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Murder Investigation
Police & Fire
New Evidence Discovered In PA Man's 2013 Murder, Troopers Say
Investigators are hopeful that recently discovered evidence will lead them to Harry Brian Mitchell's killer. The 50-year-old was shot dead on Dec. 22 or 23, 2013, state police said in a release. Mitchell was staying at a remote cabin he owned with his wife Dorothy at 157 Lake View Lane in New Albany, Bradford County, authorities wrote. Detectives said he was at the rear of the cabin with his dog when he was fatally struck by a single bullet. Friends found Mitchell's body at the cabin after they had stopped hearing from him, according to police. Authorities sai…
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CASE: NJ Mom Found Dead In Pennsylvania Cornfield
Decades after she was found dead in a Lehigh Valley cornfield, state troopers continue their search for Caralee LaLaine Pensyl's killer. The 20-year-old's remains were discovered unclothed and decomposed about a quarter-mile south of Hecktown Road in Lower Nazareth on Dec. 12, 1987, according to state police. Authorities say that she was murdered, but no official cause of death seems to appear in the public record. A contemporaneous report from the Allentown Morning Call claimed Pensyl had no wounds or trauma on her body when found. Still, loved ones were immediately suspicious…
Police & Fire
Death Investigation Under Way: Northampton Double Shooting Killed Man, Injured Woman
A 51-year-old Pennsylvania woman was injured and a 53-year-old man killed by a gunshot wound in Northampton County Saturday, Sept. 30, police said. Troopers were called to a home on the 300 block of East Ninth Street in Northampton around 11:35 a.m., where a man and woman had been shot. The man was pronounced dead by coroners while the woman was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania State Police said. The female was transported from the scene by Northampton Regional EMS to Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg. This investigation remains ongoing and road…
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Cold
CASE: 1980 Murder In Surburban Philly Haunts Investigators
More than four decades have passed since Mark Barocas was found dead in his Bristol Borough apartment, and authorities are still searching for clues. Barocas, a 24-year-old forklift operator who moonlighted as a rock drummer, was found in his Cedar Street home with multiple stab wounds to his arms and chest on July 29, 1980, said Pennsylvania State Police in a release. Authorities were called to the home by an anonymous tipster, according to contemporaneous reporting by the Philadelphia Inquirer, and detectives believed the 24-year-old might have been dead for up to 12 hours whe…
Police & Fire
Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities
Philadelphia police are investigating after a man was shot dead in the middle of a city street on Monday, July 31, the department told Daily Voice. It happened on the 2500 block of North Reese Street, police said. The victim, 31, was found at the scene by first responders with gunshot wounds to his neck, back, and hand, investigators said. He was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, according to authorities. No arrests had been made and no weapon recovered as of Monday afternoon. The investigation is ongoing. PPD did not report the victim's name.
Police & Fire
Details Sought In Chesco Man's 2010 Cold Case Killing
More than a decade after his death, police are reinvestigating the Chester County murder of Thomas E. Ferguson. The 43-year-old was shot dead in the Borough on Modena on Oct. 5, 2010, at about 9:30 p.m., according to a release from the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. Authorities believe Ferguson was being robbed at gunpoint when his assailant shot him near the intersection of Modena Road and Union Street. He was struck in the leg and bled to death, officials said. The Chester County District Attorney's Office said a $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest an…
Police & Fire
Chester Heights Murders Not 'Random' Attack, Investigators Say
New evidence has emerged in the murders of Richard and Rita Zajko, state police say, and investigators now believe the couple was not randomly targeted. The Zajkos were found dead in their Chester Heights home on Jan. 2 by troopers conducting a welfare check, Daily Voice has reported. Nearly a month later, police detectives say they have conducted "dozens" of interviews, executed "numerous" search warrants, and "obtained new evidence" in the course of the investigation. "Based off this information it is believed at this time not to be a random act of violence," said…
Police & Fire
Answers Sought In Chesco Man's 2020 Hit-Run Death
State police in Chester County continue to investigate the hit-and-run crash that killed 23-year-old Nick Sullins more than two years ago. Troopers were called to the intersection of Rt. 272 and Cemetery Road just after 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2020, after hearing reports of a pedestrian lying in the roadway, they said in a statement. They arrived to find Sullins, of Nottingham, badly injured on the road. While first responders rushed him to Christiana Hospital, police worked the scene and determined that Sullins had been struck by a driver who fled, according to the state…
Police & Fire
New Video Links Philly City Worker's Killer To Bronx Shooting: Police
Philadelphia police have released new video of a shooting in New York City that they say is linked to the killing of a Philly parking authority worker last month. The city employee was walking along the 4500 block of Frankford Avenue on Nov. 25 when an unknown man walked up behind him and shot him in the head point blank, as Daily Voice has reported. The new video, released Friday, Dec. 2, shows security footage from a gas station in the Bronx, where a suspect is seen briefly speaking with an employee before taking out a handgun and shooting them repeatedly. Investigators…
