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WATCH: Massive Kensington Drug Bust Linked To Fentanyl, Heroin, And Violence, FBI Says WATCH: Massive Kensington Drug Bust Linked To Fentanyl, Heroin, And Violence, FBI Says
Watch: Massive Kensington Drug Bust Linked To Fentanyl, Heroin, And Violence, FBI Says A violent drug trafficking organization accused of flooding Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood with fentanyl and heroin has been dismantled, the FBI detailed in an updated release on Thursday, Oct. 30.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unsealed a 41-count indictment charging 33 alleged members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other violent offenses, officials said Friday, Oct. 24. Federal authorities say the group operated an open-air drug market along the 3100 block…
Mom Slams Infant To Floor During Court Fight In Pennsylvania: Sheriff Mom Slams Infant To Floor During Court Fight In Pennsylvania: Sheriff
Mom Slams Infant To Floor During Court Fight In Pennsylvania: Sheriff A Pennsylvania mother forcefully threw her infant to the ground during a fight with the child’s father inside the Municipal Courts Building in Pittsburgh, Sheriff Kevin Kraus announced on Thursday, Sept. 25. Shataiya Troutman, 30, became involved in the altercation when the father of the 1-year-old baby girl told her he could not take the infant because of court business, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office. Troutman responded by hurling the child to the floor and then striking the father in the head before fleeing the Downtown courthouse in her vehicle, authorities said. De…
$1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Philly Port $1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Philly Port
$1.5M Drug Bust: 57 Pounds Of Ketamine Found In Toys, Frames At Philly Port Customs officers in Philadelphia just reeled in a whopper — but it wasn’t fish. US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 57 pounds of ketamine hydrochloride, a dangerous anesthetic often abused at raves and by sexual predators, during multiple parcel inspections in late June, the agency announced on Thursday, July 3. The drugs, which had a street value of about $1.5 million, were being smuggled from Europe to South Florida, hidden inside fishing rods, toys, picture frames, and other everyday items. CBP officers weren't playing around after they found nine pounds of keta…
Fentanyl, Meth, And Guns: PA Dealer Caught In Stolen Car Bust Sentenced Fentanyl, Meth, And Guns: PA Dealer Caught In Stolen Car Bust Sentenced
Fentanyl, Meth, And Guns: PA Dealer Caught In Stolen Car Bust Sentenced A Harrisburg drug trafficker with a stolen car, piles of meth, fentanyl, and illegal guns is heading to federal prison, authorities announced on Thursday, Feb. 27. Kyle Malik Jones, 33, was sentenced to 160 months behind bars on Tuesday, Feb. 25, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said. His downfall began on March 17, 2021, when Susquehanna Township police found a stolen vehicle parked outside a hotel. The car alarm went off, and Jones walked out of his hotel room to shut i…
Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say
Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say A Warrington Township mom turned herself in after police discovered her overdosing with fentanyl near her children and a home in severe disarray, authorities announced Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Alexandre Diana Sharpe, 35, was arrested at the Warrington Township Police Department after an investigation stemming from a medical emergency at her Chalfont home on Teresa Circle on Nov. 23, 2024, police said. Officers arrived to find Sharpe actively overdosing alongside another adult, identified as Anderson-Ley, who also appeared under the influence of controlled substances, police detailed. Th…
Rotting Food, Fentanyl Found In PA Home With Children; Dad Charged: Police Rotting Food, Fentanyl Found In PA Home With Children; Dad Charged: Police
Rotting Food, Fentanyl Found In PA Home With Children; Dad Charged: Police A Warrington Township man is accused of endangering his three young children by exposing them to unsafe living conditions and controlled substances, including fentanyl, police announced Thursday, Dec. 19. Christian Jeffrey Anderson-Ley, 36, turned himself over to Warrington Township Police on Dec. 18 after an arrest warrant was issued for him following a Nov. 23 medical emergency at his home on Teresa Circle, authorities said. Officers responded to a report of a woman overdosing at the residence and found Anderson-Ley under the influence of controlled substances, police said. His three ch…
PA Detective Charged With Stealing Drugs From Medication Drop Boxes: DA PA Detective Charged With Stealing Drugs From Medication Drop Boxes: DA
