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Homeless Man Arrested For Allegedly Raping PA Girl, Police Say
A 34-year-old man experiencing homelessness has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Philadelphia, police announced on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. Derrick Henry was arrested at 9:30 a.m. while receiving treatment at Temple University Hospital for an unrelated issue, authorities said. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Saturday, Nov. 2, at approximately 1:20 a.m., when Henry allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl on the 800 block of Chestnut Street, according to the Special Victims Unit handling the case. Henry faces multiple charges, in…
Police & Fire
Suspect In Custody For Dollar Tree Sexual Assault In Philly: Police (
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A suspect surrendered to police in connection with a sexual assault in Philadelphia last month, authorities say. Gary A. Miles, 35, is charged with indecent assault, indecent exposure, open lewdness, and harassment, said city police on Thursday morning, July 11. A woman was attacked at the 56 E. Snyder Avenue Dollar Tree on June 23, PPD said previously. Store employees told police the suspect frequented Snyder Pizza and the nearby I-95 underpass, where he may park a vehicle, authorities said. "Additional updates, including charges and a mugshot, will be provided once charg…
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Teen Mom, Infant Son Missing, Pittsburgh Police Say
A 16-year-old mom and her infant son are missing, Pittsburgh police announced on Tuesday evening. Sheilyn Tejax Morales and her 6-month-old son, Edgar Marques Tejax, were last seen in Beechview around 2 p.m. on July 1, according to the release the following night. Sheilyn is described as 4 feet, 7 inches tall with brown eyes, and dyed brown hair. She was last seen wearing a blue jacket, distressed blue jeans, and black and white sneakers. Edgar has brown eyes and brown hair and was last seen wearing a red onesie. Sheilyn and Edgar could be in Beechview or Brookline of Pittsburgh, police s…
Police & Fire
Special Education Teacher Sexually Touched 14 Students In South Jersey: Prosecutor
A special education teacher who was charged last year with sexually touching seven children has been charged with touching an additional seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 59, of Philadelphia, a teacher at Chatsworth Elementary School, has been charged with 14 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of child endangerment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw The investigation began in September 2023 after a student accused Root of touching him inappropriately during previous school years, the prosecutor said. The investigation revealed that the victi…
Police & Fire
Kidnapped
: Philly Thief Steals Car With Woman Sleeping Inside, Authorities Say
A 34-year-old woman was abducted when a thief stole the car she was sleeping in early Monday morning, March 4, according to Philadelphia police. It happened on the 800 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington just before 2 a.m., the department said. Investigators believe the carjacker stole the silver 2012 Buick Verona and fled north on the 3200 block of G Street. The woman was found safe by 11 a.m., but the suspect is still sought, police said. He is described as thin with a light complexion and was wearing a mask, a black puffer coat with the hood up, and blac…
Police & Fire
Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northeast Philly Home Invasion, Police Say
Philadelphia police are investigating a home invasion in Tacony. It began on the 6700 block of Ditman Street around 1 a.m., Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore told reporters at a press conference Friday, Feb. 23. A 41-year-old man was on his way home when he was "accosted" by five suspects who forced him to drive to a second location, authorities said. The man was forced to give up his house keys "and other information that he had," Vanore said. The suspects then returned to the man's house where they assaulted a 52-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, according to …
Police & Fire
Chilling Police Video Shows Woman Assaulted In Philadelphia: Authorities
Detectives are looking for a man caught on video assaulting a woman on a Philadelphia street. It happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday night, Feb. 11 on the 400 block of East Girard Avenue in Fishtown, city police said in a release. The suspect approached the 24-year-old victim from behind and made verbal threats before physically assaulting her, according to investigators. The man ran off when the woman began shouting. Daily Voice Pennsylvania The suspect is thought to be around 5-foot-10 to 6 feet and in his early 30s, police said. He has a "stocky" build, a dark comple…
