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HazMat Scare Evacuates Bucks County Apartment Complex HazMat Scare Evacuates Bucks County Apartment Complex
HazMat Scare Evacuates Bucks County Apartment Complex Residents of a Doylestown apartment complex were evacuated from their homes Saturday afternoon as emergency workers responded to a possible hazardous materials situation, officials say.  Doylestown Fire Company No. 1 received the call at about 12:10 p.m. on April 22, they said in a release. Also on the scene were members of the Bucks County Hazmat Team and "bomb disposal units," the company wrote.  Staff Photos Updated info certificate of uranium and paraphernalia found in apartment in Regency Woods. Stations 19,79,24,hazmat 89 medics 125 124 #MBIP2 WFMZ Katie Katro 6abc Action News P…
Family Of DelCo Girl Killed By Police Gunfire Files Federal Lawsuit Family Of DelCo Girl Killed By Police Gunfire Files Federal Lawsuit
Family Of DelCo Girl Killed By Police Gunfire Files Federal Lawsuit The family of a young girl who was killed by police gunfire in Delaware County earlier this year has filed a federal lawsuit. The 10-page lawsuit named the borough of Sharon Hill, Sharon Hill police chief Joseph Kelly, police officers John Scanlan III and Devon Smith, as well as an unspecified number of additional officers whose names are unknown by the Bility family. Fanta Bility, 8, was killed when gunfire rang out outside Academy Park High School after a football game on Aug. 27, Daily Voice reported. Preliminary ballistics analysis has concluded with "near certainty" that the shots tha…
Queens Man Dead, 13 Injured In I-295 Crash Queens Man Dead, 13 Injured In I-295 Crash
Queens Man Dead, 13 Injured In I-295 Crash A Queens, NY man died and 13 other people were injured in a crash involving a passenger van on Interstate 295 in Mercer County Wednesday, New Jersey State Police said. A Ford Econoline van was traveling north in near mile post 59 in Hamilton Township, when it went off the road to the right, struck the guardrail, reentered the roadway and overturned around 3:30 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Four of the 14 occupants were ejected, including 55-year-old Daniel Del Carmen Marmol Batista, of Ridgewood, NY, who died. The driver, Silvestre Diaz, 33, of Camden, suffered minor injur…
Fire Crews Rescue Child From Stuck Car In Delaware County Fire Crews Rescue Child From Stuck Car In Delaware County
Fire Crews Rescue Child From Stuck Car In Delaware County Fire crews in Delaware County rescued a child from a car that got stuck as a result of flooding from heavy rain showers Wednesday morning, according to a recent news report. Concordville Fire Department blocked the southbound lanes of Baltimore Pike by Creek Road in Chadds Ford as crews lifted the child to safety, 6abc reports. No injuries were reported. Click here for the full report by 6abc Action News.
Villanova University Football Player Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Student Villanova University Football Player Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Student
Villanova University Football Player Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Student A 19-year-old Villanova University football player from Maryland has been charged with attempted sexual assault, reports say. Iyanu Elijah Solomon tried forcing a female student into sexual acts in September 2019, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office told 6abc. The woman reportedly told her resident assistant of the incident two weeks after the alleged incident happened, but decided not to file a police report at the time. But Solomon continued harassing the woman, who pursued criminal charges last month, the DA's office says. Solomon was charged with attempted sexual assault, a…
Gunman In Custody After Leading Police Pursuit Across PA, NJ, DE Gunman In Custody After Leading Police Pursuit Across PA, NJ, DE
Gunman In Custody After Leading Police Pursuit Across PA, NJ, DE A man accused of firing a gun inside his Delaware County home was in custody after leading police on a multi-state pursuit over the weekend, 6abc Action News reports. The man reportedly fired a shot inside of his house during a dispute with his wife on Springfield Avenue in Ridley Township early Saturday morning, authorities told the news outlet. When police arrived, the man drove away, leading them on a chase over the Commodore Barry Bridge into New Jersey, then onto the Delaware Memorial Bridge into Delaware, and eventually back into Pennsylvania, 6abc says. The man continued onto I-95 …
Allentown Man Is Second Victim To Die In Double Lehigh County Walmart Shooting Allentown Man Is Second Victim To Die In Double Lehigh County Walmart Shooting
Allentown Man Is Second Victim To Die In Double Lehigh County Walmart Shooting A second victim has died following a double Lehigh County Walmart shooting last month that also left a 20-year-old Allentown woman dead, 6abc Action News reports. Jonathan Martinez, 22, of Allentown died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, according to the Lehigh County coroner's office, the news outlet reports. An autopsy is planned to determine the cause of death, but the coroner's office ruled his death a homicide, 6abc says. The death of Nicolette Law, 20, of Allentown, was also ruled a homicide in connection to the Feb. 26 MacArthur Boulevard par…
Upper Merion Police Searching For Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself Inside King Of Prussia Mall Upper Merion Police Searching For Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself Inside King Of Prussia Mall
Upper Merion Police Searching For Man Who Accidentally Shot Himself Inside King Of Prussia Mall Police in Montgomery County are searching for a man who they say accidentally shot himself in the leg in the Victoria's Secret store inside King of Prussia mall, 6abc Action News reports. Upper Merion Township police were called to the lower level of the mall where witnesses said a man shot himself and ran out of the store with a woman around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the news outlet reports. Officers noticed a trail of blood from the mall leading to the parking lot, where the pair was believed to have fled in a silver Dodge minivan with a driver’s side front fender that was a different…
MontCo Police Probe Brutal Attack Of Norristown Pizzeria Owner MontCo Police Probe Brutal Attack Of Norristown Pizzeria Owner
MontCo Police Probe Brutal Attack Of Norristown Pizzeria Owner Police in Montgomery County are investigating after a brutal attack of a Norristown pizzeria owner was caught on surveillance video, 6abc Action News reports.  Security footage shows a group of men looking through Mama Venezia's Pizzeria and later running into the establishment with masks on Feb. 19, the news outlet reports. The group is later seen running out of the pizzeria after owner Ying Ngov, a 56-year-old immigrant from China, told the outlet they stole beers from her. Ngov ran out after the suspects with a snow shovel, but one of the men retaliated by violently pushing he…
DA: 15-Year-Old Charged In Deadly Shooting That Left Philadelphia Rapper, Friend Dead DA: 15-Year-Old Charged In Deadly Shooting That Left Philadelphia Rapper, Friend Dead
DA: 15-Year-Old Charged In Deadly Shooting That Left Philadelphia Rapper, Friend Dead A 15-year-old is facing charges for his connection to a Delaware County shooting that left two men dead, 6abc Action News reports. Local police arrived on the scene to find a crowd of people around a silver Chevrolet Impala that appeared to have crashed into a building on the 1100 block of West Third Street in Chester around 7:20 p.m. on Feb. 1, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer told the news outlet. Officers found Rasheen Jones, 20, also known as aspiring rapper 'RunUp Rico' and Kwann Henderson, 19, both of Philadelphia, suffering from gunshot wounds inside…
COVID-19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District COVID-19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District
Covid-19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District One school district in Montgomery County has suspended all bus services for students after a COVID-19 outbreak among its schools' transportation company, 6abc Action News reports. The Perkiomen Valley School District Superintendent Dr. Barbara Russell confirmed more than 30 COVID-19 cases were been reported within Student Transportation America. Elementary students moved to remote learning, while parents of high schoolers were left scrambling to make other transportation arrangements. Transportation worker Lynn Himes, died this week due to the virus, school officials told 6abc. Russell sa…