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Vehicle Theft
Police & Fire
Pair Caught With Stolen Car At King Of Prussia Mall, Police Say
Two teenagers face criminal charges after Upper Merion police said they were caught with a stolen vehicle at King of Prussia Mall on Friday, March 15. Authorities were called to the mall around 3:30 p.m. when they were tipped off about a stolen vehicle in the Red Parking Lot, police said in a release. The vehicle was stolen during a strong-armed robbery in Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 13, officials said. Officers set up surveillance and the two suspects were seen walking to the car at 4 p.m., police said. They fled on foot when detectives approached but were arrested after a brief…
Police & Fire
Philly Police Chase Stolen Truck Through Kensington: Authorities
A car chase through Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood ended in one arrest early Thursday morning, Feb. 29, city police told Daily Voice. A white 2023 Hino L6 truck was reported stolen from Baldor Specialty Food in Tacony around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, PPD said. By 12:30 a.m., investigators had tracked the truck to Kensington using GPS, police said. Officers managed to stop the truck on the 3200 block of Kensington Avenue where it "made contact" with a police car before coming to a rest, authorities said. No officers were hurt. The driver, a 44-year-old man…
Police & Fire
Thieves Sought For String Of Car Break-Ins In Lehigh Valley: Authorities
Police investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a group of burglars in Palmer Township. Authorities say the pictured suspects were responsible for 16 thefts and attempted thefts from vehicles last week. Similar crimes were also reported in Wilson Borough, and detectives say the suspects stole a bike and a vehicle during the same spree. Palmer police said they pulled over the suspects during a traffic stop near Division Street and Milford Street last Wednesday, Dec. 13, but all four men fled the car on foot toward Victoria Lane and have not been see…
Police & Fire
Seen
IT? Heavy-Duty Tow Truck Stolen Out Of Michigan Spotted In New Jersey: Owner
A tow truck stolen from a shop in Michigan in the middle of the night was spotted in New Jersey, its owner said. The 2020 Kenworth T880 Century 1150 has a side puller and Super Mario theme wrap, said P.J. Daly, who has owned and operated P.J.'s Towing in Lansing for nearly 15 years. "If the wrap is removed, it’s a forest green and light green underneath," Daly said. Surveillance video shows two thieves swiping the rig just past midnight on Sunday, Sept. 10, he said. One person was dressed in a black hoodie and sweatpants with brown shoes with green camouflage on top. The other was in a w…
Police & Fire
Search For Fugitive Northeast Killer Now 'Nationwide' Manhunt, Police Say
Danelo Cavalcante has somehow slipped by the hundreds of law enforcement officers in Pennsylvania and neighboring states searching for him in the Longwood Gardens, and though authorities believe he is still in Pennsylvania, they are now describing the search as a "nationwide" manhunt. The 34-year-old fugitive killer was captured on home surveillance footage on the porch of a residence in northern Chester County near Phoenixville, sometime late Saturday, Sept. 9, Pennsylvania State Police said. By Sunday morning, Sept. 10, troopers said they had received leads that Cavalcante was no longer…
Police & Fire
Delco Driver Hit Motorcyclist With Car After Stabbing Mom In Face: Police
A Delaware County man is accused of stabbing his own mother in the head and face before stealing her car and badly injuring a motorcyclist while fleeing police, authorities say. Clifford Pendleton, 38, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and related counts, said East Lansdowne Borough Police in a release. Officers were called to a home on Beverly Avenue for a reported stabbing around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, the department said. They arrived to find an elderly woman suffering from "lacerations" across her head and face, police said. The victim, w…
Police & Fire
NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (
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UPDATE: The alleged thieves who stole a vehicle and caused a chase that seriously hurt two Pennsylvania state troopers have been identified as the following Brooklyn, NY men, according to a PSP release on Monday, May 22. Latrell White, 22-years-old. Terrence Caton, 26-years-old. Julien Fleury, 27-years-old. All three have been denied bail, according to their court dockets. Fleury and Caton have been charged with the following, as detailed in their dockets. Felony theft by unlawful taking- movable property. Felony fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. Felony evading arrest or dete…
Police & Fire
'Juveniles' In Stolen Car Injured Two Allentown Cops, Police Say
Two police officers were briefly hospitalized Tuesday after "juvenile" suspects in an allegedly stolen car crashed into them during a joyride through Allentown, authorities say. It happened around 7:30 a.m. on April 11, when officers responded to a report of a stolen car in the 700 block of North 10th Street, city police wrote in a release. They found the suspect vehicle a few blocks away on Early Street and signaled for the driver to pull over, but the car backed into the police vehicle before taking off, officials said. The suspects hit another occupied police car on the 1400 block of…
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PA Man Shot By Law Enforcement After Using Flamethrower Says 'I Was Doing Drugs. I Apologize.'
