Pottstown Dad Shoots And Kills Mom's Boyfriend In Child Custody Exchange: DA Pottstown Dad Shoots And Kills Mom's Boyfriend In Child Custody Exchange: DA
Pottstown Dad Shoots And Kills Mom's Boyfriend In Child Custody Exchange: DA A Pottstown father is charged with homicide after authorities say he shot a man during a child custody exchange in Pottstown.  It happened on the 500 block of May Street around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said in a release.  Thirty-four-year-old Kevin Morgan was handing over his 12-year-old daughter to her mom at the scheduled pickup time when he got into an argument with the mother's longtime boyfriend, 38-year-old Derek Mayo, investigators believe.  A verbal argument ensued in the street before Morgan took out a firearm and …
NY Woman Shot PA District Attorney, State Police Say NY Woman Shot PA District Attorney, State Police Say
NY Woman Shot PA District Attorney, State Police Say A New York woman has been arrested and charged as the suspected shooter of a Central Pennsylvania District Attorney, State Police announced on Thursday, June 15, 2023.  Porice Diamond Mincy of Staten Island shot Cameron County District Attorney Paul Malizia at his office located at 25 East Fourth Street, Emporium Borough (Cameron County) around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, according to Pennsylvania State Police  The 31-year-old then fled the scene, but she had been staying in the area and was later taken into custody, the police explained.  She was charged with the following offens…
Armed Burglars Posing As Cops Tied Up Homeowner In Bucks County: Police Armed Burglars Posing As Cops Tied Up Homeowner In Bucks County: Police
Armed Burglars Posing As Cops Tied Up Homeowner In Bucks County: Police Police in Bucks County are investigating a gunpoint home invasion.  It happened in the Green Meadows Community in Hilltown on Thursday, May 25, township police wrote in a statement. Three men barged into a home on Reliance Place after claiming to be with the Sheriff's Office, authorities said.  At least one of the men was armed with a handgun, investigators noted.  Inside, the trio forced the homeowner to lie on the floor and "restrained" his hands behind his back, police said. They proceeded to ransack the home, stealing "numerous items" including two handguns registered to…
Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police
Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police When Donte Powell pulled the trigger of a gun that he moments before held to his ex-girlfriend's head, nothing happened, authorities in Bucks County said. The magazine had fallen from the firearm that Powell was pointing up the stairs of his ex's Bensalem home last Saturday May 20, and a safety mechanism wouldn't allow it to fire, police said. Still, he tried again. And again after that. That's when someone pushed Powell out of the home, and he fled. It wasn't long before he was captured with help from a SWAT Team, though, at a home on the 100 Old York Road in Jenkintown, authorities said.…
Troopers Investigate Early-Morning Gun Shop Burglary In Northampton County Troopers Investigate Early-Morning Gun Shop Burglary In Northampton County
Troopers Investigate Early-Morning Gun Shop Burglary In Northampton County State police are searching for answers after an Easton-area sporting goods store was broken into and robbed of multiple firearms, according to a release.  Troopers say 507 Outfitters, 1000 Belmont Street in Williams Township, was burglarized around 2 or 3 a.m. on Friday, April 28.  An unknown number of guns were taken, though police did not describe the missing merchandise.  The matter remains under investigation by troopers at the Belfast Station, the release adds.
Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit
Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit A 2021 candidate for the Allegheny County Council pulled a gun and threatened members of the Plum Borough GOP Committee, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Eric Philip Casteel, a 62-year-old Cyber Security Architect also threatened three members of the Republican Committee— Mike Doyle, former US Congress nominee and current Plum council president, Paul Dern, current council vice president and Gerard "Jerry" Purcell, who is running for Plum council— at the Plum Community Center on Center New Texas Road on Thursday, April 27, 2023, around 8 p.m., according to the affid…
'Violent Murder' Turned Car Fire Leaves PA Man Dead In VA: Authorities 'Violent Murder' Turned Car Fire Leaves PA Man Dead In VA: Authorities
'Violent Murder' Turned Car Fire Leaves PA Man Dead In VA: Authorities A "violently murdered" York City 20-year-old man was pulled from a car fire in Virginia on Tuesday, April 18, and now he and his alleged killer have been identified, authorities announced in multiple releases on Tuesday, April 25.  Ethan Bert was identified by Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance a week after his remains were pulled from the burning vehicle found on Sandy Level Road, near the intersection with Goodview Road by the Bedford County Fire and Rescue at 12:45 a.m., as told to Daily Voice and reported by WDBJ. The suspect, 29-year-old Joseph Richard Walker, of Roanoke…
Shots Fired In Allentown Home, Woman Charged With Burglary Shots Fired In Allentown Home, Woman Charged With Burglary
Shots Fired In Allentown Home, Woman Charged With Burglary A woman is charged with assault and burglary after shots rang out in an Allentown home before dawn on Wednesday, say authorities.  City police were dispatched to a residence on the 600 block of North 4th Street around 4:40 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19 for reports of gunfire, the department said in a release.  Diyana Holden-McKinney, 21, was arrested at the scene, police said. Investigators located a loaded firearm and "evidence of the reported incident" at the home.  No injuries were reported. 
Fugitive Brought Loaded Gun To Slate Belt Bar, Cops Say Fugitive Brought Loaded Gun To Slate Belt Bar, Cops Say
Fugitive Brought Loaded Gun To Slate Belt Bar, Cops Say A wanted man is in police custody for allegedly bringing a loaded firearm to a Slate Belt sports bar, authorities say.  It happened on March 29 at 6:30 p.m., Slate Belt Regional police wrote in a statement. Officers were called to the Scorecard, 130 N. Broadway in Wind Gap Borough, after dispatchers were told a man brought a rifle into the bar.  At the scene, police spoke with 32-year-old Salvatore Caroprese of Pen Argyl, who had "secured the rifle in his vehicle" when they arrived, according to the release.  Officers said Caroprese was legally unable to own a firearm and th…
Bad Sport: Lehigh Valley Man Pulled Gun At Basketball Court, Cops Say Bad Sport: Lehigh Valley Man Pulled Gun At Basketball Court, Cops Say
Bad Sport: Lehigh Valley Man Pulled Gun At Basketball Court, Cops Say Police in Northampton County are looking for a man who they said pulled a gun during a dispute at a public park.  It happened at the basketball courts at Paul Kokolus Sr. Park on Washington Street, Nazareth Borough police said in a release. The suspect, identified as 27-year-old Robert J. Rivers, pulled out a firearm "to intimidate others" during an argument, the department claimed.  Rivers was last known to be living on Lehigh Street in Easton, authorities said.  Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Det. Pompeii of the Nazareth Borough Po…
Mom Raped During Seizure In Central PA: Police Say Mom Raped During Seizure In Central PA: Police Say
Mom Raped During Seizure In Central PA: Police Say A 28-year-old Puerto Rican man repeatedly broke into a home and raped a woman— included during epileptic seizures, and assaulted her 13-year-old daughter, police in Central Pennsylvania detailed in court dockets obtained by Daily Voice.  Yeury Antonio Jimenez-Santiago was arrested for simple assaults and terroristic threats after a domestic abuse incident was reported at a home in the 400 block of South 15th Street in Harrisburg on Aug. 7 2022— but police had just begun to uncover what was really going on in the home, according to the affidavit of probable cause.  **The following …
NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown
NJ Dealer Awaiting Trial For Shooting Detectives Gets 13 Years In Federal Drug Takedown A manager of a major New Jersey drug ring who's awaiting trial for shooting two undercover detectives must spend 13 years in federal custody after taking a plea deal from the government in a separate case. Juan Figueroa, 25, was the last of 19 members of the Bloods-related group who were convicted following a federal assault on an open-air drug market in Camden that provided walkup and drive-by service to its customers. Figueroa and two associates were also charged in state court with ambushing two Camden County Police detectives who were investigating the ring, which peddled heroin, crack,…