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93-Year-Old Man Is Missing, Could Be In Danger: PA State Police
A 93-year-old man is missing from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday, Oct. 6. Xenophon Biakis was last seen driving a 2017 blue Toyota Corolla with a Pennsylvania license plate "KRE5512" in the area of Greenbriar Road, Jackson Township in Lebanon County at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, as detailed in a release by the PA Turnpike Commission. Pennsylvania State Police, Troop L, Jonestown Station is conducting a missing/endangered persons investigation to locate Biakis. He is described as being 5'10" tall, weighing 175 pounds, with brown eyes and no hair. Biak…
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Wanted Man Who Flagged Down PA Officer For Ride Found With Meth: Police
A man wanted for assault in New Jersey was found with methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia while walking in Pennsylvania, police said. Richard Parsons, who records show had an active warrant out of Greenwich Township, NJ (unclear if Warren County or Cumberland County), flagged down police for a ride Easton Road in Lower Saucon, PA around 3:15 a.m. on Sept. 19, authorities said. Police learned Parsons, of Perkasie, had been wanted and then found him to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, police in Lower Saucon said. Parsons was charged with aggravated assault for c…
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Coroner IDs Driver Killed When Car Overturns In Embankment In Lehigh County
A 66-year-old motorist was killed when their vehicle slid off the roadway and went down an embankment Saturday night, Oct. 5, officials said. Stephen La Pierre, of Upper Macungie Township, was operating the vehicle that went off the roadway on Tilghman Street and into an embankment, overturning and ejecting him around 10 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. The cause of death is Multiple Blunt Force Injuries. The manner of death is Accident.
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PA Motorcyclist Among 2 Hospitalized With Serious Injuries In Route 80 Crash
A pair of motorcyclists were hospitalized with serious injuries when one struck the other on Route 80 in Warren County on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Kawasaki and Aprilia motorcycle were traveling east on Route 80 when the 33-year-old Aprilla operator struck the rear of the Kawasaki around 6 p.m. at milepost 12.6 in Hope Township, New Jersey State Polie Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Both operators were thrown from their bikes and taken to the hospital, one by medevac and the other by ground, with serious injuries. The Kawasaki operator is age 27, from Paterson, and the Aprilla operator is age 33…
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Motorcyclist, 34, Killed In Lehigh County Crash Remembered
Condolences are pouring in for the 34-year-old motorcyclist killed in a Lehigh County crash Friday, Oct. 4. Jorge Pickett, of Bethlehem, is survived by two children, whose photos he shared often on social media. Many of the comments are from people who struck up unlikely friendships with Pickett, including one who said they'd only ever met online. Still, Pickett sent his online friend a birthday gift. Another was a co-worker who said their friendly conversations eventually blossomed into a friendship. Jorge, The older brother I always wanted I still can’t believe this is real why you …
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Man Posed As Officer, Chased People From Park In Bucks County, Police Charge
A Bucks County man is facing charges for posing as police and other civil servants in his efforts to keep people out of a local park, according to police. Daryl Rose Clifton, 58, of Warrington, is accused of impersonating various authorities as he accosted children, parents, and others visiting the Doctor Adams Community Park located at 2235 Oxford Drive, police said. He was arrested and charged with Impersonating a Public Servant on Friday, Oct. 4, according to court documents. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 18. Clifton has had some run-ins with police in the p…
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Man, 82, Shoots Wife In Head With .22 Caliber Rifle: Berks County DA
An 82-year-old Berks County man was arrested after shooting his wife in the head with a .22 caliber rifle, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. Howard “Philip” Boltz, of Bethel, called police to report that he had just shot his wife in their home on Airport Road at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, according to the district attorney's office. Police found an 84-year-old woman in the residence with a gunshot wound to her head, the district attorney's office said. She was taken to Penn State Hershey Medical Center in stable condition. Boltz was arrested and charged with Criminal Atte…
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MontCo Uber Driver Violently Raped Drunken Villanova Student: DA
An Uber driver from Montgomery County was arrested for raping a Villanova University student who was drunk after a night out with friends, according to authorities. Mirvan Dinler, 26, of Trappe, picked the victim up at a Philadelphia nightclub in an UberX and drove her back to her dorm in Hovnanian Hall at the Radnor Township campus on Friday, Sept. 13, police paperwork reads. Dinler then followed the student back to her dorm and raped her then forced her to perform oral sex on him, the paperwork says. The victim told authorities that the last thing she remembered was waking up to find…
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Driver Was Going 3X Over Posted Speed Limit In PA Crash That Killed Grandfather: Police Papers
