Knife-Wielding Taco Bell Robber Nabbed By Off-Duty Cop In Bucks, Police Say Knife-Wielding Taco Bell Robber Nabbed By Off-Duty Cop In Bucks, Police Say
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…
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…
Teen Arrested For Rape, Robbery In Harrisburg: Police Teen Arrested For Rape, Robbery In Harrisburg: Police
Teen Arrested For Rape, Robbery In Harrisburg: Police A woman was found on the street after being hit in the head, raped, and robbed by a teenager, on Monday, January 16, authorities say. Harrisburg police were called to a report of an armed robbery at gunpoint in the area of South 13th and Berryhill streets around 8 a.m.  Upon arrival, the woman told them she was walking along the street when she was approached by a man she did not know who "displayed a handgun and ordered the victim to engage in sexual acts with him. The victim attempted to fight the suspect off and was struck by the suspect. The suspect then took items belonging to the…
Philly Police ID Temple Home Invasion Suspect (UPDATE) Philly Police ID Temple Home Invasion Suspect (UPDATE)
Philly Police ID Temple Home Invasion Suspect (Update) A suspect connected to two home invasion robberies near Temple University has been arrested, according to Philadelphia police.  Nasir Johnson, 25, of Germantown, faces multiple felony charges including kidnapping, terroristic threats, and burglary, authorities told Daily Voice.  Johnson was taken into custody Monday, Nov. 21 on the 4900 block of Royal Street, after officers found him driving a stolen car, police said.  As Daily Voice has reported, two men entered a student house on the 1300 block of North 15th Street at about 6 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 11. They rounded up 1…
'My Son Will Bash Your Skulls In,' PA Town's Public Works Director Apparently Told Young Boys 'My Son Will Bash Your Skulls In,' PA Town's Public Works Director Apparently Told Young Boys
'My Son Will Bash Your Skulls In,' PA Town's Public Works Director Apparently Told Young Boys The head of one Pennsylvania town's public works department was charged with harassing and terrorizing a pair of 11- and 12-year-old boys, at one point telling them he'd have his son "bash their skulls in," several news reports say citing authorities. The boys approached Easton's Dave Hopkins on Hamilton Street to show him a Pokemon card last month, to which Hopkins replied, "Good for you, [expletive] off," WFMZ says citing the Northampton County DA. The younger boy apparently muttered a curse word under his breath, prompting Hopkins to chase them down and say: "Take this as a lesson. …
Woman Instructed To Shoot Paterson Victim Misses, 2 Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor Woman Instructed To Shoot Paterson Victim Misses, 2 Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor
Woman Instructed To Shoot Paterson Victim Misses, 2 Charged With Attempted Murder: Prosecutor A Pennsylvania woman and a Newark woman have both been charged with attempted murder after one handed the other a gun, instructing her to shoot at a 31-year-old female victim who was not struck over the weekend in Paterson, authorities said. It started sometime before 3:40 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6 near Wait and Wood streets in Paterson, when Abriyah Griffin, 25, of Newark, gave 31-year-old Lakenya Griffin, of Minersville, PA, the gun and told her to shoot the victim, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Lakenya fired the weapon but missed the victim, who fled the scene — fol…
Two Penn State Students Arrested For Threats Posted On Social Media: Authorities Two Penn State Students Arrested For Threats Posted On Social Media: Authorities
Two Penn State Students Arrested For Threats Posted On Social Media: Authorities Two Penn State Altoona students have been arrested in connection to threats they made on social media, authorities say.  Juan Namakura, 19, of Illinois, was arrested first followed by Benjamin Dous, 20, of Pennsylvania for posting threats on the social media app Yik Yak — posting on the Altoona Penn State campus within 5 miles of each other on Oct. 30, according to the criminal complaints obtained by Daily Voice.  Nakamura posted first writing "don't come to school Monday if you want to live," the police stated in the complaint. Dous reportedly wrote “This Juan gang y’all don…
UPDATE: Accused Abuser Captured Day After Abandoning Children In Cancelled Amber Alert UPDATE: Accused Abuser Captured Day After Abandoning Children In Cancelled Amber Alert
Update: Accused Abuser Captured Day After Abandoning Children In Cancelled Amber Alert UPDATE: 39-year-old Kenneth Derrick Smiley was taken into custody by Harrisburg police on Friday afternoon, City of Harrisburg Director of Communications Matt Maisel told Daily Voice in an email on Oct. 28.  Additional information is expected to be released by the police at a later time. Follow Daily Voice for those updates.  ORIGINAL: A Pennsylvania statewide amber alert was canceled around 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, but the kidnapper remains at-large police say. Kenneth Derrick Smiley, 39, of the Harrisburg area, is wanted on multiple charges in connection with this and sev…
Teen Charged With Terroristic Threats In Lehigh Valley High School Evacuation: UPDATE Teen Charged With Terroristic Threats In Lehigh Valley High School Evacuation: UPDATE
Teen Charged With Terroristic Threats In Lehigh Valley High School Evacuation: Update UPDATE: A teen has been charged with terroristic threats after allegedly causing the evacuation of a Lehigh Valley high school early on Monday, Oct. 24, authorities announced. The 17-year-old — whose name was not released — was identified as the source of the threat that came into Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, requiring a full evacuation around 8:20 a.m., Bethlehem Police said. The threat was ultimately determined not to be credible, and students and staff have returned to the building on E. 3rd St. in Bethlehem to resume classes. The teen has been charged with terrorist…
Fugitive ID'd As Second Suspect In Double Slaying Of Teen Buddies In Suburban Philly: DA Fugitive ID'd As Second Suspect In Double Slaying Of Teen Buddies In Suburban Philly: DA
Fugitive ID'd As Second Suspect In Double Slaying Of Teen Buddies In Suburban Philly: DA A man who has been wanted for aggravated assault, terroristic threats and more has been identified as a second suspect in the double killings of two teen friends in Suburban Philadelphia, authorities announced. Deonte Kelly, 23, of Philadelphia — who also goes by the name "Taz" — is wanted on two courts of first- and second-degree murder, robbery and more, in connection with a Pottstown shooting that left two friends dead, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Dominic Carboni, of Shwenksville, had previously been arrested in the deaths of 17-year-old Skyler Fox and …
'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say 'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say
'Gonna Light It Off At 12,' Teen Philly Area High School Student Wrote In Threat, Police Say A Coatesville Area High School senior student has been charged with making the threat that closed his on Monday, Oct. 17, while he was off campus, authorities announced.  An unnamed 17-year-old from Valley Township allegedly sent a message that read: "Someone has a boom bag full of glass bottles, THE GLASS BOTTLES ARE FULL OF GAS AND ALCOHOL AND a lot OF TISSUES he said he’s gonna light it off at 12," according to a statement from the Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. The threat prompted a large police presence was reported at the school and students were evacuated to the foot…