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Swastika Painted On Telephone Pole In Bucks County Swastika Painted On Telephone Pole In Bucks County
Swastika Painted On Telephone Pole In Bucks County Police in Warrington are seeking the vandal who painted a swastika on a utility pole.  The offending image was found on a Verizon pole along residential Folly Road early Friday, Oct. 27, authorities said.  It was apparently made using white spray paint and measured about a foot in each direction, according to Warrington police Chief Daniel J. Friel.  The responding officer was able to cover it up immediately using traffic marking paint he had on hand, officials said.  Special to Daily Voice “This symbol of hate was removed immediately, and we are thankful to the resident who reported t…
'Get Money Squad' Stole $250K In Wire From Philly Area Utility Poles: DA 'Get Money Squad' Stole $250K In Wire From Philly Area Utility Poles: DA
'Get Money Squad' Stole $250K In Wire From Philly Area Utility Poles: DA Authorities in Bucks County say they have taken down a criminal group that stole more than $250,000 in copper wiring from area utility poles.  Eight members of the so-called "Get Money Squad" are in police custody and a ninth is sought, said District Attorney Matthew Weintraub's office.  Investigators say the organization targeted Verizon poles in Makefield, Warminster, Bensalem, and Bristol.  The crew would "case" poles throughout lower Bucks, climb up them when the coast was clear, and "lop off" the wires, prosecutors said. On the ground, they would burn off the plastic coating and remo…
'American Cultures' Teacher, PA Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik 'American Cultures' Teacher, PA Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik
'American Cultures' Teacher, PA Dad Admits To Uploading Child Porn To Kik The former eighth-grade "American Cultures" teacher at Hershey Middle School, Arthur "Art" Neal Titzel has pleaded guilty and been sentenced after being caught uploading videos of child pornography to the social media app Kik, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  The 53-year-old from Camp Hill is "a teacher of American history interested in the many stories that tell us who we are and where we came from," according to one of his many social media accounts. Apparently, social media is what got him in trouble as the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office charged hi…
911 Knocked Out Across PA Due To Verizon Outage: Officials 911 Knocked Out Across PA Due To Verizon Outage: Officials
911 Knocked Out Across PA Due To Verizon Outage: Officials More than a dozen Pennsylvania counties experienced loss of access to 911 services due to a Verizon outage on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 7 and 8, state officials say.  The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said around 6 p.m. Thursday that 16 different counties had their service interrupted as a result of the outage, including:  Bradford Carbon Columbia Clinton Lackawanna Luzerne Lycoming Montour Pike Schuylkill Snyder Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Wayne Wyoming  Also affected were Monroe and Schuylkill counties, their emergency management services confirmed in separate …
Felony ID Theft Charges For NJ Man With 7 Verizon iPads In Lehigh Valley Delivery Scheme: PD Felony ID Theft Charges For NJ Man With 7 Verizon iPads In Lehigh Valley Delivery Scheme: PD
Felony ID Theft Charges For NJ Man With 7 Verizon iPads In Lehigh Valley Delivery Scheme: PD A Passaic County man who was found with seven iPads during a delivery scheme involving a bogus Verizon customer service rep in the Lehigh Valley area was arrested and charged with felony identity theft and several other offenses, authorities said. Officers responding to a fraudulent activity report on the 1800 block of Felicity Lane in Lower Saucon Township met with a victim around 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the department said. The victim told police that she had received a Verizon package in the mail with an Apple IPad Pro that had been fraudulently purchased through her Verizon acc…
Suspects In South Jersey Verizon Store Theft Caught In Philadelphia, One Still At Large: VIDEO Suspects In South Jersey Verizon Store Theft Caught In Philadelphia, One Still At Large: VIDEO
Suspects In South Jersey Verizon Store Theft Caught In Philadelphia, One Still At Large: Video UPDATED: A tracking device helped South Jersey police nab three suspects in a Verizon store robbery, though one remains at large, authorities said. Four suspects stole $40,000 in cash and electronic devices during the armed robbery at the Route 73 store in Voorhees Township around 9 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, Voorhees police said. The Verizon employees were restrained with duct tape, they said. A tracker within one of the stolen electronics led officers to a sedan with Florida plates in Philadelphia, where three suspects were nabbed with help from a Philadelphia police helicopter, and a fourt…
Bucks Man Busted With Child Porn In Sneaky Way: Report Bucks Man Busted With Child Porn In Sneaky Way: Report
Bucks Man Busted With Child Porn In Sneaky Way: Report A 38-year-old Bucks County man was arrested for uploading child porn onto a messaging app and saving it on his devices, LevittownNow reports. William Henry Brown III sent videos of child porn onto his Kik account in June, the outlet says. Local and federal authorities worked with Verizon to trace the user's account to a Bristol Township home where Brown lived. Multiple child porn files were recovered on Brown's cell phone and computer during a July 13 raid, according to the outlet. Click here for more from LevittownNow.
