Irate Target Warehouse Employee Punches Police In Montco: Authorities Irate Target Warehouse Employee Punches Police In Montco: Authorities
Irate Target Warehouse Employee Punches Police In Montco: Authorities A worker at the Target Sortation Center in Upper Merion punched a police officer in the head while being escorted off the property last week, according to authorities.  Officers were called to the warehouse, 900 River Road, around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 28 for a "disturbance," Upper Merion police said.  An uncertified employee had been operating a forklift and refused to leave the warehouse, prompting security to call police, officials said.  While escorting the employee to the parking lot, police said she "began walking towards one of the officers with her hand concealed in…
South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor
South Jersey School Janitor's Lab Results Show No Communicable Diseases: Prosecutor Returned lab results show an elementary school janitor accused of contaminating food and utensils with his own bodily fluids at his place of employment show no communicable diseases, authorities in South Jersey said. Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, of Vineland, was previously charged with aggravated assault, tampering with food and official misconduct for the heinous incidents at the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District, where he has worked since 2019, as previously reported by Daily Voice. "Based upon all available test results and clinical criteria, we have d…
I-95 Gunman Arrested Four Years After Shooting: State Police I-95 Gunman Arrested Four Years After Shooting: State Police
I-95 Gunman Arrested Four Years After Shooting: State Police The suspected gunman in a 2019 shooting on Interstate 95 is in police custody, authorities announced.  Twenty-year-old Samuel Irizarry was arrested by state police early Friday, Nov. 3, troopers said in a release.  Irizarry is thought to have been riding in a dark-colored Chevrolet sedan that was involved in a Feb. 20, 2019 shooting on Mile 22 of the highway in Philadelphia, near the Benjamin Franklin bridge, according to police.  He was sought for attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, unlicensed firearm carry, and other counts related to the incident, …
South Jersey School Janitor Contaminated Food, Utensils With Bleach, Bodily Fluids: Prosecutor South Jersey School Janitor Contaminated Food, Utensils With Bleach, Bodily Fluids: Prosecutor
South Jersey School Janitor Contaminated Food, Utensils With Bleach, Bodily Fluids: Prosecutor An elementary school janitor in South Jersey faces multiple charges, including child endangerment, for allegedly contaminating food and utensils with bleach and bodily fluids. UPDATE: Police Papers Detail Heinous Accusations Against NJ School Janitor, Parents Livid Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, of Vineland, also is charged with aggravated assault, tampering with food and official misconduct. Impellizzeri was employed by the Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District. According to the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey State Police were contacted by scho…
Ax-Wielding Driver Rammed Car On PA Highway: Police Ax-Wielding Driver Rammed Car On PA Highway: Police
Ax-Wielding Driver Rammed Car On PA Highway: Police An Upper Merion driver was allegedly armed with a hatchet when police say he menaced another motorist on Friday night, Oct. 20.  The victim called authorities around 9 p.m. and said she was being followed and rammed by a gold SUV on Route 23 near the Valley Forge Towers, police said.  While officers were dispatched to locate the SUV, the victim told police the aggressor was now "armed with some sort of ax" and was "actively fighting with (her) male friend," according to UMPD.  The men in the SUV fled the Valley Forge Towers but were spotted by Upper Merion detectives as they…
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA In 1975 a 19-year-old newlywed was brutally murdered, but thanks to DNA evidence her alleged killer has been revealed, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced. Lancaster County's oldest cold case homicide was that of Lindy Sue Biechler whose "life was brutally taken away from her 46 years ago in the sanctity of her own home," DA Adams said.  David Vincent Sinopoli, now 69 of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and burglary in connection with Biechler's death on Thursday, Oct. 19.  His plea comes …
