South Jersey Teacher Charged With Sexually Touching Multiple Students: Prosecutor South Jersey Teacher Charged With Sexually Touching Multiple Students: Prosecutor
South Jersey Teacher Charged With Sexually Touching Multiple Students: Prosecutor A special education teacher at an elementary school in Burlington County has been charged with sexually touching seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 58, of Philadelphia, was charged with seven counts of sexual assault and seven counts of child endangerment at Chatsworth Elementary School, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw Root was taken into custody Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Holly and held in Burlington County Jail pending a detention hearing in Superior Court.  District officials said Root has been placed on admi…
KIDNAPPING: NJ Girl, 11, Returned Home Safely From Delaware, Accused Abductor, 27, Seized KIDNAPPING: NJ Girl, 11, Returned Home Safely From Delaware, Accused Abductor, 27, Seized
Kidnapping: NJ Girl, 11, Returned Home Safely From Delaware, Accused Abductor, 27, Seized An 11-year-old New Jersey girl was returned home safely after she was kidnapped in Wayne and taken to Delaware, authorities said. Darius Matylewich, 27, of Bear, DE. was captured on Sept. 10 after he took the girl earlier in the day from an undisclosed location near the confluence of Routes 46, 80 and 23 without her parents’ knowledge, they said. Certain specific details are being withheld to protect the identity of the child, whom authorities said Matylewich met while playing an online video game. Some information was provided in a joint release from Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. V…
PA Man Who Escaped Police Custody While In Hospital, Captured In SC PA Man Who Escaped Police Custody While In Hospital, Captured In SC
PA Man Who Escaped Police Custody While In Hospital, Captured In SC A man who fled from a Pennsylvania hospital while under guard of police has been recaptured in South Carolina, police announced on Oct. 3.  Ishan Shamere Phinn, 27, has been charged with escape, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest after fleeing from the hospital, court records show. He was arrested on a warrant out of Gettysburg in connection with false identification to police in March, and a theft and drug incident that also led to Phinn endangering the welfare of children while acting as a parenting or guardian back in January and February…
Cruel Parents Accused Of Padlocking Fridge Facing New Troubling Charges In PA: Court Docs Cruel Parents Accused Of Padlocking Fridge Facing New Troubling Charges In PA: Court Docs
Cruel Parents Accused Of Padlocking Fridge Facing New Troubling Charges In PA: Court Docs A Pennsylvania couple accused of padlocking their fridge and raising seven children among rats are facing additional charges, according to court records.  Shane and Crystal Robertson, of West Rockhill Township, were previously charged with seven felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child in May, Daily Voice reported.  Each is now accused of simple assault and conspiracy, and Shane Robertson faces an additional charge of strangulation, legal filings show.  Authorities first visited the family's home after three of their children were seen entering an abando…
Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say
Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Made By PA Mom, Friend, Police Say A former substitute teacher's aide who was convicted of calling threats into an elementary is in hot water again.  Naomi Shayanna Wenger is currently serving five years probation as part of a negotiated plea deal after calling in threats to Martic Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District around 2:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23.  Wenger is a 21-year-old mom with a 2-year-old daughter according to public records and social media posts.  She and her 18-year-old friend, Elena Katerine Zaharchuk, made a video of a 2-year-old child being given a vape pen, puttin…
Philly Woman Charged After Trenton Toddler Shoots Himself In Head: Police Philly Woman Charged After Trenton Toddler Shoots Himself In Head: Police
Philly Woman Charged After Trenton Toddler Shoots Himself In Head: Police A 30-year-old woman from Philadelphia has been charged in connection with a 3-year-old boy shooting himself in Trenton, authorities said. The boy suffered a graze wound to the head after the self-inflicted shooting on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Chante Odom was charged on Wednesday, Aug. 30, with endangering the welfare of a child and weapons offenses. She did not have a permit to carry a weapon in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, police said. Odom was described by police as a friend of the boy's family. The shooting occurred Tuesday at 10:45 a.m. on the 156 block of Phillips Avenue in Trenton. The …