A Reading man who survived a law enforcement-involved shooting that previously left him in critical condition has pleaded to all charges in the Lancaster County Courthouse on Thursday, March 16, 2023, according to the district attorney's office. Zachary Robert Gilbaugh, 39, of the 1100 block of New Holland Road, pleaded guilty before Lancaster County Judge Thomas Sponaugle who accepted the plea and sentenced him to 8 to 20 years in prison. “I regret what I did,” Gilbaugh said during the proceeding. “I was doing drugs. I apologize.” Gilbaugh was wanted on multiple warrants …
Police & Fire
These Philly-Area Drivers Can Receive Free Steering Wheel Locks
In an effort to combat theft, police across the Philadelphia region are offering free steering wheel lock kits to qualifying drivers. Motorists who drive a Kia or Hyundai model years 2016 through 2021 and are residents of Upper Southampton in Bucks County are eligible, township police said. To get their free kit, drivers should bring proof of vehicle ownership to the Police Headquarters at 939 Street Road anytime from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The kits were donated to the department by Kia and Hyundai, police explained. Last month, the same companies made a similar donation to polic…
Police & Fire
Police Shoot Suspected Car Thief After Chester County Chase: DA
Police in Caln Township shot and wounded a suspect following a brief pursuit into a residential neighborhood early on Wednesday, authorities say. Officers were contacted about a stolen car in the parking lot of a Downingtown Wawa just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 22, District Attorney Deb Ryan's office said following a preliminary investigation. "Later, the suspect who had been driving the stolen vehicle stole another car that was parked at the Wawa," the DA wrote. Police began to pursue the car after the driver refused to pull over, officials said. The chase took officers …
Police & Fire
'Must Have Thought It Was Free': Idle Van Stolen From Bucks Wawa, Cops Say
He "must have thought it was free," authorities say. Police in Tullytown Borough are searching for the man who stole a running vehicle parked outside of the Wawa at 225 Levittown Parkway, sometime on Sunday, Jan. 8, the department said in a release. Investigators are asking Levittown area residents to keep an eye out for the stolen vehicle, a white 2004 Ford Econoline 250 van with a ladder rack, license plate number ZKK-9084. To submit a tip, call Officer Ramos of the Tullytown Borough Police Department at 215-945-0999, or email Iramos@tullytownpd.org. …
Police & Fire
Driver Who Killed Grandmother During Wild Pursuit Identified By Police In Philadelphia
Police have identified the erratic driver who was fleeing police when he struck several vehicles, killing a 78-year-old woman in one last week in Philadelphia. Jovan Lowe is wanted for murder, homicide by vehicle and more in connection with the crash on Wednesday, Dec. 28 in Mantua, city police said. Lowe was in a stolen Jeep when he plowed into Julia Abraham's car and five others on the 3700 block of Fairmount Avenue, authorities said. Abraham was identified in a GoFundMe account as a grandmother.
