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Allentown Police Launch Homicide Probe, ID Victim Allentown Police Launch Homicide Probe, ID Victim
Allentown Police Launch Homicide Probe, ID Victim Police in Allentown have named the man who was badly beaten on a city street last week and later succumbed to injuries.  Mastapha B. Brown, 38, died of blunt-force trauma to the head, and the manner of death was homicide, said the Allentown Police Department, citing the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.  Authorities were called to the corner of 10th and Linden Streets at about 6:40 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 for reports of an injured man, the department wrote in the release. They arrived to find Brown injured on the sidewalk but still able to communicate. He told the officers he had…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Police ID Pedestrian Victim In Fatal Bucks Accident Police ID Pedestrian Victim In Fatal Bucks Accident
Police ID Pedestrian Victim In Fatal Bucks Accident New details are emerging in the investigation into a suspicious death on Street Road in Bucks County.  Police in Warrington Township were called to the road's westbound lane at the Neshaminy Creek bridge between Valley and Paul Valley Roads to find a man dead at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, Daily Voice has reported.  The victim is now identified as 40-year-old Clive Boothe of Philadelphia, and authorities say he was hit by a passing car. The driver has been identified and an investigation is underway, police added. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Suburban Philly Dad's 2013 Murder Still Haunts Investigators Suburban Philly Dad's 2013 Murder Still Haunts Investigators
Suburban Philly Dad's 2013 Murder Still Haunts Investigators A decade after his tragic murder, police are still seeking answers in the murder of Bucks County dad Joseph Canazaro.  The 48-year-old was with his girlfriend and his 12-year-old son at his Swartley Road home in Hilltown on Jan. 18, 2013, when they became the victims of a brutal home invasion, said District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.  At about 10 a.m., witnesses saw two armed men enter the home. Investigators say the culprits tied up all three victims before ransacking the home — stealing guns, cash, jewelry, and other valuables.  Canazaro's girlfriend and son managed to escape their cap…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say
Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say A Pennsylvania teenager who was the victim of a targeted shooting in the lobby of a Luzerne County movie theater has died from his injuries, according to state police. Luis Manuel Luna, 19, of Hazleton, died from injuries sustained in a shooting at approximately 8;15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Regal Cinema on Laurel Mall Drive in the Hazle Township. According to police, Manuel Luna suffered multiple gunshot wounds while he was in the arcade and lobby area of the theater before the gunman fled the area. Manuel Luna was transported to Lehigh Valley Hazleton for treatment and evaluati…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
62-Year-Old Man Dead, 2 Critical In Morris County Weekend House Fire 62-Year-Old Man Dead, 2 Critical In Morris County Weekend House Fire
62-Year-Old Man Dead, 2 Critical In Morris County Weekend House Fire A 62-year-old man was killed and two others were seriously injured in a weekend fire in Morris County, authorities tell Daily Voice. Gregory Balbirnie was found dead while two other victims rescued, a male and female, were taken to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in the Saturday, Dec. 10 fire on Cypress and Elm places in Randolph, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. Records show Balbirnie previously lived in Downington, PA. He worked as a realtor in Exton for the past several years, his LinkedIn profile shows. The fire remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Drummer Found Dead In Kutztown Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA NJ Drummer Found Dead In Kutztown Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA
NJ Drummer Found Dead In Kutztown Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA A New Jersey drummer found dead at a Berks County dump on Saturday, Nov. 12 had crawled into a dumpster the night before, according to officials and those who knew him.  Kellen J. Bischoff, 19, of Manahawkin, NJ, was found dead at the Total Recycling Facility on Lincoln Road in Birdsboro just after 8:30 a.m., said District Attorney John T. Adams in a release Monday, Nov. 14.  Investigators were able to identify Bischoff by his "unique" tattoos, and eventually learned that he was visiting a family member in Kutztown, the DA said.  Loved ones had last seen the teen i…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Three Seriously Hurt In Allentown Shooting Three Seriously Hurt In Allentown Shooting
Three Seriously Hurt In Allentown Shooting A woman and two men were hospitalized with serious injuries in an Allentown shooting overnight, authorities said. Gunfire broke out inside of a commercial building on the 900 block of N. 4th Street around 1:05 a.m., police said. Officers found three adult victims, who were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the Allentown Police Criminal Investigation division at 610-437-7721 or make an anonymous tip through the Allentown Police Tip411 app.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Human Skull Found In Berks County: Police Human Skull Found In Berks County: Police
Human Skull Found In Berks County: Police A human skull was found in Berks County over the weekend, authorities said. The remains were discovered in a retention pond on Pine Lane on Saturday, April 30, Amity Township police said. The Keystone Water Rescue, Berks County Coroner's Office, Berks County Detectives, Pennsylvania Canine Search, and Rescue Team, Amity Fire/Rescue, and Monarch Fire Police all responded to the scene. The investigation remains ongoing.

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PennDOT Employee 'Intentionally' Struck In Hit-Run: Police PennDOT Employee 'Intentionally' Struck In Hit-Run: Police
PennDOT Employee 'Intentionally' Struck In Hit-Run: Police A Pennsylvania department of transportation employee suffered serious injuries after they were "intentionally" struck by a pickup truck on Wednesday, April 13, police say. Silver Spring Township Police are searching for the driver of the gold pickup truck pictured that struck the employee Rich Valley Road near Sherwood Drive at 10:50 a.m., according to a release by the department. The road was briefly closed due to the incident, dispatchers say. The employee's injuries are considered non-life threatening, according to the police. The police have not clarified why they think the strike was…

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by Jillian Pikora
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$10K Reward Offered In Deadly PA Apartment Explosion: ATF $10K Reward Offered In Deadly PA Apartment Explosion: ATF
$10K Reward Offered In Deadly PA Apartment Explosion: ATF A $10,000 reward has been offered in connection with a deadly apartment explosion investigation, officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives say. Shanna Carlson, 34, was killed in the explosion at her apartment building located at 327 E. Market St. in Clearfield in 2019, authorities say. Carlson "died from penetration wounds to the head and right lung due to an explosive device," WJAC reported citing Clearfield County coroner Kim Shaffer-Snyder. This is considered a bombing and a homicide according to the multiple organizations investigating it. TAKE A LO…

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by Jillian Pikora
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UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Update: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pilot Killed In Perkasie Plane Crash ID'd By Family Friend: Report Pilot Killed In Perkasie Plane Crash ID'd By Family Friend: Report
Pilot Killed In Perkasie Plane Crash ID'd By Family Friend: Report One of two victims killed in a fiery plane crash has been identified as a local dad, 6abc reports. Brian Filippini, of Philadelphia, died when the plane he reportedly owned went down near Victoria and Brittany Lanes in Perkasie around 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, the outlet reports. While Filippini's identity has been confirmed by a family member, the identity of the second victim remains unknown.  Filippini most recently worked as the President of Concord Management Group International and earned a bachelor's degree in business from The Ohio State University in 1989, according to his Linked…

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by Nicole Acosta