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Second Teen Charged With Chester High Schooler's Murder: Police Second Teen Charged With Chester High Schooler's Murder: Police
Second Teen Charged With Chester High Schooler's Murder: Police A second suspect is in custody for the June 9 murder of Sabrie Pierce, according to Chester police.  Tyjohn Walker-Jones, 16, is being charged as an adult with first-degree murder and related offenses, said authorities in a release last Wednesday, July 17.  He's accused of shooting 17-year-old Pierce at the Wallingford Estates Apartments, 2701 Madison Street, according to investigators. Abdullah Muslim, 17, is also charged in connection with the deadly shooting.  Walker-Jones was arrested in Newark, Delaware on Tuesday, July 16, and is awaiting extradition to Penns…
Camden's Angel Manuel Diaz, Food Bank Worker, Dies Suddenly At 45 Camden's Angel Manuel Diaz, Food Bank Worker, Dies Suddenly At 45
Camden's Angel Manuel Diaz, Food Bank Worker, Dies Suddenly At 45 Angel Manuel Diaz, of Camden and formerly of Philadelphia, died suddenly on June 3 in Philadelphia, according to an obituary published by Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Home. He was 45 years old. Angel graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1997, and for the past decade, has worked at the Food Bank of Delaware, his obituary said. He started as a maintenance coordinator and climbed his way up to serve as Director of Fleet and Logistics overseeing the Food Bank of Delaware's team of drivers and fleet of vehicles in both Newark and Milford, Delaware.  He was loved by his team …
Ex-Employees Defrauded Chesco Business Out Of $133K, Police Believe Ex-Employees Defrauded Chesco Business Out Of $133K, Police Believe
Ex-Employees Defrauded Chesco Business Out Of $133K, Police Believe Four former workers at a Kennet Square company wrote phony checks for over a year to steal more than $130,000 from their ex-boss, according to borough police.  Authorities said they were contacted by a West State Street business in April about fraudulent bank activity. The owner told investigators that some employees were previously given permission to write checks for business-related purposes.  After that, officials said the owner discovered approximately $133,000 in bogus checks had been inked in the company's name. The alleged fraud was first noticed in September 2022 but may…
Serial Retail Burglar Strikes In Berks County, Police Say Serial Retail Burglar Strikes In Berks County, Police Say
Serial Retail Burglar Strikes In Berks County, Police Say A suspected serial burglar robbed a Berks County hardware store in what police say is his 15th theft from area retailers.  It happened on Thursday, Feb. 16 at around 1 a.m., Caernarvon Township police said in a statement.  The suspect pulled into the Lowe's at 340 Crossings Blvd., walked behind the store, and stole a Craftsman Zero Turn Lawn Mower, they continued. The same model lawn mower is valued at $3,099 on Lowe's website.  Investigators believe the same man is responsible for no less than 14 similar thefts at Lowe's locations throughout the region, inclu…
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production A pair of young filmmakers from the Baltimore area were killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Delaware while returning from a production in Philadelphia, according to news reports and those who knew them. Martin Whittier, 37, and Nate Brubaker, 27, were heading south in a 2020 BMW M2 when the car became disabled in the middle lane of the highway around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 in Newark, DE, according to Delaware State Police and the pair's associates. A white 2017 Freightliner box truck also traveling southbound struck the BMW from behind, and pushed it in southern direction, towa…
Ex-Manager Of PA Country Club Learns His Fate For Stealing $147K Ex-Manager Of PA Country Club Learns His Fate For Stealing $147K
Ex-Manager Of PA Country Club Learns His Fate For Stealing $147K A 58-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 days to 23 months in Chester County prison for stealing nearly $150,000 from the country club he managed, authorities said. Anthony Lucas, of Newark, DE was convicted in December 2021 on theft charges for cashing unauthorized checks using Phoenixville Country Club funds, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said.  His co-defendants Grace Crosson and Amy Clark also pleaded guilty to related charges. While working as the club's general manager, Lucas, along with Crosson and Clark, cashed either unauthorized checks or over-the-lim…
Two PA State Police Troopers Hurt In Crash Two PA State Police Troopers Hurt In Crash
Two PA State Police Troopers Hurt In Crash Hazardous road conditions are to blame for the crash that injured two Pennsylvania state police troopers Wednesday, March 9 in Chester County, authorities said. The troopers were responding to a possible burglary in progress when they lost control of their patrol vehicle and slid off a slick road near the intersection of Baltimore Pike and University Road in Lower Oxford around 9:15 a.m., according to Trooper Kevin Kochka and CBS3. Both troopers were taken to Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE with non-life-threatening injuries, Trooper Kochka confirmed.
