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PA Dad Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead: Affidavit
A 76-year-old man has been arrested for killing his wife and daughter, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police Avondale announced on Friday afternoon. Roger Lee Hanks originally of Virginia most recently of Kennett Square is accused of shooting his wife and adult daughter during a dispute "in the early evening hours of April 25," as stated in the release. Hanks called someone he knew saying he "went crazy" and shot his wife Judith and daughter Emily, according to the affidavit of probable cause. That person called 911. Troopers were s…
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Accused PA Hotel Shooter Nabbed In Texas By US Marshals
One of two men accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl at a Central Pennsylvania hotel has been arrested, authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 31. Joseph Angel Rivera Jr. was apprehended in Victoria, Texas by members of the Victoria City Police Department and US Marshall's Office on July 21, 2023. The shooting he is accused of being involved in "seriously injured" a 16-year-old girl at the Budget Host Inn located at 2140 Lincoln Highway East in Lancaster around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, East Lampeter Township police explained at the time. The Budget Inn where the shoot…
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Grand Jury Charges Woman With Felony Child Endangerment In Lehigh Valley Shooting
A 40-year-old woman was charged with felony child endangerment and other offenses in connection with a Lehigh Valley shooting, authorities announced. A Northampton County Grand Jury charged Fatimah Scruggs with child endangerment and discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure — both felonies — as well as reckless endangerment, Palmer Township Police said in a release on Friday, Sept. 23. An investigation and examination of found that Scruggs was involved in the December 2020 shooting that occurred on the 100 block of Willow Drive in Palmer Township, police said. Scruggs, of Easton, …