Crowd Of 'Juveniles' Ransacks Center City Store, Attacks Employee: Cops Crowd Of 'Juveniles' Ransacks Center City Store, Attacks Employee: Cops
Crowd Of 'Juveniles' Ransacks Center City Store, Attacks Employee: Cops Philadelphia police are searching for answers after they say a large mob of "juvenile" suspects stormed a Center City smoke shop and assaulted an employee.  It happened just before 6 p.m. Tuesday on the 100 block of Chestnut Street, the department told Daily Voice. A crowd of "approximately 18 to 20 juveniles" burst into the Gallery of Scents and the Gold Center, went behind the counter, and began stealing items, police claimed.  When an employee tried to intervene, authorities said one of the youths punched the worker in the face.  The crowd fled with about $500 of merchandise, and no ar…
GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police
GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police UPDATE: Daronte Anthony Brown, 18, of Monroeville has been arrested without incident in connection with this shooting on Feb. 21, 2023, following an anonymous 911 tip, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers announced on March 2, 2023. Updated court documents were unavailable when Daily Voice inquired that day.  ORIGINAL:  A 16-year-old girl and her 14-year-old friend were shot at while waiting for an Uber at a Pittsburgh area Red Roof Inn, because the older girl "refused to do sex stuff," with a Monroeville man, authorities detail quoting witnessing in the court documents obtained by Daily V…
Heroic Teen Shot Dead In Delco; Suspect In Custody Heroic Teen Shot Dead In Delco; Suspect In Custody
Heroic Teen Shot Dead In Delco; Suspect In Custody A Delaware County teenager who once helped save three kids from drowning in an icy pond was shot dead in Upper Darby, authorities say.  Anthony Alexander, 17, of Collingdale Borough, was in an apartment building on the 2400 block of Marshall Road just before 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, when he was shot, township police said in a statement.  Investigators did not say what led to the shooting. Early on Tuesday,  Jan. 31, 16-year-old Diamire Hickman surrendered to police in connection with the killing, authorities said. He's being tried as an adult and is charged with third-degree murder, inv…
Teen Beats Ex's New Girl With Baseball Bat By Popular PA Diner, Police Say Teen Beats Ex's New Girl With Baseball Bat By Popular PA Diner, Police Say
Teen Beats Ex's New Girl With Baseball Bat By Popular PA Diner, Police Say As a teenager, love can seem to hurt more than any other time in your life but for one girl in Pennsylvania news of her new boyfriend led her to feel some serious pain. A fight over a boy led to broken bones and blood loss after a 17-year-old girl brought a bat to a fight outside of a popular Pennsylvania diner, authorities say.  Pennsylvania state police were called to the alleyway behind Coal Miner's Diner in Jennerstown, a restaurant known for its Death By Chocolate cake, where two girls were apparently having a fight to the death in a love triangle showdown on Dec. 30, 2022 around 7:45 …
Delaware Teen Made Bomb Threat Against Chesco School, Say Police Delaware Teen Made Bomb Threat Against Chesco School, Say Police
Delaware Teen Made Bomb Threat Against Chesco School, Say Police A teenager in Delaware is charged with making terroristic threats against a school in Chester County, according to authorities.  Kennett High School in Kennett Square Township was evacuated early on Thursday, Nov. 3 after administrators learned of a bomb threat, as Daily Voice has reported.  Students were bused home while township and county police swept the building with K9 units. No bombs were ever located in the building.  Now, Kennett Square police said they are charging an unnamed 17-year-old from Wilmington, Delaware with issuing the threat.  Investigators said t…
PA Man Convicted Of Mass Slaying Gets New Prison Sentence PA Man Convicted Of Mass Slaying Gets New Prison Sentence
PA Man Convicted Of Mass Slaying Gets New Prison Sentence A Bucks County man who killed four people more than 20 years ago will remain in prison, a court has ruled.  Ivory King, now 41, was convicted of fatally shooting four guests at a Memorial Day party in Bristol in 1998 when he was 17, said county District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement.  King was originally given four consecutive life sentences, but was scheduled for resentencing last week after "a series of federal and state appellate court decisions" ruled mandatory life sentences for juveniles unconstitutional, prosecutors wrote.  In a hearing on Monday, Nov. 21,…
