Off-Duty PA Trooper Fired Gun In Road Rage Incident: Chesco DA Off-Duty PA Trooper Fired Gun In Road Rage Incident: Chesco DA
Off-Duty PA Trooper Fired Gun In Road Rage Incident: Chesco DA A Pennsylvania state trooper faces criminal charges after authorities say he fired a gun at a family going to see Christmas lights during a road rage incident last month. David Levy, a 36-year-old Kennett Square resident and member of the State Police Troop K at Media Station, was released from the Chester County lockup Friday, Jan. 20 after posting a $20,000 bond, court records show.  The law enforcement officer is charged with official oppression, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and related counts stemming from a road rage incident late last year, said District Attorney Deb Ry…
Delco Market Sells $505K Lotto Ticket Delco Market Sells $505K Lotto Ticket
Delco Market Sells $505K Lotto Ticket One Delaware County Shopper got a lot richer this weekend, say state lotto officials.  The lucky Pennsylvania resident won the $505,439 jackpot in the Sunday, Jan. 15 drawing for the Cash 5 with Quick Cash game, matching all five numbers pulled, lottery representatives said.  The grocery store that sold the winning ticket, ACME Markets at 124 Morton Avenue in Folsom, will receive a $5,000 bonus, officials added.  The prize winner will not be identified until their reward is claimed and their ticket is verified. More than 12,500 Pennsylvanians won some amount in the…
Decomposing Body Found In Mattress In DelCo: Report Decomposing Body Found In Mattress In DelCo: Report
Decomposing Body Found In Mattress In DelCo: Report A decomposing body inside of a mattress was found overnight in Delaware County overnight, 6abc reports. Paramedics called to the 7000 block of Greenwood Avenue near Church Lane in Upper Darby around midnight found the woman's body in a back alley behind a row of twin homes, the outlet said. Suspicious play was suspected. The Delaware County District Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to Daily Voice's request for comment. Click here for more from 6abc.
Elderly Delco Couple Were Murdered, Investigators Believe Elderly Delco Couple Were Murdered, Investigators Believe
Elderly Delco Couple Were Murdered, Investigators Believe The husband and wife found dead in their Delaware County home on Monday were murdered, authorities believe.  State police were called to a home on Highland Drive in Chester Heights Borough at about 5:15 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2 for a welfare check, Daily Voice has reported.  There, troopers found two adults dead. They are now identified as 72-year-old Richard Zajko and 69-year-old Rita Zajko, state police said in a release Thursday, Jan. 5.  Investigators believe the couple were murdered and are treating the case as a homicide, officials said. They did not describe their reasoning, nor have…
Couple Found Dead In Delaware County Home: Report Couple Found Dead In Delaware County Home: Report
Couple Found Dead In Delaware County Home: Report Authorities are searching for answers after two people were found dead in a Delaware County home. State police were called to a home on Highland Drive in Chester Heights Borough at about 5:15 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2 for a welfare check, troopers said in a release.  There, police found two bodies. A report by the Philadelphia Inquirer identified the couple as a 71-year-old man and 68-year-old woman. An investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to call the PSP Media Station at 484-840-1000. 
Deputy Fire Chief Molested 15-Year-Old Volunteer For Months In PA: Police Papers Deputy Fire Chief Molested 15-Year-Old Volunteer For Months In PA: Police Papers
Deputy Fire Chief Molested 15-Year-Old Volunteer For Months In PA: Police Papers A high-ranking firefighter in Delaware County is accused of courting, grooming, and inappropriately touching a 16-year-old volunteer for a period of months, according to the affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. Matthew Bateman, the 28-year-old Deputy Chief of the Folcroft Fire Company, is charged with institutional sexual abuse of a minor and more than a dozen related counts, state court records show.  Police wrote in the affidavit that Bateman had carried on an increasingly inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy who was working as a junior firefighter with the company over a…
Missing Pennsylvania Man's Body Pulled From Marina: Reports Missing Pennsylvania Man's Body Pulled From Marina: Reports
Missing Pennsylvania Man's Body Pulled From Marina: Reports Authorities have called off the search for the Delaware County man who went missing on Christmas Eve and was found dead days later, various news reports say. Thomas Cortallessa's body was pulled from the Ridley Marina on Tuesday, Dec. 27 around 11 a.m., according to 6abc and CBS Philly. Upper Darby police on Dec. 24 asked for the public's help in finding 76-year-old Cortallessa, who they said was "last known to be driving his light blue 2013 Toyota Corolla."  In an update on Facebook on Tuesday, Dec. 27, the department said it had found Cortallessa and his vehicle. 
