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Northampton Man Arrested For Child Pornography, State Police Say
A Northampton County man faces more than a dozen felony charges related child sex abuse material, state authorities said.
Bruno Gomes, 47, of East Allen Township, was taken into custody after troopers executed a search warrant at his Colony Drive home on Thursday, Feb. 16, state police wrote.
Gomes was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge John Capobianco on ten counts of possession, two counts of dissemination, and two counts of criminal use of a communications facility, per the police report.
Judge Capobianco set bail at $25,000, and Gomes was remanded to the Nort…
Six Men Charged In Delco Child Sex Sting, DA Says
Six men face criminal charges in Delaware County for soliciting sex from minors on the internet, said District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer in a release.
In a three-day operation that was led by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service with assistance from the FBI, state police, and local authorities, undercover law enforcement officers "assumed the identity of a minor" online, the DA said.
At the sting's end on Dec. 11, six men aged 24 to 56 were taken into custody, officials said:
Joseph P. Fahy, 48, of Media, is accused to trying to meet a 14-year-old male for sex. He w…
Lincoln University Student's Sister Charged In Deadly Dorm Stabbing
A Philadelphia woman was charged with stabbing three students – one fatally – after a brawl broke out inside a campus dorm on Wednesday, Feb. 16, authorities in Chester County said.
Nydira Smith, 39, is accused of killing Jawine Evans, 21, and injuring Eric Dickerson, 22, and Clifton Walker, 22, on the campus in Lower Oxford, according to a criminal complaint provided by the Chester County District Attorney's Office.
Smith is the sister of a Lincoln University student, who was also involved in the fight, the DA's office noted.
Responding officers found Evans in a grassy area outside the Li…
Nj-arrested Bodybuilder Charged With Shooting Parents On Christmas Sees Them In Court, Cries
UPDATE: A bodybuilder who was captured in Mahwah just hours after authorities said he shot his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas morning reportedly cried when he saw them in court.
Bound with three sets of handcuffs because of his physique, Dino Tomassetti, 29, entered a not-guilty plea during his arraignment on Monday, Feb. 7, on attempted murder, assault, gun possession and child endangerment charges in Nassau County.
He looked intently at his father, Rocco Tomassetti, who sat with his mother, Vincenza Tomassetti, the New York Post reported. His father reportedly shook hi…
