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'Queen Of Christmas' Mariah Carey's Holiday Tour Stopping In PA: Here's When, Where 'Queen Of Christmas' Mariah Carey's Holiday Tour Stopping In PA: Here's When, Where
'Queen Of Christmas' Mariah Carey's Holiday Tour Stopping In PA: Here's When, Where Get ready, lambs. Mariah Claus is comin’ to town. The oft-proclaimed queen of Christmas herself, singing superstar Mariah Carey, will hit several arenas across the Northeast on her holiday tour, dubbed “Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time.” A celebration of the 30th anniversary of her wildly successful “Merry Christmas” album and its megahit single, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the tour will visit 20 cities across the country. The show is produced by Live Nation and features Carey’s “timeless holiday classics alongside fan-favorite chart-toppers promising an unforgettable festive experienc…
FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says
FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says An Iranian operative and two associates living in America have been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting United States citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump. Federal authorities have charged Farhad Shakeri, an alleged operative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with two New York City associates in a plot to assassinate a US citizen critical of the Iranian government.  The case highlights the continued threat posed by Iran’s attempts to silence dissidents and even target top US. officials. According to the Department of Justice criminal complai…
PA Suspect In Murder At Posh Resort Found Dead 200 Miles Away As Friends Mourn 'Gifted Artist' PA Suspect In Murder At Posh Resort Found Dead 200 Miles Away As Friends Mourn 'Gifted Artist'
PA Suspect In Murder At Posh Resort Found Dead 200 Miles Away As Friends Mourn 'Gifted Artist' A Pennsylvania man suspected of murdering a woman at a high-end resort in the Hamptons was found dead hundreds of miles from the crime scene in New York. Thomas Gannon, age 56, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, according to Suffolk County Police. Gannon was considered the prime suspect in the killing of 33-year-old Sabina Rosas at the posh Shou Sugi Ban House, located in the Long Island hamlet of Water Mill, on Monday, Oct. 28. Earlier Report: Update: Woman Murdered At Water Mill Resort ID'd Rosas, a Brooklyn artist who also went by th…
Suspected Hersheypark Slasher Arrested, NJ Partner In Crime Wanted: Police Suspected Hersheypark Slasher Arrested, NJ Partner In Crime Wanted: Police
Suspected Hersheypark Slasher Arrested, NJ Partner In Crime Wanted: Police The 63-year-old New York, identified as the suspected Hersheypark Slasher, was arrested — but his Jersey City partner remains at large, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Sept. 27.  Huley Williams of Brooklyn, NY is accused of being the man who committed the "slash and grab" in the Hersheypark parking lot around 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, police said and Daily Voice previously reported.  Williams (pictured above on the right) is accused of being the man (pictured above on the left) who was caught rummaging around in the backseat of a car when th…
Teen Wanted In PA Home Invasion, Deadly NJ Train Station Shooting Captured: Marshals Teen Wanted In PA Home Invasion, Deadly NJ Train Station Shooting Captured: Marshals
Teen Wanted In PA Home Invasion, Deadly NJ Train Station Shooting Captured: Marshals A New Jersey fugitive wanted in a deadly train station shooting and a home invasion was arrested in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. U.S. Marshals took 19-year-old Damian Bass into custody, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Sept. 6. Bass' last known address was in Fanwood. Bass was charged with first-degree murder and two weapons offenses. He was accused of shooting and killing 43-year-old James Hailey of Newark. Marshals from Brooklyn, NY, and Scranton captured Bass in Chestnuthill Township, PA, on Thursday, Sept. 5. "We s…
Recent College Grad Leanna Farraj, 24 Of Brooklyn, NY, Killed In Bethlehem Crash Recent College Grad Leanna Farraj, 24 Of Brooklyn, NY, Killed In Bethlehem Crash
