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Penn State Police Officer Hit, Dragged In Road Rage Incident: Affidavit
A Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg police office and a Tennessee man have been identified as the men involved in a serious road rage incident in Hershey, police detailed in a release on Tuesday, Oct. 22. James Tyler Magaha, 34, of Granville, Tennessee, turned himself in on felony charges of Attempted Murder and Leaving the Scene of a Crash Involving Serious Bodily Injury filed against him by the Derry Township Police Department on Friday, Oct. 18. The charges were filed in connection with the road rage incident on Park Avenue in Hershey on Sunday, Oct. 6 around 9…
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Convicted Lancaster County Thief Pleads Guilty to Allentown Murder, Among 3 Other Cases: DA
A 22-year-old Bethlehem man has admitted to murder, and numerous other crimes the Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Monday, Oct. 14. Legious Robert Minder Jr., pleaded guilty to Murder in the Third Degree, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of Firearm Prohibited for the Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, slaying of Najeer Lane, 22, of Allentown, according to the DA. Minder Jr. had been charged along with two other men for Lane's death as well as the attempted murder of Bless Jones during Allentown so…
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Murder Charge For PA Man After 'Intentional' Hit-Run: DA
Whitehall man Rajgion Davis was charged Thursday, Sept. 26 with Criminal Homicide for the Friday, Aug. 9 murder of Stephen Fistner, a pedestrian who Davis intentionally struck with his car, according to authorities. Along with the Criminal Homicide charge, 55-year-old Davis is also charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and two counts each of Aggravated Assault relating to other pedestrians endangered in the incident, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. All charges are first-degree felonies. The charges were filed after police investigated the hit-and-run inciden…
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Pennsylvania Park Ranger Stabbed In Face With Scissors: Police
A Philadelphia park ranger managed to capture a suspect shortly after being attacked with scissors, authorities said. Arrested was 34-year-old Thomas Riceman from Philadelphia. Riceman was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats and other charges, according to Philadelphia police. On Sunday, Sept. 1, at approximately 4:20 p.m., officers from the 9th District responded to a radio call reporting an assault on a park ranger at 1800 Walnut Street. The incident occurred inside Rittenhouse Square Park. Police found the victim in the security …
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Attempted
Murder
: Stabbing To Face, Neck, PA State Police Say
A man has been charged with attempted murder after police found a man stabbed in the neck and face in Red Lion, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Joel McWilliams, 36, of Red Lion, has been charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Possession of an Offensive Weapon, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Simple Assault, and Harassment, PSP York announced. The charges come on the heels of a stabbing in the 300 block of 1st Avenue in Red Lion Borough at 10:22 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23. Troopers arrived to…
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Pennsylvania Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Road Rage Incident In Maryland: MSP
A road-raging Pennsylvania man is facing charges in Maryland after firing shots at another driver during an incident in Frederick County, state police say. Bryant Paradine, 37, of Littlestown, Pennsylvania is facing charges for an early morning bout of road rage where he pulled out a gun and began firing, leading to a short-lived search before he was apprehended. According to investigators, shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, troopers were called to the southbound lans of US-15 at Tippin Drive in Thurmont to investigate reports of shots fired after a motorist called 911. Police s…
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Mass Shooting Victim Charged As Suspect: Philadelphia Police
One of the nine people shot in West Philadelphia on Sunday, July 21 is now considered a suspect by city police, authorities said. Tahir Shoatz, 28, is charged with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder plus related offenses, said PPD Commissioner Kevin Bethel on Tuesday, July 23. Regarding the Triple Murder/Shooting that occurred on 1200 N Alden St., @PhillyPolice Detectives, w/ assistance from the @philadao have developed evidence to charge one of our shooting victims, a 28/M, with 3-counts of murder, 5-counts of attempted murder and related offens…
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Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA
