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Obsessed Patient Admits Beating Chiropractor Dead, Assaulting Investigating Detective Obsessed Patient Admits Beating Chiropractor Dead, Assaulting Investigating Detective
Obsessed Patient Admits Beating Chiropractor Dead, Assaulting Investigating Detective A 23-year-old Bucks County man admit beating his chiropractor to death and assaulting a detective investigating the case, authorities announced. Joseph O'Boyle, of Bensalem, took a guilty plea in the fatal Nov. 2, 2020 beating of 64-year-old Dr. James Sowa in his Hulmeville Road home office District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. He ultimately entered an open guilty plea to criminal homicide, criminal trespassing, and possession of an instrument of crime before President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and one count …

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by Cecilia Levine
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'He Chose To Use Knife In Fist Fight:' Stabbing Victim Says At Bucks Man's Sentencing 'He Chose To Use Knife In Fist Fight:' Stabbing Victim Says At Bucks Man's Sentencing
'He Chose To Use Knife In Fist Fight:' Stabbing Victim Says At Bucks Man's Sentencing A Bucks County man was sentenced Friday to up to seven years in state prison for repeatedly stabbing a man during a fight two years ago in Lower Makefield, authorities said. The sentencing comes after Zachary Ganie, 26, pleaded guilty on June 1 to aggravated assault, possession of an instrument of crime, and reckless endangering another person, and no contest to two counts of simple assault for the Sept. 12, 2019 incident. On the day of the stabbing, Ganie, of Levittown, stole several bottles of alcohol from a home in the 700 block of Mill Road and assaulted a female resident…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Bucks Driver Gets 14 Years For Head-On Fentanyl-Fueled Crash That Killed Local Dad Bucks Driver Gets 14 Years For Head-On Fentanyl-Fueled Crash That Killed Local Dad
Bucks Driver Gets 14 Years For Head-On Fentanyl-Fueled Crash That Killed Local Dad A 32-year-old Bucks County man was sentenced to 14 years in Pennsylvania State prison and seven years of probation for a March 2020 crash that left a 40-year-old father of four dead, authorities said. Cooper Edward Finley had traces of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other narcotics in his system in the March 23 crash that left Bensalem father of four Ronald Swanson dead, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Finley was served his sentence Wednesday by Common Pleas Judge Brian T. McGuffin, after having previously pleaded guilty to a slew of charges including homicide by …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says
Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says A 22-year-old Bucks County man was charged with killing his chiropractor whom prosecutors say he became obsessed with while seeking treatment for jaw pain. Joseph O'Boyle, of Bensalem, beat 64-year-old Dr. James Sowa to death in his Hulmeville Road home office on Nov. 2, 2020, Bucks County, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said Friday. O'Boyle was remanded to the Bucks County jail on Nov. 10, when he assaulted a police officer at his home as part of the homicide investigation, Weintraub said. O'Boyle was being jailed on charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment when he w…

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by Cecilia Levine