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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
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…
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
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
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
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…
