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Two Philly Men Among Five Arrested With Drugs In Atlantic City: Police
Five men were arrested in Atlantic City during a police operation targeting areas of violence, authorities said. In a news release, Atlantic City police said detectives conducted surveillance in the first block of South Florida Avenue on Thursday, Apr. 18. Four men were arrested for having or selling drugs. Isaiah Brown, 19, of Atlantic City, was taken into custody after running away from police. Once he was arrested, he continued to be uncooperative and struggled with detectives. Because of statements Brown made to police, he was brought to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Cente…
Police & Fire
Armed Man Arrested At Delaware County Walmart: Police
Authorities in Marple Township arrested an armed man at the 400 S. State Road Walmart this week, police said in a release. Officers were called about a person with a gun around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, police said. They arrived and made contact with "multiple individuals," including 22-year-old Michai Adams, according to the release. Police said they found a 9mm Glock 19 handgun fitted with a "switch" in Adams' bag. He was charged with prohibited offensive weapons and reckless endangerment, authorities said. Adams, of Lansdowne, has a preliminary hearing …
Police & Fire
Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit
A 54-year-old woman has been charged after she punched a trooper, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Feb. 29. Tiffany Anne Mercer recent of Gap but previously of Bowmansville, Landisville, and Lancaster, punched a trooper on Dogwood Lane in Salisbury Township around 7:18 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to the PA State Police release. Troopers Michael Artale and Zachary Cianflone had been called to the Crestwood Mobile Home Park for a report of a domestic disturbance. They arrived in their duty uniforms in a marked patrol vehicle. When they located the home they…
Police & Fire
Hammer-Wielding Man Hides In Closet, Taunts Bucks Police Dog After Assaulting Parents: Police
A man armed with a hammer has been arrested for swinging at his dad and threatening his mom then hiding in a closet and taunting a police dog over the weekend in Bucks County, police said. Police were called to a Wisteria Drive home in Warrington around 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, where 52-year-old Michael P. Bowen, Jr. had put his hand over his mother's face and was shoving her, knocking her glasses of, local police said. Bowen's dad intervened, at which point the defendant turned his aggression toward him, placing his hand on his dad's face shoving him and knocking his hat off, police sa…
Police & Fire
Man Who Shot Philly Mom In Front Of Her Son Arrested: US Marshals
The man accused of killing a South Philadelphia mother late last year was arrested by US Marshals in Kensington early Thursday, Feb. 22, according to authorities. Abiud Torres was taken into custody without incident on the 1800 block of Hart Lane around 6:45 a.m., said Marshal Robert Clark. Investigators had suspected Torres, 20, of "frequenting multiple abandoned residences in the Kensington section of Philadelphia" before tracking him down on Hart Lane Thursday morning, Clark said. Torres is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend Tatiana Vargas in front of…
Police & Fire
Bucks County Fugitive Found With Meth, Brass Knuckles On Jersey Shore: Police
A man and woman from Pennsylvania were arrested after police found drugs and brass knuckles during a traffic stop, authorities said. Michal Ray, 47, of Morrisville, PA, and Nicole Olenick, 47, also of PA, were arrested on Monday, Feb. 12. The Brigantine Police Department announced their arrests on Tuesday, Feb. 13. At around 10:45 a.m., a Brigantine officer stopped a vehicle for speeding near the intersection of 31st Street and Bayshore Avenue. The officer noticed Ray was not wearing his seatbelt in the front passenger's seat. Ray and Olenick gave identification to the officer who not…
Police & Fire
Pair Tried Hiding Loaded Gun, Drugs After Chester County Crash With Child In Car: Police
Two men have been arrested after police say they found a loaded gun and drugs in a backpack they'd tossed from a vehicle containing a child after a crash in Chester County. Officers responding to a single-vehicle crash on the 600 block of Market Street around 8 p.m. Monday Feb. 5, found three adults and a small child in the car, Oxford police said. Llenifer Ayllon, 24, of West Grove, and Robert Jimenez, 24, of Toughkenamon, were among the adults in the car, police said. Officers soon discovered that a backpack had been removed from the vehicle before police arrived. With help from one of t…
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PA Ambush Murder Suspects Caught In New York: Marshals
The three men accused of an ambush-style killing in Norristown last month were arrested by US Marshals in New York on Wednesday, Jan. 31, officials say. Damon Brantley Jr., Daquan Allen, and Jerry Butler were taken into custody in Endicott, some 10 miles west of Binghamton, around 8 p.m., authorities announced. Investigators believe the trio shot 35-year-old William Carter dead after a gunpoint robbery on West Wood Street on Jan. 20. Three suspects rushed Carter, who was visiting a friend's house on Powel Street, while walking to his car, authorities said previously. Bran…
