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Couple Married 63 Years Killed In Crash Lands High PA Driver Homicide Charge: DA
A Harleysville man is facing homicide by vehicle charges after a DUI crash killed a beloved Hatfield Township couple who had been married for 63 years, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatfield Township Police Chief William J. Tierney announced Thursday, Dec. 19. Michael Lennon, 21, was arrested following the June 8, crash at the intersection of Bergey Road and Bethlehem Pike, which left Jaime Burgos, 86, and Eva Burgos, 79, fatally injured, officials said. The couple, who were married in 1961, were remembered for their devotion to family and their community. Jaime, a…
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Engaged Couple Killed In Double-Fatal Hit-Run Crash By PA Man On THC: DA
An engaged couple, both parents and expecting a grandchild, were struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash while an Allentown driver was high on marijuana, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Imanol Caraballo, 23, is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, and other related offenses for the crash that killed Christopher Stocker, 44, and Luz Daneza Ruiz Acosta, 43, both of Allentown. The crash happened around 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2023, in the 300 block of Hamilton Street, where Caraballo fled after striking the pair, police said. A silver sedan with a smashed…
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Nurse Lands DUI Driver Homicide Charges: DA
A Danville man has been charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence for a crash that killed 33-year-old UPMC nurse Karra Kate Clevenger, who was ejected from his vehicle and struck multiple times on PA Route 283 in September, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 25. Apar Shirishkumar Patel, 36, was charged with Homicide By Vehicle While DUI, Homicide By Vehicle, two counts of Driving Under the Influence, and four Summary Traffic Offenses, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Patel was arraigned before Judge Brian Chudzik on Friday, Nov. 25, w…
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CT Couple Killed In PA Hit-Run; Driver Pleads Guilty To Homicide: DA
A Connecticut couple visiting friends in Pennsylvania was killed in a high-speed hit-and-run crash, and the driver has pleaded guilty to their deaths, authorities said. John Thomas Wadlinger Jr., 32, of Bensalem, admitted guilt to 20 charges, including two counts each of homicide by vehicle while DUI and homicide by vehicle, before Common Pleas Judge C. Theodore Fritsch Jr. on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Sentencing has been deferred for 60 days while a pre-sentence investigation is completed, court officials said. Rebecca Whiddon, 33, and her husband Richard Whiddon, 37, both of Brooklyn, CT, …
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Passenger Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter For I-78 Fatal Crash: Berks DA
A passenger has been found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter for a fatal crash on Interstate 78, the Berks County District Attorney's Office annoued on Friday, Oct. 11. Dustin Micheal Harbaugh, 37, of Lebanon, was convicted for causing the crash that killed Jason Carl Blauch, 38, of Myerstown, according to the DA and his obituary posted by Rohland Funeral Home Inc. Blauch was one of six people the 2013 Chrysler Town and Country crossed the fog line and onto the snowy and icy berm near mile marker 9.8 in Bethel Township around 2 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, as Daily Voice previousl…
Police & Fire
Felon Wanted For Striking 14-Year-Old Dead Captured By US Marshals
The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed 14-year-old Dawn Watson has been arrested, US Marshals in Philadelphia announced on Thursday, Oct. 10. Marvin Anthony Wicker, 40, of Philadelphia, previously on Aldon, was wanted for striking and killing Dawn Watson as she was crossing the street with her mom in the 6500 block of Haverford Avenue at 9:38 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, PPD explained. @USMS_Philly arrested fugitive Marvin Wicker, 40, in the unit block of W. Coulter Street today at 2pm. Wicker was wanted by @PhillyPolice for Homicide by Vehicle in relation to …
Police & Fire
Driver Was Going 3X Over Posted Speed Limit In PA Crash That Killed Grandfather: Police Papers
New details have been released in a July 2024 crash that left a 78-year-old man dead in Bucks County. Nicholas Toth, 43, was arrested and charged for causing the crash that resulted in the death of the other driver, Michael Maddock, just before 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the Warminster Township Police Department said. Police papers obtained by Daily Voice show Toth had been going more than three times the posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour at the time of the crash at Newtown Road near Coventry Lane. Toth told police that it was raining and dark at the time, and tha…
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Vehicular Homicide Charges Filed Against Eastern PA Man: Police
A Warminster man was arrested for vehicular homicide on Thursday, Oct. 3, according to police. Nicholas Toth, 43, was arrested without incident and arraigned before Judge Christopher O'Neill, the Warminster Township Police Department said. Toth was charged with Homicide by Vehicle, Reckless Driving, and Driving Vehicle at Safe Speed, according to police. Toth's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 4, according to court documents. Unsecured bail was set at $100,000.
