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Police & Fire
Man Punched, Dragged To The Ground, Robbed At PA Gas Station: Report
A man was punched, dragged to the ground, and robbed at a Bucks County gas station, according to a news report. The robbery occurred at the Sunoco located at the corner of Route 13 and Bath Street in Bristol Borough at 8:47 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, according to a report by Levittown Now. A large, dark-skinned man confronted the victim, punched him, and dragged him to the ground before forcibly ripping the victim's pants pocket, Levittown Now states. What was taken in the robbery was not listed. Daily Voice reached out to the Bristol Borough Police Department for more details bu…
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Tries Stealing Victim's Pickup As She Fills Gas Tank At Bucks Sunoco Station: Police
A 40-year-old Philadelphia man is accused of stealing a woman's pickup truck while she was filling it up with gas in Bucks County, authorities said. Charles P. Casler was arrested at about 5 p.m. on Aug. 14 after fleeing the incident at a Sunoco station near the intersection of Street Road and Central Ave. in Feasterville, according to Lower Southampton police. The vehicle, a red Ford pick-up truck, was stopped at the Elmwood Avenue intersection where the driver resisted arrest and ran off before he was apprehended by police. Following his arrest, he was found to be under the in…
Traffic
Car Crashes Into Gas Pump In Lansdale: Police
Police are investigating a single-car crash in Lansdale on Wednesday night, March 28, authorities say. It happened on the 200 block of North Broad Street around 9 p.m., police said in a release. A BMW-550 was heading north and tried to pass another car on the left but lost control and struck a gas pump at the 291 N. Broad St. Sunoco, officials said. The car was severely damaged but no injuries were reported, according to the release. The Fairmount Fire Company assisted at the scene, police added.
News
Winner
: $250K Lotto Ticket Sold In Northeast Philly
A shopper at a Northeast Philadelphia gas station picked up $250,000 playing the Pennsylvania Lottery this week. The lucky player matched five out of the six balls pulled in the Monday, March 11 drawing for the Powerball, according to state gaming representatives. Meanwhile, the jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $559 million, or $273.3 million cash, for the next drawing. The Sunoco at 4001 Woodhaven Road will get a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Winners are not known until they claim their prize and their ticket is validated, …
Police & Fire
Wanted
: Man Knocks Out Customer At Sunoco In Manheim, Police Say
A New Year's Eve beatdown at a Sunoco left someone with "facial injuries and a concussion," Manheim Township police announced on Feb. 23. The assault happened at the Sunoco located at 1136 Harrisburg Pike, Manheim Township, Lancaster just after midnight on Sunday, December 31, 2023, the police detailed in the release. The man pictured punched the victim in the left side of the head, leading them to lose consciousness, the suspect then fled the scene, the police explained. The police are asking the public for help identifying the man pictured. Anyone with informatio…
News
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says
A man is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a teenager at a Sunoco over an unpaid phone bill, the Lancaster District Attorney's office announced on Friday, Jan. 26. Carlos Almanzar-Torres, now 23, who brutally killed Damian Santiago, 19, at the Sunoco located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, 2022. He was sentenced on Jan. 23 after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. “We are here for the actions of an angry man,” prosecuting Assistant District Attorney CJ Rest…
Police & Fire
Two Hurt In Daylight Shooting At Delco Gas Station, Officials Say
Collingdale police are investigating a double shooting at a borough gas station early this week. It happened at the Sunoco on the corner of MacDade Boulevard and Roberta Avenue on Monday, Nov. 27, authorities said. Police were called to the scene around 12:30 p.m. and found one man suffering from a gunshot wound to the hand. He was treated at the scene by Collingdale Fire Company and taken to a nearby hospital, the department said. Hours later, a second man admitted himself to a Philadelphia hospital with a gunshot wound, according to police. No arrests have b…
Police & Fire
Fraudster Leads Police On Foot Chase In Upper Merion: Authorities
An accused fraudster is in Upper Merion police custody after leading officers on a brief foot chase across Valley Forge Center plaza, officials say. The suspect walked into the TD Bank at 100 E. Dekalb Pike on Oct. 26 and tried to withdraw $2,800, but the teller became suspicious and alerted management, authorities said. The bank manager called police after confirming the withdrawal was unauthorized, but the suspect had fled on foot by the time officers arrived, the department said. A nearby patrol officer spotted the suspect dart across North Henderson Road towards the S…
Police & Fire
Serial Armed Robber Sought In Berks County, Troopers Say
