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Felon Who Sold Drugs, Guns In Bucks County Sentenced: DA Felon Who Sold Drugs, Guns In Bucks County Sentenced: DA
Felon Who Sold Drugs, Guns In Bucks County Sentenced: DA A Philadelphia felon was sentenced to up to a dozen years in prison on drug dealing and gun possession charges, authorities said. Ishmael Colon, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 27, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  He appeared before Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. and was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison, followed by nine to 12 months of probation.  Colon pleaded guilty in April to five counts of persons not to possess a firearm and one count each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled s…
Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police
Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police Police in Delaware County are seeking a man who they said choked a "juvenile" victim in their home and threatened them with a firearm.  Craig Devakow, 38, is wanted for assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, gun possession, and related counts, said Upper Chichester Police.  Investigators say Devakow angrily stormed into the kitchen of a township home on Saturday, July 15. Brandishing a "'shiny black' handgun," Devakow allegedly "started choking the victim with his left hand and held the gun to their neck with his right." "Don't you know who the [expletive] I am?" Devakow sa…
Hotel-Based Atlantic City Ex-Con Drug Dealer Gets 30 Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison Hotel-Based Atlantic City Ex-Con Drug Dealer Gets 30 Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison
Hotel-Based Atlantic City Ex-Con Drug Dealer Gets 30 Years, No Parole, In Federal Prison A drug dealer who operated out of a hotel room just off the Atlantic City boardwalk must spend the next 30 years in federal prison. Sean Figaro, 35, rejected a deal from prosecutors, went to trial and was convicted by federal jurors Camden in July 2019 of selling heroin, gun possession by a convicted felon and witness tampering, among other charges. He'll have to serve out the sentence handed down this week because there’s no parole in the federal court system. Figaro was arrested in early 2017 by members of the Atlantic City Child Exploitation Task Force during a raid at the Econo Lodge o…
FBI, US Marshals Nab Gunman Wanted In Reading Shooting FBI, US Marshals Nab Gunman Wanted In Reading Shooting
FBI, US Marshals Nab Gunman Wanted In Reading Shooting Members of the US Marshals Service and FBI arrested a Berks County man wanted in a Reading shooting, authorities said. Jonathan M. Rodriguez was arrested in the Oakbrook area of the city early Tuesday, April 5, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. He had been wanted on charges of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and related offenses in a 2021 shooting on Cotton Street. Two juveniles in the vehicle with Rodriguez at the time of his arrest were also arrested on gun and drug possession charges, the chief said. One was being held on pending gun charges, whil…
Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA
Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA A Trenton resident admitted driving the getaway car for a stickup man who robbed a string of convenience stores at gunpoint in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 44, took a deal from the government rather than go to trial after accused robber Gabriel Lopez died. Feliciano-Estremera pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton on Tuesday, March 15, to three counts of robbery and one each of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the possession of a gun that was fired during one of the holdups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He and Lopez committed the robberies i…
NJ-Arrested Bodybuilder Charged With Shooting Parents On Christmas Sees Them In Court, Cries NJ-Arrested Bodybuilder Charged With Shooting Parents On Christmas Sees Them In Court, Cries
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…
Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor
Feds: Jersey Shore Sex Offender Crashes Car With Guns, High-Capacity Mags, Wearing Body Armor A convicted sex offender from Toms River who police said was wearing a tactical vest and carrying two guns and three high-capacity magazines when he crashed his car on Route 35 last month has been charged federally, authorities said. Jeremy W. Barringer, 46, also had an empty handgun holster on his hip when Mantoloking and Bay Head officers asked him to step out of the vehicle following the 3 a.m. single-vehicle crash on Oct. 24 near Herbert Street, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. In plain view on the backseat floorboard was a 5.56-millimeter semi-automatic rifle that turned out…
Heroin, Fentanyl, Guns, Seized From Reading Man In Drug Raid, Authorities Say Heroin, Fentanyl, Guns, Seized From Reading Man In Drug Raid, Authorities Say
Heroin, Fentanyl, Guns, Seized From Reading Man In Drug Raid, Authorities Say Guns and several packets of heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine were seized in the arrest of a man who county detectives say was trafficking drugs in Reading, authorities said. Khalil Bell, 42, in July was accused of selling drugs to customers on Spring Garden and Muhlenberg Streets, according to the Berks County Detectives Office. He was arrested by detectives Thursday at his home in the 200 block of South 3rd Street. A search warrant turned up $2,000 worth of drugs and more, authorities said. The total search found: 94 packets of fentanyl/heroin  1.6 grams of fentanyl/heroin 5…
Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party
Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party The former national president of the outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang took a guilty plea in federal court on Wednesday after police caught him with a gun in New Jersey while returning to his Long Island home from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore (Suffolk County) home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped in Mercer County on Feb. 20. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Rath…
Man Banned From Owning Firearm Had Stolen Gun In Routine Bucks Traffic Stop, Police Say Man Banned From Owning Firearm Had Stolen Gun In Routine Bucks Traffic Stop, Police Say
Man Banned From Owning Firearm Had Stolen Gun In Routine Bucks Traffic Stop, Police Say A routine traffic stop in Bucks County turned up a stolen gun on a man prohibited from possessing firearms, authorities said. Officers stopped Michael Bradford for a traffic violation near Route 309 and Bergey Road around 1 a.m. May 15, when they saw a firearm in his waistband, Hilltown police said. Bradford, 42, was arrested and an investigation found that the gun had been listed as stolen, and that Bradford was prohibited from possessing a firearm, authorities said. He was held on charges of: 1 count Possession of Firearm Prohibited (F1)  1 count Receiving Stolen Property (F2…