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$850K Stolen In 'Theft-Return Scheme' By Organized Crime: PA AG
A criminal organization made $850,000 in illegal profits in a sophisticated theft-return scheme targeting TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, and Marshalls stores, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said. Nine people involved with the Philadelphia-based organization, which has been in operation since 2022, were arrested and charged with numerous felonies, according to a Thursday, Oct. 24 news release from the attorney general. Davon Whitfield, 40, of Roslyn; Naima Scott, 47, of Abington; and Zonay Griffin, 26, all of Philadelphia, were named as the leaders who personally made about 1,500 transactio…
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PA Woman Who Shot, Dismembered Parents With Chainsaw Sentenced: DA
An Abington woman charged with shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chainsaw was sentenced Monday, Sept. 30, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office told Daily Voice the following day. Verity Beck, 45, pleaded "guilty but mentally ill" to two first-degree murder counts, the district attorney's office said. She was given two life sentences that will be served concurrently. Beck will also receive mental health treatment while serving her prison time, according to the district attorney's office. Beck's parents were found dead in their Jenkintown home on Tue…
Police & Fire
'I'll Shoot This Place Up': Armed Suspect Threatened Abington Homeowner, Police Say
A Philadelphia man allegedly brandished a gun and threatened an Abington resident at their home, according to township police. Donte Vaughn, 40, is being held in lieu of a $99,000 bond, court records show. The victim told police that Vaugnh showed up at his Walnut Avenue home three times on Friday, July 26, threatening to "shoot this place up" and telling a second victim "I’ll stitch you up too." During one of the encounters, Vaughn was armed with a handgun and called the victim down the street "to fight," said Abington police. He fled before police arrived and was …
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Overnight Standoff With SWAT Team Ends In Arrest: Cheltenham Police
A suspect brandished a handgun during a standoff with a SWAT team in Cheltenham, according to township police. Authorities said they spotted the suspect's car behind the 8250 Limekiln Pike Wawa around 11 p.m. Tuesday night. The vehicle was being sought in connection with a felony that took place outside of Cheltenham earlier in the day, police explained. A woman in the car exited when police arrived, but a male suspect " refused to comply with orders," according to officials. Police said he made threats and brandished a handgun before a Montgomery County SWAT team was called.&nb…
Police & Fire
Group Comes Under Fire In Abington Park, Police Say
Authorities are investigating after a group of people were shot at in Abington's Crestmont Park. Police said it happened last Saturday, April 27 around 10:15 p.m. The shots missed the victims but damaged their vehicles, officials said. The shooters fled the park in a dark-colored sedan, according to police. "None of the individuals had any idea who would have targeted them for this attack," they noted. Anyone with information should call APD Detective Bob Hill at 267-536-1100.
Police & Fire
Three Students Charged After Two Fights Break Out At Abington High School: Police
A trio of students faces criminal charges after two separate fights broke out at Abington Senior High School on Friday, April 26, according to township police. The school resource officer called for backup around 1:20 p.m. when two fighting students "became physical with the police officer and school staff," the department said in a release. Three students were arrested, one of whom took an ambulance to the hospital for a minor injury, authorities said. A pocket knife was displayed during the incidents but not used, they continued. "Soon after the incident, misinfo…
Police & Fire
Philly Man Robbed Two Abington Banks In One Week, Police Say
Police in Abington say they caught the man who robbed two township banks within days. Dennis Wilson of Philadelphia is charged with felony robbery and related counts, court records show. Authorities believe Wilson walked into the PNC Bank at 808 Old York Road on Thursday, April 18, and demanded money with a handwritten note. He fled with an undisclosed sum of cash, police said. Then on Monday, April 22, detectives said Wilson walked into the 710 Old York Road TD Bank and again demanded money with a note before fleeing. After both robberies, police said Wilson …
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Abington School Resource Officer Charged With Institutional Sexual Assault: DA
An Abington school resource officer is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student, says the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Jordan Jones, 29, of Horsham, is charged with institutional sexual assault, endangering welfare, and related counts, prosecutors said. Authorities said the 17-year-old student told an Abington High School Counselor that she had an ongoing sexual relationship with Jones dating back to November 2023. She told investigators she and the officer had met "numerous times" and "engaged in sexual activity" at his Horsham home, according to th…
