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Police & Fire
'Distraction Burglary': Pair Stole Jewelry After Asking To Use Bathroom At Bucks Home, Cops Say
Police in Lower Southampton are looking for two suspects in a "distraction burglary," the department said Friday, April 26. The pair, a man and a woman, approached a homeowner in the township's Oakford section about seal-coating their driveway, authorities said. When they were turned down, they said the woman was pregnant and asked if she could use the homeowner's bathroom, according to police. The homeowner obliged but later noticed multiple pieces of jewelry missing, investigators said. They were driving a red Ford pickup truck with the bumper and grill both…
Police & Fire
Three Stabbed In West Chester, Police Say
Three people were treated at a hospital after being stabbed in West Chester on Sunday night, March 24, borough police say. It happened on the 50 block of Sharon Alley, authorities said around 9:30 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to call 610-696-2700.
Police & Fire
PA Chipotle Manager Masturbates In Front Of Customers, Police
A Pennsylvania Chipotle manager was caught masturbating on the job in the dining area of the restaurant at the beginning of March, police announced on Monday, March 18. The unnamed 26-year-old manager "exposed his genitals and proceeded to masturbate in the view of other individuals while sitting in a booth inside of the restaurant," the Camp Hill police stated in the release. The incident took place at the Chipotle Restaurant located at 3216 Trindle Road in Camp Hill at 8:05 p.m. on Friday, March 1, the police detailed in the release. When the company found out the manag…
Police & Fire
Young Child's 'Severely Decomposed' Body Found In Duffel Bag In Philadelphia: Police
Police are investigating after a young child was found dead in a duffel bag in Philadelphia on Monday morning, March 18. The child was found on the 600 block of N. 38th Street in the Mantua section of West Philly, according to the department. Police said it was discovered by someone doing work behind a property on the block. The child has not yet been identified and their gender is unknown, police said. The remains are "severely decomposed," they added. 6abc reports that the child is thought to be between 2 and 4 years old. SEE ALSO: Infant Has 'Suspicious' De…
Police & Fire
Woman Sitting In Parked Car Struck By Gunfire In Reading, Detectives Say
One woman was hospitalized after she was shot while sitting in a parked car on Thursday night, March 7, Reading police said in a release. It happened on the 400 block of Lehigh Street around 9:20 p.m., according to investigators. The victim, 25, was struck multiple times in the leg and taken to Reading Hospital with non-life-threatening wounds, said police. The suspects are described as two men, possibly Hispanic wearing dark clothing, said detectives. An investigation is underway and anyone with information is asked to call 610-655-6116.
Police & Fire
Police Investigating North Philly Woman's Death
Authorities are investigating after a 46-year-old woman died in a North Philadelphia apartment on Tuesday afternoon, March 5. It happened on the 700 block of West Annsbury Street near Hunting Park, city police said. The victim's boyfriend found her unresponsive on the floor in a second-story bedroom around 2:10 p.m., according to officials. She was pronounced dead a half hour later, police said. Her name was not reported by police and authorities said her cause of death is still under review.
Police & Fire
Woman 'Seriously Injured' By Gunfire In Bethlehem, Police Say
Police are investigating after a woman was shot in Bethlehem on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 28, authorities said in a release. Authorities received multiple calls about gunfire on the 400 block of Cherokee Street around 3:15 p.m., the department said. The victim, believed to be in her 20s, had been taken to an area hospital in a personal car before police arrived, according to officials. She was shot at least once in the body and remains hospitalized with "serious injuries," police said. No arrests were made at the scene and police are asking anyone with information to call…
Police & Fire
Officer Hospitalized, Driver Killed After Pinning Patrolman With Car: PPD
A driver was shot dead by an officer after pinning the patrolman to a wall with his car, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel announced in a press conference late on Thursday night. The patrolman had been conducting a solo traffic stop at F Street and Roosevelt Blvd but pursued the driver to Adams and Newtown avenues in the 25th District, the Crescentville neighborhood, just after 7 p.m. on Feb. 15, Commissioner Kevin Bethel detailed. That's where the driver drove into the officer, pinning him by his legs between a vehicle and a wall of the bridge outside Tacon…
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Found Shot To Death In Car: Philadelphia Police
A police investigation is underway after two people were found dead in a car on a North Philadelphia street on Tuesday, Feb. 13. It happened just before 4 p.m. on the 3600 block of N. 17th Street in Tioga-Nicetown, city police told Daily Voice. The victims, one man and one woman, were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. No arrests had been made and no weapons recovered as of Tuesday evening.
