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Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA
Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA A convicted drug dealer is back behind bars again, this time for murdering a man with a sword, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10. William Smoot, 50, Exeter Township, was convicted of First-Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder for stabbing DelCollo multiple times with a sword on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Smoot has been held in the Berks County Prison while awaiting sentencing, the district attorney's office said. A sentencing date was not available at the time of publication. Smoot's accompl…
PA Man Who Executed His Wife Gets 50 Years In Prison: DA PA Man Who Executed His Wife Gets 50 Years In Prison: DA
PA Man Who Executed His Wife Gets 50 Years In Prison: DA A Berks County man who was charged for the execution-style murder of his estranged wife was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, authorities said. Ignacio Peralta-Agramonte, 50, of Leesport, will serve up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to Third-Degree Murder on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Peralta-Agramonte encountered his estranged wife, Librad Reyes De Peralta, at the intersection of Route 61 and Snyder Road in Ontelaunee Township on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, the district attorney's office said. That's when he shot her. A Norther…
Pizzeria Owner Who Killed Partner In Bucks Home Learns Her Sentence: DA Pizzeria Owner Who Killed Partner In Bucks Home Learns Her Sentence: DA
Pina's Pizza Murder: Maria Tolomello Gets Up To 40 Years Maria Tolomello will spend up to 40 years in a Pennsylvania prison for the murder of Giovanni Gallina, prosecutors said in a release. Tolomello, who owned Pina's Pizza in Chalfont together with Gallina, previously pleaded guilty to shooting the 64-year-old in the head.  She was arrested in March 2022 after police found Gallina's body wrapped in a blue tarp in a bedroom of their shared Hilltown home. Officers were sent for a welfare check when Gallina's son said he hadn't heard from his father in over a week. Tolomello reportedly told the son that Gallina was out of town.&nbs…
Coatesville Parents Charged In 8-Year-Old's Fentanyl Death Had Unused Narcan Doses In House: DA Coatesville Parents Charged In 8-Year-Old's Fentanyl Death Had Unused Narcan Doses In House: DA
Coatesville Parents Charged In 8-Year-Old's Fentanyl Death Had Unused Narcan Doses In House: DA Two Coatesville residents have been arrested and charged in the fentanyl overdose death of their 8-year-old son last summer, authorities said Holly Back and Mousa Hawa were each charged with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the July 26, 2023 overdose death of their son, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said on Tuesday, June 4. Police also said they found two unused doses of Narcan in the East Lincoln Highway home of Back and Hawa, who both denied the possibility that the boy had gotten into "their medicine," when interviewed by detectives, according to a…
Allentown Parents Charged For Toddler's 2021 Fentanyl Overdose: DA Allentown Parents Charged For Toddler's 2021 Fentanyl Overdose: DA
Allentown Parents Charged For Toddler's 2021 Fentanyl Overdose: DA A man and a woman face third-degree murder charges three years after their 22-month-old son died from a fentanyl overdose, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office says. Jorge Suarez-Santiago, 32, and Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez, 35, are both wanted on arrest warrants, prosecutors said in a release on Wednesday, April 17.  According to investigators, their son Johansy Suarez-Rivas died at St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart on April 5, 2021. Authorities said he had 16.5 nanograms per millimeter of fentanyl in his blood at the time.  Suuarez-Rivas' cause of death …
Murder Suspect Dismissed By Police Left Cellphone At Sidewalk Scene In Montco: DA (DETAILS) Murder Suspect Dismissed By Police Left Cellphone At Sidewalk Scene In Montco: DA (DETAILS)
Murder Suspect Dismissed By Police Left Cellphone At Sidewalk Scene In Montco: DA (Details) Harrowing details have been released in a Lower Merion weekend homicide. Tyreese Quinerley, 39, was erratically operating a green Chevrolet Express van speeing on City Avenue when it stopped for a red light at City and Cardinal avenues around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, April 14, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Quinerley, of Philadelphia, got out of the van, stood near the center of the roadway and fired two gunshots into his car, Steele said alongside Lower Merion Township Acting Police Superintendent Eugene J. Pasternak. A few minutes later, surveillance v…