Accused Birthday Party Shooter Arrested In Reading: Berks DA Accused Birthday Party Shooter Arrested In Reading: Berks DA
Accused Birthday Party Shooter Arrested In Reading: Berks DA Authorities in Berks County say they arrested the gunman who opened fire at a Sinking Spring birthday party over the summer.  Twenty-six-year-old Jayce Donte Lee was arrested by US Marshals at a Reading home early on Tuesday, Oct. 17, the District Attorney's Office said.  Investigators claim Lee, of Folcroft, showed up to a Butternut Court birthday party on Aug. 20 with a stolen gun.  About thirty minutes after midnight, police say he "brandished and fired" the weapon, hitting one 22-year-old victim in the abdomen and another in the thigh and hand.  Authorities said Le…
PA Woman Started Fire That Left 100 People Homeless, Jury Finds PA Woman Started Fire That Left 100 People Homeless, Jury Finds
PA Woman Started Fire That Left 100 People Homeless, Jury Finds A Pottstown woman is guilty of starting the North Coventry apartment fire that displaced more than 100 people in 2020, a Chester County jury has ruled.  Toni Kirk was convicted on 21 counts including aggravated assault, causing and risking a catastrophe, and reckless endangerment, the District Attorney's Office said last week.  Kirk, now 33, was living in unit 315 at the Ashwood Apartments when the fire broke out on July 30, 2020, prosecutors said.  More than 200 first responders from over a dozen different departments were called to the scene, several of whom were trea…
Biker Charged With Assault For Viral Center City Attack On Mom, Kids Biker Charged With Assault For Viral Center City Attack On Mom, Kids
Biker Charged With Assault For Viral Center City Attack On Mom, Kids Cody Heron, allegedly the motorcyclist seen in a now-viral clip from Sunday night, Oct. 1, is charged with aggravated assault and related counts, said the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.  In a video that has been widely shared, a biker now identified by authorities as Heron was seen smashing the rear windshield of a woman's car before threatening her with a handgun and headbutting her with his helmet.  The DA's Office said Heron smashed glass on the victim's young children, aged 2 and 5, who were sitting in the backseat.  Authorities said the altercation began after Heron ran into…
Video Shows Armed Street Biker Smash Car Windshield With Kids Inside In Philadelphia: Report Video Shows Armed Street Biker Smash Car Windshield With Kids Inside In Philadelphia: Report
Video Shows Armed Street Biker Smash Car Windshield With Kids Inside In Philadelphia: Report The top of a tourism bus turned out to be an excellent vantage point for a man who captured the stunning footage of a biker smashing the back windshield of a car with his feet in Philadelphia. The video from the Sunday, Oct. 1 incident in 1400 S. Penn Square was shared to Instagram by George Coloney, where the video garnered more than 42K likes as of Tuesday, Oct. 3. The footage shows the armed street racer jumping on the back windshield of the vehicle, which according to 6abc was carrying a 5-year-old girl in the back seat. The driver tells the outlet she was with her girlfriend and two c…
Man Stabs Juvenile At Skate Park: Perkasie Police Man Stabs Juvenile At Skate Park: Perkasie Police
Man Stabs Juvenile At Skate Park: Perkasie Police A 19-year-old in Perkasie is accused of stabbing a youth at a borough park, authorities say.  Nikolas Lore was arrested Monday, Sept. 25, and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, and weapon possession, according to police.  It happened at the Lenape Skate Park on Constitution Avenue and the victim was taken to Grandview Hospital, the department said.  Police said Lore and the victim knew each other.  The 19-year-old was held in lieu of $150,000 bail and ordered to stay away from both the skate park and the victim, they added. 
PA Man Chased Victim With Lawnmower Blade, Authorities Say PA Man Chased Victim With Lawnmower Blade, Authorities Say
PA Man Chased Victim With Lawnmower Blade, Authorities Say Police in Ambler Borough say an area resident chased down another while brandishing a lawnmower blade as a weapon.  Evergicio Gonzalez, 34, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, and possessing an instrument of crime, the department said.  A woman called 911 around 9 p.m. on Sept. 18 and told dispatchers Gonzalez was armed with a machete and threatening to kill her husband, according to police.  Authorities said the blade was actually from a mower, and alleged that Gonzalez chased the victim with the weapon before throwing it and nearly hitting a child.  G…