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Russell Brand Faces New Rape, Sexual Assault Charges As Case Expands
British comedian Russell Brand is facing new rape and sexual assault charges after two more women have accused the disgraced actor of abuse. The Metropolitan Police Service in London announced the latest charges against Brand on Tuesday, Dec. 23. The 50-year-old was newly charged with one count each of rape and sexual assault, stemming from accusations made by two women. In April, Brand was charged in a case involving four other women. He was given five charges, including two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault. Investigators say t…
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PA Man Convicted In 'Cold-Blooded' Execution-Style Murder At Housing Complex In NY
A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty in the execution-style killing of a 32-year-old man at a Hudson Valley, NY housing complex, prosecutors announced. On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi said 24-year-old Khyree Pratt of Philadelphia was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, conspiracy, and weapons charges following a five-day trial and less than an hour of jury deliberations in connection with a May 2022 murder. Prosecutors said the crime happened on Saturday, May 14, 2022, around 7 p.m. at the Forrestal Heights apartment…
Politics
Who Is Lindsey Halligan? Trump Taps Mar-a-Lago Lawyer As Virginia’s Top Prosecutor
President Donald Trump has nominated a familiar face to become Virginia's top prosecutor after Erik Siebert stepped away on Friday. Trump announced that he is nominating Lindsey Halligan, a senior aide in the White House, to serve as the US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia as he continues to target political adversaries. "It is my honor to appoint Lindsey Halligan, who has been serving as Special Assistant to the President at the White House, as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia," he posted on Truth Social late on Saturday, Sept. 20. The preside…
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Federal Court Reconvicts PA Man For Execution-Style Killing After Overturning First Trial
A Lebanon man whose 2015 murder conviction was thrown out by a federal court has been found guilty again — and this time, the judge made sure his sentence would keep him behind bars forever. Eddie Williams, 50, was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, to life in prison without parole plus 25 additional years after a Lebanon County jury in June convicted him of First-Degree Homicide, Conspiracy to Commit Homicide, Attempted Homicide, Robbery, Illegal Possession of a Firearm, and multiple other crimes, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The Deadly 2014 Home Invasion Prosecutors said …
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PA Man Convicted Of Dismembering Famed DC Photographer Facing Life In Prison In Maryland
Sentencing has been scheduled for the Pennsylvania man convicted of murdering and dismembering famed Washington, DC, photographer Joe Shymanski, prosecutors announced. Brandon Ross Holbrook will face life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 18, in Calvert County Circuit Court in Prince Frederick, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office. Holbrook was found guilty of murder in June following an eight-day trial in Calvert County Circuit Court. According to prosecutors, Holbrook shot Shymanski on Sept. 3, 2023, in the driveway of …
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Justin Mohn Of PA Found Guilty Of Beheading Gov’t Worker Dad, Sentenced To Life
A Bucks County judge found Justin D. Mohn guilty on all counts on Friday, July 11, in the brutal shooting and beheading of his father, a federal engineer, in their Levittown home. Judge Stephen A. Corr, who presided over the bench trial, sentenced Mohn, 33, to two life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 47 years, immediately after delivering the verdict in Courtroom 410 of the Bucks County Justice Center. Mohn shot his father, 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn, in the bathroom of their home in the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive, Middletown Township, on Jan. 30, 2024, pr…
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Leak Part Of 'Smear Campaign,' Luigi Mangione Defense Says
Luigi Mangione’s defense team is accusing New York prosecutors of trying to bias the public and media against their client. They claim this is happening by publicly releasing sensitive and potentially inadmissible materials as he awaits trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In a newly filed reply brief dated Wednesday, June 18, the defense, led by Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued that the state improperly published journal entries allegedly taken from Mangione’s backpack. They claim these materials may be suppressed due to an illegal search. …
Police & Fire
Innocent Driver Killed During Rival Feud; PA Man Gets Decades In Prison: DA