New details have been released in a July 2024 crash that left a 78-year-old man dead in Bucks County. Nicholas Toth, 43, was arrested and charged for causing the crash that resulted in the death of the other driver, Michael Maddock, just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the Warminster Township Police Department said. Police papers obtained by Daily Voice show Toth had been going more than three times the posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour at the time of the crash at Newtown Road near Coventry Lane. Toth told police that it was raining and dark at the time, and tha…
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Off-Duty Detectives Kills Man, 54, In Philadelphia, Police Say
A 54-year-old man was killed in a shooting involving an off-duty detective in Philadelphia, according to police. Police were dispatched to assist another officer at the intersection of Willits Road and Holme Avenue at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, the Philadelphia Police Department said. A preliminary investigation into the incident found that the off-duty homicide detective and another driver stopped their vehicles on the roadway, according to police. The other driver left his vehicle and approached the detective's personal vehicle on foot. The detective, a 14-year veteran of the Philadelp…
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Another Fentanyl, Meth Dealer Arrested In Ongoing Berks County Undercover Operation: DA
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in part of an ongoing investigation of the Berks County District Attorney's Drug Task Force, authorities said. Fidel Yamil Ruiz, of Temple, was arrested for possessing and dealing methamphetamine and fentanyl at his home on 12th Avenue on Friday, Oct. 4, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced. He was transported to the Berks County Central Processing Center for arraignment. This arrest was made as part of Operation Trapped, in which 11 pounds of methamphetamine, eight pounds of fentanyl, multiple loaded firearms, and more were seized …
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2 Hospitalized After Officer-Involved Shooting Under Investigation By PA State Police
An officer-involved shooting happened on Thursday night, Oct. 3, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer told Daily Voice. A Marysville Borough Police Officer was involved in the shooting, according to Trooper Frazer. Cassell Street from South State Road/Route 11 to Church Street was shuttered in Marysville until Friday morning, Oct. 4, according to witnesses. Two people were taken to Holy Spirit Hospital, according to Perry County Emergency Management Agency. Law enforcement officers from the State Police, Marysville Borough, and Hampden Township swarmed the…
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Candy Store Killing: Cops ID Victim, 36, Gunned Down In Botched Philadelphia Robbery
The man who was shot in a Philadelphia candy store has been identified, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Terrell Jones, 36, of the 1200 block of North Ringgold Street, was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds at 10:24 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, police said. Police were initially dispatched to the scene at 10:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Jones had been inside the candy store located in the 800 block of North 40th Street when two armed men attempted to rob him, according to police. One of the men shot at Jones, fatally wounding him. Jones managed to shoot back,…
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Missing Endangered Person Alert Canceled, Man Found By PA State Police (
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A man who missing from Delaware County has been found, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper James Grothey announced on Friday, Oct. 4. Michael Malloy, 40, of Franklin Township had last seen in the 100 block of Peacedale Road in the township around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, according to a release by PSP Avondale. Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J, Avondale Station was conducting a missing/endangered persons investigation to locate Malloy. He was found safe the following day, according to an updated release by Grothey over the weekend. He thanked the public for sharing …
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Patrol Car Rear-Ends SEPTA BUS: PA State Police
A police patrol car rear-ended a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority bus, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The crash happened on East Ridge Road before the intersection with Cosgrove Street in Trainer Borough at 11:32 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, PA State Police detailed in the release. The SEPTA bus was westbound and a Trainer Borough police Ford Interceptor, driven by Officer Jason Donnelly, was following behind, according to PSP Media Trooper Ryan Wolk. The patrol car's front bumper struck the rear bumper of the bus, Wolk explained. …
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Vehicular Homicide Charges Filed Against Eastern PA Man: Police
A Warminster man was arrested for vehicular homicide on Thursday, Oct. 3, according to police. Nicholas Toth, 43, was arrested without incident and arraigned before Judge Christopher O'Neill, the Warminster Township Police Department said. Toth was charged with Homicide by Vehicle, Reckless Driving, and Driving Vehicle at Safe Speed, according to police. Toth's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 4, according to court documents. Unsecured bail was set at $100,000.
