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Bomb Threat Forces Closure Of GOP Headquarters In PA: State Police
The Montgomery County Republican Committee Headquarters was forced to close down following a bomb threat on Saturday, Oct. 26, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. "We’ve engaged with the (FBI, Montgomery County District Attorney), and local law enforcement in Whitpain Township investigating a bomb threat targeted at the Montgomery County GOP," state police said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. We’ve engaged with the @FBI, @MontcopaDA, and local law enforcement in Whitpain Township investigating a bomb threat targeted at the Montgomery County GOP. https://t.co/2bS0BNpK9U — P…
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PA Woman Kills Teen By Crashing Stolen Car Through Red Light: Affidavit
A Philadelphia woman has been charged with killing another teenager after running a red light and crashing a stolen vehicle in Montgomery County, authorities said. Asiyah Sara Mowatt-Mays, 18, was charged with homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, receiving stolen property and other charges related to the July 29 crash that killed a 15-year-old boy and injured two others, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred at the intersection of Stenton and Evergreen Avenues in the Wyndmoor section of Springfield Township at 4:51 a.m., according to Montgomery County…
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Convicted Child Rapist Extradited To PA From England: DA
A convicted child rapist was extradited to Pennsylvania from England after fleeing the country, authorities said. Gerard Zalewski, 41, skipped bail in April 2006 before his sentencing hearing on child rape charges, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and FBI Philadelphia Special Agent In Charge Wayne A. Jacobs. Zalewski was located 10 years later in Lancashire, England when he was convicted and sentenced to prison on charges similar to those he was convicted of in Montgomery County, they said on Tuesday, Aug. 27. An investigation r…
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Young Mom, Toddler's Deaths Land Norristown Man Double Homicide By Vehicle Charges: DA
A 22-year-old man has been charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle for a crash that killed a young mom and her toddler, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Upper Merion Township Director of Public Safety Thomas Nolan announced on Wednesday morning. Brayan Alejandro Gonzalez-Paez of Norristown has been charged with a slew of offenses for a high-speed crash on Valley Forge Park Road in Upper Merion Township that killed 20-year-old Anjelica Guadalupe Amaya Briceno and her 3-year-old daughter on Jan. 13, according to the affidavit of probable cause.&nbs…
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PA Man Used Photo Of Son's Former Teacher In Soliciting Sex From 13-Year-Old, Affidavit Shows
Authorities have released chats between undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old girl and a Montgomery County man asking for sexual favors. Thomas Bowes, 39, of Lansdale, became the center of an investigation in October 2023, following a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. ** WARNING: The following news story contains disturbing and graphic information that depicts the sexual abuse of small children ** Montgomery County investigators created profiles on the social media app Whisper, and began engaging with…
Police & Fire
Fight Over Cat Kills 85-Year-Old Pottstown Wife, Husband Coated In Blood: DA
A cat fight, more specifically a fight over a cat's veterinary care, left an 85-year-old woman dead in Pottstown on Tuesday afternoon, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele explained. Barton Lewis Seltmann, 84, has been arrested for the homicide of his 85-year-old wife, Margaret Seltmann, as stated in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Mr. Seltmann called 911 call to report "an unresponsive female" found in the 1900 block of North Keim Street at 2:26 p.m., the DA said. He added that the woman was "bleeding from the head" and their home was "ransacked," ac…
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Man Kills Ex-GF At Home, Then Himself At PA Cemetery, DA Says
A man and a woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide on Monday, according to authorities. Randy Hill, 33, was found with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at Highland Memorial Cemetery and pronounced dead at 8:37 a.m., Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich announced in a joint statement on Oct. 16. Hill's ex-girlfriend, 30-year-old Symphony Blue was found dead from a gunshot wound in a bedroom at Hill's home in the 500 block of North Franklin Street at 10:29 a.m., according t…
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Girl, 7, Dies In Fall During Ride In Back Of Neighbor's Pickup: MontCo DA
A 7-year-old girl died in a fall from a neighbor's pickup truck in Montgomery County this week, authorities announced. The girl had been playing outside when a man in their Plymouth Township neighborhood gave them a ride in the back of his Isuzu Elf pickup truck on Tuesday night, Aug. 22, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. As the driver turned a corner at the intersection of Jolly and Harvard Roads in Plymouth Township, the 7-year-old fell out of the truck, the DA said alongside Plymouth Township Police Chief John C. Myrsiades. The girl was rushed to the hospita…
