive reports. Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree told 6abc the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Driver Drags Victim 100 Feet With Car During Argument In Bucks, Police Say Philadelphia Driver Drags Victim 100 Feet With Car During Argument In Bucks, Police Say
Philadelphia Driver Drags Victim 100 Feet With Car During Argument In Bucks, Police Say A Philadelphia man dragged a 45-year-old Bucks County resident with his car more than 100 feet across a parking lot during an argument earlier this week, authorities said. William Connolly, 44, was arguing with the Quakertown man around 5:05 p.m. in the Plumstead Shopping Center on Easton Road on Aug. 2, local police said. That's when Connolly hit the man with his car and dragged him across the lot, according to witness statements and surveillance footage. The victim was rushed to a hospital for his injuries and Connolly taken into custody. Connolly was charged with aggravated assaul…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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
Obituaries
Rockaway Single Mom Killed In Crash Had Recently Relocated To PA For Better Life Rockaway Single Mom Killed In Crash Had Recently Relocated To PA For Better Life
Rockaway Single Mom Killed In Crash Had Recently Relocated To PA For Better Life A Morris County single mom who was killed in a Pennsylvania crash over the weekend had recently relocated to the area in search of a better life, those who knew her say. Samantha Garcia, 24, of Rockaway, died in in a fiery crash in Bucks County Friday night. As of Monday morning, more than $4,762 had been raised for her family on a GoFundMe page launched by Melanie Zuravnsky. "Samantha grew up in Rockaway Township with her parents and sister, only recently relocating to Royersford, PA," the page says. "She was a devoted single mother working hard to support and raise her 2-year-old d…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K A high school senior and Taco Bell employee in Cumberland County won the national Taco Bell scholarship contest, according to the company’s foundation’s website. Emma Seibert, of Enola works at the Taco Bell on Market Place Way and earlier this week she find out that she won the biggest scholarship her employer offers. Her $25,000 scholarship will help cover her tuition at John Hopkins University where she plans to study nursing. Taco Bell employees between the ages of 16 and 26 were eligible to apply and over 10,000 did, sharing their passions--mostly their future college majors-- in a tw…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Voter Fraud Charges For 2 Pennsylvanian Women Accused Of Voting As Their Dead Moms Voter Fraud Charges For 2 Pennsylvanian Women Accused Of Voting As Their Dead Moms
Voter Fraud Charges For 2 Pennsylvanian Women Accused Of Voting As Their Dead Moms Two women from the Philadelphia area are facing voter fraud charges after allegedly voting as their deceased mothers on mail-in ballots in the 2020 general election, according to officials. Danielle Elaine Dooner, 56 of Furlong, and Melissa Ann Fisher, 51 of Quakertown, were charged via summons after an in-depth investigation into potential election fraud in Bucks County, according to authorities. Dooner’s mother died Sep. 29 and Fisher’s mother died Sep. 21 but they completed their mothers' mail-in ballots for the 2020 General Election--foraging their mothers’ signatures--on Oct. 7, accor…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Ex-Palisades Teacher Gets Year For Taking Upskirt Photos Of 'Disgusted' Students Ex-Palisades Teacher Gets Year For Taking Upskirt Photos Of 'Disgusted' Students
Ex-Palisades Teacher Gets Year For Taking Upskirt Photos Of 'Disgusted' Students A former Palisades High School math teacher and athletic coach is facing one year behind bars for secretly taking upskirt photos of female students and sharing them online with the intention to masturbate to them, authorities said. Francis James Reppert Jr., 27, of Quakertown pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and invasion of privacy on Oct. 6, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Reppert was charged last January following an investigation that began in October 2019, after a student captured a video of him viewing, and zooming in on a photo of what appeared to be …

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by Nicole Acosta