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Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police
Minor Strangled At Gunpoint In Delco Home, Suspect At Large: Police Police in Delaware County are seeking a man who they said choked a "juvenile" victim in their home and threatened them with a firearm.  Craig Devakow, 38, is wanted for assault, strangulation, terroristic threats, gun possession, and related counts, said Upper Chichester Police.  Investigators say Devakow angrily stormed into the kitchen of a township home on Saturday, July 15. Brandishing a "'shiny black' handgun," Devakow allegedly "started choking the victim with his left hand and held the gun to their neck with his right." "Don't you know who the [expletive] I am?" Devakow sa…
Berks Gun Show Nets 3 Arrests, Police Say Berks Gun Show Nets 3 Arrests, Police Say
Berks Gun Show Nets 3 Arrests, Police Say Three men were arrested in three separate instances for trying to buy firearms in violation of state law at the Eagle Arms Gun Show at the Morgantown Center last month, authorities say.  Those charged:  Christian Haas, 32, of Doylestown, is accused of lying on purchase applications about being legally unable to own a gun, and was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 21. Brian Fox, 50, of Birdsboro, is accused of lying on his purchasing application and was arrested Saturday, Jan. 7. Richard Kakabadze, 26, of Philadelphia, is accused of of lying on his purchasing application and was arres…
Drunken Burglar Steals Phone, Cigarettes From Bucks Home, Say Police Drunken Burglar Steals Phone, Cigarettes From Bucks Home, Say Police
Drunken Burglar Steals Phone, Cigarettes From Bucks Home, Say Police A Bucks County man is charged with felony burglary after police say he drunkenly walked into a stranger's home and stole a pack of cigarettes and a cell phone.  Authorities in Warrington Township were called to Sassafrass Court at around 8:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7 for a report of a suspicious man knocking on doors and walking through yards, police said.  While in the neighborhood, officers said they were flagged down by a resident who complained that a man had entered her home, taken her belongings, and walked out.  Stephen Leasa, 29, of Warrington, was discovered in the ar…