'Black Tax' Extortion, Naked Assaults: HS Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing 'Black Tax' Extortion, Naked Assaults: HS Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing 'Black Tax' Extortion, Naked Assaults: HS Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing
'Black Tax' Extortion, Naked Assaults: HS Football Players, Coach Charged In Hazing A so-called "Black tax," a makeshift "gas chamber," and repeated sexual humiliation inside a high school football locker room have led to criminal charges against three students and a former teacher and assistant football coach, prosecutors announced on Friday, Oct. 9. The alleged abuse took place during school hours at Manheim Central High School in Pennsylvania this past April, when several teenage boys were subjected to racist harassment, physical assaults, extortion, and indecent exposure, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams said. Former social studies teacher and assistant…
NJ Teen, One Of Six Struck By Vehicle, Sees Outpouring Of Support NJ Teen, One Of Six Struck By Vehicle, Sees Outpouring Of Support NJ Teen, One Of Six Struck By Vehicle, Sees Outpouring Of Support
NJ Teen, One Of Six Struck By Vehicle, Sees Outpouring Of Support Nahum Ramirez was one of six teenagers struck by an SUV near Lindenwold High School on Tuesday, Oct. 6. At 2:11 p.m., officers responded to to the 400 block of East Gibbsboro Road to find the SUV on the sidewalk with one pedestrian trapped underneath it, Lindenwold police said. Five other juveniles had also been struck while walking on the sidewalk, police said. Ramirez sustained serious injuries that will require a long and difficult recovery, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family. "This has been devastating for Nahum and our entire family," Yerlin Rodriguez Medrano wr…
Family Of Eight Loses Everything In Pleasantville Fire Family Of Eight Loses Everything In Pleasantville Fire Family Of Eight Loses Everything In Pleasantville Fire
Family Of Eight Loses Everything In Pleasantville Fire Lilliana Reyes and Rafael Colon lost everything when their Pleasantville apartment building went up in smoke on Tuesday, Oct. 6. At 9 a.m., firefighters responded to a three-story building on Martin Luther King Blvd and found heavy smoke was coming from the roof, Pleasantville Fire Department said. The fire started in a second-floor apartment and spread to the third floor, firefighters said. It was declared under control at 10:42 a.m., firefighters said. Reyes and Colon are a family of eight, with another baby soon on the way, according to a GoFundMe set up to support them. "We lost a…
Police Officer Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Family Gathering: Docs Police Officer Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Family Gathering: Docs Police Officer Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Family Gathering: Docs
Police Officer Was 'Extremely Intoxicated' Before Fatal Strangling At Family Gathering: Docs A police officer was held down and strangled after becoming heavily intoxicated during a family gathering at a cabin, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Oct. 9. Michael McGeehan, 44, a Middlesex Township Pennsylvania police officer and Shippensburg father of five, was found unresponsive on the front porch of a cabin at 7190 Dam Run Road in Cummings Township during the early morning hours of July 11, investigators wrote in the affidavit of probable cause. Paden Edward Frey, 25, of Cogan Station, has since been charged with third-degree murder, strangulation, inv…
NJ Massage Parlor Busted Again For Prostitution: Police NJ Massage Parlor Busted Again For Prostitution: Police NJ Massage Parlor Busted Again For Prostitution: Police
NJ Massage Parlor Busted Again For Prostitution: Police A massage parlor in Mays Landing was busted again on Thursday, Oct. 8, for running an illegal prostitution ring, authorities said. At 9 a.m., officers executed a court-authorized search warrant at Waterfall Therapy at 4450 Black Horse Pike, Township of Hamilton police said. As a result of the investigation,  Jianhong Li, a 54-year-old Flushing, New York resident, was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution, police said. Officers seized $10,000 in cash, police said. In March, a similar search warrant was executed at the facility, resulting in the arrests of two women on p…
Explosive Lawsuit By Ex-Jets VP Claims Team Fired Him, Smeared Him In Sex Harassment Fallout Explosive Lawsuit By Ex-Jets VP Claims Team Fired Him, Smeared Him In Sex Harassment Fallout Explosive Lawsuit By Ex-Jets VP Claims Team Fired Him, Smeared Him In Sex Harassment Fallout
Explosive Lawsuit By Ex-Jets VP Claims Team Fired Him, Smeared Him In Sex Harassment Fallout A former New York Jets executive is suing the team, claiming he was fired for speaking up about alleged sexual harassment by team president Hymie Elhai, then publicly smeared in an effort to destroy his reputation. Larry Fitzpatrick, who served as the Jets' vice president of ticket sales and services for more than 16 years, filed the lawsuit Friday, Oct. 2, in Bergen County Superior Court against the team, Elhai and team executive Eric Gelfand. The Jersey City resident claims he was fired Friday, July 25, 2025, just one day after meeting with team investigators about allegations involving E…
