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COLD CASE: 50 Years After Teen’s Savage Stabbing At Bucks County Mall, Police Still Seek Tips COLD CASE: 50 Years After Teen’s Savage Stabbing At Bucks County Mall, Police Still Seek Tips
Cold CASE: 50 Years After Teen’s Savage Stabbing At Bucks County Mall, Police Still Seek Tips A 17-year-old was savagely stabbed to death in the parking lot of the Oxford Valley Mall 50 years ago, and investigators are renewing their plea for tips to solve the chilling cold case, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, Jan. 13. Patricia “Patty” Bartlett, a senior at Pennsbury High School, was attacked near the former Gimbels department store in Middletown Township around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, 1975, police said. Officers found her suffering from multiple stab wounds in the mall’s east parking lot at 2300 E. Lincoln Highway. She was rushed to the hospital but …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Kids Club Employee Who Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted Sentenced: DA PA Kids Club Employee Who Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted Sentenced: DA
Gerald William Spoto Sentenced For Sexually Assaulting Boys A former Neshaminy Kids Club worker was sentenced to 35 to 88 years in state prison for sexually assaulting seven boys and filming some of the abuse, Bucks County authorities announced on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Gerald William Spoto, 42, of Disk Lane in Bristol Township, pleaded guilty in July to nearly three dozen charges for crimes committed between the late 1990s and 2023. He was also declared a sexually violent predator, requiring lifetime sex offender registration and treatment. These assaults of seven boys included "sleepovers" in New Jersey, Detectives with the Middletown Township Pol…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Nursing Student, 20, Fabricated Attempted PA Parking Lot Rape, Innocent Man Walks Free: DA Nursing Student, 20, Fabricated Attempted PA Parking Lot Rape, Innocent Man Walks Free: DA
Nursing Student, 20, Fabricated Attempted PA Parking Lot Rape, Innocent Man Walks Free: DA A 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman has been charged with lying about an attempted rape and kidnapping last month, authorities have announced. Anjela Borisova Urumova, of Bristol Township, admitted to fabricating the April 16 incident that she said happened in the Redner's parking lot, landing Daniel Pierson behind bars, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, May 20. Pierson was freed from the BCCF last week, and charges have been withdrawn. Urumova's LinkedIn page says she worked as a certified nursing assistant and is an aspiring surgeon with a passion for cardiolog…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman Fights Off Would-Be Kidnapper, Rapist In PA Supermarket Parking Lot: DA Woman Fights Off Would-Be Kidnapper, Rapist In PA Supermarket Parking Lot: DA
Daniel Pierson Kidnap Rape Arrest A woman fought off a 6-foot man who police say was trying to rape and kidnap her in the parking lot of a Bucks County supermarket. The victim parked her truck toward the back of the parking lot of the Redner's on Lincoln Highway in Middletown around 7:50 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, when she was immediately approached by 41-year-old Daniel R. Pierson, of Yardley, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. Almost immediately after getting out, Pierson grabbed the woman from behind, Schorn said. The victim screamed and fought to free herself from the bearded Pierson's grip, but he ref…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Neshaminy Kids Club Worker Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit Neshaminy Kids Club Worker Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit
Gerald William Spoto Charged For Sexually Assaulting Boys A popular after school program previously employed a man who has been charged with sexually assaulting at least half a dozen boys who attended while he worked there, authorities in Pennsylvania said on Thursday, Dec. 21. Gerald William Spoto was an obese, glasses-wearing, 20-year-old employee at Neshaminy Kids Club when he allegedly sexually assaulted at least six boys, "who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004," the Buck County District Attorney's Office said. These included a lengthy series of assaults during "sleepovers" in New…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Accused Philly Area Dealer Busted In Raid With Stockpile Of Guns, Drugs, Stolen Cars Accused Philly Area Dealer Busted In Raid With Stockpile Of Guns, Drugs, Stolen Cars