A man convicted in the 2020 shooting death of Shaquille Love has been sentenced to up to 44 years in state prison, Bucks County prosecutors announced on Wednesday, May 7. Kelvontae Nasheed Perry, 30, of Taft Street in Bristol Township, was sentenced to 21½ to 44 years by Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr., following his conviction in December 2024 after a three-day waiver trial. Perry was found guilty of third-degree murder and multiple related charges, including: Aggravated assault. Firearms not to be carried without a license. Possession of an instrument of crime. Possessio…
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Gun Pulled, Shots Fired At Couple Trying To Apologize: Lebanon County Man Convicted
A man who opened fire on a couple after they tried to apologize for nearly hitting him with their car has been convicted of felony assault, the Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office announced on Wednesday, April 30. Jason Folckemer was found guilty of two counts of felony aggravated assault, along with misdemeanor simple assault and misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person, for an incident that happened on Millbach Road in Kleinfeltersville on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. According to testimony, Folckemer was drunkenly standing in the middle of the road when a car with two people ca…
Politics
‘No Remorse, No Conscience’: Rachel Morin’s Mom Erupts Over Killer, Slams Senator
There was a special guest from Maryland at the White House press briefing on Wednesday afternoon. Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, whose killer was convicted of rape and murder this week, took to the podium on April 16, to address the media. During a brief statement, Morin was critical of Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador as he probes the case of deported dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia. "Why are we not protecting the American citizens," Morin said. "It's just common sense ... Why are we not protecting our children, and to have a senator from Maryland—wh…
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NJ Man Helps Cousin Kill Girlfriend’s Brother In PA, Sentenced To Decades
A Pennsylvania man was gunned down while sitting in a parked car with his family, and two men—including his sister’s abusive boyfriend and his cousin—have now been sentenced to decades in prison for his murder, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, March 14, 2025. Breon D. McRae, 34, of Morrisville, PA, and Pacqi S. Lassiter, 29, of Trenton, New Jersey, were each sentenced to 40 to 80 years in state prison for conspiring to kill Clifton “CJ” Burgess-Williams Jr., 26, on Dec. 22, 2022, prosecutors said. McRae received an additional 4 ½ to 9 years for witness intimid…
Lifestyle
A$AP Rocky Of PA Found Not Guilty Of Hollywood Shooting, Avoids Prison
Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street, dodging more than two decades behind bars, Los Angeles jurors decided on Tuesday, Feb. 18, according to multiple media outlets and court records. The 36-year-old hip-hop star—whose real name is Rakim Mayers—was cleared of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after jurors deliberated for just three hours. A$AP Rocky, who has ties to Harrisburg, PA, and Elmwood Park, NJ, where he spent part of his youth, has long referenced his East Coast roots in his music and ris…
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Teen Sexually Assaulted In Shower By PA Man: DA
A Lancaster man accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in a shower will face trial after waiving his preliminary hearing, authorities said. Deandre Lamar Gibbs, 23, waived the hearing before Judge Andrew LeFever on Friday, Jan. 31, on charges including sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault without consent, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, and indecent assault, according to court records. Gibbs is accused of assaulting the victim at his home on the 400 block of New Holland Avenue in March 2024, Lancaster City police said. Investigators said Gibbs entered…
Police & Fire
Federally Convicted PA Bank Robber Killed In Domestic Dispute: DA (
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A federally convicted bank robber who was awaiting trial in multiple new cases was fatally stabbed in a domestic dispute in Lancaster, authorities announced on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Matthew Hill, 40, was found dead in the kitchen of a home on the first block of West Farnum Street at 9:49 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, with evidence of "sharp-force trauma," the Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni previously said. The coroner's office was originally called to the home at 9:10 a.m. to respond to a cardiac arrest. Hill’s body was transported to the Lancaster County Forensic Cente…
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Daylight Fatal Porch Shooting Lands Lebanon Man Life Sentence: DA
A Lebanon man will spend the rest of his life in prison for a fatal daylight shooting, authorities announced on Wednesday, Dec. 18. Juan Delgado, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder last month after prosecutors said he shot and killed Jean Ortiz Rivera on March 9, 2023. Rivera was sitting on his front porch in Lebanon City when Delgado walked up and shot him twice at close range. The attack, witnessed by Rivera’s wife, was captured on her home surveillance system and became key evidence in Delgado’s trial. Authorities said the murder stemmed from a dispute between Delgado’s sister and …
