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Marc J. Furber

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Cousin Stabbed Victim To Death While Mom Watched, PA Judge Finds Cousin Stabbed Victim To Death While Mom Watched, PA Judge Finds
Cousin Stabbed Victim To Death While Mom Watched, PA Judge Finds A man in Bucks County will serve prison time for the 2021 stabbing death of his own cousin, a judge ruled Tuesday, Aug. 1 following a two-day waiver trial.  David Joseph Jenner was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and related crimes, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub's Office in a release.  According to evidence presented in court, 43-year-old Charlie R. Thomas Jr. and his mother allowed Jenner to stay with them months before the attack because he was a "distant relative" who "had nowhere else to go." “What happened after f…

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by Mac Bullock
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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…

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by Mac Bullock
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Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA
Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA A homeless man who shot another man who had given him shelter at a Morrisville trailer park has been sentenced to 18 to 40 years in Pennsylvania State Prison, authorities said. Thomas Zorrer, 39, was convicted on all counts against him by a Bucks County jury in December, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. In addition to an attempted homicide charge, Zorrer was found guilty on two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of felon not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and possession of an instrument of crime, the DA…

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by Jon Craig
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Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says
Man Left Overdose Victim's Body Behind Bensalem Dumpster, DA Says A 41-year-old man was charged Thursday with the abuse of a corpse for leaving an overdose victim's body behind a Bucks County dumpster last month instead of calling for help, authorities said. After 40-year-old Dean A. DeJesus overdosed in Maksim Stankevich's Bensalem apartment on Sept. 16, he wrapped the victim's body with a rope and blanket and left him behind a red dumpster of a nearby apartment complex, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Stankevich was also charged with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property after taking DeJesus' cel…

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by Nicole Acosta