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Cupcakes Recalled Due To Possible Metal Mesh Wire Contamination
A company is recalling packs of cupcakes because they might be contaminated with tiny fragments of metal mesh wire. Flowers Foods, Inc. announced on Sunday, Oct. 31, that it is recalling the Tastykake multi-pack cupcakes after receiving notification from a vendor that they could be contaminated. The recalled products were distributed in New York, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC and West Virginia, the company said. No injuries have been linked to the recalled products, Flowers Foods said. The following products are included in the recall: Recal…
Weather
Heavy Rain To Welcome Weekend In PA: Forecasters
Another storm is heading to Pennsylvania Friday and could linger until Saturday afternoon, meteorologists say. Light showers will begin in the early afternoon and get progressively harder into the evening hours, the National Weather Service says. Widespread rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches are forecast in eastern Pennsylvania, forecasters say. The highest risk of minor and moderate tidal flooding, as well as wind gusts of 45 to 60 mph, is expected to occur primarily along the Delaware and New Jersey coastlines, meteorologists say. Click here for the latest briefing from Weather.…
Police & Fire
Armed Juveniles Stealing Cars, Robbing Gas Stations In South Jersey, Police Warn
A group of juveniles from Wilmington, DE have carried out multiple robberies across Salem County, authorities warn. Heightened criminal activity has been reported within the Carneys Point, Penns Grove, Deepwater, and Pennsville areas, police said on Facebook. The juveniles have mostly been targeting gas stations, but they are also targeting area residents and attempt to steal their cars, Carneys Point police said These are believed to be the same juveniles that police have dealt with in the past, they said. The youths "have been armed at times, and they are violent," police wrote.&nb…
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: Reward Rises To $2.5M In Federal Prosecutor's Murder
On the 20th anniversary of a federal prosecutor's slaying, the government boosted the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible to $2.5 million. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced Monday the Department of Justice has doubled the $1 million it posted toward the reward, to go with $500,000 pledged by the National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys in the targeted killing of Seattle Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales. Wales, 49, had Northeast roots. A native of Southborough, Massachusetts, he was graduated from Harvard University and Ho…
Police & Fire
Man Seriously Hurt In Chester County Hit-Run Crash, Police Say
NOTE: This story contains a slightly graphic hospital photo. A man was left with serious injuries following a hit-and-run crash in Chester County over the weekend, authorities said. A man was riding his motorcycle in the 900 Block of Newark Road in Toughkenamon on Sept. 26 around 3:15 p.m. when a truck struck him and fled the scene without stopping, according to the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department. Officers noticed the man suffering from a severe leg injury, police said. Zachary, 27, was taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware for treatment. The crash resulted in a br…
Police & Fire
Former Chester County Judge Pleads Guilty To Theft
A former Chester County judge previously charged with using campaign contributions to gamble pleaded guilty to charges of theft, authorities announced. Michael Cabry III, 59, was charged in October 2020 with repeatedly withdrawing funds donated to his reelection Political Action Committee (PAC) and using the funds to gamble at casinos in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. He also used the funds to pay for personal expenses, including laundry services, groceries, and hotel stays. In addition, he failed to file his campaign finance reports f…
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Court Rules In Life Insurance Dispute Of Deadly PA Love Triangle
The ex-husband of a Pennsylvania woman killed by her lover's wife in a murder-suicide must relinquish the proceeds he received from her individual life insurance policies -- but can keep the proceeds from her group plan, a Delaware judge has ruled. The issues in the case involving Meredith Sullivan, 33, and her ex-husband, Luke Chapman, had never been address by a Delaware court before. Sullivan, 33, was killed at her Radnor Township home in April 2018 by Jennair Gerardot, the wife of a man with whom she had been having an affair with. Gerardot then turned the gun on herself, and the two we…
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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…
Weather
Tornado Watch Issued In Parts Of NJ, PA
A tornado watch has been issued in parts of Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the remnants of Hurricane Ida move on the in region. The National Weather Service issued the watch to Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton, Hunterdon and Warren counties -- in effect until 10 p.m. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania until 10 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/jiMWctflyI — NWS Mount Holly (@NWS_MountHolly) September 1, 2021 The watch implies that a tornado is possible and communities should be prepared. A tornado warning, however, means that …
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Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber
A Maryland man was extradited to Harrisburg for robbing multiple pharmacies across three states, according to Southern York Regional police. Jamal Alvin Lee Gwaltney, 30, of the 700 block of Villager Circle in Baltimore, MD, was arrested on July 19 in Maryland for armed robberies of pharmacies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. One of his most notable robberies was in Pennsylvania at a Rite Aid in Shrewsbury located at 577 South Main Street on Dec. 21, 2020. He held up the store with a Glock 23 handgun, stealing more than 80 different medications, worth nearly $36,000, according to …
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Opioids Drive Highest Number Of OD Deaths Ever In US, While NJ Holds Steady, CDC Reports
Call it a statistical oddity: Despite an historic spike in drug overdose deaths across the United States last year, the total reported for New Jersey ticked up barely 1% over 2019 – compared with an increase of more than 32% in New York, over 17% in Pennsylvania and more than 10% in Connecticut, the CDC reported. More than 93,000 people across the country died from drug overdoses amid last year’s COVID-19 pandemic, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. That total represented a 29.4% increase from the 72,151 deaths projected nationwide for 2019, according to an annual…
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Tornado
: Warnings Issued In New Jersey, Pennsylvania, National Weather Service Says
Heads were spinning in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Thursday after a tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service. The tornado warning included Burlington and Mercer counties was later expanded to parts of Monmouth County, the NWS said. At one point, the tornado warning included Fairless Hills and Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. At one point, the tornado warning included Fairless Hills and Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.Twitter/ NWS Tornado There were no confirmed reports of any tornado touching down, major damage or injuries. However, initia…
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