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10+ Years Of Raping Boys In PA, NJ Lands Man 11+ Years In Prison 10+ Years Of Raping Boys In PA, NJ Lands Man 11+ Years In Prison
10+ Years Of Raping Boys In PA, NJ Lands Man 11+ Years In Prison A Quakertown man who has admitted to raping multiple boys in Pennsylvania and New Jersey was sentenced by President Judge Raymond F. McHugh on Monday, Sept. 16.  Steven Craig Gorman, 57, pleaded guilty in three cases in June 2024, the Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn explained.  One case involved a 12-year-old boy in Pennsylvania in 2023; the other case involved abuse from the time a man was 13 until he was 20 years old in Richland Township and Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, and at rental properties in New Jersey in January 2011 and until …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Officers Injured, Business Window Shattered By Belligerent Man: West Chester Police Officers Injured, Business Window Shattered By Belligerent Man: West Chester Police
Officers Injured, Business Window Shattered By Belligerent Man: West Chester Police A 21-year-old Avondale man was arrested after assaulting two police officers in West Chester, authorities said. Dylan Novak was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and criminal mischief, West Chester police stated in a release on Monday, Sept. 16. A West Chester Borough Police officer was flagged down by employees of a business in the 50 block of South High Street on Sept. 7 at 1:45 p.m. Police did not identify the business. Novak allegedly refused to leave the business, police said, adding they attempted to arrest Novak. That's when the following happened, as stated i…

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by Jon Craig
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FATAL FIRE: Infant Killed, Grandma, 3 Children Burned; PA Community Rallies FATAL FIRE: Infant Killed, Grandma, 3 Children Burned; PA Community Rallies
Fatal Fire: Infant Killed, Grandma, 3 Children Burned; PA Community Rallies The Lebanon community is rallying for the Navarre and Miller families after a fire killed an infant, and burned three children under 5 years old and a grandmother, according to a GoFundMe verified by Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 16.  The fire broke out in the second floor of the Navarre home located in the 1300 block of Brandywine Street in Lebanon at 9:52 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, as Daily Voice previously reported.  "While Brian was at work his home caught fire with his 4 children (all 5 and under) and their grandmother inside," Amber Bouillon wrote in a GoFundMe she organized f…

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Jumbo Tron Part Of Funeral Details Released For PA Officer Shot In The Line Of Duty Jumbo Tron Part Of Funeral Details Released For PA Officer Shot In The Line Of Duty
Jumbo Tron Part Of Funeral Details Released For PA Officer Shot In The Line Of Duty Funeral details have been released for Philadelphia Police Officer Jaime Roman who died months after he was shot in the line of duty.  The 31-year-old officer was two weeks away from his seventh anniversary with PPD when he died, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. He served in the 24th and 25th districts. He is survived by his wife and three children.   Officer Jaime Roman had been in a coma at Temple University Hospital following a shooting on July 22, 2024. He passed away in the hospital just after 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, according to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and as Dail…

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Teen Girl Stuck Farm Equipment Airlifted: PA State Police (DEVELOPING) Teen Girl Stuck Farm Equipment Airlifted: PA State Police (DEVELOPING)
Teen Girl Stuck Farm Equipment Airlifted: PA State Police (Developing) An 18-year-old farm worker was airlifted on Monday, Sept. 16 after getting stuck in a corn binder machine, authorities said. The girl was injured on the 300 block of Wilson Mill Road in Lower Oxford, according to Pennsylvania State Police. She was in stable condition after getting stuck at about 11 a.m., Corporal Travis Hill of the Avondale Station said. Hill did not know what part of her got stuck in the machine. Her name was not released. More details are expected from PSP later Monday. Check back for updates.

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by Jon Craig
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PA Man Pleads No Contest In Sword Slaying Of Parents, Dogs: Court Docs PA Man Pleads No Contest In Sword Slaying Of Parents, Dogs: Court Docs
PA Man Pleads No Contest In Sword Slaying Of Parents, Dogs: Court Docs A 43-year-old man who was accused of killing his parents and the family dogs with a sword entered a plea of no contest in September 2024. His trial was supposed to start Monday, Sept. 16. Levar Fountain was 38-years-old when he supposedly had a mental health episode and killed his father, John Fountain, 74, and stepmother, Mary Fountain, 65, the dogs at the home they shared in the 300 block of Wallace Street in York on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. The bodies were found in the basement, covered with sheets when a relative came to check on the Fountains, police detailed in the affidavit of p…

