Allentown Man Killed The Mother Of His Children, Lehigh Jury Finds Allentown Man Killed The Mother Of His Children, Lehigh Jury Finds
Allentown Man Killed The Mother Of His Children, Lehigh Jury Finds A Lehigh County jury convicted Rami Abouloh for the murder of Patricia White, with whom he had four children, the District Attorney's Office said Friday, May 31.  Abouloh, 41, is set to be sentenced in August. A conviction for first-degree murder is an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole, according to prosecutors. Authorities were called to West Catasauqua Park just before 7 p.m. last June 13, Daily Voice reported. They arrived to find White, 35, unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds.  Her death was ruled a homicide by the county Coroner's Offi…
Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts In Historic NY Hush Money Trial Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts In Historic NY Hush Money Trial
Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts In Historic NY Hush Money Trial A New York jury convicted former President Donald Trump of all charges in his alleged hush money trial, finding that he falsified business records to buy an adult film star’s silence and influence the 2016 presidential election. The historic verdict, the first adjudication and conviction of a former US president, was reached shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30, after around 10 hours of deliberation. Seven men and five women on the jury unanimously found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree that were filed by Manhattan District Attorne…
$2K+ Fraud At Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center By Employee, Police Say $2K+ Fraud At Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center By Employee, Police Say
$2K+ Fraud At Pennsylvania Performing Arts Center By Employee, Police Say A 38-year-old Elizabethtown woman is accused of stealing thousands from the Ephrata Performing Arts Center, the Ephrata police announced on Thursday, May 30.  Megan L. Riggs was arrested on the felony charge of Access Device Fraud and a misdemeanor for Theft by Deception on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, the police detailed.   The charges come as the result of an investigation beginning in August of 2023. Riggs had been employed by Ephrata Performing Arts Center through August 2022, the police explained. During her tenure with the EPAC she allegedly made "unauthorized purchases us…
Convicted Quakertown Rapist To Spend Nearly 50 Years In Prison, DA Says Convicted Quakertown Rapist To Spend Nearly 50 Years In Prison, DA Says
Convicted Quakertown Rapist To Spend Nearly 50 Years In Prison, DA Says A Quakertown man was sentenced on Tuesday, May 28 for sexually assaulting two children, according to the District Attorney's Office.  Matias J. Martinez Morales will spend between 18.5 and 47 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, prosecutors said in a release.  Authorities said they launched the investigation in November 2022 when a 16-year-old told Quakertown police that Martinez Morales raped her when she was 4. The victim told detectives he "threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone," the DA's Office said.  A second victim told …
26-Year-Old PA Woman Admits To Striking 16-Year-Old Girl Dead While Getting On School Bus 26-Year-Old PA Woman Admits To Striking 16-Year-Old Girl Dead While Getting On School Bus
26-Year-Old PA Woman Admits To Striking 16-Year-Old Girl Dead While Getting On School Bus A 26-year-old Red Lion woman has pleaded guilty in connection to striking dead a 16-year-old girl getting on a school bus, according to updated court documents filed on May 29, 2024.  Arianna Landis died at Hershey Medical Center on Nov. 11, 2022, as detailed in her obituary.  Emergency responders were called to a report of a person struck by a vehicle in the 500 block of York Haven Road in Newberry Township shortly after 7 a.m., on Oct. 26, 2022, as the area police detailed in a release that afternoon.  The Northeastern School District in Machester announced that she s…
Man Admits Pointing Replica Handgun At Officers In Bucks County, DA Says Man Admits Pointing Replica Handgun At Officers In Bucks County, DA Says
Man Admits Pointing Replica Handgun At Officers In Bucks County, DA Says A Levittown man could spend nearly two years in prison for pointing a fake gun at police officers last year, prosecutors say.  Benjamin Fell, 21, was shot by Falls Township police last March 28 during what began as a routine traffic stop on Lincoln Highway, the DA's Office said.  Fell fled police in his 2007 silver Ford Focus, driving 75 mph in a 40 mph zone before the chase ended near Oak Lane, authorities said.  Prosecutors said Fell opened his car door, ignored police commands to show his hands, and pointed a "dark gun-shaped object" at an officer.  The of…
'I Will End Your Life' PA Convict Jumps On School Bus With Students, Threatening Driver: PD 'I Will End Your Life' PA Convict Jumps On School Bus With Students, Threatening Driver: PD
'I Will End Your Life' PA Convict Jumps On School Bus With Students, Threatening Driver: PD "I will end your life," a 31-year-old said when he hopped on a school bus with children on board the Millersville police announced on Wednesday, May 15.  Angel Lui Sanchez-Abreu, a Millersville resident, did not have permission to enter the bus, the police said. The driver opened the door with the intention of letting students off — not for Sanchez-Abreu to enter, the police explained, adding that "numerous young children were still seated on the bus." The incident happened at the intersection of South Duke and Elizabeth Streets in Millersville at 4:5 p.m. on May 8, the police det…
