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Negotiated Deal Lands Bensalem Drug Dealer, Fatal Hit-Run Christmas Driver In PA State Prison Negotiated Deal Lands Bensalem Drug Dealer, Fatal Hit-Run Christmas Driver In PA State Prison
Negotiated Deal Lands Bensalem Drug Dealer, Fatal Hit-Run Christmas Driver In PA State Prison A 21-year-old man whose drug dealing scheme came to light while out on bail in a 2021 fatal hit-and-run Christmas crash has been sentenced to several years in Pennsylvania State Prison. Kevin Michael Baker Jr., 21, of Bensalem, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the crash that killed 65-year-old John Dugan as he crossed State Road in Bristol Township to go to a Christmas party on Christmas Eve in 2021, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced. While out on bail, Baker was arrested by Bensalem Township Police for a series of illegal narcotics purchases, particular…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Chesco Man Who Exposed Himself To Children Learns His Fate Chesco Man Who Exposed Himself To Children Learns His Fate
Chesco Man Who Exposed Himself To Children Learns His Fate The Coatesville man convicted of exposing himself to two children in their shared home will spend the next several decades in a Pennsylvania state prison, officials say.  Justin Griest, 37, was sentenced to 22.5 to 45 years behind bars in a Chester County courtroom, said the District Attorney's Office in a release. He had previously pleaded guilty to multiple charges in connection with a string of 2019 incidents, prosecutors said.  The investigation began in March 2021, when authorities were tipped off about suspected child abuse that occurred two years prior, according to the rel…

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by Mac Bullock
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Berks Taxi Driver Killer Learns His Sentence Berks Taxi Driver Killer Learns His Sentence
Berks Taxi Driver Killer Learns His Sentence The Reading man who stabbed a cab driver to death will spend decades in a Pennsylvania state prison, authorities say.  Johnny Palaguachi, 28, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years behind bars on Wednesday, March 15, said Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams in a statement.  He had previously pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, the DA's office noted.  Investigators have said that on Aug. 8, 2021, Palaguachi called for a cab and was picked up by taxi driver Darlyn De La Rosa-Abreu. The pair got into a "verbal altercation" before Palaguachi attac…

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by Mac Bullock
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Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate
Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate The conman who posed as a US Marine Corps veteran to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly couple in Bucks County is going to prison.  Marc Cheeseman, a 50-year-old Silverdale resident, was sentenced to five to seven years in a Pennsylvania state prison in a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 19, District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a statement.  Cheeseman previously pleaded guilty in September to several felony theft charges and one misdemeanor count of impersonating a veteran, the DA said.  In court, prosecutors argued that he carried on a yearslong scheme t…

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by Mac Bullock
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Wrongly-Convicted Dad Who Spent 25 Years On Death Row Slain At Philadelphia Funeral Wrongly-Convicted Dad Who Spent 25 Years On Death Row Slain At Philadelphia Funeral
Wrongly-Convicted Dad Who Spent 25 Years On Death Row Slain At Philadelphia Funeral A Philadelphia father who spent almost 30 years in prison for a crime didn't commit was shot and killed at a funeral last week, authorities say.  Christopher Williams, 62, was shot in the head on the 3000 block of West Lehigh Avenue in Strawberry Mansion at about 2:20 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, city police told Daily Voice.  Medics rushed him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead before 2:30 p.m., officials added.  No arrests have been made and no weapon was recovered at the scene, but an investigation is ongoing, detectives said. The apparent motive is o…

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by Mac Bullock
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Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA
Homeless Man Shoots Good Samaritan Giving Him Shelter At Trailer Park: Bucks DA A homeless man who shot another man who had given him shelter at a Morrisville trailer park has been sentenced to 18 to 40 years in Pennsylvania State Prison, authorities said. Thomas Zorrer, 39, was convicted on all counts against him by a Bucks County jury in December, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. In addition to an attempted homicide charge, Zorrer was found guilty on two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of felon not to possess a firearm, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic threats, and possession of an instrument of crime, the DA…

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by Jon Craig
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Philly Man Sentenced In Bucks Basketball Park Shooting Philly Man Sentenced In Bucks Basketball Park Shooting
Philly Man Sentenced In Bucks Basketball Park Shooting A 26-year-old Philadelphia man was sentenced to 17 to 34 years in Pennsylvania State Prison for a shooting at a Bucks County basketball park in 2019.  Taariq Alfons Norris pleaded guilty last August to attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, persons not to possess a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of an instrument of crime, DA Matthew Weintraub said. He entered the guilty plea midway through his jury trial. Common Pleas Judge C. Theodore Fritsch sentenced Norris to 17 to 34 years on the attempted murder charge No…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA State Prison Inmate, 52, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications, Police Say PA State Prison Inmate, 52, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications, Police Say
PA State Prison Inmate, 52, Dies Of Covid-19 Complications, Police Say A Pennsylvania State Prison inmate died from COVID-19 complications earlier this week, authorities said. Joseph Patrick Monaghan, a 52-year-old inmate at the PA State Correctional Institute in Chester, was pronounced dead at Crozer Medical Center shortly before 1:15 a.m. on May 8, state police said in a release. Monaghan’s official manner of death is pending, police said.

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by Valerie Musson
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PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer
PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer A Dauphin County judge denied a compassionate release for an inmate dying of inoperable Stage 4 colon cancer who is serving a life sentence for murder, says PennLive. Earl Box, 74 is serving a life sentence for killing a Steelton man during a robbery in 1974, and had requested to be moved to his daughter’s Berks County home for hospice care. A state prison doctor estimated that Box has less than six months to live. Lifers getting released in Pennsylvania is unusual but not unheard of. For example, Joe Ligon, 83 of Philadelphia made national headlines in March when he released as a ju…

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by Jillian Pikora