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Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Passenger Killed In Crash At PA State Line ID'd: Coroner
A New Jersey man was killed in a Bucks County crash on Saturday, Oct. 19, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Michael Amend, 34, of High Bridge, NJ, was the passenger in a vehicle that struck a tree in the 800 block of River Road in Tinicum Township, Bucks County at 1:08 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, the coroner's office said. Amend was pronounced dead at Saint Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem at 6:25 p.m. the same day, according to the coroner's office. The cause of death was "Blunt Force Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Collision," Lehigh County Coroner Dani…
Politics
Watch
: Trump Runs McDonald's Fryer, Driver-Thru Window In Pennsylvania
Ahead of a townhall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Former President Donald Trump stopped by a Bucks County McDonald's where he worked the drive-through and fry station on Sunday, Oct. 20. The Republican candidate for US President sported an apron at the Feasterville-Trevose McDonald's to work the fryer and fill orders at the drive-thru window. The whole scene is Trump continuing to claim at Vice President Kamala Harris's assertion that she once worked a summer job at McDonald's while attending Howard University is not true. "I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala," Trump …
News
NJ Women Drugged With Meth-Infused Tequila, Sexually Assaulted By 'Sugar Daddy,' Complaint Says
A newly obtained criminal complaint details how a 40-year-old Pennsylvania man drugged and sexually assaulted six women during their dates from hell at his home. All of the women, including two from New Jersey, met Andrew Gallo, of Levittown, PA on sugardaddymeet.com. Gallo appeared to have followed the exact same playbook, police papers show: He'd brag about his bartending skills then pour them a drink from open bottles and hop in the shower shower. When he got out, he'd give the women a tour of his home, telling them how he rebuilt it after a fire. It was somewhere around this point …
News
Helpless Bystanders Watch NJ Hiker Take Fatal Fall At PA Park, Coroner Says
An afternoon hike in a Pennsylvania park ended in tragedy when a New Jersey woman fell to her death as helpless bystanders looked on, authorities told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Catherine Elder, 61, of Milford, NJ, was "doing something she loved" when she fell to her death at Ringing Rocks Park in Bridgetown Township, PA, the Bucks County Coroner's office told Daily Voice and her friends wrote on social media. Today, my heart is heavy as I share the tragic loss of my dear cousin, Catherine Elder, who passed away far too soon at... Posted by Kathy Creveling on Tue…
Weather
Tornado Watch Shifts, Now Covers These Counties Across NJ, PA As Debby Creeps In
The National Weather Service has shifted its tornado watch across New Jersey and Pennsylvania as Hurricane Debby creeps in. In New Jersey, the tornado watch is in effect through 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 and covers Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties in North Jersey. In Pennsylvania, the tornado watch is issued in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, and Bucks counties. The tornado threat for South Jersey has diminished since the initial watch was issued early Friday morning, which has since been canceled. AccuWeather Th…
Weather
Tracking Hurricane Debby, Severe Storms Expected To Slam Northeast This Week
The Northeast is in for a wild week of weather. AccuWeather forecasters say episodes of drenching rain and heavy winds are working their way across the country and are expected to arrive in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland on Tuesday, Aug. 6. AccuWeather The above AccuWeather map shows which part of the region will be most impacted by the storms arriving Tuesday afternoon and lasting into the evening. Those include the Pennsylvania-Maryland border, South Jersey, and the Philadelphia and Baltimore areas. Tuesday will be sunny and hot with a high of 90 before storms roll in,…
Police & Fire
Haledon Detective Nabs PA Fugitive After Taxicab Stop
A taxicab passenger who was under the influence of PCP and not wearing a seatbelt turned out to be an ex-con fugitive from Pennsylvania, Haledon police said. Detective Jeffrey Welsh stopped the cab after the driver failed to signal a turn off West Broadway, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman, Jr. said. Angel Collado, 42, of Passaic, who was sitting in back, drew the detective's attention, the deputy chief said. A quick computer check found warrants not only out of Bucks County, PA, but also Clifton and Totowa, Guzman said. Collado -- who records show has a criminal history dating back to h…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Heads To Prison For Deadly Botched Robbery In PA
A New Jersey man will spend up to 55 years in a Pennsylvania prison for a murder he and his brother committed during a 2021 robbery, officials say. Anthony Joel Gamble, 22, previously pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery in October, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Gamble and his younger brother Joshua David Gamble stabbed 26-year-old Kevin Rosero nearly 30 times before trying to dump his body in a wooded area in Richland Township late on June 17, 2021, prosecutors have claimed. They were arrested that night whe…
