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Man Wanted For 100 Counts Of Child Rape Arrested By Philly US Marshals
A man wanted for more than 100 counts of child rape and similar offenses in Delaware County has been arrested, according to the US Marshals in Philadelphia. Farzan Mohammed, 37, of Chester, fled the country after charges were filed in March 2023 and was extradited to the US on Thursday, Oct. 24, according to a post by the US Marshals in Philadelphia on X, formerly Twitter. @USMS_Philly Deputy Marshals extradited Farzan Mohammed, 36, from Trinidad and Tobago to the U.S. Mohammed faces over 100 counts of child rape and crimes against children in Delaware County. He was charged in March 202…
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SEPTA Bus Triple Shooting Suspect Captured By US Marshals
The suspect wanted for a triple shooting on a SEPTA bus earlier this month has been arrested by US Marshals on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Raphael Ezeamaka, 18, of Darby, was wanted for a triple shooting that happened on a SEPTA Route G bus at 700 South 57th Street on Tuesday, Oct. 8, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Ezeamaka was found in an apartment complex in Middletown, Delaware, according to a release by US Marshals. Marshals from both the Philadelphia and Wilmington offices knocked on apartment doors and soon Ezeamaka attempted to flee by jumping from a…
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Thousands Gather For Funeral Of Turkish Dissident Fethullah Gulen Who Died In PA
Hundreds of people gathered at Skylands Ballpark for the funeral of Fethullah Gulen, a prominent Turkish Muslim cleric, who inspired a movement in his native country, on Thursday, Oct. 24. The funeral in Frankford Township caused delays in the area, with Sussex County Sheriff Michael Strada asking drivers to avoid the intersections of Route 15, 206, 565 and the surrounding area during the funeral. Gulen's official X account said that an estimated 20,000 people were inside and outside of the ballpark for this funeral. The stadium has 4,200 seats, the website says. 🔶Muhterem Fethullah Gül…
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ATM Theft Rings Sought In PA, MD After Bust Of 'Smash & Grab' Group: Police
Four people are being extradited to Pennsylvania from Maryland for "smash and grab" ATM thefts authorities believe are part of a wider network, according to a release on Friday, Oct. 11. A police investigation across three states has led to the arrests of the following four suspects all from Baltimore, MD, on charges of Robbery and Risking Catastrophe: Donnell King, 39. Charonda Cook, 27. Barry Diggs, 26. Jaquawon Matthews, 26. The quadruple is suspected of stealing an ATM by driving through the front entrance of the York Fuel Stop at 1129 W. Market Street in West York Borough a…
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Accused PA Incestuous Child Rapist Arrested In VA: Police
An accused child rapist who appears to have been on the run, was captured in Virginia, New Holland police announced on Thursday, Sept. 19. Jeffrey Alan Smith, 45, of New Holland, was charged by Officer Halstead with the following felonies: Rape of a Child, Statutory Sexual Assault, Aggravated Indecent Assault, Indecent Assault of a Minor under 13 (two counts), Corruption of Minors (two counts), Incest of Minors, Unlawful Contact with Minors (two counts) and Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse. The police began investigating following a referral by Lancaster County Children and Yout…
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Teen Wanted In PA Home Invasion, Deadly NJ Train Station Shooting Captured: Marshals
A New Jersey fugitive wanted in a deadly train station shooting and a home invasion was arrested in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. U.S. Marshals took 19-year-old Damian Bass into custody, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Sept. 6. Bass' last known address was in Fanwood. Bass was charged with first-degree murder and two weapons offenses. He was accused of shooting and killing 43-year-old James Hailey of Newark. Marshals from Brooklyn, NY, and Scranton captured Bass in Chestnuthill Township, PA, on Thursday, Sept. 5. "We s…
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Convicted Child Rapist Extradited To PA From England: DA
A convicted child rapist was extradited to Pennsylvania from England after fleeing the country, authorities said. Gerard Zalewski, 41, skipped bail in April 2006 before his sentencing hearing on child rape charges, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and FBI Philadelphia Special Agent In Charge Wayne A. Jacobs. Zalewski was located 10 years later in Lancashire, England when he was convicted and sentenced to prison on charges similar to those he was convicted of in Montgomery County, they said on Tuesday, Aug. 27. An investigation r…
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Speeding NJ Dad Set To Be Extradited To PA: Police
A 29-year-old man fled from police in Doylestown at a high rate of speed with a child in the car, authorities announced on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Jeremy Ott is awaiting extradition from New Jersey to Pennsylvania on child endangerment, reckless driving, and other charges, they said. On July 19, police received reports of a reckless driver. Ott was known to police as having a suspended driver’s license as a result of a recent DUI arrest, police said. Ott did not stop and sped away from police, they said. A short time later, police found Ott’s vehicle stopped on the roadway of Hidden Den…
