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PA Man Who Beheaded Gov't Employee Dad On YouTube Faces Execution If Convicted: DA
A 32-year-old man who beheaded his dad and posted an approximately 14-minute-long video showing the head on YouTube was arraigned and told he could face the death penalty if convicted, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Oct. 4. Justin Mohn of Levittown allegedly shot and beheaded his government employee dad, 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn, in a bathroom at his parents' home in the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive, in Middletown Township on Jan. 30, 2024, DA Jennifer Schorn explained citing the police investigation. Authorities believe Justin Mohn was …
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Death Penalty Sought For Woman Accused Of Killing Pittsburgh Friend's Baby, Abusing Twin
The death penalty is being sought against a PhD student from New Jersey who is accused of killing an infant boy and abusing his twin brother in Pennsylvania, according to court records obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Sept. 6. Nicole Virzi, 30, a PhD student who graduated from Northern Highlands Regional High School, was charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, child endangerment, and more in connection with the incidents last June. The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty in Virzi's case on Thursday,…
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Death Penalty Sought For Parents: Timeline Details Horrors Inflicted Before PA Girl's Death
The parents of 12-year-old Malinda Hoagland face new charges related to her death in May, prosecutors said on Thursday, July 25. The Chester County District Attorney's Office said it intends to pursue the death penalty for both Malinda's father, 52-year-old Rendell Hoagland, and her "de facto stepmother," 45-year-old Cindy Warren. Rendell Hoagland and Cindy Warren are being charged in the death of 12-year-old Malinda Hoagland. Chester County DA's Office At the time of her death, Malinda weighed 50 pounds and was covered in approximately 75 individually identifi…
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DA Will Not Seek Death Penalty For Temple Policeman's Accused Killer
The death penalty will not be sought for the 19-year-old charged with Officer Christopher Fitzgerald's murder, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, July 10. Fitzgerald, a 31-year-old Temple University policeman and father of four, was fatally shot on Feb. 18 during an armed robbery on West Montgomery Avenue, authorities have said. Eighteen-year-old Miles Pfeffer was arrested at his Buckingham Township home the following day using Fitzgerald's handcuffs. He was charged with murder, homicide of a law enforcement officer, VUFA, and related co…
Police & Fire
Bucks County Triple Homicide Suspect Extradited To Bucks County
Andre Gordon Jr., who is accused of killing three people including his 13-year-old sister last month, was extradited to Pennsylvania from New Jersey on Wednesday, April 3, prosecutors say. Gordon, 26, was denied bail and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, said the District Attorney's Office. 6abc reports that prosecutors will seek the death penalty in Gordon's case. Authorities have said he killed his 52-year-old stepmother Karen Gordon, his 13-year-old sister Kera Gordon, and 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, with whom he had two children, on March 16. I…
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Third Accused Killer Of Kids Playing With Kittens, GF Arrested: Lebanon DA
Two more people have been arrested following a quadruple shooting and triple homicide that killed two elementary school-age brothers playing with kittens in the 400 block of North 5th Street around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Ivan Claudio Rosero, 27, was caught in Philadelphia on June 6, 2023, according to the Lebanon District Attorney's office. He confessed to detectives that he was involved in the shootings that killed 8-year-old Jesus Perez-Salome, 9-year-old Sebastian Perez- Salome, and 19-year-old Joshua Lugo-Perez, "he drove himself and the other shooters to and from the murd…
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Death Sentence For PA Man Who Killed Both Mothers Of His Children: Report
A Pennsylvania man who killed both of the mothers of his children learned his fate Tuesday, May 10: Death, PennLive reports. Davone Unique Anderson killed Sydney Parmelee, 23, and Kaylee Lyons, 23, who was pregnant, in the very same Carlisle apartment in July 2020, while his 13-month old son was home, the outlet said. Pennsylvania currently has a moratorium on the death penalty under Gov. Tom Wolf. Anderson last March was charged with attempted murder of a fellow inmate in the Cumberland County Prison. Anderson apparently punched the inmate several times, sending him over the rai…
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Death Penalty Will Be Sought For PA Mom, Partner In Deadly Child Abuse Case: Report
Authorities in Pennsylvania will likely be seeking the death penalty for two women accused of intentionally abusing and starving two young girls, whose remains were found in shallow graves last year, PennLive reports. Lycoming County District Attorney Ryan C. Gardner said on Friday that he'll be seeking the extreme punishment for Marie Sue Snyder, 32, and her partner, Echo Lane Butler, 26 -- the latter of whom apparently did the burying -- if they are convicted. Echo Butler's mom, Michele L. Butler, 49, was arrested on a third-degree murder charge and related offenses, but will b…
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Pair Could Face Death Penalty For Killing PA Convenience Store Worker, Report Says
A prosecutor in Pennsylvania is apparently seeking the death penalty for two men arrested for killing a convenience store worker while he made a sandwich last February, according to a new report by the Observer Reporter. Sidney Devon McLean, 32, of McKeesport, and Devell Dexter Christian, 32, of White Oak, were arraigned Friday on various charges including homicide. If convicted, McLean and Christian could face capital punishment being sought by Washington County Prosecutor Jason Walsh, the Observer Reporter says. McLean and Christian were wearing face masks and black clothing when they wa…
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PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday again upheld the death sentence of a Bucks County man convicted of killing a police officer over a decade ago, authorities said. Robert Anthony Flor, 54, fatally shot Newtown Borough police officer Brian Gregg on Sept. 29, 2005, while at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Since pleading guilty to first-degree murder and no contest to 39 other counts in 2006, Flor has tried to lessen his sentence multiple times. The death sentence was affirmed by the Pennsylvania…
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