News
‘This Is Our Legacy:’ 1,150-Acre Nature Preserve Debuts In New Jersey
Rainbow Hill, a pristine nature preserve featuring an 8-acre lake, hiking trails, and farm fields nestled between Hunterdon and Somerset County, is officially open to the public. The New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJ Conservation) held the grand opening for Rainbow Hill at Sourland Mountain Preserve — located just 30 miles east of Bucks County, PA — on Friday, Nov. 3. The site spans 1,150 acres and includes woodlands, fields, and several freshwater tributaries of the Neshanic River. Meanwhile, there are plenty of opportunities for passive recreational activities like hiking, horseback…
Police & Fire
Cold
CASE: Answers Sought In Escaped Inmate's 1976 PA Murder
Nearly half a century after his body was located on the side of a Bucks County highway, investigators are still seeking Terrance Schonleber's killer. The 25-year-old was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds on the north shoulder of Interstate 276 in Upper Southampton on July 15, 1976, state police detectives say. During the initial investigation, police learned that Schonleber "was involved in criminal activity" with various "associates" in New Jersey and greater Philadelphia, troopers said. At the time he died, police said the 25-year-old was wanted in the Garden S…
News
Four More Bucks Flood Victims Named By Officials
Authorities have released the names of four more people who died in the flash flooding in Bucks County on Sunday, July 16. They are: Enzo Depiero, a 78-year-old man from Newtown Susan Barnhart, a 53-year-old woman from Titusville, NJ Yuko Love, a 64-year-old woman from Newtown Linda Depiero, a 74-year-old woman from Newtown. Katheryn Seley, a 32-year-old mom from Charleston, South Carolina, was previously confirmed as having died, Daily Voice reported. Two of Seley's children, 9-month-old Conrad Sheils and 2-year-old Matilda Sheils, are the subject of a mass search…
News
Family Swept Away By Pennsylvania Flood Waters While Heading To BBQ In Weekend Tragedy
Authorities have identified the two missing children who were swept away in the Bucks County flash flood on Sunday, July 16. Matilda Sheils, 2, and her brother Conrad Sheils, 9 months, were visiting the area with family from Charleston, South Carolina, Upper Makefield police say. "They were on their way to a barbecue when their vehicles got caught in the flash flood on Rt. 532," authorities said. Matilda Sheils, 2, and her brother Conrad Sheils, 9 months, are missing. Their mother Katie Seley died in the flood, police confirmed.Facebook/Upper Makefield Police Department Their father…
Police & Fire
Couple From PA Charged In Computer Repair Scam That Conned Victims In NJ, Elsewhere
A Pennsylvania man whose wife was charged with a computer scam that allowed her to siphon money out of unsuspecting victims’ accounts had a similar scheme going, Bergen County authorities announced. Kuleep Sethi, 66, was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on theft, conspiracy and money laundering charges earlier this week -- five months after they busted his wife, Mona, for the same thing. The Furlong, PA couple scammed victims not only in New Jersey but throughout the world, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The thieves “created the belief that vic…
Business
David's Bridal Laying Off 9,200 Employees Amid Bankruptcy Filing
David's Bridal will send more than 9,000 workers home in an upcoming round of layoffs, according to a disclosure form it filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The Montgomery County, PA-wedding retailer expects to lay off 9,236 employees nationwide in a three-phase plan that began on Friday, April 14, according to the state website. It's not clear how many of those workers are in Pennsylvania, though the layoffs are expected to affect locations in Blair, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Luzerne, and York counties, as well as four shops in Allegheny County, two sho…
Police & Fire
Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities
Over a month after 47-year-old Jason Smith of Levittown was run over and killed in the parking lot of a Bristol McDonald's, authorities say they found the driver responsible. Daniel S. Dietrich, 45, of Palmyra, New Jersey, was arrested Friday, March 10, and charged with homicide, driving on a suspended license, and related counts, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub. Prosecutors say Smith and Dietrich had already been involved in a "driving incident" about a mile away before they both arrived at the 7700 Bristol Pike McDonald's at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5. Police …
News
Convicted NJ Sex Offender Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
A retired Marine from South Jersey who'd previously been convicted of having sex with an underage Pennsylvania girl was arrested by federal agents on child porn charges, authorities said. A U.S. District Court judge in Camden released Matthew Knapp, 38, of Lindenwold, on an unsecured bond following his arrest by Homeland Security Investigations agents last week, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Monday, Feb. 27. The agents found Knapp sharing the images from his home, the U.S. attorney said. A warranted search of the residence produced the seizure of, among other things, “a co…