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Officer, 2 Others Hospitalized Following Crash: Philadelphia Police
A police officer and two civilians were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Philadelphia, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. The crash, which involved a police vehicle, happened in the 500 block of West Callowhill Street at 12:29 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, police said. The police officer was taken by a Philadelphia Fire Department Medic Unit to Jefferson University Hospital where they were placed in stable condition, according to police. Medic Units also transported the driver and passenger of the GMC to Jefferson University Hospital, where they were placed in stable condit…
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Child Raped During Burglary, Philadelphia Police Say
A child was raped during a burglary, according to a police release on Thursday, Oct. 3. Tyreek Collier, also known as Tyreek Jackson, 28, was arrested from the 6400 block of Charles Street on Wednesday, Oct. 2, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Collier is accused of sexually assaulting a child during a burglary in the 3000 block of Cottman Avenue at 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18, police said. He was charged under two separate dockets with: Rape Forcible Compulsion. Unlawful Contact with Minor - Sexual Offenses. Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse Forcible Compu…
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Convict Wanted For Assault Turned Robbery: Oxford Police
A convict with a lengthy criminal record was seen assaulting then robbing a woman is wanted by Oxford Police, according to a release on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Terence Kenneth Henderson, 26, a Middletown, Delaware native most recently of Oxford, was seen by officers forcefully restraining a woman inside a parked vehicle in the 200 block of North Fourth Street at 8:27 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, police said. Officers were initially dispatched to the area for the report of a domestic disturbance. When confronted by officers, Henderson fled on foot into a wooded area with a cell phone in his hand,…
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Bloody Knife Left In Lyft Car Leads To MontCo Woman's Arrest: Affidavit
"I will kill you all," a woman yelled outside a Pennsylvania apartment complex, before allegedly stabbing a man. Her Lyft driver later found a bloody knife in the vehicle's backseat, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Minerva Perez-Ramos, 34, of Willow Grove, was arrested on assault and related charges on Monday, Sept. 30, Warminster Township Police said. The incident happened as Perez-Ramos was about to get into a Lyft vehicle that was called for her at an apartment building in the first block of Madison Avenue in Warminster at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, S…
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Philly Man, Two Brothers Indicted In Woman's Killing In Atlantic City: Prosecutors
Three Philadelphia men were indicted after two women were shot in the head in Atlantic City, including one who died, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 34-year-old Gregg Page for murder, attempted murder, and several weapons charges on Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. Two brothers, 30-year-old Ryan Schenck and 27-year-old Ramir Schenck, were also indicted for hindering apprehension. Atlantic City police responded to a report of two women severely injured on North Main Avenue at around 4:41 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1. Officers found the vi…
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Dog Mauls To Cat Death, Pennsylvania Owner Arrested: Police
A dog owner was arrested after her dog mauled a neighbor's cat to death, according to a release by the Springfield Township police on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Heather M. Fitzgerald, 53, of Coopersburg, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of Harboring Dangerous Dogs and Confinement of Animal Within Premises of Owner following a police investigation on Monday, Sept. 30, the Springfield Township Police Department detailed in the release. This was Fitzgerald's second official offense within this year, according to police. She had another charge of Confinement of an Animal Within the Premises of …
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Woman Impersonates FBI In Attempt To Free Inmate At SCI: PA State Police
A woman impersonated a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent at a Central Pennsylvania prison in an attempt to free an inmate, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Rebecca Frye, 30, of Mechanicsburg, was claimed to be taking custody of an inmate at State Correction Institution - Camp Hile as an agent of the FBI— but she has no credentials and authorities were unable to verify her identity, PA State Police Carlisle Trooper Cutaiar explained. Troopers were called to the prison "for a report of a female identifying as an FBI agent without credentials" around 5:21 a.m. on …
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Woman Critical After Shot To Face: Philadelphia Police
