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11 Pounds Of Meth, Fentanyl, Guns Seized In Major Berks County Drug Bust: DA
Three Reading men were arrested in a major drug bust that turned up 11 pounds of methamphetamine, eight pounds of fentanyl, multiple loaded firearms, and more, authorities said. Selwyn Alcais-Garica, Rashan Brinkley, and Marcial Cooper are all facing a slew of charges following search warrants executed across Reading, leading to the evidential seizures, the Berks County DA's Office announced Monday, Sept. 16. Warrants were executed at 1423 Birch st. in Reading;1615 N.10th St. in Reading; 662 Tulpehocken Street in Reading and 501 Emerson Ave. in Laureldale. Authorities seized …
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20-Year-Old Philly Man Gets 21 Years In Prison For Carjackings Of Elderly Victims:
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A 20-year-old Philadelphia man was sentenced to 21 years in prison in connection with a series of armed carjackings in the city and Delaware County, federal authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 9 Alex Askew was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Savage for attacks that targeted elderly victims in Philadelphia and Upper Darby, U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero explained. Savage also ordered Askew to make restitution of $36,183. On Feb. 21, 2024, Askew pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit carjacking, three counts of carjacking, three counts of using …
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Man Accused Of Beheading Dad, Posting YouTube Video, Testifies At 1st Hearing: Bucks DA
Justin Mohn, the Middletown Township man who allegedly beheaded his father and posted a disturbing 14-minute-long YouTube video holding his father’s head testified for two hours Tuesday, Sept. 10, authorities announced. Mohn also allegedly called for violent attacks against members of the federal government, according to Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn. His father was a government worker. After testimony at his preliminary hearing at the Bucks County Justice Center, Mohn, 32, was ordered held for trial for the Jan. 30, 2024, killing of his father, the DA said. Michael F. Mo…
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Police ID Armed Carjackers Who Stole Vehicle With Infant In Upper Darby: 'Armed And Dangerous'
Police have identified two suspects at large following an armed carjacking in which a vehicle was taken with an infant inside in Upper Darby Friday afternoon, Aug. 30. Phillis Fugah, 23, from Upper Darby, and Ian Dean, 21, of Philadelphia, approached a man waiting for his wife on West Chester Pike around 3:10 p.m., UDPD Superintendent Timothy M. Bernhardt said. "During a struggle, the suspects managed to take the vehicle, unaware that a 2-month-old child was still inside," Bernhardt said. As the suspect fled west on West Chester Pike, they realized police were pursuing them and abando…
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Felon Who Sold Drugs, Guns In Bucks County Sentenced: DA
A Philadelphia felon was sentenced to up to a dozen years in prison on drug dealing and gun possession charges, authorities said. Ishmael Colon, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 27, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. He appeared before Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. and was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, followed by nine to 12 months of probation. Colon pleaded guilty in April to five counts of persons not to possess a firearm and one count each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled s…
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Ex-Con Robbed 7-11 Store At Gunpoint In Bucks County: Police
A convicted felon suspected of robbing a 7-11 store at gunpoint in Bucks County has been arrested, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Christopher Yelverton, 42 of Philadelphia, was charged with Robbery, Theft, Persons Not to Possess Firearms, Terrorist Threats, and related charges. Yelverton was being held in Bucks County Prison on $75,000 bail, according to court records. On May 2 at about 3 a.m., a man produced a note demanding money from a 7-11 worker at 1952 Brownsville Road in Lower Southhampton, police said. The suspect lifted up his shirt to expose the firearm in hi…
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Murder Suspect In Custody After Barricading Himself In Philadelphia Home (
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A 64-year-old murder suspect was taken into custody after barricading himself in a Philadelphia home, authorities said. The incident was over just before noon on Monday, Aug. 12 without any injuries, Philadelphia police said. Philadelphia police and U.S. marshals had surrounded the home. The incident began at about 9:50 a.m. at 6900 Old York Road in the 35th District, Philadelphia police said. U.S. Marshals received information that the suspect, wanted for homicide, was inside the home and allegedly pointing a firearm toward the highway. The staging area was located at 1200 69th Av…
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Replica Gun Used In Armed Robbery In Kennett Square: Police
