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2-Month-Old Baby Seriously Injured, Face Bruised While In PA Dad’s Care: Court Docs
A 2-month-old baby suffered traumatic injuries while in his father’s care at a Pennsylvania home, according to an affidavit and criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. The his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, March 10. Kindu Quaimaine Pollard, 27, who has no fixed address but previously lived in Lancaster city, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge Jodie Richardson on Monday, Feb. 24, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Pollard was previously charged in the case after police said th…
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Immigrants' Children Skipping Medical Care Amid Trump's ICE Raids, Doctors Say
Children with immigrant parents are losing crucial access to medical care amid the Trump administration's widespread crackdown on immigration, according to health experts. Physicians for Human Rights and the Migrant Clinicians Network released their survey of 691 health care employees who work with immigrant families in 30 states on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The nonprofits found that 84% of medical workers reported significant or moderate declines in visits since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. More than one in four (26%) reported immigration enforcement has d…
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Psychologist Accused Of Assaulting Patient And Making AI Child Porn: Berks County DA
A Berks County psychologist who marketed himself as a trauma specialist is accused of sexually assaulting a patient and producing AI-generated child pornography of a 12-year-old, authorities announced on Wednesday, July 30. Jeffrey Joseph Leoni, 54, of Sinking Spring, was charged with Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility, and Indecent Assault, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office. The case began in March 2025 when a 37-year-old woman seeking PTSD treatment told detectives she had contacted Leoni at his Wyomissing office. S…
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PA's Bryan Kohberger Sentenced To Life For Killing 4 Idaho Students As Families Unleash Fury
Bryan Kohberger will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Wednesday, July 23 to four consecutive life terms without parole for the brutal stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students. Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and flanked by attorneys, the former criminology student stood silently as Judge Steven Hippler handed down the sentence, which also included 10 years for burglary and more than $270,000 in fines and restitution. Kohberger declined to speak. A murmur of “coward” was heard from the gallery. “You senselessly slaughtered four people,” Hippler told h…
Obituaries
Support Swells After PA Mom Of 4 Killed In Crash Injuring 9 Others While On Family Vacation
Support is swelling for a Pennsylvania family whose summer road trip ended in a devastating crash that claimed the life of a beloved wife and mother of four. Gina Alvarez Dela Cruz, 42, of Stroudsburg, was killed on Monday, June 30, when the minivan she was riding in was struck head-on by another vehicle that crossed the median on Route 13 in Accomack County, Virginia. The crash, which happened near Parks Road around 12:30 p.m., also left nine people injured — including Gina’s husband, four children, and in-laws, Virginia State Police said. Gina was a passenger in the front seat when a so…
Police & Fire
Lancaster Woman Killed In Crash, Coroner Says
A Lancaster County woman was killed in a car crash earlier this week at a busy intersection in Pequea Township, according to the coroner. Patricia Wenzel, 79, of Manor Township, died on Sunday, June 16, 2025, after being transported from the scene of a motor vehicle collision at Long Lane and Marticville Road, the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office said. At 10:17 a.m., a coroner investigator arrived at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital and found Wenzel in the trauma bay. She had been brought in as a patient following the crash. She was identified as a front-seat passenger in the vehic…
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PA Youth Pastor Who Called Victim 'Child Bride' Caught In Philippines, Pleads Guilty
A former youth pastor from Bradford County who fled halfway around the world has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child decades ago in a bizarre 'child bride' situation, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on Saturday, Jan. 18. Robert David Fenton, 55, admitted to aggravated indecent assault and statutory sexual assault in connection with the abuse, which occurred while he was serving as a youth pastor at Abide in the Vine church between 1996 and 1998, starting when the victim was just 14 years old, according to the attorney general. “This trusted mentor figure use…
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Wheelchair-Bound PA Man Survives New Orleans Attack With Broken Legs: Daughter
Jeremi Sensky, a 51-year-old man from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, survived the New Orleans attack that killed 15 people early Wednesday, Jan. 1, despite being struck by the vehicle and suffering severe injuries. Sensky, who uses a wheelchair, was struck by the pickup truck during the attack in the French Quarter, breaking both legs and ejecting him from his chair, his daughter Heaven Sensky Kirsch told Daily Voice on Thursday, Jan. 2. “By the grace of God, he is alive,” Heaven said. “He’s currently in surgery. I want people to know my dad is alive, full of life, resilient, and I’m sure he’l…
