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Dad Who Decapitated Seagull For Stealing Daughter's Fry At Jersey Shore Gets 8 Months Dad Who Decapitated Seagull For Stealing Daughter's Fry At Jersey Shore Gets 8 Months
Dad Who Decapitated Seagull For Stealing Daughter's Fry At Jersey Shore Gets 8 Months A Cape May man who witnesses said decapitated a seagull at Morey’s Piers in North Wildwood has been sentenced to about eight months in jail. Police first responded to the incident on July 6, 2024, at Morey’s Piers, located at 2501 Boardwalk Ave., after receiving reports of animal cruelty, the North Wildwood Police Department said. Witnesses told officers that a man later identified as then-29-year-old Franklin Zeigler of Cape May had decapitated a seagull at the boardwalk attraction. Zeigler told officers that he killed the bird after it tried taking his daughter's fries, NJ Advance Media s…
Cop Killers Helped Run NY Multi-State Car Theft Ring: NJ AG Cop Killers Helped Run NY Multi-State Car Theft Ring: NJ AG
Cop Killers Helped Run NY Multi-State Car Theft Ring: NJ AG Thirteen people were arrested and charged with running a car theft ring out of Camden that involved the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer, authorities announced Friday, Sept. 5. Alex Vargas, a 27-year-old Camden resident and his brother Alexi Vargas, a 24-year-old Pennsauken resident, led a criminal enterprise which coordinated the theft of vehicles throughout New Jersey and his nearby states, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said.  From July 2001 through January 2004, the Vargas brothers and their accomplices stole cars in Camden, Burlington, Somerset, Bergen,…
5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials 5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials
5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials Five children were trapped in a locked room described as a “dungeon,” where authorities say they lived among filth, boarded-up windows, and no beds. A Pennsylvania couple, James Russell Kahl and Carly Kahl, is accused of holding their children, ages five to 14, in “deplorable conditions” at a home in Redstone Township, Fayette County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The investigation began in early August after Children and Youth Services received a complaint about the family, authorities said. When troopers responded to the home with CYS, they discovered no beds, boarded-up windows…
Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ Solved 26 Years Later: Police Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ Solved 26 Years Later: Police
Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ Solved 26 Years Later: Police A 26-year-old cold case has been cracked with the arrest of a South Philadelphia man accused of gunning down Guerino “Gino” Marconi outside his home in 1999, court documents say. Richard Leidy, 60, was arrested at his Girard Estates home on Monday, Aug. 25, and charged with murder, attempted murder, and multiple related offenses, according to Philadelphia court records. On Saturday, April 10, 1999, Guerino “Gino” Marconi Sr., 42, an auto body shop owner and reputed low-level mob associate, was ambushed outside his house on the 2400 block of South 20th Street. His longtime girlfriend, Patric…
Toddler Dies From Assault: Dad ‘Never Should Have Gotten Out For 1st Kid He Beat' Family Says Toddler Dies From Assault: Dad ‘Never Should Have Gotten Out For 1st Kid He Beat' Family Says
Toddler Dies From Assault: Dad ‘Never Should Have Gotten Out For 1st Kid He Beat' Family Says A father is accused of violently assaulting his 2-year-old son, who was later found dead in Bradford, the McKean County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Aug. 15. Tyler Lee Prescott, 32, who has no permanent address, was charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child for injuries allegedly inflicted on his son between July 17 and Aug. 14, according to District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer and court records. EMS and police were called to a home on the 60 block of Sherman Street early Thursday, Aug. 14, for an unresponsive chil…
Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police
Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police A woman was found walking through a quiet Poconos neighborhood, drenched in blood, moments after stabbing an 71-year-old man in the face and chest and assaulting a police officer, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 22. Colleen B. Hall, 56, of Tobyhanna, launched a brutal, unprovoked attack on the elderly man she lived with at a home on Starlight Terrace around 9:50 p.m. on Monday, July 21, according to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department. While officers were responding to the stabbing call, dispatchers received a report of a blood-covered woman wandering nearby on Winding Way…
