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Pizzeria Owner Who Killed Partner In Bucks Home Learns Her Sentence: DA Pizzeria Owner Who Killed Partner In Bucks Home Learns Her Sentence: DA
Pizzeria Owner Who Killed Partner In Bucks Home Learns Her Sentence: DA Maria Tolomello will spend up to 40 years in a Pennsylvania prison for the murder of Giovanni Gallina, prosecutors said in a release. Tolomello, who owned Pina's Pizza in Chalfont together with Gallina, previously pleaded guilty to shooting the 64-year-old in the head.  She was arrested in March 2022 after police found Gallina's body wrapped in a blue tarp in a bedroom of their shared Hilltown home. Officers were sent for a welfare check when Gallina's son said he hadn't heard from his father in over a week. Tolomello reportedly told the son that Gallina was out of town.&nbs…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition' 'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition'
'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition' With the days growing longer and springtime in sight, students across southeastern Pennsylvania are preparing for the end of the school year.  And for seniors at Pennridge High School in Bucks County, that includes the revival of a beloved tradition.  "Jackal," explains the student newspaper Penndulum, is a game in which pairs of seniors form teams and try to eliminate other players by shooting them with water pistols while avoiding being shot themselves.  There are rules of engagement — players are safe at school, at work, at extra-curricular activities, and at places …

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by Mac Bullock
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DUI Bucks Driver Kicks, Spits On Officer During Arrest, Police Say DUI Bucks Driver Kicks, Spits On Officer During Arrest, Police Say
DUI Bucks Driver Kicks, Spits On Officer During Arrest, Police Say A 33-year-old DUI driver kicked and spit on a police officer attempting to arrest him Monday, Feb. 21 in Bucks County, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a one-car crash into a utility pole on Blooming Glen Road near Rickert Road around 8 p.m. found Noah P. Reynolds, of Lansdale, showing signs of intoxication, Hilltown Township police said. When officers tried to arrest Reynolds for DUI, he began to resist arrest, police said. That's when Reynolds kicked an officer in the head, authorities said. Once Reynolds was in custody, he kicked the inside of the police c…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Honduran Immigrant Who Beat Bucks Family Dog To Death Captured After 4 Years: Police Honduran Immigrant Who Beat Bucks Family Dog To Death Captured After 4 Years: Police
Honduran Immigrant Who Beat Bucks Family Dog To Death Captured After 4 Years: Police A man who threatened family members and killed the pet dog in 2018 is in custody, authorities in Bucks County say. A warrant was issued in February 2018 for Rony Arturo Garcia. He was arrested on one count of aggravated cruelty to animals on Jan. 12, 2022, Hilltown Township police said. On Feb. 3, 2018, officers responded to the 1400 block of Route 113 on reports of a male subject threatening members of the household, and who had possibly killed the family’s pet dog, police said.  No family members were injured, but the dog was found dead on the property, police said. A join…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Shot At Home In Perkasie Man Shot At Home In Perkasie
Man Shot At Home In Perkasie A man was injured in a shooting at a home in Perkasie over the weekend, authorities said. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the leg at a home in the 200 Block of Marshall Street around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Perkasie Borough Police Department. The victim told officers he was shot by a man who remained at the scene when police arrived. The gunshot victim was taken to Grandview Hospital where he was treated and released, police said. The shooting suspect was detained at the scene and has not been charged pending further investigation and review by the Bucks…

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by Nicole Acosta