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Police & Fire
Man Shot Dead At North Philly Boarding House, Detectives Say
One man was shot to death in a North Philadelphia boarding house on Tuesday night, Feb. 20, city police told Daily Voice. It happened on the 5400 block of North 5th Street just after 8 p.m., authorities said. The victim, 21, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. His name was not reported. No weapons were recovered and no arrests have been made, PPD added. The killing remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
Homicide
: 'Armed, Dangerous' Man Shot Dead By Officers, York Coroner Says (
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Details about a fatal shooting of a man wanted on warrants in York County have been released on Monday, Feb. 5. Richard “Richie” Benjamin Bolen, 37 of Hanover, had been identified as a wanted man by Penn Township police on Friday morning and by that evening the Pennsylvania State Police announced that multiple officers had killed him in a shooting on Friday. **Scroll Down For New Details And The Coroner's Updated Statement** He had last seen by Penn Township Police Department officers at a business where his family works in the 700 block of Baltimore Street Hanover, within Penn Towns…
News
Wounded Scranton Cop Headed To Rehab After Release From Hospital (
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Scranton police Det. Kyle Gilmartin was released from Geisinger CMC Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, the department announced. The detective is headed for a rehabilitation center in southeastern Pennsylvania to continue his recovery, according to Scranton police officials. Facebook/Scranton Police Department - City of Scranton, PA Facebook/Scranton Police Department - City of Scranton, PA The department did not detail Gilmartin's condition on Tuesday but called his recovery to date "miraculous." Gilmartin was shot in an "ambush-style attack" on North Decker Court early on Thursd…
Police & Fire
Woman Waving Gun, 69, Shot Dead By Officer In Pennsylvania: DA
A 69-year-old woman was fatally shot by police after waving a gun and pointing it at responders in a Pennsylvania town. EMTs and Upper Moreland officers were called to the 100 block of Evans Avenue in Willow Grove Sunday, Oct, 8, around 5:05 p.m. on reports of a woman waving a gun outside of a home, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The woman pointed a firearm at EMTs and police issued commands for her to drop the weapon, but the woman did not comply. Instead, she pointed the gun at police, and was shot by an officer. Police immediately rendered aid to th…
News
Missing PA Man Found Safe: Police (
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Plumstead police say a man declared missing on Tuesday, Sept. 26 has been found safe. Jakob Nunez, 21, was located "safe and sound" Friday morning, Sept. 29, authorities said. "The Plumstead Township Police Department would like to express our appreciation and gratitude for those who took the time to assist in locating Mr. Nunez."
Police & Fire
Computer Sex Act With Minor: NY Man Surrenders To Police In MontCo, Authorities Say
A 21-year-old New York man surrendered to authorities in Pennsylvania on charges relating to online sex acts with a minor, police said. Daniel Belizaire, of Flushing, was charged with various counts of capturing a sex act involving a child on a computer, sending photos of sex acts involving a child, child pornography and corruption of minors, police in Lower Moreland said. The juvenile victim was accompanied by a parent when they told police last May that they'd been in communication with Belizaire, authorities said. A warrant for Balizaire's arrest was issued, and he surrendered on Aug. 30…
Police & Fire
Barricaded Woman With Gun Brings Police Response In Philadelphia: Cops
An armed woman threatening to harm herself and others brought a large police response to a Philadelphia neighborhood Thursday morning, July 6, police said. The call on the 5400 block of Vine Street came in just before 7:20 a.m., bringing a crisis team to the scene. The woman told police she wanted to harm herself and hat there were other people inside with her, whom she would hurt as well, police said in a release sent just before 10 a.m. A large police presence is expected. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
Police & Fire
Detoxing PA Inmate Dies 3 Days After Arrest: Authorities
A 60-year-old man going through a detox protocol died at the Allegheny County Jail on May 25, 2023, county officials say. The unnamed man was "brought in by a local police department on a bench warrant for retail theft for another county and booked on May 22," county officials explained in a release late on Thursday. A drug screen showed he had opiates, including fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs in his system so the jail healthcare staff "initiated a detox protocol for him," the officials explained in the release. The man was found unresponsive in his cell around 4 p.m. Thurs…
Police & Fire
Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools
Two Delaware County elementary schools were locked down early Wednesday after a prankster with a water gun was mistaken for an armed person, authorities say. It happened around 8:30 a.m. on May 17, Ridley Township police wrote in a release. Witnesses reported a person with a gun hiding in some bushes near Notre Dame DeLourdes School, 990 Fairview Road, they said. Ridley and Nether Providence police responded and locked down the school, as well as nearby Grace Park Elementary, 1097 7th Ave, authorities wrote. Investigators soon found the "gunman," who turned out …
Police & Fire
Cops Break Up Fight At Historic Bucks Theater
Two people were cited at the historic Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope after police say an argument nearly came to blows. It happened around 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, said New Hope police in a release. Officers arrived at the South Main Street theater to find "a group of people about to become involved in a physical confrontation," the department wrote. An on-scene investigation led police to issue citations for harassment to two of the people involved — a 55-year-old man from New Cumberland and a 29-year-old resident of Colts Neck, New Jersey, according to the release…
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Resolves Suspected 'Barricade' In North Philly
A suspected "barricade" scenario in North Philadelphia ended Tuesday after a SWAT team cleared the property and found no threats, police say. Authorities previously warned that a 44-year-old man was "making threats" against police from a home on the 6700 block of 5th Street in East Oak Lane on April 11. Bystander footage from the scene showed multiple armed police units outside a property. On Wednesday, April 12, police told Daily Voice that the situation ended "without incident." The man was determined "to not be a threat" and SWAT officers cleared the scene. No arrests or inj…
Neighbors
Delco Cops Commended For Rescuing 'Person In Crisis' On Train Tracks
Two policemen in Delaware County were commended by the top brass for their "outstanding and compassionate work" assisting a resident in crisis on Thursday, March 30. Officers James Mansfield and Nicholas Denton of the Prospect Park Police Department received praise from Chief Dave Madonna for rescuing the resident, who "was going through a difficult situation" near Amtrak rails in the borough, the chief said in a statement. Mansfield and Denton halted all train service in the area and spoke compassionately with the resident at length, Madonna wrote. "After a period of time and some c…
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