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Supermarket Game Changer? ShopRite Rolling Out Smart Carts In PA, Along East Coast Supermarket Game Changer? ShopRite Rolling Out Smart Carts In PA, Along East Coast
Supermarket Game Changer? ShopRite Rolling Out Smart Carts In PA, Along East Coast Imagine strolling through your local supermarket, scanning items, calculating your total, and then, skipping the checkout line? Thanks to an AI-powered "smart cart," that's now possible. This futuristic shopping experience is now a reality in select ShopRite locations in the East Coast as the supermarket chain introduces technology designed by Instacart to save shoppers time and make grocery runs smoother than ever. The so-called "Caper Carts" are designed to make grocery shopping faster, smarter, and more interactive. To date, about a dozen ShopRite stores have added the carts as another…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model, Lancaster DA Says Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model, Lancaster DA Says
Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model, Lancaster DA Says The first man captured by the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force has been sentenced after confessing to his crimes, the District Attorney announced on Monday, April 8. More than two years after his arrest, Louis Fountain, 34 of Brookhaven, Delaware County pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking individuals, four counts of promoting prostitution, and one count of living off prostitutes before Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth on March 29, as detailed in the release. Judge Ashworth sentenced him to serve a "prison term of one year, 11 months, and eight d…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA EMT Who Took Sexually Explicit Photo Of Woman In Ambulance May Have More Victims, Police Say PA EMT Who Took Sexually Explicit Photo Of Woman In Ambulance May Have More Victims, Police Say
PA EMT Who Took Sexually Explicit Photo Of Woman In Ambulance May Have More Victims, Police Say It appears that the Delaware County EMT arrested on charges of indecently assaulting a woman in an ambulance also worked for other medical providers, leading authorities to believe he may have more victims. Kevin H. Pressley, 24, is accused of exposing the semi-conscious woman's breasts and taking photos of her as he was with her in the back of an ambulance around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25 on the 4800 block of Edgmont Avenue in Brookhaven, local police said. The victim was being treated at a medical facility in Brookhaven when 911 was called. She was then taken to an area hospital in an a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Pimp Used Hotels To Sex Traffick 18-Year-Old Trying To Model, Authorities Say PA Pimp Used Hotels To Sex Traffick 18-Year-Old Trying To Model, Authorities Say
PA Pimp Used Hotels To Sex Traffick 18-Year-Old Trying To Model, Authorities Say An 18-year-old girl who wanted to become a model was lured into prostitution by a man who claimed to be her boyfriend. Lancaster County detectives first learned about this girl after seeing an advertisement online “listing a female who was performing sex acts for money in Lancaster,” according to a release by the district attorney’s office. The detectives texted the number in the ad and agreed to pay $260 to spend an hour with the female at a hotel in Lancaster City on Mar. 1, 2022, the release details. The undercover detective met the girl, gave her the money, and discussed what sex ac…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
MURDER: Pennsylvania Man Arrested In 'Brutal' Killing Of 25-Year-Old GF MURDER: Pennsylvania Man Arrested In 'Brutal' Killing Of 25-Year-Old GF
Murder: Pennsylvania Man Arrested In 'Brutal' Killing Of 25-Year-Old GF A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in the killing of his 25-year-old girlfriend, whose body was found near the Chester waterfront three months ago, authorities announced. Naima Ishmail was discovered lifeless on the Front and Norris Streets walking trail near the waterfront in Chester City with a gunshot wound to the head on the morning of Oct. 7, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office said Monday. Champion Hough, 25, of Brookhaven, has been charged with first, second, and third-degree murder, among other offenses, authorities said. An unnamed witness told investig…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse
Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse A 39-year-old executive director at a Suburban Philadelphia school was arrested Tuesday for failing to report one of her worker's abuse of multiple toddlers, authorities said. Tiffany Nichols, of Kennett Square, was charged with felony child endangerment and failure to report child abuse, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Nichols was the executive director of the Malvern School in West Chester when she learned that one of her employees, Victoria Aronson, 36, of Brookhaven, was physically abusing several toddlers, authorities said. Victoria AronsonChester Count…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Childcare Worker Charged With Physically Abusing 3 Toddlers At Suburban Philly School Childcare Worker Charged With Physically Abusing 3 Toddlers At Suburban Philly School
Childcare Worker Charged With Physically Abusing 3 Toddlers At Suburban Philly School A 36-year-old childcare worker was charged with physically abusing three toddlers at a suburban Philadelphia school, authorities said. On Oct. 7, investigators became aware that Victoria Aronson, of Brookhaven, who worked at Malvern School on East Pleasant Grove Road in West Chester, had been the subject of several child abuse complaints, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The complaints allege the abuse occurred between Sept. 29 and 30, involving three victims aged fourteen to sixteen months, authorities said. Westtown-East Goshen Regional police discove…

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by Nicole Acosta