Recent College Grad Leanna Farraj, 24 Of Brooklyn, NY, Killed In Bethlehem Crash A 24-year-old woman has died following a single-vehicle crash, the Northampton County Coroner’s Office announced on Monday, Aug. 5.  Leanna Farraj of Brooklyn, NY, died after the crash into a pole in the 1600 Block of Stefko Boulevard in the City of Bethlehem around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 4, as detailed in the coroner's release and according to the police.  The cause of death was determined to be "Multiple Blunt Force Injuries" and the manner of death was an accident, as stated in the release.  An investigation into this fatal crash is ongoing by the Bethlehem Police; w…
Deer Crashes Through Windshield Killing Mom, 43, From NJ In PA: State Police Deer Crashes Through Windshield Killing Mom, 43, From NJ In PA: State Police
Deer Crashes Through Windshield Killing Mom, 43, From NJ In PA: State Police Molly Dowd, 43-year-old New Jersey mother, died Monday, April 1, the day after a deer jumped through the windshield of the car she was riding in on a Pennsylvania highway, according to her PA State Police and her obituary on the Dangler Funeral Home website. Dowd was a passenger in the vehicle operated by Michael Bird on I-276 east when a deer crossed the westbound lanes, jumped over the center concrete barrier and onto the hood of the vehicle at 6:25 p.m. March 31 in Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. The deer came crashing through the windshield, seriousl…
Incest, Rape Of Child Among 50+ Charges Filed Against NY Man  By PA Police Incest, Rape Of Child Among 50+ Charges Filed Against NY Man  By PA Police
Incest, Rape Of Child Among 50+ Charges Filed Against NY Man By PA Police After several children told police in Pennsylvania that a New York man had been sexually abusing them for years — this week an arrest was made, according to a release on Friday, Nov. 17.  Dennis Martinez, 38 of Brooklyn, NY, was taken into custody in New York City on Monday, Nov. 14, 2023, Lancaster City Bureau of Police detailed in a release.  The Lancaster police had been investigating Martinez since Oct. 2022, after being notified that three children in Lancaster City had suffered "abuse [that] occurred over an extended period of time, at least several years," th…
PA Murder Suspect Captured During Connecticut Bank Robbery: Police PA Murder Suspect Captured During Connecticut Bank Robbery: Police
PA Murder Suspect Captured During Connecticut Bank Robbery: Police The prime suspect in a 2020 Luzerne County homicide was arrested this week while robbing a bank in Connecticut, according to state police.  Giovanni Morales Jr., 27, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested in Hartford on Monday, Nov. 13, authorities said.  He was previously charged with the June 26, 2020 killing of Jonathan Hernandez in West Hazleton, troopers said.  Morales had come to the area days before the slaying to stay with Hernandez, and the pair were seen by witnesses working together on construction sites, the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader has reported.  H…
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say 2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…
Ice Cream Company With Illnesses Reported In Pennsylvania Recalls 91 Products Over Listeria Ice Cream Company With Illnesses Reported In Pennsylvania Recalls 91 Products Over Listeria
Ice Cream Company With Illnesses Reported In Pennsylvania Recalls 91 Products Over Listeria A popular ice cream company has recalled nearly all 100 of its products due to possible Listeria contamination. The Ice Cream House, located in Brooklyn, NY, is voluntarily recalling all 91 of its dairy ice cream products and non-dairy (parve) frozen dessert products, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The products being recalled were sold at the Ice Cream House in Brooklyn and through retail supermarkets in New York, New Jersey, and Ohio. The recall is related to the Soft Serve on the go cups which had been previously recalled by Real Kosher Ice Cream, Inc. Two…
Beyonce Posts Tribute To Philadelphia Dancer Stabbed Dead Beyonce Posts Tribute To Philadelphia Dancer Stabbed Dead
Beyonce Posts Tribute To Philadelphia Dancer Stabbed Dead After Philadelphia native and dancer O'Shae Sibley was stabbed to death in New York City while dancing to Beyonce's music, the artist posted a tribute in his honor to her personal website.  Sibley, a 28-year-old trained dancer who studied with the Philadelphia Dance Company, was killed while dancing and vogueing in what police are describing as a possible hate crime at a Brooklyn gas station, CBS News reports. In response, Beyonce's team updated her homepage to read "Rest In Power O'Shae Sibley."  In a statement posted to Facebook, the Philadelphia Dance Company said Sibley had trained th…
