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Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man 7 Life Sentences: USDOJ Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man 7 Life Sentences: USDOJ
Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man 7 Life Sentences: Usdoj More than eight years after a triple homicide in Pennsylvania, a Maryland man has been brought to justice, according to ta release by the US Department of Justice on Fiday, July 19, 2024.  Christopher Van Johnson, 36 of Baltimore, MD was sentenced to seven consecutive life in prison sentences by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, "who also sentenced to concurrent 10, 20, and 30-year terms of imprisonment on companion robbery, firearms, and conspiracy charges" on July 17, 2024, as stated in the release. His sentencing was for his role in the execution-style…
Troopers Seek Tips To Find Pennsylvania Mom's Remains Troopers Seek Tips To Find Pennsylvania Mom's Remains
Troopers Seek Tips To Find Pennsylvania Mom's Remains More than 20 years after her husband was convicted of her murder, state police are still trying to locate Kelly Frances McBride's remains.  The 22-year-old mom was reported missing by her father on March 23, 1984, troopers say. She had been living on East 8th Street in Northampton Borough with her husband James and their 5-year-old son.  After her dad reported her disappearance, James told investigators that his wife had chosen to leave their home that February. His story was later contradicted by physical evidence and he was eventually convicted of killing her in 2001, state…
PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report
PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report A Pennsylvania man who stabbed his aunt and her husband to death in the Poconos has learned his fate, WFMZ reports. Lancelot Fortune, 31, of Stroudsburg, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2018 killings, the outlet says citing court documents. Prosecutors say Fortune went to the movies in Philadelphia after killing 56-year-old Isadora Fortune and 54-year-old Richard Fells in their Marcelle Terrace home in Pocono Township, according to the outlet. Click here for more from WFMZ.
Life Sentence For Trenton Man Convicted Of Murder, Prosecutor Says Life Sentence For Trenton Man Convicted Of Murder, Prosecutor Says
Life Sentence For Trenton Man Convicted Of Murder, Prosecutor Says A Trenton man convicted of murder will spend life behind bars, authorities announced Tuesday. Hamilton Morgan was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday, Feb. 17, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said. Morgan was found guilty in August 2021 after firing several rounds at 30-year-old Trenton resident Maurice Rowe, who was pronounced dead at the scene as officers responded to Stuyvesant and Hoffman avenues on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Morgan initially fled after the shooting but was found with a gun and an additional loaded magazine as officers apprehended…
PA Man Stabbed Wife Dead With Fire Poker Over Bogus Affair Accusation: Report PA Man Stabbed Wife Dead With Fire Poker Over Bogus Affair Accusation: Report
PA Man Stabbed Wife Dead With Fire Poker Over Bogus Affair Accusation: Report A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and subsequently sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his wife to death with a fire poker over unfounded cheating accusations, reports Citizens Voice. Daniel Barrett, 40, of Plymouth (Luzerne County), beat and stabbed his wife, Mary Barrett, to death with a fire poker in January 2021, on suspicions she had been cheating on him, WNEP reported at the time. After Barrett confessed to the crime on Jan. 11, 2021, officers executing a warrant at the home found his wife's body in the basement "clearly deceased" and covered with a sh…
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman A man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 58-year-old woman in her Bristol Township apartment in 1990, will appear Thursday morning before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons seeking clemency -- a motion strongly opposed Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. John Brookins has professed his innocence for nearly three decades, despite authorities linking overwhelming amounts of evidence to him in the Dec. 20, 1990 murder of Sheila Ginsberg, Bucks County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jill Graziano said in a letter to the Board of Pardons. Authorities …