Find Your Daily Voice
Northampton
Your Local News for Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Saturday, apr 27
50°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Traffic
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Northampton
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Traffic
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
50°
Saturday, apr 27
Tag:
Carjacking
Police & Fire
Taxi Cab Carjacking Ends In Fiery Crash In South Philadelphia: Police
A taxi driver was hospitalized with cuts to his face after a carjacker stole his vehicle and then crashed it in South Philadelphia, according to city police. Authorities said the theft happened on the 3100 block of Island Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday night, April 14. The victim told investigators he felt "he was being struck with a knife or other cutting instrument," but never saw one in the attacker's hand. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital for treatment. About 20 minutes after the carjacking, police responded to South 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue where a …
Police & Fire
Masked Carjackers Rip Trenton Driver, 64, From Honda Civic At PA Wawa: Cops
Police in Falls Township are looking for three carjacking suspects who stole a sedan from a Trenton woman at a Pennsylvania Wawa. On Thursday, April 11, at approximately 3:55 a.m., police were dispatched to the Wawa, West Trenton Avenue, Morrisville, to investigate a carjacking. The preliminary investigation determined that minutes earlier, a 64-year-old female resident of Trenton was accosted by three suspects after leaving the store and returning to her gray 2017 Honda Civic with New Jersey Registration ZBU 34C. During the incident, they forcibly removed her from the vehicle and struck…
Police & Fire
Southwest Philly Gunpoint Carjacking Suspect Wanted By Police (
Updated
)
Investigators are searching for the gunman who stole a vehicle in Southwest Philadelphia early Monday, April 8, city police say. The suspect had a black handgun when he carjacked a victim on the 7200 block of Woodland Avenue around 2:25 a.m., authorities said in a release. The car is a gray 2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Pennsylvania tag number MKZ-7506, police said. The suspect is described as a 6-foot-tall black man in his early 20s, nicknamed "Skinny," according to detectives. He was wearing black hoodie with the words "miscreant mentality" written on the hood…
Police & Fire
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 a Trenton street near the Phillips Street home authorities initially believed he'd been barricaded in, the New York Times says citing city police. Trouble began around 8:50 a.m. when Gordon, in a car he'd carjacked in Trenton, drove to Pennsylvania and broke into Viewpoint Lane home in Falls Township, the Bucks County DA's Office said. There, he killed his 52-year-old stepmother, …
Police & Fire
Active Shooter: Multiple People Shot In Eastern PA, Police Say (
Developing
)
A shelter-in-place for Falls Township residents was lifted after several hours, amidst an active shooter situation Saturday morning, March 16. UPDATE: Police ID gunman in triple Falls Township shooting. Several people were shot and it was unclear if the incident was random or targeted, police in Middletown said. Police did not say where it happened. "Police are asking residents to lock all doors and move to a central and secure location away from windows," police said. Nearby Middletown Township police said that there were "several" gunshot victims and that they were monitoring the t…
Police & Fire
Kidnapped
: Philly Thief Steals Car With Woman Sleeping Inside, Authorities Say
A 34-year-old woman was abducted when a thief stole the car she was sleeping in early Monday morning, March 4, according to Philadelphia police. It happened on the 800 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington just before 2 a.m., the department said. Investigators believe the carjacker stole the silver 2012 Buick Verona and fled north on the 3200 block of G Street. The woman was found safe by 11 a.m., but the suspect is still sought, police said. He is described as thin with a light complexion and was wearing a mask, a black puffer coat with the hood up, and blac…
Police & Fire
FBI Captures Bucks County Carjackers From Philadelphia: Police
Two Philadelphia men have been arrested in a November 2021 carjacking in Bucks County, authorities said. Jonathan Akubu, 30, and Dean Fosque, 26, both of Philadelphia, approached the victim in his Feasterville driveway around 3:15 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2021, Lower Southampton Township police said Friday, March 1. The men pulled out handguns and physically stole the keys to his 2021 Toyota Venza. One man drove off in the Toyota and the other in a Kia. The FBI charged Akubu and Fosque.
