'So Stupid': Bucks Prosecutor Demoted For Working As Door Dash Deliveryman During Day Job 'So Stupid': Bucks Prosecutor Demoted For Working As Door Dash Deliveryman During Day Job
'So Stupid': Bucks Prosecutor Demoted For Working As Door Dash Deliveryman During Day Job A Bucks County prosecutor has been demoted after word spread that he was delivering food with Door Dash during daytime work hours, authorities said. First Assistant District Attorney, Gregg D. Shore, will be demoted to the office’s deputy district attorney, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub announced in a press conference Thursday. Jennifer Schorn, who has been with the office since 1999, was promoted to Shore's former role, Weintraub said. Shore was delivering with Door Dash, the food service app, during work hours between October and February, Weintraub said. He has sin…
Authorities: Car Burglar Admits Breaking Into 2,000 Vehicles In New Jersey, Pennsylvania Authorities: Car Burglar Admits Breaking Into 2,000 Vehicles In New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Authorities: Car Burglar Admits Breaking Into 2,000 Vehicles In New Jersey, Pennsylvania Authorities have arrested a suspect who admits breaking into about 2,000 vehicles in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Keith A. Johnson, 33, of Yardley, in Bucks County, PA, is charged with numerous counts of theft and burglary, as well as 76 counts of loitering/prowling at night, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. Johnson also admitted to stealing $140,000 in cash during a burglary in Philadelphia, detectives said in court papers, according to NJ Advance Media. When police searched Johnson's home, they found $30,000 in cash, plus items stolen from cars, they said. Johns…
Bensalem PD: Trenton Driver's Fatal Shooting Tied To Hookah Lounge Dispute Bensalem PD: Trenton Driver's Fatal Shooting Tied To Hookah Lounge Dispute
Bensalem PD: Trenton Driver's Fatal Shooting Tied To Hookah Lounge Dispute A shooting that left a 31-year-old Trenton driver dead, and his passenger critical in Bucks County on Saturday is connected with a dispute that started earlier at a hookah lounge near the scene, NJ.com reports. Police responded to the 4100  block of Old Lincoln Highway on reports of a shooting around 2 a.m., where they found Johnnie Clark, in the driver's seat of a car with a gunshot wound to his head, Bensalem police said. The only passenger in Clark’s vehicle, whose information is not being released, sustained multiple gunshots to his face and was transported to the hospital for trea…
CAPITOL RIOTS: Bucks Woman Arrested Weeks After Boyfriend CAPITOL RIOTS: Bucks Woman Arrested Weeks After Boyfriend
Capitol Riots: Bucks Woman Arrested Weeks After Boyfriend A Bristol woman is the fourth Bucks County resident to be arrested for her alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots, federal authorities announced. Rachel Genco, 37, was identified as the girlfriend of Ryan Stephen Samsel, 37, a Bristol man charged last month for knocking down barricades and assaulting a female officer on U.S Capitol grounds, leaving her with a concussion, according to the criminal complaint. Footage from the riots captured Genco walking with Samsel apparently leading a group of rioters toward the U.S Capitol, court documents say. Genco was also seen standin…
NY-Bound Drug Traffickers Busted In PA With $4M In Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Authorities Say NY-Bound Drug Traffickers Busted In PA With $4M In Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Authorities Say
Ny-bound Drug Traffickers Busted In PA With $4M In Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Authorities Say A routine traffic stop led by a keen-eyed Bedminster Township patrol officer seized nearly $4 million worth of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from a couple "passing through" during a cross-country drug trafficking operation, authorities said. Christian Ochoa, 28, of Laredo, Texas, was driving the drugs across the country and likely headed to New York, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said at a news conference on Thursday. He was likely just "passing through" Bucks County when he was stopped, Weintraub said.  Ochoa's passenger, Edith Tomasa Rodriguez Cardenas, 27, of Huntington Park,…
North Wildwood Officer Details Harrowing 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show 'American Detective' North Wildwood Officer Details Harrowing 2004 Murder Case On New TV Show 'American Detective'
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…
CAPITOL RIOTS: PA Man Wanted On NJ Warrant Charged With Assaulting Female Officer CAPITOL RIOTS: PA Man Wanted On NJ Warrant Charged With Assaulting Female Officer
