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Teen Charged In West Wyomissing Shooting: Police
A teenager is in police custody after one man was shot in the leg in West Wyomissing on Friday night, March 8, authorities say. Ke'Sean Williams, 18, of Wyomissing, is charged with attempted homicide, attempted aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment, said Spring Township police in a release. Officers were called to West Lawn Avenue around 11:30 p.m. for reported gunfire, according to the department. They found the victim and several others fleeing the scene, the release says. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds, authorities said. Inve…
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Ex-Con Cousin Arrested For Shooting At Officers While Fleeing From PA Armed Robbery: Police
The second of two 30-year-old ex-convict cousins has been arrested for the attempted homicide of three members of law enforcement, authorities announced on Nov. 7, 2023. Rakeem Markel Jones was taken into custody in Georgia on Nov. 6, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers announced on Tuesday. His cousin, Shadarryl Jones had previously been arrested in connection with the same incident on Thursday, July 28, 2022, Pennsylvania State Poice explained. Jones and his cousin Rakeem Jones had been wanted since the pair shot at two Pennsylvania State Police troopers and an Erie police officer during a p…
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Homicide Attempt Lands 2 Teens Adult Charges In Lancaster: Police
Two Lancaster County teens have been arrested following an attempted homicide, the police announced on Thursday, Sept. 14. Omar Naheem Jackson, 17, of Leola was arrested on Wednesday and Nazier Vega, 16, of Lancaster was arrested on Thursday, in connection with a shooting in the 300 block of Greenland Drive, Lancaster, on Tuesday, according to East Lampeter police. At 4:58 p.m. on Sept. 12, the police received reports "that a Black male subject had fired multiple shots from a handgun and was last observed running westbound. The immediate scene was secured, a perimeter was establ…
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Meat Cleaver Used To Stab Man In Head, Back In Western PA, DA Says
A fight in a Western Pennsylvania home turned violent and possibly deadly early on Tuesday, authorities announced later that day. Liwu Tian was arrested following a reported stabbing that happened overnight at a home in the 400 block of North Main Street, Greensburg on Aug. 15, according to a release by Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole W. Ziccarelli. *WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING* When the police arrived the unnamed victim was found in the home "with multiple stab wounds to his head and back," DA Ziccarelli stated in the release. "Multiple witnes…
Police & Fire
'You're All Going To Die': PA Cop Tried To Kill His Wife, Court Papers Say
An Allentown police officer pointed a shotgun at his wife and threatened to kill her and her children, according to a criminal complaint filed in Northampton County court obtained by Daily Voice. Ismael Segarra, 37, is charged with attempted homicide, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and related counts stemming from a domestic incident at his Easton home on Tuesday, June 27, police documents say. The victim told investigators that she and Segarra got into an argument and began discussing divorce no long after she woke up on Tuesday, per the criminal complaint. Whe…
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Lancaster Dad Of 3 Who Killed Wife, Burned House Down Learns His Fate: DA
"He lied since day one," Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Ponessa said of Carlos Montalvo-Rivera. The 55-year-old Lancaster liar who concocted a wild story "that intruders broke into the home, killed his wife, and set fire to it out of retaliation for the victim’s brother, who had cooperated with the DEA in an unrelated case," was sentenced on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Montalvo-Rivera has been sentenced to "life in prison – plus 20 years – for deliberately setting fire to his family’s home a…
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MD Man Shoots PA Man Dead, Injures Woman, Police Say
UPDATE: The victim of the shooting has been identified as Alexander M. Thomas of the 100 block of Skyview Drive, Shrewsbury Borough, according to an update release by the York County Coroner's office. Additional information has not been released. ORIGINAL: A 26-year-old Maryland man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old Shrewsbury man and injuring a 38-year-old woman from New Freedom, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, May 22, 2023. Zachary Tyler Piccolo, of Nottingham was identified by witnesses and arrested in a coor…
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PA Man Tries To Kill Dad, State Police Say
A 37-year-old man has been arrested for the attempted homicide of his 72-year-old father, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Timothy Kirschke of Halifax had a physical fight with his dad at Dividing Ridge Road in Jackson Township around 12:29 a.m. on Friday, April 28, 2023, PSP Lykens explained in the release. Officers were called to the home for a welfare check but ended up finding the violent dispute, so they arrested Kirschke on charges of criminal attempt- murder in the first degree, aggravated assault - attempt to cause serious bodily injuries…
