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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…
DA: Gunman Named 'Backdoor Phat' Arrested In Deadly PA Shooting, 2nd Suspect At Large
One suspect was in custody while the other remained at large in connection with a Chester City shooting that killed a 19-year-old man last year, authorities said Tuesday.
Anthony Jordan, 18, aka “Backdoor _Phat," was charged with murder of the first, second, and third-degree, as well as conspiracy, robbery, aggravated assault, and related firearms charges in the December 2020 murder of 19-year-old Zamir Abdullah, according to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.
He was additionally charged with attempted murder of the first degree, robbery, and aggravated assault i…
