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Man Sought By Police In Champions Park 'Suspicious Death': Police Man Sought By Police In Champions Park 'Suspicious Death': Police
Man Sought By Police In Champions Park 'Suspicious Death': Police A person of interest is being sought by police in relation to a woman who was found dead in a Philadelphia park on Thursday, Nov. 7, police said. Geovanni Otero, 29, was listed as a person of interest in the death of a woman found in Champions Park, located in the 900 block of Tustin Avenue, according to a Friday, Nov. 8 news release from the Philadelphia Police Department. The woman was pronounced dead by the Philadelphia Fire Department's Medic Unit at 8:33 p.m., previous reporting by Daily Voice states. Her body will be taken to the Medical Examiner's Office to determine the ca…
Alleged Police Impersonator's Victims Sought By Actual Police In Pennsylvania Alleged Police Impersonator's Victims Sought By Actual Police In Pennsylvania
Alleged Police Impersonator's Victims Sought By Actual Police In Pennsylvania Luzerne County residents may have been duped by a fake cop, authorities warn.  Paul Dolan of Scranton is accused of claiming to be a police officer during an interaction on Old Route 115 in Lehman on Dec. 13, township police said.  Dolan allegedly approached a driver with a flat tire near the intersection with Church Road and tried to get him to move his car into a patch of dirt, authorities said.  He "made several statements about being a police officer" and mentioned multiple local departments and stations where he "works out of," police said. Dolan also claimed to ha…
Allentown Assault Suspect In Police Custody: Officials Allentown Assault Suspect In Police Custody: Officials
Allentown Assault Suspect In Police Custody: Officials A man wanted for assaulting another person in Allentown over the summer has been arrested, authorities say.  Micheal C. Williams had been charged with simple assault and harassment stemming from an incident on June 30, according to State Police. He was also wanted for an alleged parole violation.  Williams, 52, was booked at the Lehigh County jail and held in lieu of a $5,000 bail, according to court records.  He is scheduled to appear again before Judge Linda Vega Sirop for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 26. 
Escaped PA Prisoner May Be In Philadelphia, US Marshals Warn Escaped PA Prisoner May Be In Philadelphia, US Marshals Warn
Escaped PA Prisoner May Be In Philadelphia, US Marshals Warn An inmate who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison over the weekend might have been in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section on Wednesday, Dec. 6, according to US Marshals.  Isaiah Robert Tilghman slipped past guards at the Blair County Prison on Sunday, Dec. 3, and fled the area in a stolen red 2011 Ford F-150, authorities said.  The 33-year-old was being held on drug charges and alleged parole violations, officials noted.  Around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police said they found the plate from the truck Tilghman stole attached to a similar Ford on the 3500 block of Belgrade Stre…
Convicted PA Child Sex Offender Recaptured By US Marshals In Wisconsin Convicted PA Child Sex Offender Recaptured By US Marshals In Wisconsin
Convicted PA Child Sex Offender Recaptured By US Marshals In Wisconsin A Pennsylvania man who sexually assaulted a child has been arrested in Wisconsin, according to the US Marshal Service. Kassey Hoege, 56, was apprehended by the GLRFTF-Madison in Packwaukee on Oct. 5, according to USMS Madison. When Hoege lived in Pitcairn, Westmoreland County he was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of a minor, but acquitted of statutory sexual assault, furnishing liquor to a minor and a separate count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in 2005 court records show. He had absconded from parole in Philad…
Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege
Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege A Pennsylvania parole violator is accused of giving a man enough fentanyl to cause the deaths of 30 adults, police said. Tyler Michael Singer, 27 of North Locust Street, Palmyra has been arrested in connection with the July 2022 death of a 26-year-old Gregory "Greg" Ristenbatt, Palmrya police said. Ristenbatt was found dead from a drug overdose in the 200 block of College Street, Palmyra at 12:16 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022.  Originally it was said that Greg "passed away unexpectedly after a long, brave battle with addiction," as stated in his obituary but it is now known that he had …
Stolen Vehicle Crashes During Reading Street Chase: Police Stolen Vehicle Crashes During Reading Street Chase: Police
Stolen Vehicle Crashes During Reading Street Chase: Police One man sits in a Berks County jail cell after authorities say he crashed a stolen vehicle into a family's car during a police chase in Reading.  Officers were on patrol near 9th and Penn streets at about 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1 when they noticed a Volkswagen Jetta that was reported as stolen in Chester County, Reading police said in a statement.  The driver of the Volkswagen fled before police could pull him over, traveling north up 9th Street before heading east on Washington Street, the department wrote. The chase came to an end when the driver rammed into an occupied car on…
Accused NJ Motel Strangler Was Registered Sex Offender: Report Accused NJ Motel Strangler Was Registered Sex Offender: Report
Accused NJ Motel Strangler Was Registered Sex Offender: Report A man accused of strangling and stabbing a woman in a Burlington County motel room appears to be a registered sex offender, NJ Advance Media reports. Alexander Rivera, 26, of Merchantville and Philadelphia, was taken into custody without incident on Friday Nov. 4 by the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, on a murder charge and weapons offenses in the Bel-Air Motor Lodge killing of Michelle L. Johnson, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.  Rivera apparently served a prison sentence on child pornography distribution and ch…
Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say
Known Megan's Law Offender Attempts Child Kidnapping At PA Walmart, Police Say Police are seeking clues on a known Megan’s Law offender who allegedly attempted to abduct a child at a PA Walmart. The man pictured above was seen pulling on a toddler in an attempt to remove them from a shopping cart while the parents were shopping at the Nazareth Pike store in Bethlehem Square Mall on Saturday, Oct. 15, township police said in a press release. The toddler cried to their parents, prompting the man to flee, according to police. A Walmart worker was made aware of the incident, however, the victims apparently left without providing their contact information. A follow-up in…
PA Woman Who Allegedly Attempted To Plow Down Police Nabbed By US Marshals PA Woman Who Allegedly Attempted To Plow Down Police Nabbed By US Marshals
PA Woman Who Allegedly Attempted To Plow Down Police Nabbed By US Marshals A 28-year-old central Pennsylvania woman—who is accused of trying to hit police officers with a car, has been arrested, according to a release by US Marshals. York City police originally tried to pull over Kimberly Ann Edwards, who has previously lived in York and Hanover, at about 3 p.m. on Jan. 25, according to the release. As officers approached her vehicle on foot near Farquhar Park— Edwards drove in reverse towards them— nearly striking them, US Marshals say.  She sped off at a high rate of speed, then struck another vehicle near the intersection of Roosevelt and Pennsylvania Ave…
PA Woman Who Killed Firefighter Nabbed In Maryland: US Marshals PA Woman Who Killed Firefighter Nabbed In Maryland: US Marshals
PA Woman Who Killed Firefighter Nabbed In Maryland: US Marshals A Pennsylvania woman on parole for killing a firefighter was arrested on the run in Maryland, according to the US Marshals. Khanyae Kendall, 23, of Harrisburg, pleaded guilty to killing Denny Devoe while he was on-duty in 2017, according to US Marshal Martin J. Pane and court records. Kendall was driving a stolen vehicle under the influence at the time of the fatal crash, court records show. She was sentenced to a prison term of five to 12 years, but on Mar. 10, 2022, she was released under the supervision of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, according to US Marshal Pane. …
Bucks Man Sentenced For Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl Bucks Man Sentenced For Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl
Bucks Man Sentenced For Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl A 38-year-old Bucks County man was sentenced to seven to 15 years in state prison for the rape of a 13-year-old girl last year, authorities said. Shane Ferguson, of Morrisville, in Sept. 2021, was found guilty of rape, aggravated indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and related offenses, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Ferguson will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, the DA's office said. He was also sentenced to two to four years for violating his parole, running concurrently to his sentence on the rape case. …
PA Man Guilty Of Murder Could Spend Rest Of His Life In Prison PA Man Guilty Of Murder Could Spend Rest Of His Life In Prison
PA Man Guilty Of Murder Could Spend Rest Of His Life In Prison A Pennsylvania man found guilty of murder is heading to prison for up to 87 years. Ryan Rivera, 24, was convicted of third-degree murder, conspiracy and carrying a firearm in a jury trial on Nov. 19 in the drive-by killing of 22-year-old Tyreek Gardner in May 2019, according to a release from the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Rivera confronted Gardner with another man on the 300 block of E. Fulton St. after the two had crossed paths earlier that night. The man with Rivera punched Gardner before he fled and was shot at by the two men near Tobacco Avenue, where shell casings w…
US Marshals Nab Allentown Gunman In Virginia: Report US Marshals Nab Allentown Gunman In Virginia: Report
US Marshals Nab Allentown Gunman In Virginia: Report The suspect in a New Year’s Eve homicide in Allentown was arrested in Virginia by US Marshals, LehighValleyLive reports. Joseph Warren Suydam, 25, of Allentown was taken into custody Jan. 9 on a Lehigh County parole violation and a felony counterfeit currency charge, the outlet reports citing county prosecutors. Suydam is accused of killing Jermel Johnson, of Northampton, during a marijuana deal at the intersection of 9th and Gordon Streets around 1 p.m. Jermel JohnsonJermel Johnson Facebook photo Johnson, 25, was subsequently pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.  S…
Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs
Feds: Impatient Repeat Felon Points Police To Smuggled Gun, Drugs "We can just cut the chase bro -- the gun [is] behind the couch and there's drugs in the cabinet," an impatient six-time convicted felon told police who raided his North Jersey home, federal authorities said. "That sh*t belong to me," Jabbar Pierce, 41, told officers in his Penns Grove apartment who read him his Miranda rights and then recorded his every word, according to a criminal complaint. A federal judge ordered Pierce held following a video-conferenced initial court appearance Friday afternoon in Newark on charges of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Authorities in Salem C…
DA: Suspect In Fatal MontCo Hotel Shooting Captured By U.S Marshals Near Philadelphia Airport DA: Suspect In Fatal MontCo Hotel Shooting Captured By U.S Marshals Near Philadelphia Airport
DA: Suspect In Fatal MontCo Hotel Shooting Captured By U.S Marshals Near Philadelphia Airport The alleged suspect of a Montgomery County fatal hotel shooting was captured by U.S Marshals near Philadelphia airport Wednesday morning, authorities said. Jonathan Tunnell, 40, of Philadelphia, is facing first, second, and third-degree murder charges for the murder of Henry Palmen, 35, in a hotel room in King of Prussia on Monday, June 14, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Upper Merion police chief Thomas Nolan. Responding to a report of a suspected overdose victim found by a Fairfield Inn maintenance man, Upper Merion police officers found Palm…