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PA Mom Justified In Fatal Shooting Of Son During Break-In: DA
A Berks County woman who shot and killed her son after he broke into her home acted in self-defense, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Sean M. Clemens, 32, of Myerstown, was shot multiple times by his 64-year-old mother during a confrontation at her residence on Little Mountain Road in Bethel Township, Berks County, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office. The incident began around 7:50 a.m. when the woman called 911 to report that she had shot her son after he forcibly entered her home, officials said. Investigators said Clemens, who had a h…
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PA Mom Who Googled 'Methods Of Killing' Same Day She Hanged Her Kids Gets 2 Life Sentences
A Reading mom who Googled "methods of killing" before hanging her two children in her basement has been sentenced to life in prison, the Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams announced on Thursday, Oct. 17. Lisa Snyder, 41, was found guilty of the following on Tuesday, Sept. 24; 2 counts of First-Degree Murder, 2 counts of Endangering the Welfare of Children, and Tampering with Evidence, the Berks County DA explained in the release. The charges stem from an investigation into the Sept. 2019 death of her 8-year-old son, 4-year-old daughter, and the family…
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Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA
A convicted drug dealer is back behind bars again, this time for murdering a man with a sword, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10. William Smoot, 50, Exeter Township, was convicted of First-Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder for stabbing DelCollo multiple times with a sword on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Smoot has been held in the Berks County Prison while awaiting sentencing, the district attorney's office said. A sentencing date was not available at the time of publication. Smoot's accompl…
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PA Man Who Executed His Wife Gets 50 Years In Prison: DA
A Berks County man who was charged for the execution-style murder of his estranged wife was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, authorities said. Ignacio Peralta-Agramonte, 50, of Leesport, will serve up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to Third-Degree Murder on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Peralta-Agramonte encountered his estranged wife, Librad Reyes De Peralta, at the intersection of Route 61 and Snyder Road in Ontelaunee Township on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, the district attorney's office said. That's when he shot her. A Norther…
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PA Passenger Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter For I-78 Fatal Crash: DA
A passenger has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter for a fatal crash on Interstate 78, the Berks County District Attorney's Office annoued on Friday, Oct. 11. Dustin Micheal Harbaugh, 37, of Lebanon, was convicted for causing the crash that killed Jason Carl Blauch, 38, of Myerstown, according to the DA and his obituary posted by Rohland Funeral Home Inc. Blauch was one of six people the 2013 Chrysler Town and Country crossed the fog line and onto the snowy and icy berm near mile marker 9.8 in Bethel Township around 2 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, as Daily Voice previousl…
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PA Woman Shot By Husband While Reading Bible: Affidavit
An 84-year-old Bethel woman was shot in the head as she was reading the Bible, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The woman was shot by her husband, Howard "Philip" Boltz, as she was sitting at their dinner at their dining room table at 9:10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 4, as detailed in the affidavit of probable cause. Boltz, 82, told his wife, "I can't stand it no more. You are cutting me down," as he placed a .22 caliber rifle's barrel against her head, according to the document. The rifle was still covered with a cloth Boltz used to protect it while i…
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Man Accused Of Raping 2 Girls At PA Home: DA
A 32-year-old man from Berks County has been arrested in connection with the rape of two girls at a home in Reading, one when she was 11 years old, authorities said on Friday, Sept. 6. Janson G. Paz-Ochoa of Shillington was charged with rape, rape of a child, and multiple other offenses, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. He was arrested on Aug. 27 and is due to reappear in court on Sept. 13, court records show. Berks County District Attorney’s detectives received a childline referral on April 12 from the state Department of Human Services which reported that a&n…
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Cigarette Butt Leads To NJ Suspect's Arrest In 2012 PA Diner Killing: DA
The alleged gunman in a deadly 2012 Reading shooting is in police custody in New Jersey, according to Berks County prosecutors. Vallis L. Slaughter, of Jersey City, is being held in Hudson County pending his extradition to Pennsylvania, said the District Attorney's Office on Monday, March 25. Investigators believe he killed 34-year-old Julio A. Torres on March 24, 2012. Torres was shot while sitting in his car in the parking lot of the West Reading Diner after a confrontation with suspects, the DA's Office said. Jomaine Case was eventually convicted in connectio…
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Reading Police Shoot And Kill Knife-Wielding Man: Authorities (