Police & Fire
All Six Bodies Recovered From East Lansdowne Crime Scene, DA Says
The remains of six people have been taken from the East Lansdowne home where two police officers were shot and a fire broke out on Wednesday evening, Feb. 7, authorities say. "We think we have found everybody who was in that house," said Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer at a press conference on Friday, Feb 9. The remains have been turned over to the county Medical Examiner's Office for official identification, Stollsteimer said, though investigators have called them the Le family. The remains were left "unrecognizable" from an "intense inferno," and med…
Police & Fire
Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility Murder Philadelphia
A 59-year-old inmate died in his cell at a Philadelphia prison Sunday, Jan. 28, in what police say was a homicide. Officers from the 8th District responding to a "hospital case" at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, at 8101 State Road, found the unnamed inmate unconscious with blunt force trauma to the head at approximately 9:15 a.m., city police said. "Despite immediate medical intervention by Medic 17, he was pronounced deceased at 9:43 a.m.," police said in a news release. The victim's cellmate, a 25-year-old man, was removed from the cell and relocated to a di…
Sports
Flyers Goalie's Leave Of Absence Tied To 2018 Sex Assault Investigation?
Two New Jersey Devils players and one member of the Philadelphia Flyers have been granted leaves of absence the same day that The Globe and Mail released a report saying police in Canada called for the surrender of five players from the 2018 Canadian World Junior team in connection with a sex assault investigation. Devils forward Michael McLeod, defenseman Cal Foote, and Flyers goalie Carter Hart — all members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior team — have been granted a leave of absence. The Devils said only that McLeod and Foote were requested and granted an indefinit…
Police & Fire
Troopers Investigate After Woman Jumps Into Delaware River: State Police
A woman in Bucks County jumped into the Delaware River on Monday evening, Jan. 15 after police approached her about a domestic dispute, authorities announced. State police said they were called about a domestic incident at a house on Durham Street in Riegelsville around 6:30 p.m. A 30-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man were involved, they wrote in a release. Troopers searched nearby and found the woman with three children on a walking trail near the Delaware River, but when they approached, police said she leaped into the water. The three kids were "safely secure(d)," t…
Police & Fire
Victim 'Uncooperative' After Easton Shooting, Police Say
Police say the victim in a Monday night Easton shooting is not cooperating with investigators. The 30-year-old man was shot multiple times on the 200 block of Northampton Street around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 11, the department said in a release. He was taken to an area hospital with "what are believed to be survivable injuries," police wrote. Two nearby businesses and a car were also damaged by gunfire, they added. Detectives said they suspect the victim knows who shot him. Anyone with information is asked to call city detectives at 610-250-6780.
Police & Fire
Delco Police Officers Involved In Fiery Crash During Traffic Stop On I-95
Police officers in Delaware County, PA were involved in a fiery crash during a traffic stop early Saturday, Nov. 11, on I-95, police said. The Chester officers were on the scene of a traffic stop on the southbound side of I-95 near Kerlin Street, when a passing vehicle struck the back of the police vehicles, causing some of the vehicles to erupt in flames around 3 a.m., police said. According to 6abc, three officers were outside of the vehicles at the time of the crash, and two civilians inside of their vehicle were taken to an area hospital for evaluation. Conditions were unknown…
News
Israeli Flag Torn Down By Vandals At Philadelphia-Area Cafe (
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A Montgomery County cafe is circulating video that shows hooded men walk inside and steal an Israeli flag off the wall. Management at Cafe Ole in Huntingdon Valley said it happened last Wednesday, Nov. 1. "The girls just ran downstairs and called (911)," an owner told Daily Voice. "They came in with their faces covered." The video shows one man holding the door while three others walk inside and snatch the banner before leaving. Philadelphia, PA - four masked men walked into Cafe Ole (Huntingdon) and proceeded to tear off the Israeli flag, while yelling “Free Palestine” as they lef…
Police & Fire
Men Dressed As Muslim Women Rob Asian Nail Salons In Philly: Police (
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A nail salon employee is recovering from a gunshot wound following a robbery, by some men in unusual disguises, the Philadelphia Police Department announced on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Two Black men dressed in abayas and hijabs (that were pulled up over their faces like niqabs) entered the Happy Family Nail Salon and Spa located at 1100 W. Girard Avenue around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, according to Philadelphia police. About three hours later, the same men, still dressed as Muslim women robbered Nails In The City at 2401 Aramingo Ave. In both cases, all of the salons' empl…
News
Double Murder: Teen, Adult Found Killed In Lehigh Valley Home
State police are investigating after two people were found murdered in a North Catasauqua home. Relatives made the grisly discovery just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at 1106 Railroad Street, troopers said. Inside, a 39-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were pronounced dead by Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek. Each died from "sharp force injuries" by manner of homicide, Lysek's office found. Neither victim was named by authorities. The investigation remains ongoing.
