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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…
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…