State police in berks County are looking for the suspect they say robbed a gas station at gunpoint two times in the same week. The crimes occurred at the Sunoco at 3123 Pricetown Road in Alsace Township, troopers said in a release. In the first robbery on Saturday, June 10, the suspect approached the back door from Oley Road around 4:45 a.m. and ordered an employee to follow him inside, police said. Then he took out a gun and made the employee wait by the cooler as he filled a cardboard box with "tobacco products," according to authorities. The worker was forced to o…
Police & Fire
Video Shows Serial Robber Strike In Upper Moreland, Police Say
Officials say a serial armed robber has struck again in Montgomery County, and authorities have released surveillance video from the scene of the crime. It happened in Upper Moreland on Wednesday, March 15, township police said. A masked suspect carrying a handgun walked into the Sunoco at 2500 Easton Road in Willow Grove at about 1:45 p.m., authorities said. Surveillance video from the March 15 robbery. CRIMEWATCH/Upper Moreland Police Department The short clip released by police is just under a minute long and appears to show the suspect waiting near the counter for the cashier to a…
Police & Fire
Accused PPA Worker Shooter Sought In Massive Manhunt
Police have identified a suspect in the shooting that left a Philadelphia Parking Authority worker critically injured late last month, which they say is connected to another incident in the Bronx. Termaine Saulsbury, 39, is wanted in the Friday, Nov. 25 incident on the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue around 3:50 p.m., city police said. Three days earlier, a Sunoco station employee was shot in the head by an unknown male on Boston Road in the Bronx, police said. The PPA worker has been listed in critical condition at Temple Hospital ever since, they said. Saulsbury is being sought as a susp…
News
Winner
: Record-Breaking $2.4 Million Lotto Ticket Sold In Philadelphia
A gas station in Philadelphia made history over the weekend, according to state lottery officials. The Sunoco at 630 Walnut Lane in Manayunk sold a Pennsylvania Lottery Fat Wallet that won $2,419,372 on Saturday, Dec. 3, officials said. It's the single largest prize ever awarded for the Fast Play game in state history, they added. The previous record-breaker was purchased and played in Lackawanna County on May 28, according to lotto officials. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus check for having sold the lucky ticket, state representatives added. As a Fast …
Police & Fire
Philly Parking Officer's Shooter May Be Linked To NY Murder, Cops Say
The man who shot a Philadelphia Parking Authority officer seemingly at random may have also staged a similar attack on a New York gas station worker, authorities say. The city employee was walking along the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue on Nov. 25 when an unknown man walked up behind him and shot him in the head point blank, as Daily Voice has reported. The victim, later widely reported to be 37-year-old Timothy McKenzie, was placed in critical condition. Now, Philadelphia police believe McKenzie's shooter might be responsible for another shooting in New York. Investigators say a man …
Police & Fire
Six People Hospitalized Following Serious Crash On Route 30 In Pennsylvania: Police
Six people have been hospitalized following a crash at a Sunoco off Route 30 in western Pennsylvania, authorities say. Two vehicles collided on the highway near Colonial Manor Road in Huntingdon around 6:54 p.m., according to Westmoreland County dispatchers. The two vehicles involved were an SUV and a sedan, according to WTAE. The roadway has been closed in the area for approximately three hours, North Huntingdon police stated in a release. One of the sedans "wound up on the property of a nearby Sunoco gas station from the impact of the crash," WPXI reports. Additional inform…
Police & Fire
PA Men Who Ran Out Of Gas Get Lift From Officers To Their Car — Then Police Station
A pair of Pennsylvania men who ran out of gas got a lift from police officers back to their dilapidated vehicle, then then police station after authorities found drugs and ammo in the car, they said. Lower Moreland officers were patrolling Philmont Avenue when they saw a silver Nissan Altima parked at the Sunoco gas station, unoccupied, and the driver’s side door was left open on Wednesday, April 13, their department said in a release. The vehicle did not have a driver’s side door handle, a passenger’s side mirror, or a passenger’s door handle. Officer began to survey the area to try …
Police & Fire
Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police
Two police officers were injured during a gas station grapple with a man who threw a bottle at a passing car in Camden County Friday, April 15, authorities said. Robert Allen was stopped based on his description by Gloucester Township officers while walking on Blackwood Clementon Road near the Sunoco gas station at 8:30 a.m., local police said. The officers tried to stop him, however, he continued walking away before running into a nearby Sunoco store, police said. There, he ran behind the cash register while refusing to follow the officer's commands to stop. The officer tried again to arr…
News
Winning $960K PA Lottery Ticket Sold At Philly Gas Station
A winning Pennsylvania lottery ticket worth $969,680 was sold at a Philadelphia gas station. The winning Cash Stampede ticket was sold Tuesday, March 29 at Sunoco on Walnut Lane, state lottery officials said. The retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Cash Stampede is a $10 Fast Play game that offers top prizes starting at $100,000.