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Fleetwood Teen Dies Days After High-Speed Crash With Tractor-Trailer
A 17-year-old boy from Fleetwood died on Friday, Sept. 20, three days after the car he was a back-seat passenger in struck a tractor-trailer, his family said. "Armani Campos was in a serious car accident when the vehicle he was riding in collided with a tractor-trailer, pinning the car under the trailer and leaving all occupants in critical condition," Levi Yoder, a close family friend, wrote in a GoFundMe campaign. The driver and a second passenger remain in critical condition, but are expected to survive the crash, Yoder told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Sept. 24 when nearly $4,500 had been ra…
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Berks Grandparents, Granddaughter In Minnesota RV Crash Face Long Road To Recovery: Fund
Three Pennsylvania residents face a long road to recovery after their RV crashed in Minnesota on July 11, according to loved ones on GoFundMe. Bill and Kim Byassee, of Hamburg, and their granddaughter Abby all suffered "life-threatening injuries" in a wreck on Interstate 90, reported Minnesota outlet KIMT. All three were airlifted to a trauma center in Rochester for treatment, while two people in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries, according to the report. "Abby was thrown from the RV and lost all feeling in her limbs," wrote GoFundMe organizer Kelsea Didden. "By a miracle…
Politics
Conditions Improve For Injured Victims From PA Trump Rally, Hospital Says
The two men who were shot during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania and left in critical condition have had their conditions upgraded, Allegheny Hospital Officials told Daily Voice on Wednesday, July 17. David Dutch, 57 of New Kensington, PA, and James Copenhaver, 74 of Moon Township, PA, were in critical condition following the shooting by Thomas Matthew Crooks at the Trump rally on Saturday, July 13. Both of their statuses "have been upgraded from critical to serious condition as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17," a spokesperson from AGH told us that evening. To clarify, this means both o…
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Amish Girl ID'd After Fatal Drag By Horse Reins: Lancaster Coroner
A 9-year-old Amish girl who died following a horse training accident on her family farm has been identified by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office and her obituary. Anna Grace King had been leading the horse on foot in a training session on her family's farm in the 190 block of Snake Lane in Kinzers, when it became spooked — entangling her in its reins — dragging her down the road on Tuesday, June 25, according to the coroner's office. What happened next isn't entirely clear but soon she was taken to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital where "resuscitation efforts" ha…
Lifestyle
Podcaster Alex Cooper Says Boston U Soccer Coach Left Her ‘Traumatized,’ ‘Scarred’
Alex Cooper, host and creator of the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy,” revealed she is working through a traumatic experience she had with a coach while playing soccer at Boston University. In a profile interview with Cosmopolitan magazine, Cooper of Newtown, Pennsylvania, addresses the incident but would not go into detail or name the coach. Instead, the 29-year-old focused on healing, “which I’m proud of myself for.” “Now that I’ve created this platform, I feel new wisdom in certain aspects of my life, from experience and therapy and people I surround myself with,” Cooper told the magazi…
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Journalist Josh Kruger Knew His Suspected Killer, Philadelphia Police Say
Philadelphia police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect in the killing of journalist and activist Josh Kruger. Robert Davis, 19, is wanted for murder and related offenses, PPD Lieutenant Hamilton Marshmond said during a press conference on Friday, Oct. 6. He is considered armed and dangerous by authorities. The lieutenant said Kruger and Davis were acquaintances and that Kruger was "just trying to help him get through life." Kruger previously worked with the Office of Homeless Services and said his "unique combination of lived experience with homelessness, …
Obituaries
Murder Of Philadelphia Activist Josh Kruger Leaves Trail Of Devastation
Shock and sadness spread following the murder of Philadelphia activist and journalist Josh Kruger. Josh Kruger, 39, was shot seven times in his home on the 2300 block of Watkins Street around 1:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2, in the Grays Ferry section of the city, police said. He was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian Hospital at approximately 2:15 a.m. No arrests had been made as of press time. On Sept. 30, Kruger tweeted out that he was being pressured into selling his home. These people are total creeps. I left them a voicemail explaining that my only plan for selling the house is after…
Police & Fire
Woman Was Celebrating 19th Birthday Before Cheltenham Crash: Report
UPDATE: Authorities have identified the 19-year-old victim killed in a one-car crash in Cheltenham early Sunday. *** The five people involved in a weekend crash in Cheltenham were on their way home from a birthday party, CBS3 reports. One person died in the crash, authorities said. A car traveling along the 1000 block of Greenwood Avenue in the Glenside section of the township crashed into a telephone pole, trapping the five occupants inside just after 1 a.m. Sunday, according to Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Emma Culler was celebrating her 19th birthday w…
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