PA Detective Charged With Stealing Drugs From Medication Drop Boxes: DA A West Goshen detective sergeant has been charged with stealing drugs from a community medication collection program, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. David Maurer, 55, was arrested and charged with Felony Possession of Controlled Substances and Felony Theft by Unlawful Taking, according to the DA. Maurer was responsible for emptying medication collection boxes located at the West Goshen Township Police Department and Chester County Hospital. The program allows residents to safely discard unwanted medications, the DA said. While performing th…
Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA Sword-Wielding Drug Dealer Convicted PA Murder: DA
William Smoot Guilty Of Murdering Anthony DelCollo A convicted drug dealer is back behind bars again, this time for murdering a man with a sword, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10. William Smoot, 50, Exeter Township, was convicted of First-Degree Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder for stabbing DelCollo multiple times with a sword on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Smoot has been held in the Berks County Prison while awaiting sentencing, the district attorney's office said. A sentencing date was not available at the time of publication. Smoot's accompl…
5-Month-Old Infant Takes Cocaine, Fentanyl Parents Got In PA Prison, Police Say 5-Month-Old Infant Takes Cocaine, Fentanyl Parents Got In PA Prison, Police Say
5-Month-Old Infant Takes Cocaine, Fentanyl Parents Got In PA Prison, Police Say A 5-month-old baby girl was found with cocaine and fentanyl in her system that police believe her parents got in the Cumberland County Prison, according to multiple releases on Friday, Sept. 13. David James Foor, 26, and Brandi Renee Keifer, 25, both of Carlisle were arrested on the charge of child endangerment on Monday, Sept. 9, by Middlesex Township Police. The following day "it was discovered Foor [and Keifer] had brought in and possessed controlled substances while incarcerated at the Cumberland County Prison," the police wrote in two additional releases. Additional details about…
Man Drugs, Assaults 6+ Women He Meets On Sugar Daddy Site: Bucks County DA Man Drugs, Assaults 6+ Women He Meets On Sugar Daddy Site: Bucks County DA
Man Drugs, Assaults 6+ Women He Meets On Sugar Daddy Site: Bucks County DA At least six women are known to have been sexually assaulted after going out with a man they met on an online dating site who ended up drugging them, District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and Bristol Township Police Chief Robert Coulton announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11.  Andrew Gallo, 40, of Copper Beech Lane, Bristol Township, was charged with five counts of rape by causing impairment, six counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, four counts of strangulation, two counts of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverage to minors, and one count each of s…
2 Cumberland County Men Indicted For Gun, Drug Trafficking: USDOJ 2 Cumberland County Men Indicted For Gun, Drug Trafficking: USDOJ
2 Cumberland County Men Indicted For Gun, Drug Trafficking: Usdoj Two Cumberland County men have been indicted on drug and gun trafficking charges, the Middlesex Township Police Department on Tuesday, May 7.  William L. Nalley Jr., 27 of Boiling Springs; and Rafael Orihuela, 22 of Carlisle, were indicted by a federal grand jury "on charges related to the distribution of controlled substances and unlawful possession of firearms," the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday, May 1.  United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam explained the following about the case: "The indictment alleges tha…
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police A 19-year-old woman is accused of being on a Schedule One drug when she crashed her car into two motorcyclists — killing a father of three, authorities announced on Tuesday.  Molly Elora Duffy of Elizabethtown appeared before Magisterial District Judge Randall L. Miller for both her preliminary arraignment and hearing around 9:15 a.m. on Nov. 7, court records show.  Duffy is accused of driving under the influence of a Schedule One drug when her sedan struck two motorcycles at the intersection of River and Turnpike roads in Conoy Township around 2:18 p.m. on Apr…
PA Man Sentenced In DUI Crash That Killed Tow Truck Driver On I-78 PA Man Sentenced In DUI Crash That Killed Tow Truck Driver On I-78
PA Man Sentenced In DUI Crash That Killed Tow Truck Driver On I-78 A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to two to seven years in state prison for his role in a crash that claimed the life of a tow truck driver on I-78 in Berks County, authorities said. Allen Putman, of Johnstown, previously pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle, endangering the welfare of children, and DUI for the July 21, 2020, crash that left 29-year-old Tyler A. Laudenslager dead, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Laudenslager was working a roadside assistance call on the shoulder of the highway in Bethel Township when Putman's vehicle stru…