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PA Firefighter Dies On Wife's 30th Birthday: 'I Will Never Recover From This' PA Firefighter Dies On Wife's 30th Birthday: 'I Will Never Recover From This'
PA Firefighter Dies On Wife's 30th Birthday: 'I Will Never Recover From This' This next decade was supposed to be the best one yet for Rachel Kay. The Bucks County resident had married the love of her life, Joe Kay, who honored her in part with a Facebook post on her birthday, June 1. UPDATE: Slain Firefighter Was Passenger In Unregistered UTV That Crash During Pursuit, Bucks DA Says Bu t Joe Kay, a member of the Plumstead Fire Department and sprint racer, died later that day. Not much is known about Kay's death, only that it came as a total shock to all who knew him, especially his wife. "My sweet, full of life, perfect husband passed away in an accident…

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by Mac Bullock and Cecilia Levine
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Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say
Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say The part owner of Pina's Pizza in Chalfont admitted to killing her partner on Monday, April 8, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  Anna Maria Tolomello, 50, pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of Giovanni Gallina, prosecutors said in a release.  Tolomello was arrested in March 2022 after police said they found 64-year-old Gallina's body wrapped in a blue tarp in a bedroom of their shared Hilltown home. Officers were sent for a welfare check when Gallina's son said he hadn't heard from his father in over a week.  Tolomello reportedly told him…

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by Mac Bullock
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Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA
Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA A 48-year-old woman admitted to shooting and killing her longtime partner, the owner of a Pennsylvania pizzeria, then hiding his body in her bedroom for 13 days, authorities said. Anna Maria Tolomello was arraigned Wednesday, March 30, on charges of homicide, abuse of a corpse, evidence tampering, and related offenses in the death of Giovanni Gallina, 65, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. The couple owned Pina’s Pizza in Chalfont. Tolomello wrapped Gallina's body in a blue tarp inside their Limekiln Pike home in the Chalfont section of Hilltown Township after …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway
Contaminated Water In These PA Towns Has Lasting Health Effects, National Study Underway A national study is measuring the effects of contaminated drinking water in 10 regions of the country including towns near military bases in Pennsylvania. The contaminants, known as PFAS, are also called “forever” chemicals because they stay in bodies for many years and have been linked to potentially serious health problems. In many cases, the source of PFAS in the groundwater is likely past use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) in the area. At airports and military bases, the foam is used as a fire suppressant to extinguish flammable liquid fires such as fuel fires. The studies are bei…

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by Jon Craig
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PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial
PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial A Pennsylvania mom has been ordered to face trial for harassing three girls on her daughter's cheerleading squad, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Raffaela Spone, 50, of Chalfont, last March was charged with three counts each of cyber harassment of a child and harassment. Following a preliminary hearing on Friday, Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage found enough evidence presented to send all charges to the Court of Common Pleas, District Attorney Matt Weintraub's Office said. Spone was accused of manipulating a photograph of a teen girl on the Vict…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media A 19-year-old Chalfont man who reportedly made racist and threatening comments on a social media video posted in July was ordered to undergo racial sensitivity training, authorities announced. Andrew J. Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment and was also sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons to a year of probation, mental health assessments, and continued racial sensitivity training at The Peace Center in Langhorne and at Good Shepard Mediation in Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The racial sensitivity training was an arrange…

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by Nicole Acosta