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Charges Withdrawn, Then Refiled: DE Man Accused Of Decades-Long Child Abuse Surrenders In PA Charges Withdrawn, Then Refiled: DE Man Accused Of Decades-Long Child Abuse Surrenders In PA
Charges Withdrawn, Then Refiled: DE Man Accused Of Decades-Long Child Abuse Surrenders In PA Nearly a month after charges against him were withdrawn, a Delaware man accused of sexually abusing six children over five decades turned himself over to Pennsylvania authorities—on the same day those charges were refiled, a source told Daily Voice and court records confirm. Robert Norbel O’Boyle, 77, of Frankford, Delaware, surrendered to Pennsylvania authorities on Wednesday, March 12, and is now being held at Delaware County Prison on $5 million bail, according to a source and court records. Court records show that charges initially filed against O’Boyle on February 25, 2025, were with…
Daughter Found After Family Gets Disturbing Messages Showing Her Locked In Cage PSP (UPDATE) Daughter Found After Family Gets Disturbing Messages Showing Her Locked In Cage PSP (UPDATE)
Daughter Found After Family Gets Disturbing Messages Showing Her Locked In Cage PSP (Update) Kylee Fair, the 22-year-old woman Pennsylvania State Police feared had been abducted in the McKeesport area, has been located safe, authorities announced. Troopers previously reported concerns for Fair’s safety after her family and friends received messages from spoofed phone numbers about her status. Some of her friends allegedly received disturbing videos showing her locked in a cage, officials said. PSP Kittanning and Pittsburgh stations launched an investigation, but on Feb. 25, 2025, police confirmed she had been found safe. They thanked the public for their assistance in the matter. …
Alleged Straw Gun Buyer Put 20+ Illegal Firearms On Pennsylvania Streets, AG Says Alleged Straw Gun Buyer Put 20+ Illegal Firearms On Pennsylvania Streets, AG Says
Alleged Straw Gun Buyer Put 20+ Illegal Firearms On Pennsylvania Streets, AG Says A Philadelphia man is accused of putting nearly two dozen illegal guns in the hands of criminals, according to prosecutors.  Michael Bickle is charged with making 23 "straw purchases" of firearms, said the Attorney General's Office in a release Friday, Dec. 1.  Authorities believe the illegal sales date back to 2014 but said most of the straw guns — 21 of them — were purchased in 2022.  None of the guns were reported lost or stolen before Bickle allegedly sold them to people ineligible for firearm ownership, the AG's Office said.  Six of the guns have since t…
COLD CASE: $5,000 Reward Offered In PA Woman's Sudden Disappearance COLD CASE: $5,000 Reward Offered In PA Woman's Sudden Disappearance
Cold CASE: $5,000 Reward Offered In PA Woman's Sudden Disappearance Forty-five years after a Scranton woman vanished, Pennsylvania State Police are on the case.  Authorities say Joanne Williams was 22 years old the last time she was seen on December 7, 1978.  Williams left her East Gibson Street home that night to attend a dance class at a studio in Chinchilla some six miles away, according to investigators. She left the studio around 10 p.m. and was never seen again.  Police said they found her car, a red 1977 Datsun 200 SX with white racing stripes, about a week later, unlocked and abandoned across town at the intersection of&nbs…
Police Officer Among 9 Charged In PA Meth Ring Police Officer Among 9 Charged In PA Meth Ring
Police Officer Among 9 Charged In PA Meth Ring A police officer was among nine people charged in the takedown of a Pennsylvania meth ring, authorities said. Kevin E. Davis, an officer with the Hanover Township Police Department, was the owner of a stash house in Wilkes-Barre where agents seized 10 pounds of meth worth over $600,000, 2.7 pounds of fentanyl, 10 pounds of marijuana, and $15,063 in cash, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a June 17 release. The investigation began in December 2021 into the accused ringleaders of the organization, Gerinardo Rivera and Ramon Severino Fernandez, Shapiro said. Rivera and Fernandez …
Registered Sex Offender In Lancaster County Arrested On New Child Porn Charges Registered Sex Offender In Lancaster County Arrested On New Child Porn Charges
Registered Sex Offender In Lancaster County Arrested On New Child Porn Charges A registered sex offender has been arrested on new charges, this time-- child porn, according to police. Richard Wayne Sherman, 42 of the 500 block of West Main Street in New Holland, was arrested Wednesday after a tip led police to investigate his devices. Police began investigating Sherman following a tip they received on March 3 that he might have a child pornography on a cellphone in his home. Investigators obtained a subpoena and served a search warrant locating "several items of interest" with the assistance Lancaster County Computer Crimes Unit, on April 22, say New Holland police.…