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DA Recommends Menendez Brothers Be Resentenced After Spending Decades In Prison (
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who spent their childhoods in New Jersey and New York, be resentenced after spending decades in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The brothers, now in their 50s, should be freed and placed on parole for the murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in August 1989, Gascón said at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, that comes amid worldwide viewership of a series on their story on Netflix. The case now moves forward to a Los Angeles Superior…
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Sentenced For Killing Philly Man At Atlantic City Apartment Complex: Prosecutors
An Atlantic City man will spend up to half a century in prison for killing a Philadelphia man at an apartment complex more than two years ago, authorities said. Kenneth Creek, 49, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 24 to 50 years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon by a convicted felon on Tuesday, June 11. Atlantic City police responded to the South Carolina Apartments complex at 1300 Baltic Avenue just after midnight on Thursday, Aug. 25…
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Lisa Snyder Sentenced For Hanging Her Children
A Reading mom who Googled "methods of killing" before hanging her two children in her basement has been sentenced to life in prison, the Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams announced on Thursday, Oct. 17. Lisa Snyder, 41, was found guilty of the following on Tuesday, Sept. 24; 2 counts of First-Degree Murder, 2 counts of Endangering the Welfare of Children, and Tampering with Evidence, the Berks County DA explained in the release. The charges stem from an investigation into the Sept. 2019 death of her 8-year-old son, 4-year-old daughter, and the family…
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PA Dad Who Called 911 After Shooting Ex-Wife In Park Gets Life Sentence
Rami Abouloh is going to prison for the rest of his life for the murder of his ex-wife Patricia White, with whom he had four children, the Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Thursday, Sept. 26. Adouloh, 42, of Allentown, was convicted of Homicide and Aggravated Assault; all felonies of the first degree Friday, on May 31, 2024, after a trial before Judge Robert L. Steinberg. The sentencing was originally set to be in August but was continued until September. The conviction and sentencing are the result of a shooting at West Catasauqua Park in W…
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Man Accused Of Beheading Dad, Posting YouTube Video, Testifies At 1st Hearing: Bucks DA
Justin Mohn, the Middletown Township man who allegedly beheaded his father and posted a disturbing 14-minute-long YouTube video holding his father’s head testified for two hours Tuesday, Sept. 10, authorities announced. Mohn also allegedly called for violent attacks against members of the federal government, according to Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn. His father was a government worker. After testimony at his preliminary hearing at the Bucks County Justice Center, Mohn, 32, was ordered held for trial for the Jan. 30, 2024, killing of his father, the DA said. Michael F. Mo…
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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HS Band Director Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Student: Pennsylvania AG
A former school employee in Wilkes Barre was convicted of groping a student on Friday, June 28, said the state Attorney General's Office in a release. Theron Roberts, the 41-year-old ex-band director at Crestwood High School in Mountain Top, was found guilty of felony institutional sexual assault and corruption of minors, prosecutors said. According to authorities, Roberts groped a tenth-grade student after pulling them into a "secluded alcove" and threatened her not to report the incident. The AG's Office said he met the victim three years earlier when they were in …
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man Convicted Of Killing Philly Man At Apartment Complex: Prosecutors
An Atlantic City man was convicted of killing a Philadelphia man at an apartment complex, authorities said. A jury found 49-year-old Kenneth Creek guilty on Tuesday, June 11 of first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, and second-degree possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The court also found him guilty of second-degree certain persons not to possess firearms. Atlantic City police responded to the South Carolina Apartments complex at 1300 Baltic Avenue just after midni…
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Pennsylvania Nurse Coated In GF's Blood Convicted Of Murder
