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Berks Gunman Caught Dangling From Woman's Second-Floor Window, Police Say
A Berks County man who shot another at a Spring Township home over the weekend was spotted by police trying to climb out of a window to escape arrest, authorities claim in a release.
It happened around 11 p.m. on Friday, May 5, Spring police wrote. The victim, an unnamed man, was visiting a woman near Cleveland and Morwood avenues when a gunman chased him out of the house, investigators believe.
The shooter, who was firing his gun at the victim during the chase, struck the man once in the arm, police said.
The victim contacted authorities, who went back to the Clevel…
Sex Abuse Suspect Tried To Arrange Victim's Murder From Berks Jail: Documents
An ex-doctor who is charged with sexually abusing and secretly recording children was trying to arrange his accuser's murder, prosecutors allege.
Justin S. Rutherford, 33, was charged with rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, and more in October 2021 and incarcerated at the Berks County lockup.
But while in police custody, authorities say the former family medicine practitioner was goading an unnamed individual to kill one of his alleged victims, according to charging documents obtained by Daily Voice.
In the criminal complaint, a Berks dete…