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Update: The Berks County District Attorney's Office has identified the man as 50-year-old Damon S. Stern. Reading police officers said they killed a man who was armed with a knife early Monday morning, March 25. Authorities were called to the 400 block of Windsor Street around 3:45 a.m. for reports of a "male armed with a knife making suicidal threats," the department said in a release. Police said they commanded the man to drop the knife, "however, the male ignored those commands and moved towards the officers," the release says. They shot him and he succumbe…
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Berks Mom Sentenced For Stabbing Fiance To Death While Daughter Was Home: DA
A Sinking Spring woman will spend up to two decades behind bars for stabbing her fiance to death during an "altercation" more than three years ago, said the Berks County District Attorney's Office in a release. Jillian R. Blimline, now 41, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years after pleading no contest to the third-degree murder of Chad MacWilliam, according to officials. Authorities have said they were called to Blimline and MacWilliam's shared home at 20 Maywood Avenue around 9 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2020. Police and medics arrived to find MacWilliam, 39, apparently suffering …
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9 Escaped Inmates Recaptured After Riot At 'Secure' PA Facility (
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All nine juveniles that broke out of Abraxas Academy juvenile detention center have been recaptured, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Beohm said on Monday morning. The teens escaped the "secure youth treatment facility" Abraxas Academy located at 1000 Academy Drive, Morgantown, Caernarvon Township, on Sunday, Sept. 17 around 8 p.m., according to area police. Trooper Beohm said these boys were at the Academy as a holding facility not the long-term location of sentenced youth. The boys were between the ages of 14 and 17 years of age. Seven of them were from Harrisburg, one from Lehigh Co…
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Toddler's Killer Captured By US Marshals In Philadelphia: Cops
A man accused of killing a 2-year-old Berks County boy was arrested by US Marshals in Philadelphia early on Thursday, July 6, according to authorities. Charles A. Acosta, 25, was taken into custody in Tacony, Marshals said. Acosta was caring for the 2-year-old victim, the boy's younger brother, and his own daughter while his partner and her daughter went out to pick up laundry on the evening of May 4, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. Acosta called his girlfriend and told her to return to their Bern Township home after the child became "swollen and lethargic" an…
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aced Fake Branded Products Seized In Central PA: DA
Brand-name products were used to disguise illegal drugs found in Lancaster, according to a release by the District Attorney's Office on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Kellogg’s, Ruffles, and Nerds were among the over 7,200 products seized by the Lancaster County Drug Task Force during a two-day operation– with a total estimated value of approximately $290,000, as detailed in the DA's release. The task force went to 43 stores throughout the county and conducted searches with the store owners' consent to find the Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC products. Products seized included vapes, cartridges, oi…
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Fentanyl, Cocaine Worth $4.3M Seized In Takedown Of Massive PA Drug Ring, DA Says
Nearly thirty people are facing criminal charges after authorities dismantled a "large-scale" operation that trafficked drugs from Mexico and Puerto Rico to Pennsylvania, with nearly $4.3 million worth of fentanyl and cocaine seized as evidence, authorities said. In an early-morning roundup on Thursday, Dec. 1, a total of 22 adults were taken into custody, said Berks District Attorney John T. Adams and Montgomery District Attorney Kevin R. Steele in a joint statement. Posted by Berks County District Attorney on Thursday, December 1, 2022 Posted by Berks County District Attorney on T…
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Former NFL Player Killed In Pennsylvania Bar Shooting
Authorities have identified the 32-year-old man slain at a Berks County bar in the early morning hours of Sunday. Oct. 16 as former NFL cornerback Antonio Dennard. Dennard was shot dead at Legends bar on North 5th Street Highway in Muhlenberg Township just after 3 a.m. Sunday morning, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office and a report by WFMZ. Officials said the official cause of death is pending further examination. An autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Coroner's Office added. Muhlenberg Township police and the Berks County District Attorney's Office…
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Ex-PA EMS Chief Hit With New Charges After Second Hidden Camera Found, Authorities Say
A former EMS chief in Pennsylvania who used a hidden camera to record nearly a dozen victims — two of whom were minors — in the station's women's bathroom, will be facing additional charges after a second hidden camera was discovered inside his home, authorities said. Jason S. McCully, the former head of the Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS department, was newly charged on Sept. 12, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Investigators have accused McCully, 39, of secretly recording two women, including a juvenile, on a hidden camera in the bathroom of his home on the 2900 …
