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Highway Robbery, Assault By Berks County Convict On Rt 222: Police
A woman was left with bruises on her face and arms after a convict accosted her vehicle on Route 222 and robbed her, West Earl Township Police announced in a release on Tuesday, June, 11. Michael Eugene Ermold Jr., 57 of Lancaster (who is reportedly experiencing homelessness), is accused of attacking a woman near mile marked 36.8 shortly before 7 p.m. on June 4, the police detailed in a release. The woman reported that he assaulted her inside of her vehicle "took the [her] cash before throwing the purse back into the vehicle [... then] fleeing on foot," according to the release. Office…
Obituaries
Man Who Studied In Kutztown, 33, Dies Under Bridge In Harrisburg: Officials
A 33-year-old man who was a beloved big brother was found dead under a bridge in Harrisburg, county officials announced on Friday, March 1. Collin Weller was an Orwigsburg native who previously lived in Kutztown and Pottsville, according to his social media. He had been experiencing homelessness and ended up in Harrisburg at some point over the last five years. He was found dead beneath the underpass at Paxton and Cameron streets in the city on Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. His cause of death "was complications of hypothermia," as stated in the release.…
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Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA
A man who previously was reportedly "living in a bad place" and thought to be experiencing homelessness last winter was kindly taken in by a couple – whom he thanked by stabbing – now, he will have a home for several years in a state correctional institution, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday. Robert Lee Suders, 43, most recently of Harrisburg, confessed to the Jan. 27, 2023 stabbing at a hearing over the summer and was sentenced by the Honorable Jessica E. Brewbaker on Dec. 12, the DA said and court records confirmed. Both of the victims "r…
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PA 15-Year-Old Claiming Man Raped GF Kills Him Using Dad's Gun: Affidavit
"He's a rapist!" That's what police say a 15-year-old boy yelled moments after fatally shooting a 39-year-old man in Pottstown using his dad's gun on Wednesday, Nov. 22, authorities announced the following weekend. Thomas James Niarhos, of Stowe, has been charged with first-degree murder in the midday killing of Jeremiah "Jay" Waylon Hawkins, near the Pottstown Train Station on South Hanover Street, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The teen boy was seen loitering in the same area, Security Plaza, just before 6 a.m., on July 13, according …
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Journalist Josh Kruger Knew His Suspected Killer, Philadelphia Police Say
Philadelphia police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect in the killing of journalist and activist Josh Kruger. Robert Davis, 19, is wanted for murder and related offenses, PPD Lieutenant Hamilton Marshmond said during a press conference on Friday, Oct. 6. He is considered armed and dangerous by authorities. The lieutenant said Kruger and Davis were acquaintances and that Kruger was "just trying to help him get through life." Kruger previously worked with the Office of Homeless Services and said his "unique combination of lived experience with homelessness, …
Police & Fire
MontCo BF Mourns Funeral Director GF Killed In NJ Home
Erica Voloshin was born to love. The 37-year-old Nutley woman, who was killed over the weekend in a Belleville home, is being mourned by those who love her for her innate kindness. "She was so capable of loving anybody," said Voloshin's boyfriend, Aviv Roziner, of Huntingdon Valley, PA. "She was so kind... she was the most understanding person one could ever imagine." Scott Hurring, 43, of Belleville, was charged with murder in Voloshin's killing Sunday, Oct. 1, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Belleville Police Chief Mark Minichini said. Roziner and Voloshin m…
Obituaries
Murder Of Philadelphia Activist Josh Kruger Leaves Trail Of Devastation
Shock and sadness spread following the murder of Philadelphia activist and journalist Josh Kruger. Josh Kruger, 39, was shot seven times in his home on the 2300 block of Watkins Street around 1:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2, in the Grays Ferry section of the city, police said. He was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian Hospital at approximately 2:15 a.m. No arrests had been made as of press time. On Sept. 30, Kruger tweeted out that he was being pressured into selling his home. These people are total creeps. I left them a voicemail explaining that my only plan for selling the house is after…
Obituaries
Penn State Grad Justin Iuliano Dies, 25
Justin Tyler Iuliano lived to help others. The 25-year-old West Chester, PA resident — who was raised in Summit and New Providence, NJ — died on May 10. He was 25 years old. A longtime New Providence EMS volunteer, Juliano also aided the homeless, his obituary says. After graduating from New Providence High School in 2015, he went on to attend Penn State University and worked as a senior field service engineer at the Eaton Corporation in Boothwyn, PA. It is with great sadness, we announce the loss of our former member Justin Iuliano. For over 4 years, EMT Iuliano... Posted by New Pro…
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Philly Gas Station Blares Opera Music At Night In Viral Video
Germantown residents were lulled to sleep on Valentine's Day by the sweet sound of opera music coming from the Speedway gas station on Chelten Avenue as the clock struck midnight. Footage of the corner store's interesting choice of ambiance has gone viral on Reddit, in a video that claims it's the station's tactic to keep away homeless residents. "This is a common act for stores to do this as a hostile reaction to houseless neighbors," one resident opined in a Facebook group. "The lights and music deter them from being able to sleep at night so they're pushed away to find new spa…
Police & Fire
Ex-Wendy's Employee Pulls Gun On Former Co-Workers In Mt. Joy, Police Say
A former Wendy's employee experiencing homelessness got into a fight with his former co-workers and pulled a gun, authorities say. Julian Knight, 20, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 30, according to Northwest Regional police. On Sunday, Knight had gone to the restaurant where he used to work located at 1660 South Market Street/PA Route 230 in Mount Joy Township, and got into a "physical altercation with employees," allegedly pointed a gun at the workers before fleeing around 9:16 p.m., the police say. Knight is also directly tied to an overnight burglary that happened o…
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Mr. Smoke Shop Employee Burned By Robber, Manheim Twp. Police Say
