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Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two PA Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Revenge Plot: Affidavit Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two PA Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Revenge Plot: Affidavit
Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two PA Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Revenge Plot: Affidavit Two men wanted for arson and attempted homicide in York County allegedly set a Dover Township home ablaze and fired bullets into a neighbor’s house in a twisted revenge plot apparently orchestrated by the homeowner’s ex-girlfriend, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Authorities are searching for Nicholas Lee Burtner, 31, and Jacob Lamar Adams, 28, in connection with an Oct. 4, arson and shooting in Dover Township. Police allege the crime was orchestrated by Leighanne Enders, 37, as part of a revenge plot against her ex-boyfriend a 38-year-old man who had recently obtained a Protection F…
PA  Man Who Killed Mom With Fentanyl Spiked Iced Tea Sentenced To Life: DA PA  Man Who Killed Mom With Fentanyl Spiked Iced Tea Sentenced To Life: DA
PA Man Who Killed Mom With Fentanyl Spiked Iced Tea Sentenced To Life: DA A Falls Township man who spiked his mother’s iced tea with fentanyl before shooting her in Philadelphia has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub announced Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Sean Rivera, 30, admitted to second-degree murder and multiple related charges for the killing of his 72-year-old mother, Carol J. Clark, in April 2023. Rivera drugged Clark, drove her to a shed in Philadelphia, and shot her multiple times, investigators said. Rivera's negotiated plea includes life in prison without parole for the murder, and an add…
Gunman Hid In Neighbor's Basement After Allentown Shooting: Authorities Gunman Hid In Neighbor's Basement After Allentown Shooting: Authorities
Gunman Hid In Neighbor's Basement After Allentown Shooting: Authorities Shots were fired during a domestic dispute at an Allentown home Friday morning, July 26, according to city police.  It happened on the 500 block of North 13th Street around 8:45 a.m., authorities said in a release. Police made their way inside the home and found "evidence of recent gunfire," but the suspect had fled the scene, officials wrote.  Joel Reyes, 30, was located in the basement of a neighboring home, found with a 9mm handgun, and arrested, APD said.  He is charged with discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, reckless endangerment, and trespassing, author…
Suspect Found Dead After Standoff In Scranton Home: Police Suspect Found Dead After Standoff In Scranton Home: Police
Suspect Found Dead After Standoff In Scranton Home: Police A man has died and a woman is injured after a "domestic dispute" in Scranton on Saturday, June 8, according to city police.  Authorities said they were called to 1612 Pine Street for reports of arguing and gunfire around 10 a.m. A 27-year-old woman was found with "a gunshot wound to the upper extremity" and taken to Geisinger Community Medical Center, police said.  Her wounds were described as non-life-threatening. Police learned an armed man was still inside the home and established a perimeter while trying to call the suspect outside, SPD said. A SWAT team was eventually sent i…
Delaware Police Chase With Stolen Cop Car Ends On I-95 In PA: Authorities Delaware Police Chase With Stolen Cop Car Ends On I-95 In PA: Authorities
Delaware Police Chase With Stolen Cop Car Ends On I-95 In PA: Authorities Police in New Castle County, Delaware chased a suspect in a stolen squad car over the Pennsylvania border on Thursday morning, April 4, the department said in a release.  Tyrese Knuckles, 25, was shot by an officer and is currently in stable condition at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, according to New Castle police.  The incident began around 2:30 a.m. when officers were called about a domestic dispute at Cynwyd Club Apartment Complex in Wilmington, authorities said.  Knuckles fled on foot and was caught near Limestone Road and Milltown Road, where "a struggle ensu…
Man Armed With Rifle Arrested In Delaware County: Police Man Armed With Rifle Arrested In Delaware County: Police
Man Armed With Rifle Arrested In Delaware County: Police Police in Marple Township said they took an armed suspect into custody on Monday afternoon, April 1.  Officers were called to the 400 block of Yale Avenue around 2:20 p.m. for "a domestic dispute involving a male armed with a rifle," Marple police said in a release.  Authorities said they blocked off the area and made contact with the suspect before disarming and arresting him. "At no time during the thirty minute incident was there any danger to the surrounding neighborhood and its residents," the department said.  Newtown, Media, and Chester police also assisted, Marple p…
