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DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison
DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison A 29-year-old Hilltown man was sentenced Friday to up to four years in state prison on several firearms violations in an investigation that began when he pointed a gun at a woman in the parking lot of a Walmart in Hilltown Township, authorities said. A woman told police she was with her 10-year-old daughter when she pulled into an open parking spot and noticed a man in a car next to hers cursing at her around 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2020, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. When she and her daughter got out of the car, the man -- later identified as Willia…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: U.S. Marshals Capture Bensalem Man Out On Bail For 3rd Violent Attack Of Ex-GF DA: U.S. Marshals Capture Bensalem Man Out On Bail For 3rd Violent Attack Of Ex-GF
DA: U.S. Marshals Capture Bensalem Man Out On Bail For 3rd Violent Attack Of Ex-GF A Bensalem man who was out on bail for two domestic violence attacks despite objections from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office is facing new charges after violently attacked the same victim again, authorities said. Patrick Dando, 35, was captured by the U.S. Marshals after pushing his ex-girlfriend down a flight of concrete steps and strangling her until she blacked out last Friday afternoon, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Dando, who had been on the run since the attack, was charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and strangulation, along with misdemeanor counts o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman
Bucks DA Opposes Clemency For Man Who Killed 58-Year-Old Woman A man convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 58-year-old woman in her Bristol Township apartment in 1990, will appear Thursday morning before the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons seeking clemency -- a motion strongly opposed Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. John Brookins has professed his innocence for nearly three decades, despite authorities linking overwhelming amounts of evidence to him in the Dec. 20, 1990 murder of Sheila Ginsberg, Bucks County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jill Graziano said in a letter to the Board of Pardons. Authorities …

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by Nicole Acosta
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KNOW ANYTHING? $20K Reward Offered Exactly 12 Years After PA Attorney's Deadly Shooting KNOW ANYTHING? $20K Reward Offered Exactly 12 Years After PA Attorney's Deadly Shooting
Know Anything? $20K Reward Offered Exactly 12 Years After PA Attorney's Deadly Shooting Bucks County investigators are offering a $20,500 reward for information on a case involving a Northampton attorney who was murdered 12 years ago to the day.  Eric Birnbaum was walking to the the Terry D. Goldberg & Associates law firm on Buck Road when he was shot once in the back of the head just after 9 a.m. Feb. 11, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The shooter fled, and remains at large. Authorities have said they do not believe the incident was a random act. "Birnbaum was a well-liked attorney," District Attorney Matt Weintraub said, de…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NY-Bound Drug Traffickers Busted In PA With $4M In Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Authorities Say NY-Bound Drug Traffickers Busted In PA With $4M In Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Authorities Say
Ny-bound Drug Traffickers Busted In PA With $4M In Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, Authorities Say A routine traffic stop led by a keen-eyed Bedminster Township patrol officer seized nearly $4 million worth of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from a couple "passing through" during a cross-country drug trafficking operation, authorities said. Christian Ochoa, 28, of Laredo, Texas, was driving the drugs across the country and likely headed to New York, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said at a news conference on Thursday. He was likely just "passing through" Bucks County when he was stopped, Weintraub said.  Ochoa's passenger, Edith Tomasa Rodriguez Cardenas, 27, of Huntington Park,…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says
Obsessed Patient Beat Bensalem Chiropractor To Death, DA Says A 22-year-old Bucks County man was charged with killing his chiropractor whom prosecutors say he became obsessed with while seeking treatment for jaw pain. Joseph O'Boyle, of Bensalem, beat 64-year-old Dr. James Sowa to death in his Hulmeville Road home office on Nov. 2, 2020, Bucks County, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said Friday. O'Boyle was remanded to the Bucks County jail on Nov. 10, when he assaulted a police officer at his home as part of the homicide investigation, Weintraub said. O'Boyle was being jailed on charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment when he w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bucks County Hunter Surrenders Months After Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Jason Kutt Bucks County Hunter Surrenders Months After Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Jason Kutt
Bucks County Hunter Surrenders Months After Shooting That Killed 18-Year-Old Jason Kutt Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 52-year-old man in the deadly October shooting of 18-year-old Jason Albert Kutt in Nockamixon State Park. Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster, surrendered to authorities on Dec. 30, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. "Clearly this isn’t a perfect ending,” he said. “Perfect would mean we have Jason back. But that’s just not how real life works, that’s not how criminal justice works, so this isn’t even really a happy ending, but it is a fair and a just and a final ending.” Kutt, of Sellersville, was sitting wit…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Pennsylvania Cracking Down On Noncompliant Businesses COVID-19: Pennsylvania Cracking Down On Noncompliant Businesses
Covid-19: Pennsylvania Cracking Down On Noncompliant Businesses More than 150 Pennsylvania businesses were warned this week that they will be facing more serious repercussions for defying COVID-19 restrictions. The restrictions close indoor dining, gyms and theaters until Jan. 4, but businesses already crippled by the pandemic say they can't afford to lose any more cash, and that they can safely stay open. The state's Department of Agriculture on Wednesday implemented a new set of enforcement actions for noncompliant restaurants, subjecting them to unannounced inspections, citations of up to $300 for each day they remain open and then -- …

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by Cecilia Levine