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Six Victims In PA Reveal Five Decades Of Abuse By Delaware Man: Police
Six victims have come forward alleging five decades of sexual abuse by a Delaware man in Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania, police announced Thursday, Jan. 10. Robert Norbel O’Boyle, 77, of Frankford, Delaware, was arrested at his home on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2025, following a four-month investigation by the Upper Chichester Township Police Criminal Investigations Unit, with assistance from Delaware State Police. O’Boyle is accused of indecent assault on a person under 13, unlawful contact with minors, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and indecent exposure. Th…
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Community Rallies For Taylor Guyer's Family
A 26-year-old Douglassville man was identified as the person who died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Delaware, according to authorities. Taylor Guyer, 26, of Douglassville, was identified by Delaware State Police as the victim of the fatal crash that happened on Interstate 95 South in New Castle County, Delaware on Sunday, Sept. 22. Guyer was riding a Honda CBR 1000RR motorcycle on I-95 just north of Basin Road in New Castle when the crash happened, according to police. He had been riding behind a group of fellow motorcyclists and accelerated to keep up with them.…
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: Six Charged, Including Minor, In Coatesville Man's Slaying, DA
Six people — including a child, have been charged in connection with the killing of a Coatesville man, the Chester County Attorney’s Office and Coatesville City Police Department jointly announced on Friday, Jan. 19. Dametirus "Meechie" McClain-Jackson, 20 of Coatesville was found shot in the area of Madison Street and Lime Street on August 23, 2023. He was taken to Paoli Hospital where he was pronounced dead, and autopsy later determined the cause to be a gunshot wound to the torso and the manner was a homicide, as detailed in the joint DA and police rele…
Obituaries
Missing Chesco Dad Died From Car Crash In Delaware: Authorities
An Oxford man who was reported missing late last month was identified as the victim of a Delaware car crash, officials say. Forty-two-year-old Bobby Pipkins Jr. was killed in a wreck in north Wilmington sometime between Nov. 25 and Dec. 6, said Delaware State Police in a release. Pipkins was reported missing to Wilmington police on Nov. 25 after he left a family function and was not heard from again, according to DSP and relatives. The accident remains under investigation by troopers. Loved ones described Pipkins as a hard-working family man. "He is a working man, a lovi…
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Missing Pennsylvania Man Found Dead In Delaware: Authorities
A Red Lion 38-year-old man who had been missing for five days was found dead in Delaware, authorities say. Daniel Hesketh left his home on the 100 block of 1st Avenue in Red Lion Borough on January 13 around 10 p.m. and was last seen in Colerain Township, Lancaster County around noon the following day. He was a white 2008 Volkswagen Jetta with a Pennsylvania Registration of LFZ8544. The car had damage to the driver's side and one front tire is replaced with a small spare tire, according to police. He was found in New Castle County, Delaware on January 19 by Delaware state police, Penn…
Police & Fire
PA Family Seeing Christmas Lights Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Delaware
A trip to see Christmas lights for a Pennsylvania family turned tragic when their vehicle was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Delaware, leaving some family members dead and other seriously injured, State Police and loved ones said. Jason Wilcox, 46, of Millsboro, DE, was in a black Land Rover when he was involved in the crash at Lewes Georgetown Highway and Minos Conaway Road in Lewes around 8 p.m., DSP said. As a result, Jessica Guida, 35, of Temple, PA, Jovie Wright, 9, of Temple, PA, and Gerald Huss, 74, of Lewes, died. Gerald was Jessica's mother and Jovie was Jessica'…
Obituaries
Maryland Filmmakers Killed In I-95 Crash Returning From Philadelphia Production
A pair of young filmmakers from the Baltimore area were killed in a crash on Interstate 95 in Delaware while returning from a production in Philadelphia, according to news reports and those who knew them. Martin Whittier, 37, and Nate Brubaker, 27, were heading south in a 2020 BMW M2 when the car became disabled in the middle lane of the highway around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 in Newark, DE, according to Delaware State Police and the pair's associates. A white 2017 Freightliner box truck also traveling southbound struck the BMW from behind, and pushed it in southern direction, towa…
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Former Cuomo Staffer Killed After Being Kicked Out Of Lyft
