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Violent crimes

Video Shows Suspect In 15-Year-Old's Killing, Philly Police Say Video Shows Suspect In 15-Year-Old's Killing, Philly Police Say
Video Shows Suspect In 15-Year-Old's Killing, Philly Police Say Philadelphia police have released new footage of the suspect in a deadly Kensington shooting.  Authorities said a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot on the 2900 block of Ruth Street around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 9.  PPD footage  PhiladelphiaPolice The suspect was seen arriving and leaving in a black BMW, according to detectives. He was wearing a black hoodie with grey sweatpants and New Balance sneakers, they added.  Anyone with information is asked to call 215-686-8477 or submit a tip through the department's website. 
19-Year-Old Sought In Connection With Multiple Shootings, Robberies: Philadelphia PD 19-Year-Old Sought In Connection With Multiple Shootings, Robberies: Philadelphia PD
19-Year-Old Sought In Connection With Multiple Shootings, Robberies: Philadelphia PD Police in Philadelphia are looking for a 19-year-old man who they say is a person of interest in five violent crimes that took place in the last two weeks.  Brian Amerman of Philadelphia is wanted for a probation violation stemming from a 2022 arrest when he was charged with simple assault, reckless endangerment, and resisting, city police wrote in a release.  Amerman is a person of interest in the following incidents, according to the department:  On Friday, May 12, a 21-year-old man was depositing money at an ATM on the 6500 block of Roosevelt Boulevard when he was approa…
Reading 'Sevens' Gang Kingpin Gets Life In Prison: Feds Reading 'Sevens' Gang Kingpin Gets Life In Prison: Feds
Reading 'Sevens' Gang Kingpin Gets Life In Prison: Feds The "general" of a Reading street gang who "raped, robbed, caged, shot," and  "violently beat" his way to the top of the city's underworld will spend the rest of his natural life in federal prison, authorities say.  Karvarise Person, 33, was convicted last June of a litany of racketeering and conspiracy charges related to Reading's "Sevens" street gang, of which he was the "most ruthless leader," said US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero in a statement.  During the trial, federal prosecutors said Person was already a member of Gangster Disciples — "a national gang with roots…
Killers, Gangsters, Sex Offenders: US Marshals Capture 76,000 Fugitives Killers, Gangsters, Sex Offenders: US Marshals Capture 76,000 Fugitives
Killers, Gangsters, Sex Offenders: US Marshals Capture 76,000 Fugitives It's a staggering number: 75,846 fugitives were arrested by U.S. Marshals in the fiscal year 2022 -- an average of 303 per day of activity, the service reported.  These included: 9,911 sex offenders, including those charged or convicted of sexual assault, failing to register or comply with the requirements of the national sex offender registry, and other offenses; 5,189 gang members; 5,759 homicide suspects; 1,496 international and foreign fugitives; 986 fugitives charged in the special Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Program, which combines the resources and experti…
FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway
FBI Charges Newark Man With Carjacking Montclair Woman In Driveway Federal authorities took over the case of a Newark man charged with carjacking a Montclair woman at gunpoint in her driveway. Andy Cook, 23, was captured by Essex County sheriff's officers shortly after he and a gunman accosted the victim on Melrose Place in the township's Estate section shortly before 7:30 p.m. last Dec. 6, authorities said. The victim told police she'd just returned home when Cook's crony pointed a gun at her, demanded she get out of the car and ordered her to leave her purse, phone and keys behind, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The gunman ran away as Cook got …
NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team
NJ Ring That Dealt Fentanyl, Crack Smashed By Federal, County, Local Crime-Fighting Team Eleven accused members of a drug ring that authorities said openly peddled crack and potentially fatal fentanyl in a Newark neighborhood were charged federally on Wednesday. The ring's "primary supplier," Frazier Burton, 46, was caught with 100 bricks of heroin and fentanyl when tactical officers arrested him Wednesday morning, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. At 50 bags per brick, that's 5,000 individual packages -- all of which Honig said carried the neighborhood drug network's particular stamps. The case took several months for an ad hoc team of local, county and federal inve…
3 Wounded In Flurry Of Atlantic City Shootings 3 Wounded In Flurry Of Atlantic City Shootings
3 Wounded In Flurry Of Atlantic City Shootings A series of shootings left three people wounded in Atlantic City, authorities said. At 10:41 p.m. Monday, Atlantic City patrol officers responded to the 1200 block of Drexel Avenue in reference to a ShotSpotter alert, a police spokesman said. There was evidence of gunfire located, but no victim located on Drexel, police said. A short time later, a shooting victim, 25, was located in the 300 block of Rosemont Place. A second shooting victim, 46, was located inside a residence in the 100 block of north South Carolina Avenue. Both men were transported to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Cen…