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Trustee Convicted Of Stealing $100K From PA Bar With Expired Liquor License
A 51-year-old woman was convicted of stealing more than $100,000 from the Pennsylvania bar she worked at for more than a decade, authorities said. Vycky Macri, of Reading, was found guilty Friday, Sept. 9 of theft by unlawful taking and failure to make required disposition of funds, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. An investigation into Macri was launched in February 2020, after detectives received a complaint relating to the discovery of financial irregularities at the Shillington Social Quarters. Macri has been affiliated with the bar since 2008. During her …
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PA Man Sentenced In DUI Crash That Killed Tow Truck Driver On I-78
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to two to seven years in state prison for his role in a crash that claimed the life of a tow truck driver on I-78 in Berks County, authorities said. Allen Putman, of Johnstown, previously pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle, endangering the welfare of children, and DUI for the July 21, 2020, crash that left 29-year-old Tyler A. Laudenslager dead, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Laudenslager was working a roadside assistance call on the shoulder of the highway in Bethel Township when Putman's vehicle stru…
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Berks County Man Charged With Raping Two Girls Over Course Of Several Years
A Berks County man was arrested on a slew of charges Wednesday, Aug. 17 for sexually abusing two girls over the course of five years, authorities said. James D. Fisher, 59, remained held Thursday, Aug. 25 in the Berks County Jail on an unrelated offense, the Berks County District Attorney's Office said. An investigation into Fisher began on Monday, July 11, after the Central Berks Regional Police Department received a complaint from two girls who claimed that they had been sexually abused by Fisher when they were seven years old, authorities said. The alleged sexual abuse happened bet…
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PA EMS Chief Recorded Women, Kids On Hidden Bathroom Camera, Authorities Say
A now-former EMS chief in Pennsylvania used a hidden camera to record nearly a dozen victims — two of whom were minors — in the station's women's bathroom over the course of seven months, authorities said. Jason S. McCully, 39, of Morgantown, was arrested Monday, Aug. 22, nearly three months after officers discovered a small camera hidden inside a toiletry bag on the restroom sink inside the Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS building on Main Street in Caernarvon Township, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Elverson, PA – August 23- 2022 – Elverson Pa. Yesterday, we…
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Gunman Wanted In Reading Homicide Nabbed In Puerto Rico
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested in Puerto Rico Friday, Aug. 19 in connection with the killing of a Reading man last month, officials said. Luis Cepeda-Morales aka “Oriel" is accused of shooting Edwin Rivera-Valentin on the 400 block of Spring Garden Street on Sunday, July 31, Reading police said. Rivera-Valentin was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Cepeda-Morales was identified as the gunman and later charged with first and third-degree murder, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams has approve…
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Solved
: Details To Be Released In 1988 Cold Case Murder Of Woman In Berks County
UPDATE: A now-deceased man has been identified as the suspect who killed a 26-year-old woman 34 years ago in Berks County, authorities said. ***Original story below*** Authorities have solved a decades-old cold case murder in Berks County. PA State Police and the Berks County District Attorney's Office are expected to release details about the killing of 26-year-old Anna Jean Kane during a joint press conference scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. Kane was found beaten and strangled to death on October 23, 1988, authorities said. Her body was dumped alongside Ontelaunee Trail …
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Would-Be Catalytic Converter Thief Shot By Officer During Pursuit In Berks County: Police
A cop shot a would-be catalytic converter thief who led police on a chase through Berks County Thursday, July 14, authorities said. Officers responding to a theft call found Tyvan Barnett, 25, Ejau Collazo, 18, and one other man trying to steal catalytic converters from vehicles parked on the 200 block of South 5th Street in Reading, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Cops spotted one of the men holding what appeared to be a saw or car jack before the trio fled in a black Honda Accord, authorities said. Officers pursued the sedan, but when the group refused…
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Crack, AK-47 Style Rifle Seized In Reading Drug Bust
Police seized crack cocaine and weapons in a major bust, authorities said. During a warranted search at 312 Wood St. in Reading on Thursday, April 21, Reading police seized three handguns, an AK-47 style rifle, approximately 18 grams of crack cocaine, and cash, police said. The two residents were arrested and charged with possession with intent to deliver and related charges. Their names were not released. In addition, a third individual in the apartment was arrested for an outstanding warrant from the Berks County District Attorney’s Office, police said.