Child Hospitalized Following DUI Crash In Lititz: Police Child Hospitalized Following DUI Crash In Lititz: Police
Child Hospitalized Following DUI Crash In Lititz: Police A child was hospitalized following a crash involving a drunk driver, police announced of Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Dalia Alder-Galarza was driving a Lexus SUV on Lititz Pike (State Route 501) with two children— one was "not properly secured," when the crash happened at 6:55 p.m. on July 19, the Northern Lancaster County Regional police said. She had been traveling north when she attempted to merge into the right lane to pass another vehicle, a Subaru Forester— but instead, she struck it and lost control of her SUV, according to the police.  Her SUV soon exited the road and struck a l…
Mom Charged For 5-Year-Old's Fentanyl Overdose Death: PA AG Mom Charged For 5-Year-Old's Fentanyl Overdose Death: PA AG
Mom Charged For 5-Year-Old's Fentanyl Overdose Death: PA AG Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry has charged a mom for the overdose death of her daughter, according to a release on Tuesday.  Volaura 'Val' Askew "allegedly exposed her 5-year-old daughter to fentanyl/heroin in the hours and days before the child was found dead in her Johnstown home on October 27, 2022," the Attorney General explained.  Albert Spicer and Elyse Young, of Johnstown, who have also been charged with drug-dealing offenses in this case, were hosting Askew at a drug stash house owned by Young following Spicer's release from prison from a separate offense, ac…
Children Living In 'Deplorable' Conditions Without Edible Food In PA Neglect, Cruelty Case: DA Children Living In 'Deplorable' Conditions Without Edible Food In PA Neglect, Cruelty Case: DA
Children Living In 'Deplorable' Conditions Without Edible Food In PA Neglect, Cruelty Case: DA A Monroe County pair are accused of endangering children and neglecting their pets after police say they were found living in "deplorable conditions" at their Hamilton Township home.  Kevin Connolly, 39, and Amanda Aulito, 33, were arrested on Monday, July 3 and remanded in lieu of $10,000 bail, according to the Monroe County District Attorney's Office and state court records.  The investigation began when county detectives paid a visit to their Colt Lane home on an unrelated matter to " make contact with Amanda Aulito," the DA's Office said.  As they approached the home, po…
Philadelphia Man Charged With Touching Teenage Swimmers In Atlantic City: Police Philadelphia Man Charged With Touching Teenage Swimmers In Atlantic City: Police
Philadelphia Man Charged With Touching Teenage Swimmers In Atlantic City: Police he Atlantic City Police Department and Atlantic City Beach Patrol arrested a man after he inappropriately touched several girls and women, authorities said. On Sunday, July 2, at 5:11 p.m., Officers Deborah Gilmore and Marquez Jones responded to the New Hampshire Avenue beach in reference to a man inappropriately touching several teenagers.  The officers arrived to find the suspect, Rojer Gomez, had been detained by Atlantic City Beach Patrol Captain Jamie Torres, police said. There were numerous witnesses and victims that were touched or observed Gomez touching teenage girls or women…
High Mom With Toddler Goes On 120MPH+ Chase Over 20 Miles: PA State Police High Mom With Toddler Goes On 120MPH+ Chase Over 20 Miles: PA State Police
High Mom With Toddler Goes On 120MPH+ Chase Over 20 Miles: PA State Police A toddler is in the hospital after his 25-year-old mom got high and sent police on a 121-mile-per-hour chase across two Central Pennsylvania counties, state police announced on Tuesday. Ashley Lynnette Acosta of Steelton had warrants out for her arrest in Cumberland and Dauphin counties when police attempted to pull her over at around midnight on June 27, 2023, according to the police and court documents. Several patrol cars began to pursue her on US Route 15 North in Lower Allen Township when she took off at speeds as high as 121 mph, according to PSP.  Police briefly lost sight of her be…
Bucks Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say Bucks Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say
Bucks Babysitter Sexually Abused Child, Police Say A 19-year-old babysitter in Bucks County is charged with indecently assaulting a child in her care, authorities say.  Camryn L. Taylor of Quakertown surrendered to investigators on an arrest warrant on Friday, June 16, said Central Bucks Regional Police in a release.  Detectives began investigating after they received a tip about sexual abuse involving a "sensitive-aged child," the department said. They later found evidence Taylor instructed the victim to make "inappropriate contact with (her)" in an area home "on several occasions during the past year," police claimed.  "Ta…