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Pennsylvania Victims' Stolen Funds Routed Through Long Island Coinbase Account: Police
A Long Island man is accused of taking thousands of dollars stolen from two Pennsylvania residents in a phone scam scheme, police announced on Monday, June 1.
Chancellor McKee, 22, of Islip, was arrested after an investigation into unauthorized transfers from two victims' bank accounts, according to Suffolk County Police.
The Pennsylvania residents had $2,500 and $4,500 separately removed from their accounts and transferred into a Coinbase cryptocurrency account belonging to McKee on Nov. 12, 2025, investigators said.
Police said the victims had fallen for a phone scam before the money w…
Swat-style Raid Ends Armed Facebook Marketplace Shoe Robbery In PA: Police
A Facebook Marketplace sale of $1,000 worth of athletic shoes ended with two men accused of robbing juvenile sellers at gunpoint before a SWAT-style raid led to their arrests in Bethlehem, police announced Monday, June 1.
Sekani Damani Hartley, 23, of Bethlehem, and Israel Alexis Cortes, 23, of Allentown, were charged following the robbery on the 1700 block of Shimer Avenue on Saturday, May 30, according to the Bethlehem Police Department.
Officers responded around 2:06 p.m. after receiving a report of an armed robbery involving two juvenile victims.
Investigators said the victims had arra…
PA Officer Killed Responding To Call, Department Says
A police officer was killed while responding to an emergency call Friday, May 29, after her patrol vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Central Berks Police Officer Kristen Yeager, 42, a married mom of three from Boyertown, was responding with emergency lights and sirens activated when the crash occurred on West Philadelphia Avenue near Manatawny Road in Earl Township, state police said.
According to investigators, Yeager's patrol vehicle traveled off the paved portion of the roadway, crossed the grass shoulder, entered a ditch, and struck a tr…
‘You’re Going To Die’: Bucks Man Held On $1M Bail In Strangling Case, Cops Say
A Southampton man is being held on $1 million bail after police said he broke into a Warrington home, strangled a victim, and threatened to kill them during a violent domestic incident.
Warrington police responded to Basswood Court at approximately 9:09 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, for a report of a domestic disturbance in progress, according to police in Warrington. Matthew Christopher Glassie, 32, broke into the home through a window following an argument with the victim, police said.
Officers arrived and found Glassie outside the home shirtless, covered in scratches and small bleeding c…
Murder Suspect From PA Extradited
The fifth and final fugitive wanted in a 2024 stabbing outside of a Bergen County bar has been extradited to New Jersey.
Ricky “Angel” Vargas, 37, was lodged in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, May 26, after being arrested at a home in Longview, TX, Thursday, May 7. Vargas, of East Stroudsburg, PA, had spent more than two years as a fugitive in the February 2024 killing of 31-year-old Hawthorne resident Richard Franceschi, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Garfield police responded to the stabbing at approximately 12:44 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2024, at JoJo's Ba…
