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While Yelling 'About The Devil' Levittown Woman Stabs Mother: Affidavit While Yelling 'About The Devil' Levittown Woman Stabs Mother: Affidavit
While Yelling 'About The Devil' Levittown Woman Stabs Mother: Affidavit A woman in Levittown who was supposedly screaming about Lucfier is accused of stabbing her mother, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice.  Emily Ann Rizzo, 32, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and related misdemeanors, court records show.  The police were called to an Ivy Hill Road home on Tuesday, July 2 for a reported stabbing, according to the criminal complaint. They arrived to find Rizzo "face down yelling about the devil and Lucifer on the bed," according to the complaint.  Officers had to "drag her from the bed by her feet" t…

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by Mac Bullock
Sports
Former NHL Player Leapt To His Death From Balcony At Miami Resort, Police Say (UPDATE) Former NHL Player Leapt To His Death From Balcony At Miami Resort, Police Say (UPDATE)
Former NHL Player Leapt To His Death From Balcony At Miami Resort, Police Say (Update) The cause of death for former Pittsburgh Penguins player Konstantin Koltsov has been ruled suicide, police in Miami tell Daily Voice. Koltsov, who played for the Penguins from 2002 to 2006, is believed to have leapt to his death from a balcony of a resort in Miami, a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade Police Department said. He was 42 years old. ALSO SEE: Pittsburgh Penguins Mourn Loss Of Former Player Konstantin Koltsov, Dead At 42 The Bal Harbour Police and Fire Rescue were called to the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort on Collins Avenue for a person who jumped from a balcony just before 12:40 …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Deadly Police Shooting Of Bucks County Man Was 'Justified,' DA Says Deadly Police Shooting Of Bucks County Man Was 'Justified,' DA Says
Deadly Police Shooting Of Bucks County Man Was 'Justified,' DA Says Northampton Township police were "justified" when they killed 40-year-old Mark Chambers at his Churchville home last month, according to the District Attorney's Office.  Authorities have claimed Chambers was brandishing a knife when officers shot him multiple times at his Elm Street home around 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, Daily Voice reported.  Now, Bucks DA Matthew Weintraub says police were called by Chambers' mother after the 40-year-old cut his neck and threatened to jump from the roof.  Police said they found him standing in the doorway holding the knife and commanded him…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Man Found Bound, Gagged In Philadelphia 'Appears To Be Suicide' Victim: PD Man Found Bound, Gagged In Philadelphia 'Appears To Be Suicide' Victim: PD
Man Found Bound, Gagged In Philadelphia 'Appears To Be Suicide' Victim: PD Philadelphia police believe a man found bound, gagged, and lifeless in a Bustleton home Thursday morning died by suicide.  The victim, 65, was discovered early on Nov. 30 on the 700 block of Kentwood Street, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice. He was pronounced dead at the scene.  Investigators said his hands were tied with zip ties and duct tape was found across his mouth.  "This appears to be a suicide," a PPD spokesperson said Friday, Dec. 1.  Authorities did not release his name.   The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the National S…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Fatal Police Shooting Of 69-Year-Old PA Woman Was Justified, DA Says Fatal Police Shooting Of 69-Year-Old PA Woman Was Justified, DA Says
Fatal Police Shooting Of 69-Year-Old PA Woman Was Justified, DA Says The police killing of a 69-year-old woman in front of her Upper Moreland home last month was a justified use of deadly force, says the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.  Mary Meister was pronounced dead at Abington Hospital after police shot her several times on Oct. 8, Daily Voice reported. At the time, police said she was pointing a gun at police officers when they opened fire.  Now, in a new release issued Monday, Nov. 13, the DA's Office says police were called to Meister's Willow Grove home "for a suicidal female who may be armed with a firearm." Prose…

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by Mac Bullock