Police & Fire
Suspect Who Snatched Gun After Deadly Philly Police Shooting Arrested: Authorities
The man accused of swiping a gun off the ground during the police killing of 28-year-old Alexander Spencer has been arrested, authorities say. Spencer was fatally shot by police after officials said he shot an officer in the leg during a scuffle at a North Philadelphia corner store on Friday night, Jan. 26. Jose Quinones-Mendez, 42, was accused of snatching the gun that Spencer allegedly dropped during the struggle. Philadelphia Police Department He was arrested near the corner of North Juniper and Race streets in Center City on Wednesday, Jan. 31, according to pol…
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Steelton Resident Goes On 100+ MPH Chase, Wanted For Endangering Children Near Philly Affidavit
A Philadelphia resident wanted in Montgomery County led police in Dauphin County on a high-speed chase, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Jan. 26. Shyanna "Shy" Starr Ballard McNeil, 24, originally of Philadelphia most recently of Steelton, was driving a red Dodge Caliber west on PA 283 when he (McNeil was born female but identifies as male according to the criminal complaint and his social media) was stopped by police near mile marker 1.4 in Swatara Township, according to the affidavit of probable cause. At 9:12 a.m. on Jan. 24, Pennsylvania St…
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Steelton Man Wanted By US Marshals, Had Ghost Guns During Pursuit: PA State Police
A man out on bail for a gun shop theft and wanted by the US Marshals Service — was found fleeing from Pennsylvania State Police with teens and ghost guns, according to a PSP release on Saturday, Jan. 13. James Timothy Scott Jr., 20 of Steelton, was among the three people arrested following a pursuit by Pennsylvania State Police in Harrisburg on Thursday, Jan. 11, as detailed in the release. Scott was the driver of a 2015 Kia Optima that was stolen from a 29-year-old woman who is a city resident, troopers explained. Scott — along with his two teenage passengers …
Police & Fire
Suspect In Deadly 2013 PA Home Invasion Arrested In Philadelphia: Marshals
Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in the 2013 killing of Joseph Canazaro at his Hilltown home. Thomas Delgado was taken in for murder and related counts in Kensington on Wednesday, Jan. 10, said US Marshals in Philadelphia. Joseph Canazaro Bucks County District Attorney's Office Forty-eight-year-old Canazaro was with his girlfriend and his 12-year-old son at their Swartley Road home on Jan. 18, 2013, when they became the victims of a brutal home invasion, authorities have said. Witnesses said they saw two armed men enter the home around 10 a.m. Investigator…
Police & Fire
Abington Bank Robbers Slam Into Police Car During Getaway, Authorities Say
A brief pursuit of two accused thieves ended when they crashed their getaway car into an Abington police cruiser on Tuesday, Jan. 9, according to officials. It began when the suspects robbed a bank on the 1300 block of Old York Road around 3:30 p.m., Abington police wrote in a release. A short time later, officers near the corner of Meetinghouse and Fox Chase roads spotted a car matching the suspect vehicle's description, authorities said. The suspects sped away when police tried to pull them over, "causing several minor accidents" before crashing into a squad car, accord…
Police & Fire
Undercover Police Catch Delco Teen's Accused Murderer: DA
The man accused of stabbing a 15-year-old boy dead has been arrested authorities in Delaware County announced on Wednesday. Michael Garr, of Drexel Hill, was stabbed to death on Friday, April 21, 2023 — now, the alleged killer has been caught. Marson Weh, 24 of Cliffton Heights, has been charged in the murder of 15-year-old Michael Garr, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Upper Darby Police Superintendent Tim Bernhardt announced during the press conference on Jan. 3, 2024. Surveillance videos helped lead police to Weh. In the videos, detectives spotted a man running from the 200 bloc…
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Wanted Lehigh Valley Man Captured At NJ Hospital Following Companion's Complaint: Police
A wanted man from Pennsylvania was caught at a Morris County hospital after his companion contacted police to discuss the services she received, the department said. The Denville Township Police Department responded to a service complaint at Saint Clare’s Hospital around 1:40 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, Capt. Jeffrey Tucker said in a release. Officers spoke with the woman and found that her companion — Austin K. Heinly, of New Tripoli, PA — had an active NCIC warrant out of the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office, Tucker added. Heinly, 41, was arrested and taken to the Morris County …
Police & Fire
Masked Burglars Nabbed After Foot Chase Through Bucks County: Police