A suspended judge shot a man in the face while he was sleeping, blinding him in one eye, authorities alleged in a release on Thursday, Feb. 15. Suspended Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight was arrested on attempted murder charges and related offenses on Feb. 15, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack detailed in a release that evening. McKnight is accused of shooting this man in his home on Saddle Ridge Drive, Susquehanna Township, Harrisburg on Saturday, Feb. 10, McCormack explained. Regarding the man's medical status, McCormack said the foll…
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Reading Man Who Shot FBI Agents Convicted:
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Rafael Vega-Rodriguez "sealed his own fate" when he opened fire on three FBI agents in Reading four years ago, says the US Attorney's Office. The 41-year-old was convicted Friday, Feb. 2 for three counts of attempted murder of a federal law enforcement officer and related offenses, federal prosecutors wrote in a release. Authorities said Vega-Rodriguez was wanted for a state parole violation when the trio of FBI agents spotted him on West Greenwich Street on March 1, 2020. When the agents tried to stop him, authorities said Vega-Rodriguez drew a handgun from his…
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Skull Found In PA Pond Was That Of 2004 Attempted Murder Suspect, Officials Say
A human skull discovered in an Amity Township pond has been identified as belonging to a missing attempted murder suspect, Berks County prosecutors say. The skull was found by a child in a body of water near Pine Lane in April 2022, the District Attorney's Office wrote in a release Wednesday, Jan. 31. Two follow-up searches of the pond turned up no other human remains, authorities said. Investigators believed the skull was that of Roger Hart, a former Pottstown resident who went missing in 2004 after he was charged with trying to kill his wife at their home. Hart fled the s…
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Wounded Scranton Cop Headed To Rehab After Release From Hospital (
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Scranton police Det. Kyle Gilmartin was released from Geisinger CMC Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, the department announced. The detective is headed for a rehabilitation center in southeastern Pennsylvania to continue his recovery, according to Scranton police officials. Facebook/Scranton Police Department - City of Scranton, PA Facebook/Scranton Police Department - City of Scranton, PA The department did not detail Gilmartin's condition on Tuesday but called his recovery to date "miraculous." Gilmartin was shot in an "ambush-style attack" on North Decker Court early on Thursd…
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Attempted Murder Suspect Stole Car From PA Driveway, Troopers Say (
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A man accused of attempted murder in Delaware County stole a car out of a Berks County driveway early Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, state police say. Troopers found an abandoned GMC in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County around 4:30 a.m., they wrote in a release. The last known driver of the car was 29-year-old Umar Kimel Presbery, who was wanted by Tinicum Township police for attempted homicide and assault, authorities said. An hour later and four miles away, a Greenwich Township resident reported that his Subaru was missing from his driveway, according to troopers. Inv…
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PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police
A Montgomery County woman is accused of carrying out a harassment campaign that ended with attempted murder, according to authorities. Dr. Amy Cohen of Narberth was arrested on multiple felony charges last Friday, Dec. 1, and held in lieu of a $5 million bond, said Lower Merion police in a release. Investigators said Cohen was targeting the grandmother of her ex-boyfriend's new partner when she allegedly left racist flyers outside a Lower Merion home on Nov. 24. The leaflets, police said, used antisemitic language and specifically threatened the homeowner's granddaughters…
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'I Have 1.5 Months To Kill That B***': PA Man Plotted To Kidnap, Murder Estranged Wife, DA Says
A King of Prussia man was arrested in the Walmart parking lot on Sunday during the beginning stages of a would-be murder-suicide, according to prosecutors. Geoffrey Kay-Conway was taken into custody after stabbing his estranged wife multiple times in the leg, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. The 52-year-old had been released on a $5,000 bond last month after he was charged with stalking and harassing his wife in violation of a court-granted Protection From Abuse order, the DA said. Since then, authorities believe he had been plotting to abduct, rape, and k…
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Man Shot In Groin Ending Argument At Philly Area Wawa, Police Say
A Delaware County man is charged with attempted murder after police claim he shot another man during a fight in a Wawa parking lot. Keimork Buffaloe and a friend were talking to two other men at the 2608 Chichester Avenue shop late on Sept. 1 when an argument broke out, according to authorities. The 44-year-old Buffaloe and the victim were separated but continued to argue until took out a revolver and opened fire, police claimed. Officials said the victim received "multiple gunshot wounds to the groin and scrotum" and was hospitalized. Investigators said the shootin…