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Fake Cop With Lights, Siren Stops Vehicle In Chester County: PSP Fake Cop With Lights, Siren Stops Vehicle In Chester County: PSP
Fake Cop With Lights, Siren Stops Vehicle In Chester County: PSP He dressed like a cop and used lights and siren to pull someone over in Chester County, but wasn't a real police officer, authorities said. The fake cop pulled over a vehicle on Route 1 near Route 896 in Upper Oxford Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Avondale Station in a press statement on Friday, Sept. 13.  The incident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, State Police said. The impersonator's vehicle was described as a black Cadillac Escalade. The victim told troopers that while driving north on Route 1 his vehicle was tailgated for several miles by…

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Fatal 3-Vehicle Crash On PA Turnpike: Officials Fatal 3-Vehicle Crash On PA Turnpike: Officials
Fatal 3-Vehicle Crash On PA Turnpike: Officials A fatal crash closed Interstate 76/ PA Turnpike for over five hours on Saturday, Sept. 14 officials confirmed to Daily Voice the following Monday. The deadly three-vehicle crash happened at mile marker 268.4 in Penn Township, Lancaster County around 11:30 a.m., officials detailed. A detour began being used on I-76 West at Exit 286 - Reading starting at 12:35 p.m. and ending just before 5:45 p.m., according to officials. Pennsylvania State Police are still investigating this fatal crash. Check back here for updates.

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Tractor-Trailer Carrying Lumber Rolls Over On I-81 In Central PA: PennDOT Tractor-Trailer Carrying Lumber Rolls Over On I-81 In Central PA: PennDOT
Tractor-Trailer Carrying Lumber Rolls Over On I-81 In Central PA: PennDOT A tractor-trailer crash closed part of Interstate 81 South in Central Pennsylvania on Sunday night, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.  The single-vehicle rollover crash happened on I-81 South at Exit 70: I-83 South/US 322 East - Harrisburg. 81 at 9:59 p.m., according to Schreffler and 511PA.  A special crew with heavily lifting equipment was called to the scene of the crash as the tractor-trailer had been hauling lumber that spilled onto the highway, Schreffler explained.  There was no word on any injuries bu…

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Fatal Crash Closes Rt 22 In Susquehanna Township (DEVELOPING) Fatal Crash Closes Rt 22 In Susquehanna Township (DEVELOPING)
Fatal Crash Closes Rt 22 In Susquehanna Township (Developing) A fatal crash closed Route 22 West in Susquehanna Township late Sunday night, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.  The crash was first reported on Rt 22 West at Exit: PA 39 - Linglestown/Rockville at 11:38 p.m., according to Schreffler and 511PA.  It is a single vehicle crash with one fatality confirmed just after midnight on Monday, Sept. 16, Schreffler told us.  The road was closed between Exit 39 and Exit: PA 443 - Fishing Creek but it reopened around 4:11 a.m., according to Schreffler. This is a developing…

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Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd As Thomas 'Buddah' Davenport: Dauphin County DA Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd As Thomas 'Buddah' Davenport: Dauphin County DA
Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd As Thomas 'Buddah' Davenport: Dauphin County DA A 38-year-old dad has been identified as the victim of a shooting that prompted a large police presence in Harrisburg on Friday evening, Sept. 13.  Thomas "Buddah Buddah" Davenport III has been named as the man shot dead in the 60 block of North 14th Street around 5:50 p.m., Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo told Daily Voice and his family announced on social media over the weekend.  Police from Harrisburg and Capitol police, Derry and Susquehanna Townships, as well as the DA's office and the Dauphin County Crisis Response Team, were on the scene well after 8 p.m., as Daily Voice…

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Teen Mom, Infant Son Missing For Days From PA Home, Police Say Teen Mom, Infant Son Missing For Days From PA Home, Police Say
Teen Mom, Infant Son Missing For Days From PA Home, Police Say A teenager mom and her infant son have been missing for days Philadelphia police announced on Sunday, Sept. 15.  Nyauniah Bacon, 17, along with her one-year-old son, Syven Bacon left her home on the 2400 block of West Hagert Street around 5 p.m. on Sept. 12, and haven't been seen since.  The police noted that she has full custody of her son. Nyauniah is described as 5'3", weighing 175 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a black bodysuit, tan pants, and sandals. The clothing description of her son, Syven,was unavailable at the time of publishing.&nb…

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