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Samurai Sword Stabbing Stops Norristown Home Invasion, Fake Gun Robbery: Report Samurai Sword Stabbing Stops Norristown Home Invasion, Fake Gun Robbery: Report
Samurai Sword Stabbing Stops Norristown Home Invasion, Fake Gun Robbery: Report A Norristown man armed with a fake gun was slashed with a samurai sword during a chaotic home invasion and robbery attempt on Tuesday, Sept. 17, investigators told 6abc Action News. Marcus Armstrong, 35, targeted a group of people exchanging money on Blackberry Alley around 8:45 a.m. in what police called a “crime of opportunity,” Norristown detectives said to the outlet. Armstrong pulled out what appeared to be a semi-automatic handgun — later found to be a BB gun — and demanded cash from one of the men, police said. A woman at the scene escaped into a nearby residence, but Armstrong alleg…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Long Island Son's Chilling Final Words To Parents Before ‘Suicide By Cop’ Revealed Long Island Son's Chilling Final Words To Parents Before ‘Suicide By Cop’ Revealed
Long Island Son's Chilling Final Words To Parents Before ‘Suicide By Cop’ Revealed A man was shot and killed by police on Long Island after pointing what appeared to be a shotgun at officers during a domestic disturbance. The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, in Carle Place, Nassau County Police said. Officers responded to a home on Rushmore Avenue after receiving a 911 call from a woman reporting that her 33-year-old son, identified as James Rosano, was “out of control,” highly intoxicated, and refused to leave the residence. Rosano told his mother, “Kiss me, I’m going to go outside and die at the hands of police,” before heading out of the home, P…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Toddler Among Group Targeted In BB Gun Drive-By Shooting In Chesco: Police Toddler Among Group Targeted In BB Gun Drive-By Shooting In Chesco: Police
Toddler Among Group Targeted In BB Gun Drive-By Shooting In Chesco: Police A woman was struck by BBs fired from an SUV while standing with a group that included a toddler in Parkesburg, police said. The assault happened in the 200 block of North Limestone Road between 8:45 and 9 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, 2025, according to a release by the Parkesburg Police Department on Wednesday, June 4. Investigators say a black Toyota 4Runner drove west on Rosemont Avenue and turned south onto North Limestone Road. As it passed the group, someone in the rear driver's side seat allegedly fired a BB gun at the people—one of whom was a young child. An adult woman in the group was …

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by Jillian Pikora
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DWI Driver Passed Out With Foot On Gas Pedal, Weapons In Vehicle On Jersey Shore: Police DWI Driver Passed Out With Foot On Gas Pedal, Weapons In Vehicle On Jersey Shore: Police
DWI Driver Passed Out With Foot On Gas Pedal, Weapons In Vehicle On Jersey Shore: Police A Camden County man was accused of passing out in the driver's seat with a gun and several other weapons in his vehicle in Wildwood Crest, authorities said. Samuel Beatty, 24, of Haddon Township, was arrested on Sunday, June 16, the Wildwood Crest Police Department said in a news release on Tuesday, June 18. An officer saw his vehicle with its engine revving while parked and facing the wrong way near the intersection of Bayview and Preston avenues at around 3:30 a.m. The officer found Beatty unconscious in the driver's seat with his foot on the gas pedal. He "showed obvious signs of impairm…

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by Chris Spiker