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'Justice Delayed, Not Denied': Man Convicted For Bucks Mom's 1991 Murder 'Justice Delayed, Not Denied': Man Convicted For Bucks Mom's 1991 Murder
'Justice Delayed, Not Denied': Man Convicted For Bucks Mom's 1991 Murder More than 30 years after she was found dead in her smoldering Bristol home, Robert Atkins was convicted for the murder of Joy Hibbs.   Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. handed down a guilty verdict on Thursday, Feb. 1 following three days of testimony, said the Bucks District Attorney's Office.  Hibbs, a 35-year-old mother of two, was found dead in her son's bedroom after a fire at her Spencer Drive home on April 19, 1991, prosecutors said.  Investigators initially thought she died in an accidental fire, but an autopsy the next day revealed she had been rep…
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail A former Bucks County teacher who was convicted of indecently assaulting two students and secretly recording another will spend the next several years in jail, a Bucks County judge has ruled.  Fifty-eight-year-old Joseph Ohrt of Buckingham was sentenced to 2.5 to 5 years in state prison by Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley on Monday, June 12, the District Attorney's Office said.  Ohrt, the one-time choir director at Central Bucks West High School, was first charged last February, after police investigators said he'd used hidden cameras in his home to record a male stu…
Search For Missing Bucks Woman Intensifies Search For Missing Bucks Woman Intensifies
Search For Missing Bucks Woman Intensifies Authorities in Bucks County are ramping up their search for a woman they say disappeared more than two weeks ago.  Elizabeth "Beth" Capaldi, 55, of Sellersville, was officially reported missing on Wednesday, Oct. 12 by a family member, said county District Attorney Matt Weintraub in a release.  Capaldi was last spotted on Oct. 10 at her family home on High Street, where she lives with her husband Stephen Capaldi, officials said.  Her cell phone, car, and keys were all recovered from the home, but her wallet was apparently taken with her, investigators said.  Loved …
PA Man Charged In 1991 Cold Case Murder Of Bucks County Mom PA Man Charged In 1991 Cold Case Murder Of Bucks County Mom
PA Man Charged In 1991 Cold Case Murder Of Bucks County Mom A 56-year-old Pennsylvania man is accused of killing a Bucks County mom of two who was found dead in Bristol Township three decades ago. Robert F. Atkins, of Falls Township, is charged with first and second-degree murder, robbery, and arson in the 1991 murder of 35-year-old Joy Hibbs, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday, May 25. Prosecutors say Atkins tried to cover up the April 19, 1991 crime by setting her Spencer Drive home on fire.  After the fire was put out, she was found dead inside her 12-year-old son's bedroom, authorities said. Investig…
PA Rapist Who Abused Little Boys For Years Gets Prison Time: DA PA Rapist Who Abused Little Boys For Years Gets Prison Time: DA
PA Rapist Who Abused Little Boys For Years Gets Prison Time: DA A 28-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 19 to 40 years in state prison on Wednesday, April 6, for the repeated rapes of two boys in Bucks County, authorities said. Rosalio Suchite, of Warrington, pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2021, to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Suchite was charged in November 2020 following an investigation by the Warrington Township Police Department, which discovered that he sexually abused the boys, ages 7 and 9, at his home on the 2200 block of Pileggi Road for at least three ye…
Ex-HS PA Choir Teacher Who Recorded Boy Undressing Faces New Allegations From Students: DA Ex-HS PA Choir Teacher Who Recorded Boy Undressing Faces New Allegations From Students: DA
Ex-HS PA Choir Teacher Who Recorded Boy Undressing Faces New Allegations From Students: DA A former high school choir teacher from the Philadelphia suburbs who was arrested last month for using a hidden camera to record a former student undressing at his home is now facing additional charges following accusations from new victims, authorities announced. Joseph Ohrt, 56, who was first arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 8, was additionally charged with multiple counts of indecent assault and corruption of minors on Tuesday, March 8, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. CLICK HERE for more on Ohrt's Tuesday, Feb. 8 arrest. The new charges follow allegations that Ohrt, of…
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA
