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PA Church Youth Leader Accused Of Molesting Child At McDonald’s: Affidavit PA Church Youth Leader Accused Of Molesting Child At McDonald’s: Affidavit
PA Church Youth Leader Accused Of Molesting Child At McDonald’s: Affidavit A 76-year-old church volunteer took three youth group members shopping and to lunch at McDonald's and ended up with police storming his home, as detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Roy Andrews of the 4900 block Raudabaugh Road in Mechanicsburg was the youth leader for a Hispanic church in Harrisburg called “Iglesia La Fuenta” from 2014 through 2022, the police explained in a release. When attendance at the church declined, Andrews began volunteering his Sundays to drive children to a sister church in Mechanicsburg, according to the affidavit of probable cause.&nbs…
GF Who Choked BF's 3-Year-Old Son To Death With Baby Wipes Sentenced To Decades In PA Prison GF Who Choked BF's 3-Year-Old Son To Death With Baby Wipes Sentenced To Decades In PA Prison
GF Who Choked BF's 3-Year-Old Son To Death With Baby Wipes Sentenced To Decades In PA Prison A girlfriend who choked her boyfriend's 3-year-old son to death with baby wipes has been sentenced, Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced on Tuesday, April 9.  Chelsea Renae Cooley, 33 of Everett, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Monday in connection with the killing of Travis W. Young Jr., according to the Attorney General's office.  Cooley had Travis at her home and was babysitting him for her boyfriend when he was found unresponsive on May 28, 2022. "The boy’s father was working a 12-hour shift and reported the child was normal and healthy when he left for …
Daycare Workers Arrested After Locking Baby In Closed Philadelphia Facility: Police Daycare Workers Arrested After Locking Baby In Closed Philadelphia Facility: Police
6-Month-Old Left Alone At Closed Daycare In NE Philly: PD Three Philadelphia daycare workers are facing criminal charges for allegedly leaving a 6-month-old child alone in a locked-up building, city police told Daily Voice.  Authorities were called to New Arisens Childcare Solutions for a missing baby around 5:45 p.m. on Feb. 1, according to police.  Officers met the parents at the scene and forced entry into the building, where they found the 6-month-old in a car seat under a blanket, authorities said. The daycare had been closed and locked for the evening, officials said.  The child was taken to St. Christopher's Hospital for Chi…
'Barely Responsive' Infant Found In Bed With Dead Man In 'Filthy' PA Apartment, Police Say 'Barely Responsive' Infant Found In Bed With Dead Man In 'Filthy' PA Apartment, Police Say
'Barely Responsive' Infant Found In Bed With Dead Man In 'Filthy' PA Apartment, Police Say A five-month-old baby girl was found in bed with a dead man in a Hershey apartment, police announced on Tuesday.  Heaven Maez is behind bars again after her infant daughter was found "in extremely unsanitary conditions" with a man who had died while supposedly caring for her, according to the Derry Township police on March 12. Maez had left her little girl with the unrelated 63-year-old man at his home in the 200 block of Cocoa Avenue about one week before the girl was found during a welfare check requested by the man's family at 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the police detailed …
11-Year-Old Girl On Playground Shot, No Suspect, Philadelphia Police Say 11-Year-Old Girl On Playground Shot, No Suspect, Philadelphia Police Say
11-Year-Old Girl On Playground Shot, No Suspect, Philadelphia Police Say An 11-year-old girl was shot in her abdomen while at a playground in Philadelphia, authorities say. The girl was shot in the 3600 block of North 11th Street near Erie Avenue at 6:57 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Philadelphia Police told Daily Voice.  The 11-year-old was hit in the right abdomen and taken by her family to Temple Hospital, the police explained. After she was stabilized, she was transferred to St. Christopher Hospital.  No suspects have been identified, no arrests have been made, and no weapons were recovered, the police said. As of Thursday, 147 children have b…
SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids
Sleazebag: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids It’s about as low as someone who works in child welfare services can go. A now-former case worker with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families admitted groping women he was investigating, sending unwanted masturbation pics and threatening to have children taken from those who didn’t go out with him, authorities said on Friday. Gilberto Ortiz Jr., a 53-year-old bilingual family services specialist, told a mom he was investigating that he’d “help her” if she had a relationship with him, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Ortiz warned the woman during a home visi…
Padlocked Fridge, Rats Found In Bucks House Of Horrors Where 7 Kids Were Living: Police Padlocked Fridge, Rats Found In Bucks House Of Horrors Where 7 Kids Were Living: Police