Police & Fire
Passaic Woman Conspired To Obstruct Federal Investigation Into Fraudster Dentist Bros: Feds
A 26-year-old Passaic County woman was charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to obstruct a grand jury investigation into a pair of Pennsylvania brothers accused of running a multi-million criminal enterprise, authorities said. Susan Malpartida was named in the 42-count indictment against Bhaskar and Arun Savani, who were charged with racketeering, money laundering, healthcare fraud, and a litany of other felony offenses that could see them locked up for hundreds of years each if convicted, the Justice Department announced. A multi-year investigation into the brother…
News
Feds
: Getaway Minivan Driver Gets 12 Years, No Parole, For Armed Robbery Spree In NJ, PA
UPDATE: The man who drove the getaway car -- actually a minivan -- in an armed robbery spree in New Jersey and Pennsylvania must spend the next 12 years in federal prison. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 45, was the wheelman for a fellow Trentonian Gabriel Lopez, who authorities said fired a gun during one of the holdups. The pair committed the robberies at mostly convenience stores in Mercer and Union counties in New Jersey and in Bucks County, PA in May and June of 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Lopez "entered the businesses, brandished a handgun, and demanded money from the sto…
News
Feds: Men From Philly, South Jersey Admit Roles In Major Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking Network
UPDATE: A man from Philadelphia and another from South Jersey admitted their roles in a major drug trafficking ring that dealt meth and fentanyl, federal authorities said. Kevin Salmon, 25, had 5½ pounds of meth and two guns in his home when it was raided by authorities, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Salmon had served as a courier for a major drug-trafficking network that "distributed large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl," the U.S. attorney said. A second defendant, John Munson, 47, of Deptford, admitted selling meth as part of the operation, he said. …
Police & Fire
Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ
A former Pennsylvania mom now living in New Jersey who was once accused of faking her daughter's kidnapping has been charged with embezzling "tens of thousands" of dollars from her employer, authorities said. Bonnie Sweeten, 51, of Delanco, faces two counts of federal wire fraud charges, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced in a release on Monday, Oct. 17. It's the second time Sweeten, formerly of Feasterville, has been accused of fleecing her employer — in 2012, she was sentenced to 100 months in prison after a federal court convicted her o…
News
Gotcha
! Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Off Route 46 Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say
A fugitive ex-con with a decades-long criminal record was busted again after he was caught on security footage unhooking a tractor from a trailer at an industrial building off Route 46 and driving off with it, authorities said. Moonachie Police Officer Scott Lemongello viewed the footage from a neighboring building on Hollister Road in Teterboro soon after the theft early Sunday, Oct. 9. It showed Christopher Mason, 58, most recently of Morrisville, PA, pulling up in a van, parking and then heading into the lot next door, where he began testing door handles on parked trucks, Police Chief Ri…
Police & Fire
Missing PA Woman With Ties To NJ Found Safe (
Update
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UPDATE: Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was found safe. ***Original story below*** Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help in locating a missing woman with dementia. Shakuntalaben Patel, 71, was last seen walking away from her Pintail Court home in Bensalem just before 9 a.m. on Monday, June 28, local police said. She needs to take daily medication for her dementia, police said. Patel also has family in Trenton and Edison, NJ, and may have gotten on a SEPTA bus, they added. Patel stands 5'0" tall and weighs 70 pounds. She has salt and pepper hair pulled back in a ponyta…
News
Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA
A Trenton resident admitted driving the getaway car for a stickup man who robbed a string of convenience stores at gunpoint in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 44, took a deal from the government rather than go to trial after accused robber Gabriel Lopez died. Feliciano-Estremera pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton on Tuesday, March 15, to three counts of robbery and one each of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the possession of a gun that was fired during one of the holdups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He and Lopez committed the robberies i…
Police & Fire
Woman Had Son Kill Ex-BF After He Threatened To Tell Husband About Their Affair: Authorities