PA Man Shoots, Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities (UPDATE) PA Man Shoots, Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities (UPDATE)
PA Man Shoots, Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities (Update) 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Pennsylvania man shot and killed the wife of a friend who took him into their northwest New Jersey home, then died of a medical emergency moments after fleeing, authorities said. Cheryl Schilling and her husband, Kevin, ran to an upstairs bedroom and closed the door after Armond Anthony Avitable grabbed a pump-action shotgun during an argument at their home in the Knowlton Township community of Columbia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, they said. Avitable then kicked open the door and fired two shotgun blasts, both of which wounded the 58-year-old woman, Warren County P…
Troopers Investigate After Woman Jumps Into Delaware River: State Police Troopers Investigate After Woman Jumps Into Delaware River: State Police
Troopers Investigate After Woman Jumps Into Delaware River: State Police A woman in Bucks County jumped into the Delaware River on Monday evening, Jan. 15 after police approached her about a domestic dispute, authorities announced.  State police said they were called about a domestic incident at a house on Durham Street in Riegelsville around 6:30 p.m. A 30-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man were involved, they wrote in a release.  Troopers searched nearby and found the woman with three children on a walking trail near the Delaware River, but when they approached, police said she leaped into the water.  The three kids were "safely secure(d)," t…
Police Were Called To PA Home For Assault Months Before Murder-Suicide: Docs Police Were Called To PA Home For Assault Months Before Murder-Suicide: Docs
Police Were Called To PA Home For Assault Months Before Murder-Suicide: Docs Months before they were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide, West Goshen police were called to a domestic dispute at the home of Kai O'Connor and Derek Calzadillas, according to documents obtained by Daily Voice. Officers drove to 432 Hightop Road on Tuesday, Jan. 2 because Calzadillas' loved ones had phoned in a welfare check, investigators have said.  Authorities arrived and saw 22-year-old O'Connor unresponsive on the floor through a window, while 41-year-old Calzadillas was found in a closet. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.  Police have not said which man ki…
PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police
PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police A 17-year-old girl has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old man to death, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.  Janiyah Ann Torres was supposedly in a domestic dispute with Anthony Serrano Jr. when she stabbed him around 11:49 p.m. on Monday night, investigators with the Columbia Borough of Police detailed in a release the following morning. Officers with the borough were called to the scene after Torres phoned 911 to report the stabbing in the 200 block of North Third Street. When officials arrived they found Serrano Jr. suffering from a single stab wound. H…
WALMART ASSAULT: Dog Thrown By Irate PA Man, Police Say WALMART ASSAULT: Dog Thrown By Irate PA Man, Police Say
Walmart Assault: Dog Thrown By Irate PA Man, Police Say A Walmart shopper was bitten by an intoxicated man's dog during a domestic dispute inside a Pennsylvania store, authorities announced on Monday, July 17, 2023.  John Herbert Gouse Jr. had a "heated argument" with his wife at the Walmart located at 60 Noble Boulevard, Carlisle around 2:30 p.m. on July 10, according to police. "Other Walmart shoppers and employees attempted to diffuse the situation," police said but "Gouse began yelling and acting aggressive(ly) towards the shoppers and employees." A man shopping at the store stepped between Gouse and an employee and was bitten by …
Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (UPDATE) Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (UPDATE)
Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (Update) A 28-year-old Bucks County man is accused of killing his mom by spiking her iced tea with fentanyl then killing her in Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities said. Sean Rivera, of the Morrisville section of Falls Township, drugged his 72-year-old mom, Carol J. Clark, before driving her to Philadelphia where he shot and killed her, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. Rivera left his mom's body in a shed, but officials found her early Monday morning, April 10, and pronounced her dead, Weintraub said. The investigation began on Sunday afternoon for a report of a do…
PA Man Shoots Arrows Into Recliner, Front Door, While 'Really Trying To Scare' Wife: Police PA Man Shoots Arrows Into Recliner, Front Door, While 'Really Trying To Scare' Wife: Police