Estranged Husband Took Uber To PA Home Before Killing 57-Year-Old Wife: DA Estranged Husband Took Uber To PA Home Before Killing 57-Year-Old Wife: DA
Estranged Husband Took Uber To PA Home Before Killing 57-Year-Old Wife: DA A day after police found his wife dead in her Springfield Township home, Kenneth Shea has been charged with first-degree murder, officials said. Elizabeth Shea, 57, was found with "obvious cut wounds to her head and neck" around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Township police were called to her Cromwell Lane home in Wyndmoor for a welfare check and discovered her on the floor of the master bedroom, authorities said previously.  Investigators believe her estranged husband Kenneth Shea took an Uber to the home around …
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA In 1975 a 19-year-old newlywed was brutally murdered, but thanks to DNA evidence her alleged killer has been revealed, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced. Lancaster County's oldest cold case homicide was that of Lindy Sue Biechler whose "life was brutally taken away from her 46 years ago in the sanctity of her own home," DA Adams said.  David Vincent Sinopoli, now 69 of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and burglary in connection with Biechler's death on Thursday, Oct. 19.  His plea comes …
Pennsylvania Caretaker Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's Homicide Pennsylvania Caretaker Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's Homicide
Pennsylvania Caretaker Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's Homicide An Allentown area caretaker will spend up to 16 years in prison for the 2015 death of Angelina Tomas, a Lehigh County court has ruled.  Delilah Reader, 39, previously pleaded no contest to third-degree murder charges in August, said District Attorney Jim Martin's Office in a release.  In 2007, when Reader was Tomas' "sole caregiver," authorities said she "caused a traumatic brain injury" to the then-10-month-old.  The injury left Tomas with "significant developmental delays, cognitive and learning impairments, physical disabilities, and a seizure disorder," which prosecutors…
PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA
PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA A Montgomery County man shot and killed his mother and brother on Sunday, Sept. 24 before placing a call to federal agents, prosecutors claim.  Aaron Deshong, a 49-year-old Perkiomen resident, was still on the phone with the FBI's Threat Assessment Center when state police arrived at his Gravel Pike home to take him into custody, said the District Attorney's Office.  The FBI received the call around 5 p.m., according to the criminal complaint released by prosecutors. Deshong allegedly told agents he had been "living on the edge" since his father's death, that he was "not suicidal,…
PA Dad Admits To Killing 2-Month-Old Son: DA PA Dad Admits To Killing 2-Month-Old Son: DA
PA Dad Admits To Killing 2-Month-Old Son: DA A 25-year-old dad has pleaded guilty to killing his infant son, authorities say.  Daryl Carletto Brown underwent a mental evaluation in connection with the Oct. 14, 2020 death of his 2-month-old son, but ultimately on Aug. 21 a negotiated plea deal was approved, according to the court documents.  The boy’s mom had left her son with Daryl in their home in 100 block of West Jackson Street, documents show.  That's when Daryl violently bounced the baby on his leg because the child "wouldn't shut up," he told police, as stated in the affidavit.  The baby was taken to P…
PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA
PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA "Incoherently tragic," events led a TikToking teen to "Michael Myer's" (as the killer put it) her sister who had Cerebral Palsy, authorities say. Over two years later, the now 16-year-old Claire Miller has learned her fate, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office.  The Manheim Township girl "pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a charge of third-degree murder Friday afternoon in Lancaster County Court regarding the stabbing of her sister (Helen, 19) on Feb. 22, 2021," the DA stated in the release on Friday, March 10, 2023. The stabbing happened while the girls' parents w…
NJ Woman Who Killed Montco Fireman In 2021 Crash Learns Her Fate NJ Woman Who Killed Montco Fireman In 2021 Crash Learns Her Fate
NJ Woman Who Killed Montco Fireman In 2021 Crash Learns Her Fate The New Jersey driver convicted of killing a Montgomery County firefighter and injuring three others will spend at least a decade years behind bars, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.  Jacquelyn Walker, 64, of Little Egg Harbor, was sentenced to 12 to 24 years for the 2021 crash that fatally wounded Belmont Hills fireman Thomas Royds, the outlet wrote. She had previously pleaded to third-degree murder and related counts in October, they added.  Walker was driving west on I-76 between the Gladwyne and Conshohocken exits on July 24, 2021 when Royds and other first responders were pulled over…