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Man Tries To Carjack Vehicle In South Jersey
A 23-year-old man from Pennsylvania was arrested after an attempted carjacking in Cherry Hill, authorities said. Paul Adams of Darby, PA, was charged with carjacking and robbery, Cherry Hill police said. Adams allegedly approached a car stopped in traffic at about 7:15 p.m. on Feb. 10 and yelled at the driver to get out, police said. The driver pulled away as Adams tried to open the door and yank the man out of his car, police said. The driver flagged down a police officer. Adams was found by police running through a parking lot off Brace Road. Anyone with additional information is asked…
Police & Fire
Attempted Gunpoint Carjacking Caught On Video In Philadelphia: Police
Dashboard camera footage shows the moment a Philadelphia driver was nearly carjacked at gunpoint, according to city police. Authorities say the victim was on the 500 block of North 17th Street in the early morning hours on Jan. 27 when he was cut off by another car. At the end of the block, the car in front of him stopped suddenly and four people — at least one of them armed with a handgun — charged the victim's car, police said. Dash cam and suspect footage from PPD. PhiladelphiaPolice The victim reversed to get away from the carjackers, then drove f…
Police & Fire
Shooter Leads Police To Victim After Botched South Philly Carjacking, Authorities Say
One man was shot and killed in South Philadelphia early Tuesday morning in what police say they're investigating as a possible carjacking. It happened on the 1400 block of South Water Street around 5 a.m. on Dec. 26, authorities told Daily Voice. The shooter spoke with responding officers and led them to the victim, who was unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the stomach, PPD said. He was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, they added. Investigators did not report the victim's name but said he was between 18 and 22. The shooter, 38, had not been charged as…
Police & Fire
Body Cam Footage Of Armed Crime Spree Has Lebanon DA Ruling Shooting 'Justified'
Recently released bodycam footage showing just part of a 32-year-old man's crime spree has led Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf to rule police "justified" in shooting at him, as she announced at a press conference where she played part of the footage on Thursday. The South Lebanon Township police officer who shot Cesar Wilkins Romero-Colon, 32 of the 300 block of North Twelve Street of Lebanon was not named, but the two shots he fired at Romero-Colon are considered a justifiable "use of deadly force," the DA Hess Graf said. Neither shot hit Romero-Colon and the shots…
Police & Fire
Armed Robber Tries To Steal Police Car During Chase, Lebanon DA Says
A 32-year-old man is being held on numerous charges and $1,000,000 in bail after a wild armed robber in Lebanon City, authorities announced on Thursday night. Cesar Wilkins Romero-Colon, 32 of the 300 block of North Twelve Street, Lebanon, fled following an armed mugging in the 1100 block of Brandywine Street at 2:24 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, City police detailed in a release on Nov. 9. The victim told the police that the man, later identified as Romero-Colon, had a black handgun pointed at him and was told to empty his pockets; afterward, the victim ran and heard gunsh…
Police & Fire
Video Shows Gunmen Before Hunting Park Murder, Philly Police Say
Philadelphia police have released new surveillance video that they say shows the gunmen in the deadly Aug. 21 Hunting Park shooting. Authorities say the two men in the new footage shot and killed a 35-year-old man before fleeing the scene on foot. The video appears to show the victim parking on the 1000 block of West Lycoming Street before the gunmen approach. PhiladelphiaPolice According to investigators, the pair were seen "lingering" around Hunting Park before the killing. Police also believe the suspects carried out two gunpoint robberies in the area, including one carjacking, i…
Police & Fire
US Marshals Capture Texas Man Wanted In Wife's NJ Motel Murder In Philadelphia: Prosecutor
A Texas man has been arrested in Philadelphia in the fatal shooting of his wife at a New Jersey motel, authorities said. Steven Burgess, 38, of Spring, Texas, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, 30-year-old Ivy Morris, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Runnemede Police Chief William Sampolski. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, shortly before 2 a.m., officers from the Runnemede Police Department responded to the Days Inn Hotel for a report of a carjacking and a shooting. Officers spoke with the male victim of the carjacking,…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Man Lied About Pregnant Girlfriend's Kidnapping, Say Police
The man who told Allentown police his pregnant girlfriend was abducted during a carjacking over the weekend was lying, authorities claim. Junior Gomez Richardo called police at 3 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 and said that his car had been "forcibly taken" near Walnut and Union streets, according to APD. He also reportedly told dispatchers his pregnant girlfriend was still in the vehicle when the carjacker sped off. "After a thorough investigation by members of the Lehigh County Auto Theft Task Force and the Allentown Police Department, the report was found to have been fabricated…
Police & Fire
Police Investigate Back-To-Back Gunpoint Carjackings In South Philly
Two drivers on one South Philadelphia street were carjacked at gunpoint within minutes Tuesday morning, Oct. 31, according to city police. The first victim was on the 300 block of Reed Street when she was forced out of her car by armed robbers around 1:30 a.m., authorities said. One of three masked men pushed her to the ground, injuring her lip before fleeing west in her Nissan Sentra, said investigators. Then, around 1:40 a.m., another person on Reed Street was exiting his car when three masked men approached him, police said. The carjackers took his keys, stole his Linc…
Police & Fire
Carjacking Outside Pennsylvania Mosque Leaves Man Dead: Report
A 65-year-old man was shot dead outside of an Upper Darby mosque late on Sunday evening, Oct. 29, 6abc reports. It happened near the Masjid Al Madinah Upper Darby Islamic Center around 7:45 p.m., according to the outlet. The victim, identified by loved ones as Mahabub Rahaman, was shot by armed carjackers during an attempted robbery, 6abc wrote. Upper Darby police said they remained on the scene until 2 a.m. Daily Voice has reached out to UDPD for comment. Click here for the full report from 6abc.com.