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Mugshots Released Of Murder Suspect, Brothers Charged In NJ Actress' Death
Philadelphia police have released the mugshots of the man accused of killing a New Jersey actress and the two brothers charged with hindering apprehension in the case. Gregg Page, 34, has been charged with murder in the Atlantic City slaying of 32-year-old Carley Elbert, an actress from Sewell, on Thursday, Aug. 1. Page also is also charged with attempted murder for shooting a 29-year-old Pleasantville woman, who survived, at the same time as Elbert, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said (scroll for mugshots). Ryan Schnenck, 30, and his brother, Ramir Schenck, 27, were charged…
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Second Teen Charged With Chester High Schooler's Murder: Police
A second suspect is in custody for the June 9 murder of Sabrie Pierce, according to Chester police. Tyjohn Walker-Jones, 16, is being charged as an adult with first-degree murder and related offenses, said authorities in a release last Wednesday, July 17. He's accused of shooting 17-year-old Pierce at the Wallingford Estates Apartments, 2701 Madison Street, according to investigators. Abdullah Muslim, 17, is also charged in connection with the deadly shooting. Walker-Jones was arrested in Newark, Delaware on Tuesday, July 16, and is awaiting extradition to Penns…
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Accused Killer To Stand Trial For Bucks Man's Stabbing Death: DA
The Philadelphia woman charged with murdering 72-year-old Richard MacFarland will stand trial, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday, July 18. Meghan Macklin, 46, is accused of stabbing MacFarland to death in his Wrightstown home last Oct. 7, authorities said previously. She was arrested in Tennessee that night after allegedly fleeing Pennsylvania in MacFarland's car, prosecutors said. In a preliminary hearing on Thursday, authorities presented video evidence, photos, and testimony from police to show that Macklin and MacFarland had a "friendly…
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9-Year-Old Found Strangled In Bristol Church, Tips Sought 62 Years Later
Pennsylvania State Police investigators are seeking tips in a 9-year-old girl's cold case murder. Carol Ann Dougherty was found dead inside St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church in Bristol Borough on Oct. 22, 1962. She was strangled and had been sexually assaulted, according to troopers. Police said Dougherty had stopped at the church while riding her bike to the library. She had stopped there to say a prayer, according to a report in the Bristol Courier-Times the day after her murder. Then-Bristol Police Chief Vincent Faragalli called her killing "one of the most br…
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Accused Bucks Spree Killer 'Refused' To Leave Jail Cell For Hearing, DA Says
Andre Gordon Jr. will stand trial for the murders of three family members in Falls Township in March, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office says. Gordon Jr., 26, had a preliminary hearing held in absentia on Wednesday, May 15 after he "refused to come out of his jail cell to be transported to the Justice Center," according to prosecutors. During the hearing, Magisterial District Judge Terrence Hughes reviewed photos, heard 911 calls, and watched body camera footage from the March 16 spree killing. Authorities have said Gordon Jr. stole a car in Trenton, dr…
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US Marshals Capture NJ Train Station Murder Suspect In PA, Prosecutor Says
A 44-year-old Plainfield man was arrested in Pennsylvania on Friday, May 10 and charged with a fatal stabbing at a train station in July 2023, authorities said. At 2 p.m. on July 6, 2023, police responded to the Plainfield train station and found Juquin Smith, 45, suffering from stab wounds, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel and Plainfield Police Director James T. Abney said. Smith was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Aswad Spruiel was arrested in Northumberland County, PA., by US Marshals, authorities said. He is in custody in …
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Maryland Domestic Murder Suspect Apprehended In Pennsylvania, Police Say
A suspect was apprehended in Pennsylvania hours after an apparent homicide victim was found in Washington County in Maryland over the weekend, officials say. Hagerstown resident Cleo Hermon Brown, 50, was apprehended in Harrisburg late on Sunday afternoon in connection to the death of Renee Elizabeth Shoemaker, authorities announced. At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 28, officers from the Hagerstown Police Department were called to conduct a welfare check in the 400 block of McDowell Avenue, where they found Shoemaker's body in the home she shared with Brown. According to inv…
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Alabama Murder Suspect Caught In Stroudsburg, Troopers Say
Pennsylvania State Police say they arrested a man accused of murder in Huntsville, Alabama on Thursday, April 11. Malcolm Jacob Derr, 19, was taken into custody by troopers and US Marshals near 7th and Sarah streets in Stroudsburg, according to a release. Authorities said Derr was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting on March 23. He was taken to the Monroe County Correctional Facility pending his extradition to Alabama.
