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Teacher Struck, Pinned Under Car At PA Catholic School: Reports (UPDATE) Teacher Struck, Pinned Under Car At PA Catholic School: Reports (UPDATE)
Teacher Struck, Pinned Under Car At PA Catholic School: Reports (Update) A school teacher was struck by, and pinned under a car at a Delaware County Catholic school on Monday, Nov. 18, according to reports. Amy Travers, a teacher at Saint Francis of Assisi School was struck by a vehicle while helping students in the car line at Saint Kevin Parish School, 200 West Sproul Road, Springfield Township, according to Facebook posts by both schools. "One of our beloved teachers was struck by a car while helping with the car line for our little ones at SFA," the post by Saint Francis Assisi states. "She is such a fantastic educator and an even better person. Pray for Amy…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
2-Alarm Fire Guts PA Catholic School (VIDEOS) 2-Alarm Fire Guts PA Catholic School (VIDEOS)
2-Alarm Fire Guts PA Catholic School (Videos) A two-alarm fire destroyed a Catholic school in Springfield Township on Monday, Oct. 7, according to authorities. Multiple fire departments responded to the report of a fire on the second floor of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish School, located at 112 Saxer Avenue, the Springfield Fire Company said on its Facebook page. Firefighters arrived on scene within 2 minutes of the report and found fire coming out of the second floor and extending to the building's roof at 5:08 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, according to the Springfield Fire Company.  On October 7, 2024 at 508 pm Springfield Fire …

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by Merriell Moyer
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PA Woman Kills Teen By Crashing Stolen Car Through Red Light: Affidavit PA Woman Kills Teen By Crashing Stolen Car Through Red Light: Affidavit
PA Woman Kills Teen By Crashing Stolen Car Through Red Light: Affidavit A Philadelphia woman has been charged with killing another teenager after running a red light and crashing a stolen vehicle in Montgomery County, authorities said. Asiyah Sara Mowatt-Mays, 18, was charged with homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, receiving stolen property and other charges related to the July 29 crash that killed a 15-year-old boy and injured two others, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred at the intersection of Stenton and Evergreen Avenues in the Wyndmoor section of Springfield Township at 4:51 a.m., according to Montgomery County…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Teen Killed, 3 Hurt In Montco Crash Involving Stolen Car: Authorities Teen Killed, 3 Hurt In Montco Crash Involving Stolen Car: Authorities
Teen Killed, 3 Hurt In Montco Crash Involving Stolen Car: Authorities A 15-year-old died and three others were hospitalized after a two-car crash in Springfield Township early Monday, July 29, authorities say.  An eastbound Hyundai on Evergreen Avenue ran a red light at Stenton Avenue and collided with a northbound Infiniti around 5 a.m., police wrote in a release. The Hyundai had been reported stolen out of Philadelphia on Saturday, July 27, according to investigators.  The 15-year-old victim was thrown from a car and died at the scene, while two other people were found trapped in the same vehicle, police said. They and another passenger from the o…

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by Mac Bullock
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Missing Teen Sought In Bucks County: Authorities (UPDATED) Missing Teen Sought In Bucks County: Authorities (UPDATED)
Missing Teen Sought In Bucks County: Authorities (Updated) UPDATE: The subject of this report was located safely, Springfield police said.  Springfield Township police are looking for a missing 15-year-old.   Anyone with information is asked to call the Bucks County Dispatch Center at 215-328-8523 or submit a tip through Crimewatch. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Montco Baseball Coach Accused Of Trafficking Children In Pennsylvania, Alabama Montco Baseball Coach Accused Of Trafficking Children In Pennsylvania, Alabama
Montco Baseball Coach Accused Of Trafficking Children In Pennsylvania, Alabama An Oreland man is charged with sexual abuse and trafficking minors relating to at least four victims in Pennsylvania and Alabama, say Springfield Township police.  Tyler Degiacomo, 33, is being held in lieu of a $500,00 bond, authorities said in a release.  According to investigators, a parent reported their child sent Degiacomo explicit material on their cell phone in March 2024. Detectives learned Degiacomo was a former substitute teacher and volunteer with the School District of Springfield Township, as well as a PIAA Umpire and baseball coach. Authorities said they …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
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 …