Police & Fire
DUI Mustang Driver Arraigned In Double Fatal I-95 Crash
A driver charged in an I-95 crash that killed two men from Kyrgyzstan last spring was arraigned in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 3, according to court records. Dimple Patel, 23, of Philadelphia, faces multiple charges including DUI, prohibited text-based communication, and homicide by vehicle by DUI in the Sunday, March 3 crash that killed Tolobek Esenbekov and Aktilek Baktybekov. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Baktybekov's red Toyota Prius was disabled on the left shoulder and partially in the left lane, and Esenbekov's gray Hyundai was parked behind him, when…
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DUI Mustang Driver Charged In Double Fatal I-95 Crash Expected To Surrender, Police Say
A driver charged in an I-95 crash that killed two men from Kyrgyzstan last spring is expected to surrender to authorities in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 2, Pennsylvania State Police said. Dimple Patel, 23, of Philadelphia, is facing a slew of charges including DUI, prohibited text-based communication, and homicide by vehicle by DUI in the Sunday, March 3 crash that killed Tolobek Esenbekov and Aktilek Baktybekov. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Baktybekov's red Toyota Prius was disabled on the left shoulder and partially in the left lane, and Esenbekov's gray …
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Motorcyclist, 26, Killed In Hit-Run Crash Was From Mount Pocono
A 26-year-old motorcyclist from Mount Pocono was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Monroe County, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred at about 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 on State Route 611 at Cayuga Drive in Coolbaugh Township. Bystanders reported a vehicle struck a motorcycle and fled the scene, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police. Anthony Giovanni Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.. Steven Rannie, 52, of Tobyhanna, was later charged with homicide by vehicle, drug possession and other charges, police said. Anthony graduated from Pocono Mountain East Hi…
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Bensalem Man Arrested For Deadly Philadelphia Crash: Police
A 41-year-old Bensalem man is accused of fatally hitting a pedestrian in Philadelphia, authorities say. Christopher Sorensen was arrested in Kensington on Wednesday, July 31, Philadelphia police said in a release. Sorensen was driving east on Allegheny Avenue when he struck Christopher Cabrera near Frankford Avenue on July 17, according to investigators. Cabrera, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene. Sorensen is charged with homicide by vehicle and related counts, police said. Court records for his case were not immediately available on the state website on Wednesday even…
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Driver Sentenced For DUI Crash That Killed Allentown Father, Husband: Lehigh DA
The DUI driver in a fatal 2021 crash will spend up to two decades in prison, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office on Friday, July 5. John Frederick Fifield, 21, was sentenced to four to 20 years after pleading guilty to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and related offenses, according to prosecutors. Forty-seven-year-old Benjamin Bleiler was killed when Fifield struck his southbound SUV at the corner of Hickory Lane and Snowdrift Road in Upper Macungie, authorities said. Bleiler's wife also suffered serious injuries including fracture…
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Unlicensed Driver Was DUI In Crash That Killed Pregnant Woman: Montco DA
A Philadelphia man is in police custody for the May crash that killed Nya Janae Stokes, according to prosecutors. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said 27-year-old Jabrial Terry had fentanyl, oxycodone, Benzodiazepines and cannabinoids in his system during the May 4 wreck. Authorities said Stokes, who was nine months pregnant, was the passenger in a Toyota that Terry's Buick struck head-on on Skippack Pike in Whitemarsh. The 24-year-old was unresponsive and taken to Abington Hospital, where she died after her baby was delivered in …
Police & Fire
PA Man Charged With Homicide By Vehicle For Crash That Killed CT Couple: DA
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man faces two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI in connection with a deadly Feb. 24 crash, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. John Thomas Wadlinger, a resident of Croydon, is also charged with involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, and related counts, prosecutors say. Bucks County District Attorney's Office Authorities believe Wadlinger was under the influence of methamphetamine and driving twice the speed limit when he crashed into a Nissan Sentra at Ford Road and Veterans Highw…
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Driver Pleads Guilty To Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly Lehigh County Crash: DA
