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19-Year-Old Convicted For Temple Student's 2021 Murder: Prosecutors 19-Year-Old Convicted For Temple Student's 2021 Murder: Prosecutors
19-Year-Old Convicted For Temple Student's 2021 Murder: Prosecutors Latif Williams shot and killed Samuel Collington while he unloaded his car in 2021, a Philadelphia court has found.  Williams, 19, was convicted of third-degree murder and related counts following a one-day, said the District Attorney's Office in a release.  Investigators have said Collington, a 21-year-old political science student at Temple University, was the victim of an attempted robbery near campus on Nov. 28, 2021. He was shot twice in the chest during the struggle and later died at an area hospital, according to police.  Collington, a Prospect Park native, was set to…
'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA 'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA
'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA A diagnosed "sexually violent predator" who raped a girl for nearly a decade — turning her childhood into a "nightmare"— is heading to prison for up 87 years, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 8.  Miguel Morciglio-Figueroa, 42 of the 300 block of North Franklin Street, Lancaster City, raped a now 19-year-old woman starting when she was six until she was 15 years old, the DA's office detailed in the initial release and as Daily Voice previously reported.  During the trial, Morciglio-Figueroa was "determined to be a sexually violent p…
Son Helped Mom Kill Her Ex-BF, Bucks Jury Rules Son Helped Mom Kill Her Ex-BF, Bucks Jury Rules
Son Helped Mom Kill Her Ex-BF, Bucks Jury Rules A Philadelphia man was found guilty by a Bucks County jury in the shooting death of his mother's ex-boyfriend. Kahlill Saleem Brown, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and related counts following about three hours of jury deliberations on Wednesday, July 12, according to the District Attorney's Office.  During the three-day trial, jurors heard evidence that Brown shot and killed 52-year-old Christopher M. Wilson at the Middletown recycling center where he worked on Dec. 10, 2020.  According to investigators, Wilson and Brown's mother Joyce Brown-Rodr…
Arsonist Who Killed 81-Year-Old Bucks Man Learns Sentence Arsonist Who Killed 81-Year-Old Bucks Man Learns Sentence
Arsonist Who Killed 81-Year-Old Bucks Man Learns Sentence The convicted arsonist who torched a Bucks County home and killed its 81-year-old owner will spend the rest of his life behind bars, a court has ruled.  Christopher Gillie, 62, of Lackawanna County, pleaded guilty in exchange for a life sentence without the possibility of parole on Tuesday, Feb. 7, said District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement.  The charges stemmed from the 2021 fire that killed his girlfriend's father, 81-year-old Julius Drelick, in his Buckingham Township home. First responders were called to Drelick's 5777 Private Drive residence at 3 a.m. on Dec. 5 a…
Video Of Dinner Guest Kidnapping Hostess Before Raping Her In PA Hotel Released By DA Video Of Dinner Guest Kidnapping Hostess Before Raping Her In PA Hotel Released By DA
Video Of Dinner Guest Kidnapping Hostess Before Raping Her In PA Hotel Released By DA A night that started as a warm dinner party in Pennsylvania ended in a scene out of a horror movie for the hostess, who was kidnapped by her husband's friend, beaten unconscious, and raped at a hotel, authorities said. The 27-year-old woman woke up naked from the waist down at the Roadway Inn motel in Swatara Township -- not a clue as to how she'd gotten there Feb. 15, 2017, she told police in Dauphin County. The last thing she remembered was being at the dinner party she hosted the night before at a Lower Paxton Township home. After the guests left, she and her husband went to bed. But o…
'Gut Wrenching': Jury Finds PA Man Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Relative 'Gut Wrenching': Jury Finds PA Man Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Relative
'Gut Wrenching': Jury Finds PA Man Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Relative A Dauphin County jury found a 34-year-old man guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage family member in 2019, following a two-day trial.  Michael Strunk, 34, was convicted of sexual assault (2 counts), indecent assault (3 counts), aggravated indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and corruption of minors. Chief Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Gettle, who prosecuted the case, credited the “incredible strength of the victim. It was gut-wrenching to hear her talk about her victimization. "She was an extremely credible witness and the length of the jury deliberations…