'I'm Hearing Jeffrey Dahmer's Voice,' Said Delco Man Threatening To Kill Kids: Cops 'I'm Hearing Jeffrey Dahmer's Voice,' Said Delco Man Threatening To Kill Kids: Cops
'I'm Hearing Jeffrey Dahmer's Voice,' Said Delco Man Threatening To Kill Kids: Cops A Delaware County man was in jail after calling 911 saying he had been hearing Jeffrey Dahmer's voice and threatening to shoot children, authorities say.  Harold C. Holmes, 52, of Media, sits in the county lockup after undergoing a mental health evaluation at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, said Nether Providence police in a statement late Wednesday, Dec. 21.  Investigators allege that Holmes made a series of disturbing 911 calls invoking dead serial killers and threatening to murder children with a shotgun from a home on Vernon Street in the South Media section of the townshi…
Philly Drug Dealer Cooked Meth In Delco, Police Say Philly Drug Dealer Cooked Meth In Delco, Police Say
Philly Drug Dealer Cooked Meth In Delco, Police Say A Philadelphia man accused of selling drugs cooked his methamphetamine in Delaware County, investigators believe.  Marcus Harris, 27, was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 13 following an investigation by state, county, and local law enforcement officials, said Darby Township police in a statement.  Authorities claim Harris had 4.25 pounds of meth and two illegally-owned guns in his possession at the time of his arrest.  He's charged with several felonies including drug trafficking and weapons offenses, state court records show. As of Tuesday, Dec. 20, Harris was held at Delaware Count…
Six Men Charged In Delco Child Sex Sting, DA Says Six Men Charged In Delco Child Sex Sting, DA Says
Six Men Charged In Delco Child Sex Sting, DA Says Six men face criminal charges in Delaware County for soliciting sex from minors on the internet, said District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer in a release.  In a three-day operation that was led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service with assistance from the FBI, state police, and local authorities, undercover law enforcement officers "assumed the identity of a minor" online, the DA said.  At the sting's end on Dec. 11, six men aged 24 to 56 were taken into custody, officials said:  Joseph P. Fahy, 48, of Media, is accused to trying to meet a 14-year-old male for sex. He w…
Beth Capaldi's Husband Charged With Homicide, Details In Grisly Murder Released: DA Beth Capaldi's Husband Charged With Homicide, Details In Grisly Murder Released: DA
Beth Capaldi's Husband Charged With Homicide, Details In Grisly Murder Released: DA The husband of missing Sellersville woman Elizabeth Capaldi is now charged with her murder, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a press conference Thursday, Dec. 15.  Stephen Capaldi is charged with strangling his wife to death in their bedroom and dismembering her body the following day in their home, the DA told reporters.  He disposed of her remains across greater Philadelphia, including in a Montgomery County dumpster and a riverbank in Delaware County, officials believe.  As Daily Voice has reported, Elizabeth Capaldi was reported missing by he…
'KID JAIL': PA Juvie Rife With Sex Misconduct, Verbal Abuse, Says AG 'KID JAIL': PA Juvie Rife With Sex Misconduct, Verbal Abuse, Says AG
'KID Jail': PA Juvie Rife With Sex Misconduct, Verbal Abuse, Says AG A juvenile detention facility in Delaware County is under fire after a newly-released Grand Jury report alleged "systemic failure" that led to a "culture of unprofessionalism, violence, sexual misconduct and coverup."  In the 200-page report released Tuesday, Dec. 13, investigators with the state Attorney General's Office claim staff at the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center (DCJDC) ran the facility as a "kid jail" that treated detained youths as criminals and fostered an institutional culture "intent on punishment, not reform." DCJDC first came under review in March 2021, when Dela…