Trucker Who Crashed Into Fireman's Pregnant Wife Charged With Murder: Montco DA Trucker Who Crashed Into Fireman's Pregnant Wife Charged With Murder: Montco DA
Trucker Who Crashed Into Fireman's Pregnant Wife Charged With Murder: Montco DA The West Virginia driver who lost control of a dump truck and fatally struck the pregnant wife of a firefighter now faces two murder charges, officials say.  Everett Clayton, 56, was arrested in Boston last month for homicide by vehicle and related charges stemming from the accident that happened in Lower Providence Township, on Aug. 25, as Daily Voice reported.  Investigators have said Clayton was driving on the 500 block of South Park Avenue when he lost control of his dump truck and crashed head-on into pregnant 31-year-old Kellie Adams of Lansdale, who died at the scene.  Emersyn Grac…
Man Accused Of Fatally Running Over Victim With Car In Philadelphia Fight Man Accused Of Fatally Running Over Victim With Car In Philadelphia Fight
Man Accused Of Fatally Running Over Victim With Car In Philadelphia Fight A Philadelphia man faces murder charges after he ran over another man during an argument, authorities say.  Police were called to the 2700 block of Comly Road on the city's far northeast side just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20 for a report of a pedestrian-involved accident, the department told Daily Voice.  There, officers found 24-year-old Jason Corona of Fredericksburg, Virginia badly wounded. He was rushed to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital where he died from his injuries at 3 a.m., police said.  Investigators determined Corona was intentionally run over by a man with who…
Teen Gunman Wanted In Deadly Upper Darby Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Boy Arrested Teen Gunman Wanted In Deadly Upper Darby Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Boy Arrested
Teen Gunman Wanted In Deadly Upper Darby Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Boy Arrested A teenage suspect wanted in the shooting death of another teen in Upper Darby has been arrested, authorities said. Jermaine Young, 16, has been charged as an adult with third-degree murder, criminal homicide, and involuntary manslaughter, among other offenses, in the killing of a 14-year-old boy on Friday, July 1, Upper Darby police said. The victim was among a group of five others who were shooting a music video when Young accidentally fired inside a Ruskin Lane home around 6:30 p.m., CBS3 reports. Young was being held at the Abraxas Academy detention center in Morgantown in lieu of $300,…
'I'm The Best Drunk Driver Ever:' Says Woman Accused Of Killing PA Troopers, Pedestrian On I-95 'I'm The Best Drunk Driver Ever:' Says Woman Accused Of Killing PA Troopers, Pedestrian On I-95
'I'm The Best Drunk Driver Ever:' Says Woman Accused Of Killing PA Troopers, Pedestrian On I-95 Twitter users are slamming the 21-year-old woman accused of killing two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and a pedestrian on I-95 on Monday, March 21, after a tweet about her alleged drunk driving skills surfaced. “If you ask me, I’m the best drunk driver ever,” Jayana Tanae Webb, says in a Jan. 15 tweet. Webb, of Eagleville, was driving the speeding car that struck and killed Trooper Martin F. Mack III, 33, Trooper Branden T. Sisca, 29, and Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, of Allentown, near southbound milepost 18 just before 1 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. The troopers were trying t…
Authorities ID Pedestrian Killed With PA State Police Troopers On I-95; Driver Charged With DUI Authorities ID Pedestrian Killed With PA State Police Troopers On I-95; Driver Charged With DUI
Authorities ID Pedestrian Killed With PA State Police Troopers On I-95; Driver Charged With DUI A 21-year-old woman has been charged with DUI and third-degree murder, among other offenses, in the I-95 crash in Philadelphia on Monday, March 21 that claimed the lives of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and a pedestrian, authorities said. Jayana Tanae Webb, of Eagleville, was driving the speeding car that struck and killed Trooper Martin F. Mack III, 33, Trooper Branden T. Sisca, 29, and Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 28, of Allentown, near southbound milepost 18 when the troopers were trying to help Oliveras, who was walking on the highway, into their patrol car just before 1 a.m…
