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Boy, 15, Claiming Man Raped GF Kills Him Using Dad's Gun In Pottstown: DA Boy, 15, Claiming Man Raped GF Kills Him Using Dad's Gun In Pottstown: DA
Boy, 15, Claiming Man Raped GF Kills Him Using Dad's Gun In Pottstown: DA "He's a rapist!"  That's what police say a 15-year-old boy yelled moments after fatally shooting a 39-year-old man in Pottstown using his dad's gun on Wednesday, Nov. 22, authorities announced the following weekend.  Thomas James Niarhos, of Stowe, has been charged with first-degree murder in the midday killing of Jeremiah "Jay" Waylon Hawkins, near the Pottstown Train Station on South Hanover Street, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The teen boy was seen loitering in the same area, Security Plaza, just before 6 a.m., on July 13, according …

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by Cecilia Levine & Jillian Pikora
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Children Driving Stolen MD Car Full Of Drugs Lead PA State Police On Pursuit Along I-83 Children Driving Stolen MD Car Full Of Drugs Lead PA State Police On Pursuit Along I-83
Children Driving Stolen MD Car Full Of Drugs Lead PA State Police On Pursuit Along I-83 Three children driving a stolen car with drugs inside from Baltimore County led Pennsylvania state police on a chase along Interstate 83 on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.  State troopers in York were notified by the Baltimore County Sheriff's Office that the stolen vehicle was spotted going north on I-83 towards Pennsylvania around 5:19 p.m., according to a release on March 1.  A trooper caught sight of the car at the state line and attempted to stop the vehicle but it fled to Exit 14 Leader Heights Heights Exit (Exit 14). "A short while later, the vehicle came to a stop in a nearby…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police
Kennett Square Woman Brought Child To Fight, Cheered Him On: Police A woman in Chester County is charged with corrupting minors after cops say she cheered on a child during a fistfight.  Arielis Vargas, 30, of Kennett Square, escorted a "juvenile child" to a location so the youth could fight another child, police claimed in a statement.  Investigators said that video from the incident shows Vargas "shouting and encouraging the juveniles to fight," and filming the bout herself.  Vargas was charged with corruption of minors, disorderly conduct, terroristic threats, and simple assault, and was released after posting a $10,000 bail bond, court r…

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by Mac Bullock
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Police: Young Thugs -- 13, 14 -- Rob NJ Liquor Store With BB Gun Police: Young Thugs -- 13, 14 -- Rob NJ Liquor Store With BB Gun
Police: Young Thugs -- 13, 14 -- Rob NJ Liquor Store With BB Gun A Clifton liquor store was robbed by four young city teens, one of whom displayed what turned out to be a BB gun, said authorities who took them into custody. The haul? A vape. The quartet entered Dante's Liquor & Wine on Van Houten Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. One of the boys asked the cashier for a vape, then pulled up his shirt to expose the weapon in his waistband, Bracken said. The youth grabbed the vape and they all bolted, he said. A detective was checking the area when he spotted the group sitting on a porch a few blocks away…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of NJ Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of NJ Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash
Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of NJ Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash A Clifton police officer dove into a moving car after the teenager who stole it bailed out during one in a series of incidents involving out-of-town car thieves -- one of whom is only 14. Six of them were captured following a pursuit and crash involving another stolen vehicle and a Clifton police car later that day, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officers interrupted the theft of a 2017 Mazda on Chittendon Road around 3 a.m. Monday, Bracken said. The thief hopped out of the car while it was still moving, forcing an officer to dive in to keep it from damaging nearby property, he said. The teen a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NO TEENS: Jersey Shore Town Sets Nightly Summer Beach Curfew NO TEENS: Jersey Shore Town Sets Nightly Summer Beach Curfew
NO Teens: Jersey Shore Town Sets Nightly Summer Beach Curfew A police department in Ocean County has set a nightly curfew along part of the  township's shore, authorities said. Toms River police said they are most concerned about unruly summer behavior at Normandy Beach and Chadwick Beach. The new policy is attracting praise as well as scorn on the Toms River Police Department's Facebook page. Some say they think the summer-long curfew will punish good teenagers as well as those causing problems on the beachfront.  The new restrictions apply to anyone 17 years old or younger, police said. The ban will apply to Toms River residents …

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by Jon Craig