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Cockfighting Ring: PA Residents Among 48 Indicted Cockfighting Ring: PA Residents Among 48 Indicted
Cockfighting Ring: PA Residents Among 48 Indicted A cockfighting ring in Galloway Township led to 48 people facing charges of animal cruelty on Wednesday, Feb. 26, authorities said. Galloway Township police found electronic invitations to an illegally organized cockfight event scheduled in March 2024, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Police were able to stop a cock fight that was taking place in an arena constructed specifically for the purpose of rooster fighting, authorities said.  Dozens of roosters were seized, many of them with varying degrees of injury and mutilation, authorities said. Additionally, …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Eagles Super Bowl Celebrations Turn Chaotic With Multiple Arrests In Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Celebrations Turn Chaotic With Multiple Arrests In Philadelphia
Eagles Super Bowl Celebrations Turn Chaotic With Multiple Arrests In Philadelphia Philadelphia police arrested several individuals during Super Bowl LIX celebrations, as Eagles fans flooded the streets following the team’s 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Feb. 9. The celebrations, which started in jubilation, took a rowdy turn late Sunday night into early Monday morning, leading to multiple arrests across the city. Terry Kinard, 26, from the 3200 block of Arlington Street, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of Market Street for allegedly spitting on and hitting a Philadelphia Fire Department medic. He was charged with resisting arrest and…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
PA Man Gets Jail Time For Assaulting Another Police Officer: USDOJ PA Man Gets Jail Time For Assaulting Another Police Officer: USDOJ
PA Man Gets Jail Time For Assaulting Another Police Officer: Usdoj A Bucks County man is getting jail time after targeting a law enforcement officer for the second time, the US Department of Justice said in a Thursday, Nov. 14 news release. Anthony Lombardo, 46, of Bristol, was sentenced to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release for assaulting a federal officer on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, the news release states.  Lombardo drove to the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse located at 7th and Market streets in Philadelphia on the day of the incident, according to the news release. When he arrived at the courthouse, he brandished a large kitc…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
Dow Chemical Building Catches Fire In Bristol Dow Chemical Building Catches Fire In Bristol
Dow Chemical Building Catches Fire In Bristol Crews responded to a blaze at the Dow Research & Development facility in Bristol on Friday morning, July 26, according to a statement from the company.  The fire broke out at the 310 George Patterson Boulevard site around 10:30 a.m., a Dow spokesperson said. Onsite emergency management personnel and firefighters responded and brought the flames under control by 1:20 p.m., according to the company.  The fire was contained to an industrial oven and no one was injured, said Bristol Township Fire Rescue Chief Kevin Dippolito. People near the site were evacuated as a pre…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Bristol Man Pleads Guilty To 4-Month-Old Son's Murder: DA Bristol Man Pleads Guilty To 4-Month-Old Son's Murder: DA
Bristol Man Pleads Guilty To 4-Month-Old Son's Murder: DA Tyler Sullivan pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of his infant son in a Bucks County court on Wednesday, May 29, according to the District Attorney's Office.  Authorities have said they were called to Sullivan's Radcliffe Street home in Bristol last May 25 to find his 4-month-old son Timothy was "not breathing and cold to the touch." Officers performed life-saving measures but eventually took the baby to Lower Bucks Hospital where he died.  Medical staff at the hospital said the boy's injuries were "indicative of a battered child" — he suffered "contusions, bruising, and …

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by Mac Bullock