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PA Employee Embezzled $1.2 Million From Furniture Store, DA Says
A high-ranking employee at a Pennsylvania furniture business is accused of embezzling more than $1 million from the company, authorities say. Linda Mansi, 53, of Tuckerton, New Jersey, is charged with multiple felonies from Arnold Office Furniture and Sunline Supply in Bridgeport, said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele's Office in a release Friday, July 28. Jay and Jordan Berkowitz, the owners of the stores, approached police in February about a "significant theft" from the company's coffers, the DA said. The Berkowitzes claimed Mansi — an employee sin…
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PA Realtor Strangled Son With Dad's Belt Over Financial Woes Before NJ Capture: DA
Heartbreaking details have been released in the death of an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy, whose mom strangled him with his father's belt as he slept before her arrest in New Jersey, authorities announced. Matthew Whitehead, of Horsham, had been crying on and off all day Monday, April 10, over his family's alleged financial difficulties, and slept in the master bedroom with his mom, Ruth DiRienzo Whitehead, according to police papers released by Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele's office. The following morning, Tuesday, April 11, the boy's father, Daniel Whitehead, and realize…
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Woman Who Went On Racial Tirade At PA Pizzeria Facing Charges
A 55-year-old woman who went on a racial tirade in a Montgomery County pizzeria is facing charges, authorities said. Rita Bellew, of Hatboro, has been charged with ethnic intimidation and harassment following her rant that went viral at Amy's Pizzeria on Feb. 23 in Hatboro last week, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatboro Police Chief James E. Gardner said. "The video shows Bellew berating the staff of the restaurant with a profane, racially fueled tirade. Bellew was apparently triggered, at least in part, by a Spanish broadcast being shown on television in the rest…
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'Chainsaw Dismemberment': PA Daughter Shot, Hacked Bodies Of Elderly Parents, DA Says
The elderly couple found dead at a Jenkintown home were shot in the head and then "dismembered" with a chainsaw, authorities revealed. Verity Beck, a 43-year-old Abington resident, is charged with murder in the death of her parents Reid and Miriam Beck, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 18. Investigators say the couple was last heard from on Jan. 7 and may have been dead for over a week before they were discovered late on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Officers stopped by the home after a concerned relative requested a wellness check. …
Police & Fire
Video On Murder Victim's Phone Helps Police Nab His Philadelphia Killer: DA
Authorities have arrested the man they say was caught on video fatally shooting another in Norristown. Eugene Ware, 41, of Philadelphia, is charged with the murder of 35-year-old Tyrone Guy on West Main Street late on Monday, Nov. 21. He was taken into custody in Bucks County early on Wednesday, Nov. 30, after a "brief standoff" at a home in Sellersville, officials said. As Daily Voice has reported, detectives wrote in the criminal complaint against Ware that they found Guy's phone on the ground, recording a video, at the scene of the crime. Forensic analysts reviewed the video, which…
Police & Fire
Fugitive ID'd As Second Suspect In Double Slaying Of Teen Buddies In Suburban Philly: DA
A man who has been wanted for aggravated assault, terroristic threats and more has been identified as a second suspect in the double killings of two teen friends in Suburban Philadelphia, authorities announced. Deonte Kelly, 23, of Philadelphia — who also goes by the name "Taz" — is wanted on two courts of first- and second-degree murder, robbery and more, in connection with a Pottstown shooting that left two friends dead, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Dominic Carboni, of Shwenksville, had previously been arrested in the deaths of 17-year-old Skyler Fox and …
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Suburban Philly Gunman Killed Teens In Drug Deal Gone Bad: DA
A 17-year-old Montgomery County boy has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery offenses in connection with the slayings of two victims around his age earlier this week, authorities announced. Dominic Carboni, of Shwenksville, had arranged to meet Skyler Fox, 17, to buy marijuana when he shot him and 18-year-old Brandon Bacote-Byer near Fourth and Johnson streets around 11:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. ALSO SEE: Pottstown Shooting Victims Were Best Friends, Family Says Surveillance footage shows maroon-colo…
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Two Teens Killed In Late-Night Pottstown Shooting: DA