Body 'Wrapped In Plastic, Lit On Fire' On PA Road Identified: DA Body 'Wrapped In Plastic, Lit On Fire' On PA Road Identified: DA
Body 'Wrapped In Plastic, Lit On Fire' On PA Road Identified: DA Authorities have named the man found dead under suspicious circumstances on the side of a Chester County road last month.   He was 32-year-old Rolando Blanco-Duartes of Brooklyn, New York, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan's Office said.  The remains were found near the 2300 block of Eagle Farms Road in West Vincent Township on Sunday, June 18, authorities said previously.  DA Ryan's Office asked for help identifying the remains, which were found "wrapped in plastic, and lit on fire." Photos were circulated of the victim's shirt and a piece of jew…
NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (UPDATE) NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (UPDATE)
NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (Update) UPDATE: The alleged thieves who stole a vehicle and caused a chase that seriously hurt two Pennsylvania state troopers have been identified as the following Brooklyn, NY men, according to a PSP release on Monday, May 22. Latrell White, 22-years-old. Terrence Caton, 26-years-old. Julien Fleury, 27-years-old. All three have been denied bail, according to their court dockets. Fleury and Caton have been charged with the following, as detailed in their dockets.  Felony theft by unlawful taking- movable property. Felony fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. Felony evading arrest or dete…
HS Junior 'Big Mike' Mourned By Lebanon Community After Car Crash HS Junior 'Big Mike' Mourned By Lebanon Community After Car Crash
HS Junior 'Big Mike' Mourned By Lebanon Community After Car Crash A 17-year-old high school football player was killed in a car crash on Saturday, April 22, 2023, according to his school and family.  Michael Joseph Rivera was an eleventh-grade student at Cedar Crest High School. Superintendent Philip Domencic released the following statement on "Big Mike's" death over the weekend: "The Cornwall-Lebanon School District is saddened by the news today that one of our students in 11th grade, Michael Joseph Rivera, died last night as a result of car accident. On behalf of our entire school district community, we extend our deepest sympathy to Michael’s family…
Love At First Site: Ex-NJ Couple, Nigerian Wingman Charged In $4.5M Cyberfootsies Scam Love At First Site: Ex-NJ Couple, Nigerian Wingman Charged In $4.5M Cyberfootsies Scam
Love At First Site: Ex-NJ Couple, Nigerian Wingman Charged In $4.5M Cyberfootsies Scam A former New Jersey couple and a Nigerian national scammed more than 100 lonely hearts out of $4.5 million in an elaborate online romance scheme, federal authorities charged. Martins Inalegwu, 34, of Philadelphia and Steincy Mathieu, 26, of Brooklyn cooked up the plot with Moses Chukwuebuka Alexander and several of his Nigerian brethren, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury alleges. Together, they trolled online dating and social media sites for willing marks, whom they “wooed with words of love” on the phone and in emails, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. T…
Body Builder BF Killed After Couple Collides With Tractor-Trailer On PA RT 225: State Police Body Builder BF Killed After Couple Collides With Tractor-Trailer On PA RT 225: State Police
Body Builder BF Killed After Couple Collides With Tractor-Trailer On PA RT 225: State Police A woman's boyfriend has died after the couple was involved in a serious crash involving a tractor-trailer on Pennsylvania State Route 225, authorities say.  Lisa Waibel, 41, of Lykens, was driving an SUV south on SR 225/Armstrong Valley Road near Mountain House Road with 44-year-old Matthew Napoleoni in the passenger seat, when she turned left in front of a tractor-trailer driven by 45-year-old Richard Wynkoop of Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, March 16, 2023, around 4:09 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police Lykens.  The tractor-trailer collided with the SUV's passenger si…
Top Ten Most Wanted List Updated By PA State Police Top Ten Most Wanted List Updated By PA State Police