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Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family
The son of former Harrisburg Councilwoman Sandra Reid stabbed 6 and 7-year-old sisters, shot their aunt in the face, and orphaned them by shooting their parents in February 2022, now he has pleaded guilty and was "mentally ill but not insane at the time of the offense," Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said in a release on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Gregory Gerrod Greene Jr. — who was released from prison for raping a child in 2016 after serving four years— had a protect from abuse order filed by his sister which was supposed to prevent him from going to his mother's home, DA Char…
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'Jesus Made Me Do It': NJ Driver Who Plowed Into Midtown Pedestrians Heard Voices, Mom Says
A New Jersey woman who was charged with multiple counts of attempted murder for mowing down seven pedestrians in midtown Manhattan and then taking off allegedly told city police that "Jesus made me do it." Imani Lucas, 29, was wearing a "Good Vibes" t-shirt and handcuffs during a perp walk from the NYPD's Midtown South stationhouse on West 35th Street near Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, Aug. 22. A judge later ordered that Lucas remain held as the case against her proceeds. Lucas is charged with seven counts each of attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of a…
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Shooter Of NJ Trooper Captured In South Carolina, Video Shows Him Opening Fire, AG Says
The man who shot a New Jersey State Police trooper early Thursday was captured by US Marshals in South Carolina and will be extradited to face attempted murder charges, State Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced on Friday. Jocquice Ray Timmons, 28, is seen on Ring video “stepping out from behind a parked vehicle, assuming a shooting stance, and opening fire” on two troopers near the corner of East 26th Street and 9th Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. March 2, Platkin said. The troopers were in unmarked cars following a vehicle tied to an attempted burglary in that same neighborhood hours e…
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Gunman Sought In Double York Shooting: Police
A gunman who sent two people to the hospital is at large in York County, authorities say. York City police were called to a house on the 400 block of West Philadelphia Street at about 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22 for a reported shooting, the department said in a release. On arrival, officers found a 44-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man each suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, police said, but their condition is unclear. Investigators are seeking 44-year-old Isaac Ramos-Perez as a suspect in the shooting. State cour…
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NJ Agent Posing As Hitman Halts PA Woman From Killing Ex-Husband's Wife, Daughter: Authorities
A Pennsylvania woman is accused of hiring a hitman to try to kill her husband's ex-wife and the wife's 13-year-old daughter, authorities in New Jersey said. A tip came in earlier this month that Marilyn Zhou, 56, of Chadds Ford, was trying to meet with a murder-for-hire earlier this month, Mercer County Prosecutor AngeloJ. Onofri said. Zhou met with an undercover officer posing as a hitman on Sunday, Dec. 18 in Trenton, where she said she wanted them to kill her ex-husband's new wife, then handed him two pictures of the victim, $21,000 in cash, rubber gloves and a towel for the slaying…
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16-Year-Old Shoots Stepdad In Stomach At PA Waffle House: Police
16-year-old Samuel "Sam" Brain Hoy shot his stepdad multiple times outside a Waffle House in Pennsylvania on Monday, Dec. 13, according to statements from the police in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Hoy used a stolen 9 mm handgun seriously wounding his stepdad in the leg and abdomen while outside of the Waffle House at the corner of Murtland Avenue and Oak Spring Road in South Strabane Township around 1 a.m., area police detail in the affidavit of probable cause. The stepdad got into his car and drove himself to the hospital. When asked about the shooting he identifie…
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Philadelphia Attempted Murderer Wanted In Area Crime Spree Nabbed: Police
A Philadelphia man wanted for attempted murder in Delaware County, an armed robbery and carjacking was in custody as of Tuesday, Dec. 6, authorities said. Zahkee Austin allegedly tried to kill someone in Middletown Township early Monday, Dec. 5, state police previously said. Zahkee AustinPennsylvania State Police Austin was also believed to have been responsible for an armed robbery in West Goshen Township and a carjacking and shooting in Philadelphia on the same morning. Austin was in West Goshen police custody, the department said.