A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend years after he was found wandering in the street with a gunshot wound to the head. Two York County nurses had a violent fight that turned deadly, and one man has been found guilty of murder, according to court documents. William Fredric Hudson, 50, of the 600 block of Pleasant View Road in Fairview Township, was turned in to the police by his father after he killed his girlfriend Catherine Hartman, 51, of Camp Hill on June 25, 2021. The couple's relationship came to a violent end following an argument that Friday around 2 a.m. Hud…
Police & Fire
PA Dad's 'Execution-Style' Killer Arrested: Authorities
The man accused of killing a Pennsylvania father in an "execution-style murder" has been taken into custody, say prosecutors. Quinzell Mickey, a 41-year-old from Spring City, surrendered to Philadelphia police on Tuesday, Aug. 1, said District Attorney Deb Ryan's Office in a release. Investigators have previously claimed that Mickey gunned down 32-year-old William Stafford outside the Park Springs Apartment Community in East Vincent Township in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 15. Surveillance video shows that Mickey and Stafford arrived at the complex in the same Fo…
Business
'Zombie Hunter' Accused Of Beheading Cumberland County Woman Makes 'Jekyll-Hyde' Defense
An Amazon delivery driver by day and self-described "zombie hunter" at night, this Arizonan has pleaded insanity and has a lawyer using a "Jekyll and Hyde" defense during a trial over the brutal stabbing and beheading deaths of two young women— including a 21-year-old from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, according to multi-media outlets reports. Bryan Miller, 49, dubbed the "Canal Killer" is on trial in a death penalty double-murder case in Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona, azcentral reports. **Warning this article includes graphic details of torture, rape, and killing which …
Police & Fire
PA Woman Convicted Of Brother's Christmas Eve Murder
A Dauphin County jury has convicted a 28-year-old woman of third-degree murder in her brother's Christmas Eve murder in 2020. Nafiisah McNeill initially tried to claim she stabbed Leon White-Jones dead in self-defense, in front of her sister's home on the 2400 block of North 4th Street in Harrisburg in 2020, Dauphin County District Attorney's Office. The jury rejected McNeill's claim, though. After the stabbing, McNeill fled and tried ti dispose of the knife, then went into her sister's home while the police were at the scene, the DA's office said. Chief Deputy District Attorney …
Police & Fire
PA's Michael Horvath Found Guilty In Murder Of Holly Grim
Pennsylvania's Michael Horvath on Friday, June 17 was found guilty in the 2013 murder of his co-worker, Holly Grim. Michael Horvath, 55, was convicted on charges of homicide, kidnapping, tampering with evidence, and abuse of a corpse, but was acquitted of obstructing law enforcement. The announcement was made two weeks after the Monroe County trial had ended. Grim and Horvath worked together at the Allen Organ Company in Macungie. Grim had last been seen on Nov. 22, 2013, in the driveway of her Red Maples Mobile Home Park around 6:35 a.m in Lower Macungie, after droppi…
Police & Fire
UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities
A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to time behind bars in part for using his job as a UPS driver to stalk his victims in a disturbing way, authorities said. Thomas F. Wainman Jr., of Lititz, was found guilty by a jury of stalking his neighbors in multiple incidents spanning from May to December 2020, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Wainman shined spotlights into the victim’s home, peered through their windows, watched them while they were out at their pool, and followed the victims after seeing them at a gas station, the DA's Office …
News
PA Mom Helped Catch Serial Child Rapist: DA
A mom of three contacted officials after she learned three of her children— all under the age of nine, were being sexually assaulted and raped by a central Pennsylvania man, according to a release by the district attorney’s office. Luis G. Torres Jr., 27, of the 300 block of North Lime Street, Lancaster, raped a child, as well as committed involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, and indecent assault of a child, according to the Lancaster County’s District Attorney’s office. The three children were harmed by Torres Jr. when they were under the age of 9-years-old…
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Serial NJ Bank Robber Who Served 18 Years Headed Back To Fed Pen For At Least 16 More
A convicted bank robber from Camden who just couldn’t stop is headed back to federal prison for more than 16 years. Anthony L. Livingston, 50, robbed a PNC Bank in Gloucester Township on July 14, 2018 (photos above), a day after he’d been released after serving more than 18 years in federal prison for robbing eight South Jersey banks in 2000 and 2001, authorities said. Ten days after the Gloucester holdup, Livingston tried to recruit a homeless man to rob another PNC branch, this one in Stratford, they said. Livingston “instructed the man on how to rob the bank, gave him a demand note to s…
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