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Ex-Con Fugitive From NJ Caught With Guns, Drugs, Ammo Faces Lengthy Federal Prison Stretch Ex-Con Fugitive From NJ Caught With Guns, Drugs, Ammo Faces Lengthy Federal Prison Stretch
Ex-Con Fugitive From NJ Caught With Guns, Drugs, Ammo Faces Lengthy Federal Prison Stretch Cedric Lewis had been out of state prison all of two months when detectives from the Essex County Sheriff's Office learned that he'd armed himself with a rifle, two pistols and a pair of extended magazines while selling heroin and cocaine. With the heat on, the Bloomfield ex-con headed south. Three months later, deputy U.S. marshals in Atlanta had him in custody. Lewis, 29, will be headed to federal prison for a much longer stretch than before after taking a deal from the government. Lewis pleaded guilty via videoconference with a federal judge in Newark on Thursday, July 28,  to two …

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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…

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PA Man Who Strangled Infant Son He Had With Underage Girl Found Dead In Prison: DOC PA Man Who Strangled Infant Son He Had With Underage Girl Found Dead In Prison: DOC
PA Man Who Strangled Infant Son He Had With Underage Girl Found Dead In Prison: DOC A Pennsylvania man convicted of strangling the newborn son he'd had with an underage girl, was found dead by hanging, according to officials. Christopher Lee Kennedy, 42, of Wampam, Lawrence County, was found unresponsive in his cell at the State Correctional Institution– Rockview at Bellefonte, in Centre County Pennsylvania last Friday, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Prison staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until facility medical personnel arrived, according to the release. When EMS arrived and advanced life support measur…

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by Jillian Pikora