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Shooter
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: 21-Year-Old City Employee ID'd, Philadelphia Police Say
The city Streets Department employee who was shot in South Philadelphia early on Thursday, Sept. 7 has died from his injuries, police told Daily Voice. The victim, now identified as 21-year-old Masir Williams, was shot in the lower back and left forearm on the 2300 block of Oakford Street, Daily Voice previously reported. He was rushed to Jefferson University Hospital by first responders and placed in critical condition but died from his injuries at 10:17 a.m., police said. The Streets Department said it was "disheartened" by Williams' death, writing, "Our thoughts are with everyone im…
Police & Fire
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office. Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department. The officers arri…
Police & Fire
Allentown Cops Investigate Deadly Shooting In Autozone Parking Lot
One person is dead and another is hospitalized after shots rang out in an Autozone parking lot over the weekend, say Allentown police. It happened around 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, said the department in a statement. Officers were dispatched to the store at 1871 South 5th Street for a report of shots fired, police said. Minutes later, a 22-year-old man was brought to St. Luke's Hospital-Sacred Heart Campus where he died from his injuries, the department said. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Edgar Gonzalez of Allentown and ruled his death a homicide. T…
Police & Fire
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed NJ Scooter Rider, 21
A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy
Authorities are investigating after a "juvenile" male was shot dead by a Pennsylvania state trooper in Bradford County Thursday evening. State police were called to a wooded area in Herrick Township just before 5 p.m. on May 4 for reports of a person with a handgun, Trooper William Evans wrote in a release. Troopers made contact with the boy and gave "numerous verbal orders for (him) to drop the weapon," authorities said. Police claimed the boy "did not comply" and "presented himself as an imminent threat to the responding troopers." One trooper fired at the boy, and he w…
Police & Fire
'Decomposed' Human Remains Found Near I-80 In Stroudsburg, Police Say
Authorities in Monroe County are investigating after badly decomposed human remains were found off a highway in Stroudsburg on Thursday, April 27. A Stroudsburg Borough employee made the discovery in a wooded area near the Park Avenue/I-80 East on-ramp at about 11:20 a.m., Stroud Area Regional Police announced in a release. Officers and detectives were called to the scene, but the remains were so extensively decomposed that investigators could not identify the gender of the victim, according to the release. The remains have been removed from the woods and turned over…
Police & Fire
Philly Man Shot By Police After Reaching For Officer's Gun: Montco DA
A Philadelphia man was shot in the shoulder and is now charged with attempted homicide after police say he punched an officer in the head and tried to grab his gun in Montgomery County early Saturday morning. It happened at 9 a.m. in the 500 block of Bridal Way in Cheltenham, District Attorney Kevin Steele's Office said in a release. Police were called to the scene for reports of a "suspicious man," authorities said. A Cheltenham police officer located the man and asked him to sit down and talk, but the man "responded by immediately punching the officer in the face and head" and reach…
Police & Fire
'Person With Gun' Report Prompts Lockdown At Delco Community College
Police in Marple Township are investigating the reports of a "possible subject with a gun" that briefly locked down the Delaware County Community College campus on Monday, April 10. It started when dispatchers received the call at about 1:30 p.m., Marple police wrote in a statement. Officers arrived on the scene "in less than a minute" and were told that two people had been involved in an "altercation" outside on campus property, but both had left before police showed up, according to the release. "An uninvolved third party who was near the altercation when it occurred thought a…
Police & Fire
'Operation: Hey You Guys' Brings Down 'Goonies Gang' In Coatesville, DA Says
A pair of police investigations in Coatesville culminated with the arrests of 19 suspected drug dealers and the dismantlement of two trafficking groups, prosecutors claim. Dubbed "Operation: Hey You Guys" and "Operation: Roasting Chestnuts," the probes took aim at two separate but related drug trafficking organizations, said Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan. "Roasting Chesnuts" began in the summer of 2022, when residents on the 500 block of East Chestnut Street complained to police about safety concerns due to suspected drug activity in the area, police said. Neighbors were "a…
Police & Fire
Doylestown Sex Offender Busted With Child Porn: Authorities
A registered sex offender in Bucks County is now accused of possessing sexual abuse imagery, authorities say. Edward Vincent Bacon, 29, was arrested after detectives executed a search warrant at his Doylestown home, Central Bucks Regional Police said in a statement. Investigators had been tipped off by police in Chesterfield County, Virginia, that Bacon "was in possession of images containing child exploitation," CBRPD wrote. More items removed from his property are still under investigation, they added. At his arraignment on Friday, Feb. 17, Bacon's bail was set at $1 mi…
Schools
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause. The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…
Police & Fire
Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police
A woman in Chester County is charged with corrupting minors after cops say she cheered on a child during a fistfight. Arielis Vargas, 30, of Kennett Square, escorted a "juvenile child" to a location so the youth could fight another child, police claimed in a statement. Investigators said that video from the incident shows Vargas "shouting and encouraging the juveniles to fight," and filming the bout herself. Vargas was charged with corruption of minors, disorderly conduct, terroristic threats, and simple assault, and was released after posting a $10,000 bail bond, court r…
Schools
Threat Clears Montco Middle School: Report
Penndale Middle School in Lansdale is dismissing students early on Monday, Jan. 30 after administrators learned of a violent threat, WFMZ reports. In a statement to parents, North Penn School District said students will be bussed home early, and that those who normally walk will need to be picked up, according to the report. There's no mention of any threat or early dismissal on the school district's social media pages or website. North Penn officials did not immediately respond to Daily Voice's request for comment. All after school activities at Penndale have been cancel…
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