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Berks Man Sexually Assaulted Young Kids For Years, DA Says
A Pennsylvania man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl and boy over the course of several years has been arrested and charged, authorities said. Antonio Santos-Camacho, of Shillington, was charged with two counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, sexual assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors, according to a news release from the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Santos-Camacho, 32, was identified as the suspect by both victims in two separate investigations, according to Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams. One…
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Smackdown
: 23 Arrested In Takedown Of PA Heroin Ring That Caused Weekend Of 100 Overdoses
A major drug ring that supplied mass amounts of tainted heroin that made NARCAN ineffective and caused more than 100 overdoses in just one weekend has been dismantled, authorities in Berks County announced. "Operation SmackDown" was launched in September 2021, when the 101 heroin/fentanyl overdoses overwhelmed Reading's hospital systems and left three victims dead and the rest with life-threatening symptoms, Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams said at a press conference. A leading addiction doctor called the overdoses an "outright poisoning," Adams said. The symptoms caused low he…
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PA Ex-Doctor Accused Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys, Secretly Recording People In Bathroom
An ex-doctor from Pennsylvania is accused of sexually abusing two boys and secretly recording others as they used his bathroom. Justin S. Rutherford, 32, of Douglassville, was charged with rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, possession of child pornography, and more, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. An investigation began on July 17 when the Berks County Detective’s Office received a tip from a state hotline that said a 13-year-old teenage boy was secretly captured by a hidden camera while showering at a friend's hous…
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Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children
A jury found a former Berks County daycare worker guilty of sexually assaulting children, according to authorities and news reports. Andrew McCollin -- then aged 33 -- was arrested on Aug. 30, 2019, after a 4-year-old child reported that a teacher at Creative Beginnings Early Learning Center in Bern Township had inappropriately touched them, according to WFMZ and detectives with the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Since then, investigators learned of a 5-year-old child and another child -- whose age was not released -- who were sexually assaulted by their teacher in 2018 and 2…
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$10K Reward Offered In Deadly Berks County Home Invasion
Authorities in Berks County are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with a deadly home invasion in Wyomissing in 2019. Na'il Salamov, 37, was at his Birchwood Road house with his two sons when he was shot by home invaders on May 6, 2019, according to the Wyomissing Police Department and Berks County District Attorney's office. Despite being in pain, Salamov was able to give first responders a clear description of the two assailants, authorities said. His sons were unharmed. Salamov was taken to an area hospital where he died just before 4…
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Berks DA: Officer Justified In Deadly Police Shooting Of 62-Year-Old Muhlenberg Twp. Man
A nearly month-long investigation determined that a Muhlenberg Township police officer was justified in their use of force in a shooting that left a 62-year-old man dead, authorities announced. Police were called to Steven Hughes' house around 2:15 p.m. on March 15 when his niece reportedly called 911. Arriving officers found Hughes locked inside of a second-floor bedroom in his Wagon Wheel Lane home. After gaining entry into the room, police told Hughes to drop the knife, but refused, prompting an officer to tase him, the Berks County District Attorney's office said. When that didn't work…
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DA: Reading Ex-Con Facing New Prison Time After Home Search Finds Drugs, Handgun, $3K In Cash
A Reading ex-con is facing new prison time after a police search found cocaine, a handgun, nearly $3,000 in cash, and more in his home two years ago, authorities said. Leslie Salmond was sentenced Wednesday to 7 to 15 years in state prison, after investigators issued a search warrant for his Maple Street home and discovered cocaine, $2,900 in cash, a Ruger 380 handgun, a digital scale, and a razor blade with white residue on it, on April 19, 2019, according to the Berks County District Attorney's office. Salmond also plead guilty last week to possession with intent to deliver cocaine, which…
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