Babysitter Beat Toddler Who Died In Bathtub: Philadelphia Police Babysitter Beat Toddler Who Died In Bathtub: Philadelphia Police
Babysitter Beat Toddler Who Died In Bathtub: Philadelphia Police A 23-year-old babysitter has been charged with multiple offenses after the 3-year-old she was babysitting was found unresponsive in a bathtub and later died, authorities said. Kiarali Rodriguez-Ayala is believed to have assaulted the toddler and one other child on Friday, Feb. 17, Philadelphia police said. The 3-year-old girl was rushed to CHOP at 2:30 a.m., after she was found unresponsive apparently by Rodriguez-Ayala in the tub, police said. The girl was pronounced dead at the hospital an hour later, police said. After contacting DHS, the 16th District officers transported Rodriguez-Aya…
Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police
Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police A woman in Chester County is charged with corrupting minors after cops say she cheered on a child during a fistfight.  Arielis Vargas, 30, of Kennett Square, escorted a "juvenile child" to a location so the youth could fight another child, police claimed in a statement.  Investigators said that video from the incident shows Vargas "shouting and encouraging the juveniles to fight," and filming the bout herself.  Vargas was charged with corruption of minors, disorderly conduct, terroristic threats, and simple assault, and was released after posting a $10,000 bail bond, court r…
Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say
Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say A man who spent five years behind bars for building pipe bombs and cooking methamphetamine in his apartment is on the run after pulling knives on Pennsylvania state police during a chase, authorities say.  State police are warning residents of Huntingdon County and surrounding areas to use “extreme caution” if they come across 40-year-old Jedediah Rawlings, of Alexandria, according to a release on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.  Rawlings was pulled over by Pennsylvania state police in a traffic stop when they attempted to serve a warrant for his arrest on 2nd Street in Huntingdon on…
Bucks Felon Sentenced For Strangling, Beating Girlfriend Bucks Felon Sentenced For Strangling, Beating Girlfriend
Bucks Felon Sentenced For Strangling, Beating Girlfriend A Bucks County convict is going back to prison for beating, strangling, and threatening to kill his then-girlfriend, District Attorney Matthew Weintraub has announced.  Qadir Jones, a 31-year-old Doylestown resident, previously pleaded guilty in November to simple assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, and related charges stemming from a domestic incident early last year, the DA said.  On Jan. 11, 2022, police were called to the 400 block of Dogwood Lane in Richland Township by a woman who said she was being threatened with a knife. Authorities arrived to find the woman with…
Machete-Wielding Driver Arrested In Poconos: Report Machete-Wielding Driver Arrested In Poconos: Report
Machete-Wielding Driver Arrested In Poconos: Report A furious driver in Monroe County leapt from his car, brandished a machete, and threatened to kill people along Route 940 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, according to a report by WFMZ.  Pocono Mountain Regional police were called to the Mcdonald's in Mount Pocono at around 10 a.m. where two drivers had reportedly gotten into a verbal argument.  Witnesses told police that one of the men produced a machete and vowed to use it before hopping in his car and fleeing the scene, the outlet added. No injuries were reported.  The suspect, later identified by police as 31-year-old Matthew Eannuz…
Delaware Man Robs Woman Pumping Gas In Chesco: Police Delaware Man Robs Woman Pumping Gas In Chesco: Police
Delaware Man Robs Woman Pumping Gas In Chesco: Police A Delaware man sits in a Pennsylvania jail cell for robbing a Chester County woman while she fueled up, authorities say.  The victim was standing near a pump at the Sunoco gas station at 8955 Gap Newport Pike in Avondale at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, when a man ran up and wrestled away her wallet, Southern Chester Regional Police said.  Bystanders rushed to the woman's aid, and the thief fled on foot, the department said. A search began, and the suspect was able to evade police by ducking through a nearby CVS.  A few minutes later and a block away, police arrest…
'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police 'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police
'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police "I beat the shit out of her," a mother told the police after her barefoot 14-year-old girl was found with bleeding welts on the back of her legs after running away from her mom, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.   38-year-old Shanon Marie Warren admitted to the brutal assault to the Chambersburg police on Nov. 19 around 9:30 p.m., according to a release by the police and confirmed in court documents. The police had first been called to a report of a girl seen running without shoes on and then refusing to go home with her mom when she found her at a fri…
Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police
Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police A 42-year-old suburban Philadelphia man has been charged with trying to kill his mom on Thanksgiving authorities said. Michael D. Giffing is accused of assaulting his mom, Dorothy Giffing, around 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24, West Chester police said. Authorities responded to the home on the 300 Block of W. Ashbridge Street on reports of an unconscious person who had fallen, police said. While en route , the call was upgraded to a possible cardiac arrest.  The injuries that Dorothy suffered were not consistent with a fall, authorities said. She was taken to Chester Co…
Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police
Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police Just days before Halloween a tenant in Ephrata experienced something seemingly out of a horror movie as their screams were the only thing that helped stop the masked former convict who was using an axe to attempt to break into their apartment, authorities announced on Nov. 28.  Keron Diwilliams Shockley, 30, of Leola formerly of Ephrata, was arrested in connection with the incident on Nov. 17, according to Ephrata police and court documents.  Shockley, shockingly attempted to use the axe to break through the windows and door of an apartment in the first block of Washington Ave, Ep…
Chesco Man Gropes Woman At West Chester Bar, Say Police Chesco Man Gropes Woman At West Chester Bar, Say Police
Chesco Man Gropes Woman At West Chester Bar, Say Police A Chester County man is charged with indecent assault after police say he groped a woman at a West Chester bar.  Officers were dispatched to the 50 block of West Gay Street just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13 for a reported disturbance inside of a bar, West Chester police said in a statement.  Investigators determined that 28-year-old Jacob Robinette of Thorndale had inappropriately touched a woman at the bar, authorities said.  Robinette then assaulted another patron who confronted him about the groping, police believe.  The 28-year-old was arrested at the scene, boo…
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.  That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
Chesco Man Choked Child, Slammed Woman Into Car During Argument: Police Chesco Man Choked Child, Slammed Woman Into Car During Argument: Police
Chesco Man Choked Child, Slammed Woman Into Car During Argument: Police A Chester County man accused of violently assaulting a woman and choking a child was convicted this week, authorities say.  A Chesco jury found Adrian Rodriguez, 37, of Kennett Square, guilty of simple assault and child endangerment, District Attorney Deb Ryan said in a statement.  According to police, Rodriguez was arrested outside a home on the 500 block of Las Rosas Drive in Kennett Square on Nov. 24, 2021 following a domestic disturbance. At the time, Kennett Square police accused him of "grabb[ing] a juvenile by the collar of their shirt" and "choking them." An adu…