Suspected Roxborough HS Shooters Charged In Second Murder: Report Suspected Roxborough HS Shooters Charged In Second Murder: Report
Suspected Roxborough HS Shooters Charged In Second Murder: Report Three of the teens suspected of killing 14-year-old Nicolas Elizadle outside of Roxborough High School in Philadelphia on Sept. 27 have been charged in connection with another murder, CBS News reports.   Philly police said Troy Fletcher, 15, and Zyhied Jones, 17, and Dayron Burney-Thorne, 16, are all suspects in the murder of 19-year-old Tahmir Jones, who was fatally shot in Center City on Sept. 26, the outlet wrote.  Jones and Fletcher are already in jail, but Burney-Thorne is still at large, CBS News added. As Daily Voice has reported, police investigators believe Jones, F…
Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder
Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder A 15-year-old Lancaster resident will be prosecuted as an adult in a murder case after withdrawing his motion for decertification, authorities said. Elijahuwon Brown, 15, is believed to have shot and killed Rolando Rivera on Third Street around 9:45 p.m. in August 2021, according to the Lancaster District Attorney's Office. Brown is seen on video surveillance in the area of Manor Street — where Rivera is also walking — just before the shooting. Brown then walks west following Rivera, but on the opposite side of the street, police said. Rivera then walks onto Third Street, but with Brown no…
Injured Teen Revealed As 1 Of 2 Shooters At Pennsylvania Amusement Park: Police Injured Teen Revealed As 1 Of 2 Shooters At Pennsylvania Amusement Park: Police
Injured Teen Revealed As 1 Of 2 Shooters At Pennsylvania Amusement Park: Police One of the three people who were shot at a popular Pennsylvania amusement park on Saturday, Sept. 24, turns out to be one of the shooters, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 6. Darryl Pirl, 15, of West Mifflin, was on juvenile probation when he illegally obtained a gun, brought it to Kennywood Park, and fired at a group of teens he was feuding with, Allegheny County police allege.  Evidence at the scene helped police determine that there was a second shooter who fled before police arrived, police explain in the release.  Pirl was grazed by the other shooter's bullet, and was "observe…
10 Teens Charged For 'Sexual Hazing' At Central PA High School: DA 10 Teens Charged For 'Sexual Hazing' At Central PA High School: DA
10 Teens Charged For 'Sexual Hazing' At Central PA High School: DA A month-long investigation into allegations of hazing on a high school football team has led to charges against 10 teenagers, according to the Dauphin County District attorney's office.  The Middletown Area school district began investigating a hazing that happened on August 11, 2022—after a cellphone video film by high school football players was shared on social media. The high school's football team's season was canceled after a second video surfaced on Wednesday, August 24. Both videos show incidents of hazing happening in the "high school turf room for heat acclimation pract…
Allentown School Lockdown Ends After Police Nab Juvenile With Gun Allentown School Lockdown Ends After Police Nab Juvenile With Gun
Allentown School Lockdown Ends After Police Nab Juvenile With Gun Lockdowns at several Allentown schools ended Thursday, Sept. 15, after police arrested a juvenile with a gun, they said. William Allen High School, Raub Middle School, and Union Terrace Elementary all were placed on lockdown as a precaution after officers received a report of a person with a weapon on Linden Street in the West Park neighborhood around 8:50 a.m.,  Allentown police said. Officers eventually found a juvenile in the area with a loaded semi-automatic handgun, they said. The minor was subsequently arrested. The lockdowns were lifted just after noon, police said. Anyone wit…
2X Teens Caught With Cocaine, Stolen Guns On Same Day In Central PA: Police 2X Teens Caught With Cocaine, Stolen Guns On Same Day In Central PA: Police
2X Teens Caught With Cocaine, Stolen Guns On Same Day In Central PA: Police After two teens jumped out of a car during a chase, police kept an eye out for them, but ended up finding a different teen with a stolen gun and drugs, police say.  Less than 30 minutes after a teen "intentionally rammed" a police cruiser two times during a chase that ended with the discovery of two stolen guns and cocaine, police were searching for two other teens that jumped out of his car during the pursuit in Lancaster City.  Officer Hamby spotted a teen who matched "the description of one of the fleeing occupants walking on Crystal Street... clutching his waistband as if he w…