A man asking a light for his cigar burned a clerk at a Mr. Smoke Shop in Manheim Township, police announced on January 10. Dasim Robertson, 25, is a man experiencing homelessness, according to the police. Robertson entered Mr. Smoke at 1320 Lititz Pike and purchased a small package of "Black & Tan" cigars, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:47 a.m., according to the police release. He attempted to light the cigar but failed, so he asked the clerk for a light, but as the cigar was re-lit, Robertson pushed the burnt end of the cigar into the man's thumb…
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Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police
A convict who cut off his ankle monitor and went on the run after a body was found in his basement on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, was found dead in Philadelphia on Thursday, Dec. 8, authorities announced the following day. Harrisburg police officers were called after a maintenance worker found the body of a man in the basement of the home of 48-year-old Calvin Lee Waller Jr.'s at 117 Locust Street around 4 p.m., according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. 61-year-old Jeffrey Keckler has been identified as the victim and his death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple traumatic i…
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Reality Show Tattoo Artist Sees Big Milestone At Her Suburban Philadelphia Studio
It's been a long road, but tattoo artist Gia Rose is celebrating five years in business. The Philadelphia-based artist has owned and operated White Oak Tattoo Company, a studio in West Chester, since 2017, according to its Facebook page. But before becoming a successful entrepreneur, Rose faced her share of hardships. The artist was homeless for years and was later diagnosed with cancer at the age of 31, reported 6ABC. Things turned around when Rose landed a spot on reality competition show Ink Master. Beloved by viewers, she was asked to return for an all-women spinoff …
Police & Fire
Florida Man Ran Sex Trafficking Scheme In PA, Feds Say
A Florida man will spend decades behind bars for running an interstate sex trafficking ring, federal authorities have announced. John Golom, 57, was sentenced to 405 months — almost 34 years — in federal prison, US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Gerard Karam said in a statement on Monday, Oct. 17. Prosecutors said Golom recruited two women and regularly shuttled them from Florida to the Poconos where he made them engage in prostitution. For four years from 2014 to 2018, Golom threatened, coerced and lied to the women while pocketing all of the ill-go…
Sports
Ex-Olympian From PA Blinded After Jumped By Homeless Man (
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Volleyball player Kim Glass, of Lancaster, has been temporarily blinded and nearly lost her eye after she was jumped by a man experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, she says in social media posts. The 37-year-old was leaving a restaurant in downtown LA when the man attacked her with a pipe on Saturday, July 9, she says in multiple videos she posted on her social media. "He just like looked at me with some pretty hateful eyes," the 2008 silver medalist says in one of the videos. "And, as I turned to go tell my friend, 'I think something's, like, wrong with him and I think he's going to hi…
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Mom Identifies Philadelphia Daughter Being Burned Alive In Horrifying Online Video
Alyssa Morales was in too much pain to identify herself when she arrived at a hospital last month. The Pennsbury High School graduate — who goes by "Bre" and had been homeless while struggling with addiction for several years— was in a Philadelphia park when her assailants set her face on fire around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16. Morales' mom saw footage of the incident online two days later and was able to identify her. Morales, 36, remains on a ventilator in the hospital, unaware of what happened. And soon, her mom says, a new reality will begin. "She is still holding on. Sti…
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Man Accused Of Throwing Poop At Prison Guards Wanted By PA State Police
A man who allegedly threw his feces at prison guards is wanted on a warrant for assault filed by the Pennsylvania state police out of Carlisle. William Lloyd Aumuller, 53, "assaulted multiple guards with feces from his toilet and then resisted arrest while they attempted to restrain him," a release by Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers stated on Friday, May 13, 2022. The guards suffered injuries but they were only minor, according to the release. The incident happened back on June 12, 2019, and Aumuller was released from prison prior to the warrant being issued on Friday, Oct. 9,…
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NJ Man Admits Hatching $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scam
The mastermind of a GoFundMe scheme that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran admitted in federal court in New Jersey on Monday that he and his ex-girlfriend pocketed most of the money. Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, admitted concocting a bogus feel-good story about the supposed victim coming to the rescue of Katelyn McClure after she ran out of gas on Route 95 on her way home to New Jersey from Philadelphia. Both McClure and the homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., were in on the scheme, authorities said. Together, D’Am…
Police & Fire
'Worst Case I've Ever Seen,' Doctor Says Of Pennsylvania Parents' Neglect Of Children
The parents of six children in Pennsylvania were convicted on Wednesday in a case of child neglect described by one doctor as the worst he's ever seen, authorities said. Albert Dunkowski, 54, and Christine Dunkowski, 47, were convicted in absentia by a Bucks County jury of three counts each of endangering the welfare of a child, local authorities said. Middletown police took the six children into protective custody two years ago after four were discovered malnourished and ill sleeping in a car at the Woodbourne train station, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Offic…
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PA Man Charged With 43-Cent 'Theft' Asks For Help Hiring Lawyer
A central Pennsylvania man allegedly misinterpreted a soda sale sign on Mountain Dew and is facing up to 7 years in prison, now he is asking the community for help hiring an attorney. Joseph Victor Sobolewski, 38, of Duncannon, supposedly misinterpreted the sale sign at the Exxon located at 3298 Susquehanna Trail in Aug, as Daily Voice previously reported. He saw the 20-ounce Mountain Dew sale sign reading:”2 for $3.” He left a $2 bill on the counter and exited the store, but the soda was only $1.50 each when you purchase two bottles, otherwise a single bottle was $2.29. Which means he m…
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