Philadelphia Man Freed From Life Sentence, Witness Bribed With Sex For Lies Philadelphia Man Freed From Life Sentence, Witness Bribed With Sex For Lies
Philadelphia Man Freed From Life Sentence, Witness Bribed With Sex For Lies A Philadelphia inmate who served 37 years in state prison walked out of the facility a free man on Tuesday after a federal court tossed his 1984 murder conviction. Willie Stokes, 61, was sentenced to life behind bars after police bribed a witness in his case -- Franklin Lee with -- sex, drugs, and a light sentence in exchange for false testimony in the 1980 case, officials said. A hug from his mom and a corned beef hoagie were what he looked forward to getting most, the Associated Press reports. Lee was being held on unrelated rape and murder charges at the time, and said he "felt weak and …
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services are scheduled this coming Saturday for a Paterson man who was shot and killed in a confrontation with city police detectives. Witnesses insist that Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, 25, was gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday night after detectives chased him down an alley in a mixed-use neighborhood of multi-family homes and businesses near the Passaic River New Jersey's top law enforcer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, said that a 9mm handgun was found near McKnight's body. Investigators had made an arrest there hours earlier and were looking for another …
3 Arrested For Gun Trafficking Across Greater Philadelphia Region: DA 3 Arrested For Gun Trafficking Across Greater Philadelphia Region: DA
3 Arrested For Gun Trafficking Across Greater Philadelphia Region: DA Three men were charged in connection with a gun trafficking ring that operated across several counties in southeastern Pennsylvania in 2020, authorities announced Monday. Tyrone Dansby, 24, and an 18-year-old charged with juvenile conduct, both of Philadelphia, are accused of conspiring to buy 69 firearms in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, and Lehigh counties with the intent of re-selling them without serial numbers, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Special Agent-in-Charge of the Department of Justice Matthew P. Varisco. Additionally, Quam…
Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat
Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat An assistant middle school principal has been sentenced for soliciting nude photos of young girls, according to court documents and the Snyder County district attorney's office. Christopher Scott Morrison, 40, of New Bloomfield worked at Selinsgrove, Area School District during which time he used Snapchat to contact four girls ages 11 to 14, the Lewistown Sentinel reported court documents and according to the the release for the DA. He was suspended without pay and later resigned from the school before charges were filed in May 2020, according to the Sentinel's report. Morrison was charge…
PA Drug Dealer Assaults Police Officer, DA Says PA Drug Dealer Assaults Police Officer, DA Says
PA Drug Dealer Assaults Police Officer, DA Says A Philadelphia Man assaulted a police officer while he was being arrested for possessing cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. The Lancaster County Drug Task Force stopped an ongoing Philadelphia-Lancaster drug operation by arresting a drug dealer on Oct. 8, according to a statement released by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office on Thursday. Police received information that Larry Mills, 38, of Philadelphia, was selling cocaine in Lancaster City, according to the district attorney's release. Mills was apprehended during …
Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old
Glen Rock PD: Washington State Man, 24, Traveled 2,500 Miles To Sexually Assault 14-Year-Old A 24-year-old man traveled 2,500 miles from his home in the Pacific Northwest to have sex with a 14-year-old Glen Rock child, police said. Devin C. Curtis was arrested by police in Clarkston, WA, on Tuesday and waived extradition to New Jersey to face charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The FBI and law enforcement agencies in both Clarkston and Moscow, Idaho assisted after the child's parents told borough detectives of an "online relationship their child was having with an individual that they believed was a…
DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64
DA: Jury Finds Chester County Man Guilty But Mentally Ill In Strangulation Death Of Woman, 64 A jury found an Oxford man guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder and strangulation after a 64-year-old woman was found strangled in the home she shared with him in 2018, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Oxford police were called to a home on Brick Road in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, for the report of an unresponsive female in the bathroom, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When officers arrived, Daniel Proffitt, 47, was outside the home and claimed that the victim had attacked him with a butcher knife so h…
SENTENCED! Violent Child Rapist Gets Up To 202 Years In Dauphin County Prison SENTENCED! Violent Child Rapist Gets Up To 202 Years In Dauphin County Prison
Sentenced! Violent Child Rapist Gets Up To 202 Years In Dauphin County Prison A violent sexual predator in Dauphin County has been sentenced to 101 up to 202 years in jail, according to the district attorney. James A. Dubuisson, 44, of Lower Paxton Township, was sentenced Wednesday following his jury of rape, burglary, strangulation, unlawful restraint of a minor, false imprisonment of a minor, terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, and tampering with evidence. The case is based on an incident which occurred on July 21, 2019. Dubuisson unlawfully entered a home in Lower Paxton Township and raped the juvenile victim at knife-point…
Air Force Vet, Correctional Officer Jeremy Callender Of Schwenksville Dies, 35 Air Force Vet, Correctional Officer Jeremy Callender Of Schwenksville Dies, 35
Air Force Vet, Correctional Officer Jeremy Callender Of Schwenksville Dies, 35 Air Force veteran and correctional officer Jeremy Callender of Schwenksville died on April 3. He was 35 years old. Born in Sellersville, Callender graduated from Souderton Area High School in 2003, and graduated from American Military University in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, according to his obituary. Callender worked in logistics with the United States Air Force for 11 years, and later worked at the Bureau of Corrections in Graterford, his memorial says. Callender's obituary remembered him as someone who "loved being in the outdoors enjoying camping, voll…
DA: State College Psychologist Imprisoned For Sex Assault Of Patients Accused Of Raping Child DA: State College Psychologist Imprisoned For Sex Assault Of Patients Accused Of Raping Child
DA: State College Psychologist Imprisoned For Sex Assault Of Patients Accused Of Raping Child A former State College psychologist previously sentenced for sexually assaulting two of his patients is facing new charges for reportedly raping a child, authorities said. Richard Lenhart was charged in 2014 for sexually assaulting at least two patients, and fraudulently submitting insurance claims totaling over $70,000, according to Attorney General Josh Shapiro. In 2016, Lenhart was sentenced to time state prison for those crimes, Shapiro said. In July 2019, a new victim reported to State College police that she had been raped by Lenhart on a regular basis from 2006 to 2014 when he was t…
Amie Harwick's Accused Killer Ex-Boyfriend Finally Has Preliminary Hearing Date Amie Harwick's Accused Killer Ex-Boyfriend Finally Has Preliminary Hearing Date
Amie Harwick's Accused Killer Ex-Boyfriend Finally Has Preliminary Hearing Date The alleged killer and ex-boyfriend of renowned Los Angeles sex therapist and North Penn High School graduate Amie Harwick has been granted a preliminary hearing date, NorthPennNow reports. Garret Pursehouse 41, is accused of strangling 38-year-old Harwick and throwing her over the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills home -- the latter of which killed her on Feb. 15, 2020, the LA medical examiner said. Purehouse was arrested in February 2020 and posted on $2 million bond, then re-arrested in April 2020 after pleading not guilty to both charges of murder and robber…
Bucks County Hunter Surrenders Months After Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Jason Kutt Bucks County Hunter Surrenders Months After Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Jason Kutt
Bucks County Hunter Surrenders Months After Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Jason Kutt Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 52-year-old man in the deadly October shooting of 18-year-old Jason Albert Kutt in Nockamixon State Park. Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster, surrendered to authorities on Dec. 30, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. "Clearly this isn’t a perfect ending,” he said. “Perfect would mean we have Jason back. But that’s just not how real life works, that’s not how criminal justice works, so this isn’t even really a happy ending, but it is a fair and a just and a final ending.” Kutt, of Sellersville, was sitting wit…