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Woman Claimed To Be Devil Before Setting House On Fire, Shooting At Boyfriend: Cops
A 42-year-old man told police he awoke to his girlfriend pointing a gun at his head and claiming she was Lucifer. She told him that they needed to kill the neighbors before she allegedly set their home on fire, authorities said. Megan Dunkin, 31, of Harwinton, turned herself in to police on Tuesday, June 24. She faces multiple charges in connection with the incident, according to the Connecticut State Police. The ordeal began on June 12, when Dunkin’s partner said she started rambling and running around their home, an arrest warrant stated. He later found her burning a hole in a shower curt…
Police & Fire
Connecticut Mom Begs For Help After Stepson She Imprisoned Sets Fire To Home In 911 Call
A 911 call released to the media this week reveals what was happening inside an alleged house of horrors when a 32-year-old man — who police say had been locked away for two decades — set fire to his home in a desperate bid to escape. Kimberly Sullivan made the 911 call on Feb. 17 when she saw smoke coming from her stepson's bedroom in their Waterbury home on Blake Street, police said. Related: Police Chief Calls Case "Worst Treatment Of Humanity' He's Ever Seen In the recording obtained by CT Insider, Sullivan pleads with 911 dispatchers for firefighters and paramedics to hurry to the sce…
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High Woman Punches Cop In Manheim Township, Police Say
A 37-year-old woman has been charged for allegedly punching a police officer while drunk and high, according to a release by the Manheim Township police on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Kathleen Joanna Russell, was confronted by an officer after "Two 911 calls were placed by residents of a neighborhood, reporting a female sitting in a vehicle that was parked haphazardly, waving her arms around, and yelling," in the 2000 block of Wynfield Drive on July 29, as stated in the release. The officer came over to her car on a "welfare check" and "immediately smelled a strong odor of an alcoholi…
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Carbon County Resident Threatened To Shoot Borough Employees: Police
A Nesquehoning man was arrested after allegedly threatening to bring a gun to the borough offices on Wednesday, June 26, authorities say. Steven Figueroa, 29, is charged with terroristic threats, according to Nesquehoning police. Officials said Figueroa called borough employees around 10:30 a.m. to complain about municipal water and sewer services. Workers told police he was "agitated, argumentative" and profane during the call. Borough employees then received a call from the management company at Figueroa's home. They said the 29-year-old had threatened to bring a handgun…
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Stalker Cut Ex's Power, Disconnected Internet, Put GPS On Car: Bensalem PD
A King of Prussia man is accused of stalking a woman he met on a dating app "on at least 9 occasions," and broke into her home in Bensalem, according to a township police release on June 3, 2024. The woman he is accused of stalking went on several dates with 33-year-old Matthew Bustin but "felt uncomfortable after odd behavior arose," the police stated in the release. She ended the relationship and blocked him on social media but he continued to text her and show up unexpectedly," investigators said. In April, while the victim was on vacation, police said Bustin went into her hom…
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Ohio 'Swatter' Caught In Pennsylvania, Police Say
A Parkesburg man is charged with felony "swatting" in Ohio, according to borough police. Michael Eugene Carpenter was arrested on an Ohio warrant on Tuesday, Jan. 9, authorities said in a release. "Swatting" involves reporting a false crime to authorities — often a bomb threat or hostage situation — to provoke a police response, officials said. Carpenter was released after posting a $10,000 bond on Wednesday, Jan. 10, court records show. Details of his pending extradition to Ohio were not immediately available.
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Stash Of THC, Luxury Goods Found On 21-Year-Old PA Man Out On Bond for Deadly Hit-Run: Police
A Bucks County driver who was previously accused of fleeing the scene of a deadly crash now faces multiple drug charges after police say they found 15 pounds of marijuana at his Bensalem home. Kevin Baker Jr. was arrested at his Sandy Lane apartment after investigators served search warrants on Thursday, July 6, Bensalem police said in a release. The 21-year-old had $120,000 in cash and "high-end watches" along with "dab oils," THC gummies, over 200 vape cartridges, and other drug paraphernalia stashed in his home, authorities claim. The warrants came after Bensalem polic…
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