Two men face criminal charges after police found them prowling near a Northampton Township home on Monday night, Nov. 20, according to officials. Police said they spotted a pair of masked men in dark clothes poking around the front yard of a property in Richboro sometime during the evening. When officers confronted the two, they fled on foot, authorities said. After a brief chase, both men were located and identified. Giorgi Maxarashvili, 39, and Zurab Kenkishvil, 43, are charged with burglary, possessing an instrument of crime, loitering and prowling at night, and evadin…
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Gunpoint 'Stranger Rapist' Caught In Philadelphia: Police
The man police believe raped and robbed two victims in Philadelphia has been arrested the police announced on Sunday, Oct. 22. Michael Henry, 30, has been charged with rape, robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, tampering or fabricating evidence, among 22 charges, according to his latest court docket. As Daily Voice reported, Henry approached a woman in a car on 55th and Kingsessing Avenue around 3 a.m. on Oct. 13. He pointed a small black handgun at her and demanded money, according to her statement to the police. The woman gave Henry $20 before he ordered the woman to unloc…
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Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges
A South Jersey man who graduated from the University of Maryland and went on to work in TV journalism in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities announced. Cleve W. Bryan Jr. was charged Wednesday, Oct. 18 by police in Washington Township, Gloucester County with endangering the welfare of children by possessing child pornography, the department said. Byran, of the Sewell section of Washington, was taken to the Salem County Correctional Facility pending a court appearance. Bryan's X page bio reads: "Journalist, Storyteller, Father, Husband, Beli…
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Bucks County Woman Charged In Weekend Shooting: Police
A Richland Township woman is accused of firing a gun at a building with people inside late on Saturday, Sept. 23, authorities say. Amanda Nelson, 30, is charged with discharging a gun into an occupied structure, misdemeanor simple assault, and reckless endangerment, according to Richland police. Officers said Nelson fired the shots at a home on the 500 block of East Cherry Road, near the intersection with Gross Road. When police arrived, she refused to exit her home and was arrested by a Special Response Team, the department said. Court records show Nelson was arraigned e…
Police & Fire
PA Homicide Suspect Arrested In Dominican Republic
Fourteen years ago Michael Evans died from stab wounds in Lancaster, but on Thursday, his accused killer was arrested in the Dominican Republic. A warrant of Carl Hunter Sr. known as "Low" was issued in 2018 in connection with the deadly stabbing of Evans. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic at 9:18 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2023. Hunter had been featured on a Crime Stoppers wanted flyer since Sept. 2010 as a person of interest in Evans homicide. Evans was found suffering a stab wound to the torso in the 400 block of West Lemon Street, Lancaster by city police officers around 11…
News
Mid-Atlantic Crime Ring Arrests For Armed PA Jewelry Robberies, Carjackings
An indictment of 16 members of a violent mid-Atlantic crime ring has been unsealed and the federal agencies are naming names. Of the 16, eight of the alleged crime ring members were arrested in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, police in Fairfax County, Virginia announced later that day. They were all arrested in connection to a violent crime spree that took place between Jan. 7, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023. The crime ring members were all from Maryland and the District of Columbia. They met with their accused leader – Trevor Wright, also known as “Taliban Glizzy” …
Police & Fire
PA Man Nabbed In Georgia After Outrunning Police Three Times: Authorities
A Philadelphia man accused of running from authorities during three separate traffic stops was taken into custody in Georgia, according to state police. Andre Lamont Bailey, 43, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 25, officials said. In all three alleged flights from police, authorities claimed Bailey was armed with a gun. He is a convicted felon and unable to legally own firearms, police noted. Philadelphia authorities later found both of his known cars "unoccupied" on the 500 block of Armstrong Street in Germantown, police said. Four guns, a bullet-proof vest, and "a significa…
Police & Fire
SWAT Called To Armed Stand-Off In Philadelphia: Police
A man's father told police he was inside a Philadelphia home with a firearm, according to a release by city police. The police were called to the reported barricaded in the 1200 block of South Millick Street, 18th District, at 7:22 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24. When they arrived the man's father shared that his son was inside and was armed, the police explained in the release. The situation was declared a "barricade" situation a 8:19 a.m. The police arrested the man at 9:09 a.m. The house was then cleared by SWAT. Additional information was not immediately available. You can watch…
Police & Fire
'Uniontown Ninja' Smashes Teen Into Wall Over Sandwich: PA State Police
