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Coopersburg German Shepherd Owner Charged After Letting Dog Run Loose — AGAIN: Police Coopersburg German Shepherd Owner Charged After Letting Dog Run Loose — AGAIN: Police
Coopersburg German Shepherd Owner Charged After Letting Dog Run Loose — Again: Police A 52-year-old Bucks County woman has been charged after her dog was found running loose, again. A white German Shepherd belonging to Heather M. Fitzgerald, of Passer Road in Coopersburg, was found off her property and "not under reasonable control," Springfield police said.  "Under PA State Law - Enforcement and Penalties, a Confinement violation increases to a Misdemeanor of the Third Degree if the owner has been convicted of the same offense within one year, which was the case with Fitzgerald," local police said.  Authorities did not say when the earlier event happened. A prel…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Life In Prison For PA Mom Who Shot And Killed Her Two Young Sons: Prosecutors Life In Prison For PA Mom Who Shot And Killed Her Two Young Sons: Prosecutors
Trinh Nguyen Gets Life In Prison For Murdering Sons: DA The Upper Makefield mom who shot her sons dead in their beds last year before attempting suicide "will die within the four walls of a correctional facility," prosecutors say.  Trinh Nguyen pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and related counts in a Bucks County court on Wednesday, Dec. 20, the DA's Office announced.  Nguyen was set to be evicted from the Timber Ridge Road home she shared with her sons 13-year-old Jeffrey and 9-year-old Nelson Tini when she shot them in the head on May 2, authorities have said. After, she went outside and pointed the same blac…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Straw Purchaser Had Been Putting Guns On Streets For Years: DA Bucks Straw Purchaser Had Been Putting Guns On Streets For Years: DA
Bucks Straw Purchaser Had Been Putting Guns On Streets For Years: DA A Bucks County man had been making straw purchases of firearms before illegally reselling the guns on the streets for over a decade, authorities say.  Frederick Cornelius Brown Jr., 63, of Croydon, was convicted in a Bucks County court on 34 counts of illegal firearm transferring and knowingly falsifying documents, said state Attorney General Michelle Henry in a release.  As far back as 2011, Henry said Brown purchased as many as 17 guns which he then illegally transferred to others. Not a single one of the weapons had been reported missing, stolen, or legally transferred to anoth…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bucks Kidnapper Who Threatened To Kill Teen's Family Gets 40-Year Sentence Bucks Kidnapper Who Threatened To Kill Teen's Family Gets 40-Year Sentence
Bucks Kidnapper Who Threatened To Kill Teen's Family Gets 40-Year Sentence A Philadelphia man who kidnapped a Bucks County teen at knifepoint and threatened to kill his family will spend decades behind bars, officials say.  Pavel Belous, 37, was sentenced to four consecutive 10-to-20-year sentences for a total of 40 to 80 years in prison, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Wednesday, Nov. 9.  Belous had previously pleaded guilty to terrorizing a Bucks County teen on March 11, 2021.  According to the DA, Belous spotted his then-18-year-old victim at a Philadelphia convenience store before stalking him all the way to…

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by Mac Bullock