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New Philadelphia Murders: Troopers Offer $10K Reward In Teens' Slaying
Authorities are asking for the public's help to solve the murders of Hunter Mock and Angelito Caraballo. A $10,000 reward is being offered by PSP Tips for information on the October 8. slayings. State police have said Mock, 18, and Caraballo, 15, had gone to the wooded area known as "the Sanchez" to go target shooting with two other people on the night they were killed. The four "remained in the area for a short period of time," before Mock was fatally shot in the head and Caraballo was stabbed to death, according to investigators. One suspect walked out of th…
Police & Fire
Woman Rescued From Deadly Monroe County House Fire: State Police
Authorities are investigating the cause of a deadly house fire in Hamilton Township early Thursday, April 18. A home on North Easton Belmont Pike was "fully engulfed in flames" when troopers arrived around 2:15 a.m., state police said in a release. First responders rescued one woman from the blaze and a man was found dead inside, according to officials. The woman was taken to the Lehigh Valley Regional Burn Center, and some responding troopers were treated for minor injuries at the St. Luke’s Monroe Campus, authorities said. State police are investigating…
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Florida Man ID'd After Fatal Strike By Ambulance On Pennsylvania Highway: Coroner
A 62-year-old Florida man who died after being hit by an ambulance on a Pennsylvania highway has been identified, Dauphin County Officials announced on Friday, March 22. Michael Csernik of Jacksonville, FL was struck at the intersection of South Silver Road/Route 147 and Inglenook Road just north of US 322 in Reed Township, as detailed in a release by investigating trooper Mark Zearfaus with PSP Troop H - Newport. He died in an "accidentally struck by an EMS unit," the Dauphin County Coroner's office explained. The call to the fatal crash came into 911 system at …
Police & Fire
Human Skull, Skeletal Remains Discovered In Montco Retention Basin: Authorities
Investigators are working to identify human remains fished out of a retention basin in Towamencin Township on Monday, March 18, police said in a release. A contractor called police after finding a human skull in the retention basin at Welsh Road and Grist Mill Drive around noon, according to authorities. Officers secured the scene and discovered additional skeletal remains along with some "remnants" of clothing, police said. The remains were turned over to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for processing. "While there were no initial indications of trauma or foul pla…
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Grandma Attempted To Save 7-Year-Old Girl, Dad From Lebanon/Dauphin County Line 3X Fatal Fire
Details are coming out about a tragic fire at the Lebanon/Dauphin county line that left a grandma, great-grandfather, and 7-year-old great-granddaughter dead and three more relatives in the hospital. The three victims of the fire are as follows according to the Dauphin County coroner's office: Paul "Pappy Gar" Garman, 87, North Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County resident. Cynthia "Cindy" Weatherholtz, 60, Swatara Twp., Dauphin County resident. Kristi Dougherty, 7, Swatara Twp., Dauphin County resident. The call to the fire at 16 Patton Road, Annville, North Londonde…
Police & Fire
Suspects Named In Beating Of Philadelphia Crossing Guard: Authorities
City police have identified two suspects in the attack that sent a Philadelphia crossing guard to the hospital last year. They are Imani Thomas, 26, and Destiny Sanders, 18, both of the 1800 block of North 28th Street in North Philadelphia, police said in a release. The 29-year-old victim was working on the 2800 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Nov. 30 when she got into an argument with three women, Daily Voice reported. Footage from PPD. PhiladelphiaPolice Authorities said the trio knocked the guard to the ground, "punching and stomping her several times." She was …
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Support Surges For 25-Year-Old Woman Struck In Philadelphia Hit-Run
As Philadelphia police offer new details on the hit-and-run that critically injured a 25-year-old woman last Friday, her loved ones are rallying for her recovery. The victim, identified by friends and relatives on social media as Hayley Worrell, was crossing North Broad Street at Susquehanna Avenue on Dec. 29 when a Nissan hit her and fled the scene, police have said. She was hospitalized in "extremely critical" condition with multiple bone fractures, authorities said. Our niece, Hayley, could use all of the love and prayers our fb family has to give. She was involved in a …
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PA Kids Club Staffer Showed 'Dark Web' Suicides To Boys He Assaulted: Affidavit
A popular after school program previously employed a man who has been charged with sexually assaulting at least half a dozen boys who attended while he worked there, authorities in Pennsylvania said on Thursday, Dec. 21. Gerald William Spoto was an obese, glasses-wearing, 20-year-old employee at Neshaminy Kids Club when he allegedly sexually assaulted at least six boys, "who were between 7 and 13 years old at the time of the assaults, between 2000 and 2004," the Buck County District Attorney's Office said. These included a lengthy series of assaults during "sleepovers" in New…
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Man Sought For Assault At West Chester Bar: Authorities
At least one person was injured in an assault at a West Chester bar early Sunday morning, Nov. 19, according to borough police. Authorities said they were called to Ryan’s Pub at 124 W. Gay Street around 1:15 a.m. for an altercation. The assault remains under investigation, WCPD said. Police are asking anyone who can identify the pictured suspect should email Officer Graham at ngraham@west-chester.com.