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by Mac Bullock
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Harrisburg Woman Holds Infant While Ex Kills Abusive BF, Then Texts Family, Pastor: Affidavit Harrisburg Woman Holds Infant While Ex Kills Abusive BF, Then Texts Family, Pastor: Affidavit
Harrisburg Woman Holds Infant While Ex Kills Abusive BF, Then Texts Family, Pastor: Affidavit New details have been released at a press conference on Tuesday, March 19 about a Harrisburg family who teamed up to shoot, stab, and dismember a boyfriend who was allegedly physically and sexually abusive. Terry Parker, 47, his ex-wife (possibly legally married but separated, officials explained at a later date) Ronda Parker, 48, and his new girlfriend Summer Heil, 36, worked together to lure Ronda's new boyfriend, Michael Pruitt, 40, to a home in Springfield Township, Pennsylvania State Police in Bradford County explained in the court documents obtained by Daily Voice PSP found the bones …

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
PA Driver, 23, Killed In Crash On Way To Work PA Driver, 23, Killed In Crash On Way To Work
PA Driver, 23, Killed In Crash On Way To Work A 23-year-old Perkasie man was fatally injured in a car accident on his way to work Monday, Aug. 28, according to authorities and loved ones.  Owen Orser was headed north on Richlandtown Pike in Springfield Township around 4 a.m., state police said in a release. He lost control of his Volkswagen Jetta while negotiating a righthand curve and entered the oncoming lane before hitting a tree, troopers wrote.  He was rushed to Saint Luke's Upper Bucks Hospital in Quakertown where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.  A Perkasie native, Orser was a 2019 graduate of both Pennr…

