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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Back In Philly 26 Years After 5-Year-Old Girl's Rape, Murder: PPD
A former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive accused of kidnapping, raping, and killing 5-year-old Iriana DeJesus more than 26 years ago has been returned to Pennsylvania to face charges, authorities announced on Monday, Aug. 31.
Alexis Flores, who spent more than 25 years as a fugitive, was captured in Lepaera, Honduras, on Feb. 11 by the FBI's Transnational Anti-Gang Task Force and Honduran authorities, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Following an international extradition process, the FBI transported him back to Philadelphia.
Flores is charged with murder, rape, kid…
Bird Rescued From Drain Pipe In Middle Twp
A bird was rescued from a drain pipe in Middletown Township on Saturday, Aug. 29, authorities said.
At 5:35 p.m., firefighters responded after a bird was discovered struck in a drainage culvert, Green Creek Fire Company said. The bird had been sucked from a creek, into a drain pipe, and into the culvert, firefighters said.
Firefighters removed the top grate and utilized a fishing net to remove the cormorant, fire officials said. The bird was tired, though able to walk off on its own, firefighters said.
Woman, 21, Shot In Chest, Neck As Gunfire Hits 3 Vehicles, 2 Homes: Philly PD
A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized after gunfire struck vehicles and homes in Pennsylvania overnight, police said.
Officers responded to the 800 block of Reno Place in Philadelphia’s 9th District around 3:41 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, for a report of a person with a gun.
At the scene, officers found four spent shell casings, three vehicles hit by gunfire, and two residences struck by bullets, according to police.
The woman and a friend had already arrived at Pennsylvania Hospital in a dark-colored sedan that left before officers arrived, police said. They told investigators they had been on R…
Cops ID 2 Dead In 100-Person Trenton Block Party Shooting, 3 Remain Critical
Authorities have identified the two Trenton residents killed when multiple gunmen opened fire on a block party attended by about 100 people, as three other victims remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Anthony Howlett, 42, and Tyasiah West, 33, were killed in the shooting on the 100 block of Locust Street early Sunday, Aug. 30, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta Marbrey said.
West was a mother of three children — Jaylah, Jeremiah, and Cashmere — and was attending school to become a nurse, according to a GoFundMe organized by Tameka English. The fundraiser is seeking donations to provide …
ICE To Seize 2 Women Charged In NJ Crash That Killed Baby
ICE detainers have been lodged against both women charged in a New Jersey grocery store parking lot crash that killed a 9-month-old boy, records show.
Maria CobonGuzman, 20, of Trenton, and Ariadana Lazaro-Flores, 22, of Toms River, remained in the Ocean County Jail following the Friday, Aug. 28 crash, jail records show. Both records list detainers issued by U.S. Immigration.
Jail records show CobonGuzman is a Guatemalan national, while Lazaro-Flores is a Mexican national.
The Department of Homeland Security also addressed the case in a social media post, calling on New Jersey to honor ICE…
NJ Boat Operator Charged In Deadly Barnegat Bay Crash, Records Show
The operator of a boat that struck a channel marker in Barnegat Bay last month, killing a 26-year-old Somerset County man and seriously injuring two others, has been charged, court records show.
Kevin Martin Wells, 40, of Warren, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 28, and charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, apparently in the death of Michael T. Bereheiko, according to New Jersey court and Ocean County jail records.
Wells was also charged with two counts of assault by auto or vessel in violation of New Jersey's DWI statute, jail records show. He was being held in the Ocean County …