A late-night shooting on Monday, Oct 17 in Pottstown claimed the lives of two teenagers, authorities said. Police were called to Fourth and Johnson Streets around 11:30 p.m. after the 911 center informed them that they had received nine calls about shots fired in the area, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich. Officers arrived to find an 18-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy dead inside a vehicle, they said. One of them was in the driver's seat. The victims' identities are being withheld as authorities are work…
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$5K Reward Offered, Photos Released Of Gunman Who Killed Innocent Bystander In Norristown
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that could help authorities identify and arrest the gunman who killed an innocent bystander last week in Norristown. The deadly shooting happened on the 800 block of Arch Street around 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele. As officers arrived on the scene, they found 47-year-old Anthony Vitelli suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Cops also recovered eight 9mm fired cartridge casings and a deformed projectile, they said. The victim was taken to Paoli Memorial Hospital, where he wa…
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Tiny Teen Wanted For Murder Captured By US Marshals In Philadelphia: DA
A 17-year-old girl who wounded a teen with his own gun and accidentally killed another person over the summer was captured by members of the US Marshals Service in Philadelphia, authorities said. Jahme Barnes — who stands 4-feet 7-inches tall — had been wanted for murder in the Aug. 28 death of Dakari Rome, but is now facing a robbery charge as the shooting happened "during the commission of a robbery" in Pottstown, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Kahseem Williams and Jahme Barnes are facing various murder charges in the Pottstown killing of 25-year-old Dakari …
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PA Woman Stole $162K In
Covid-
19 Relief Funds Intended For Renters Facing Eviction
A 53-year-old Pennsylvania woman stole more than $162,000 in COVID-19 relief funds intended for renters facing eviction or utility shut-off, authorities said. Tina M. Yorgey, of Norristown, was charged with multiple counts of theft, receiving stolen property, forgery, and other related offenses, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said on Friday, Sept. 30. Prosecutors say Yorgey received $162,680 in funding on nine COVID Emergency Rental Assistance and Utility Coalition (ERUC) applications by submitting fraudulent claims and forged documents. An investigation…
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Group Played TikTok Air Soft Gun Game Before Shooting That Left Friend Dead: MontCo DA
Authorities have released harrowing details and charged two individuals in a deadly shooting that left a 25-year-old man dead and a second victim hurt last weekend in the Philadelphia suburbs. Kahseem Williams, 18, was captured by the US Marshals while Jahme Barnes, 17, remains at large, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Both are facing various murder charges in the Pottstown killing of 25-year-old Dakari Rome, who was struck by a bullet that went through the second victim's hand, police said. Williams was arrested Thursday, Sept. 1 inside a home in the Hun…
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Man Killed, Another Hurt In Pottstown Double-Shooting, DA Says
A 25-year-old man was killed and another victim hurt in a double-shooting in Pottstown, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of shots fired on the 100 block of Grant Street at Union Valley found blood stains and fired cartridge casings around 10:05 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said alongside Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich. Minutes later, police were told that two gunshot victims had been taken to Pottstown Hospital in separate vehicles, they said. Dakari Rome, of Pottstown, was pronounced dead at the hospital after suffe…
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US Marshals Nab 21-Year-Old Pottstown Gunman In California: DA
A 21-year-old fugitive in a Pottstown shooting was arrested by members of the US Marshals Service in California, authorities said. Tyshaun Harvey, of Pottstown, was nabbed this week at a motel in Susanville, CA, near the Nevada border, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said Wednesday, Aug. 10. He's awaiting extradition to Montgomery County on charges of first-degree murder, person not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses in the Sunday, May 29 killing of 22-year-old Nahmer Baird, Steele said alongside Pottstown Police C…
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PA Man Repeatedly Abused GF's Son, Most Recently Attempted To Cut Genitals Off, DA Says
A Pennsylvania man was arrested on accusations he repeatedly physically abused his girlfriend's five-year-old son, most recently trying to cut the boy's genitals off, authorities said. Steven J. Dougherty, 31, of Collingdale, was taken into custody on Tuesday, July 20, after an eight-month joint investigation by Montgomery County detectives and Lower Pottsgrove police, officials said. Investigators began looking into Dougherty on Nov. 19, 2021, after receiving a call about a severely injured boy who was brought to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Montgomery Cou…
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Repeat Offender Captured On Video Sexually Assaulting Blind, Deaf, Mute PA Woman, DA Says