PA Dad Admits To Injuring 2-Month-Old Infant, Braking Bones, Police Say PA Dad Admits To Injuring 2-Month-Old Infant, Braking Bones, Police Say
PA Dad Admits To Injuring 2-Month-Old Infant, Braking Bones, Police Say A Mount Joy dad has "admitted to causing the injuries," to his 2-month-old infant daughter, police stated in a release on Wednesday, May 15 and in court documents subsequently obtained by Daily Voice.  Bryan Garcia-Almanza, 25 who recently moved to the 200 block of Cherry Lane in Marietta, was arrested and had his preliminary hearing and arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Michael Hess on Tuesday, May 14, according to court records.  Garcia-Almanza's infant daughter had previously been admitted to the Penn State Hershey Medical Center on February 9, 2024, the Susque…
New York Woman Tried To Smuggle Drugs Into Skook Prison, Troopers Say New York Woman Tried To Smuggle Drugs Into Skook Prison, Troopers Say
New York Woman Tried To Smuggle Drugs Into Skook Prison, Troopers Say A Bronx woman is in state police custody after authorities said she tried to bring drugs into a Pennsylvania prison.  Natasha Santana, 42, was trying to get the drugs to an inmate at the State Correctional Facility Mahanoy in Frackville, PSP said in a release.  She was arrested without incident, they added.  Court records show Santana posted 10 percent of her $10,000 bail and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 9. 
PA Girl's Wrestling Coach Accused Of Sex With 3 Students: Police PA Girl's Wrestling Coach Accused Of Sex With 3 Students: Police
PA Girl's Wrestling Coach Accused Of Sex With 3 Students: Police A faculty member and wrestling coach at Central Dauphin East High School has been arrested on charges related to having sex with multiple students, the police announced on Friday evening.  The now former school staff member, 27-year-old Emily Rajis's charges came following a "report in reference to inappropriate contact between a faculty member at Central Dauphin East High School and a student at the school.," on March 29, 2024 the Lower Paxton Township Bureau of Police stated in the release.  During the investigation, the police confirmed all three victims are students at CDEHS a…
Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model In Central PA, DA Says Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model In Central PA, DA Says
Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model In Central PA, DA Says The first man captured by the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force has been sentenced after confessing to his crimes, the District Attorney announced on Monday, April 8. More than two years after his arrest, Louis Fountain, 34 of Brookhaven, Delaware County pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking individuals, four counts of promoting prostitution, and one count of living off prostitutes before Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth on March 29, as detailed in the release. Judge Ashworth sentenced him to serve a "prison term of one year, 11 months, and eight d…
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty In Deadly Carjacking Of Delivery Driver: USDOJ Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty In Deadly Carjacking Of Delivery Driver: USDOJ
Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty In Deadly Carjacking Of Delivery Driver: Usdoj A 19-year-old from Philadelphia pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday, April 2 to multiple counts related to a fatal carjacking, according to prosecutors.  Authorities said John Nusslein robbed two food delivery drivers at gunpoint in December 2021, one of whom later succumbed to his injuries.  The first robbery happened on Dec. 2 of that year, the US Attorney's Office said. Investigators wrote Nusslein and two others ordered food to an Teesdale Street address then ambushed the driver who showed up, striking him repeatedly before fleeing in his Toyota Camry.  The victim…
PA Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing 12-Year-Old In 2022: DA PA Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing 12-Year-Old In 2022: DA
PA Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing 12-Year-Old In 2022: DA Ash Cooper, who previously went by Joshua Cooper, was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison on Thursday, March 21, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, prosecutors said in a release.  Prosecutors said Cooper killed 12-year-old Morgan Connors and then video-called a friend asking for help "cleaning up the scene and disposing of the body." Officers responding to Cooper's trailer home at Top of the Ridge Tra…
PA Realtor Convicted Of Killing Father, His GF In Jersey Shore Waterfront Home PA Realtor Convicted Of Killing Father, His GF In Jersey Shore Waterfront Home
PA Realtor Convicted Of Killing Father, His GF In Jersey Shore Waterfront Home A Pennsylvania realtor was convicted of killing her father and his girlfriend on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. After a four-week trial, a jury found Sherry Lee Heffernan, 57, of Landenberg, PA, guilty of two murder counts on Friday, Mar. 1, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer announced in a news release. She faces life in prison for the late September 2021 killings of 87-year-old John Enders of Surf City and 75-year-old Francoise Pitoy of Manchester. Surf City police conducted a wellness check at a home on North Seventh Street at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2…
Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA
Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA A suspended judge shot a man in the face while he was sleeping, blinding him in one eye, authorities alleged in a release on Thursday, Feb. 15.  Suspended Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight was arrested on attempted murder charges and related offenses on Feb. 15, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack detailed in a release that evening.  McKnight is accused of shooting this man in his home on Saddle Ridge Drive, Susquehanna Township, Harrisburg on Saturday, Feb. 10, McCormack explained.  Regarding the man's medical status, McCormack said the foll…
Lebanon Mom Finds Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl Being Raped, DA Says Lebanon Mom Finds Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl Being Raped, DA Says
Lebanon Mom Finds Video Of Her 7-Year-Old Girl Being Raped, DA Says A mom found a video of her 7-year-old daughter being sexually assaulted over the weekend, the Lebanon County District Attorney explained in a release on Tuesday.  Edward Lee Williams, 55 of Manheim, was seen in the video "molesting" the children from Jan. 14 into the early morning hours of Jan. 15, as explained in the DA's office's release.  The mom met with the police after discovering the video and the police immediately launched an investigation. Officers quickly arranged for an interview with the child and a nurse, confirming the details of the assault, according to the DA. Th…
PA Kids Club Staffer Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit PA Kids Club Staffer Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit
PA Kids Club Staffer Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit A popular after school program previously employed a man who has been charged with sexually assaulting at least half a dozen boys who attended while he worked there, authorities in Pennsylvania said on Thursday, Dec. 21. Gerald William Spoto was an obese, glasses-wearing, 20-year-old employee at Neshaminy Kids Club when he allegedly sexually assaulted at least six boys, "who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004," the Buck County District Attorney's Office said. These included a lengthy series of assaults during "sleepovers" in New…
'My Son Killed My Roommate' Teen Charged With Homicide: Lancaster DA 'My Son Killed My Roommate' Teen Charged With Homicide: Lancaster DA
'My Son Killed My Roommate' Teen Charged With Homicide: Lancaster DA An 18-year-old has been charged with homicide for killing his dad's roommate, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday.  Brian Deante Gray "just snapped" and beat his dad's roommate 68-year-old Michael Xavier Pfender to death on Monday, his father told police according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice.  Gray and Pfender had been drinking and hanging out in a garage on the 1000 block of North Duke Street in Manheim Township when he beat him to death, as detailed in the affidavit.  Pfender appears to have been staying wit…
'You Need To Die' PA Man Threatens US Congressman: Criminal Complaint 'You Need To Die' PA Man Threatens US Congressman: Criminal Complaint
'You Need To Die' PA Man Threatens US Congressman: Criminal Complaint A series of threatening voicemails have landed a Pennsylvania man a serious charge from the United States Attorney’s Office, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Robert Lee Ingalls, Jr., age 61, of Mechanicsburg, is accused of leaving two voicemail messages "specifically threatened to kill a specifically identified United States Congressman" on the main congressional office answering system in Washington, D.C. Nov. 6, 2023, according to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam in a release on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The United States Capitol Police investigated the case with assist…
I-95 Gunman Arrested Four Years After Shooting: State Police I-95 Gunman Arrested Four Years After Shooting: State Police
I-95 Gunman Arrested Four Years After Shooting: State Police The suspected gunman in a 2019 shooting on Interstate 95 is in police custody, authorities announced.  Twenty-year-old Samuel Irizarry was arrested by state police early Friday, Nov. 3, troopers said in a release.  Irizarry is thought to have been riding in a dark-colored Chevrolet sedan that was involved in a Feb. 20, 2019 shooting on Mile 22 of the highway in Philadelphia, near the Benjamin Franklin bridge, according to police.  He was sought for attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy, unlicensed firearm carry, and other counts related to the incident, …
Wheelchair-Bound Man Dies 2 Years After Attack Allegedly Carried Out By PA Perpetrator Wheelchair-Bound Man Dies 2 Years After Attack Allegedly Carried Out By PA Perpetrator
Wheelchair-Bound Man Dies 2 Years After Attack Allegedly Carried Out By PA Perpetrator William "Bart" Trachin has died two years after an attack that left him seriously injured and his mother dead, according to his community. The Washington Borough man was 53 years old when he and his mother, 84-year-old Elaine Trachin, were attacked at their home in Washington Borough (Warren County), in 2021, as Daily Voice reported. Kyle Kaspereen, 24, of Easton, PA, is accused of carrying out the Nov. 30 attack. He has been charged with first-degree charges for murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, and burglary, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer stated in a release foll…