Padlocked Fridge, Rats Found In Bucks House Of Horrors Where 7 Kids Were Living: Police Seven children are in protective custody after police found them living in squalor in a Bucks County trailer, according to authorities.  Their parents, 43-year-old Shane Robertson and 37-year-old Crystal Robertson, are each charged with seven felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child, said Pennridge Regional Police Department in a release.  The investigation began on April 23, when PRPD was called to the 600 block of Roseann Lane in West Rockhill Township for a report of three children entering an abandoned trailer, the department said.  Officers brought the trio h…
Child Whose Mom, Grandmother Were Killed In Philly Embraced By Community Child Whose Mom, Grandmother Were Killed In Philly Embraced By Community
Child Whose Mom, Grandmother Were Killed In Philly Embraced By Community Two years after his mother and grandmother were killed, community members are rallying to help a Philadelphia boy honor his late loved ones.  Byron McDonald's mom Morgan Braxton was 25 years old when city police found her dead from gunshot wounds in her home on April 12, 2021, 6abc reported. His grandmother, 50-year-old Tamara Aikens, was shot outside her house three days prior, according to the outlet.   "My cherished friend Morgan T. Braxton should have been preparing to celebrate her 27th birthday," wrote the late mother's close friend Alexis Richardson.&nbs…
Infant On Meth Died In 'Deplorable Conditions' Mom's BF Arrested In SC, PA State Police Say Infant On Meth Died In 'Deplorable Conditions' Mom's BF Arrested In SC, PA State Police Say
Infant On Meth Died In 'Deplorable Conditions' Mom's BF Arrested In SC, PA State Police Say Seven months after a 7-week-old baby girl’s death, her mom's boyfriend Robert Eugene McCachren has been arrested in South Carolina, Pennsylvania state police have told Daily Voice on Wednesday, July 13. The infant went into cardiac arrest in the 100 block of Bentz Mill Road in Washington Township in York on Thursday, Jan. 27, according to a release by PSP. State police recieved a call at York Station, about a two-month-old baby girl who was not breathing, but when officers arrived to the pop-up trailer she was dead, according to an updated release by police. The mom, Ashley Nicol…
MA Man Kills PA Mom In Front Of Kids, Shoots Himself: DA MA Man Kills PA Mom In Front Of Kids, Shoots Himself: DA
MA Man Kills PA Mom In Front Of Kids, Shoots Himself: DA A Massachusetts man shot and killed a Pennsylvania mom of two Wednesday, June 8 before shooting himself during a domestic dispute, authorities said. Police responding to a call of a suicidal person inside a Clark Court home in Northampton Township found Samantha J. Rementer, 31, dead and Thadius W. McGrath, 35, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face around 5 p.m., Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Rementer lived with her two children, one 4 and the other nearly a year old, authorities said. Cops were met by the 4-year-old child who had ope…
Support Surges For Family Of 12 Year Old Twin Killed In DUI Crash In Pennsylvania Support Surges For Family Of 12 Year Old Twin Killed In DUI Crash In Pennsylvania
Support Surges For Family Of 12 Year Old Twin Killed In DUI Crash In Pennsylvania A community is rallying for the family of a 12-year-old boy who died as a result of a single-vehicle crash where the driver is thought to have been driving under the influence, according to police. Colby Crumlich, 12, of Swatara Township, was identified as the victim by his family on a verified GoFundMe campaign page. He died at a local hospital from injuries relating to the crash that occurred in the 700 block of Keckler Road on Saturday around 3:40 p.m., according to a release by the police. It is unclear which, if any of his siblings were in the vehicle but everyone in the vehicle wa…
Chester County Woman Convicted Of Kidnapping Her 6-Year-Old Child Chester County Woman Convicted Of Kidnapping Her 6-Year-Old Child
Chester County Woman Convicted Of Kidnapping Her 6-Year-Old Child A Chester County woman was found guilty of kidnapping her six-year-old son after failing to follow the terms of her custody agreement, authorities said. Rebecca Kirshenbaum, 50, of Phoenixville, was convicted on charges of kidnapping of a minor, concealing the whereabouts of a child, & endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. She failed to return her six-year-old son to a temporary guardian in February, authorities said. Phoenixville police received numerous complaints about the well-being of Kirshenbaum's two young children in the…
Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say
Gloucester Ex-Convict Indicted For Molesting Another Boy, Authorities Say A convicted sex offender who previously served jail time in Delaware has been newly indicted for sexually assault in South Jersey, authorities said. Scott J. Bicking, 54, of Paulsboro originally was charged in Gloucester and Cumberland counties in March for sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. The latest assaults allegedly occurred several times in Woodbury and Vineland, police said. Bicking, who has been held in Cumberland County Correctional Facility, is due to appear in court on the new indictment on Wednesday. The indictment accuses Bicking of touching a boy's g…