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Rutgers Student From Philly Recorded Women In Showers, Prosecutors Say
A Rutgers University student from Philadelphia was accused of recording students while they showered, authorities said. Michael Williams, 18, was charged with three counts of third-degree invasion of privacy and one count of fourth-degree tampering with evidence, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a news release on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Rutgers police received a report from a female student on Wednesday, Oct. 2 that she was being recorded in a bathroom. Similar incidents were also reported on the New Brunswick campus over the next three weeks. Investigators said Wi…
Police & Fire
PA Woman Punches Officer During Traffic Stop, Police Say
A 23-year-old Annville has been arrested after fighting with police officers during a traffic stop, the Western Lebanon County Regional Police announced on Thursday, Oct. 24. Cathyria Reyes Rodriguez was pulled over by the police in the 1300 block of East Main Street in Annville at 12:39 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, the police detailed in the release. The police were attempting a traffic stop after discovering she was driving with a suspended license plate. "During the course of the investigation Reyes-Rodriguez began to physically fight with Officers, striking one Officer with a c…
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Mugshot Released Of Red Lion Mom Charged In 13-Year-Old Daughter's BF's Fatal Overdose: PSP
A teenager's girlfriend's mom has been charged in connection with his fatal overdose, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on July, 23. Tyler Harrison Moser, 18 of Red Lion, was found dead in his 13-year-old girlfriend's bed at her home in the 550 block of South Main Street in Red Lion on May 17, Trooper James Grothey detailed in the release. The girl's mom, 39-year-old Kianna Brackett, "was supportive of the relationship between Moser and her daughter and would sneak Moser into the house so they could be together," the police stated in the release ci…
Police & Fire
Accused Killer To Stand Trial For Bucks Man's Stabbing Death: DA
The Philadelphia woman charged with murdering 72-year-old Richard MacFarland will stand trial, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday, July 18. Meghan Macklin, 46, is accused of stabbing MacFarland to death in his Wrightstown home last Oct. 7, authorities said previously. She was arrested in Tennessee that night after allegedly fleeing Pennsylvania in MacFarland's car, prosecutors said. In a preliminary hearing on Thursday, authorities presented video evidence, photos, and testimony from police to show that Macklin and MacFarland had a "friendly…
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Woman Shot Dead On North Philly Street, Suspect In Custody: Police
A suspect is in custody for the murder of 48-year-old Rasheedah Lane, according to Philadelphia police. Jerome Edens, 67, surrendered to police on Tuesday, July 16, PPD wrote in a release. Lane was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the 2100 block of North Camac Street on July 9, according to officials. She was taken to Temple University Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries an hour later, authorities said. In addition to murder, Edens is charged with firearms offenses and tampering with evidence, PPD added.
Police & Fire
Horrifying Details Come To Light In Death Of Slatington Man Dismembered By Roommate: Officials
A 33-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged in the killing of his 37-year-old roommate, who had been slain then dismembered just days before his 38th birthday, authorities said. Joshua Douglas Moser has been charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence in the murder of David Hittinger, prosecutors said at a Friday, May 17 press conference. UPDATE: 33-year-old Joshua Moser is charged with homicide, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence. He’s accused... Posted by Priscilla Liguori on Friday, May 17, 2024 Investigators b…
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Man Accidentally Shot GIrlfriend's 9-Year-Old Daughter In McDonald's Parking Lot: Philly PD
A North Philadelphia man faces assault and reckless endangerment charges after police said he accidentally shot his girlfriend's daughter. Authorities said Derrick Marshall's gun accidentally discharged in the parking lot of the 3137 N. Broad St. McDonald's, striking the 9-year-old girl in the calf on Wednesday evening, April 10. Marshall, 32, took her to Temple University Hospital, where she was treated and then taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, according to police. Her condition has since stabilized. Authorities said they recovered two firearms…
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Man Accused Of Beheading Dad Found 'Not Competent For Trial': Lancaster DA