PA Man Used Apple Watch To Track Wife Before Shooting Her, Killing Man She Was With: Report PA Man Used Apple Watch To Track Wife Before Shooting Her, Killing Man She Was With: Report
PA Man Used Apple Watch To Track Wife Before Shooting Her, Killing Man She Was With: Report A 38-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing murder charges after injuring his wife and killing another man in what police are calling a "domestic-related shooting" at a shopping center in Berks County on Saturday, March 19. Nehemias Santiago Montes, of York, tracked 30-year-old Jessica M. Cruz-Rodriguez using an Apple watch he'd hidden in her car, and waited for her in the parking lot of the Wyomissing Walmart store around 4 p.m., according to the York Daily Record and Borough Police Chief John G. Phillips. Montes noticed an SUV parked next to her car, driven by Alexi Omar Rodriguez …
Philly Man Charged In Deadly Shooting Of Two Teens In Reading Philly Man Charged In Deadly Shooting Of Two Teens In Reading
Philly Man Charged In Deadly Shooting Of Two Teens In Reading A Philadelphia man has been charged in the shooting deaths of two teenagers in Reading, authorities said. Nyjee Jefferson, 26, is accused of fatally shooting two male victims in the 200 block of West Greenwich Street around 7:10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, Reading police chief Richard Tornielli said. The victims have been identified as José Ventura-Jiménez, 18, and a 17-year-old boy, whose name was not being released due to his age, police said. Jefferson was arrested Sunday in Philadelphia on an unrelated parole violation warrant, according to police. Jefferson is awaiting arraignmen…
PA Mom Of 4 Killed By Man Wanted For Violating Protection Order PA Mom Of 4 Killed By Man Wanted For Violating Protection Order
PA Mom Of 4 Killed By Man Wanted For Violating Protection Order A mother of four young children was a victim of domestic abuse, who shot and killed by the husband she had a protection order against, according to a release by the Dauphin County district attorney's office. Kyra Lee Macon Haley, 24, of Harrisburg, was found shot dead inside the home of her estranged husband Dallas Haley located at 2965 Rumson Drive in the City of Harrisburg on Oct. 20, 2020, at approximately 1:40 a.m., according to the district attorney. When police arrived, they found Kyra Haley on the floor, unresponsive and bleeding from a gunshot wound to her left shoulder area. Ther…
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…
WANTED FOR MURDER: Philly Woman Kills Mom's Fiance After He 'Laid His Hands On Her' WANTED FOR MURDER: Philly Woman Kills Mom's Fiance After He 'Laid His Hands On Her'
Wanted FOR Murder: Philly Woman Kills Mom's Fiance After He 'Laid His Hands On Her' UPDATE: A Philadelphia woman has turned herself in to police as being the person who killed her mom's 49-year-old fiance during a fight on New Year's Eve in Montgomery County, authorities announced Monday. ***Original story below *** A Philadelphia woman is wanted for killing her mom's 49-year-old fiance during a fight on New Year's Eve in Montgomery County, authorities said. Samiyah Williams, 24, shot Adronne Reaves in the Bala Cynwyd section of Lower Merion just before 10 p.m. at the Delwyn Apartments, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Reaves is engaged to W…
Angry Suburban Philly Gunman Killed Jeep Driver In Apparent Road Rage Shooting: DA Angry Suburban Philly Gunman Killed Jeep Driver In Apparent Road Rage Shooting: DA
Angry Suburban Philly Gunman Killed Jeep Driver In Apparent Road Rage Shooting: DA A 43-year-old man was arrested for gunning down a Jeep driver outside of his home over the weekend, authorities said. Gerald Scott Ramos was charged with the murder of 36-year-old Darrius Waller, who was sitting in his vehicle when he was shot and killed around 9:35 p.m. Dec. 5 in Pottstown, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Waller and Ramos did not know each other before an alleged speeding incident before the shooting that evening, authorities said. Ramos told detectives that he was walking home from his brother’s house when a Jeep sped past him and nearly struc…
Authorities Seek Reading Man Charged In Deadly Nightclub Shooting Authorities Seek Reading Man Charged In Deadly Nightclub Shooting
Authorities Seek Reading Man Charged In Deadly Nightclub Shooting A 28-year-old Berks County man charged in connection with a fatal nightclub shooting in Reading was being sought by authorities Sunday. A warrant is out for the arrest of Alberto Rivera -Vázquez, who was charged with first and third-degree murder after a 43-year-old man was found dead on South 6th Street early Sunday morning, according to the Reading Police Department. Officers found José Rodríguez-Bultron and a second victim with multiple gunshot wounds outside La Cabaña Lounge around 12:15 a.m., police said. Both victims were rushed to Reading Hospital, where Rodrigue…