A 52-year-old man has been arrested for robbing a business with a replica gun in Chester County, authorities announced on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Salvador Lopez-Ortigoza, of Toughkenamon, was charged with robbery and making terroristic threats, among other charges, according to Southern Chester County Regional Police. On Tuesday, July 30, at 11:15 a.m., police responded to a report of an armed robbery at Latino Mex, 1001 W. Baltimore Pike in Kennett Square. The suspect displayed a firearm and demanded cash from the store clerk before fleeing on foot, police said. At approximately 1:30 p.m., an o…
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PSP Corporal Shot After Crime Spree, According To New Details From Police
Four people have been arrested in connection with a crime spree that ended when a Pennsylvania State Police corporal shot in Lancaster County, police announced on Wednesday, July 31. After a crime spree over the month of July 2024, the below four suspects were arrested on the following charges, East Hempfield Township police detailed in a release: Alfredo Maldonado-Gonzalez Jr., 41 of Lancaster, was charged with felony robbery, felony burglary, felony theft by unlawful taking, felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor unlawful restraint, misdemeanor possession of instruments of crime, m…
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'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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Victim, Suspect Exchange Gunfire During Philadelphia Robbery: Police
A robbery victim shot at two teenage suspects in West Philadelphia on Saturday night, July 27, according to city police. The 26-year-old victim was on the 1200 block of North 41st Street when the suspects tried to rob him around 9:10 p.m., authorities said. In the exchange of gunfire that followed, the victim was shot in the chest and one 16-year-old suspect was shot multiple times throughout the body, PPD said. Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition, according to police. A second 16-year-old suspect was not injured and has been arr…
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Hollow-Point Ammo, Mags Seized After DUI Driver's Pursuit-Crash On Route 78: Police
A 20-year-old Allentown man was arrested after police seized a firearm, hollow-point bullets, and more after a pursuit-crash on Route 78 in New Jersey, authorities said. Trouble began for Franniel Reyes Saturday morning, July 27, when a New Jersey State Police trooper attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop in the eastbound lanes for a moving violation at Exit 7 in Bloomsbury, NJSP Sgt. Charles Marchan said. A short time later, another trooper not involved in the initial stop saw the vehicle disabled due to a crash on State Highway 173, according to Marchan. Reyes was seen by …
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Gunman Hid In Neighbor's Basement After Allentown Shooting: Authorities
Shots were fired during a domestic dispute at an Allentown home Friday morning, July 26, according to city police. It happened on the 500 block of North 13th Street around 8:45 a.m., authorities said in a release. Police made their way inside the home and found "evidence of recent gunfire," but the suspect had fled the scene, officials wrote. Joel Reyes, 30, was located in the basement of a neighboring home, found with a 9mm handgun, and arrested, APD said. He is charged with discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, reckless endangerment, and trespassing, author…
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Suspect Arrested For Shooting Pennsylvania State Police Corporal: Troopers
A Pennsylvania State Police Corporal was shot while conducting a warranted in Lancaster on Wednesday, July 24, PSP Troop J PIO James Grothey announced. The shooting happened when Troop J's Criminal Investigation Unit was conducting a search "pertaining to an ongoing armed robbery investigation and was to be executed on multiple storage units" at 629 East Fulton Street in Lancaster City at 6:19 a.m., Grothey detailed in a release. Before beginning the search, "After Troopers announced their presence and intentions to execute a search warrant," Grothey explained in an upda…
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'Armed And Dangerous' Killer Wanted In Philadelphia: Police
The accused gunman in a fatal Philadelphia shooting is "armed and dangerous," city police warned in a release on Thursday, July 18. Leiber Manrique, 53, is wanted for the July 15 killing of Omar Gaitan of the 700 block of Knorr Street, authorities said in a release. Gaitan was sitting in his Honda CRV when he was shot in the face on the 500 block of West Ruscomb Street, according to investigators. The 67-year-old was found just after midnight and taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries around 1 a.m., police said. A weapon was re…
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Amazon Driver Shot At Camp Counselor During Argument: Philadelphia Police (
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An Amazon delivery driver fired a gun at someone who asked him to move his truck on Wednesday, July 17, according to Philadelphia police. Terrel Hall-Williams, 28, is charged with aggravated assault and related counts, authorities said in a release. Hall-Williams' Amazon truck was on the 900 block of South 17th Street when a 23-year-old camp counselor asked him to move it around 3 p.m., officials said. The verbal argument turned physical and Hall-Williams got a gun from his vehicle, according to authorities. No one was injured in the shooting, police added. No cour…