84-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fatal Doylestown Hit-And-Run 84-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fatal Doylestown Hit-And-Run
84-Year-Old Driver Charged In Fatal Doylestown Hit-And-Run Bucks County prosecutors are charging an 84-year-old driver for the hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Doylestown early this year.  Anthony Caulfield was arraigned on Wednesday, June 28, and released on $75,000 unsecured bail, said District Attorney Matthew Weintraub's Office in a release.  The accident, authorities say, happened on Jan. 6 around 3 p.m. Sixty-four-year-old Francis Patrick Montgomery was riding his bike along North Broad Street, near the Central Bucks police building, when he was hit by a white Honda van, according to the DA's Office.  The…
Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says
Nurses Covered-Up Cause Of Resident's Death In PA Medical Facility, AG Says Two elderly nurses have been held in the Dauphin County Prison after the Attorney General Michelle Henry filed charges against them for neglecting a resident in their care "who died after sustaining injuries," according to a release by the AG's office on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Deanna Lee Hamilton, 64, of Dauphin, and Margaret Susan Nies, 71, of Hummelstown, were nurses at a Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Harrisburg, in December 2019 when a male resident fell and was seriously injured—he was later hospitalized and died on Jan. 1, 2020, as detailed in the re…
BETRAYER OF THE BADGE: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex BETRAYER OF THE BADGE: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex
Betrayer OF THE Badge: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex UPDATE: A Vernon Township police officer who was accused of groping a Bergen County woman during a domestic violence call admitted abusing his authority on duty to force women to submit to his sexual advances. Emanuel Rivera, 38, acknowledged the “imbalance of power” between him and the women he was hitting on, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a joint statement. This left them unable to consent, he admitted, because of the “coercive, intimidating nature of such requests” coming from a uniformed police officer," the s…
Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA
Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA A judge sentenced a man after confessing to committing sex crimes with a minor “as intentional, premeditated, and planned as you can get," Assistant Lancaster County District Attorney Fritz Haverstick says.  Mirza Ahmed, a 30-year-old from Catonsville, Maryland, began an "online relationship" turn real-life sexual relationship with a 13-year-old East Lampeter Township girl in 2020, the DA's office announced in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.  Ahmed traveled to New York and then to Columbia, PA to pick up the girl and take her to a room at the Spruce Lane Lodge and Co…
Gunman Who Killed 2, Hurt 1 In Bucks Bar Shooting Acted In Self-Defense: DA Gunman Who Killed 2, Hurt 1 In Bucks Bar Shooting Acted In Self-Defense: DA
Gunman Who Killed 2, Hurt 1 In Bucks Bar Shooting Acted In Self-Defense: DA The gunman who fatally shot two men and injured another at a Bucks County bar had acted in self-defense and will not be charged, authorities said. Liam Hughes, 21, was leaving Steam Pub and Restaurant in Upper Southampton late on Friday, Oct. 7 when 30-year-old Steven Panebianco of Bensalem, 28-year-old Raymond Farrell and 24-year-old Richard Bowman gathered near his car and confronted him, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. Surveillance footage shows Panebianco, Farrell and Bowman attacking Hughes, punching him in the head and face even after he fall…
Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn
Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn A woman was attacked and a cat killed by a pair of "aggressive" dogs that are continually on the loose around the Lehigh Valley area, police say. Officers are now attempting to have the canines classified as dangerous around the state but are running into a series of legal technicalities due to the owner’s alleged refusal to surrender them. The first attack occurred on a woman near Willow Drive in North Catasauqua on Friday, Sept. 9, police said. While officers were searching for the two dogs, a second attack report came in that involved a cat that had been killed by the same dogs, accordi…
Pittsburgh Driver Charged With Killing Two Victims During H2Oi Event In Wildwood Pittsburgh Driver Charged With Killing Two Victims During H2Oi Event In Wildwood
Pittsburgh Driver Charged With Killing Two Victims During H2Oi Event In Wildwood A Pittsburg driver has been charged will killing two people and trying to flee during the H2oi car meetup Saturday, Sept. 24 in Wildwood, authorities announced. Gerald J. White, 37,  was behind the wheel of a 2003 Infinity when he struck a 2014 Honda Civic near Burk and Atlantic avenues, and then two pedestrians around 9:35 p.m., Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland and Wildwood Police Chief Robert Regalbuto said.  The 18-year-old pedestrian, Lindsay Weakland, of Carlisle, PA, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Civic, Timothy Ogden, 34, of Clayton, NJ…