Police & Fire
Newspaper Deliveryman, Police Officers Save 97-Year-Old Sleeping Man From MontCo House Fire
Two police officers are being hailed as heroes for waking up a 97-year-old man and carrying him outside of his house as flames ripped through it early Thanksgiving morning. The newspaper deliveryman, though, was the one who called 9-1-1 when he saw flames coming from the second story window of the home on the 100 block of Fairview Avenue, around 3:25 a.m., Nov. 23, police said. November 23, 2023: Multiple Fire Companies were dispatched at approximately 3:35 A.M to a dwelling fire on the 100 block... Posted by Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company on Thursday, November 23, 2023 Hatboro Sg…
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Woman, 21, Charged In SEPTA Driver's Deadly Shooting
The woman accused of killing a SEPTA bus driver on his route Thursday morning, Oct. 26 now faces murder charges, according to authorities. Twenty-one-year-old Zhontay Capers was arrested by plainclothes SEPTA police officers less than a mile from the scene of the shooting, officials said. No weapon was recovered from her person. Authorities said Route 23 driver Bernard Gribbin was shot in the torso and throat around 10:30 a.m. near Germantown and East Abottsford avenues. He later died from his wounds at Einstein Medical Center. Gribbin, a 48-year-old Abington resident, was a 12-year …
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Slain SEPTA Driver ID'd As Abington Army Vet Bernard Gribbin
The SEPTA driver shot and killed on his route Thursday, Oct. 26 was identified as Abington resident and Army veteran Bernard Gribbin. Gribbin, a 12-year SEPTA employee, operating along Route 23 when they he was shot at the intersection of Germantown and Abbotsford avenues around 10:30 a.m., a SEPTA spokesperson said. He was taken to Einstein Medical Center where he died. My former colleague and classmate lost his life today doing his job of transporting people to and from their... Posted by Kareem Woodson on Thursday, October 26, 2023 Words can’t describe how I feel about this! I…
Business
Rite Aid To Close 39 Pennsylvania Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
Rite Aid, the pharmacy giant that filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, Oct. 15, plans to close 154 underperforming stores nationwide, according to a new filing. Thirty-nine of the stores closing are located in Pennsylvania. They are: 1441 Old York Road in Abington 1628 South Fourth Street in Allentown 169 West Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore 5235 Library Road in Bethel Park 2178 West Union Boulevard in Bethlehem 2722 West 9th Street in Chester 200 West Ridge Avenue Suite 112 in Conshohocken 2715 Parade Street in Erie 1709 Liberty Street in Erie 4830 William Penn Highway in Export 6090 …
Police & Fire
Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say
New details are emerging about the deadly shooting that wounded three Philadelphia police officers and killed a suspected gunman in Fox Chase last week. Police said they were called to a home on the 7500 block of Whitaker Avenue around 7 p.m. Wednesday night, Oct. 4 for a report of an armed person. They arrived to find 42-year-old Michael Hwang wearing a ballistic vest and carrying a .40-caliber Glock, authorities said. Hwang allegedly ignored police commands to drop the weapon "and a gunfight ensued," police wrote. Officer Samantha Gress was shot in the back of he…
Police & Fire
8 Teens Arrested After Fight Breaks Out At Abington High School: Police
Eight students at Abington Senior High School were arrested after a fight "erupted" on Thursday, Sept. 18, authorities say. The brawl broke out just before 11:30 a.m., Abington police said. Video of the fight circulating on social media appears to show a large group of students in a hallway being separated by school security and police officers. Wild fight at Abington High School! I’m told arrests have been made pic.twitter.com/oY6xKbLGsz — Sgt. Mark Fusetti (Retired) (@MarkFusetti) September 14, 2023 "The situation was brought under control as a result of the swift and coordinated …
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MontCo High School Football Suspended After Young Spectator Shows Up With Gun
A Montgomery County high school football game was suspended after a spectator showed up with a gun, officials said. Cheltenham Schools Superintendent Brian Scriven said the Friday, Aug. 25 game against Abington was postponed after an attendee showed up with a gun at the Abington stadium. Important message from Dr. Scriven pic.twitter.com/WzhkVuSWKi — Cheltenham SD (@CheltenhamSD) August 26, 2023 According to 6abc, the juvenile suspect was spotted with a firearm by a parent, both inside the stadium. Police apparently found a handgun with an extended magazine on the suspect, who was esco…