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Manayunk Woman Found Injured On Cynwyd Heritage Trail: Lower Merion PD
Authorities in Lower Merion are investigating after a 42-year-old Manayunk woman was found hurt on the Cynwyd Heritage Trail, officials said. Police were called to the trail around 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday after a jogger reported a person lying down near the Manayunk Bridge Trail, according to authorities. They arrived to find the victim with head and body injuries and suffering from cold exposure, police said. She was taken to Lankenau Hospital for treatment. Detectives say they are "investigating the circumstances of her condition and the cause of her injuries." Anyone w…
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Victim In Deadly Allentown Hit-Run Was Beloved Grandfather, Family Says
Authorities in Allentown have named the 85-year-old man who died in a hit-and-run on Union Boulevard on Thursday, Oct. 19. Elian N. Makdsi of Allentown died from blunt force injuries and the manner of death was accidental, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Makdsi was near the crossing with North Jerome Street when he was hit around 8:30 a.m., officials said previously. Police shut down Union Boulevard from Kiowa Street to Jasper Street Thursday morning while the Accident Reconstruction Team worked the scene. Authorities have not announced any arrests in connection with the cra…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Man Shot In 'Targeted' Attack, Authorities Say
Easton police are investigating after gunfire rang out on a residential street late on Tuesday, Sept. 26. It happened on the 800 block of Jackson Street around 10:15 p.m., the department said. A 32-year-old man received "survivable injuries" and was taken to an area hospital, according to authorities. Two handguns and "ballistic evidence" were recovered from the scene. Police say there is "a lack of cooperation with individuals involved in the incident," but they believe the victim was specifically targeted. No suspect description was available as of Wednesday, Sept. 27.&…
Obituaries
12-Year-Old PA Boy Found Wrapped In Plastic In Dumpster ID'd: Police
The remains of a boy discovered in a West Philadelphia dumpster last week have been identified, according to city police. The boy in the dumpster has been identified as 12-year-old Hezekiah "Hezzy" Bernard, authorities announced on Aug. 31. Officers were called for a "hospital case" at 5500 Cherry Street around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23, the department said. The area is directly behind a playground, according to Google Maps. They arrived and met with Philadelphia Housing Authority sanitation workers, who showed them an "unknown male" found in a trash can on the rear of a PHA du…
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Family Of Man Shot Dead By Philly Police Seek Answers
The relatives of a 27-year-old Philadelphia man shot dead by city police officers claim authorities lied about the circumstances that led them to kill him. Eddie Irizarry was fatally shot by two officers in Kensington around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 14, city police have previously confirmed to Daily Voice. In comments that were widely reported including by the Philadelphia Inquirer, police originally claimed that Irizarry was followed by officers after they saw him drive the wrong way down a city street. Police alleged the 27-year-old had lunged at the officers with a k…
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Victim Wounded In Shooting On Allentown Street
City police are investigating after gunfire rang out on an Allentown street late on Wednesday, June 7, the department said in a release. It happened around 9:40 p.m. on the 600 block of North Grant Street in the city's 6th Ward, police said. Officers arrived to find the unidentified victim suffering from "non-life threatening injury," they wrote. The victim was treated at an area hospital, police added. No arrests were reported but authorities said the shooting remains under investigation. There is "no physical danger to the community at this time," the department said.&n…
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West Philly Shooting Critically Injures Man, Woman: Police