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Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police
A 42-year-old suburban Philadelphia man has been charged with trying to kill his mom on Thanksgiving authorities said. Michael D. Giffing is accused of assaulting his mom, Dorothy Giffing, around 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24, West Chester police said. Authorities responded to the home on the 300 Block of W. Ashbridge Street on reports of an unconscious person who had fallen, police said. While en route , the call was upgraded to a possible cardiac arrest. The injuries that Dorothy suffered were not consistent with a fall, authorities said. She was taken to Chester Co…
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'God Said We Would Die Soon' PA Mom Attempts Fentanyl Murder-Suicide With 8-Year-Old Daughter
An 8-year-old girl is now in emergency custody of relatives after her mother tried to kill her and herself using fentanyl she purchased "on the dark net" because "God told her they would die soon," police detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. **WARNING the following details may be disturbing to readers** Skye Contance Naggy, a 29-year-old hairstylist in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, claimed to have heard from God that she and her daughter would die soon so she went about purchasing fentanyl online, crushing it up and lacing apple juice with it, according to the court documents.&nbs…
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Multi-county
Manhunt
: Shooter, Robber Sought By Pennsylvania State Police
An accused robber and shooter in central Pennsylvania is sought by state police in Central Pennsylvania according to multiple police releases. 28-year-old, Adam Douglas Fink of McVeytown allegedly shot someone in the leg in the 5800 block of State Route 522 in Decatur Township on Wednesday, Nov. 9 around 10:15 p.m. Fink had fled the scene before the police arrived. The victim was taken to Hershey Medical Center and is currently in stable condition, according to state police. Fink was last seen in the area of 6th Avenue in McClure— where there is an active search zo…
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Man Stabs Mom 'All Over Her Body' In PA Hotel Room: Police
A 19-year-old man admitted to police that he stabbed his 57-year-old mom "in the head and every single part of her body" at a Pennsylvania motel over the weekend, authorities said. State police in Kidder Township were dispatched to the Plateau Motel on State Route 940 just after 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, where they say Jonathan Sacerdote stabbed his mom, Michelle Sacerdote, multiple times and fled the scene. The woman was treated for injuries at Geisingher Wyoming Valley hospital, though her present condition was unclear. Township police tracked down Sacerdote, who they …
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Sniper Kendall Howard Accused Of Shooting 2 Newark Officers Captured After Manhunt: Sources
UPDATE: Kendall Howard, the accused East Orange sniper wanted for shooting two Newark police officers, has been captured after a massive search, sources tell Daily Voice. Howard was arrested Wednesday morning by Newark police on two attempted murder charges, sources with direct knowledge of the incident say. Details surrounding his arrest were not immediately clear. Howard had been wanted in connection with another shooting from last Friday when police received a 911 call from a civilian who reported seeing him in the area of an apartment building at 25 Van Velsor Place, authorities said. …
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Bethlehem Shooting Suspect Arrested In Montco: Police
A Montgomery County man was charged in connection with a shooting in the Lehigh Valley, authorities have announced. Christopher Rodriguez is in Bethlehem police custody, the department announced in a Facebook post on Friday, Oct. 14. Officials in Montgomery County were investigating Rodriguez, "who was threatening harm to his significant other and her family," Bethlehem police said. The investigators eventually "overheard" Rodriguez admit to shooting a friend in Bethlehem early in the morning on Friday, Oct. 7. When arrested, Rodriguez had a handgun that matched the calib…
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PA Dad Of Three Shot Dead By Coworker, Family Says
A Bucks County man was shot dead in his car at work, and his family believes a colleague pulled the trigger. Bart Masciulli, of Levittown, 51, was sitting in his car at a FedEx distribution center near the airport in Tinicum Township on Friday, Oct. 7 when a pedestrian approached and shot him several times, multiple outlets report. Tinicum police were not immediately available for comment. The suspect, 59-year-old Keith Blount of Philadelphia, was arrested after a brief shootout with city police hours later. Authorities told 6ABC that Blount opened fire but was subdued aft…
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Armed Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder In Ridley Township Shooting
Authorities in Delaware County are searching for the gunman who shot a victim in Ridley Township on Friday, Sept. 23. Charles Koslosky, 42, fled from the 1400 block of W MacDade Boulevard in a black SUV after firing his gun at a man in a parking lot around 1 p.m., Ridley Township police said. The victim was expected to survive, authorities said. According to the victim, he was walking away from an argument with Koslosky about his girlfriend when Kolosky shot him in the back. Meanwhile, Kolosky is considered armed and is wanted on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assau…
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Group Played TikTok Air Soft Gun Game Before Shooting That Left Friend Dead: MontCo DA
Authorities have released harrowing details and charged two individuals in a deadly shooting that left a 25-year-old man dead and a second victim hurt last weekend in the Philadelphia suburbs. Kahseem Williams, 18, was captured by the US Marshals while Jahme Barnes, 17, remains at large, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Both are facing various murder charges in the Pottstown killing of 25-year-old Dakari Rome, who was struck by a bullet that went through the second victim's hand, police said. Williams was arrested Thursday, Sept. 1 inside a home in the Hun…
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