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US Marshals Nab Philly Man In NJ Motel Strangling, Stabbing: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested for strangling and stabbing a woman inside a South Jersey motel, authorities said. Alexander Rivera, of the 6300 block of Cardiff Street in the Mayfair section of the city, was taken into custody without incident at his home on Friday Nov. 4 by the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force. An investigation began just before 11:30 a.m. on May 11, when officers from the Maple Shade Police Department were called to the Bel-Air Motor Lodge on Route 73 for a report of an unresponsive woman. Michelle L. Johnston…
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: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…
Police & Fire
NJ State Police Seek Public's Help In Philly Road Rage Incident
New Jersey State Police are seeking the public's help finding a suspect in a fatal road rage crash. State troopers responded to a single-car crash on Interstate 76 eastbound in Mount Ephraim at about 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 24. Louis E. Ciccanti Jr. was found fatally shot in his black 2004 Mercedes Benz 500, State Police said. He was found slumped over the wheel of his car near a traffic barrier at milepost .4 in Mount Ephraim, they said at the time. State Police released four new surveillance photos on Tuesday, March 29. New Jersey Srtate Police seek the public's help locating the driv…
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2 Hurt In Dorm Stabbing At PA's Lincoln University: DA
UPDATE: One person died and two others were wounded in a stabbing at Lincoln University on Wednesday, Feb. 16, authorities in Chester County confirmed. Three people were stabbed inside a dorm on the campus in Lower Oxford on Wednesday night, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. One person was pronounced dead at the scene while two others were taken to Christiana Hospital in Wilmington, DE, where they were treated and released, the DA's office said alongside Lincoln University police. The victims have not been identified by authorities. The stabbing r…
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Trio Charged With Murdering College-Bound NJ Honors Student, 18
Three men were each charged with murder in a street shooting that killed an innocent college-bound honor student from Paterson as he carried in his grandmother’s groceries. Jaquin Williams and Jahed Jones, both 19 of Paterson, and Kahaz D. Heron, 18, of Clifton remained held in the Passaic County Jail following an intense and furious investigation into the slaying of 18-year-old Robert Cuadra. Cuadra was struck by a bullet that was among no fewer than 16 rounds that authorities said were fired on Godwin Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19. Responding officers found the mortally wounded teen o…
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead At South Jersey Gas Station
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed while in a car getting gas at a South Jersey service station Saturday, authorities said. Willingboro police were called to the Phillips 66 on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive around 3 p.m. on reports of a shooting, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon said. The victim, Jesse Everett, had been transported in a private vehicle to Virtua Willingboro Hospital, then airlifted to Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, where he was pronounced dead at 5:24 p.m., authorities said. More th…
Police & Fire
1 Dead, Gunman At Large In Chester County Shooting
The gunman who killed a man in an early-morning Chester County shooting remained at large as of Tuesday night, authorities said. Troopers form the Pennsylvania State Police, Embreeville Barracks were dispatched to the 1900 block of Valley Drive in Sadsbury Township around 2 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a shooting, Trooper Kevin Kochka said. There, they found one man -- who had been shot several times -- lifeless, Kochka said. The gunman fled the scene. The public was not in danger. This investigation is being conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J Major Case Team, with th…
Police & Fire
DA: New Jersey Brothers Charged With Killing Man Found Dead In Pennsylvania Woods
Two teen brothers from New Jersey were arrested on accusations they killed a man found in a wooded area in Quakertown (Bucks County), Pennsylvania, authorities announced. Anthony Gamble, 19, and Joshua Gamble, 17, both of Somerset, NJ, will be charged with criminal homicide, criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with evidence, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's office. The younger Gamble is being charged as an adult. The brothers are accused of killing a man found stabbed to death early Thursday in a wooded area in the 500 block of East Pu…
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$10K Reward Offered In Road Rage Shooting That Killed Pennsylvania Mom
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest of the person responsible for killing a Pennsylvania mom of six in a North Carolina road rage shooting last week. Authorities released the photo of the vehicle wanted in connection with the shooting that left Lancaster County's Julie Eberly, 47, dead in the passenger's seat of her husband's car on Interstate 95 last Thursday. Investigators have identified the suspect vehicle from surveillance footage as a silver four-door Chevrolet Malibu, manufactured between the years of 2008-2013 with North Carolina license …
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