Ex-Kutztown Football Player Pleads Guilty In 'Sextortion' Case: DA A former college athlete pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 1 to sexually extorting and harassing 15 victims, including one Bensalem woman who later died by suicide, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, admitted that for four years he used anonymous Snapchat accounts to threaten and torment dozens of women and girls, some as young as 12, into sending him sexually explicit photos and videos, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Pisarchuk was arrested on June 8, 2021, after police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual …
PA Man Had 'Hit List' Of Family Members He Wanted To Kill Ahead Of Stepfather's Murder: PD PA Man Had 'Hit List' Of Family Members He Wanted To Kill Ahead Of Stepfather's Murder: PD
PA Man Had 'Hit List' Of Family Members He Wanted To Kill Ahead Of Stepfather's Murder: PD A Pennsylvania man who made a "hit list" of family members he wanted to kill, was charged with murdering his 78-year-old stepfather, authorities in Bucks County said. Brian Joseph Carey, 41, was arrested late Wednesday, Feb. 16, hours after detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bristol Township Police Department named him as a person of interest in the death of Joseph Michael Jakimowicz, of Bristol Township. Carey was charged with one count of homicide, possession instrument of crime, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, stalking, and unauthori…
Philly Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Bucks Client's Estate Philly Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Bucks Client's Estate
Philly Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $1 Million From Bucks Client's Estate A 63-year-old Philadelphia lawyer was sentenced to 15 to 30 months in state prison for stealing nearly $1 million from his Bucks County client's estate, authorities said. Aaron S. Friedmann, of Conshohocken, pleaded guilty on Aug. 23 to theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, and access device fraud, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. President Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. sentenced Friedmann to 15 to 30 months and 10 years of probation on Monday. He was also ordered to repay the $981,023 he stole f…
Bensalem Man Supplied Drugs That Killed Victim At Recovery House: DA Bensalem Man Supplied Drugs That Killed Victim At Recovery House: DA
Bensalem Man Supplied Drugs That Killed Victim At Recovery House: DA A Bensalem man has been accused of supplying the drugs that a 25-year-old woman overdosed and died on at a recovery house last summer, authorities announced. Matthew Derby Lavender, 25, was charged on Nov. 11 in the death of Nikki Lee Silva, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Tullytown Borough Police were dispatched to a home in the 400 block of Main Street in Tullytown around 10:45 July 2, authorities said. There, they found Silva dead -- along with three used and two unused baggies of heroin and/or fentanyl, the DA said. Lavender during an Aug. 20 police interview admitt…
Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says
Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says A police officer was justified in fatally shooting a knife-wielding man earlier this year during a domestic dispute in Falls Township, authorities announced Wednesday. “I have concluded that [the officers] were reasonable in their individual beliefs that both of their lives were placed in clear and present danger by Mr. Jorge Perez at the time that [the officer] shot him," Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said in a letter to Falls Township police chief Nelson Whitney. "I, therefore, conclude that [the officer] was justified in discharging his weapon and shooting Jorge…
US Marshals Nab PA Couple Who Fled During Child Neglect Trial US Marshals Nab PA Couple Who Fled During Child Neglect Trial
US Marshals Nab PA Couple Who Fled During Child Neglect Trial A Pennsylvania couple who fled during their trial for 'severely neglecting and abusing four of their six children were nabbed by members of the U.S. Marshals Service. Christine Dunkowski, 47, was arrested on Oct. 15 at a Wilmington, Delaware hotel and Albert Dunkowski, 54, was apprehended Thursday at a bus stop in Elkton, Maryland, Patch reports citing federal authorities.  After skipping their final day of trial, the pair were convicted in absentia by a Bucks County jury on Oct. 6, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub previously said. A pediatric emergenc…
Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says
Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says A 41-year-old man was charged Thursday with the abuse of a corpse for leaving an overdose victim's body behind a Bucks County dumpster last month instead of calling for help, authorities said. After 40-year-old Dean A. DeJesus overdosed in Maksim Stankevich's Bensalem apartment on Sept. 16, he wrapped the victim's body with a rope and blanket and left him behind a red dumpster of a nearby apartment complex, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Stankevich was also charged with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property after taking DeJesus' cel…