A Breinigsville man was convicted for the 2021 crash that killed Benjamin Bleiler in Upper Macungie, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. John Frederick Fifield, 21, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence and related offenses, the DA's Office said. Authorities say Fifield was going 80 mph in a 55 mph zone at the time of the crash on Dec. 19, 2021. His westbound Jeep Grand Cherokee struck Blieler's southbound SUV at the corner of Hickory Lane and Snowdrift Road, according to investigators. Bleiler, 47, of Alle…
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NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA
A Long Island man will be behind bars for the next seven to 20 years after pleading guilty to causing a double fatal crash while on methamphetamine and alcohol, Lancaster District Attorney Heather Adams announced on Thursday, April 26. On April 17, Jagminder Jit Singh, 43 of Floral Park, entered a negotiated guilty plea on two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of homicide by vehicle, five counts of DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle, four counts of recklessly endangering another person, and three summary off…
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18-Year-Old Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Montco Woman: DA
A Norristown man faces homicide by vehicle charges for the Feb. 26 crash that killed Katty Campos, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Adan Ortiz-Gonzalez, 18, is also accused of involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, said prosecutors in a release. Investigators said Ortiz-Gonzalez was going 60 in a 25mph zone when he T-boned Campos' car at the corner of East Brown and Dekalb streets. Campos' Nissan Sentra was "struck with such force that it was pushed 50 feet across the intersection, then off the road, crashing into a tree on the driv…
Police & Fire
Allentown Driver Charged For Crash That Killed 77-Year-Old Pedestrian: DA
An Allentown man is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in connection with a deadly 2022 crash, authorities say. Shaba Xavier Hill, 24, is also charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and related counts, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Investigators said Hill struck 77-year-old John C. Nick on Oct. 30, 2022. Nick was found lying near the pedestrian crosswalk at Springhouse Road and Springwood Drive while Hill's Subaru Outback was found idling nearby, according to the DA's Office. Police at the scene said Hill "had the odor o…
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Driver On Fentanyl Killed Mom, Injured Child In Head-On Christmas Day Crash: Manheim Twp PD
A 24-year-old man high on marijuana and fentanyl caused a head-on crash killing a mom and injuring her child on Christmas Day, Manheim Township police announced on Friday, April 5. Steven Joel Berrios Maldonado was driving 27-year-old Karina Cruz-Camuy and her sons in a Gray Volkswagon Jetta while high on drugs, the police explained citing a blood test he took at the hospital. Investigators determined Maldonado was going a minimum of 50.28 miles per hour in the marked 35 MPH zone on Wabank Road near Rabbit Hill Lane in Lancaster Township, when he he left the westbound …
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DUI Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Montco Mom: DA
A DUI driver faces homicide by vehicle charges for the Nov. 25, 2023 crash that killed Laishah “Nala” Holloman, an area farm manager and beekeeper with New Jersey roots, prosecutors say. Shaikan Pitts, a 33-year-old Philadelphia resident, is being held in lieu of a $90,000 bond, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday. Pitts' Nissan Rogue struck Holloman's white Ford van as she pulled out of a driveway near Old York Road and Spring Avenue in Elkins Park, investigators said. Pitts' Nissan hit the van "with such force that it caused the v…
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After Deadly Crash, Berks Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle While DUI: Police
A Wyomissing man was arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Spring Township last month, police said in a release. Jen-Chieh Sung, 20, is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI and related offenses, according to authorities. Police said the single-car crash happened on Tulpehocken Road near Berkshire Boulevard on Feb. 17. The 2019 BMW veered off the road and hit a tree on the shoulder, killing one passenger, officials said. Others in the car were taken to Reading Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the release says. Sung was arrested following an …
Police & Fire
Drivers Were Street Racing Before High-Speed Crash That Killed 62-Year-Old: Montco DA
Two men are accused of homicide by vehicle after authorities say they killed a woman while street racing in Hatfield last year, according to a release from the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Evan Buckman of Pennsburg and Aidan Jarrett of Quakertown, both 19, surrendered to police on Monday, March 11, prosecutors said. Investigators said the wreck happened at the corner of Bethlehem Pike and Bergey Road on May 17, 2023. Louis and Ida Lillo were turning left from the Pike onto Bergey Road when their Nissan Frontier was T-boned by Jarrett’s southbound…
Police & Fire
Woman Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Philadelphia Dad