Police & Fire
Range Rover Stolen From Suburban Philly Driveway May Be In NJ: Police
A car stolen from a driveway in the Philadelphia suburbs may have ended up in New Jersey, according to its tracking device. A Montgomery County homeowner pulled into her driveway near County Line Road and Huntingdon Pike around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9, Lower Moreland police said. She told police she went inside her house and left her gray 2022 Range Rover running with the keys inside, and it was stolen about seven minutes later. She didn't notice it was stolen until around 10:30 p.m., police said. Neighborhood surveillance video shows the thief arriving in another vehicle befo…
Police & Fire
'Bizarre' Trashbag-Wearing Robber ID'd, Wanted By Police In Bucks
A man who wrapped himself in vanilla-scented trash bags before robbing a gas station in Bucks County has been identified by police, they say. Jonathan Nelson, 30, is wanted in connection with the incident that happened in January 2021, at a Lower Southampton Sunoco station, according to authorities. Nelson forced a clerk into the restroom demanding cigarettes and cash one early morning last January, Lower Southampton police said. He then left the store and ran on Street Road toward Philmont Avenue. A warrant for Nelson's arrest was issued Dec. 17, 2021. Nelson is wanted on a robbery c…
News
Car Breakdowns Caused By Heavily Diluted Gas At PA Station: Report
High water content has been found in gasoline at a gas station in Pennsylvania, leading to multiple car breakdowns, reports WPXI citing the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. State inspectors discovered the bad gas in samples taken at the Sunoco on West Pike Street in Canonsburg on Dec. 22, the department says. Drivers had contacted the department with their concerns after their vehicles broke down and mechanics informed them that water in the gas might be the cause -- something the department has now confirmed. The pumps at the station were closed until the issue is corrected,…
Police & Fire
Man Hospitalized After Shooting At Allentown Gas Station: Police
A man in Allentown was shot early Friday morning, authorities said. Officers were called around 5:20 a.m. to the Sunoco gas station and 7-Eleven on 12th and Hamilton Streets on a report of shots fired, where they found the man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Allentown police said in a news release. The unidentified man was treated at the scene before being taken to an area hospital by Allentown EMS, police said. He was in serious condition, authorities at the scene told WFMZ. No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to call …
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Suspect Robbed South Jersey Gas Station At Gunpoint, Caught Fleeing: Police
A 19-year-old man from Philadelphia was arrested while fleeing an armed robbery at a Sunoco station in South Jersey, authorities said. Lamar Morrison was captured by Egg Harbor Township police at the Fire Road Apartments, police said. Morrison allegedly held up the gas station on Fire Road in the Farmington section of town at 5:35 p.m, Tuesday, police said. Morrison was charged with robbery, aggravated assault, receiving stolen property and weapons offenses. He was being held at the Atlantic County Jail.
Police & Fire
Second Drug Dealer Arrested In Overdose Death Of 27-Year-Old Cheltenham Man: DA
A second Pennsylvania drug dealer has been charged in a February 2021 overdose death of a 27-year-old victim, authorities in Montgomery County announced Wednesday. Jeffrey Lebron, 50, of Cheltenham, was arrested on charges of drug delivery resulting in death, and related offenses for his alleged role as the supplier of the drugs that killed 27-year-old Nathan Lauch in Cheltenham, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said. Lebron is the second person arrested in connection with Lauch's death, following Saeed McCrae, 23, of Elkins Park, who was arrested in July 2021, authorities …
News
Winning $100K Powerball Ticket Sold In Philadelphia
A Pennsylvania lottery ticket worth $100,000 was sold in Philadelphia this week. The Powerball ticket for the Monday, Dec. 13 drawing was sold at Sunoco on Ashton Road in Philadelphia, state lottery officials said. The ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn, 10-30-37-53-59, and the red Powerball 4 to win $100,000. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would have been worth $50,000. The retailer will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Police & Fire
Alleged Abduction Reports In DelCo Unfounded, Police Say
Reports of alleged attempted abductions occurring in Delaware County were unfounded, authorities said. Pennsylvania State Police made the announcement on Wednesday, following the publication of numerous social media posts in recent days about apparent abduction attempts in Concord and Chadds Ford Townships. "All known incidents and/or complaints that have come to our attention have been investigated," the statement reads. "At this time the investigations have determined no crimes have been committed and there is no known risk to the public." Women shopping alone were allegedly t…
Police & Fire
Dealer's Oxy Pills That Killed 27-Year-Old Cheltenham Man Were Actually Fentanyl, DA Says
A Pennsylvania drug dealer was charged in a February overdose death of a 27-year-old victim, authorities in Montgomery County announced. Saeed McCrae, 23, of Elkins Park, had exchanged more than 1,400 text messages with Nathan Lauch -- most recently the night before his Feb. 23, 2021 death, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Officers around 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2021 found Lauch dead in a bedroom of his Cottman Avenue home, Steele said alongside Cheltenham Police Chief John Frye. Near his body, police found a black cellphone and found in the victim’s wallet that…
News
Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen
A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced a New Jersey man to a plea-bargained 14 years and nine months in prison for robbing a gas station convenience store in Allentown with a sawed-off rifle. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, poked one Speedway station employee with the gun as he ordered him to “get down!” while demanding cash and Newports during one of the robberies on March 28, 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. A good Samaritan who’d pulled in for gas saw Garcia all dressed in black with his hood up and holding a gun, so he dialed 911. The citizen then fol…
Police & Fire
Feds
: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores
A New Jersey man is facing nearly 15 years behind bars for his alleged armed robbery of a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Allentown in 2017, federal authorities announced. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty in 2019 to multiple felonies arising from the Mar. 28, 2017 robbery, including Hobbs Act robbery, and using, carrying, or possessing a machine gun during a crime, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. During the robbery, it is alleged that Garcia used a long gun to threaten store employees and poked one employee with th…
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