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Dad Who Left 3-Month-Old Infant Girl At Pennsylvania Walmart Turns Himself In, Police Say
A dad has turned himself over to the police in connection with a 3-month-old baby girl who was found at a Walmart in Philadelphia following a "theft in progress," police announced on Friday evening. Alganon H. Muhammed, 22, originally of Concord Township, Delaware County, PA, most recently of Delaware, according to public records, "surrendered to police on January 26th," PPD stated in a release. He reportedly was one of the two Black men with a white woman who were allegedly shoplifting at the Walmart located at 4301 Byberry Road on Thursday, Jan. 18, authorities said. When the secur…
Police & Fire
Gunpoint 'Stranger Rapist' Caught In Philadelphia: Police
The man police believe raped and robbed two victims in Philadelphia has been arrested the police announced on Sunday, Oct. 22. Michael Henry, 30, has been charged with rape, robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, tampering or fabricating evidence, among 22 charges, according to his latest court docket. As Daily Voice reported, Henry approached a woman in a car on 55th and Kingsessing Avenue around 3 a.m. on Oct. 13. He pointed a small black handgun at her and demanded money, according to her statement to the police. The woman gave Henry $20 before he ordered the woman to unloc…
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'Stranger Rapes' At Gunpoint In Philadelphia, Police Say
One man is believed to have carried out two separate gunpoint rapes in Kingsessing over the weekend, Philadelphia police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The first attack happened at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, authorities said. A woman was pulled up at a stop light on the 1600 block of South 55th Street when the attacker walked up to her car, displayed a gun, and demanded money, investigators said. She gave him $20 before he made her unlock the car and got inside, according to police. Authorities said he made the victim drive to 49th and St. Bernard streets where he sexual…
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South Jersey Teacher Charged With Sexually Touching Multiple Students: Prosecutor
A special education teacher at an elementary school in Burlington County has been charged with sexually touching seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 58, of Philadelphia, was charged with seven counts of sexual assault and seven counts of child endangerment at Chatsworth Elementary School, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw Root was taken into custody Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Holly and held in Burlington County Jail pending a detention hearing in Superior Court. District officials said Root has been placed on admi…
Police & Fire
Philly Sex Assault Suspect Sought
Police are seeking a man who they say carried out a sexual assault in West Philadelphia in the early hours on Tuesday, May 2. It happened on the 3800 block of Chestnut Street around 1:50 a.m., city police wrote in a release. The Philadelphia Police Department Special Victims Unit is attempting to identify a male suspect depicted in this video. The sexual assault occurred on the 3800 block of Chestnut Street at approximately 1:50am on May 2, 2023. Suspect Description: Black male, 20 to 30 years old, approximately 6 feet tall, with a close haircut, dark hooded Polo zip-up jacket, blue…
Police & Fire
Gunpoint Kidnapping Under Investigation In Northeast Philly
A 48-year-old man walking down a Philadelphia street was kidnapped at gunpoint, forced into a vehicle, and whisked away in the early morning hours on Friday, say city police. The victim was on the 900 block of East Godfrey Avenue in Summerdale at about 2:10 a.m. on March 31 when the suspects approached, the department said in a release. Armed with handguns, the suspects forced the man into their black SUV and took off eastbound on Godfrey, police investigators said. The suspect vehicle in the March 31 Summerdale kidnapping.Philadelphia Police Department Authorities released images o…
Police & Fire
Woman Abducted By Golf Cart Driver In Philadelphia: Police
A massive search was under way Saturday evening, Feb. 18 in Philadelphia after a woman was abducted at gunpoint by a man in a golf cart, authorities said. The man operating a maroon and black colored Polaris Northstar XP 1000 two seat style golf cart pulled up to a location on the 2500 block of Aramingto Avenue, opened the driver's side door and fired a shot onto the asphalt parking lot of the WSFS bank around 6:40 a.m., city police said. He then travelled across Aramingo Avenue, where a witness says he pulled up on the curb near Wawa/Applebee’s, got out of the golf cart, pulled out a …
