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Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist
Pennsylvania Shoplifter Gets Herself Deported After Burlington Heist A Philadelphia woman was caught red-handed swiping merchandise from a Burlington store in Feasterville before officers discovered she had a high-tech tool to disable security tags, police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Lower Southampton Township officers rushed to the Burlington Store on Brownsville Road on Monday, Feb. 17, after receiving reports of a retail theft in progress. Four suspects were allegedly stuffing merchandise into bags and making a break for it, authorities said. As police closed in, one suspect, 35-year-old Yudith Alexandra Suazo, was nabbed with stolen goods, officers re…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA
Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA Two men have been charged in connection with an undercover operation targeting underage human trafficking in Berks County, authorities announced on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Keith George Manwiller, 49, of Hummelstown, and Mathew Christian Koroma, 23, of Sinking Spring, were arrested during the sting conducted by the Berks County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force, according to Chief County Detective Michael Gombar. Both men are accused of responding to online ads placed by detectives on websites commonly used for sexual advertisements. The suspects allegedly agreed to meet and p…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Drug Dealer Sentenced After Fentanyl Ring Exposed: DA PA Drug Dealer Sentenced After Fentanyl Ring Exposed: DA
PA Drug Dealer Sentenced After Fentanyl Ring Exposed: DA A Philadelphia man linked to a fentanyl distribution network in Bucks County has been sentenced to state prison, authorities announced on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. Brian Franklin, 25, was sentenced to seven to 14 years in state prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance before Bucks County Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Franklin was behind the supply of fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone that had been flooding Bucks County since May 2021, investigators said and Daily Voice previously reported. …

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Tapped To Head Trump's New Dept. Of Government Efficiency President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill his cabinet with loyalists and his biggest supporters following his sweeping victory in last week's election.  He announced Tuesday, Nov. 12, that two billionaire former rivals turned allies, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, would head up his new Department of Government Efficiency.  Related: Trump Nominates NY Rep. Elise Stefanik As UN Ambassador The tech entrepreneur, age 53, and the 39-year-old Harvard and Yale Law grad will be tasked with major cuts in government spending. Trump called it "The Manhattan Project" for a new…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
PA Man Arrested For Sharing Child Porn Online: Police PA Man Arrested For Sharing Child Porn Online: Police
PA Man Arrested For Sharing Child Porn Online: Police A Bucks County man was charged for sharing child pornography online, police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 30. John Heaton IV, 59, of Southampton, was arrested on child pornography charges on Thursday, Oct. 24, the Upper Southampton Township Police Department said.  The investigation began after Upper Southampton Township police, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office, and Homeland Security agents received a CyberTip submitted to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to police. The CyberTip indicated that an Upper Southampton …

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs
Ex-Boston Children's Anesthesiologist Traded Child Rape Videos In Messages: Court Docs Federal investigators said a former anesthesiologist fellow at Boston Children's Hospital traded child pornography on a messaging app to get access to other videos and photos of children as young as infants being sexually abused by adults.  Christopher Sheerer, 35, of Boston, is charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Homeland Security investigators said. Sheerer was previously a cardiac anesthesiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Children's Center and attended Albright University in Reading, Pennsylvania, a…

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by Josh Lanier