Philly Man Gets Decades In Prison For Killing Pregnant Bucks GF, Unborn Child Philly Man Gets Decades In Prison For Killing Pregnant Bucks GF, Unborn Child
Philly Man Gets Decades In Prison For Killing Pregnant Bucks GF, Unborn Child A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 39 to 78 years in state prison after admitting this month to killing his 29-year-old pregnant Bucks County girlfriend and their unborn child three years ago, authorities said. Jaleel Lamar Loper, 30, admitted that in a fit of rage, he used a cellphone charging cord to strangle Anna Angok on Sept. 26, 2018, killing her and their unborn child in their apartment in the Glen Hollow Apartments in Bristol Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Loper also told investigators that after Angok was dead, he picked her up from the fl…
PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer
PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday again upheld the death sentence of a Bucks County man convicted of killing a police officer over a decade ago, authorities said. Robert Anthony Flor, 54, fatally shot Newtown Borough police officer Brian Gregg on Sept. 29, 2005, while at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Since pleading guilty to first-degree murder and no contest to 39 other counts in 2006, Flor has tried to lessen his sentence multiple times. The death sentence was affirmed by the Pennsylvania…
Body Camera Footage Shows Bensalem Officers Rescuing Man From Smoke-Filled Apartment Body Camera Footage Shows Bensalem Officers Rescuing Man From Smoke-Filled Apartment
Body Camera Footage Shows Bensalem Officers Rescuing Man From Smoke-Filled Apartment Three Bensalem police officers were honored for their quick thinking that saved a man's life last month. Officers Steve Ambs, Kenneth Branford, and Samuel Ladd talked about their experience in the Aug. 25 fire with Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub in a Facebook Live. When the officers learned of a fire at the Bucks Meadows Apartments on Knights Road, they immediately concentrated their efforts on building five after noticing smoke coming from the structure. They evacuated people from the surrounding buildings before heading into building five, which was dark and filling with …
Yardley Police Chief Shot, Suspect In Custody Yardley Police Chief Shot, Suspect In Custody
Yardley Police Chief Shot, Suspect In Custody A man who shot the Yardley Borough police chief Wednesday in Bucks County was apprehended, authorities said. Colin Petroziello, 24, opened fire on Chief Joe Kelly with a shotgun as he responded to a Yardley Commons apartment around 11:30 a.m., according to Lower Makefield Township Police Chief Ken Coluzzi and District Attorney Matt Weintraub. The chief was shot in his hand and part of his ear, police said at the scene. He was rushed to St. Mary's Trauma Center in stable condition, authorities said. "He is absolutely extremely lucky to be alive," Coluzzi said. He noted it is comm…
Gunman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For 2019 Shooting At Bucks County Park Gunman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For 2019 Shooting At Bucks County Park
Gunman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For 2019 Shooting At Bucks County Park One of two gunmen pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted murder for his role in a 2019 shooting at a park in Bucks County, authorities said. Taariq A. Norris, 26, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, persons not to possess a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of an instrument of crime, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Norris was arrested in October 2019 after a months-long investigation into the March 28, 2019, attack that saw a man shot several times at a bas…
Pennsylvania Officer Among 4 Arrested For Child Luring In Atlantic City Pennsylvania Officer Among 4 Arrested For Child Luring In Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Officer Among 4 Arrested For Child Luring In Atlantic City Four men, including a Pennsylvania officer, were arrested on charges of attempted child luring in Atlantic City, authorities said. The men were apprehended on July 22 after concerned citizens posed as underage children on various social media sites, Atlantic City police said. "They would confront the individual and notify local law enforcement," police said in a statement. "The citizens provided the responding officers with screenshots of conversations and detailed information that was shared between the citizens and the suspects." The following men were arrested: Jose Machuca, 51, of Hy…
