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Bucks Man Who Shot Police Chief During Standoff Sentenced
The Bucks County man who fired a shotgun at a police chief before engaging in a four-hour standoff with authorities will spend 15 to 30 years in prison.
Colin Petroziello, now 25, pleaded no contest in September to attempted murder, false imprisonment, aggravated assault, and a host of other felonies stemming from the summer 2021 incident, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement Monday, Feb. 6.
As prosecutors argued in court, Petroziello was with his mother in their shared apartment at the Yardley Common Condominiums on Aug. 18, 2021 at 11 a.m., when his mom …
Man, 22, Stalked Woman Online, Imprisoned, Assaulted Her At Northampton County Home, Police Say
A 22-year-old man was jailed after police say he stalked a woman on social media and assaulted and imprisoned her at her Northampton County home.
Zachary Tyler Petrucelli is accused of randomly contacting the woman several times on social media, Lower Saucon Police said.
After the woman asked him to stop and blocked him, Petrucelli allegedly went to her Hellertown home, cornered her in a room and held her down by her wrists on August 13, according to police.
“When the victim broke away she went into another room and the defendant would not let her out until she yelled for help,” police sai…
Sentenced! Violent Child Rapist Gets Up To 202 Years In Dauphin County Prison
A violent sexual predator in Dauphin County has been sentenced to 101 up to 202 years in jail, according to the district attorney.
James A. Dubuisson, 44, of Lower Paxton Township, was sentenced Wednesday following his jury of rape, burglary, strangulation, unlawful restraint of a minor, false imprisonment of a minor, terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, and tampering with evidence.
The case is based on an incident which occurred on July 21, 2019.
Dubuisson unlawfully entered a home in Lower Paxton Township and raped the juvenile victim at knife-point…
Lancaster County Man Arrested Following Sexual Assault Of Woman Outside Home
A Lancaster County man was arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted a woman outside of his home then shoved her toward a grill, authorities said.
Shawn Baker, 52, of East Petersburg, invited a female friend to visit his home to pick up an item she borrowed, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
The victim, a mutual friend who had not previously met Baker, accompanied her friend to Baker’s home, Shapiro said.
Baker then invited the women to stay and have food and drinks, Shapiro said.
They were later joined by the mutual friend’s adult daughter, Shapiro said.
Baker invited t…
'Terrifying': North Carolina Man, 35, Charged In Pair Of Philadelphia Abductions
A 35-year-old North Carolina man has been accused in the abductions two women in Philadelphia last November, federal officials said.
Jacob Alex Montague is currently in custody and faces charges of attempted kidnapping, stalking, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, and related offenses, authorities told PhillyVoice.
Montague tried kidnapping a 28-year-old woman at kinfepoint near the intersection of 20th and Spruce Streets around 11:20 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2020, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said.
The woman ran from Montague to her a…
