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Federal PA Corrections Officer Slashed, Choked Woman Because Of Text: Morris County Prosecutor
A 45-year-old Luzerne County, PA man was arrested and charged after he slashed a woman in the abdomen and choked her in Morris County on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Patrick O'Kane, a corrections officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was traveling with the victim and a photographer to take pictures of a local campground, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Mount Olive Police Chief Michael Spitzer said.
O'Kane got into an argument with the victim over a text message she received, which escalated into a physical altercation, authorities said. O'Kan…
NJ Men Charged After High-Speed Chase In Stolen Vehicle On I-476: PA State Police
Two New Jersey men were charged following a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release Daily Voicew received on Monday, Oct. 28.
Luis Peralta, 25, and Alberto Gomez, 29, both of New Brunswick, NJ, were arrested after attempting to evade troopers near mile marker 302 on Interstate 476 South on Thursday, Sept. 26, state police said.
Troopers used a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle, which had exceeded 70 mph. The vehicle was later determined to be stolen, according to state police.
Both men were charged and scheduled for a preliminary he…
Missing Woman Found Dead In PA Garage Wrapped In Blanket, Towel: Police
A second missing woman has been found murdered in her Philadelphia home, police announced on Sunday, Oct. 27.
Ivelisse Lugo, 51, of the 5900 block of Elsinore Street was reported as missing at 8:15 a.m., Philadelphia Police detailed in a release on Saturday, Oct. 26.
She was thought to be "in the company of her estranged husband, who owns a 2006 Chevy Express van with Pennsylvania license plate #ZRR-4023, with a cross on the rear door," the police wrote in the initial release.
But later that day, "officers returned to the residence, where they located the victim in the gar…
