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Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike
A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man standing along the side of the New Jersey Turnpike after a collision was struck and killed by a passing car early Monday, April 22, authorities said.
Alton Smith, of Levittown, PA, had bee driving a BMW 328i when he got into a crash with another BMW around 2:20 a.m. in Robbinsville, New Jersey State Police said.
Smith was standing outside of his vehicle on the southbound side of the highway near milepost 64.1 on the inner roadway, when a passing Hyundai struck him and the back of his car, police said.
Smith died while the driver of the Hyundai susta…
Bucks County Triple Homicide Suspect Extradited To Bucks County
Andre Gordon Jr., who is accused of killing three people including his 13-year-old sister last month, was extradited to Pennsylvania from New Jersey on Wednesday, April 3, prosecutors say.
Gordon, 26, was denied bail and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, said the District Attorney's Office.
6abc reports that prosecutors will seek the death penalty in Gordon's case.
Authorities have said he killed his 52-year-old stepmother Karen Gordon, his 13-year-old sister Kera Gordon, and 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, with whom he had two children, on March 16.
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Thousands Raised For Young Mom Killed In Bucks County Shooting Spree
Friends and community members have raised thousands of dollars to memorialize Taylor Daniel.
Daniel, 25, was shot and killed by the father of her children Andre Gordon Jr. on Saturday, March 16, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
Gordon Jr. is also accused of killing his 52-year-old stepmother, Karen Gordon, and his 13-year-old sister, Kera Gordon, authorities have said. He is charged with multiple counts of murder, assault, burglary, and related counts and is awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania from New Jersey.
On GoFundMe, community members …
Gunman Captured, Victims ID'd: Details Released In Hours-Long Trenton Hunt For PA Killer
Andre Gordon, the 26-year-old gunman accused of gunning down three people in Pennsylvania, was captured in Trenton after an hours-long search Saturday, March 16, authorities said.
Gordon was arrested on New York Avenue in Trenton at approximately 5 p.m., the New Jersey Attorney General's Office said. He'd initially gone into a Phillips Avenue home, where members of a SWAT team had staged.
Gordon was lodged at the Mercer County Jail.
Trouble began around 8:50 a.m. when Gordon, in a car he'd carjacked in Trenton, drove to Pennsylvania and broke into a Viewpoint Lane home in Falls Township, t…
New Terrorism Charges For PA Man Who Beheaded Dad, Uploaded To YouTube: DA
Justin Mohn faces new criminal charges including three counts of terrorism, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday, Feb. 15.
Mohn, 32, of Levittown, was previously accused of killing his federal employee father at his Middletown home, beheading his corpse, and uploading the grisly footage to YouTube on Jan. 30.
In the video, authorities said Mohn called for "all militia and patriots across the United States to kill all federal employees." His father Michael Mohn worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers, they noted.
The younger Mohn was arrested th…
Philadelphia Teacher, Levittown Mom Dies, 47
Nicole Larue Walsh, a longtime teacher in Philadelphia schools and a Levittown mother of three, passed unexpectedly on Tuesday, Jan. 16, loved ones said in her obituary. She was 47.
A lifelong Levittown resident, Walsh graduated from Neshaminy High School in 1994 before continuing her studies at Temple University, her obit says. She earned her master's in reading development from Holy Family College, family members wrote.
Walsh was a middle school special education teacher and began working in Philadelphia schools in 2009, according to her LinkedIn. Before that, she taught …
BF Found Guilty Of Killing His PA GF In Home Containing Heroin: Officials
A Ewing Township man has been found guilty by a Mercer County jury for the shooting death of his Pennsylvania girlfriend at his home, authorities said.
Aaron Adams, 41, was convicted of murder and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri
At approximately 6:30 p.m. on June 1, 2020, Ewing police were alerted to a dead female in a home on Glen Stewart Drive.
Police found the victim, identified as Ashley Davis, 32, of Levittown, PA, in the basement, Onofri said. There were visible wounds to Davis’ body and she was pron…
Skateboarder, 28, Killed In Levittown Hit-Run: Bucks County Coroner
A skateboarder succumbed to his injuries last week after he was struck in a Levittown hit-and-run, said the Bucks County Coroner's Office.
Joel Steven Moreau, 28, died from multiple injuries and his death has been ruled accidental, authorities said.
Moreau was riding near Haines Road in Bristol Township when he was fatally struck on Friday evening, Nov. 24, according to officials. Police have not announced an arrest in connection with his death.
On a GoFundMe campaign launched Sunday, Nov. 26, Moreau's sister Nicole Yosick memorialized her brother as a "vibrant spirit."
"In loving memo…
Racing Bucks Driver, 19, Charged In Fatal Philly Crash Was Arrested Last Fall At Car Show
A 19-year-old Bucks County driver has been charged in a Philadelphia crash that killed a pedestrian, authorities said — even more troubling, he was arrested last October.
Joseph Vannauker, of Levittown, is facing charges of homicide by vehicle, murder, and reckless driving, for the 12:05 a.m. crash on Castor and Aramingo Tuesday, Aug. 22, Philadelphia police said.
Last October, Vannauker was arrested for screaming profanities at police using a bullhorn during and inciting crowds during a car show that caused chaos in Philadelphia streets, Fox29 reports.
Vannauker was racing on Castor Avenu…
Levittown Man, 23, Dies In Rollover Crash: Authorities
A Bucks County man has died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash in Middletown Township on early Wednesday, April 26, authorities have announced.
The victim, a 23-year-old Levittown man, was headed north on Oxford Valley Road "at a very high rate of speed" around 2:15 a.m., Middletown police wrote in a release.
He lost control of his black Lexus, exiting the roadway and colliding with a vinyl fence and then a tree, police said. After striking the tree, the car rolled onto its roof and landed back on the road, near Roberts Avenue, officials wrote.
The driver, …
Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities
Over a month after 47-year-old Jason Smith of Levittown was run over and killed in the parking lot of a Bristol McDonald's, authorities say they found the driver responsible.
Daniel S. Dietrich, 45, of Palmyra, New Jersey, was arrested Friday, March 10, and charged with homicide, driving on a suspended license, and related counts, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.
Prosecutors say Smith and Dietrich had already been involved in a "driving incident" about a mile away before they both arrived at the 7700 Bristol Pike McDonald's at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5.
Police …