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away The fourth and final detainee who escaped from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey last month was captured Thursday, July 17, in Los Angeles, more than 2,700 miles away, the FBI said. Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon, 25, a Colombian national, escaped from Delaney Hall in Newark following a riot on June 12, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The FBI did not release further details about Pineda-Mogollon's escape. The three other detainees were identified as: Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2021, was arreste…
Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered
Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered Federal officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four criminal illegal aliens who escaped from Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Thursday, June 12, the Department of Homeland Security said. The agency maintained that no widespread unrest occurred at the facility, contradicting various media reports including some saying 50 inmates pushed down a wall after meals were served late.  Officials said Delaney Hall remains “dedicated to providing high-quality services” and maintains 24/7 medical care, visitation, legal access, meals, reli…
Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing
Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing A Georgia rapper who went viral for the Whip/Nae Nae dance pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the 2021 shooting death of his cousin, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Ricky Lamar Hawk, 27, best known by his stage name Silentó, admitted to killing Frederick Rooks III, 34, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Panthersville area of unincorporated Decatur. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and concealing the death of another. A murder charge was dropped as par…
House Of Horrors: NJ Couple Kept Girl Chained In Bathroom, Dog Crate For Years, Officials Say House Of Horrors: NJ Couple Kept Girl Chained In Bathroom, Dog Crate For Years, Officials Say
House Of Horrors: NJ Couple Kept Girl Chained In Bathroom, Dog Crate For Years, Officials Say A South Jersey couple was arrested and charged on Saturday, May 10, after they held a child captive for years before her escape, authorities said. Law enforcement began investigating in Gloucester Township after an 18-year-old girl said she had been held captive for years and was the victim of sexual abuse, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins said. Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, had been abusing the girl since 2018, authorities said. She was removed from school while in 6th grade and confined to her home, authori…
NY Man Lights Cigarette Near Gas Pump, Fights Cops After Shoplifting In Bergen County: Police NY Man Lights Cigarette Near Gas Pump, Fights Cops After Shoplifting In Bergen County: Police
NY Man Lights Cigarette Near Gas Pump, Fights Cops After Shoplifting In Bergen County: Police A Rockland County man is facing multiple charges after police say he shoplifted from a Bergen County gas station store, splashed an employee with water, and lit a cigarette near a gas pump before assaulting two officers. Albert Johansmeyer, 28, of Blauvelt, NY, was arrested on Tuesday, April 15, following a wild chain of events at the TigerMart inside the Exxon Gas Station on Chestnut Ridge Road — located just off the Garden State Parkway in Montvale, according to Capt. Alisha Foley. Johansmeyer allegedly stole items from the store and got into an altercation with the store manager outside,…
M&M Factory Fight: Coworker Beaten Outside By 2 Employees, Police Say M&M Factory Fight: Coworker Beaten Outside By 2 Employees, Police Say
M&M Factory Fight: Coworker Beaten Outside By 2 Employees, Police Say A brutal attack outside the M&M Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, left one employee with serious injuries, borough police announced in a release on Thursday, April 17. Angel L. Sanchez-Abreu and Wilbert A. Sanchez allegedly beat a fellow coworker at the sweet plant just after noon outside the candy plant on South Brown Street on Thursday, April 3, investigators said. The victim suffered a broken nose and a hairline skull fracture in the assault, which unfolded around 1:31 p.m., police said. Angel L. Sanchez-Abreu has since turned himself in and is cooperating with authoritie…
Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say
Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say A Harrisburg man is accused of setting fire to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday, April 13. The blaze broke out around 2 a.m. at the mansion on North Front Street in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, authorities said. Shapiro, his wife Lori, and their children were safely evacuated by Pennsylvania State Police and Capitol Police after troopers banged on their door to wake them. The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire quickly extinguished the flames. No injuries were reported, though the fire caused “signi…