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Burglars Targeted The Elderly In Northeast Philadelphia, Authorities Warn Burglars Targeted The Elderly In Northeast Philadelphia, Authorities Warn
Burglars Targeted The Elderly In Northeast Philadelphia, Authorities Warn Police detectives are looking for a suspect vehicle in connection with a string of thefts in Northeast Philadelphia.  Authorities said the pictured truck was used in two burglaries targeting elderly victims. The suspects were two white men wearing reflective vests who gained access to victims' homes by saying they could help lower the water bill, according to investigators.  In one instance, police said they stole a .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver.  Anyone who spots the truck should call police at 215-686-8477 or submit a tip through the department's website. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Delco Teens In Stolen Car Were Armed With Stolen Gun, Police Claim Delco Teens In Stolen Car Were Armed With Stolen Gun, Police Claim
Delco Teens In Stolen Car Were Armed With Stolen Gun, Police Claim A pair of teenagers found driving in an allegedly stolen car were also carrying a stolen firearm, say authorities in Darby Township.  A car reported stolen out of Marple Township was spotted in the northbound lane of Sharon Avenue in Sharon Hill around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, police wrote in a release.  Officers blocked the car at the intersection with Chester Pike forcing the driver to stop, the department said. While police gave "verbal commands" to the driver, the passenger was allegedly seen reaching under his seat "in an attempt to conceal something." Both people were…

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by Mac Bullock
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Traffic Stop Leads To Struggle With Armed Suspect In Chesco: Police Traffic Stop Leads To Struggle With Armed Suspect In Chesco: Police
Traffic Stop Leads To Struggle With Armed Suspect In Chesco: Police A Coatesville man is in police custody after authorities say he resisted arrest at a traffic stop.  It happened in New Garden Township on March 1, said the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department in a statement. Officers were patrolling near Gap Newport Pike and Newark Road when they saw a dark-colored Kia driving erratically, authorities wrote.  The car was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when, at Newark Road's intersection with Baltimore Pike, the vehicle "went airborne," police said. Officers signaled for the driver to pull over and a traffic stop ensued on the 1…