PA Man Shoots Arrows Into Recliner, Front Door, While 'Really Trying To Scare' Wife: Police A man shot his front door and his recliner with an arrow during a domestic dispute, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. After a hang-up call to 911 state troopers went to Carl Virgil Miller's home along Main Street in Portage Borough on Feb. 25, 2023, at 3:05 a.m., according to a release by state police on Feb. 27.  As police arrived, 911 dispatchers received a second call from Miller saying, "I called 10 minutes ago; I damn near shot my wife," as stated in court documents. Officers spotted an arrow hole inside the front door and in a recliner in the living roo…
IDs Of Officers Killed, Wounded In Pennsylvania Shooting Released IDs Of Officers Killed, Wounded In Pennsylvania Shooting Released
IDs Of Officers Killed, Wounded In Pennsylvania Shooting Released One police officer has died after two officers were shot in McKeesport on Monday, February 6, 2023, authorities say.  Officer Sean Leonard Sluganski has been identified as the officer killed and Officer Chuck Thomas has been identified as the officer shot in the face and neck area, according to the Allegheny County sheriff's office.  The Allegheny County Police Department’s Homicide Unit responded to a request for assistance in McKeesport for an... Posted by Allegheny County Police Department on Monday, February 6, 2023 🚨Everyone please stop what you are doing and PRAY for my BLUE …
Woman Kills Man Who Stabbed Her In Philadelphia: Police Woman Kills Man Who Stabbed Her In Philadelphia: Police
Woman Kills Man Who Stabbed Her In Philadelphia: Police A Philadelphia woman shot and killed a man who stabbed her during an argument, authorities say.  City police were dispatched to a home on the 3200 block of West Montgomery Avenue just before 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27 for a report of a person with a gun, the department told Daily Voice.  There, officers found 44-year-old Kerry Nicholson with a single gunshot wound to the left side of his chest, police said. A 44-year-old woman with a stab wound on her left arm was also located at the scene, they added.  Nicholson was taken to Temple Hospital where he died from his injuries at ab…
Lebanon Man On Hunting Trip Killed By Man On Shooting Rampage During Domestic Dispute: Police Lebanon Man On Hunting Trip Killed By Man On Shooting Rampage During Domestic Dispute: Police
Lebanon Man On Hunting Trip Killed By Man On Shooting Rampage During Domestic Dispute: Police A Lebanon County man was going back to a hunting cabin when an acquaintance having a domestic dispute went on a shooting rampage and killed him, Pennsylvania state police explained in a release on Nov. 6.  55-year-old Jerry Zehring was one of four people who died following the murder-spree-turned-stand-off-turned-police-shooting in Jordan Township on Sunday, Nov. 6, the police explained in a detailed release, documents, and statements obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Nov. 10.  Zehring was the last of the three victims of 54-year-old Brian Taylor, who lived on a private road of…
Grandpa Beaten With Vacuum, Granddaughter Leads Police On Pursuit In PA: Authorities Grandpa Beaten With Vacuum, Granddaughter Leads Police On Pursuit In PA: Authorities
Grandpa Beaten With Vacuum, Granddaughter Leads Police On Pursuit In PA: Authorities A granddaughter is accused of attacking her grandfather, trespassing, violating a proection order, and sending police on a foot pursuit during two separate incidents in May and June 2022, authorities say.  The first incident happened in the 100 block of Linville Drive, Mountville, at 8:10 a.m. on May 26, according to a release by the police department.  Corporal Mark Burkholder and Officer Troy Rogers were called to a report of a domestic in progress— and following a brief foot pursuit authorities detained Ketsia Febles Rodriguez, 25—a former resident of the home, according to the…
Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities
Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities A popular central Pennsylvania teacher has died after she was shot by her neighbor during a domestic dispute turned murder-suicide on Saturday, May, 21, authorities say. Erin Michelle Walker, 36, was shot dead by her neighbor, Daniel Berry, 59, in an apparent murder-suicide in the 400 block of Hill Street in Spring Garden Township around 6:15 p.m.— she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, May, 22, according to the York County coroner’s office. Her killer, Berry, was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the coroner announced in a separate re…
Woman Kills BF In 'Domestic Related' Shooting Outside Suburban Philly Wendy's: Police Woman Kills BF In 'Domestic Related' Shooting Outside Suburban Philly Wendy's: Police