'Cornell 7 Inches' Wins Best Trivia Team Name At NJ Gay Bar, Then Comes Fallout 'Cornell 7 Inches' Wins Best Trivia Team Name At NJ Gay Bar, Then Comes Fallout 'Cornell 7 Inches' Wins Best Trivia Team Name At NJ Gay Bar, Then Comes Fallout
'Cornell 7 Inches' Wins Best Trivia Team Name At NJ Gay Bar, Then Comes Fallout A New Jersey gay bar is apologizing after a trivia team that reportedly dubbed itself "Cornell 7 Inches" won an award for best team name. The owners of Pint, located on Wayne Street in Jersey City, issued a video apology on Instagram on Thursday, Oct. 8, saying the incident happened without their knowledge. The bar's longtime owner called the team name "truly offensive" and said it "violates both how we want to treat our community and standards we have for our business." The trivia host has since been fired, and all money raised during that night's event will be donated to sexual violence …
Masked Men Posed As Cops To Kidnap, Rob Victims; Philly Crime Ring Funded Luxury Trips: DA Masked Men Posed As Cops To Kidnap, Rob Victims; Philly Crime Ring Funded Luxury Trips: DA Masked Men Posed As Cops To Kidnap, Rob Victims; Philly Crime Ring Funded Luxury Trips: DA
Masked Men Posed As Cops To Kidnap, Rob Victims; Philly Crime Ring Funded Luxury Trips: DA A man lured to a Pennsylvania steakhouse parking lot was handcuffed and kidnapped by three masked men posing as police officers, then forced to surrender money from his bank accounts in a scheme tied to a criminal organization that used stolen money to fund luxury vacations, yachts, designer clothing, and firearms, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 8. The kidnapping began outside LongHorn Steakhouse in Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township, on June 27, 2026, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Lower Merion Superintendent of Police Andrew J. Block said. The victim had …
2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother 2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother 2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother
2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother James Gabriel was just two years old when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in a parking lot at Bullock Farms in Upper Freehold Township Saturday, Oct. 3, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family. "From the moment he came into our lives, he changed our world completely," his mother Meiling Gabriel, a Jackson resident, wrote on the GoFundMe. "He was our beautiful little boy—curious, energetic, playful, affectionate, and so deeply loved." At 11:07 a.m., James and his grandmother, Ellen, were exiting a parking lot hand in hand when they were struck by a Chrysler SUV exitin…
21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support 21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support 21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support
21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support A 21-year-old Marine died by suicide days after posting a haunting message about death and recognition on Facebook, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, while his grieving family described the circumstances surrounding his death differently in a fundraiser for his funeral. James Arthur Henry Wikkerink, of Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio announced Thursday, Oct. 8. An autopsy conducted Thursday determined his manner of death was suicide, Buglio…
Machete-Wielding Robber Stabs Man In Head, Shoulder, Hand In Philadelphia: Police Machete-Wielding Robber Stabs Man In Head, Shoulder, Hand In Philadelphia: Police Machete-Wielding Robber Stabs Man In Head, Shoulder, Hand In Philadelphia: Police
Machete-Wielding Robber Stabs Man In Head, Shoulder, Hand In Philadelphia: Police A 40-year-old man was stabbed in the head, shoulder, and hand by a machete-wielding stranger who attempted to rob him on a Philadelphia street Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 7, police said. The attack happened along the 2900 block of Mutter Street in the city's Fairhill neighborhood around 3:05 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Officers from the 25th District responded to reports of a stabbing and found the man suffering from three wounds — one to the top of his head, another to his left shoulder, and a third to his left hand, police said. Officers rushed the victim to Temp…
Driver Killed In Fiery Crash Into Philadelphia U-Haul Building; SUV Bursts Through Wall Driver Killed In Fiery Crash Into Philadelphia U-Haul Building; SUV Bursts Through Wall Driver Killed In Fiery Crash Into Philadelphia U-Haul Building; SUV Bursts Through Wall
Driver Killed In Fiery Crash Into Philadelphia U-Haul Building; SUV Bursts Through Wall A driver was killed when an SUV crashed through the wall of a Pennsylvania U-Haul storage facility and burst into flames early Thursday morning, Oct. 8, authorities said. The fiery crash happened around 5:16 a.m. on the 300 block of East Lehigh Avenue in the city's Kensington section, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. A dark-colored 2014 Dodge Journey was traveling eastbound on Lehigh Avenue when it veered off the roadway and slammed into the building near Kensington Avenue, police said. The SUV appeared to have crashed nearly completely through the wall of the storage facil…