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Reading Businessman Sold Fentanyl To Undercover Detectives, DA Says
Over a hundred fentanyl pills were seized in a Reading drug raid on Friday, July 12, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Gregory Borges, 60, was charged with drug and firearms offenses, prosecutors said. Detectives began investigating Borges in May and made multiple controlled buys of fentanyl from his business Gshirt Inc. at 921 Penn Street, authorities wrote in a release. "He was selling this lethal product and storing it at this location," the DA's Office said. Detectives obtained a search warrant for his business on Wednesday, July 10 and raided…
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Harrisburg Man Shot In Foot On Birthday By Business Partner: Affidavit
A 25-year-old man went to a billard club not because he was a pool shark but because he deals in stolen cars and had a score to settle, police alleged in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Isauly Deleon, 25 of New York, as known as Jani Nunezdeleon of the Dominican Republic, shot his former partner, Anderson Reyes-Guerrero, in his right foot on his 28th birthday during a meeting outside Club Med Billiards located at 101 South 38th Street on Wednesday, July 10, the Swatara Township police detailed in the affidavit of probable cause. The police learned about the incident…
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Driver Shot 'Multiple Times' Drives 7 Blocks To Safety, Philly Police Say
A gunshot victim drove seven blocks to safety after coming under fire in North Philadelphia on Wednesday night, July 10, city police say. The victim, an 18-year-old man, was outside his car on the 800 block of West Erie Avenue when a black sedan pulled up around 10:45 p.m., PPD said. A suspect got out of the vehicle and opened fire, striking the victim multiple times in the chest, according to officials. The shooter fled the scene and teen got back in his car, driving east until he came across police officers, authorities said. He was taken to Temple University Hospital in "cri…
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Roberto Gonzalez Charged In Steven Dalmasi's Murder: DA
An Allentown man faces homicide charges for the February killing of Miguel Dalmasi, prosecutors announced Tuesday, July 9. Roberto Gonzalez, 25, is also charged with reckless endangerment and weapons offenses, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Dalmasi, of Alburtis, was shot and killed during a birthday party for a 1-year-old relative on Feb. 17, authorities have said. The party was being held at the East Side Fire Social Hall, 405 E. Walnut St., when "several unknown men" wearing ski masks and hoodies showed up outside, according to investigators. …
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Police Name Three Victims Of Weekend Homicides In Philadelphia
Authorities have identified three people killed in three separate shootings across Philadelphia over the weekend. The 59-year-old woman killed in Kensington on Friday afternoon, June 28 was Gladys Rivera-Perez, city police said. Rivera-Perez was sitting on her porch when an argument broke out between "teenage females" on the 3400 block of Tampa Street, investigators believe. A man in a white car pulled up and got out brandishing a firearm, according to PPD. The suspect shot at a group of fleeing people, chased them, and then fired another shot on the 600 block o…
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Mugshot Released Of Murder Suspect In Shooting That Rattled NJ Town
The mugshot of a 34-year-old murder suspect arrested in a New Jersey shooting that rattled a small town has been released. Anthony Garvin, of Netcong, was charged with murder and possession of a firearm and lodged in the Berks County Jail in Leesport, PA, a spokesperson for the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said following the Thursday, June 28 incident. Garvin is believed responsible for the shooting at an Alphano Road home around 9:40 a.m. in Independence Township, Acting Prosecutor Anthony Picione said. A shelter in place was ordered for the neighborhood amidst a manhunt for Ga…
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'Operation Black Diamond': Feds Seek Alleged Philadelphia Fentanyl Trafficker
Eleven members of a suspected drug trafficking organization are in custody, federal authorities say. The group, allegedly headed by 30-year-old Wilfredo Avila, is accused of running "significant quantities" of fentanyl and cocaine throughout Philadelphia's Kensington and Fairhill sections from February 2023 through this month. The organization also "routinely offered and sold firearms of all kinds to its drug dealer customers," said the US Attorney's Office in a release on Thursday, June 13. Ten suspects were arrested and one more is awaiting transfer from anoth…
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Atlantic City Man Convicted Of Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors
An Atlantic City man was convicted of killing a Philadelphia man at an apartment complex, authorities said. A jury found 49-year-old Kenneth Creek guilty on Tuesday, June 11 of first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, and second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The court also found him guilty of second-degree certain persons not to possess firearms. Atlantic City police responded to the South Carolina Apartments complex at 1300 Baltic Avenue just after midni…
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Philly Man Who Pulled Gun On Atlantic City Driver At Traffic Light Sentenced: Prosecutors
A Philadelphia man will spend more than three years in prison after pulling a gun on a man in Atlantic City, authorities said. Sean Bennett, 31, was sentenced on Friday, June 7, to five years in state prison for second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. He must serve at least three-and-a-half years before he's eligible for parole. An Atlantic City officer was flagged down by a man near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Pacific Avenue at around 1:31 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. The v…
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Busts Dad Of Saquon Barkley With Loaded Gun In Unregistered Corvette
The father of Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was arrested with a loaded gun in a New York City traffic stop this week, police said. Police stopped Alibay Barkley, 55, of Whitehall, PA, in a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette with an obstructed license plates that didn't match the car, at East 140 St. and Third Avenue around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, the NYPD said. An investigation found that Barkley had a loaded gun and that the car was unregistered, police said. According to 6abc, Barkley told police the pink gun shared to X by the NYPD was his wife's gun that they keep for safet…
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Autopsy Results Revealed For Susquehanna Twp. HS Senior Killed 3 Days Before Graduation
The results of the autopsy for a high school senior, who was shot dead by a 13-year-old boy, were released by the Dauphin County Coroner on Friday, June 7. Tyron Perrin, 18 of Susquehanna Township, died from a gunshot wound to the chest and the manner was homicide, according to the coroner's report. He was allegedly shot by 13-year-old Zahkee Talib-Davis of Harrisburg, who has been charged as an adult with Murder and Carrying a Firearm Without a License, as Daily Voice previously reported. Perrion was found dead in an apartment in the 3600 block of Brookridge Te…
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Member Of 'Hit List' Burglary Crew That Targeted Asian Homeowners In NJ, NY, PA Sentenced
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A member of a burglary ring that specifically targeted Asian-American small business owners in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware was sentenced to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison. James Hurt, 48, of New York, and other members of the second-story crew worked from what the FBI called a hit list of dozens of homes in the four states based on “stereotype and opportunity" from Dec. 2, 2016, to March 20, 2019. The burglars often got into homes through unsecured upper-floor windows before seeking out cash, jewelry and guns, the FBI said In one instance, th…
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Philadelphia Police Shoot At Suspect In Stolen Car, Authorities Say
A city police officer fired their service weapon at a suspect in North Philadelphia on Monday afternoon, according to Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore. Officers were called to the 1000 block of West Dakota Street around 2:45 p.m. after a stolen car was spotted parked on the street, Vanore told reporters Monday evening. The vehicle, a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, was reportedly stolen earlier Monday. Vanore said officers called the Jeep's owner to the scene but saw a suspect enter the car while they were waiting for the owner to arrive. Officers confronted the suspect and a …
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Armed Man Arrested At Delaware County Walmart: Police
Authorities in Marple Township arrested an armed man at the 400 S. State Road Walmart this week, police said in a release. Officers were called about a person with a gun around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, police said. They arrived and made contact with "multiple individuals," including 22-year-old Michai Adams, according to the release. Police said they found a 9mm Glock 19 handgun fitted with a "switch" in Adams' bag. He was charged with prohibited offensive weapons and reckless endangerment, authorities said. Adams, of Lansdowne, has a preliminary hearing …
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Minor Caught With Gun After Chase Through Reading, Authorities Say
A "juvenile" faces weapons charges after leading police on a chase through Reading on Wednesday, Feb. 27, according to authorities. RPD said they pursued a car that fled from a traffic stop on the 400 block of North 3rd Street. Eventually, the driver bailed and fled on foot, the department said. When officers chased him down, he had a firearm with a Glock auto sear (or "switch") and an extended magazine in his possession, police said. VICE Criminal Investigators assisted patrol officers with the arrest, RPD added.
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