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Steals Taxi From Richmond Airport Going 120 MPH On Chase In Pennsylvania: Police
A 23-year-old Maryland man has been arrested for stealing a taxi from an airport in Richmond, Virginia, and leading police on a high-speed chase in Pennsylvania, on Dec. 18, authorities say. The Pennsylvania state police attempted a traffic stop at 12:37 a.m. when Yacob Abera Alemu was clocked going 99 mph in a 65 mph zone. As Alemu fled onto US 15 northbound he accelerated even more as he passed vehicles at "speeds exceeding 120 mph," state police said in a release the following Thursday. The 2017 Toyota Sienna taxi van continued at a high speed for 16 miles as multiple Pennsylv…
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Divorce
Spectacle
: PA Man Jumps On Hood Of Car Stolen By Estranged NJ Wife, Police Say
Talk about an ugly separation: Anyone watching what became a bizarre mid-morning scene outside a Route 17 Starbucks had to be shaking their heads. As police told it: A man jumped on the hood of his sedan in an effort to stop his estranged wife and their son from stealing it as countless java junkies and bemused motorists looked on. The vehicle in question: A Ford Fusion. Joanne Schielzo, 55, of Garfield was "unsatisfied" with her husband getting the $25,000 sedan in their impending divorce, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James M. DePreta said. So she "concocted a plan to regain possession," th…
Police & Fire
Suspects Sought In North Philly Home Invasion, Police Say
Philadelphia police are investigating after a home on the city's north side was invaded at gunpoint early on Monday, Nov. 21, authorities said. Officers were called to a house on the 1900 block of North 18th Street near West Berks Street just before 6:30 a.m., police told Daily Voice. According to authorities, two armed suspects wearing all black had entered a home and stolen cell phones, a tablet, a smartwatch, a laptop, a Glock handgun, and a black Mistubishi Cross. None of the four victims were harmed, police said. Investigators believe the robbers fled the area n…
Police & Fire
Passenger Of Stolen Car Killed After Driver Crashes Into Tree In Chester County
A passenger of a stolen car died after the driver crashed into a tree in Chester County, authorities said. Gordy Tate, 25, was driving the stolen car when officers tried to stop him on the 100 block of West Chestnut Street in West Chester around 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, according to the West Chester Police Department. The Philadelphia driver sped away from police and ended up on the 800 block of West Miner Street in East Bradford Township, where he crashed into a tree on the right side of the road, authorities said. The unidentified male passenger died of his injuries, police said. …
Obituaries
Virginia Dad, Maryland Man Killed In Pennsylvania Crash Involving Stolen Delaware Car
Two men have died following a crash in central Pennsylvania involving a stolen white Charger Hellcat from Delaware on Sunday, September 10, Pennsylvania state police say. Oscar Ronaldino Salvador, 26, of Virginia, Waldir Adonay Hernandez-Monge, 24, of Maryland, and Elio Alarcon-Ozoia, 28, of Maryland, had been in the speeding Hellcat when the car crashed in the 7000 block of Allentown Boulevard/US-22 around 5:20 a.m., police say. The Hellcat went off the roadway— ejecting Salvador and Hernandez-Monge— who both died at the scene, according to the police. Alarcon-Ozoia was extricated from…
Police & Fire
Wanted Man ID'd, Charged In PA, MD Chase In Stolen Police Car
A Pennsylvania man is facing a host of charges in two states after being busted by for stealing a police cruiser and taking it into Maryland before crashing a stolen motorcycle, authorities announced. Pennsylvania State Police troopers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a motorcyclist who proceeded to flee and get into a minor crash on Sunday, June 12, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. It is alleged that the suspect, Bloomsburg resident Robert Slusser, Jr., proceeded to steal a trooper’s police vehicle at approximately 1:50 p.m. on Sunday afternoon and fled…
Police & Fire
Missing PA Children Found Safe In Virginia (
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Two Pennsylvania children who were reported missing and endangered Thursday, June 9 have been found safe, authorities said. Aaliah King, 4, and Braelyn King, 5, were found with their dad in Fredricksburg, VA, Wyomissing police said Friday, June 10. Eden Matthews, 22, fled with her children from the Delaware Avenue area of Wyomissing on Wednesday, June 8, authorities previously said. Police were looking for her black 2021 Hyundai Tucson with Maryland registration 5ER5844. Matthews, who has not been found, is wanted by police on a vehicle theft charge, WFMZ reports. She was also r…
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Guilty
: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY
An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV into police cars on either side of the George Washington Bridge rolled the dice and lost. After originally pleading guilty to several charges, Luis Figueroa, 41, withdrew his plea and took his chances with federal jurors in Newark. They ended up convicting him following a two-week trial. So now, instead of the 26-year deal that he originally accepted from the government, Figueroa could be sentenced to nearly 50 years in federal prison. The rampage had an “…
News
Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home
Add “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Jennifer Aydin and her husband to the skyrocketing list of victims who’ve had their vehicles stolen by brazen thieves. Security video from the garage of their Paramus home shows a trio of COVID-masked thieves in hoodies swiping Bill Aydin’s Ferrari late Sunday, April 4. The couple was away on vacation at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami and due to return Monday, as many of her 440,000 or so followers on Instagram have known. “My kids and parents and other friends were all home,” Jennifer Aydin, 44, wrote late Sunday. Their 17-year-old son, …