A driver is in police custody for the Feb. 27 hit-and-run crash that killed a Philadelphia man, police told Daily Voice. Sharon Seawood, 42, is charged with accidents involving death or personal injury, homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, and related counts, according to court records. Investigators believe Seawood hit 47-year-old Toby Bryant while he crossed the 7900 block of Ogontz Avenue last Tuesday night, police have said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. One witness told authorities the driver got out of their car and assessed the damage before f…
Obituaries
Teen Girl Killed By DUI Dad In Central PA Crash, Authorities
A 37-year-old dad is behind bars approximately two and a half years after he caused a crash that killed a teenage passenger in his vehicle, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, March 1. Jeremy Leonard of the first block of South Belmont Road in Paradise, was on schedule 1 drugs when he crashed a blue Honda Civic into a tree in the first block of Corner Ketch Road in Paradise Township at approximately 8:16 p.m. on July 13, 2021 — killing Kamryn Darlene Elwood, authorities detailed in several releases over the years since the crash. …
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Man On Drugs Kills His Mom In Crash At Lancaster/Lebanon Co. Line: Police
A 20-year-old man who allegedly killed his mom while driving high on drugs, crashing on Route 322, has been charged, the Northern Lancaster Regional Police Department announced on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Gavin Meical Kline's mom, 41-year-old Bethany Welch of Palmyra was in the passenger seat of a 2016 Kia Optima when it was involved in the crash with a commercial van and a tractor-trailer, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's office. The deadly head-on collision happened on West 28th Division Highway (SR322) near the Lancaster and Lebanon County line just before 2:22 p.…
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Drunk Driver Guilty Of Killing Passenger, Lebanon County Mom, DA Says
Three years after a Mysterstown mom died in a crash, the driver who caused it has been convicted, the Lebanon County District Attorney's Office announced on Feb. 21. "On January 16, 2021, Melissa Morrissey was killed as a result of the drunken, reckless behavior of Vincent Sosnowski," DA Pier Hess Graf states in the release. Sosnowski was found guilty of the following by a jury on Feb. 15 Hess Graf explained: Homicide by Vehicle while DUI, Involuntary Manslaughter, and two counts of DUI. He had a previous conviction after fleeing from the sce…
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Rodney Rivers Charged In Deadly Skook Crash: Troopers
An Ohio man is charged with homicide by vehicle after a crash that killed one woman and injured two children in Cass Township on Friday night, Feb. 9, state police say. It happened on Route 901 near Old Phoenix Road around 7:30 p.m., troopers wrote in a release. Rodney Rivers, 46, was driving north in the southbound lane while passing multiple vehicles when he hit a southbound car head-on, authorities said. The other driver, 65-year-old Elizabeth Ryan of Pottsville, died from her injuries, troopers said. Two children in her car aged 5 and 8 were also severely injured, acc…
Police & Fire
Driver Goes 125 MPH High On THC, Xanax Racing Lancaster Motorcyclist To His Death: Police
A high-speed race between two young men ended with one dead and the other charged with homicide by vehicle, according to an update by police issued on Friday, Dec. 29. Brandon Caleb Gentile, 20, of Coatesville, has had a slew of charges leveled against him in connection with the crash that left 22-year-old Thomas "Tom" Austin Hartenstine, of Manor Township, Lancaster dead on June 4. Gentile was driving a white Subaru and Hartenstine was riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle when the two supposedly began street racing on Route 30 East, a witness told the police. …
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DUI Driver 'Had No Recollection' Of Double Fatal Crash Moments After It Happened: MontCo DA
An accused DUI driver has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed two women in Montgomery County early this year. Khaliym Smith, 22, of Pottstown, was found standing outside his overturned Jeep Wrangler in Upper Providence around 2:30 a.m. on Feb 12, according to charging documents from the District Attorney's Office. GIvonah Mitchell Facebook photo Maya Garner, 22, was found dead a short distance away, and GIvonah “Gigi” Mitchell, 23, was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where she died from her injuries, authorities said. The women, both of Philade…
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PA Driver On Clonazepam With BAC 2X Limit, Sentenced For Fatal High-Speed Crash
A 31-year-old man will serve up to 20 years for killing a man while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol in central Pennsylvania, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Derek James Sensenig will serve a minimum of eight years and a maximum of 20 years in prison as ordered during sentencing by Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth. He faced the possibility of a minimum of seven years and a maximum of 34, the DA explained when he pleaded guilty. Sensening, of the 100 block of Fulton Street in Akron…
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