A man and a woman are in serious condition after gunfire rang out in West Philadelphia late on Monday, June 5, city police told Daily Voice. It happened around 10:20 p.m. on the 800 block of Brooklyn Street, the department wrote. Officers arrived to find a 39-year-old man shot in the upper back and a woman with a wound to the left side of her neck, they said. Police rushed both victims to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where the man was placed in critical condition and the woman in "extremely critical" condition, the department said. No weapon was recovered from the sc…
Police & Fire
Victims ID'd In Deadly Montco House Fire, But Cause Still Unclear
Officials in Montgomery County are still working to identify the cause of the early morning house fire that killed one man and one woman in Hatfield on Friday, May 12. The Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company was called to the home, 2873 Washington Lane, at about 4:20 a.m., they wrote in a release Friday afternoon. Dispatchers advised that the blaze on the first floor had trapped two people upstairs, the Company said. Firefighters arrived within minutes to find "heavy fire conditions" on the house's front side, with only three of the five residents having escaped, the release says. T…
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NTSB Report Details Preliminary Findings In Deadly RM Palmer Explosion
Moments before the fiery explosion that killed seven people and injured nearly a dozen more at RM Palmer chocolate factory, workers smelled a peculiar scent: Rotten eggs. That odor was natural gas, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's newly-released findings on the West Reading explosion. As local authorities shifted their focus to cleanup management and community leadership, federal officials have continued to investigate the scene. The blast site, securing evidence, and interviewing witnesses, were all part and parcel of the NTSB report, released Tuesday, May 2. …
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Coroner IDs Body Pulled From Lehigh Valley Retention Pond
Authorities have identified the body found in a Lehigh Valley retention pond over the weekend. The victim was 75-year-old Phillip Zulauf of Lower Mount Bethel Township, said Northampton County Coroner Zakary Lysek in a statement. His body was recovered from the pond on Sunday, April 9, the coroner added. Zulauf's car and belongings were previously discovered near the small reservoir on Depues Road in Lower Mount Bethel on Friday, March 30, WFMZ reports. The official cause and manner of death are pending further investigation, the coroner's office said.
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Broad Daylight Shooting Under Investigation In Allentown: Authorities
An investigation is underway after shots rang out on an Allentown street on Friday morning, police say. City authorities received the call just after 11:30 on March 31, according to a release from the department. On the scene at the 800 block of West Chew Street, Allentown police found a man with gunshot wounds that were "non-life-threatening," officials wrote. The victim, whose identity police did not report, was rendered aid at the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, the department said. Investigators are asking that anyone with information call…
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Allentown Police Launch Homicide Probe, ID Victim
Police in Allentown have named the man who was badly beaten on a city street last week and later succumbed to injuries. Mastapha B. Brown, 38, died of blunt-force trauma to the head, and the manner of death was homicide, said the Allentown Police Department, citing the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Authorities were called to the corner of 10th and Linden Streets at about 6:40 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 for reports of an injured man, the department wrote in the release. They arrived to find Brown injured on the sidewalk but still able to communicate. He told the officers he had…
Police & Fire
Police ID Pedestrian Victim In Fatal Bucks Accident
New details are emerging in the investigation into a suspicious death on Street Road in Bucks County. Police in Warrington Township were called to the road's westbound lane at the Neshaminy Creek bridge between Valley and Paul Valley Roads to find a man dead at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, Daily Voice has reported. The victim is now identified as 40-year-old Clive Boothe of Philadelphia, and authorities say he was hit by a passing car. The driver has been identified and an investigation is underway, police added.