Top Ten Most Wanted List Updated By PA State Police Three new criminals have been added to the Pennsylvania State Police's "Ten Most Wanted" list. The three newest fugitives replace three who have been captured. Those men are: Jordan Alexander Allen, Wilkes-Barre: Aggravated assault with a firearm. Samuel Irizarry, Philadelphia: Attempted homicide Rakeem Markell Jones, Erie: Attempted homicide. The other men on the list, which still includes one individual who has been captured, includes: Michael Edward Akerly, Erie: Wanted for a 1998 rape and aggravated indecent assault in Erie, PA. Seen in Wattsburg, Erie County; Chauauq…
Former Penn Basketball Player Cameron Gunter Dies, 31 Former Penn Basketball Player Cameron Gunter Dies, 31
Former Penn Basketball Player Cameron Gunter Dies, 31 Former University of Pennsylvania basketball player Cameron Gunter died on Thursday, Jan. 19, the team announced on Twitter. He was 31 years old. Cameron graduated from Ridley High School (Class of 2014), and went on to play for the Penn basketball team while earning his degree in communications and commerce. The 6-foot-9 forward played in 91 games at Penn and had a career-high of 12 points in 15 minutes of action during a loss against Harvard, according to a report by The Daily Pennsylvanian. Born in Morton, Cameron had been living in Boston, MA at the time of his death, but previously s…
Harrisburg Mom Of Five, Jessica Serrano Dies Three Days Before 31st Birthday Harrisburg Mom Of Five, Jessica Serrano Dies Three Days Before 31st Birthday
Harrisburg Mom Of Five, Jessica Serrano Dies Three Days Before 31st Birthday Jessica "Jessy" M. Serrano, a Harrisburg 30-year-old mother of five children, who unexpectedly died on Friday, January 20, 2023, at Holy Spirit Hospital— just three days before her 31st birthday, according to her family. "Jessica had a medical emergency on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, that rendered her unconscious, and was (rushed) to the hospital," according to a GoFundMe page launched for the family. "As of Thursday, the doctors confirmed that she is legally brain dead. I tried to hold on to hope that she would pull through and come back to me. But on Friday, January 20th at 10:56 p.m. at 3…
'Prophet Of Doom' Pleads Guilty To Mass NYC Subway Shooting 'Prophet Of Doom' Pleads Guilty To Mass NYC Subway Shooting
'Prophet Of Doom' Pleads Guilty To Mass NYC Subway Shooting UPDATE: An assailant who opened fire on a packed New York City subway train last year, wounding 10 commuters and igniting underground terror, admitted on Tuesday, Jan. 3 that he intended to cause mass harm. No one was killed in the horrific attack by Frank James, 63, which left victims strewn across a smoky 36th Street platform in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn at the height of the April 12 morning rush. Rather than risk the consequences of a guilty verdict at a jury trial, James took a deal from prosecutors. The heavyset and balding domestic terrorist -- who'd dubbed himself the…
UPDATE: Tabby Found In Suitcase At JFK Airport Returns Home For Holidays UPDATE: Tabby Found In Suitcase At JFK Airport Returns Home For Holidays
Update: Tabby Found In Suitcase At JFK Airport Returns Home For Holidays A frisky feline who was recently rescued from a checked bag at JFK Airport enjoyed Thanksgiving at home, the TSA reports. Smells snuck into a suitcase on an Orlando-bound pre-holiday flight in what the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein jokingly called a bid to pursue "a big mouse he heard was running around Disneyworld." The orange tabby "belonged to someone else" in the Brooklyn household and apparently stowed away when no one was looking, Farbstein said at the time. Kitty owners noted that it was paws-able, given cats' love for warm, secure spaces. We’re lettin…
Pennsylvania's Christian Pulisic Plays In USA's First World Cup Match Tying With Wales Pennsylvania's Christian Pulisic Plays In USA's First World Cup Match Tying With Wales
Pennsylvania's Christian Pulisic Plays In USA's First World Cup Match Tying With Wales Hershey's homeboy helped the USA team advance in the World Cup in Qatar at Ahmad Bin Ali stadium; earning one point for the tied game with Wales on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. In one of the first games of the cup, 24-year-old Christian Pulisic, No. 10, did some key plays and a good corner kick while  on a team led by 23-year-old Tyler Adams, of Wappinger, New York. Pulisic played with 22-year-old Timothy Weah of Brooklyn, NY, led to Weah scoring America's only goal at the 36 minute mark of the game. This is the first goal made on the Welsh team at a World Cup game since Pele scored 1958. 33-ye…