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Dad's Throat Slit By Son Who Burned Down Grandma's House, PA State Police Say
A man convicted on charges filed in connection to burning his grandmother's house down is facing troubles with the law again, this time after slitting his father's throat with a kitchen knife, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Christopher Thomas Rhone, 43, took a kitchen knife to his 69-year-old dad's throat while he was asleep on the couch in the home they share in the 6500 block of Mountain Drive at 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 2, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in the affidavit. The police arrived to find the dad holding a towel to his throat, w…
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Daughter Stabs Sleeping Dad With Kitchen Knife At Shippensburg Motel, PSP Says
A 21-year-old woman stabbed her father multiple times with a kitchen knife while staying at a Shippensburg motel on Thursday, March 9, 2023, Pennsylvania State Police stated in a release on Saturday, March 11, and in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, March 13. Natalee Linn Clark, 21, stabbed her sleeping father at Theo's Motel on Walnut Bottom Road at 1:53 p.m. according to the police release. She hid the large kitchen knife under her bedding and waited for him to fall asleep before stabbing her 53-year-old father as he lay in the bed next to her's, the police …
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GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police
UPDATE: Daronte Anthony Brown, 18, of Monroeville has been arrested without incident in connection with this shooting on Feb. 21, 2023, following an anonymous 911 tip, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers announced on March 2, 2023. Updated court documents were unavailable when Daily Voice inquired that day. ORIGINAL: A 16-year-old girl and her 14-year-old friend were shot at while waiting for an Uber at a Pittsburgh area Red Roof Inn, because the older girl "refused to do sex stuff," with a Monroeville man, authorities detail quoting witnessing in the court documents obtained by Daily V…
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Son Admits To Trying To Kill 92-Year-Old Dad In Camp Hill Hospital, Police Say
While a 92-year-old father was in his hospital bed, his 58-year-old son attempted to kill him, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. East Pennsboro Police were dispatched to an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital located at 503 N. 21st Street, Camp Hill on February 26, 2023, at 7:17 p.m., according to a release on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Officers arrived, investigated, and concluded that John Joseph Stoll Jr. of Wellvilles "attempted to kill the victim inside a patient room." The only reason his father survived is that a "staff member witnessed the incid…
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Top Ten Most Wanted List Updated By PA State Police
Three new criminals have been added to the Pennsylvania State Police's "Ten Most Wanted" list. The three newest fugitives replace three who have been captured. Those men are: Jordan Alexander Allen, Wilkes-Barre: Aggravated assault with a firearm. Samuel Irizarry, Philadelphia: Attempted homicide Rakeem Markell Jones, Erie: Attempted homicide. The other men on the list, which still includes one individual who has been captured, includes: Michael Edward Akerly, Erie: Wanted for a 1998 rape and aggravated indecent assault in Erie, PA. Seen in Wattsburg, Erie County; Chauauq…
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York 'Isaac Newton' Who Shot Mom, Paralyzed Son Nabbed In CT: US Marshals
A gunman who sent a mother and her adult son to the hospital in York City, Pennsylvania has been captured in Connecticut, authorities say. Isaac Newton Ramos-Perez, 44, was found in his "makeshift apartment" around 32-25 Meadow Street in Hartford by the Connecticut U.S. Marshal Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Hartford police department on Friday, Jan. 27. The arrest stems from charges filed against Ramos-Perez after he shot a 44-year-old woman and her 24-year-old son in a house on the 400 block of West Philadelphia Street, York City on Thursday, Dec. 22 around 8 p.m…
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Crazed Husband Shoots At Vehicle Carrying Wife, Kidnaps Occupant After PA Crash: Police
A 29-year-old Harrisburg husband has been charged with attempted homicide after he spotted his wife in a vehicle with another person and began shooting, and then chased the car until it crashed, authorities said. Before he was taken into custody, Erick Vazquez-Torres also forced an occupant of the wrecked car into his own, police said. Vazquez-Torres was near South 19th and Paxton Streets around 6 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 when he saw his wife in a nearby car and approached it, the Harrisburg Bureau of Police said. Vazquez-Torres shot at the car multiple times, leaving one of the occu…
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AK47 Fired 3X At PA Postal Worker By Probationer Called 'Bullet': Authorities