A 39-year-old man calling himself "The Uniontown Ninja" assaulted a teenage boy who refused to make him a sandwich, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 21. More than a decade since the first "Uniontown Ninja" incidents, Justin Matthew Jellots supposedly was back at his old tricks. This time he hit the 15-year-old in the face with a fist and slammed the boy's head into a wall multiple timesm authoritieis explained. The bizarre incident happened on Tex Lane in Menallen Township,on Saturday, Aug. 19, according to state police. The New Salem man has been charged wit…
Police & Fire
Accused PA Deadly Shooter Caught In California
The man accused of killing 26-year-old Quadell Spradley on a Reading street more than a year ago has been arrested by police in California, say authorities. Jayquan Miguel Sanchez, 24, was arrested while police were investigating a shooting in Chico on Saturday, Aug. 5, Pennsylvania State Police said. The one-time Berks County resident had been sought on an arrest warrant from Reading police for the fatal July 31, 2022 shooting. Spradley, of Sinking Springs, was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds on the 1200 block of North Church Street around 4 a.m., Daily Voice repo…
Police & Fire
Philly Area Dad's 'Execution-Style' Killer Arrested: Authorities
The man accused of killing a Pennsylvania father in an "execution-style murder" has been taken into custody, say prosecutors. Quinzell Mickey, a 41-year-old from Spring City, surrendered to Philadelphia police on Tuesday, Aug. 1, said District Attorney Deb Ryan's Office in a release. Investigators have previously claimed that Mickey gunned down 32-year-old William Stafford outside the Park Springs Apartment Community in East Vincent Township in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 15. Surveillance video shows that Mickey and Stafford arrived at the complex in the same Fo…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Trio Accused Of Killing Man At MD Hotel: Police
Three people are in custody for their alleged roles in the fatal shooting of a man in a Maryland hotel after reportedly getting into a disagreement with a member of his family. Ade Boggs, 18, Te Shear Baxter, 28, and Tequoia Baxter, 32, relatives living in Philadelphia, have been arrest and accused of their roles in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Oxon Hill resident Demetric Martin last weekend. Officers were called to the La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham DC Metro Capital Beltway on Hampton Park Boulevard in Capitol Heights at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, where ther…
Police & Fire
18-Year-Old Charged With Shooting Off-Duty Cop In Philadelphia
An 18-year-old man is accused of opening fire on an off-duty officer during a confrontation in Philadelphia last week. Nakeem Wilson of Philadelphia is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and related counts, city police told Daily Voice. The department previously said that an officer and a man on a scooter exchanged gunfire during a road rage incident in Roxborough late on Thursday, June 8. Now, investigators say it began when the off-duty officer spotted Wilson "operating a black scooter recklessly" on the 7600 block of Ridge Avenue.&n…
Police & Fire
Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police
When Donte Powell pulled the trigger of a gun that he moments before held to his ex-girlfriend's head, nothing happened, authorities in Bucks County said. The magazine had fallen from the firearm that Powell was pointing up the stairs of his ex's Bensalem home last Saturday May 20, and a safety mechanism wouldn't allow it to fire, police said. Still, he tried again. And again after that. That's when someone pushed Powell out of the home, and he fled. It wasn't long before he was captured with help from a SWAT Team, though, at a home on the 100 Old York Road in Jenkintown, authorities said.…
Obituaries
'Violent Murder' Turned Car Fire Leaves PA Man Dead In VA: Authorities
A "violently murdered" York City 20-year-old man was pulled from a car fire in Virginia on Tuesday, April 18, and now he and his alleged killer have been identified, authorities announced in multiple releases on Tuesday, April 25. Ethan Bert was identified by Bedford County Commonwealth’s Attorney Wes Nance a week after his remains were pulled from the burning vehicle found on Sandy Level Road, near the intersection with Goodview Road by the Bedford County Fire and Rescue at 12:45 a.m., as told to Daily Voice and reported by WDBJ. The suspect, 29-year-old Joseph Richard Walker, of Roanoke…
Police & Fire
Fugitive Brought Loaded Gun To Slate Belt Bar, Cops Say
A wanted man is in police custody for allegedly bringing a loaded firearm to a Slate Belt sports bar, authorities say. It happened on March 29 at 6:30 p.m., Slate Belt Regional police wrote in a statement. Officers were called to the Scorecard, 130 N. Broadway in Wind Gap Borough, after dispatchers were told a man brought a rifle into the bar. At the scene, police spoke with 32-year-old Salvatore Caroprese of Pen Argyl, who had "secured the rifle in his vehicle" when they arrived, according to the release. Officers said Caroprese was legally unable to own a firearm and th…
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