Woman Kills BF In 'Domestic Related' Shooting Outside Suburban Philly Wendy's: Police A 30-year-old man was shot dead by his girlfriend in what police are calling a domestic dispute outside of a Suburban Philadelphia Wendy's on Monday, March 7, they said. Police found the unidentified man suffering gunshot wounds outside of the fast-food joint when they responded to the Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center on Huntingdon Pike around 8 p.m., Abington Police Deputy Chief Edward Quinn said. He was taken to an area hospital where he later died, police said. The woman, 32, was arrested at the scene and the gun was recovered, according to police. "The suspect and victim had been…
Woman Who Threatened To Kill Victim 2X Sought By Police In Berks: Authorities Woman Who Threatened To Kill Victim 2X Sought By Police In Berks: Authorities
Woman Who Threatened To Kill Victim 2X Sought By Police In Berks: Authorities A 34-year-old woman arrested in a domestic dispute is being sought by police for threatening to kill a victim in a separate Berks County incident, police said. West Reading police responded to a business on South 3rd Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 6, where a victim said Melissa Milagros Rodriguez threatened them multiple times over text, the department said. Rodriguez was not at the scene when the officer arrived.  On Jan. 12, police were called to the same location for a domestic incident, where Rodriguez slapped and showed the victim a box cutter, West Reading police said. She…
Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says
Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says A police officer was justified in fatally shooting a knife-wielding man earlier this year during a domestic dispute in Falls Township, authorities announced Wednesday. “I have concluded that [the officers] were reasonable in their individual beliefs that both of their lives were placed in clear and present danger by Mr. Jorge Perez at the time that [the officer] shot him," Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said in a letter to Falls Township police chief Nelson Whitney. "I, therefore, conclude that [the officer] was justified in discharging his weapon and shooting Jorge…
Wayne Man Strangles Roommate With Bare Hands, Authorities Say Wayne Man Strangles Roommate With Bare Hands, Authorities Say
Wayne Man Strangles Roommate With Bare Hands, Authorities Say A Wayne man strangled his older roommate with his bare hands during an argument in their condo, said authorities who charged him with murder. Frank Rance, 38, was arrested at the Hinchman Avenue condo off Ratzer Road by police who tried in vain to save Frank Majuri, 60, before he died shortly after midnight Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint announcement. Officers had gone to the home on a call of a domestic dispute shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday, Valdes and McNiff said. The officers “were able to deescalate the matter …
Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say
Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say A man was shot dead by a Pennsylvania State Trooper, according to police. Glenn William Custer, 59, died at the scene of the shooting on Sunday, Pennsylvania state police said in a statement released on Monday morning. Police were called to a domestic dispute at a home on Gilberg Lane in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County just after 5 p.m., according to the release. When troopers arrived, Custer was acting erratically while holding a knife, as stated in the release. Custer refused multiple demands to drop the knife, police say. Instead, he ran towards occupied homes in the area then r…
Wanted PA Man Nabbed During Domestic Dispute Wanted PA Man Nabbed During Domestic Dispute
Wanted PA Man Nabbed During Domestic Dispute A man wanted in Huntingdon County county was apprehended by police during a domestic dispute in Lebanon County, police say. Aspen Brantley James, 43, of McVeytown, was arrested on Saturday at just after midnight, according to Palmyra Borough police. Police were called to a report of a domestic dispute in an apartment located in the 100 block East Main Street in Palmyra, according to a statement released by police. James was wanted for a Probation violation on Huntingdon County, according to the release. "James was taken into custody without incident and transported to Lebanon County Centr…
Slate Belt Man Involved In Domestic Dispute Busted With Meth, Police Say Slate Belt Man Involved In Domestic Dispute Busted With Meth, Police Say
Slate Belt Man Involved In Domestic Dispute Busted With Meth, Police Say A Slate Belt man was arrested for methamphetamine possession by officers responding to a domestic dispute report last week, authorities said.  Slate Belt Regional Police responding to the report on the 400 block of E. Main Street in Turkey Hill in the Borough of Pen Argyl found Johnathon M. Stevens, 33, to be under the influence of methamphetamine around 11:10 p.m. Oct. 21, the department said. During questioning, Stevens admitted to being in possession of methamphetamine, according to police, who then reportedly located a bag containing about 24 grams of the drug. Stevens was arreste…