Police & Fire
SUV Stolen In East Bradford: Police
An SUV was stolen this week in East Bradford, authorities said. A 2019 white Toyota Highlander with a black cargo storage container on the roof was stolen in the 200 block of Shropshire Drive between 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Monday, March 7, West Chester police said. The car has a Pennsylvania registration - HMF0981. An unidentified person was seen on security footage trying to open vehicle doors in the neighborhood, according to police. Anyone with information on the person in the video, the stolen vehicle, or anyone living in the area with security footage is asked to contact …
News
Former Trump Communications Chief's SUV Stolen In NJ
Somewhere Donald Trump may be giggling. The tsunami of vehicle thefts in North Jersey claimed one of the former president's antagonists when someone snatched a 2021 Mercedes Benz owned by onetime White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci from outside a Paramus home. As with just about all of the thefts reported in North Jersey's wealthier counties, the SUV was left unlocked a with a spare key fob inside when it was stolen off Ridgewood Avenue, borough police said. "The Mooch" was one of the lucky ones, though: As with most cases, the flashy financier's wheels were dumped in N…
News
Man In Stolen Vehicle Crashes Into Pennsylvania State Police During Pursuit
A man led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle-- before crashing into a state police vehicle, according to a release by police. Shane McCracken, 39, of Lancaster, was spotted by an officer with the Quarryville police department who was on patrol near the Turkey Hill located at 265 West State Street Quarryville on Dec. 30 around 8:30 p.m., according to a release by police. The officer looked up the vehicle's license plate and learned it was stolen. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle, McCracken gave chase onto roadways patrolled by state troopers, who took over the pursuit, acco…
Police & Fire
Ex-Maryland Woman Accused Of Kidnapping, Killing Her Pennsylvania Landlord In 2014: Police
A North Carolina woman was indicted in the 2014 murder of her Maryland landlord, authorities announced Thursday. Detectives believe Prakash Rampatsingh, 50, of Hanover (York County), Pennsylvania went to a property he owned in Baltimore that Charity Sophia Goodwin, 38, was renting on or about June 24, 2014, Maryland State Police said. A confrontation between the two occurred at the property, and Rampatsingh was kidnapped and driven away in his vehicle before being shot and killed in Carroll County. Rampatsingh’s vehicle, a Dodge truck, was later discovered abandoned in Prince George’s Count…
News
Ouch
! Car Thieves Elude NJ Owner, Crash High-Priced Bentley
Two thieves crashed a luxury SUV worth upwards of $250,000 shortly after stealing it from a Wayne residence, authorities said. The owner called police from another vehicle while chasing the bandits who snatched the 2021 Bentley Bentayga from Massola Drive shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The owner lost sight of the vehicle after it turned onto Hamburg Turnpike off Berdan Avenue but gave a dispatcher enough information to point police in the right direction, Daly said. Officer William Hall began pursuing the vehicle on Alps Road a short time later, he said. Tra…
News
9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas
An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged. Nine defendants used the stolen identities of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. They used thos…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Police Officer Charged With Selling Impounded Vehicle
A Chester police officer was charged Wednesday for selling an impounded vehicle, authorities said. In Aug. 2020, Robert Shaughnessy, 35, gave a vehicle identification number (VIN) from a police-seized blue 2013 Yamaha ATV to another person so they could create a forged bill of sale and illegally take possession of the vehicle, according to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. Shaughnessy, of Collingdale, also used his police credentials to check the Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN) to ensure that the ATV was not reported stolen, authorities said. CLEAN access…
Police & Fire
PD: Berks County Man Admits Fatally Shooting Woman Inside Muhlenberg Apartment
A Berks County man was arrested on homicide charges after he admitted to police he fatally shot a 41-year-old woman in her Muhlenberg apartment, authorities said. Todd Talarico, 46, of Muhlenberg Township, is also accused of fleeing across the state in Elise Moyer's vehicle, according to the Muhlenberg Police Department. Muhlenberg Township police were contacted Monday by police in Columbia County after they stopped Talarico in Moyer's car, police said. Talarico told officers Moyer was dead in her apartment, authorities said. In response, officers went to Moyer's apartment in the 250…
Police & Fire
Update
: Reading Ambulance Thief Leads Pursuit, Crashes In Strasburg
A thief who stole a Reading ambulance from the scene of an incident led a brief police pursuit before crashing in Strasburg, authorities said. EMS personnel on the scene of a medical call at the Kennedy Senior Center on 4th Street were leaving the building with the packaged patient when they realized the rig had been stolen around 11:30 a.m., Reading Fire Chief William I. Stoudt, Jr. said. Focusing on their duty, paramedics reported the incident and requested another unit to transport their patient. Sometime around 1 p.m., an off-duty Reading fire department member spotted the ambulan…
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