Police & Fire
Suburban Philly Dad's 2013 Murder Still Haunts Investigators
A decade after his tragic murder, police are still seeking answers in the murder of Bucks County dad Joseph Canazaro. The 48-year-old was with his girlfriend and his 12-year-old son at his Swartley Road home in Hilltown on Jan. 18, 2013, when they became the victims of a brutal home invasion, said District Attorney Matthew Weintraub. At about 10 a.m., witnesses saw two armed men enter the home. Investigators say the culprits tied up all three victims before ransacking the home — stealing guns, cash, jewelry, and other valuables. Canazaro's girlfriend and son managed to escape their cap…
Police & Fire
Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say
A Pennsylvania teenager who was the victim of a targeted shooting in the lobby of a Luzerne County movie theater has died from his injuries, according to state police. Luis Manuel Luna, 19, of Hazleton, died from injuries sustained in a shooting at approximately 8;15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Regal Cinema on Laurel Mall Drive in the Hazle Township. According to police, Manuel Luna suffered multiple gunshot wounds while he was in the arcade and lobby area of the theater before the gunman fled the area. Manuel Luna was transported to Lehigh Valley Hazleton for treatment and evaluati…
Police & Fire
Chesco Man Dead, 2 Critical In NJ Weekend House Fire
A 62-year-old man was killed and two others were seriously injured in a weekend fire in Morris County, authorities tell Daily Voice. Gregory Balbirnie was found dead while two other victims rescued, a male and female, were taken to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in the Saturday, Dec. 10 fire on Cypress and Elm places in Randolph, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. Records show Balbirnie previously lived in Downington, PA. He worked as a realtor in Exton for the past several years, his LinkedIn profile shows. The fire remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
NJ Drummer Found Dead In Kutztown Dumpster Had Crawled In After Party: DA
A New Jersey drummer found dead at a Berks County dump on Saturday, Nov. 12 had crawled into a dumpster the night before, according to officials and those who knew him. Kellen J. Bischoff, 19, of Manahawkin, NJ, was found dead at the Total Recycling Facility on Lincoln Road in Birdsboro just after 8:30 a.m., said District Attorney John T. Adams in a release Monday, Nov. 14. Investigators were able to identify Bischoff by his "unique" tattoos, and eventually learned that he was visiting a family member in Kutztown, the DA said. Loved ones had last seen the teen i…
Police & Fire
Three Seriously Hurt In Allentown Shooting
A woman and two men were hospitalized with serious injuries in an Allentown shooting overnight, authorities said. Gunfire broke out inside of a commercial building on the 900 block of N. 4th Street around 1:05 a.m., police said. Officers found three adult victims, who were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the Allentown Police Criminal Investigation division at 610-437-7721 or make an anonymous tip through the Allentown Police Tip411 app.
Police & Fire
Human Skull Found In Berks County: Police
A human skull was found in Berks County over the weekend, authorities said. The remains were discovered in a retention pond on Pine Lane on Saturday, April 30, Amity Township police said. The Keystone Water Rescue, Berks County Coroner's Office, Berks County Detectives, Pennsylvania Canine Search, and Rescue Team, Amity Fire/Rescue, and Monarch Fire Police all responded to the scene. The investigation remains ongoing.
Police & Fire
PennDOT Employee 'Intentionally' Struck In Hit-Run: Police
A Pennsylvania department of transportation employee suffered serious injuries after they were "intentionally" struck by a pickup truck on Wednesday, April 13, police say. Silver Spring Township Police are searching for the driver of the gold pickup truck pictured that struck the employee Rich Valley Road near Sherwood Drive at 10:50 a.m., according to a release by the department. The road was briefly closed due to the incident, dispatchers say. The employee's injuries are considered non-life threatening, according to the police. The police have not clarified why they think the strike was…
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$10K Reward Offered In Deadly PA Apartment Explosion: ATF
A $10,000 reward has been offered in connection with a deadly apartment explosion investigation, officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives say. Shanna Carlson, 34, was killed in the explosion at her apartment building located at 327 E. Market St. in Clearfield in 2019, authorities say. Carlson "died from penetration wounds to the head and right lung due to an explosive device," WJAC reported citing Clearfield County coroner Kim Shaffer-Snyder. This is considered a bombing and a homicide according to the multiple organizations investigating it. TAKE A LO…
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Update
: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member 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…
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