Accused Philly Area Dealer Busted In Raid With Stockpile Of Guns, Drugs, Stolen Cars A suspected Philadelphia area drug dealer is facing multiple charges after being busted with a stockpile of guns, drugs, and stolen cars, authorities said. Joseph “Joey” Scott, of Middletown Township, was charged Thursday, Sept. 15 with several drug and weapons offenses and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on $1 million bail, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Local and state authorities recovered 10 handguns — including two illegally modified to be fully automatic — a bulletproof vest, ammunition, five stolen cars, crystal …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Two Dead, Possibly More As Philadelphia Region Recovers From Tornadoes, Major Flooding Two Dead, Possibly More As Philadelphia Region Recovers From Tornadoes, Major Flooding
Two Dead, Possibly More As Philadelphia Region Recovers From Tornadoes, Major Flooding Two people have died as of Thursday afternoon as a result of Wednesday night's storm in the Philadelphia region, reports say. That number is expected to rise. Authorities told 6abc a woman was killed after a tree came down on a home in Upper Dublin Township (Montgomery County). Her identity was not released. Donald Allen Bauer, 65, of Perkiomenville, died after driving his 2013 Mazda CX-9 into the flood waters of Unami Creek in Milford Township (Bucks County), PA State Police said. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office is also reportedly investigating three storm-related deaths, Chair of…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
NY Couple Found Guilty Of Assaulting Teen Employee At Sesame Place Over Face Mask Refusal NY Couple Found Guilty Of Assaulting Teen Employee At Sesame Place Over Face Mask Refusal
NY Couple Found Guilty Of Assaulting Teen Employee At Sesame Place Over Face Mask Refusal A Bucks County jury found a New York couple guilty of assaulting a 17-year-old Sesame Place employee last summer, leaving the teen with several injuries, including a broken jaw, authorities said. The employee spotted Troy McCoy, 40, of the Bronx, N.Y. waiting in line for a ride and asked him to wear his mask, which was the policy at the Middletown Township theme park on Aug. 9, 2020, the Bucks County District Attorney's office said Friday. McCoy became angry and began yelling at him and the teen walked away to avoid a confrontation, authorities said. Hours later, the em…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
2 Middletown Township Teen Girls Found Safe 2 Middletown Township Teen Girls Found Safe
2 Middletown Township Teen Girls Found Safe Two teen girls were found safe after they were reported missing from Middletown Township Tuesday. Brielle Perry, 16, and Sierra Perry, 16, were safely located on Wednesday according to the Middletown Township Police Department.

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Bucks County Dad Facing More Serious Charges In Deadly Shooting Of 2-Year-Old Son, DA Says Bucks County Dad Facing More Serious Charges In Deadly Shooting Of 2-Year-Old Son, DA Says
Bucks County Dad Facing More Serious Charges In Deadly Shooting Of 2-Year-Old Son, DA Says A Bucks County father arrested last month on accusations he shot and killed his 2-year-old son is facing a more serious charge, the Bucks County District Attorney's office announced Wednesday. Jorddan M. Thornton, 27, of Philadelphia, was initially charged with endangering the welfare of a child, and subsequently remanded to Bucks County Correctional Facility, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub previously said. On Jan. 5, Thornton was slapped with charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. Middletown police were dispatched to the Racque…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Recycling Company Worker, 52, Shot Dead While Arriving At Work In Bucks County Recycling Company Worker, 52, Shot Dead While Arriving At Work In Bucks County
Recycling Company Worker, 52, Shot Dead While Arriving At Work In Bucks County Authorities on Thursday morning were looking for the shooter who killed a recycling company worker as he was pulling into work in Bucks County. The 52-year-old man was struck multiple times in the Kuusakoski Recycling parking lot on the 900 block of Wheeler Way in Middletown Township, around 5:50 a.m., Middletown Township police said. The victim's coworkers immediately rendered aid. He was subsequently pronounced dead by EMS arriving at the scene. The man's name was being withheld at this time pending notification of family members.  HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION On Thursday, December 10, …

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by Cecilia Levine