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Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole
Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole A Union County man who dragged a female Uber driver from her vehicle and threw her to the ground during a carjacking must spend the next seven years in federal prison. Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, joined Raquin Tanner, 26, of Newark in taking a deal from the government rather than risk trial. Both he and Tanner -- who got 6½ years -- must serve out just about all of their plea-bargained sentences because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner, McNair and anot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Armed & Dangerous' Philly Murder Suspects Sought For $5,000 Reward 'Armed & Dangerous' Philly Murder Suspects Sought For $5,000 Reward
'Armed & Dangerous' Philly Murder Suspects Sought For $5,000 Reward Authorities are offering a $2,500 reward each -- $5,000 total -- for information leading to the arrests of two suspects involved in the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old man in Pottstown nearly two months ago. Samir Bentley 20, and Ahmed Mohammed, 16, both of Philadelphia, are wanted on first-degree murder charges for the Oct. 23 shooting death of Robert Stiles on East High Street, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich. Two additional suspects are in custody. Mohammed grabbed Stiles during a robbery, and…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Girls Kidnapped By Dad In ‘Extreme Danger,' Police Say PA Girls Kidnapped By Dad In ‘Extreme Danger,' Police Say
PA Girls Kidnapped By Dad In ‘Extreme Danger,' Police Say Two sisters from Central Pennsylvania kidnapped by their dad in a home invasion robbery are believed to be in "extreme danger," authorities said.Robert Vicosa, aka Robert Brown, took a woman captive at gunpoint and then stole her vehicle at a home in Windsor Township on Tuesday, according to a release by police in York County. Vicosa fled the scene with his two young daughters, ages 6 and 7. The vehicle that Vicosa stole has been found in Red Lion Borough, according to the release. Vicosa was last seen wearing blue pajama pants with a penguin imprint, green long-sleeve 3/4 zip up shirt, a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Two ChesCo Teens Charged In Turkey Hill Armed Robbery Two ChesCo Teens Charged In Turkey Hill Armed Robbery
Two ChesCo Teens Charged In Turkey Hill Armed Robbery Two Chester County juveniles were charged in connection with an armed robbery, authorities said. The armed suspects, ages 13 and 14, allegedly entered the Turkey Hill Market on Routes 10 and 372 just before midnight on Nov. 4, according to the Parkesburg Borough Police Department. No employees or customers were injured at the time of the incident, police said. On Nov. 9, Parkesburg police detectives and Pennsylvania State Police troopers served a search warrant at a home in Cochranville and took the pair into custody, authorities said. Investigators reportedly found evidence of the r…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway
Homeowner Carjacked At Gunpoint In Own Suburban Philly Driveway Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two suspects accused of carjacking a homeowner at gunpoint in their own Bucks County driveway. The victim was entering his personal driveway on Bowman Drive in Feasterville when he was approached by a masked suspect armed with a black handgun around 3:15 a.m. Thursday, according to the Lower Southampton Township Police Department. Soon after, a second masked suspect appeared brandishing a silver handgun, police said. The second suspect searched the victim's pockets and stole his wallet, cash, cell phone, car keys, and house keys…

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by Nicole Acosta
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2nd PA Fugitive Arrested In Death Of Plainsboro, NJ, Man After Following Him Home From Casino 2nd PA Fugitive Arrested In Death Of Plainsboro, NJ, Man After Following Him Home From Casino
2nd PA Fugitive Arrested In Death Of Plainsboro, NJ, Man After Following Him Home From Casino A second Pennsylvania fugitive has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Central Jersey man, authorities said. Devon Melchor, 26, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, was charged with first-degree armed robbery and second-degree conspiracy to commit armed robbery, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener. Melchor was taken into police custody by authorities in Florida where he was attempting to board an international flight, Ciccone and Tavener said. Melchor’s apprehension was made possible by collabor…