Missing Philly Woman Found Dead On Delaware College Campus: Reports Missing Philly Woman Found Dead On Delaware College Campus: Reports
Missing Philly Woman Found Dead On Delaware College Campus: Reports A missing Philadelphia woman was found dead Wednesday on a college campus in Delaware, according to multiple news reports citing authorities. The body of Kim "Darlene" Ezell, 59, was discovered in a parking lot at the Delaware Technical Community College campus in Newark. She was first reported missing on Jan. 5, after her 77-year-old male roommate was found shot to death in their home on the 1700 block of West Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, her family told NBC10. Six days later, Philadelphia police arrested and charged Walter Head, 31, in the murder of her roommate. It was no…
5 Teens Arrested In Philadelphia Carjacking Of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon 5 Teens Arrested In Philadelphia Carjacking Of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
5 Teens Arrested In Philadelphia Carjacking Of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon Delaware State Police have arrested five suspects hours after the gunpoint carjacking of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon in South Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. Police recovered the 2017 Blue Acura MDX belonging to Rep. Scanlon around 9 p.m. at 2800 Fashion Center Boulevard in Newark, Delaware State Police said. Her car was stolen by two armed men after a meeting around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in FDR Park on Pattison Avenue, her office said in a statement. Her personal cell phone, government cell phone, purse, and identification were also taken by the suspects, according to…
Philadelphia Man Among 2 Charged In Kidnapping Of UDel Student Philadelphia Man Among 2 Charged In Kidnapping Of UDel Student
Philadelphia Man Among 2 Charged In Kidnapping Of UDel Student A Philadelphia resident was one of two men charged with trying to kidnap a University of Delaware student from her off-campus apartment, authorities said. The victim had recently met Rene Villate Umpierre, 20, and invited him inside on Saturday night, several news outlets report citing Newark, DE police. Umpierre went inside as Keniel Rivera Peraza, 24, of Elkton, MD, waited outside in a car, authorities said. Umpierre eventually became aggressive while inside, strangling the woman and trying to remove her from a bedroom of a resident at a student-housing complex on Hamlet Way aro…
FBI Raids PA Proud Boys' Offices FBI Raids PA Proud Boys' Offices
FBI Raids PA Proud Boys' Offices The FBI raided the offices of the Proud Boys’ Philadelphia chapter and home of the vice president on Friday, as first reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer. Aaron Whallon Wolkind, 37, of Newark, DE, woke up to more than a dozen FBI agents in riot gear ordering him out of his house over a loudspeaker before dawn Friday morning, the outlet reports citing Wolkind's attorney Jonathon Moseley. Whether or not Wolkind spoke to federal agents about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been a "subject about a lot of speculation," Moseley told Daily Voice. There has been a lot of conflicting information …
PA State Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stealing Money, Jewelry, Meds From ChesCo Home PA State Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stealing Money, Jewelry, Meds From ChesCo Home
PA State Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stealing Money, Jewelry, Meds From ChesCo Home PA State Police are seeking the public's help locating a man who they say stole money, jewelry, and prescription medication from a Chester County family's home while they were on vacation a few years ago. Troopers were notified of a burglary at a home on Ayrshire Drive in London Britain Township around 6:45 p.m. on April 1, 2016, PA State Police said. Through the course of an investigation, authorities identified the alleged suspect as Michael Alessandrini, 40, of Newark, Delaware, and he was charged with burglary, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, and criminal tresp…
PA, Delaware, Maryland Sex Trafficker Who Brutalized Victims Gets 35 Years In Fed Pen PA, Delaware, Maryland Sex Trafficker Who Brutalized Victims Gets 35 Years In Fed Pen
PA, Delaware, Maryland Sex Trafficker Who Brutalized Victims Gets 35 Years In Fed Pen UPDATE: A Delaware man was sentenced in federal court in Philadelphia on Monday to 35 years in prison for running a multi-state sex trafficking operation that brutally victimized vulnerable young women and underage girls for years. From 2012 to 2017, Dkyle Bridges, 35, of Claymont, and two accomplices preyed on mostly homeless victims in southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and elsewhere who “needed financial and emotional support in their lives,” Deputy United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen said. Bridges lured victims “into the trafficking circle with false promises of that kin…