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Bucks County Triple Homicide Suspect Extradited To Bucks County
Andre Gordon Jr., who is accused of killing three people including his 13-year-old sister last month, was extradited to Pennsylvania from New Jersey on Wednesday, April 3, prosecutors say. Gordon, 26, was denied bail and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, said the District Attorney's Office. 6abc reports that prosecutors will seek the death penalty in Gordon's case. Authorities have said he killed his 52-year-old stepmother Karen Gordon, his 13-year-old sister Kera Gordon, and 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, with whom he had two children, on March 16. I…
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‘90 Day Fiance’ PA Barber Conviction Withdrawn Due Juror, Witness Interactions: DA
A former Pennsylvania barber who appeared in "90 Day Fiance” and “90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?” who was extradited from Florida over six months after he was caught with fentanyl by US Marshals — has had one of his convictions dismissed due to contact between a juror and witness, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack announced on Friday, March 23, 2024. Michael Anthony Baltimore, 44 of Carlisle, PA, had been convicted on Feb. 1, 2024, in a domestic violence case from Jan. 7, 2021, but the charges were dismissed and the case was vacate…
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Michigan Truckers Beat, Tied Up Bucks Comic Store Owner In 2022 Robbery: DA
A pair of Michigan truck drivers are in custody for violently robbing a Feasterville comic book store in 2022, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Twenty-two-year-old Zackery Maximus Tucker of Quincy, Michigan and 35-year-old Caleb James-Lorenze Simpson of Clarklake, Michigan are each charged with robbery and related counts, prosecutors said. Investigators believe the pair walked into Comic Collection, 83 Bustleton Pike, on Sept. 18, 2022, and pretended to be customers. They asked the 61-year-old clerk to get an item from a high shelf, then knocked h…
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Thousands Raised For Young Mom Killed In Bucks County Shooting Spree
Friends and community members have raised thousands of dollars to memorialize Taylor Daniel. Daniel, 25, was shot and killed by the father of her children Andre Gordon Jr. on Saturday, March 16, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Gordon Jr. is also accused of killing his 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, authorities have said. He is charged with multiple counts of murder, assault, burglary, and related counts and is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania from New Jersey. On GoFundMe, community members …
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Suspected Florida Killer, Pregnant GF Beater; Caught In Pennsylvania: Police
A Jamaican man with an expired visa, has been on the run since he was accused of fatally shooting a man in Florida, and now he has been arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 5. Danitto Simpson, 25, along with one of the owners of Smoking Stars, Shelly Omarie Duberry 38, were arrested during warranted searches by Pittsburgh Police, with the assistance of Allegheny County Police. Duberry was arrested at her residence in a hotel located at 1000 Park Lane Drive in North Fayette. Simpson was arrested at the Smoking Stars store located at 433 …
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South Jersey Man Accused Of Beating Mom Dead Arrested In Pennsylvania: Prosecutor
A man accused of beating his mother to death in Camden County has been arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities said. James Doran, 30, of Blackwood, NJ, was taken into custody by Pennsylvania State Police in Bedford, PA, according to the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. Doran is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Lillian Doran, 65, of Blackwood on Saturday, March 2, said Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay alongside Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins. On Saturday, at about 10:20 a.m., Gloucester Township police received a 911…
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PA Ambush Murder Suspects Caught In New York: Marshals
The three men accused of an ambush-style killing in Norristown last month were arrested by US Marshals in New York on Wednesday, Jan. 31, officials say. Damon Brantley Jr., Daquan Allen, and Jerry Butler were taken into custody in Endicott, some 10 miles west of Binghamton, around 8 p.m., authorities announced. Investigators believe the trio shot 35-year-old William Carter dead after a gunpoint robbery on West Wood Street on Jan. 20. Three suspects rushed Carter, who was visiting a friend's house on Powel Street, while walking to his car, authorities said previously. Bran…
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Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say