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by Jon Craig
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Lehigh Valley Cannabis Dispensary Robbed At Gunpoint, Police Say Lehigh Valley Cannabis Dispensary Robbed At Gunpoint, Police Say
Lehigh Valley Cannabis Dispensary Robbed At Gunpoint, Police Say A man armed with a handgun threatened a Lehigh Valley cannabis dispensary worker before fleeing with an undetermined amount of product Monday night, police confirmed. The suspect — pictured above — wielded the weapon and threatened an employee who was leaving the Bloc Cannabis Dispensary on Nazareth Pike after closing the store around 8:50 p.m., township police said. The worker stated that they had been forced back inside the store, where the suspect stole an undetermined amount of product, police said. The worker was not injured. The suspect fled in the vehicle pictured above, police sai…

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by Valerie Musson
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Ex-Con Found Guilty In Two Delco Armed Robberies: Authorities Ex-Con Found Guilty In Two Delco Armed Robberies: Authorities
Ex-Con Found Guilty In Two Delco Armed Robberies: Authorities A convicted felon was found guilty in two armed robberies that occurred the same day in Delaware County two years ago, authorities said. Haverford police officers responding to the Sunoco gas station on East Township Line Road just after midnight on April 28, 2019, on a report of an armed robbery were told by an employee that a black man wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt had entered the store and pointed a gun at him, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office. The employee was able to get out through the rear exit and immediately called 911. The employee added he…

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by Nicole Acosta
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FAMILY AFFAIR: Philly Man Admits Attempted Armed Bucks County Bank Robbery With Sons FAMILY AFFAIR: Philly Man Admits Attempted Armed Bucks County Bank Robbery With Sons
Family Affair: Philly Man Admits Attempted Armed Bucks County Bank Robbery With Sons A Philadelphia man admitted to an attempted armed bank robbery in Bucks County in which his two sons were his accomplices, authorities said. In Jan. 2018, Ronald DeWitt Vines, 47, was charged by Indictment for attempting to commit armed robbery of the PNC Bank branch on Buck Road in Holland in late 2017, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. On the day of the incident, Vines placed a handgun against the side of a bank employee’s head, forcing her to open the bank door as she arrived for work that morning, and then forcing her inside the bank, auth…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber
Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber A Maryland man was extradited to Harrisburg for robbing multiple pharmacies across three states, according to Southern York Regional police. Jamal Alvin Lee Gwaltney, 30, of the 700 block of Villager Circle in Baltimore, MD, was arrested on July 19 in Maryland for armed robberies of pharmacies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. One of his most notable robberies was in Pennsylvania at a Rite Aid in Shrewsbury located at 577 South Main Street on Dec. 21, 2020. He held up the store with a Glock 23 handgun, stealing more than 80 different medications, worth nearly $36,000, according to …

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by Daily Voice Staff
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KNOW ANYTHING? Police Probe Double Armed Robbery In West Goshen KNOW ANYTHING? Police Probe Double Armed Robbery In West Goshen
Know Anything? Police Probe Double Armed Robbery In West Goshen Police in Chester County are investigating after a pair of armed robberies that occurred within minutes of each other at two different establishments in West Goshen, authorities said. Officers were initially dispatched to the 7-Eleven located at 1165 West Chester Pike at 2:56 a.m. on July 19, according to West Goshen police. Three minutes later, officers received reports of another armed robbery at the Wawa located at 1050 West Chester Pike, police said. In both robberies, the suspects brandished firearms and stole an undisclosed amount of money as well as tobacco products, authoritie…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison
Getaway Driver In 7-County North Jersey Holdup Spree Heads To Federal Prison The wheelman in nearly two dozen gas station and convenience store armed robberies in North Jersey was sent to federal prison for at least nine years. Meshach Whagar, 31, of Newark must serve just about all of the 110-month sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark on Wednesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Whager admitted late last year that he drove the getaway car during the 20 predawn holdups in seven counties -- Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Middlesex, Morris and Union -- in November and December of 2017 (see list of locations below). The gunman…

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by Jerry DeMarco