Police & Fire
Bogus Pizza Deliveryman Targeted Pennsylvania Asian-American Home In 'Disturbing' Trend: Police
A New York man accused of dressing up as a pizza delivery driver to burglarize the Abington home of an Asian-American business owner has been extradited from Riker's Island to the Montgomery County Jail, authorities said. Fredy Alexander Beltran-Ortiz, a 25-year-old Queens, NY resident, was slapped with five felony burglary-related charges on Monday, Aug. 14, Abington police said. Beltran-Ortiz participated in the "disturbing crime trend" of "targeting the homes of Asian-American business owners due to the stereotype that Asian business owners have items of high value in their homes, invest…
Police & Fire
Suspect Masterminded 24 Burglaries Across Greater Philly, DA Says
One man was responsible for two dozen burglaries across greater Philadelphia and made off with nearly $300,000 in stolen goods, authorities claim. Jamal Reid, 35, of Philadelphia, faces nearly 40 felony charges related to a string of break-ins and stick-ups over a 10-month period, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in a release. A multi-jurisdictional task force of police investigators from across the region believes that from May 2021 to March 2022, Reid victimized businesses in Abington, Bensalem, Cheltenham, Rockledge, Upper Moreland, and Philadelphia, prosecutors s…
Obituaries
Montco Teen Shot Dead In Philly Was Looking Forward To Summer Job, Loved Ones Say
A Montgomery County teenager who was shot and killed in North Philadelphia over the weekend was looking forward to summer vacation, loved ones say. He was 16 years old. Keivon Abraham of Abington was found with a gunshot wound to the chest on the 2400 block of North Clarion Street early on Monday, May 29, city police told Daily Voice. No arrests have been made in connection with his death and investigators have not revealed a suspected motive, the outlet says. Loved ones say the teen was a sophomore at Abington High School. The campus community observed a moment of silence on Tuesday…
Police & Fire
Trucker Shot In Apparent Road Rage Incident, Say Abington Police
The large police presence that shut down the Fairway in Abington early on Wednesday was in response to an apparent road rage shooting, say township authorities. It began at 8:20 a.m. on April 5, when police were called to 1575 Fairway in Jenkintown section for reports of shots fired, the department wrote in a release hours later. The victim, a delivery driver for Pepsi, told officers that a driver in a white van pulled in front of him, stopped abruptly, then exited the vehicle. The suspect approached the truck "in an aggressive manner" before taking out a handgun, police wrote.&…
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AGT Magician, PA Dad Scott Alexander Dead At 52
Scott Alexander, a Pennsylvania husband, father of three, and professional magician died suddenly after suffering a stroke, his wife Jenny said on Instagram. He was 52. Alexander — who once wowed TV audiences on "America's Got Talent" in 2011 and has ties to both Parkesburg and Lancaster — was working on a cruise ship in the Caribbean Sea at the time of his death, Jenny said. The magician's social media shows his most recent employer as Royal Caribbean Cruises. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jenny Alexander (@thepaintedlily) …
Police & Fire
Knife-Wielding Taco Bell Robber Nabbed By Off-Duty Cop In Bucks, Police Say
A man who tried to rob a Bucks County Taco Bell at knifepoint now sits in the county lockup, according to authorities. Lower Southampton police were dispatched to the restaurant at 265 E. Street Road in Feasterville for a reported armed robbery on Sunday, Jan. 29, the department said in a release. Witnesses described the suspect as a white man wearing a bright green jacket and jeans. A K9 unit with the Warrington Police Department worked the scene to search for the robber, who was last spotted heading northwest toward Bucks Crossing Shopping Center, officials said. Meanwh…
Police & Fire
'Chainsaw Dismemberment': PA Daughter Shot, Hacked Bodies Of Elderly Parents, DA Says
The elderly couple found dead at a Jenkintown home were shot in the head and then "dismembered" with a chainsaw, authorities revealed. Verity Beck, a 43-year-old Abington resident, is charged with murder in the death of her parents Reid and Miriam Beck, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 18. Investigators say the couple was last heard from on Jan. 7 and may have been dead for over a week before they were discovered late on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Officers stopped by the home after a concerned relative requested a wellness check. …
Police & Fire
Beloved Montco Dad, Friend Dies At 50 After Illness
Robert Ian Konick, a beloved father to five and friend to many, died after a period of illness on Monday, Jan. 2, according to his obituary. He was 50. Rob was born and raised in Abington where he met many of his lifelong friends, and went on to study architecture at Temple University until 1992, loved ones wrote. He eventually opened his own vehicle and auto accessory business, the British Racing Group, which operated until 2019. In 2004, Rob's life changed permanently when he was rear-ended by a commercial vehicle at over 50 mph, his obit says. With the support of his l…
