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Second-degree Murder

Accused Killer To Stand Trial For Bucks Man's Stabbing Death: DA Accused Killer To Stand Trial For Bucks Man's Stabbing Death: DA
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…
Estranged Husband Took Uber To PA Home Before Killing 57-Year-Old Wife: DA Estranged Husband Took Uber To PA Home Before Killing 57-Year-Old Wife: DA
Estranged Husband Took Uber To PA Home Before Killing 57-Year-Old Wife: DA A day after police found his wife dead in her Springfield Township home, Kenneth Shea has been charged with first-degree murder, officials said. Elizabeth Shea, 57, was found with "obvious cut wounds to her head and neck" around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Township police were called to her Cromwell Lane home in Wyndmoor for a welfare check and discovered her on the floor of the master bedroom, authorities said previously.  Investigators believe her estranged husband Kenneth Shea took an Uber to the home around …
Girlfriend Conspired To Rob, Kill Boyfriend In Norristown: DA Girlfriend Conspired To Rob, Kill Boyfriend In Norristown: DA
Girlfriend Conspired To Rob, Kill Boyfriend In Norristown: DA The ambush killing of William Carter in Norristown on Jan. 20 was orchestrated in part by his own girlfriend, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.  Katherine Emel, 29, of Plymouth Meeting, is charged with second-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy, prosecutors said.  Carter was visiting the mother of his child on Powell Street when he went outside to grab money from his Buick LeSabre, investigators said in the criminal complaint. The 35-year-old had recently won $3,000 from sports betting, authorities wrote.  On his way back to the Powell St…
PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA
PA Man Gets Life Sentence In Murder Of 17-Year-Old Boy 'Who Died A Hero': DA A Pennsylvania gunman who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy during a botched home invasion robbery in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison, authorities in Chester County said. Ricardo Rivera, 28, of Reading, was found guilty of second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, conspiracy, and related offenses, for the shooting death of 17-year-old David Doyle III (AKA Davy Mike) at a Pottstown home, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan announced Monday, April 25. North Coventry officers responding to a report of a shooting at a home on Worth Boulevard on Sept. 24, found Doyle with a gunsho…
NY Fugitive Wanted By US Marshals In January Slaying NY Fugitive Wanted By US Marshals In January Slaying
NY Fugitive Wanted By US Marshals In January Slaying New York State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a teenager wanted by federal officials in connection to a January killing. Jeffrey McGough, 18, is wanted on a second-degree murder charge in connection to the murder of Connor Delaney on Saturday, Jan. 29 upstate in Schoharie County, State Police said. An alert was issued by New York State Police Troop G in Cobleskill. Police described McGough as being 5-foot-1 with an average build, brown hair, and brown eyes. No details about the alleged murder have been released by investigators. It is unclear where McGough…
Maryland Dentist Charged With Killing Patient Turned Lover Who OD'd In His Care (DETAILS) Maryland Dentist Charged With Killing Patient Turned Lover Who OD'd In His Care (DETAILS)
Maryland Dentist Charged With Killing Patient Turned Lover Who OD'd In His Care (Details) A Germantown oral surgeon has been arrested and charged with killing a woman with whom he was romantically involved and was giving prescription drugs, authorities said.  Dr. James Ryan was arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of Sarah Harris, 25, on Tuesday, March 22, Montgomery County Police said. Harris fatally overdosed after being given controlled substances, including Propofol, by Dr. Ryan on January 26, 2022, police said. Ryan had been giving Harris drugs, which he obtained through work, since March 2021, police said.  A Montgomery County Dentist has been arrested a…
'Most Wanted' DC Fugitive Captured By US Marshals In Florida, Police Say 'Most Wanted' DC Fugitive Captured By US Marshals In Florida, Police Say
'Most Wanted' DC Fugitive Captured By US Marshals In Florida, Police Say One of America's most wanted fugitives was captured in Florida by members of the US Marshal's Service in connection with a double shooting that left one person dead in Washington DC after nearly one year on the run, authorities said. Nyjell Outler, 19, was captured on Wednesday, Feb. 23 in South Bay, FL, on a charge of second-degree murder while armed, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release. Outler had been wanted in the March 20, 2021 shooting on Madison Street, where responding officers found Demetris Johnson, 21, and another victim with gunshot wounds, the r…
Chester County Man Convicted In Deadly Carjacking Of 31-Year-Old Victim Chester County Man Convicted In Deadly Carjacking Of 31-Year-Old Victim
Chester County Man Convicted In Deadly Carjacking Of 31-Year-Old Victim A Chester County man was found guilty of murdering a 31-year-old Lancaster County man during a carjacking three years ago, authorities said. Hakeem Smith, 33, of Oxford, was convicted on charges of second-degree murder, robbery of a motor vehicle, and related offenses for the shooting death of Samuel Algarin, of Quarryville, in Sept. 2018, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. After spending the evening with his mother and two sons, Algarin picked up his car in a Lower Oxford parking lot to drive back to his mother’s house, authorities said. Investigators say Smi…
3 Arrested In MontCo Shooting Death Of Philadelphia Man 3 Arrested In MontCo Shooting Death Of Philadelphia Man
3 Arrested In MontCo Shooting Death Of Philadelphia Man Three men have been arrested in connection with a shooting death of a Philadelphia man Saturday in Montgomery County, authorities said Sunday. Micah Colbert, 19, of Ardmore, and Elijah Smith, 21, of Philadelphia, and Ardmore's Dorian Harris, 21, were all arrested in the killing of Layth Evans, 19, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Lower Merion Police responded to the area of 122 Ardmore Ave., for an unconscious male in a vehicle around 3 p.m., where they found Evans in the driver's seat of a Nissan with a gunshot wound to his face, Steele said. He was pronounce…