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NJ Man Charged After Girlfriend Found Shot Dead In PA Hotel: Police Release Details NJ Man Charged After Girlfriend Found Shot Dead In PA Hotel: Police Release Details
NJ Man Charged After Girlfriend Found Shot Dead In PA Hotel: Police Release Details Authorities have revealed chilling new details about the murder of a Trenton woman found shot to death at a Pennsylvania hotel last week. Her boyfriend, who sparked a standoff in New Jersey hours later, has been charged with her killing, police said Tuesday, Jan. 21. Orenthia Upshur, 51, is accused of shooting 49-year-old Maisha Coon inside a rented room at the Sleep Inn on Street Road in Bensalem in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 15. The investigation began when a family member of Upshur’s walked into the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Trevose at 5 a.m. that day. The r…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Suspect, Victim ID'd After PA Hotel Homicide, NJ Standoff Suspect, Victim ID'd After PA Hotel Homicide, NJ Standoff
Suspect, Victim ID'd After PA Hotel Homicide, NJ Standoff A woman was fatally shot at the Sleep Inn on Street Road in Bensalem, PA, and the suspect was apprehended following a barricade situation in Trenton, police and prosecutors said during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 16. The victim, identified as 49-year-old Maisha Coon of Trenton, NJ, was killed in the hotel room late Tuesday night. The suspect, her boyfriend, 51-year-old Orenthia Upshur, also from Trenton, fled the scene to a home in New Jersey, where he admitted to killing Koon and attempted to kill her family, authorities said. Details about Coon's life have been shared by her comm…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NJ Driver Wanted For PA Hit-Run: Police NJ Driver Wanted For PA Hit-Run: Police
NJ Driver Wanted For PA Hit-Run: Police Police investigators in Bensalem are asking for the public's help in tracking down a hit-and-run driver.  A red Ford F350 extended cab pickup truck hit a pedestrian just before midnight on Friday, Jan. 12, sending him to the hospital with broken bones, authorities said.  It happened near the corner of Street Road and Brookwood Drive, according to police. Authorities said the truck had a New Jersey plate numbered L23RZD, but that no records could be found for that tag.  Anyone who spots the truck or can identify the driver is asked to call Detective Shawn Smith at 215-63…

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by Mac Bullock
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NJ Man Sold Drugs At Bensalem Businesses For Months, Police Believe NJ Man Sold Drugs At Bensalem Businesses For Months, Police Believe
NJ Man Sold Drugs At Bensalem Businesses For Months, Police Believe A New Jersey man faces multiple felony charges in Bucks County after authorities say he sold them drugs.  Desean D. Howard, a 35-year-old Trenton resident, was arrested after Bensalem police conducted a "controlled buy" on the 3600 block of Street Road on Tuesday, March 28, the department said.  Detectives with the department's Special Investigations Unit said they received information that Howard was selling heroin and fentanyl at businesses along Street Road "over the past few months." At the time of his arrest, officers claimed the 35-year-old had 160 baggies of suspected drugs…

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by Mac Bullock
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PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate
PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate A Philadelphia man who sex-trafficked a 15-year-old girl was sentenced Monday, June 6 to 17 to 40 years in state prison, authorities said. Andrew Hall, 29, pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to a slew of charges, including human trafficking of a minor, statutory sexual assault of a minor, promoting prostitution of a minor, and photographing child sex acts, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Hall was arrested on Aug. 21, 2020, when Bensalem police officers were called around 12:30 a.m. to the Best Western on the 3400 block of Street Road on a report of child prostitut…

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by Nicole Acosta
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'This Is A Robbery': Bensalem Bank Robber Nabbed By Police 'This Is A Robbery': Bensalem Bank Robber Nabbed By Police
'This Is A Robbery': Bensalem Bank Robber Nabbed By Police UPDATE: Police arrested Maurice E. Ray on Friday in Philadelphia. He was sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $500,000 bail. ** Orginal story below *** Police in Bucks County are asking for the public's help in locating a man who they say handed a bank teller a note announcing a robbery and then fled. Maurice E. Ray, 31, entered a Bank of America on Street Road in Bensalem on Thursday and handed a teller a piece of paper with the words "This is a robbery" written on it, according to police. The teller handed over the money, and Ray fled the scene on a bicycle, …

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by Nicole Acosta