A 43-year-old man who was struck and killed by a car after being ordered out of a Lyft in Delaware over the weekend has been identified as one of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's previous staffers. An argument broke out in the back of the car that Sid Wolf was riding in, and the Lyft driver stopped the car in the middle of the southbound lane on Coast Highway in Delaware, and demanded all six passengers get out around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, July 24, authorities said. Wolf, of Gaithersburg, MD, was struck by a 2016 Toyota Corolla being driven by a 27-year-old man, who changed lanes to avoid hitting the…
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Wilmington Man Busted With $520K Worth Of Cocaine, Heroin, Meth, Ghost Gun In PA, Delaware: DA
A 29-year-old man was caught with $520,000 worth of drugs, thousands in cash, and a ghost gun in Pennsylvania and Delaware, authorities in Chester County said. Artemio Garcia-Laniz, of Wilmington, DE, had three kilos of cocaine –worth an estimated $300,000 – and more than $1,100 in cash in his vehicle in Kennett Square, PA, they said. Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said detectives with her office found the drugs during a warranted search on Thursday, March 10, after he tried to sell drugs to a confidential informant. Later that day, D…
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5 Teens Arrested In Philadelphia Carjacking Of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon
Delaware State Police have arrested five suspects hours after the gunpoint carjacking of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon in South Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. Police recovered the 2017 Blue Acura MDX belonging to Rep. Scanlon around 9 p.m. at 2800 Fashion Center Boulevard in Newark, Delaware State Police said. Her car was stolen by two armed men after a meeting around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in FDR Park on Pattison Avenue, her office said in a statement. Her personal cell phone, government cell phone, purse, and identification were also taken by the suspects, according to…
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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon Carjacked At Gunpoint In Philadelphia
UPDATE: Delaware State Police have arrested five suspects hours after the gunpoint carjacking of Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon in South Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. Click here to read more. ** Original story below *** Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Scanlon was walking to her 2017 Acura MDX around 2:45 p.m. in FDR Park when she was approached by two armed men, Philadelphia police said in a statement. She gave them her car keys, and one of them fled in her SUV down the 2000 block of Pattison Ave…
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Lancaster Parents Captured After Kidnapping Kids From Reading Foster Home
A mom and dad from Pennsylvania were arrested in Delaware after they were accused of kidnapping their children from a foster home, according to authorities and a Reading Eagle report. Darrick and Kayla Seachrist's biological 8-year-old and 8-month-old children were presumed missing after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday morning, claiming they were abducted from the 300 block of Arlington Street, Reading police said. Darrick, 30, and Kayla, 28, both of Lancaster convinced the 8-year-old child to leave the home with the 8-month-old baby, then fled the area with both children, authorities sa…
Police & Fire
PSP Trooper Struck While Directing Traffic In Chester County Horse, Buggy Crash
PA State Police are investigating after one of their own was struck while at the scene of a crash involving a horse and buggy and another vehicle in Chester County Tuesday, authorities said. A trooper was directing traffic in the intersection of 5th Street and Little Elk Creek Road in East Nottingham Township around 8 a.m. when a motorcyclist struck him, according to PSP Trooper Kevin Kochka. Eugenio Ortiz Perez-Bard, 33, had a suspended driver’s license and was operating the motorcycle in a "careless manner" when he hit the trooper, authorities said. Both the trooper and Perez-B…
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PA, Delaware, Maryland Sex Trafficker Who Brutalized Victims Gets 35 Years In Fed Pen
UPDATE: A Delaware man was sentenced in federal court in Philadelphia on Monday to 35 years in prison for running a multi-state sex trafficking operation that brutally victimized vulnerable young women and underage girls for years. From 2012 to 2017, Dkyle Bridges, 35, of Claymont, and two accomplices preyed on mostly homeless victims in southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and elsewhere who “needed financial and emotional support in their lives,” Deputy United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen said. Bridges lured victims “into the trafficking circle with false promises of that kin…
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