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PA Woman Who Shot, Dismembered Parents With Chainsaw Sentenced: DA PA Woman Who Shot, Dismembered Parents With Chainsaw Sentenced: DA
PA Woman Who Shot, Dismembered Parents With Chainsaw Sentenced: DA An Abington woman charged with shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chainsaw was sentenced Monday, Sept. 30, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office told Daily Voice the following day. Verity Beck, 45, pleaded "guilty but mentally ill" to two first-degree murder counts, the district attorney's office said. She was given two life sentences that will be served concurrently.  Beck will also receive mental health treatment while serving her prison time, according to the district attorney's office. Beck's parents were found dead in their Jenkintown home on Tue…

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by Merriell Moyer
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3-Year-Old Ayla Miller Beaten To Death By PA Grandma Johnson: Affidavit 3-Year-Old Ayla Miller Beaten To Death By PA Grandma Johnson: Affidavit
3-Year-Old Ayla Miller Beaten To Death By PA Grandma Johnson: Affidavit A 56-year-old grandmother is accused of beating her 3-year-old granddaughter to death over Labor Day weekend, Pittsburgh Public Safety announced on Sunday, Sept. 1. Denise Johnson of Pittsburgh's North Side has been charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, aggravated assault, corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of children, according to the police and court records.  The charges stem from an investigation by homicide detectives after her 3-year-old granddaughter Ayla Miller was found dead by other family members — including another child — in Johnson's apartment, as …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
New Details Emerge In Deadly East Lansdowne Fire, Shooting New Details Emerge In Deadly East Lansdowne Fire, Shooting
New Details Emerge In Deadly East Lansdowne Fire, Shooting The Delaware County District Attorney's Office unveiled new details Wednesday on the shooting and house fire that left six people dead in East Lansdowne.  Five residents of the 58 Lewis Avenue home — Canh, Xuong, Britni, 17-year-old Natayla, and 13-year-old Nakayla Le — died by gunshot wounds, DA Jack Stollsteimer said. Xuong and Britni's 10-year-old son Xavier died from smoke inhalation.  Investigators now believe the incident began when Canh Le got into an argument with 13-year-old Nakayla on Wednesday, Feb. 7.  "That argument turned deadly" when Canh retrieved a…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
'It Might Be Me,' Triple Murder Suspect Told NJ Police After Calling 9-1-1: Affidavit 'It Might Be Me,' Triple Murder Suspect Told NJ Police After Calling 9-1-1: Affidavit
'It Might Be Me,' Triple Murder Suspect Told NJ Police After Calling 9-1-1: Affidavit A 23-year-old Philadelphia man arrested in the murder of his grandparents and uncle in New Jersey called 9-1-1 and then told responding officers that he may be a suspect, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. Om Brahmbhatt told South Plainfield police that he shot his three relatives as they slept on Nov. 27 with a firearm he purchased online, according to the affidavit. ALSO SEE: Grandparents, Uncle Believed Killed By 23-Year-Old Family Member In South Plainfield Remembered Brahmbhatt called 9-1-1 in the morning hours saying three people had been shot, the pap…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Six Sleeping Family Members Stabbed To Death By Relative In PA Home Six Sleeping Family Members Stabbed To Death By Relative In PA Home
Six Sleeping Family Members Stabbed To Death By Relative In PA Home A Pennsylvania man stabbed six sleeping family members to death early Friday morning, multiple media outlets report citing police. Officers were called to a stabbing at a house in the 3000 block of North Front Street in Kensington near Clearfield Street just after 4 a.m., police said to the media. Six people were found stabbed between ages of 26 to 46, outlets report citing police on the scene. The youngest person has special needs and the oldest one is the mother of at least some of the others, NBC 10 Philadelphia reports citing police. All of the victims were taken to an area hospital, …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Ex-Eagle Patrick Chung Tweets 'Best Day Of My Life,' Charged With Assault, Battery Ex-Eagle Patrick Chung Tweets 'Best Day Of My Life,' Charged With Assault, Battery
Ex-Eagle Patrick Chung Tweets 'Best Day Of My Life,' Charged With Assault, Battery Former Philadelphia Eagles safety Patrick Chung was charged Monday with assault and battery on a family member, multiple news reports say. The 34-year-old athlete, who also played for the New England Patriots, was released on $10,000 bail Tuesday following the incident outside of a Milton, Mass. home Monday, CBS4 reports. Chung on Monday posted the following tweet: Best day of my life — Patrick Chung (@PatrickChung23) October 25, 2021 A police report obtained by the news outlet says Chung pushed a woman, causing her to fall the ground, and hit her in her face with an open hand. Chung…

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by Cecilia Levine