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16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds 16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds
16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds An indictment of 16 members of a violent mid-Atlantic crime ring has been unsealed and the federal agencies are naming names.  Of the 16, eight of the alleged crime ring members were arrested in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, police in Fairfax County, Virginia announced later that day.  They were all arrested in connection to a violent crime spree that took place between Jan. 7, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023.  The crime ring members were all from Maryland and the District of Columbia. They met with their accused leader – Trevor Wright, also known as “Taliban Glizzy” …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pizza Delivery Assault, Robbery In Central PA: Police Pizza Delivery Assault, Robbery In Central PA: Police
Pizza Delivery Assault, Robbery In Central PA: Police Three teens have been arrested and a fourth is at large following the assault and robbery of a pizza delivery person in Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, police announced on July 20, 2023.  The delivery person was at someone's home dropping off pizzas when the "strong-arm robbery" took place in the 7400 block of Clearfield Street, Swatara Township, area police said. The incident happened around 10:20 p.m. on July 19, and by 9:45 a.m. the following day three juvenile boys ages 16 and 17 were in custody, according to Swatara Township Police.  The teens were taken to the Daup…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Robbers Shot By Pizza Deliveryman In PA: Police Robbers Shot By Pizza Deliveryman In PA: Police
Robbers Shot By Pizza Deliveryman In PA: Police One suspect is hospitalized and another is on the run after Philadelphia police say they were shot by a delivery driver who they tried to rob.  It happened in Chestnut Hill just before midnight on Wednesday, July 19, the department told Daily Voice.  When the would-be robbers approached the victim on the 7700 block of Stenton Avenue, police say he opened fire, striking one of the suspects "in the buttocks."  The wounded suspect, identified only as a 23-year-old man, was treated at Einstein Medical Center and is in stable condition with criminal charges pending, police said.&…

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by Mac Bullock
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Overdue Rent Led To Homicide Of MD Man On PA Highway: DA Overdue Rent Led To Homicide Of MD Man On PA Highway: DA
Overdue Rent Led To Homicide Of MD Man On PA Highway: DA An overdue rent payment is believed to have motivated a Maryland man to kill his passenger while traveling on a highway in Pennsylvania, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.  Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz, 54, of Baltimore, was found shot to death on U.S. 222 South, in Brecknock Township Lancaster County near the Berks County line at mile marker 48.6 at 7:07 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  An autopsy performed by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office revealed he sustained five gunshot wou…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Armed Robbery Filmed In Central PA: Police Armed Robbery Filmed In Central PA: Police
Armed Robbery Filmed In Central PA: Police Armed men robbed a van at gunpoint in Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning, police announced the following day.  A van was robbed in the parking lot of Quality Gas Mart at 101 Bridge Street, New Cumberland around 9:40 a.m. on June 21, 2023, area police explained.  The two robbers were dressed in all black and had their faces covered. One of the men, "grabbed the victim and held him a gunpoint while demanding the victim to open the safe in the van," the police said. The other robber "grabbed a money bag from the van," the police said added that, "The suspects fled the scene wi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say
Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say  A 13-year-old was held at knife-point, Pennsylvania State Police announced on June 9, 2023. The boy was accosted by a 15-year-old male on May 30 between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on West Jefferson Avenue, Myerstown, according to the state police.  The older teen approached the boy and pressed a pocket knife against his stomach while demanding cash, PSP explained. The would-be robber "verbally threatened to stab the victim," PSP stated in the release.  Somehow the boy managed to break free and run away. The unidentified teen was later arrested for "robbery, terroristic thre…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drug Dealer With 'Gun' Drags Wheelchair-Bound Man Across Central PA Parking Lot: Police Drug Dealer With 'Gun' Drags Wheelchair-Bound Man Across Central PA Parking Lot: Police
Drug Dealer With 'Gun' Drags Wheelchair-Bound Man Across Central PA Parking Lot: Police A 33-year-old convicted drug dealer came after a man in a wheelchair with what looked like a gun and dragged him from a moving vehicle until he surrendered his cellphone, Lower Allen Township police detailed in a release on Friday, May 26, 2023.  Darren Edward Ross was arrested after police watched a video a witness took of the incident in the 2100 block of Cedar Run on Thursday, May 25, 2023.  Ross had previously called the wheelchairbound man "making threats to come assault him," and "the victim had just gotten back to the complex from a convenience store and was returning to th…

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by Jillian Pikora
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4 Masked, Gloved, Armed Robberies In 3 PA Counties, Police Say 4 Masked, Gloved, Armed Robberies In 3 PA Counties, Police Say
4 Masked, Gloved, Armed Robberies In 3 PA Counties, Police Say Four robberies— three of which were armed— in three Pennsylvania counties are under investigation according to three separate releases by different agencies all issued on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.  The four robberies had similar suspects and began two weeks before the releases were issued. Each county appears to be handling the investigations separately despite the clear similarities.  York County: The first robbery happened at the Mt. Rose Ave Central Mart in York on Wednesday, April 26 around 10:50 p.m., according to the Spring Garden Township Police Department.  The suspect has been de…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Who Attempted To Run Over Someone For Cellphone Sought By Carlisle Police Man Who Attempted To Run Over Someone For Cellphone Sought By Carlisle Police
Man Who Attempted To Run Over Someone For Cellphone Sought By Carlisle Police Someone was nearly run over by a car during a cellphone theft on Friday, April 14, 2023, Carlisle police said.  Officers were called to the bizarre incident near the intersection of South Pitt and West South streets at 11:37 a.m., according to a release by the department.  The victim told the officers "Frederick Gibbs drove his vehicle upon the sidewalk in an attempt to strike them, then exited his vehicle and pushed the victim to the ground before taking a cell phone from them," as stated in the release.  Gibbs is wanted for robbery, aggravated assault, and theft for this i…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC
PA Murderer Of MD Soldier Over $24 Found Dead: DOC A 34-year-old killer serving a life sentence— for murdering a former US Army soldier during a robbery of $24— has died, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on Thursday, April 13, 2023.  Ryan Lynn Horton, was found unresponsive in his cell on April 11, Eric Tice, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Somerset announced.  "Prison staff and medical personnel immediately responded and provided life-saving measures. EMS arrived and advanced life support measures were continued," Tice stated in the release.  Horton was declared deceased at 6:1…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say
PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say A 26-year-old Lancaster County man confessed on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, to the police that he strangled his mom during a fight over her purse, then took her keys out of her purse, stole her car and fled, police say.  Many friends of 62-year-old Lois Gift thought her absence from events she regularly attended was very odd so they called the Ephrata police and requested a welfare check on Monday, March 20, 2023— that's when her body was discovered at her home on Grant Road in Adamstown, according to the police release following the confession. The coroner determined her cause of death…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police
Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police A man punched an emergency roadside crew worker in the face multiple times, authorities announced on March 15, 2023.  The worker's emergency vehicle was supposedly blocking the roadway when the man was trying to pass near the 600 block of South Plum Street in Lancaster on July 22, 2022, Lancaster County Crime Stoppers explained in the release.  But instead of waiting, he got out of his silver 1997 or 1998 Toytota RAV4 and punched the worker multiple times causing injuries, and then took the worker's phone and damaged it, presumably so they could not call for help, although that wa…

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by Jillian Pikora