A 32-year-old woman was shot in the face in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, according to police. The woman was found with a gunshot wound to the right side of her face when police responded for a person with a gun in the 3400 block of North 21st Street at 10:53 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Philadelphia Police Department said. She was taken by the Philadelphia Fire Department Medic Unit to Temple University Hospital where she was placed in critical condition, according to police. A weapon was found and an arrest was made, police said. No details on the arrest have been made available a…
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Berks Driver Charged With Homicide For Fatal Caernarvon Crash: Police
A Berks County man was charged with vehicular homicide for a fatal high-speed crash in Caernarvon Township on Monday, Sept. 30, according to police. Matthew Slauch, 23, of Birdsboro, is accused of causing the death of Scott Wagner, 64, of Reinholds, who was killed in a crash at the intersection of Morgantown and Elverson roads that happened on Thursday, June 6, Caernarvon Township Police said. Police were able to piece together the events leading to the crash thanks to their investigation of the scene and several witnesses who described Slauch driving 76 mph in a posted 55 mph zone and…
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NJ Deadly Shooting Suspect Captured In Bucks County, U.S. Marshals Say
A man accused of shooting and killing another teen in Trenton, authorities said. Keisan Simmons, 19, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 30, the U.S. Marshals Service Philadelphia posted on Twitter. He was wanted in the death of 17-year-old Opium Leverette of Trenton on Sunday, Sept. 22. Police responded to the shooting on the 200 block of Homan Avenue at around 12:32 p.m. Officers gave aid to Leverette after finding him with a gunshot wound to his back. Homan Avenue near the intersection with Parkside Avenue in Trenton, NJ. Google Maps Paramedics rushed Levere…
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14-Year-Old Struck Crossing Street With Mom, Community Rallies
The vehicle believed to be involved in the hit-and-run crash that took the life of 14-year-old Dawn Watson has been found and a fundraiser has been started for her family. A 2011 Mercedes Benz E350 — that authorities believe struck and killed Dawn Watson as she was crossing the street with her mom in the 6500 block of Haverford Avenue — was located by the Crash Investigation Division on Monday, Sept. 30, the Philadelphia Police Department said in an updated police release on Tuesday, Oct. 1. No information on the driver was released. The investigation is ongoing by the Crash Investigat…
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Shotgun Shell Containing Meth Found On Man At Philadelphia Airport: TSA
A Pennsylvania was caught with an altered shotgun shell containing methamphetamine while moving through a security checkpoint at the Philadelphia International Airport on Monday, Sept. 30, according to the Transportation Security Administration. As the man moved through the checkpoint, a scanner alarmed in his groin area where the shotgun shell was found under his clothing, TSA said. The white powder found inside the modified shell was tested and found to be methamphetamine. The man, who was not named but identified as an Orangeville, PA resident, was arrested by Philadelphia police,…
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Central PA Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash With Deer: Lehigh County Coroner
A 64-year-old Germansville man was killed in a motorcycle crash with a deer in Lehigh County on Monday morning, Oct. 1, Pennsylvania State Police said. Frederick R. Brauchle III, of Heidelberg Township, was driving a 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle in the area of 4842 Mountain Road in Washington Township when he crashed into a deer at 5 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania State Police and the Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio. PA State Police were called to the area at 5:50 a.m., Trooper Nathan T. Branosky explained. Brauchle was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:50 a.m. on T…
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PA Girl Wakes Up Naked, Getting Strangled By Man: Affidavit
A Williamsport man was arrested after a girl woke up naked in his home while being strangled, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 30. Nicholas Allyn Peterson, 22, of Williamsport, was charged with raping and attempting to strangle a girl on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Williamsport Bureau of Police detailed in the affidavit of probable cause. Four girls, including the victim, met up with Peterson at a Sheetz in Williamsport on Tuesday, July 16, the victim told the police according to the affidavit. Peterson then purchased several alcoholic beve…
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Former Wildwood Mayor Admits To Healthcare Fraud, NJ Attorney General Says
A former mayor of Wildwood admitted to his role in a healthcare fraud scheme that stole more than $600,000 in government funds, authorities said. Peter Byron, 68, pleaded guilty to three charges on Friday, Sept. 27, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a news release on Monday, Sept. 30. Byron resigned as mayor in September 2023 after he was indicted in the case. According to court documents and statements, Byron, current Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr., and Deputy Mayor Steve Mikulski enrolled in the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP) despite being ineligible. The SHBP is only open…
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