DA: Corrections Officer Arrested For Smuggling Suboxone Into Bucks County Jail DA: Corrections Officer Arrested For Smuggling Suboxone Into Bucks County Jail
DA: Corrections Officer Arrested For Smuggling Suboxone Into Bucks County Jail A corrections officer was arrested Tuesday for smuggling suboxone strips into the Bucks County Correctional Facility, authorities said. Anthony Miller, 28, of Quakertown, is accused of agreeing to illegally smuggle 100 suboxone strips into the jail for $5,000, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Miller was found with 88 suboxone strips inside a pocket on his duty belt when he was arrested on Tuesday, authorities said. In an interview with investigators, Miller admitted to smuggling the drugs into the jail several other times since February 2020, according to a crimina…
DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods
DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods Two teen brothers from New Jersey were arrested on accusations they killed a man found in a wooded area in Quakertown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania, authorities announced. Anthony Gamble, 19, and Joshua Gamble, 17, both of Somerset, NJ, will be charged with criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with evidence, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. The younger Gamble is being charged as an adult. The brothers are accused of killing a man found stabbed to death early Thursday in a wooded area in the 500 block of East Pu…
Bucks DA: Woman Sold Man Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth Before Deadly Hotel Overdose Bucks DA: Woman Sold Man Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth Before Deadly Hotel Overdose
Bucks DA: Woman Sold Man Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth Before Deadly Hotel Overdose A 42-year-old woman was charged with selling a 33-year-old man a combination of drugs that ultimately caused a deadly overdose, authorities in Bucks County announced Monday. Corrine Marie Smith, of Jenkintown, brought heroin/fentanyl and methamphetamine to the Penn Lodge Hotel in Philadelphia - Bensalem, where Matthew Graham purchased the drugs on June 11, 2020, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Graham of Bensalem, was found dead the following day in the hotel. There, police found glassine packets, and chemical testing confirmed the presence of fentanyl, heroin and metha…
PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial
PA Mom Accused Of Cyber Harassing Girls On Daughter's Squad Ordered To Stand Trial A Pennsylvania mom has been ordered to face trial for harassing three girls on her daughter's cheerleading squad, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Raffaela Spone, 50, of Chalfont, last March was charged with three counts each of cyber harassment of a child and harassment. Following a preliminary hearing on Friday, Magisterial District Judge Regina Armitage found enough evidence presented to send all charges to the Court of Common Pleas, District Attorney Matt Weintraub's Office said. Spone was accused of manipulating a photograph of a teen girl on the Vict…
Former Bucks DA Who Doubled As Door Dash Driver Repays Taxpayers $8,500 Former Bucks DA Who Doubled As Door Dash Driver Repays Taxpayers $8,500
Former Bucks DA Who Doubled As Door Dash Driver Repays Taxpayers $8,500 A former Bucks County prosecutor who doubled as a Door Dash driver has repaid taxpayers nearly $8,500, CBS Philly reports. Gregg D. Shore resigned last month, following a demotion in March, after word spread that he was delivering food with Door Dash during his daytime shifts with the Bucks County District Attorney's office between October 2020 and February, DA Matt Weintraub previously said. Shore previously repaid the county with unused vacation time, however, county Controller Neale Dougherty told CBS that method was not proper and Shore under-reported the time he worked for DoorDas…
DA: Bristol Twp. Man, 60, Facing New Sex Abuse Charges After 2nd Victim Comes Forward DA: Bristol Twp. Man, 60, Facing New Sex Abuse Charges After 2nd Victim Comes Forward
DA: Bristol Twp. Man, 60, Facing New Sex Abuse Charges After 2nd Victim Comes Forward A 60-year-old Bristol Township man convicted last year for sexually abusing a teen boy for over 10 years is facing new charges after a second victim came forward, authorities said. David Charles Hofmann, of the 3500 block of Newportville Road, Bristol Township, was charged Thursday with statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, and indecent assault -- charges of which he is awaiting arraignment, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. Hofmann has been in Bucks County Correctional Facility since his arrest on June 17, 2020, when…
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media