A 52-year-old Philadelphia father of nine children was gunned down by his ex-girlfriend and her son after apparently threatening to tell her estranged husband of their affair in December 2020, authorities in Bucks County announced over the weekend. Christopher M. Wilson was shot outside of his workplace, a recycling facility in Middletown Township, on Dec. 10, 2020, according to a Grand Jury presentment. His ex-girlfriend, Joyce Brown-Rodriguez, 55, and her son, Kahlill Saleem Brown, 33 — both of Philadelphia — were charged with murder and related offenses, the Bucks County DA's …
News
'Forever Chemicals' NJ Town's Water Center Of Major Study
Researchers at Rutgers University will be studying the long-term health effects of chemicals in a Gloucester County town's contaminated water supply. The pollution came from a plastics plant near Paulsboro. Solvay Solexis and Arkema of West Deptford settled a class-action lawsuit to clean up the drinking water believed contaminated back to 1980. PFAS — which are "forever" chemicals — are man-made chemicals that have been used in industry and manufacturing of consumer products since the 1950s, Rutgers says. Paulsboro, a town of 6,000 on the Delaware River, recorded the highest rate of …
Police & Fire
8 Kids, 4 Adults Dead In 'Devastating' Philadelphia Fire
Eight children and four adults were confirmed dead in a fire that swept through a Philadelphia rowhouse early Wednesday morning, city officials said. Had the smoke alarms in the N. 23 Street building been working properly, though, things might have turned out differently, Mayor Jim Kenney's office said in a news release. “This is, without a doubt, one of the most tragic days in our city’s history,” said Kenney, the son of a firefighter, at a news conference Wednesday. “Losing so many kids is just devastating.” Fire companies arrived at 6:40 a.m. and found heavy fire coming …
Weather
IDA: 7 Tornados Confirmed In NJ, PA
The National Weather Service has confirmed seven tornados touched down in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Wednesday night in the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The NWS is still working on completing its surveys of the heavily-damaged areas. As of Thursday, 23 people had died due to the storm in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said. The following twisters were confirmed by the NWS: Mullica Hill, NJ: Several homes were destroyed and two injuries were caused by this EF-3 twister that had max winds of 150 mph and was on the ground for 12.6 miles. The tornado touched down near Harrisonville then revv…
Police & Fire
PA State Police Seek Help ID'ing Body Pulled From Delaware River
Pennsylvania State Police are seeking the public's help identifying a body found in the Delaware River last week. Troopers responded to the area of 1840 Trails End in Bridgeton Township (Bucks County) around 12:50 p.m. on Aug. 25 on a report of a body wedged against a dock anchored in the Delaware River, authorities said. The body was recovered at the scene by the Upper Black Eddy Fire Department and is estimated to have been in the water for one to two weeks, PA State Police said. The individual is identified as a light skin male with a tattoo on the left forearm. The Buc…
News
2 Tornadoes Touched Down In Pennsylvania, Possible Twister Eyed In Morris County, NWS Says
Two tornadoes have been confirmed as touching down in parts of Pennsylvania, the National Weather Service said. An EF-1 tornado was confirmed in Bucks and Montgomery Counties early Thursday. Another tornado touched down Wednesday night in Berks County, according to the NWS office in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Tornado experts are continuing to survey parts of Morris County in New Jersey to see if a twister also touched down there, NWS officials said late Thursday. There was numerous reports of large trees uprooted, power lines down, widespread electric power outages and severe damage to roofs…
News
Suspected Tornado Rips Through Jersey Shore Town
A suspected tornado ripped through a Jersey Shore town Thursday night, damaging 35 homes, several boats and injuring several people, police said. Three 9-1-1 calls came in at 9:22 p.m. in Long Beach Island, reporting roofs ripped off multiple houses and downed utility poles. Posted by Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Co. on Friday, July 30, 2021 Officials believe a tornado touched down on Antioch Road, Arnold Boulevard, Collier Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. The National Weather Service on Friday will be investigating several areas that suffered significant damage during the storm. [8 AM]…
Weather
Tornados Wreak Havoc In Bucks, Mercer Counties
Tornados touched down in Bucks and Mercer counties Thursday evening, downing trees, collapsing buildings and leaving thousands without power. One tornado was confirmed by the National Weather Service in Mercerville-Hamilton Square near Trenton at 6:34 p.m. Another was in Solebury and the second in Bensalem near the Neshaminy Mall just after 7 p.m. ** Have photos? Email clevine@dailyvoice.com ** A partial collapse was reported at the Faulkner Buick GMC Trevose, where a mass casualty was declared. Severe damage in Bensalem after tornado touches down @NBCPhiladelphia @deannadurante @Stev…
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