Schools
Penn State Student Found Dead Less Than 2 Weeks After His Grandfather Died
A 21-year-old Penn State student was found dead in his dorm room less than two weeks after his grandfather died, authorities and the family say. Ryan O'Malley, of Scranton, was found unresponsive by his roommate in student housing at 330 West College Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at 4:17 a.m., according to a release by State College police on Tuesday, Oct. 18. He was declared deceased at 4:52 a.m., by the Centre County coroner, Daily Collegian reports. The night before O'Malley had consumed an "excessive amount" of alcohol during a drinking game at a party at 222 West Beaver Avenue,…
Police & Fire
Willow Grove Mall Robber Fled Into Neighborhood, Arrested In Homeowner's Shed: Police
A Philadelphia man was caught hiding from police in a resident's shed after fleeing the scene of a robbery at the Willow Grove Mall on Thursday, April 28, authorities said. Abington police officers were called to the mall on a report of someone stealing merchandise from a store, they said. When security officers confronted the suspect, he apparently pulled a knife, threatened them, and then fled on foot. The robber — later identified as 47-year-old Anthony Flego — tried to flee into a mall patron's vehicle but failed, police said. That's when he reportedly jumped over a resid…
Police & Fire
Post Birthday Bash Crash: Friend Tried Taking Keys From DUI Man Who Hurt 3, Killed 1, DA Says
An 18-year-old DUI driver has been charged with murder by vehicle in the Cheltenham crash that killed a 20-year-old man and seriously injured three others earlier this year, authorities in Montgomery County said. Despite futile attempts from friends to stop him, Alexander Koenigsberg — of Huntingdon Valley — got behind the wheel of his 2006 Honda Civic to drink with friends after a bowling alley birthday party on Jan. 22, 2022, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. A few hours later, Koenigsberg was navigating a curve on Greenwood Avenue in Cheltenham…
Police & Fire
Woman Kills BF In 'Domestic Related' Shooting Outside Suburban Philly Wendy's: Police
A 30-year-old man was shot dead by his girlfriend in what police are calling a domestic dispute outside of a Suburban Philadelphia Wendy's on Monday, March 7, they said. Police found the unidentified man suffering gunshot wounds outside of the fast-food joint when they responded to the Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center on Huntingdon Pike around 8 p.m., Abington Police Deputy Chief Edward Quinn said. He was taken to an area hospital where he later died, police said. The woman, 32, was arrested at the scene and the gun was recovered, according to police. "The suspect and victim had been…
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Victim Killed In Cheltenham Crash
NOTE: The victim's age was incorrectly reported as 19 in an earlier version of this report, as stated by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. A correction has been made to reflect the victim's correct age, which is 20. *** Authorities have identified the 20-year-old victim killed in a one-car crash in Cheltenham early Sunday. The victim has been identified as Nicholas Bednarek, of Abington, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Cheltenham Township Acting Police Chief John Slavin said Monday afternoon. An autopsy performed Monday mor…
Obituaries
North Penn High School Grad Paul Hagerty Dies Suddenly At Age 33
Montgomery County native Paul G. Hagerty IV died suddenly on Nov. 11. He was 33. Born in Abington, Hagerty graduated from North Penn High School in 2007 and worked for his father's construction company, according to his obituary and Facebook page. His obituary described him as an active person who enjoyed sports such as soccer, swimming, snowboarding, and karate. Hagerty "truly knew how to have fun," reads his memorial. He is survived by his parents, Paul G. Hagerty III and Erren MacKinstry; his paternal grandmother, Sandra Pucnas Hagerty; his maternal grandmother, Jean MacKinst…
Weather
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: Possible Tornado With Gusts Up To 70 MPH Tears Through NJ, PA
Homes and businesses across New Jersey and Pennsylvania were destroyed following a quick-hitting storm that ripped across the area Sunday evening. "Several wind damage reports were received and focused mainly along the I-95 corridor, including some measured wind gusts in the 60 to 70 mph range," the National Weather Service said. Streets around the America's Best Value Inn near Route 35 in Neptune was fully evacuated with several surrounded streets closed due to downed poles, wires and extensive debris. The NWS is investigating whether the damage might have been caused by a small tornado. …
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