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by Mac Bullock
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23,000 Fentanyl Doses, 30 Homemade Guns Seized In NJ Latin Kings Takedown: Feds 23,000 Fentanyl Doses, 30 Homemade Guns Seized In NJ Latin Kings Takedown: Feds
23,000 Fentanyl Doses, 30 Homemade Guns Seized In NJ Latin Kings Takedown: Feds More than 23,000 doses of fentanyl, nearly 30 homemade firearms and a host of parts designed to create fully-automatic machine guns were seized in the takedown of a drug and gun trafficking network run by New Jersey members of the Latin Kings, federal authorities announced. Nine reputed members of the ring were charged with a variety of drug and weapon offenses that include creating and selling private-made firearms (PMFs), more commonly known as “ghost guns," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. PMFs were actually being made on 3D printers at the moment law enforcers raided one of sever…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Guns In Five Days: PA Airport Sees Surge In Firearms Four Guns In Five Days: PA Airport Sees Surge In Firearms
Four Guns In Five Days: PA Airport Sees Surge In Firearms There appears to be a disturbing trend of firearms at one Pennsylvania airport, authorities say.  TSA officers seized the fourth gun in five days at Pittsburgh International Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 1:07 p.m., according to a release by Allegheny County Police of their finding. The latest gun seized was a loaded Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm caliber handgun within 35-year-old Paul O’Brien of San Diego, CA's carry-on and he did not possess a valid concealed carry permit, according to the police. TSA officers stopped O'Brien at the security scanner and notified the police and the FBI…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Four Pounds Of Meth, Fentanyl, Stolen Gun Seized In Berks County Busts: PD Four Pounds Of Meth, Fentanyl, Stolen Gun Seized In Berks County Busts: PD
Four Pounds Of Meth, Fentanyl, Stolen Gun Seized In Berks County Busts: PD An investigation by local and state law enforcement led to one arrest and the seizure of several pounds of drugs, cash, and stolen gun, authorities in Berks County said. Viccasey Garcia, 35, of West Reading was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 8 after the Reading Police Department, Berks County District Attorney Drug Task Force and Pennsylvania State Police found the items during a search of two homes linked to him, they said. The warrants were served at a house on N 6th Avenue in West Reading and the other on the 1800 block of Scindo Court in Muhlenberg Township, authorities said. The followin…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Walmart Thief In Pagan's Motorcycle Gang Vest Busted With Loaded Handgun PA Walmart Thief In Pagan's Motorcycle Gang Vest Busted With Loaded Handgun
PA Walmart Thief In Pagan's Motorcycle Gang Vest Busted With Loaded Handgun A man trying to swipe items from Walmart by hiding them in a Pagan's Motorcycle Gang vest was busted with a loaded handgun that he wasn't licensed to carry, authorities in Delaware County said. Patrick Sean Griffin, Sr. was stopped by officers at the MacDade Boulevard store in Darby Township on July 29, after he was captured on surveillance taking several items out of their packaging and concealing them in his denim vest, local police said. Loss Prevention and police attempted to stop Griffin at the exit, but he turned away and re-entered the store near the self-checkout area in a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Taxi Cab Driver's Killer Arrested In Targeted PA Amtrak Shooting Had Killed Before: Police Taxi Cab Driver's Killer Arrested In Targeted PA Amtrak Shooting Had Killed Before: Police
Taxi Cab Driver's Killer Arrested In Targeted PA Amtrak Shooting Had Killed Before: Police An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a 59-year-old taxi cab driver who was found shot outside an Amtrak station in what police are calling a targeted killing on Sunday. Kenneth Cobb died at an area hospital after he was shot by Hezekiah F. Campbell outside the Amtrak station in Harrisburg near 4th and Chestnut streets around 9:30 p.m. on Mar. 27, police say. When police searched Campbell’s home, they found a Smith & Wesson 9-millimeter gun, a loaded magazine, an empty magazine, loose copper-washed ammunition cartridges, and clothing similar to what the shooter was wea…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA
Getaway Driver Takes Guilty Plea In Armed Robbery Spree Across NJ, PA A Trenton resident admitted driving the getaway car for a stickup man who robbed a string of convenience stores at gunpoint in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Omar Feliciano-Estremera, 44, took a deal from the government rather than go to trial after accused robber Gabriel Lopez died. Feliciano-Estremera pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton on Tuesday, March 15, to three counts of robbery and one each of conspiracy and aiding and abetting the possession of a gun that was fired during one of the holdups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. He and Lopez committed the robberies i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport
New Orleans Woman Stopped With Loaded Gun At Newark Airport TSA officers nabbed a New Orleans woman trying to carry a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Airport, authorities said. The .40-caliber Smith & Wesson weapon wasn't loaded as it passed through the checkpoint X-Ray machine’s monitor, although an ammo magazine that the woman had was, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said on Wednesday, March 9 She told them she was running late for her flight and didn't have enough time to pack the firearm in a checked bag, Farbstein said. Officers immediately alerted the Port Authority police, who arrested the woman on weapon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SC Man Busted With Psychedelic Mushrooms, THC Vapes, Gun During Traffic Stop On I-81: PA Police SC Man Busted With Psychedelic Mushrooms, THC Vapes, Gun During Traffic Stop On I-81: PA Police
SC Man Busted With Psychedelic Mushrooms, THC Vapes, Gun During Traffic Stop On I-81: PA Police A man from South Carolina was found with psychedelic mushrooms, THC vape cartridges and a gun he was not allowed to posses, during a traffic stop on Interstate 81 in central Pennsylvania, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Christopher Warran Williams, 35, of Columbia, South Carolina was stopped while driving a red 2021 Chrysler Pacifica with Georgia plates along I-81 at mile marker 64 in East Pennsboro Township in Cumberland County on Tuesday around 5 p.m., according to the release and court documents. A .40 caliber Smith & Wesson, 2.5 pounds of marijuana, approximatel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say
Historic Drug Seizure Near Atlantic City Nets Fentanyl, Heroin, Coke, Feds Say Local and federal authorities seized more than 30 pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine – the area’s largest narcotics haul in history -- while raiding a basement drug mill just outside Atlantic City, authorities said. A federal judge in Camden ordered via videoconference that Ricardo Clavijo, 39, who lives in the Egg Harbor Township home, and Christopher Gonzalez, 37, of Pleasantville, remain held without bail, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Each is charged with conspiring to have and sell more than a kilo of heroin. “By all accounts, this case represents the largest single…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Upland Police Traffic Stop Finds DelCo Man With Unregistered Handgun Upland Police Traffic Stop Finds DelCo Man With Unregistered Handgun
Upland Police Traffic Stop Finds DelCo Man With Unregistered Handgun A man was found with an unregistered handgun during a police traffic stop in Upland, Delaware County, authorities said. Officers found a Smith & Wesson .380 caliber handgun when they stopped Michael Johnson, 29, of Linwood in the area of the 1400 block of Kerlin Street on Sunday, Upland Borough police said. A check of Johnson's records showed he did not have a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, police said. Johnson was arrested on weapons offenses and arraigned before MDJ Christopher Mattox. He was subsequently remanded to George W Hill Correctional Facility afte…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Delaware County Traffic Stop Turns Up Cash, Pot, Handgun Delaware County Traffic Stop Turns Up Cash, Pot, Handgun
Delaware County Traffic Stop Turns Up Cash, Pot, Handgun A convicted felon was caught with an illegal firearm and more than five pounds of pot during a weekend traffic stop in Delaware County, authorities said. Rashaun Kashif Davis, 35, was pulled over for driving with a fraudulent PA In-Transit paper tag near West Chester Pike and Lawrence Road around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Marple Township Police said. Officers “immediately” detected the odor of marijuana coming from Davis’ maroon Ford Flex, authorities said. Davis and his female passenger denied having medical marijuana cards, and a subsequent search of the car turned up 5.5 ounces of the substan…

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by Valerie Musson