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While Yelling 'About The Devil' Levittown Woman Stabs Mother: Affidavit While Yelling 'About The Devil' Levittown Woman Stabs Mother: Affidavit
While Yelling 'About The Devil' Levittown Woman Stabs Mother: Affidavit A woman in Levittown who was supposedly screaming about Lucfier is accused of stabbing her mother, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice.  Emily Ann Rizzo, 32, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and related misdemeanors, court records show.  The police were called to an Ivy Hill Road home on Tuesday, July 2 for a reported stabbing, according to the criminal complaint. They arrived to find Rizzo "face down yelling about the devil and Lucifer on the bed," according to the complaint.  Officers had to "drag her from the bed by her feet" t…

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by Mac Bullock
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Fellow Inmate Charged In Dad's Death In Dauphin County Prison Fellow Inmate Charged In Dad's Death In Dauphin County Prison
Fellow Inmate Charged In Dad's Death In Dauphin County Prison The cause of death of a Pennsylvania father and inmate has been revealed and new charges have been filed, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Tuesday.  Michael Howard Butler II, 37 of Gratz, died following a "medical emergency" in his bunk in the Dauphin County Prison at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported.  It is now known that the emergency was caused by a fentanyl overdose from what Richard Leonard Weikel thought was heroin which he had smuggled into the prison in his shoe, the DA explained in the release on March 26.&n…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Lollipop Stick Had Trace Amounts Of Fentanyl That Killed PA Toddler, Parents Charged: DA Lollipop Stick Had Trace Amounts Of Fentanyl That Killed PA Toddler, Parents Charged: DA
Lollipop Stick Had Trace Amounts Of Fentanyl That Killed PA Toddler, Parents Charged: DA The parents of a Pennsylvania child who died from a drug overdose late last year are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and related counts, says the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Jason Moore, 36, and Amanda Moore, 35, surrendered to police on Friday, Aug. 11 and were each remanded to the county lockup in lieu of their $250,000 bonds, authorities said in a release.  In a criminal complaint cited by prosecutors, police said they were called to the Moores' Caln Township home to find an unresponsive 4-year-old around 10:50 a.m. on Nov. 29 last year.  He was rushe…

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by Mac Bullock
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Fentanyl-Formula Elixir That Killed Infant Lands Parents In Prison Fentanyl-Formula Elixir That Killed Infant Lands Parents In Prison
Fentanyl-Formula Elixir That Killed Infant Lands Parents In Prison The Maryland mom who accidentally contaminated her baby's bottle with fentanyl leading to his death will be joining her husband behind bars. Heather Marie Frazier, 35, of Mount Airy, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all but five years suspended after pleading guilty over the summer to involuntary manslaughter, according to the Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith's Office. She will also serve five years of supervised probation upon her release. Her husband, Jeremy Whitney Frazier, 35, also pleaded guilty in March to the same offense and received the same sentence. On Ju…

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by Zak Failla
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'Rainbow Fentanyl' Made To Look Like Candy Being Sold To Children, DEA Warns 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Made To Look Like Candy Being Sold To Children, DEA Warns
'Rainbow Fentanyl' Made To Look Like Candy Being Sold To Children, DEA Warns Brightly-colored fentanyl made to look like candy is being sold to children and young people, the Drug Enforcement Administration warns.  The DEA and our law enforcement partners seized some of the brightly-colored fentanyl in 18 states in the month of August 2022.  “Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.   “The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working to stop the trafficking of rainbow fe…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Video Surfaces Of Woman Wanted For Kidnapping Toddler In PA Video Surfaces Of Woman Wanted For Kidnapping Toddler In PA
Video Surfaces Of Woman Wanted For Kidnapping Toddler In PA A YouTube video with nearly 300,000 views has surfaced of a woman wanted by police after she kidnapped a toddler. The video was posted two weeks ago and was supposedly filmed in Kensington, Philadelphia. The channel "Soft White Underbelly" is described as "interviews and portraits of the human condition by photographer Mark Laita." In the video, Maria McKenzie, of Springettsbury Township— who appears much more similar to the second photo police released rather than the blue-eyed blonde-haired woman in the photo they first released— now refers to herself as 'Honey'. Maria McKenzieSprin…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Woman Found In Basement Was Grieving While Struggling With Addiction PA Woman Found In Basement Was Grieving While Struggling With Addiction
PA Woman Found In Basement Was Grieving While Struggling With Addiction A Pennsylvania woman— who was found dead in a basement— was struggling with the loss of her partner while battling drug addiction, according to her social media. Angela “Angie” Grace Faidley, 45, of Connellsville, was found dead in the basement of a home in the 2100 block of 2nd Street in South Connellsville Boro, Fayette County on Tuesday, Mar. 1, shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to an updated release by Pennsylvania state police. Three days before she was found dead her partner Tom (last name unavailable) passed away on Feb. 26, according to Faidley’s Facebook. I lost my ride o…

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by Jillian Pikora
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More Details Emerge About Police Killing Of PA Man, Woman Found Dead In Basement More Details Emerge About Police Killing Of PA Man, Woman Found Dead In Basement
More Details Emerge About Police Killing Of PA Man, Woman Found Dead In Basement More details are slowly emerging about a Pennsylvania woman who was found dead in a basement followed by a police shooting and killing of a seemingly unrelated man in the same home on Tuesday. Angela “Angie” Grace Faidley, 45, of Connellsville, was found dead in the basement of a home in the 2100 block of 2nd Street in South Connellsville Boro, Fayette County on Tuesday, Mar. 1, shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to an updated release by Pennsylvania state police. Luke David Stash, 33, also of Connellsville, let the police into the home, according to the release. After Faidley's body was…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drugged Driver Takes Plea In Route 23 Gas Station Crash That Killed Dad, Teenage Son, Attendant Drugged Driver Takes Plea In Route 23 Gas Station Crash That Killed Dad, Teenage Son, Attendant
Drugged Driver Takes Plea In Route 23 Gas Station Crash That Killed Dad, Teenage Son, Attendant UPDATE: A drug-addicted Sussex County driver who killed a father, son and gas station attendant in a horrific crash on Route 23 in Wayne two years ago will be sentenced to a minimum of 25½ years without parole after pleading guilty Friday to three counts of aggravated manslaughter, authorities said. Jason Vanderee, 29, told a state judge in Paterson that he’d used heroin and fentanyl in combination with other drugs when he blacked out behind the wheel on Feb. 19, 2019. Jon Warbeck, a former Carlstadt firefighter from Fair Lawn and his 17-year-old son, Luke, of Lincoln Park, had stopped for…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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No Doubt He Created A Most Memorable Villain: Michael K. Williams Of 'The Wire' Dies No Doubt He Created A Most Memorable Villain: Michael K. Williams Of 'The Wire' Dies
No Doubt He Created A Most Memorable Villain: Michael K. Williams Of 'The Wire' Dies TRIBUTE: Even if you don't instantly recognize the name, you no doubt recall the cigarette, the long coat and the shotgun -- or his character's motto: "It's all in the game, yo." Actor Michael Kenneth Williams, best known for portraying the Robin Hood-like criminal Omar Little on the cable show "The Wire," was found dead Monday at his Brooklyn penthouse. He was 54. “It is with deep sorrow that the family announces the passing of Emmy nominated actor Michael Kenneth Williams," a representative said. "They ask for your privacy while grieving this unsurmountable loss." Tributes poured in as …

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by Jerry DeMarco