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Children Beaten, Groped For Years Lands PA Man Conviction: AG
A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of abusing two children over a period of years, including beating them with belts and household objects and groping them, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Fernando H. Silva, 35, of Lebanon County was found guilty Thursday of all charges following a three-day jury trial, according to the Attorney General's Office.
The abuse happened between 2019 and 2024, when the children were pre-teens during most of the conduct, prosecutors said.
Silva was an acquaintance of the children, giving him regular access to them, according to tes…
Former Fox Affiliate TV Anchor Admits To Stabbing Mother To Death
A former local television news anchor whose career included several stations across the country has admitted to a crime that could keep her behind bars for decades.
Angelynn “Angie” Mock, 48, pleaded guilty Friday, Aug. 21, to first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office. Mock faces a presumptive life sentence with eligibility for parole after 25 years.
Her sentencing is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 5.
The killing happened Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at the Wichita, Kansas, home Mock share…
Women Forced Into Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day In Pennsylvania, 5 Other States: Feds
A Maryland man who forced women into prostitution across several East Coast states is facing life in prison.
Brandon Sartor, 33, a Prince George's County native, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Aug. 27 to two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, according to the Department of Justice.
Between December 2024 and April 2025, prosecutors say that Sartor used physical violence, threats, sexual assault, and the withholding of drugs to compel two women to engage in repeated commercial sex acts in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
His …
'Absurd Criminal Conduct': 2 Charged In PA Road-Rage Gunfire
Two Philadelphia men are accused of opening fire on another driver's vehicle after he inadvertently cut them off on a busy Chester County highway, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 27.
Sophay Yem, 35, and Intanon Chay, 36, have been charged with attempted murder, terroristic threats, and related offenses in connection with the May 12 road-rage incident in Tredyffrin Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office.
The confrontation began when the victim inadvertently cut off another driver on Route 202 near the Route 30 Bypass, according to the criminal complaint.
T…
PA School Bus Driver, Foster Parent Who Assaulted Baby, Created Child Porn, Sentenced
A former school bus driver and foster parent who admitted to sexually abusing children entrusted to his care has been sentenced, the prosecutors announced on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Sean Edward Williams, formerly of Duke Center and has been held at the McKean County Jail, after pleading to multiple child sex offenses stemming from crimes committed on his school bus and elsewhere, according to McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer.
Williams pleaded guilty to Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse against a Child, Tampering with Evidence, Sexual Abuse of Children (Child Porn…