A Pennsylvania man who beheaded his father and left the body in his bed calling it his "cadaver doll" has been ruled "not competent to stand trial," authorities stated in a release on March 4. Donald Lawrence Meshey Jr., now 35 originally of 202 West Strawberry Street was arrested on Aug. 11, 2021, after admitting to police that he stabbed and dismembered his father, as Daily Voice reported at the time. He was charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence, court records show. Meshey Jr. appeared before Judge Dennis Reinaker virtually from the Lanc…
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Man Who Snatched Gun During Deadly Shootout With Cops ID'd By Philadelphia Police
Police in Philadelphia are seeking a 42-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a city officer that left another suspect dead. Jose Quinones-Mendez is believed to have snatched the firearm that fell from Alexander Spencer's grip, as he was shot and killed by the partner of a Philadelphia police officer, who was returning fire Friday, Jan. 26, officials said. The incident happened when 28-year-old Spencer fired at police responding to a grocery store on the 2800 block of N. Mascher Street. Quinones-Mendez, of N. Hancock Street, picked up the gun that Spencer dropped and fle…
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Police ID Boy Killed By Man, Mom Who Told Family He Was Fatally Struck By Car: Philadelphia PD
Police have arrested a 30-year-old Philadelphia man who they say helped a 28-year-old mother kill her 4-year-old son, whom she said died after he was struck by a vehicle, authorities announced. Dominique Bailey, of Lebanon Street, has been charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child, false reports, abuse of corpse, and related offenses in the death of Damari Carter, Philadelphia police said on Saturday, Jan. 6 (Click here for photos of Damari from AIDBIPOC). Kevin Spence, 30, who lives on the 3800 block of Reno Street, was later charged in the case with criminal conspiracy, murd…
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WV Man Arrested For Killing Mercersburg Roommate, Ditching Body In Hagerstown: US Marshals
A West Virginia man is accused of shooting one of his former roommates dead in Pennsylvania and dumping the body in Maryland before fleeing to North Carolina, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Shane Adrian Bradley, 32 of Hedgesville, WV, had been staying with several other people in a home in the 14000 block of Ditto Road in Montgomery Township, Mercersburg when a "minor verbal altercation" ended with him shooting one of his roommates, Isiah Clark, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release. The 20-year-old's body was then loaded into a car — wi…
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PA Man Took Meth From Trooper's Hand, Ate It, And Fled: State Police
A passenger caught with methamphetamine at a Schuylkill County traffic stop swallowed the evidence and ran away, according to state police. Authorities said 37-year-old Shawn M. Tobin was the passenger in a Ford they stopped near Lang and Pike Streets in Port Carbon on Nov. 22. When a trooper allegedly found drugs in the car, police said Tobin snatched it from his hands and "ingested it" before running away from the traffic stop on foot. A short chase ended with his arrest, police said. Tobin, of Middleport, was charged with evading arrest, resisting arrest, tamper…
Police & Fire
Ex-PA Youth Baseball President Caught Creating Child Porn: AG
A further investigation into the former president of the Waynesboro Youth Baseball League has revealed another sexual assault on a child and secret recordings of both children and adults naked in his home, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Attorney General on Oct. 12. Justin Travis Biser, 44 of Waynesboro, previously was arrested for allegedly committing numerous sex crimes on teenage girls and spilling government secrets, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. In addition to the sexual abuse of three children and an adult, he was also accused of sharing confidenti…
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Fugitive With Drug Dealing Convictions In Multiple Counties Caught In Ephrata: Police
A fugitive with a criminal record going back a decade was arrested in Ephrata on Thursday, Oct. 13, police say. John Jose Figueroa, 32, of Reading, was "a fugitive from justice following an incident in Reinholds area of West Cocalico Township," police say. The details of that incident were not immediately available beyond how and where he was found. Figueroa was found sleeping behind a business in the 100 block of West Main Street, Reinholds, around 2:30 a.m., Ephrata police detailed in a release. The Adams County Sheriff's Department wanted Figueroa for failure to appea…
Police & Fire
PA Man Sentenced For Stabbing Aunt, Husband To Death In Poconos: Report
A Pennsylvania man who stabbed his aunt and her husband to death in the Poconos has learned his fate, WFMZ reports. Lancelot Fortune, 31, of Stroudsburg, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2018 killings, the outlet says citing court documents. Prosecutors say Fortune went to the movies in Philadelphia after killing 56-year-old Isadora Fortune and 54-year-old Richard Fells in their Marcelle Terrace home in Pocono Township, according to the outlet. Click here for more from WFMZ.