Police & Fire
3-Year-Old Found Dead, Bruised In Philadelphia Bathtub: Police
UPDATE: Babysitter Kiarali Rodriguez-Ayala has been charged in the incident. Philadelphia police are investigating the "suspicious" death of a 3-year-old girl, the department told Daily Voice. Authorities were called to a home on the 400 block of North 50th Street in West Philly at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 for a "hospital case," police said. They arrived to find the toddler unresponsive in an empty bathtub, according to the statement. She was pronounced dead at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia about an hour later, they added. Police did not give a cause o…
Police & Fire
Serial 'Peeping Tom' Spying On College Students In North Philly, Cops Say
Be on the lookout for a man on the lookout, say Philadelphia police. The suspect was spotted peering into the windows of an off-campus student housing complex on the 1800 block of North 16th Street near Temple University on two occasions, said the department's Special Victims Unit — once on Dec. 1 and again on Dec. 18. The Philadelphia Police Department Special Victims Unit is attempting to identify a male suspect depicted in this video. The incident occurred on the 1800 block of N. 16th Street at approximately 7:23 pm on December 18, 2022. The male was seen at this location on Dece…
Police & Fire
Suspect Sought In SEPTA Sexual Assault: Police
Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspected predator. Authorities said the man committed sexual assault on the Broad Street Line SEPTA concourse around 8 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20. The suspect is described as a 5-foot-8 black man in his early 20s with a thin build, braided hair, and a beard. He was last seen wearing a blue Nike hoodie, light blue jeans, and white sneakers. Do you know this man? Police say he committed sexual assault on a SEPTA train platform.Philadelphia Police Department If spotted, residents should call 911. Anyone with relev…
News
Teaneck Man, 75, Jailed On Child Sex Assault Charges
A 75-year-old Teaneck man was jailed on charges of sexually assaulting two children multiple times. Neville Kennedy remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Friday in Teaneck, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives of his Special Victims Unit investigated following a report from Teaneck police a month earlier. Investigators found that Kennedy “sexually assaulted two children, both of whom were under the age of 13, on more than one occasion,” the prosecutor said. Kenney is charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated crimina…
Police & Fire
Philly Man Abducted In U-Haul After Trip To Parx Casino Weeks After Deadly NJ Incident: Reports
A Philadelphia was kidnapped in a U-Haul van then tied up and robbed in a basement while returning from the Parx Casino over the weekend, news reports say. The news comes just weeks after a New Jersey man was followed home from the same casino and shot dead in his driveway. The 46-year-old victim apparently saw a U-Haul van in his Adams Avenue driveway around 1 a.m. Sunday, according to 6abc and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Three masked men including at least two who were armed approached him and grabbed him while he was going inside his house, the outlet said. He was then thrown …
Police & Fire
DA: Suburban Philly Man Busted In Hotel Prostitution Ring Held Woman Captive, Gave Her Drugs
A 25-year-old man was arrested after authorities found he had been running a prostitution ring in which he held a woman captive in a hotel in the Philadelphia suburbs, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced Monday. Cornell Scott-Milbourne, of Crum Lynne, was arrested on numerous charges relating to forcing women into sex for financial gains, aggravated indecent assault, sexual assault and more, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Deborah A. Lukens, who set bail at $1 million cash. Detect…
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Horrific
: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge
UPDATE: For four years, a Passaic couple cruelly beat their two children with a variety of objects, authorities charged. Alfredo Medina, 48, and his wife, Wanda Fernandez, 30, "never brought the children to receive medical attention at a doctor’s office or hospital after the assaults," one law enforcement official said. A large metal buckle, a large refrigerator handle and power cords were used in the assaults, the official said. Medina and Fernandez both remained held Wednesday in the Passaic County Jail following their arrests on Tuesday, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. A consolidate…
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