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Man Charged With Kidnapping Reading Girl Is Mom's Ex-BF, Police Say Man Charged With Kidnapping Reading Girl Is Mom's Ex-BF, Police Say
Man Charged With Kidnapping Reading Girl Is Mom's Ex-BF, Police Say The suspect who abducted a girl in Reading on Wednesday, Aug. 31 is the ex-boyfriend of the victim's mom, authorities have revealed. Duane Taylor kidnapped 13-year-old Janae Kalia-Henry from her home near Schuylkill Avenue around 2 a.m., prompting state police to issue an Amber Alert approximately 12 hours later. The multi-state search led authorities to Brooklyn, NY, where they found the girl that evening wearing no shoes on Glenmore Avenue, 6abc reports. Her condition was not immediately specified. Taylor was charged with the kidnapping of a minor, false imp…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Three Shootings, Two Murders Within 24 Hours In Reading: PD Three Shootings, Two Murders Within 24 Hours In Reading: PD
Three Shootings, Two Murders Within 24 Hours In Reading: PD Two men were killed and one was wounded in separate shootings that happened within 24 hours in Reading, authorities said. The first shooting broke out on the 400 block of Spring Garden Street, where responding officers found Edwin Rivera-Valentín around 3 a.m. on Sunday, July 31, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. Rivera-Valentín was pronounced dead at the scene. Approximately 50 minutes later, officers were called to the 1200 block of Church Street, where they found Quadell Spradley, the chief said. Spradley was rushed to Tower Health Reading Hospital, where …

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by Nicole Acosta
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Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC
Gunman Wanted In Deadly Reading Shooting Captured In NYC A gunman wanted on a first-degree murder charge in a deadly shooting in Reading earlier this year has been arrested in New York City, authorities said. Deivis Gutiérrez-García, 21, was captured Wednesday, July 6 in the Bronx, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. He had been wanted in the Feb. 26 shooting death of 23-year-old Jackson Reyes-Negrón, who was found on the 1000 block of Green Street, police said. Investigators accused Gutiérrez-García of fleeing the city shortly after the murder happened. He is being held at NYC's Rikers Island jail and is awaiting extradition…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Remains Of Missing PA Cabbie Found, Passenger Held Responsible For His Death: Police Remains Of Missing PA Cabbie Found, Passenger Held Responsible For His Death: Police
Remains Of Missing PA Cabbie Found, Passenger Held Responsible For His Death: Police Police believe they have cracked the mysterious case of a missing Pennsylvania taxi driver, as his remains were found this week. Darlyn De La Rosa-Abreu disappeared on Aug. 8 2021, just after picking up a passenger, Johnny Palaguachi, in his 2015 Toyota Corolla, Reading Police Chief Richard Tornielli said. Human remains found near Old Church Road in North Heidelberg Township on May 20 were confirmed to be those of De La Rosa-Abreu, Tornielli said. Palaguachi was subsequently arrested and charged with Criminal Homicide, Abuse of a Corpse, Tampering with Evidence, and Theft by Unlawful …

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by Cecilia Levine