Police & Fire
NJ Man Charged With Murder After Reportedly Saying Woman Died During Rough Sex
A man has been charged with murder in the death of a 39-year-old woman whom he said died of rough sex before he panicked and burned her body, according to the Trentonian and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Harley Wildmann, 42, was arrested after Ewing resident Lisa Lloyd's severely burned body was found in a Clover Avenue cemetery in Hamilton Township at approximately 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Wildmann, of Hamilton, was seen with a female passenger near Clover Avenue driving a two-tone Chevy S10 pickup truck bearing …
Police & Fire
Remains Of Missing PA Cabbie Found, Passenger Held Responsible For His Death: Police
Police believe they have cracked the mysterious case of a missing Pennsylvania taxi driver, as his remains were found this week. Darlyn De La Rosa-Abreu disappeared on Aug. 8 2021, just after picking up a passenger, Johnny Palaguachi, in his 2015 Toyota Corolla, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. Human remains found near Old Church Road in North Heidelberg Township on May 20 were confirmed to be those of De La Rosa-Abreu, Tornielli said. Palaguachi was subsequently arrested and charged with Criminal Homicide, Abuse of a Corpse, Tampering with Evidence, and Theft by Unlawful …
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PA Driver Arrested After Crash, Pursuit On I-80
A Pennsylvania driver fled the scene of a single-car crash along I-80 in New Jersey and led police on a chase, authorities said. Matthew Farrance, 32, fled after crashing in the westbound lanes at milepost 22.6 in Allamuchy (Warren County), NJ State Police said. Troopers caught up with the driver near Johnsonburg Road, where they spotted him running, they said. Farrance, of East Stroudsburg, was arrested and charged with fugitive of justice, possession of CDS, tampering with evidence, resisting arrest by flight, hindering, and obstruction. He was being held in the cou…
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PA Prison Guard Accused Of Sexual Relationship With Inmate
A Pennsylvania prison guard has been charged after she attempted to have a sexual relationship with an inmate, according to Pennsylvania state police. Lindsay Nicole Dyer, 32, of Beavertown, is a former Snyder County corrections officer who has been charged with a felony for Criminal Attempts of Institutional Sexual Assault, according to court documents. Dyer sent sexually explicit photographs and letters– as well as had phone calls with the inmate, according to state police. The inmate has been identified as Brian George Heffner, 39, of Coal Township, according to PennLive. Heffner i…
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Brian Laundrie's Parents Could Face Charges, Former FBI Agent Says In New Report
A former FBI agent said she believes it's possible that Brian Laundrie's parents could face charges, according to a new report. NewsNation Now reported on Thursday, Nov. 25, that retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer said she thinks Laundrie's parents, Chris and Roberta, could be charged with accessory after the fact. According to Cornell Law School's Legal Information Insitute, accessory after the fact is defined as: "Whoever, knowing that an offense against the United States has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent his …
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DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods
Two teen brothers from New Jersey were arrested on accusations they killed a man found in a wooded area in Quakertown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania, authorities announced. Anthony Gamble, 19, and Joshua Gamble, 17, both of Somerset, NJ, will be charged with criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with evidence, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. The younger Gamble is being charged as an adult. The brothers are accused of killing a man found stabbed to death early Thursday in a wooded area in the 500 block of East Pu…
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