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Woman Held Captive In Attic For 6 Weeks After Meeting Man On Dating App: DA
A landlord checking a water leak found a woman who had been held in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks, where she was forced to have sex with men, prosecutors said. The discovery happened September 20 at a multifamily home on Summer Street in Malden. Police found the woman naked and malnourished on a mat in the unfinished attic, prosecutors said. Agents arrested Jordende Pierre, 29, last week and charged him with trafficking a person for sexual servitude, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, authorities said. “She clearly had not eaten, she was…
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Man Ubers Hour+ For Sex With Teen Girl In Strasburg, Busted By Predator Hunters Instead: Cops
A 53-year-old Pennsylvania man is accused of driving more than an hour to meet someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl for sex, police said. Jacob A. Novak, of Sellersville, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 17, following an investigation in Strasburg, according to Strasburg Borough police. Police were called to 2 W. Main St. around 4:59 p.m. for a report of suspicious activity involving a group that catches suspected child predators, court records show. The group told police Novak had used an Uber to get to the location to meet someone he thought was 13 for sexual activity. Novak told poli…
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Prosecutors Call Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer's New Argument 'Laughable'
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked a Massachusetts judge to acquit her in the deaths of her three children, weeks after a jury failed to reach a verdict. Clancy returned to Plymouth Superior Court on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for the first time since her trial ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4. Judge William Sullivan did not immediately rule on the request. Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek a second trial. The next hearing is set for Nov. 2. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors had not proved Clancy killed the children. “This entire case is based on speculation,” he s…
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Man Pulls Knife, Cut Victim's Clothes Off At Pennsylvania McDonald's: Police
Zachary Dantz Jenkins did his best to get away. His best wasn't good enough after a strange encounter at a Pennsylvania McDonald's. Hatboro Police say the trouble started on Thursday, Sept. 10, when Jenkins approached a man sitting inside a vehicle at the McDonald's on North York Road. According to investigators, Jenkins instigated a confrontation, pulled out a knife and began cutting off the man's clothing before fleeing with several associates. The incident was reported two days later, and detectives used interviews and surveillance video to identify Jenkins as the suspect, police said. …
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: 300 Juveniles Flood PA Town After Football Game, Police Investigating
Police are investigating what they called "outrageous behavior" after nearly 300 juveniles flooded Doylestown Borough following a Central Bucks West football game, leading to fights, an assault and a wave of other complaints. Central Bucks Regional Police responded to continuous juvenile-related activity in the center of town from about 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, until 1 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, the department said. Police reported large groups gathering in the street, car alarms being set off, noise complaints, fights and an assault. Authorities continued receiving complaints the fol…
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Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Fires Back After DHS Uses His Image In Migrant Video
NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins had a clear message for the Trump administration after the Department of Homeland Security posted a propaganda video featuring him. Keep his name out of your mouth. DHS shared a montage of the Philadelphia Eagles legend's highlights captioned, "Our time has come." The video was shared in resposne to reports of a "huge migrant caravan" approaching the southern border of the United States, ESPN reports. #HelloBlessedPeople🙏🏽I have respectfully not given permission to anyone other than those I currently do business with to use my NIL. Be Blessed! …
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Man Caught Attempting To Join ISIS Sentenced To Years In Federal Prison
A Connecticut man who paid $500 in hopes of reaching ISIS in Syria has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison, authorities said. Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced to 92 months in prison on Monday, Sept. 28, in New Haven. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden also ordered lifetime supervised release. Court records show Elshazly had talked about traveling to Syria to fight for ISIS since 2018. He pledged allegiance to the group and ran a Discord server where he posted hundreds of extremist memes and videos. On Dec. 14, 2019, he paid som…
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Man Came To PA Park To Meet Girl, 15, For Sex: Police
A 38-year-old Ohio man was arrested after traveling to a Pennsylvania park to meet someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sexual contact, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Luis Rivera, of Cincinnati, arranged to meet the girl at Pendora Park in Reading, but he had actually been communicating with an undercover police officer posing as the teen, according to the Reading Police Department. Rivera arrived at the park around 8:05 a.m. Monday and messaged the undercover officer to say he was there, police said. Members of the department’s Patrol Division and Criminal Investigat…
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21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash ID'd
A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a late-night crash on Route 309 in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Caleb J. Sine, of Richlandtown Borough, was operating a motorcycle that collided with another vehicle in the 7600 block of Route 309 in Springfield Township, Bucks County, at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Sine, who was wearing a helmet, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 11:50 p.m., Buglio said. An autopsy determined that Sine died from multiple blunt…
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PA Man Dies 3 Days After House Fire: Coroner
A 68-year-old Pennsylvania man died three days after he was critically injured in a house fire, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 28. Ronald T. Avery, of Bloomsburg, was caught in the fire in the 200 block of Ridge Street in Scott Township, Columbia County, around 5:40 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Avery was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24. An autopsy completed Saturday determined that Avery died from smoke inhalation with complications. His death was ruled accidental.…
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PA Husband Admits Strangling Wife's Fiancée, Hiding Body For 7 Years: Court Docs
A Pennsylvania man admitted strangling his wife’s fiancée in his van and burying her body along a creek nearly seven years ago, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 28. David Allen Snyder, 39, of Hanover, is charged with first-degree murder and strangulation in the death of 38-year-old Kimberley Gsell, court records show. Gsell was last seen around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2019, at the Rodeway Inn at 1239 Harrisburg Pike in Middlesex Township, according to the affidavit. At the time of her disappearance, Gsell was engaged to Amanda Snyder, who remained marrie…
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NYT Games Exec's Troubled Family History Emerges After Killing: Reports
A New York Times Games executive allegedly killed by his parents-in-law in a California sports complex parking lot over the weekend was charged with child abuse offenses stemming from accusations involving two young children in 2025, according to published reports. Jonathan McKinsey, 40, of Dublin, was charged in Alameda County in 2025 with two misdemeanor counts of child abuse after his wife reported that he struck her 6-year-old son in the face with an open hand, KTVU reports. She also told authorities that McKinsey had grabbed her arm during a 2018 domestic violence incident, leaving a br…
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