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Police & Fire
Deadly Shooting Prompts Murder Investigation In Chester: Authorities
Police responded to the scene of a shooting in Chester on Sunday night, Jan. 28, to find one man dead, according to officials. Officers were dispatched to West 7th and Lamokin streets around 6:20 p.m., the department said in a release. They arrived to find Jason Ferguson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He was taken to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries, according to the release. Authorities are asking anyone with information to call Chester police Detective Ryan Stewart at 610-447-8429 or Delaware County Criminal Investigat…
Police & Fire
Prison Murder: Philadelphia Inmate Found Dead, Police Say
A 59-year-old inmate died in his cell at a Philadelphia prison Sunday, Jan. 28, in what police say was a homicide. Officers from the 8th District responding to a "hospital case" at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, at 8101 State Road, found the unnamed inmate unconscious with blunt force trauma to the head at approximately 9:15 a.m., city police said. "Despite immediate medical intervention by Medic 17, he was pronounced deceased at 9:43 a.m.," police said in a news release. The victim's cellmate, a 25-year-old man, was removed from the cell and relocated to a di…
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Cold
CASE: Philly Man With Illegal Gambling Ties Found Dead On I-95
Charles Sherman was found dead on the east shoulder of Interstate 95 in Middletown on Jan. 25, 1978. He had been shot to death, according to state police investigators. Authorities allege that Sherman — who also went by the aliases Charlie Harris and Sherman Shikie — had deep ties to illegal gambling rackets in Northeast Philadelphia and Bristol. At the time of his death, Sherman was living on the 1200 block of South 7th Street in South Philadelphia. Anyone with information is asked to call Pennsylvania State Police at 610-861-2026 or submit an anony…
Police & Fire
Triple Shooting, Homicide In Philadelphia: Police (
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A shooting has left two people in the hospital and a man dead, Philadelphia police announced late on Friday night. The triple shooting happened in the 5600 block of Pentridge Street at 7:24 p.m., as detailed in the PPD release. The fatal victim was a 28-year-old Black man who suffered "multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body," PPD said. He was taken by police to Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead ten minutes later. Another Black man, a 36-year-old, suffered a single gunshot wound to his abdomen and was taken to the same hospital where he remains in cr…
News
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says
A man is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a teenager at a Sunoco over an unpaid phone bill, the Lancaster District Attorney's office announced on Friday, Jan. 26. Carlos Almanzar-Torres, now 23, who brutally killed Damian Santiago, 19, at the Sunoco located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, 2022. He was sentenced on Jan. 23 after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. “We are here for the actions of an angry man,” prosecuting Assistant District Attorney CJ Rest…
Police & Fire
Homicide In Norristown, $5K Reward Offered For Information Leading To Killers: DA
Montgomery County detectives are looking for the gunmen who robbed 35-year-old William Grover Carter before shooting him dead on a Norristown street Saturday night, Jan. 20, prosecutors say. Carter was visiting a friend's house on Powell Street when he went outside to grab something from his car just before 8 p.m., the District Attorney's Office said. When he was on the first block of West Wood Street, three men hopped out of a grey Toyota RAV-4 and rushed him at gunpoint, authorities said. Montgomery County District Attorney's Office They robbed Carter, fatally shot hi…
Police & Fire
GoFundMe Launched For Ronald Dailey, Alisha Seese
Communities are rallying for a man and a woman who were found shot to death in a car in Williamsport. Alisha Seese and Ronald "Ronnie" E. Dailey Jr., both 37 years old, were found just after midnight on Friday, Jan. 12, according to officials. The police had been called to reports of gunfire in the 1700 block of Terrace Place around 12:30 a.m., they said in a release. Authorities explained that the pair had just finished a shift at Lycoming Engines where they worked as part-time security guards. Supposedly a suspect has been identified. Daily Voice has reached out to the distri…
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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…
Police & Fire
Two Victims Named In North Philly Speakeasy Shooting: Authorities
Philadelphia police have named the two people who were killed in a shooting in North Philadelphia early Sunday morning, Jan. 14. Authorities said they were called to a suspected speakeasy, or unlicensed bar, on the 2400 block of Myrtlewood Street just before 1 a.m. They arrived to find six people suffering from gunshot wounds, the department told Daily Voice. Edison Frazier, 53, of West Philadelphia, was shot in the face. Christopher Smith, 41, of North Philadelphia, was shot multiple times in the chest. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene just after 1 a.m.,…
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New Details Released In Deadly I-476 Crash Caused By DUI Car Thief: Police
Police have released new details in a deadly motorcycle crash caused by a fleeing man in a stolen vehicle on I-476 on Friday, Jan. 12. Chester City police were trying to stop Zamir Walthour, who was under the influence of drugs and driving black Toyota Camry stolen out of Philadelphia, around 9:45 a.m. at Macade Boulevard and Bullens Lane in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania State Police said. Walthour failed to yield to police and sped away, intentionally ramming a Chester police car, authorities said. The Camry traveled onto I-476 south from Macdade Boulevard and onto the shoulder still…
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: PA GF Allegedly Fed BF's Infant Acetone, Batteries, Screws
Abuse that went on during court order visits in Western Pennsylvania led to the death of an infant — nearly seven months later homicide charges were filed and an arrest was made on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry and the New Castle Police Department announced the arrest of 20-year-old Aleisia Lynnae Owens who has been charged with nine offenses — including three counts of criminal homicide — for her role in the death of her boyfriend's 1-year-old daughter Iris Rita Alfera of Butler. On June 25, 2023, emergency responders were called to 420 Electric …
Police & Fire
Lancaster Family Requests Prayers As 19-Year-Old's Killer Remains At-Large
A report of "shots fired" led Lancaster officers to a dying man who has been identified by the Lancaster County Coroner. Elliot 'Diddy' Tyrone Corbin III, 19, of Lancaster, was found "suffering from an apparent gunshot wound," in 400 block of South Prince Street, Lancaster at approximately 5:28 p.m., Jan. 6, according to city police and identified to Daily Voice by coroner Eric Bieber. He was taken to "a medical facility for treatment but ultimately succumbed to his injuries," the police said. An autopsy on Monday revealed he had actualy been shot multiple times and t…
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