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Grindr Meetup Ends With Dismemberment Of PA 14-Year-Old: Affidavit Grindr Meetup Ends With Dismemberment Of PA 14-Year-Old: Affidavit
Grindr Meetup Ends With Dismemberment Of PA 14-Year-Old: Affidavit A 14-year-old transgender teenager from Western Pennsylvania met their alleged killer through the dating app Grindr, according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice.  Dashawn Dale Depree Watkins, 29 of Sharon, is in the Mercer County Prison after bloody clothes and surveillance videos linked him to the brutal dismembering of 14-year-old Pauly Likens, the Pennsylvania State Police explained in a press release and court documents.  Likens was reported missing by "his" father (who does not acknowledge his son's transition to become a girl, the police explained in the affida…
Anti-Jewish AND Muslim Hate Lands Philly Man Federal Charges: USDOJ Anti-Jewish AND Muslim Hate Lands Philly Man Federal Charges: USDOJ
Anti-Jewish AND Muslim Hate Lands Philly Man Federal Charges: Usdoj A Philadelphia man is charged with communicating threats across state lines, according to federal prosecutors.  Yaniv Gola, 50, is accused of threatening to "injure, rape and kill" eight different people over the phone, said the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Investigators claim Gola used a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to hide his real phone number from the victims. Investigators believe the calls took place between August 2022 and November 2023.  "You (expletive) Jew, now I know where you are," he allegedly said in one call. "…
Palestinian PA College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities Palestinian PA College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities
Palestinian PA College Student Shot In Vermont: Authorities A National Registered Emergency Medical Technician Sprinter and Pennsylvania college student has been identified as one of three Palestinian men shot in Burlington, Vermont on Saturday night, authorities announced on Sunday, Nov. 26.  Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid, and Tahseen Ahmed — who were all identified by their families and are all 20 years old — were visiting family friends over the Thanksgiving break when they were shot while walking along North Prospect Street in Burlington at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, Burlington Chief of Police Jon Murad detailed in a release.  An un…
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…
Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen
Final Defendant In Trenton Police Car Firebombing Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen UPDATE: A Trenton man who threw a makeshift Molotov cocktail into a city police vehicle following a protest was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. Kadeem A. Dockery, 31, is the last of four defendants sentenced in U.S. District Court in connection with the May 31, 2020 protest in Trenton. Video captured by surveillance cameras and personal cellphones helped authorities identify Dockery, who was arrested a little over two months later, and Killian F Melecio, 22, of Columbus, NJ. Rather than face trial, Dockery took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in May 2021 to attemptin…
Pennsylvanian Derrick Rump Killed In Colorado Night Club Shooting: Reports Pennsylvanian Derrick Rump Killed In Colorado Night Club Shooting: Reports
Pennsylvanian Derrick Rump Killed In Colorado Night Club Shooting: Reports A Berks County native is among the five dead following a mass shooting at a gay bar in Colorado, according to reports.  Derrick Rump, a graduate of Kutztown Area Senior High School, according to his social media pages, was killed when a gunman opened fire at Club Q in Colorado Springs on Saturday, Nov. 19, multiple media outlets report.  On his Facebook page, Rump wrote that he was a bartender at the club.  At least twenty-five others were injured in the shooting, it has been widely reported. Police told media that bar patrons subdued the suspected shooter, 22-year-old Anderson Aldrich, u…