A man called "Bullet" fired an AK47 at a Pittsburgh postal worker on Thursday, January 5, 2023, authorities say. Pittsburgh Police from Zone 1 were called to reports of shots fired in the 200 block of Waldorf Street just after 2 p.m. The postal worker told police he was delivering mail when the driver of a blue sedan yelled, “Where is my mail? You have my mail!,” according to a criminal complaint obtained by WTAE. The man was later identified at Martinel "Bullet" Lee Humphries, 28, who was spot on a "homeowner's private camera footage shows the suspect had exited the running vehicle,…
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Attempted Homicide, Kidnapping Suspect In PA Park Shooting Tracked Down With Social Media Help
Investigators tracked down the social media account of a suspect they say opened fire at a vehicle before driving to a fire station during a confrontation in Pennsylvania, leading to attempted homicide and kidnapping charges. Daniel Charles Fegely Jr., 24, was charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, attempted kidnapping, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and numerous firearm offenses, including being prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior convictions. Officers responding to a shooting at the intersection of Ontario St. and Itaska St. near Madison Park i…
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Woman Arrested For Shooting Woman In Both Legs Over Parking Spot In Pennsylvania: Police
A woman was shot in both of her legs during a dispute over a parking spot in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Nov. 5, police say. 24-year-old Breauna Shai Terry, of Pittsburgh, was in connection with this incident, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials as of Wednesday, Nov. 9 around 11:30 a.m. The shooting happened in the 100 block of Goettmann Street in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood just after midnight, according to a release by City police. Upon arrival, officers from Zone 1 found a woman with gunshot wounds to both of her legs. The woman was taken to a local hos…
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Harrisburg Man Charged In Drive-By Shooting That Wounded Two Youngsters: Police
A Harrisburg man has been charged in a drive-by shooting that left two children hurt last month, authorities announced. Darrell Henderson-Baylor, 24, of Harrisburg, is facing charges of attempted homicide, person not to possess a weapon and kidnapping in the incident on Cumberland Street in Swatara Aug. 11, around 11:50 p.m., local police said. The two children hurt during the shooting were taken to the Penn State / Milton Hershey Medical Center. Henderson-Baylor was identified as a suspect and subsequently arrested. He was being held in the Dauphin County Prison without ba…
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Man 'Intentionally Struck', Drove Over Motorcyclist In PA: Police
A man who "intentionally struck" a motorcyclist and drove over him in central Pennsylvania before fleeing the scene, police state in a release on Wednesday, August 3. Francisco Rivera-Montanez, 45, is wanted for attempted homicide in connection to this serious incident, police say. Harrisburg Bureau of police officers were first called to a report of a motor vehicle accident in the the 200 block of South 17th Street on Friday, July 22, according to the release. Upon the arrival the officers found a man who had been driving his motorcycle north had been "approached... …
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Man Attacked, Shot In Gettysburg: Police
A man was shot in the hip in an alley in Gettysburg just after midnight on Tuesday, May 10, area police say. The Gettysburg police were called to a report of gunshots in Racehorse Alley in the rear of the first block of York Street. An officer arrived to find a man with a "small caliber gunshot wound to his hip area" standing on the sidewalk in front of 29 York Street, police say. Officers on scene controlled the bleeding until EMS arrived, and the man was taken to a York Area Hospital. The man told police someone in a hoodie with the hood up approached him in the alley and argued with hi…
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'Dangerous' Shooter On The Run After Firing Into Central PA Home: Police
A 38-year-old man is wanted after he shot into a central Pennsylvania home on Monday night, police say. Penn Township police were called to the shooting the 1st Block of Alabaster Run in Hanover shortly after 6 p.m. Apr. 11, according to a release by the department. Following an investigation, police identified Tavon D. Carr of Hanover as the shooter. He is accused of using a handgun to fire into occupied home multiple times before fleeing, according to the release. No one was injured in the shooting, according to the police. Carr is wanted on a warrant for charges of attempted homicide,…
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Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail
A man who shot at officers nearly two years ago for refusing to wear a mask has died at the Lehigh County Jail, authorities said. Adam Zaborowski, 37, was found unresponsive in his cell early Friday, April 1, officials said. He was pronounced dead at 7:26 a.m., in the St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. Zaborowski was charged with attempted homicide in the August 2020 shooting at Cigar International in Bethlehem, when he refused to wear a mask inside the business and shot the cashier, The Washington Post reports. He fled the sce…
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PA Wife Stabbed Husband Five Times Using Two Knives: Police
