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Boy Saved From Luring Attempt By MontCo Cashier Boy Saved From Luring Attempt By MontCo Cashier
Boy Saved From Luring Attempt By MontCo Cashier A fast-acting Montgomery County shop employee came to the rescue of a boy being followed by a woman asking his whereabouts and his family situation last week, according to multiple news reports. The boy, Sammy, walked into Dani Bee Funky off of High Street in Pottstown Friday, Nov. 11, and asked one of the employees to pretend she was his mom. Sammy explained that a woman outside insisted she knew his family and was telling him he had to go with her to Wawa. The cashier, identified in a 6abc report as a 17-year-old girl, positioned herself between Sammy and the stranger, who was standing ou…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trio Charged With Selling Montco Woman Deadly Drug Combo Of Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizer Trio Charged With Selling Montco Woman Deadly Drug Combo Of Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizer
Trio Charged With Selling Montco Woman Deadly Drug Combo Of Fentanyl, Horse Tranquilizer Three people were arrested in connection with the overdose death of a Montgomery County woman, authorities said. Jonathan Heffren, 27, of Reading; Michael Lavelle, 23, of Plymouth Meeting; and Marrissa Roman, 29, of Douglassville, have been charged with drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver and related charges stemming from the May death of 41-year-old Jessica Martin, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. Officers responded to a report of a cardiac arrest at a home on Providence Forge Road in Upper Providence Township…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Group Played TikTok Air Soft Gun Game Before Shooting That Left Friend Dead: MontCo DA Group Played TikTok Air Soft Gun Game Before Shooting That Left Friend Dead: MontCo DA
Group Played TikTok Air Soft Gun Game Before Shooting That Left Friend Dead: MontCo DA Authorities have released harrowing details and charged two individuals in a deadly shooting that left a 25-year-old man dead and a second victim hurt last weekend in the Philadelphia suburbs. Kahseem Williams, 18, was captured by the US Marshals while Jahme Barnes, 17, remains at large, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Both are facing various murder charges in the Pottstown killing of 25-year-old Dakari Rome, who was struck by a bullet that went through the second victim's hand, police said. Williams was arrested Thursday, Sept. 1 inside a home in the Hun…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Remains Found At Philly Arboretum In 2019 ID'd As Young Man Stabbed By BF: DA Remains Found At Philly Arboretum In 2019 ID'd As Young Man Stabbed By BF: DA
Remains Found At Philly Arboretum In 2019 ID'd As Young Man Stabbed By BF: DA The remains discovered in a Philadelphia arboretum nearly two years ago were identified this week as those of a 22-year-old man, and his alleged killer was arrested, authorities said. Keshaun Sheffield, 20, of Philadelphia, has been charged with first-and third-degree murder, among other offenses, for the Aug. 19, 2019 murder of his boyfriend Rashid Young in Pottstown, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced Wednesday, June 1. Young's remains, discovered on September 30, 2019, by a landscaper at Awbury Arboretum, had remained unidentified until Friday, when new informa…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Firetruck Crashes On Way To Fire In Pottstown, Injuries Reported Firetruck Crashes On Way To Fire In Pottstown, Injuries Reported
Firetruck Crashes On Way To Fire In Pottstown, Injuries Reported A firetruck on its way to a blaze in Pottstown collided with another vehicle Tuesday morning, sources confirmed. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. at High and Keim streets, Montgomery County Public Affairs Coordinator Todd Stieritz said. The Limerick Fire Company Rescue 51 truck was the vehicle involved. It was not clear how serious the injuries were.

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by Cecilia Levine