A 23-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested after authorities say they discovered a video of him repeatedly sexually assaulting an elderly woman who is blind, deaf, and mute, just two months after being charged with a similar offense involving a minor. Malquan Craig, of Lancaster, is facing charges of indecent assault of a mentally disabled victim, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and invasion of privacy in connection with the incidents involving the handicapped 70-year-old woman, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The alleged assaults happened in 2…
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Driver Fatally Shot, Crashes Into Pickup Truck In Pottstown: DA
A 22-year-old man was killed while driving in Pottstown after unknown suspects opened fire on him on Sunday, May 29, authorities said. Nahmer Baird, of Pottstown, was driving a white Nissan Sentra down the 400 block of West Street when there was an "exchange of gunfire" with a black Chrysler 300 around 8:10 p.m., Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Baird then drove for two blocks before crashing head-on into a Dodge pickup truck, injuring the adult male driver, the DA said. Baird was taken to Pottstown Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:44 p.m.…
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PA Man, 65, Busted On Child Porn Charges Again: DA
A 65-year-old Pennsylvania man who was busted on child porn charges more than two years ago was back in custody after detectives caught him this time with 12 files, authorities said. Edward Elvin, of Audubon, was arrested after detectives raided his Park Lane home on Thursday, April 28, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Elvin was found with eight photos of child pornography on his email account and four videos on his cell phone, the DA said. Detectives determined that the content depicted girls between the ages of 3 and 12 years old. Elvin had previously been a…
Police & Fire
$20,000 Of Fentanyl Seized From Philadelphia Area Dealer: Police
A Philadelphia area man was found with more than $20,000 worth of fentanyl in an undercover bust, authorities said. Naim Payton, 23, of Morrisville, was set to sell a large quantity of the uncut, highly lethal drug on Monday, April 25, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Detectives spotted him on the 400 block of North Evans Street in Pottstown that evening, and stopped his car, Steele said alongside Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich. Detectives stopped Payton’s car and found 1,500 bags of uncut fentanyl. The 1,500 doses of fentanyl were packaged for sal…
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Pennsylvania Man Raped Friend's Young Sister More Than 100 Times, DA Says
A 38-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with raping a young girl for six years, authorities said. The charges against Daniel Barnett, of Plymouth Township, were brought forward after the now 29-year-old victim told police she was raped by him more than 100 times beginning when she was 5 years old, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. The woman claims she was abused for six years, from 1997 to 2003, DA Steele said alongside Plymouth Township Police Chief John C. Myrsiades. The alleged abuse ended when she was aroun…
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Parolee And Pregnant Ex-GF Argued Over Cheesecake Factory Dinner Before He Killed Her: DA
A Philadelphia parolee who killed his ex-girlfriend while she pumped gas is facing an additional murder charge as the victim had been pregnant at the time of her killing, authorities announced. Rafiq Thompson, 38, surrendered on April 13 in the April 8 death of Tamara Cornelius — who was 14 weeks pregnant — in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Thompson texted Cornelius 93 times and called her 21 times between April 4 and April 6, which Cornelius did not answer, authorities said. On Friday, April 8 at 5:55 p.m., Thompson texts Cornelius to…
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Reward Offered For Philly Gunman Who Killed Ex-GF Pumping Gas On Loose In PA: DA
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of Philadelphia's Rafiq Thompson, who is wanted on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Tamara Cornelius. Thompson is believed to have followed 31-year-old Tamara Cornelius out from the Cheesecake Factory before shooting and killing her while she pumped gas at the Exxon Station in Upper Merion Township on April 7, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Thompson and Cornelius had been in a relationship, authorities said. They met and talked briefly at 9:11 …
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Murder
: PA Dad Slammed Infant Son Into Bed After Vomiting, DA Says
A 24-year-old Pennsylvania dad was charged with third-degree murder in the death of his eight-week-old son, who was slammed face down into a bed after vomiting and died nine days later in the hospital, authorities said. The infant was brought to Phoenixville Hospital on Tuesday, Feb. 22 by his parents, one of whom is Trappe resident David Moyer, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. There, medical staff confirmed the baby was not breathing, and subsequently airlifted him to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, authorities said. …
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