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Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two PA Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Revenge Plot: Affidavit
Two men wanted for arson and attempted homicide in York County allegedly set a Dover Township home ablaze and fired bullets into a neighbor’s house in a twisted revenge plot apparently orchestrated by the homeowner’s ex-girlfriend, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
Authorities are searching for Nicholas Lee Burtner, 31, and Jacob Lamar Adams, 28, in connection with an Oct. 4, arson and shooting in Dover Township. Police allege the crime was orchestrated by Leighanne Enders, 37, as part of a revenge plot against her ex-boyfriend a 38-year-old man who had recently obtained a Protection F…
PA Man Who Killed Mom With Fentanyl Spiked Iced Tea Sentenced To Life: DA
A Falls Township man who spiked his mother’s iced tea with fentanyl before shooting her in Philadelphia has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub announced Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
Sean Rivera, 30, admitted to second-degree murder and multiple related charges for the killing of his 72-year-old mother, Carol J. Clark, in April 2023. Rivera drugged Clark, drove her to a shed in Philadelphia, and shot her multiple times, investigators said.
Rivera's negotiated plea includes life in prison without parole for the murder, and an add…
Gunman Hid In Neighbor's Basement After Allentown Shooting: Authorities
Shots were fired during a domestic dispute at an Allentown home Friday morning, July 26, according to city police.
It happened on the 500 block of North 13th Street around 8:45 a.m., authorities said in a release. Police made their way inside the home and found "evidence of recent gunfire," but the suspect had fled the scene, officials wrote.
Joel Reyes, 30, was located in the basement of a neighboring home, found with a 9mm handgun, and arrested, APD said.
He is charged with discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, reckless endangerment, and trespassing, author…
PA Man Shoots, Kills Wife Of NJ Friend Who Took Him In, Dies Soon After: Authorities (Update)
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Pennsylvania man shot and killed the wife of a friend who took him into their northwest New Jersey home, then died of a medical emergency moments after fleeing, authorities said.
Cheryl Schilling and her husband, Kevin, ran to an upstairs bedroom and closed the door after Armond Anthony Avitable grabbed a pump-action shotgun during an argument at their home in the Knowlton Township community of Columbia shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, they said.
Avitable then kicked open the door and fired two shotgun blasts, both of which wounded the 58-year-old woman, Warren County P…
Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (Update)
A 28-year-old Bucks County man is accused of killing his mom by spiking her iced tea with fentanyl then killing her in Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities said.
Sean Rivera, of the Morrisville section of Falls Township, drugged his 72-year-old mom, Carol J. Clark, before driving her to Philadelphia where he shot and killed her, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said.
Rivera left his mom's body in a shed, but officials found her early Monday morning, April 10, and pronounced her dead, Weintraub said.
The investigation began on Sunday afternoon for a report of a do…
Grandpa Beaten With Vacuum, Granddaughter Leads Police On Pursuit In PA: Authorities
A granddaughter is accused of attacking her grandfather, trespassing, violating a proection order, and sending police on a foot pursuit during two separate incidents in May and June 2022, authorities say.
The first incident happened in the 100 block of Linville Drive, Mountville, at 8:10 a.m. on May 26, according to a release by the police department.
Corporal Mark Burkholder and Officer Troy Rogers were called to a report of a domestic in progress— and following a brief foot pursuit authorities detained Ketsia Febles Rodriguez, 25—a former resident of the home, according to the…
Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities
A popular central Pennsylvania teacher has died after she was shot by her neighbor during a domestic dispute turned murder-suicide on Saturday, May, 21, authorities say.
Erin Michelle Walker, 36, was shot dead by her neighbor, Daniel Berry, 59, in an apparent murder-suicide in the 400 block of Hill Street in Spring Garden Township around 6:15 p.m.— she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, May, 22, according to the York County coroner’s office.
Her killer, Berry, was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the coroner announced in a separate re…
Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say
A man was shot dead by a Pennsylvania State Trooper, according to police.
Glenn William Custer, 59, died at the scene of the shooting on Sunday, Pennsylvania state police said in a statement released on Monday morning.
Police were called to a domestic dispute at a home on Gilberg Lane in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County just after 5 p.m., according to the release.
When troopers arrived, Custer was acting erratically while holding a knife, as stated in the release.
Custer refused multiple demands to drop the knife, police say.
Instead, he ran towards occupied homes in the area then r…
Bucks Man Threatens Woman With Stun Gun, Maces Himself, Police Say
A Bucks County man threatened a woman with a stun gun and then sprayed himself with pepper spray, said authorities who arrested both on drug charges.
Officers were called to the Nolan Park Apartments in Morrisville for a domestic situation between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. May 7, Falls Township police said.
There, Christopher Mosher, 21, had been arguing with Caitlyn Eastmead, 18, who said Mosher threatened her with the gun before macing himself, police said.
Police found drugs in the apartment and Mosher and the woman were arrested, authorities said.
Plumstead PD: 31-Year-Old Woman Faces Assault Charge In Violent, Drunk Domestic Dispute
A Pipersville woman was arrested after brutally beating a man in a drunken domestic dispute last weekend, authorities said.
Christina Bennett, 31, of Pipersville, was charged with simple assault and more following the March 6 incident in Plumstead, local police said.
Officers responded to a home in the 5800 block of Bradshaw Road on reports of a domestic dispute when they found a man with scratches and fresh wounds, bleeding and alone, police said.
Officers also found several broken items around the home, and a "highly intoxicated" woman -- later identified as Bennett, police said.
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