Capitol Riots: PA Man Wanted On NJ Warrant Charged With Assaulting Female Officer A Bucks County, PA man wanted for assault out of Burlington County, NJ was arrested on accusations he attacked police during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, leaving one with a concussion, federal prosecutors said. Ryan Stephen Samsel, 37, of Bristol has been charged with assaulting a federal officer, obstructing law enforcement, and obstructing a legal proceeding, according to federal court documents unsealed Monday.  Footage from the riots captured Samsel -- who traveled to Washington D.C from Bristol Borough -- apparently leading a group of rioters toward the Capitol, documents say. After top…
Fugitive Accused Of Fatally Beating, Stabbing Pine Hill Hunter Captured In Pennsylvania Fugitive Accused Of Fatally Beating, Stabbing Pine Hill Hunter Captured In Pennsylvania
Fugitive Accused Of Fatally Beating, Stabbing Pine Hill Hunter Captured In Pennsylvania The fugitive accused of murdering a hunter in Pine Hill two days before Christmas has been arrested, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Pine Hill Police Chief Christopher Winters. Shawn Massey, 38, of Gibbsboro, was taken into custody in Bensalem, P.ennsylvania about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, they said. Detectives said a Bensalem Police officer was driving in Bensalem Township when he recognized Massey as being wanted for the homicide of Joseph Bottino, 54, of Gloucester Township. Massey was captured without incident, according to Mayer and Winters. Massey (shown bel…
PA Man With Gun Who Threatened Biden, Harris, Wolf On Facebook Captured At Bucks Campsite PA Man With Gun Who Threatened Biden, Harris, Wolf On Facebook Captured At Bucks Campsite
PA Man With Gun Who Threatened Biden, Harris, Wolf On Facebook Captured At Bucks Campsite A Pennsylvania man was captured at a Bucks County campsite where he had been living after posting threatening messages intended for government officials late last week, state authorities said Monday. Kris John Kinsey, 61, was arrested on a warrant out of Ohio at a campsite in a wooded area of the 700 block of Sunday road in Durham Township, by members of the Pennsylvania State Police Dublin Barracks around 9:15 p.m. on Jan. 15, PA State Police Trooper Nathan T. Branosky said. Kinsey's arrest comes after an investigation -- with help from Elyria, Ohio police -- in which he posted t…
When You See New Pixar Movie 'Soul' Just Know That Bucks County Native, 30, Did The Animation When You See New Pixar Movie 'Soul' Just Know That Bucks County Native, 30, Did The Animation
When You See New Pixar Movie 'Soul' Just Know That Bucks County Native, 30, Did The Animation MontaQue Ruffin grew up watching Disney Pixar's animated films. But never did the 30-year-old Bucks County native think he'd help create one.  Particularly, one that meant something to him. Ruffin worked on the animation for Pixar's latest animated film, "Soul" -- the animation studio's first-ever movie to feature an African-American lead. Everybody has a soul. Joe Gardner is about to find his. Watch the new trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Soul, in theaters June 19. About Soul: What is it that makes you...YOU? This Christmas only on Disney+, Pixar Animation Studios’ all-new feature…
Death Of Bucks County Prisoner, 46, Under Investigation Death Of Bucks County Prisoner, 46, Under Investigation
Death Of Bucks County Prisoner, 46, Under Investigation Bucks County officials are investigating last week's death of an inmate in the county jail. The 46-year-old male prisoner was found unresponsive in his cell on the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 16, county officials said Friday. Medical staff were called to the cell and immediately began lifesaving efforts until an ambulance arrived, they said. The ambulance team was unable to revive the man, who was pronounced dead. The Bucks County Coroner notified the man's family. The prisoner was admitted to the prison earlier this month on charges of burglary and other offenses, officials said.
Serial Killer From Trenton Dies In State Prison: 'A Down Elevator Awaits Him' Serial Killer From Trenton Dies In State Prison: 'A Down Elevator Awaits Him'
Serial Killer From Trenton Dies In State Prison: 'A Down Elevator Awaits Him' A notorious killer from Trenton, convicted of killing people outside -- as well as inside state prison -- died behind walls on Tuesday, authorities said. Ambrose Harris, who murdered a young artist in the state capital 28 years ago, and then killed a fellow inmate while on Death Row, was 68 years old. The state Department of Corrections confirmed Harris' death, but did not disclose a cause. Harris had been incarcerated at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton since 1994. Harris kidnapped, raped and killed Bucks County, Pennsylvania artist Kristin Huggins in 1992. The 22-year-old was in Trent…