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by Mac Bullock
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Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police
Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police A 22-year-old registered sex offender from Baltimore, Maryland was arrested following a nearly eight-hour manhunt along Interstate 83— which involved an innocent bystander getting shot in the chest, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  Jajayevoune Jerome Lee also known as Jajyevoune Lee-Jenkins was fleeing from an armed robbery in Springettsbury Township around 7:15 on Monday, June 5, 2023, PSP explained.  The troopers were given a description of Lee, the vehicle he escaped in, and were told a woman was driving— which helped troopers spot him on I-83S near Exit 10 and initiate a traff…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Missing Bucks Teen Last Seen Entering Strange Car: Police Missing Bucks Teen Last Seen Entering Strange Car: Police
Missing Bucks Teen Last Seen Entering Strange Car: Police A teenager from Bucks County is missing, and police say she might be with a man she met online.  Annaliese Ludman, a 16-year-old from Springfield Township, was last seen Monday, Jan. 16 getting into a silver sedan with Virginia license plates, police said in a statement. The vehicle is believed to be a Ford Fusion with the model year 2013 to 2020, investigators added.  Detectives say the 16-year-old might be with a man she met online. If you know who picked her up, or where she might be, call the Springfield Township Police Department at 215-328-8523 or visit the Bucks County…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Couple Dies In Route 309 Crash: Authorities Lehigh Valley Couple Dies In Route 309 Crash: Authorities
Lehigh Valley Couple Dies In Route 309 Crash: Authorities A 73-year-old Lehigh Valley woman and her 83-year-old husband died after a crash on Route 309, authorities said. Judith Rutherford was pronounced dead at the scene on Friday, Sept. 23, the Bucks County Coroner told WFMZ. Robert E. Rutherford, of Coopersburg (Upper Saucon Township), meanwhile, was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, where he died at about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. The woman was behind the wheel of a car that collided with another vehicle around 4:35 p.m. in the area of SR 309 and Hilltop…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire
Support Surges For Bucks County Family Who Lost Everything In 'Devastating' House Fire Support is surging for a Bucks County family who lost everything in a "devastating" house fire. The Wednesday, April 20 blaze destroyed the Mandic family house, garage, workshop, and large outbuilding in Springfield Township; and left Mickey, his wife, daughter, and son-in-law without a home, according to a GoFundMe. Mickey Mandic is the sole provider for his family, but his health has forced him to step down. "I unfortunately had to have two major surgeries on my feet due to infections and diabetes. While being treated for these it was also discovered that I am in kidney failure, and am …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Native Killed In Weekend Bucks County Crash Lehigh Valley Native Killed In Weekend Bucks County Crash
Lehigh Valley Native Killed In Weekend Bucks County Crash A 44-year-old Lehigh Valley native was killed in a one-car crash in Bucks County over the weekend, authorities said. Brian Diehl was driving south on Flint Hill Road in Springfield Township in his 2013 GMC Sierra when he failed to negotiate a right-hand curve, crossed the fog line, and struck a tree, just before 2 a.m. Saturday, Pennsylvania State Police said in a Monday news release. Diehl, of Upper Saucon Township, was ejected from the truck and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. He was driving at a safe speed at the time of the crash, according to state police. It…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Man Calls 911 On Himself After Killing His Wife: Police PA Man Calls 911 On Himself After Killing His Wife: Police
PA Man Calls 911 On Himself After Killing His Wife: Police A central Pennsylvania man called 911 and confessed to murdering his wife on Tuesday morning, according to Pennsylvania state police. Ronald Leonard Kachinski, 76, of Seven Valleys, called police to inform them that he had killed his wife at their home located in the 1100 block of Alta Vista Way in Springfield Township shortly before 8:30 a.m., according to police and court documents. When police arrived at the home Kachinski had already left to surrender to state troopers in York County, but his wife, Sandra Jean Anderson, 72, was found dead inside the home, according to police and public…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say
PA High School Student Looked Up 'How To Kill Teacher' Before Arrest, Police Say A high school student in southeastern Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday after looking up "how to kill a teacher" on a classmate's laptop, authorities said. Officers were called to Springfield Township High School Thursday morning on reports of a school shooting threat, local police said in a release. An "adult male" student made indirect threats about organizing a school shooting Wednesday and used another student's computer to search "how to kill a teacher," police learned. The suspect was arrested and is awaiting arraignment on a terroristic threat charge, according to police. The stud…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Two people were sent to the hospital Sunday after a tire from one car blew out and smashed through the windshield and sunroof of another car traveling on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lehigh County, authorities said. Troopers responded to I-476 near northbound mile marker 67.1 in Washington Township around 10:45 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. A cracked stud on a southbound Nissan Altima's wheel hub caused a tire to come loose and collide with the windshield and sunroof of a northbound Volkswagen Golf, according to state police. The 66-year-old Golf driver …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Fatal Plane Crash Near PA Landfill, State Police Say Fatal Plane Crash Near PA Landfill, State Police Say
Fatal Plane Crash Near PA Landfill, State Police Say A fatal plane crash happened in near a Pennsylvania landfill on Wednesday night, according to Pennylvania state police. The plane crash landed by a landfill owned by Tri-County Industries Inc. in Springfield Township near Grove City around 5:40 p.m., according to WFMJ and WTAE citing Pennsylvania state police. The single engine plane caught fire when it landed in the woods, according to the outlet. One person is dead, according to WPXI. It is unknown if there were other passengers onboard. The Federal Aviation Administration is handling the investigation, WTAE reports citing state pol…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
MontCo Man Who Showed Group Of 11-Year-Old Kids His Genitals Gets Probation MontCo Man Who Showed Group Of 11-Year-Old Kids His Genitals Gets Probation
MontCo Man Who Showed Group Of 11-Year-Old Kids His Genitals Gets Probation A 23-year-old Montgomery County man who exposed himself to four 11-year-old children was sentenced to four years of probation, NorthPennNow reports. Christian Aristizabal followed the children on a sidewalk in the 900 block of Willow Grove Avenue in Wyndmoor on Dec. 13, 2019, Springfield Township police previously said. Aristizabal, of North Wales, pleaded guilty to one count of indecent exposure, and charged with unlawful contact of a minor, open lewdness and disorderly conduct. Aristizabal in 2018 was accused of exposing himself to a pair of female employees at an Upper Gwynedd…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
DA: Philly Burglar Ejaculates On Woman, 102, While Raiding Her Home, 8 Others In Suburban PA DA: Philly Burglar Ejaculates On Woman, 102, While Raiding Her Home, 8 Others In Suburban PA
DA: Philly Burglar Ejaculates On Woman, 102, While Raiding Her Home, 8 Others In Suburban PA A 41-year-old Philadelphia man sexually assaulted three homeowners including a 102-year-old woman whom he ejaculated on while raiding their suburban Pennsylvania homes in a series of at least nine burglaries, authorities said Friday. Raheem White was arrested in the series of daytime burglaries and assaults across Montgomery County and Philadelphia that date back to last July, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Between July 13, 2020 and Jan. 13, 2021, nine daytime residential burglaries and three attempted burglaries were reported in Cheltenham, Haverford, Spring…

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by Cecilia Levine