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GUILTY! Pennsylvania Kidnapper Bit, Pulled Hair Out Of Woman's Head GUILTY! Pennsylvania Kidnapper Bit, Pulled Hair Out Of Woman's Head
Guilty! Pennsylvania Kidnapper Bit, Pulled Hair Out Of Woman's Head A Middletown man has been found guilty in a bizarre kidnapping case, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  Bryan Edwin Perry, Jr., 37, was convicted of kidnapping, aggravated assault, intimidation of a witness, strangulation, and other charges on August 14, according to the DA's release. The conviction comes following a three-day trial.  On Sept. 2, 2023, Perry took a Harrisburg woman hostage from a home in the 2200 block of Logan Street in Harrisburg "for three hours while he drove her to secluded spots," as stated in the release, ad…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Woman Shoved In Van, Attempted Abductors Pursued By Pennsylvania State Police Woman Shoved In Van, Attempted Abductors Pursued By Pennsylvania State Police
Woman Shoved In Van, Attempted Abductors Pursued By Pennsylvania State Police A woman working at a western Pennsylvania gas station was lured outside and shoved into a van— but she managed to escape, and now her attempted abductors are wanted by the Pennsylvania state police.  The two men pictured went into a gas station in Franklin Township at 8:50 p.m. on July 12, state police say.  After they lured the gas station clerk outside by their gray van, one man grabbed her and attempted to pull her into the van, according to the police release. Somehow the woman was able to break free unharmed, police say.  The van with a red and white logo on the side a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
PA Man Burglarized 6 Morris County Businesses In 3 Months, Prosecutor Says PA Man Burglarized 6 Morris County Businesses In 3 Months, Prosecutor Says
PA Man Burglarized 6 Morris County Businesses In 3 Months, Prosecutor Says A Pennsylvania man is behind bars on allegations that he burglarized half a dozen Morris County businesses — including a retail and convenience store, restaurant, and three gas stations — over the course of three months, authorities announced. Kenneth K. Cook, 48, was charged with various counts of theft, burglary, criminal mischief, and conspiracy, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with local officials on Tuesday, June 7. Cook, of Allentown, is accused of smashing a glass door and stealing up to 80 cigarette packs from a store in Randolph on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.…

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by Valerie Musson
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Teenager Killed At PA Gas Station Over Unpaid Phone Bill: DA Teenager Killed At PA Gas Station Over Unpaid Phone Bill: DA
Teenager Killed At PA Gas Station Over Unpaid Phone Bill: DA New details have emerged in the killing of a 19-year-old at a central Pennsylvania gas station— including that the fight was over a phone bill, authorities say. Carlos Almanzar-Torres, 21, had argued with Damian Santiago, 19, before and chasing Santiago around the gas station located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, Lancaster City bureau police said multiple releases in the days that followed. New details about that deadly encounter have emerged partially thanks to five minutes of footage from surveillance footage taken at the Sunoco/A-Plus which was released du…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen
Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced a New Jersey man to a plea-bargained 14 years and nine months in prison for robbing a gas station convenience store in Allentown with a sawed-off rifle. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, poked one Speedway station employee with the gun as he ordered him to “get down!” while demanding cash and Newports during one of the robberies on March 28, 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. A good Samaritan who’d pulled in for gas saw Garcia all dressed in black with his hood up and holding a gun, so he dialed 911. The citizen then fol…

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by Jerry DeMarco