DA: Bucks Teen Gets Off With Sensitivity Training After Making Racist Threats On Social Media A 19-year-old Chalfont man who reportedly made racist and threatening comments on a social media video posted in July was ordered to undergo racial sensitivity training, authorities announced. Andrew J. Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment and was also sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Diane E. Gibbons to a year of probation, mental health assessments, and continued racial sensitivity training at The Peace Center in Langhorne and at Good Shepard Mediation in Philadelphia, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The racial sensitivity training was an arrange…
'Reckless' Doylestown Physician Prescribed Deadly Oxy Cocktails To 14 Patients, AG Says 'Reckless' Doylestown Physician Prescribed Deadly Oxy Cocktails To 14 Patients, AG Says
'Reckless' Doylestown Physician Prescribed Deadly Oxy Cocktails To 14 Patients, AG Says A Doylestown physician is facing felony charges for prescribing 14 patients with deadly combinations of oxycodone for as long as 16 years per person, authorities announced. Richard Kondan, 58, prescribed highly addictive opioid medications to at least 14 patients between November 2017 and September 2019, Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Kondan failed to prescribe controlled substances in accordance with accepted treatment principles, and failed to keep accurate medical records that support the high volume of opioids that he prescribe…
'So Stupid': Bucks Prosecutor Demoted For Working As Door Dash Deliveryman During Day Job 'So Stupid': Bucks Prosecutor Demoted For Working As Door Dash Deliveryman During Day Job
'So Stupid': Bucks Prosecutor Demoted For Working As Door Dash Deliveryman During Day Job A Bucks County prosecutor has been demoted after word spread that he was delivering food with Door Dash during daytime work hours, authorities said. First Assistant District Attorney, Gregg D. Shore, will be demoted to the office’s deputy district attorney, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub announced in a press conference Thursday. Jennifer Schorn, who has been with the office since 1999, was promoted to Shore's former role, Weintraub said. Shore was delivering with Door Dash, the food service app, during work hours between October and February, Weintraub said. He has sin…
DA Renews Call For Victims In Case Of New Hope Teacher Who Allegedly Sexually Abused Student DA Renews Call For Victims In Case Of New Hope Teacher Who Allegedly Sexually Abused Student
DA Renews Call For Victims In Case Of New Hope Teacher Who Allegedly Sexually Abused Student The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office is renewing calls for victims in the case of a former New Hope-Solebury High School teacher accused of sexually abusing a female student in 2005. Kevin A. Elvey II, 42, of Yardley, was charged in September 2019 on a first-degree misdemeanor count of corruption of minors and currently awaiting trial in the case, the DA's office said. The abuse occurred during the spring of 2005 while the victim, then 17-years-old, was a senior at the high school, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Bucks County detectives.  The victim said th…
DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison
DA: Hilltown Man Who Pointed Gun At Woman In Walmart Facing Up To 4 Years In Prison A 29-year-old Hilltown man was sentenced Friday to up to four years in state prison on several firearms violations in an investigation that began when he pointed a gun at a woman in the parking lot of a Walmart in Hilltown Township, authorities said. A woman told police she was with her 10-year-old daughter when she pulled into an open parking spot and noticed a man in a car next to hers cursing at her around 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2020, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. When she and her daughter got out of the car, the man -- later identified as Willia…
DA: U.S. Marshals Capture Bensalem Man Out On Bail For 3rd Violent Attack Of Ex-GF DA: U.S. Marshals Capture Bensalem Man Out On Bail For 3rd Violent Attack Of Ex-GF
DA: U.S. Marshals Capture Bensalem Man Out On Bail For 3rd Violent Attack Of Ex-GF A Bensalem man who was out on bail for two domestic violence attacks despite objections from the Bucks County District Attorney's Office is facing new charges after violently attacked the same victim again, authorities said. Patrick Dando, 35, was captured by the U.S. Marshals after pushing his ex-girlfriend down a flight of concrete steps and strangling her until she blacked out last Friday afternoon, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Dando, who had been on the run since the attack, was charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and strangulation, along with misdemeanor counts o…