Five Pennsylvania children were victims of a Florida man's international sextortion scam that started more than a decade ago, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 34, an Ecuadorian national most recently of Miami, Florida, was arrested at his home by PSP troopers in Miami with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, their Special Operations Team (SOT), and the Miami-Dade Police Department on Jan. 18, according to the release. Police executed a search warrant of his home and seized num…
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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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Undercover Police Catch Delco Teen's Accused Murderer: DA
The man accused of stabbing a 15-year-old boy dead has been arrested authorities in Delaware County announced on Wednesday. Michael Garr, of Drexel Hill, was stabbed to death on Friday, April 21, 2023 — now, the alleged killer has been caught. Marson Weh, 24 of Cliffton Heights, has been charged in the murder of 15-year-old Michael Garr, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Upper Darby Police Superintendent Tim Bernhardt announced during the press conference on Jan. 3, 2024. Surveillance videos helped lead police to Weh. In the videos, detectives spotted a man running from the 200 bloc…
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PA Husband Arrested In Vegas On Homicide Charge For Wife, 5 Years After Ex-Wife Hired Hitman
A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman was found dead on New Year's Day a week after she went missing, and her 55-year-old husband was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada on homicide charges, police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Franyerlys Nicole Zambrano, a Venezuela native, was found dead at her home in the first block of Bierer Avenue, Uniontown on Monday, according to area police. She had been reported missing after she failed to come to work at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort for three days, so her coworkers contacted the Uniontown police and an investigation was launched on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023.…
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Philadelphia Man Fired At Store Clerk In South Jersey: Prosecutor
A 30-year-old man from Philadelphia has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at a South Jersey convenience store, authorities said. Jevonte F. Pressley is accused of firing a weapon at a store employee in West Deptford leading to charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, terroristic threats, theft and weapons offenses, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. On Sunday, Nov. 19, West Deptford Police were dispatched to the Heritage Convenience Store at 710 Delaware Street. During the robbery, the suspect brandished a black handgun and aimed it at a Heritage…
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Incest, Rape Of Child Among 50+ Charges Filed Against NY Man By PA Police
After several children told police in Pennsylvania that a New York man had been sexually abusing them for years — this week an arrest was made, according to a release on Friday, Nov. 17. Dennis Martinez, 38 of Brooklyn, NY, was taken into custody in New York City on Monday, Nov. 14, 2023, Lancaster City Bureau of Police detailed in a release. The Lancaster police had been investigating Martinez since Oct. 2022, after being notified that three children in Lancaster City had suffered "abuse [that] occurred over an extended period of time, at least several years," th…
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TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police
A Pennsylvania man will be extradited to Florida after threatening to kill a county sheriff in a message to a television show. Jason E. Senseman, "admitted to sending several threatening and/or vulgar messages to [...] a social media account of the TV show 'On Patrol: Live'," the Volusia County Sheriffs in a release on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The TV show contacted the VCS on Sunday, and detectives quickly reached the Pennsylvania State Police, "who were aware of the messages and also already familiar with Senseman." He has a lengthy record in Pennsylvania crim…
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Pastor Charged With 8-Year-Old's Murder Will Stand Trial In PA
The now-83-year-old pastor who is accused of killing a Delaware County girl in 1975 will be extradited to Pennsylvania to answer the charges, the District Attorney's Office says. David Zandstra, of Marietta, Georgia, will return to the Keystone State on Thursday, Sept. 28. Prosecutors have said Zandstra admitted to killing 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington of Marple on her way to summer Bible camp on Aug. 15, 1975. She and other campers would meet at Zandstra's parish, Trinity Church in Broomall, before heading to Reformed Presbyterian Church in Chester County, where her father was the pas…
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