2 Arrested In Schuylkill County Shooting Death, State Police Say 2 Arrested In Schuylkill County Shooting Death, State Police Say
2 Arrested In Schuylkill County Shooting Death, State Police Say Two men were arrested for their involvement in the shooting death of a 27-year-old man in Schuylkill County, authorities said. Michael Robert Angelo, 51, of Seltzer, and James W. Fitzpatrick, of Pottsville, were apprehended Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, aggravated assault, possession of instruments of a crime, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person, according to Pennsylvania State Police. On Oct. 21, troopers responded to a report of an argument and a possible gunshot in the woods near Ash Road in Cass Township and discovered Joseph …
PA Man Who Strangled GF, Gave Victim Deadly Drug Combo Gets 55 Years PA Man Who Strangled GF, Gave Victim Deadly Drug Combo Gets 55 Years
PA Man Who Strangled GF, Gave Victim Deadly Drug Combo Gets 55 Years A Lancaster County man has been sentenced for third-degree murder and drug delivery resulting in death for two separate incidents both occurring in 2020, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Matthew J. Moser, 32, was sentenced by Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth last week after pleading guilty to crimes resulting in the death of a man and a woman about a month apart, according to the district attorney. Moser was sentenced to 20 to 40 years on the third-degree murder charge and six to 15 years on the drug delivery resulting in death charge…
NJ Woman Hit With 3rd Degree Murder Charge In I-76 Crash That Killed PA Firefighter NJ Woman Hit With 3rd Degree Murder Charge In I-76 Crash That Killed PA Firefighter
NJ Woman Hit With 3rd Degree Murder Charge In I-76 Crash That Killed PA Firefighter Charges were upgraded for a New Jersey woman accused of killing a firefighter and injuring three other first responders in a crash on Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania. Jacqueline Walker, 63, of Little Egg Harbor, was hit with charges including third-degree murder, after fatally striking Lower Merion firefighter Thomas Royds on July 24, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pennsylvania State Police Captain James B. Kemm said. Walker's previous charge of vehicular homicide was dropped after toxicology tests revealed no alcohol or drugs in her blood and an investigati…
DUI Driver Convicted In Crash That Killed Two, Hurt Two Others On I-95 DUI Driver Convicted In Crash That Killed Two, Hurt Two Others On I-95
DUI Driver Convicted In Crash That Killed Two, Hurt Two Others On I-95 A DUI driver was convicted Friday for his role in a crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others on I-95 nearly two years ago, authorities said. A jury found 38-year-old Kevin R. Peters guilty of two counts of third-degree murder, two counts each of involuntary manslaughter,  homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of driving under the influence, and related charges, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Peters, of Bristol Township, was driving a Mazda CX-5 more than 100 miles per hour when he rear-ended a minivan around 1 a.m.…
Man Pleads Guilty For Alleged Role In 2019 Fatal Shooting Outside Allentown Bar Man Pleads Guilty For Alleged Role In 2019 Fatal Shooting Outside Allentown Bar
Man Pleads Guilty For Alleged Role In 2019 Fatal Shooting Outside Allentown Bar One of two men allegedly responsible for a fatal shooting outside an Allentown bar in 2019 has pleaded guilty, according to a recent news report. Jahmel Crews, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday to third-degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery for his role in the 2019 shooting of Yaret Rivera, 22, outside the Chicago Sports Bar & Grill, WFMZ reports citing the Lehigh County District Attorney's office. Crews' alleged accomplice, Walter Martinez, was arrested hours after the 1 a.m. shooting and is facing similar charges, the outlet says. Click here for the full report by WFMZ.
Pennsylvania Dad Found Guilty Of Murdering 4-Month-Old Son Pennsylvania Dad Found Guilty Of Murdering 4-Month-Old Son
Pennsylvania Dad Found Guilty Of Murdering 4-Month-Old Son A Newville man has been found guilty of the homicide death of his 4-month-old son, according to court records. Brian Wagner, 34, has been convicted of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and third degree murder for the death of his son who died on July 6, 2017. When Wagner awoke that day, he found his son Finnick was not breathing. He called 911 and the boy was taken via ambulance to Carlisle Regional Medical Center before being flown to Hershey Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to court documents. During the course of the trial…