Audio Of 911 Caller Saying Brian Laundrie Slapped Gabby Petito Released (LISTEN) Audio Of 911 Caller Saying Brian Laundrie Slapped Gabby Petito Released (LISTEN)
Audio Of 911 Caller Saying Brian Laundrie Slapped Gabby Petito Released (Listen) A caller who reported a "domestic dispute" between Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in August told a 911 dispatcher he saw Laundrie slapping his girlfriend days before her disappearance, Fox News reports (click Twitter embed below to listen). The caller can be heard saying that a man, purportedly Laundrie, had been slapping and hitting a woman before the couple drove off in their van, the outlet said citing audio obtained from the Aug. 12 incident. EXCLUSIVE: 911 caller in Gabby Petito 'incident' says fiancé seen hitting, 'slapping' her weeks before disappearance https://t.co/kowToSO2oS …
North Carolina Shooter Commits Suicide While Fleeing From Police In Pennsylvania North Carolina Shooter Commits Suicide While Fleeing From Police In Pennsylvania
North Carolina Shooter Commits Suicide While Fleeing From Police In Pennsylvania A man wanted for attempted murder in North Carolina has died in a bizarre series of events in Pennsylvania. Taylor Jeffrey Johnson, 24, of North Carolina fatally shot himself in Pennsylvania after fleeing from police. Johnson shot a woman in her 20s, thought to be his ex-girlfriend, multiple times inside an apartment at in the 6000 block of Pebble View Drive in the Bacarra luxury apartment complex off Farm Gate Road, near Cary Towne Center and Interstate 40 in Cary, North Carolina on Tuesday around 10:55 p.m., according to area police. The shooting was believed to be the result of a domes…
Barricaded Man Flees From ChesCo Police Twice In One Day, Authorities Say Barricaded Man Flees From ChesCo Police Twice In One Day, Authorities Say
Barricaded Man Flees From ChesCo Police Twice In One Day, Authorities Say A Chester County man barricaded himself in a home after fleeing from Parkesburg police twice in one day, authorities said. William M. Mullen, 40, fled after police recieved a report of a domestic dispute at a home he was in along West 1st Avenue around 6:30 a.m. on June 17, Parkesburg police said. After barricading himself in a bedroom, police were able to take him into custody. Mullen was remanded to the Chester County Prison for outstanding Failure to Appear warrants.  He was arraigned on June 22 and unable to post $20,000 bail.  A preliminary hearing has been sched…
SEEN HIM? Police Seek Northampton County Man, 29, Accused Of Felony Drug Possession SEEN HIM? Police Seek Northampton County Man, 29, Accused Of Felony Drug Possession
Seen HIM? Police Seek Northampton County Man, 29, Accused Of Felony Drug Possession Police in Northampton County are seeking the public’s help locating a man wanted on felony drug charges. Shavon Soto of East 4th Street is wanted for felony possession with intent to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while suspended, unauthorized use of registration and required financial responsibility, Bethlehem Police said in a Wednesday release. The charges stem from an unspecified incident that occurred on May 17, police said. Soto is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds, authorities said. Soto, 29, previously made headlines in March 2020 when he was seen on F…
Bucks Man Threatens Woman With Stun Gun, Maces Himself, Police Say Bucks Man Threatens Woman With Stun Gun, Maces Himself, Police Say
Bucks Man Threatens Woman With Stun Gun, Maces Himself, Police Say A Bucks County man threatened a woman with a stun gun and then sprayed himself with pepper spray, said authorities who arrested both on drug charges. Officers were called to the Nolan Park Apartments in Morrisville for a domestic situation between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. May 7, Falls Township police said. There, Christopher Mosher, 21, had been arguing with Caitlyn Eastmead, 18, who said Mosher threatened her with the gun before macing himself, police said. Police found drugs in the apartment and Mosher and the woman were arrested, authorities said.
Double Shooting Update: Dad Killed Daughter 4 Minutes After Police Left, Report Says Double Shooting Update: Dad Killed Daughter 4 Minutes After Police Left, Report Says
Double Shooting Update: Dad Killed Daughter 4 Minutes After Police Left, Report Says More details have been released regarding a double shooting in East Pennsboro, according to dispatch records obtained by PennLive. John Miller, 78 shot his wife and adult daughter, leaving the wife hospitalized and daughter dead on April 10. Police originally went to the home for a report of a domestic dispute that started over an argument about kicking his daughter out of his home at 6:45 p.m., the outlet says. Eviction is a civil procedure, as the officers explained to Miller, that requires the involvement of the court system. The police left the home in about seven minutes. Less than …