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PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police
PA Doctor Set Fire, Left Antisemitic Flyers At Elderly Woman's Home: Police A Montgomery County woman is accused of carrying out a harassment campaign that ended with attempted murder, according to authorities.  Dr. Amy Cohen of Narberth was arrested on multiple felony charges last Friday, Dec. 1, and held in lieu of a $5 million bond, said Lower Merion police in a release.  Investigators said Cohen was targeting the grandmother of her ex-boyfriend's new partner when she allegedly left racist flyers outside a Lower Merion home on Nov. 24.  The leaflets, police said, used antisemitic language and specifically threatened the homeowner's granddaughters…

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by Mac Bullock
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Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian
Police Say Kutztown Student Shouted Racial Slurs, Tried To Run Over Pedestrian A Kutztown University student is charged with aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation after police say he nearly hit a pedestrian with his car and shouted racial slurs in a Walmart parking lot.  Tilden Township police were called to the store on Saturday, April 22, the department said in a release. A 41-year-old Reading man told officers he was on the pedestrian crosswalk when the driver of a gray sedan revved the engine and sped toward him, authorities said.  The driver, who police identified as 20-year-old Logan G. Harding of Exeter, parked and was headed toward the store whe…

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by Mac Bullock
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'Antisemitic' Graffiti At Chesco School Leads To Teen's Arrest 'Antisemitic' Graffiti At Chesco School Leads To Teen's Arrest
'Antisemitic' Graffiti At Chesco School Leads To Teen's Arrest A 15-year-old in Chester County will face prosecution after police say he scrawled "racially insensitive" graffiti across the Valley Forge Middle School campus.  Tredyffrin Township police were dispatched to the school on West Walker Road on Sunday March 26, after a passerby noticed the offending imagery on "multiple signs near the athletic fields," the department said.  Further investigation revealed "similar" works of vandalism in nearby bathrooms, police added. Authorities did not describe the graffiti in detail but said it included "racial slurs and antisemitic symbols." …

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by Mac Bullock
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Black Woman Wanted For 'Ethnic Intimidation' Police In Central Pennsylvania Say Black Woman Wanted For 'Ethnic Intimidation' Police In Central Pennsylvania Say
Black Woman Wanted For 'Ethnic Intimidation' Police In Central Pennsylvania Say A Black woman in central Pennsylvania was wanted on a warrant for "Ethnic Intimidation," police say.  Carlisle police obtained the warrant for Ayeisha C. Felton, 40, of Carlisle, around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, according to a release by the department. Felton was already wanted by the Cumberland County sheriff’s office after she failed to appear for her preliminary hearing for Criminal Mischief, according to a Facebook post the office made at 8 a.m. the same day.  Her hearing was for two misdemeanors for Ethnic Intimidation, Simple Assault and two summary charges for Retai…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate
Ex-Lehigh University Student Gets Up To 20 Years, Deportation For Poisoning Roommate A former Lehigh University student will spend up to 20 years behind bars before he's sent back to China after admitting to poisoning his roommate with a heavy metal substance three years ago, according to several news reports. Yukai Yang, now 25, pleaded guilty to attempted murder last November, acknowledging that he bought thallium in March 2018 and began slipping it into Juwan Royal’s food and mouthwash, CBS Philly reports. Royal noted in court that he suffered weight loss, headaches, nausea, and heart palpitations, WFMZ reports. He was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning in April 2018,…

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by Nicole Acosta