A 57-year-old woman supposedly wanted to kill her husband before she stabbed him five times on Sunday afternoon, according to the police. Manheim Borough police were called to a report of a domestic-related assault involving a stabbing at a home in the 200 block of North Charlotte Street on Mar. 20 around 2:30 p.m., according to a release by the department. Officers arrived to find a man stabbed five times in the face and head, the release explains. The victim’s wife, Marica Pejcic, was arrested and when they interviewed her she told police she wanted to “kill her husband prior to the i…
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Two Men Wanted As 'Main Actors' In Central PA Mall Shooting: Police
Two more people are wanted by police on charges in connection with a shooting at central Pennsylvania mall. Lancaster bureau of police are searching for Elijah Deliz and Sergio Vargas as "main actors" in the Park City shooting in Lancaster on Oct. 17, 2021, according to an updated release by the police. Jeremiahs Josiah-Alberto Sanchez, 16, was slapped with 61 charges days after he got into a fight with another teenager, pulled out a stolen handgun and opened fire inside the mall. Three people were injured before an armed bystander shot Sanchez a d remained with the teenager until police a…
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Teen Tried To Kill Mom At PA Dairy Queen, Commiting Hit-Run While Fleeing: State Police
Two people have been hospitalized after a 18-year-old stabbed her mom at a Dairy Queen and struck a pedestrian while fleeing, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Pennsylvania state police were called to a fight at the Mount Union Dairy Queen along US 22 on Thursday, Mar. 3 just after noon, the release shows. When they arrived at the restaurant, owned and operated by Carol Stutzman, 55, they learned she had been stabbed multiple times by her daughter and employee, according to police and social media posts by the family. Her daughter fled to her car when customers tried to …
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PA Woman Attempted To Kill 3 Year Old Child Police Say
A 22-year-old woman who allegedly choked and beat a 3-year-old child has been arrested and charged with attempted homicide, according to a release by police. The Harrisburg Bureau of police were called to an incident of child abuse at a home in the 500 block of South 17th Street on Thursday, Feb. 24 shortly before 10 a.m., police say. Police found a 3-year-old child assaulted by Mary Hawkins, the release shows. The child was taken to Hershey Medical Center for medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery, police say. Mary Hawkins has been charged with Criminal Attempt H…
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'Straight Out Of Horror Film': Hatchet-Bearing PA Man Tracked Victim In Cornfield: DA
A Pennsylvania man shot, hunted down and hatch chopped a man in such a brutal way that even the district attorney described it as something out of a horror film. Robert Sheets, 34, of Quarryville, shot a man in the chest, leaving him to die, only to return the next day to hunt him down with a hatchet when he realized his victim was still alive, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. “It was 41 hours from the time the defendant picked up the victim until the time he crawled out of the cornfield and found help,” Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Ponessa …
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Details Released In 6-Hour Chester County Police Standoff
A six-hour standoff with police Monday led to the arrest of an Exton man who shot at officers, authorities said. Christopher Smith, 47, has been charged with multiple counts of attempted homicide, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said in a Wednesday news release. He was being uncooperative with West Whiteland police, who arrived at the home on the unit block of Buttonwood Drive around 4:30 p.m. to serve a search warrant, police said. When Smith finally acknowledged the cops, he threaten…
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Man Lying In PA Yard Tried Killing Person Checking On Him: Report
A man who was found lying in a central Pennsylvania yard attempted to murder the man who went to check on him, PennLive reports. Around 10 a.m. Thursday, a man driving down Carriage Lane in Mount Pleasant Township noticed William Knotts, 40, lying outside a home, the outlet says citing an affidavit for probable cause. When the driver went to check on him, Knotts said, “You really pissed me off, I’m mad. I’m gonna kill you,” before sitting up and firing two gunshots at the victim, the outlet reports. Knotts, of Gettysburg, was arraigned on charges of attempted homicide and simple assau…
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15-Year-Old PA Boy Stabbed, Thrown Into Oncoming Traffic In Broad Daylight Attack, Police Say
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed and thrown into oncoming traffic in a brutal attack in Northampton County over the weekend, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a fight on the 1000 block of E. Market Street in Bethlehem found the boy with multiple stab wounds just after 3:45 p.m. Saturday, police said. Officers applied a tourniquet to control the victim’s bleeding before he was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital - Fountain Hill for further treatment. The offender, who police say jumped into a passing car just after the incident, was found a short time later near the 4100…
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