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Trio Charged In Berks Co. Double Homicide: Police
Three Berks County men are in police custody after authorities said they carried out a double homicide early this year. Emanuel Soto, 18, of Reading, was arrested on Monday, Oct. 31 by Reading police and FBI agents, city officials said in a press release. His alleged co-conspirators, 21-year-old Jonathon Rodriguez of Leesport and 24-year-old Darrian Kreitz of Reading, were already jailed on unrelated charges, authorities said. Emanuel Soto, 18, is charged in connection with a double homicide in Reading in March. Reading Police Department Investigators believe the trio killed Taurice…
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Suburban Philly Gunman Killed Teens In Drug Deal Gone Bad: DA
A 17-year-old Montgomery County boy has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery offenses in connection with the slayings of two victims around his age earlier this week, authorities announced. Dominic Carboni, of Shwenksville, had arranged to meet Skyler Fox, 17, to buy marijuana when he shot him and 18-year-old Brandon Bacote-Byer near Fourth and Johnson streets around 11:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. ALSO SEE: Pottstown Shooting Victims Were Best Friends, Family Says Surveillance footage shows maroon-colo…
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PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report
A Pennsylvania man who stabbed his aunt and her husband to death in the Poconos has learned his fate, WFMZ reports. Lancelot Fortune, 31, of Stroudsburg, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2018 killings, the outlet says citing court documents. Prosecutors say Fortune went to the movies in Philadelphia after killing 56-year-old Isadora Fortune and 54-year-old Richard Fells in their Marcelle Terrace home in Pocono Township, according to the outlet. Click here for more from WFMZ.
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PA Woman Arrested In Central Jersey Woman's Murder: Prosecutor
A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of Deborah Brown-Hepworth, 65, of Old Bridge, authorities said. Elizabeth Jackson, 61, of Yeadon, PA, has been charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Acting Chief Donald Fritz, Jr., of the Old Bridge Police Department. On Sept. 17, at approximately 11:05 a.m., authorities received a 9-1-1 call reporting that a woman was found unresponsive in her home by a relative. Police responded to Hanna Lane and found Brown-Hepwor…
Police & Fire
PA Man Gets Life In Prison For Strangulation Death Of Woman Who 'Feared For Her Life'
A Pennsylvania man convicted of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of the woman with whom he shared a home was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. Daniel Proffitt, 48, of Oxford, was found guilty but mentally ill in July 2021 on charges of murder and strangulation for his role in the 2018 killing of 64-year-old Anna Johnson, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. Johnson was found strangled to death by local and state police who were called to a Brick Road home in East Nottingham Township on Dec. 29, 2018, authorities said. When they arrived, Proffitt,…
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US Marshals Nab 21-Year-Old Pottstown Gunman In California: DA
A 21-year-old fugitive in a Pottstown shooting was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service in California, authorities said. Tyshaun Harvey, of Pottstown, was nabbed this week at a motel in Susanville, CA, near the Nevada border, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said Wednesday, Aug. 10. He's awaiting extradition to Montgomery County on charges of first-degree murder, person not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses in the Sunday, May 29 killing of 22-year-old Nahmer Baird, Steele said alongside Pottstown Police C…
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Man Wanted For Murder In Upper Darby, Police Say
Police in Delaware County are seeking the public's help in locating a wanted man. Abdul Rafi Muhsin is wanted on a first-degree murder charge in connection with an incident that happened in May, Upper Darby police said. Muhsin is known to frequent parts of Philadelphia, particularly the Germantown/Mount Airy/West Oak Lane sections, police said. Anyone with information on Muhsin's whereabouts is asked to contact the Upper Darby Police Department at 610-734-7693.
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Murder Charge Dropped Against PA Man In GF's Ex-BF's Killing
A jury dismissed a first-degree murder charge against a Pennsylvania man accused of killing his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend earlier this year, WFMZ reports. The charge was dropped Wednesday, Jly 13 after Avery Nascimento, 22, testified that he didn't intend to kill 36-year-old Sean Robbins inside a home on the 100 block of Sheridan Street in Pottstown on Jan. 23, Pottstown Mercury reports. However, Nascimento is still charged with attempted murder for shooting 34-year-old Sodonia Medunic during the altercation, WFMZ says. He was accused of punching Medunic, choking her, t…
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Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC
A gunman wanted on a first-degree murder charge in a deadly shooting in Reading earlier this year has been arrested in New York City, authorities said. Deivis Gutiérrez-García, 21, was captured Wednesday, July 6 in the Bronx, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. He had been wanted in the Feb. 26 shooting death of 23-year-old Jackson Reyes-Negrón, who was found on the 1000 block of Green Street, police said. Investigators accused Gutiérrez-García of fleeing the city shortly after the murder happened. He is being held at NYC's Rikers Island jail and is awaiting extradition…
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PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC
A confessed and convicted killer who struggled with mental health issues has died in prison, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Matthew VanZandt, 33, originally of Allentown, was found unresponsive in his cell in SCI Houtzdale in Clearfield County on May 11, 2022, the release shows. Prison security and medical staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until EMS arrived at the facility. Vanzandt was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m., acting Superintendent David Close. VanZandt was serving a 12- to 24-year sentence for First Degree Murder…
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PA Mom Went To NJ For Heroin After Young Sons' Planned Murders: DA
The day that Trinh Nguyen shot her two sons was also the day she intended to die, authorities said releasing brand-new information. The 38-year-old Pennsylvania mom drove to New Jersey for heroin in an attempt to kill herself after shooting her two sons, Jeffrey "JT" and Nelson Tini, in their Upper Makefield home on Monday, May 2, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. All of it was planned, said Weintraub, noting the family had been given an eviction notice for Tuesday, May 3. But things exactly didn't go as planned, for Nguyen, who was captured around 11:3…
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Maryland Repeat Violent Offender Arrested In PA For 2021 Homicide: Police
A repeat violent offender from Maryland was arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with a 2021 homicide, authorities said. Authorities arrested Arthur McCaden, 36, in Montgomery County, PA while he was committing a larceny in a convenience store on Feb. 23, Baltimore Police said. He was wanted in connection with the shooting death of 36-year-old Derrick Smith. Police responded for a Shot Spotter alert in the 1200 block and 1300 blocks of West North Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. on December 17, 2021, police said. Upon arrival, officers found Smith unresponsive and suffering from multiple g…
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