Witnesses Sought After Lehigh Valley Hit-And-Run Crash Takes Down Wires, Closes Road (PHOTOS) Witnesses Sought After Lehigh Valley Hit-And-Run Crash Takes Down Wires, Closes Road (PHOTOS)
Witnesses Sought After Lehigh Valley Hit-And-Run Crash Takes Down Wires, Closes Road (Photos) See anything? Police are seeking information following a hit-and-run crash that took down wires and caused a several-hour road closure in the Lehigh Valley. The crash — which involved a truck —occurred on the 2700 block of Redington Road in Lower Saucon Township around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 20, local police said. The truck was heading toward Lower Saucon Road when it took down numerous Verizon wires before leaving the scene, closing the roadway for several hours, police said. Click here to view additional photos. Anyone with information about the crash aside from the name on the truc…
NJ Man Used TikTok To Solicit Sexual Photos From PA Girls: DA NJ Man Used TikTok To Solicit Sexual Photos From PA Girls: DA
NJ Man Used TikTok To Solicit Sexual Photos From PA Girls: DA A 26-year-old New Jersey man was arrested and found with child porn after he used social media to solicit sexually explicit photos from Pennsylvania girls, authorities said. An investigation began on April 20 when the dad of two girls, ages 11 and 12, told the Montgomery County Detective Bureau that his daughters had been solicited to send naked images via TikTok and text messages by a man later identified as Ryan Corcoran, of Andover, NJ, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The dad claimed he learned of the communications when one of his daughters told him t…
Ex-Bethlehem Finance Director Resold Phones Bought With City Funds To Get Richer: DA Ex-Bethlehem Finance Director Resold Phones Bought With City Funds To Get Richer: DA
Ex-Bethlehem Finance Director Resold Phones Bought With City Funds To Get Richer: DA A former Bethlehem finance director was charged on Thursday, June 2, with misusing city funds to buy thousands of dollars worth of electronics, reselling them, and pocketing the proceeds, authorities said. Mark Sivak, 44, used the city’s Verizon account to buy and resell at least 31 cellphones between November 2019 and April 2022 for a total of $12,630, Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck said alongside the City of Bethlehem Police Department. He also apparently admitted to ordering additional items from the city's Verizon account over the past six months and bri…
More Details Emerge After PA Teacher Killed In Front Of Her Three-Year-Old Daughter: Police More Details Emerge After PA Teacher Killed In Front Of Her Three-Year-Old Daughter: Police
More Details Emerge After PA Teacher Killed In Front Of Her Three-Year-Old Daughter: Police New details are emerging about a dispute between neighbors that ended in a murder-suicide. Erin Michelle Walker, 36, was shot dead by her neighbor, Daniel Berry, 59, in an apparent murder-suicide in the 400 block of Hill Street in Spring Garden Township around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, May 21— she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, May, 22, according to the York County coroner’s office. Her killer, Berry, was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to a separate release from the coroner’s office. It is now known that Walker’s 3-year-o…
iPhone 13 Thief Sought By NJ State Police iPhone 13 Thief Sought By NJ State Police
iPhone 13 Thief Sought By NJ State Police New Jersey State Police seek the public's help identifying two men who allegedly stole an iPhone from a store in Cape May County. On Thursday, April 15 at approximately 6:50 p.m., two men entered the Verizon store in Upper Township, took an iPhone 13, and left the store without paying, State Police said. The first suspect is described as a white male, of medium build. He was last seen wearing glasses, a black sweatshirt, black pants, and black sneakers. The second suspect is described as a Hispanic male with a tattoo on his neck. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black …
'I'll Chain Myself To The Pole,' Says PA Mansion Owner Fighting Verizon 5G Tower 'I'll Chain Myself To The Pole,' Says PA Mansion Owner Fighting Verizon 5G Tower
'I'll Chain Myself To The Pole,' Says PA Mansion Owner Fighting Verizon 5G Tower What would you do if a cell phone company attempted to put a tower right in the front of your dream home? One Harrisburg man is willing to chain himself in his yard if Verizon tries putting a 5G Tower in front of his home, according to a recent report by PennLive. Construction began on a 5G Tower at the historic King mansion located in the 2900 block of North Front Street earlier this month. Homeowner, Marc Kurowski, was shocked when he looked out of his window one morning to discover the construction crew outside of the historic mansion, as he told theBurg. This is the second time V…