Police & Fire
MMA Fighter Dragged Through Philadelphia Streets By Carjackers (
Video
)
An MMA fighter is recovering after carjackers dragged him through the streets of Philadelphia. Egor Kostyuchenko, 25, was picking up food for his side gig as a food delivery driver, and left his 2008 Mercedes C300 running with keys in the ignition and driver's side window rolled down just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 5, according to police and those who knew him. Three men jumped inside of the car on the at 1000 block of Cherry Street, and drove down Race Street. Kostyuchenko grabbed onto the window of his car as the vehicle continued to speed away, the fighter hanging on for dear life.…
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
Alleged Teen Killer From Botched Philly Carjacking Arrested By Marshals
A 15-year-old boy accused of killing a man who tried to intervene in a South Philadelphia carjacking was captured by US Marshals in Camden, New Jersey on Monday, Aug. 7. Rasheed Banks Jr. was arrested by the Marshals Service's New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, authorities said. The teen was sought by Philadelphia police for the July 12 shooting death of 50-year-old Michael Salerno, Daily Voice reported. Investigators believe Salerno was trying to stop Banks Jr. and two other suspects from stealing a woman's car on the 1100 block of Porter Street. Surveillance footage …
Schools
3 Men Carjack Woman Near Temple University
A woman was attacked and pinned down during an early-morning carjacking in Philadelphia on Sunday, Aug. 6, city police told Daily Voice. It happened on the 1500 block of Fontain Street a little after midnight, the department said. The victim was walking to her 2017 Subaru Impreza when three men grabbed her by the neck and pinned her up against her car, investigators said. She managed to slip away, but the suspects made off with her car and some of her belongings, police said. The woman "suffered a laceration to her right elbow" but declined medical care, they added. …
News
Carjacking, Kidnapping, Rape: Multi-State Crime Spree Stretched Into PA, Feds Say
Four Delaware men are accused in a crime spree that stretched into Pennsylvania and allegedly included car theft, kidnapping, gunpoint robbery, and rape. Twenty-four-year-old Tonnaire McNair-Matthews, 23-year-old David Hinson, 21-year-old Michael Caldwell, and 20-year-old Mahkiya Powell were each named in a July 13 indictment unsealed in a US District Court in Delaware this week, said the US Attorney's Office. The spree, federal authorities say, took place on April 14 and began in Delaware. Investigators claim the four suspects were riding around in a stolen …
Police & Fire
Escaped Murder Suspect Recaptured: PA Couple Call 911 After Catching Michael Burham 'Camping'
The alleged killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania county jail over a week ago has been recaptured authorities say. Michael Charles Burham broke out of the Warren County lockup using a makeshift rope of prison bedding on Friday, July 7, 2023, Warren City police have said. The final leg of the manhunt began with a call to the Pennsylvania State Police tip line of “a suspicious individual” in Conowingo Township around 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, Lt. Col. George Bivens said in a press conference later that same evening. WARREN COUNTY - As the search for Michael Burham continues, PSP a…
Police & Fire
Victim Shot Dead Intervening In Carjacking: Philadelphia Police
A man who tried to stop an armed carjacking in Philadelphia late Wednesday night was fatally shot by the would-be thieves, City police told Daily Voice. It happened on the 1100 block of Porter Street in South Philly around 10:45 p.m. on July 12, the department said. The 50-year-old victim was shot once in the head and declared dead at the scene minutes later by first responders, according to authorities. The suspects hauled off in a red Kia Soul and were last spotted going east on Porter Street, they added. No arrests have been made as of Thursday morning and police have …
Police & Fire
Escaped Murder Suspect Might Have Outside Help, PA State Police Say
The alleged killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania county jail last week is still on the run, and state police believe he may be getting assistance from "one or more" area residents. Michael Charles Burham broke out of the Warren County lockup using a makeshift rope of prison bedding on Friday, July 7, Warren city police have said. He was being held on arson and burglary charges and is also the prime suspect in the Jamestown, New York killing of 34-year-old Kala Hodgkin on May 11, according to police in that city. I met such a sweet girl i got to call friend over 18 years ago and n…
Police & Fire
Uber Driver Shot In Foot During Delco Delivery, Cops Say
An Uber Eats driver had his car stolen and was shot while making a delivery in Delaware County over the weekend, according to authorities. It happened in East Lansdowne on Sunday, June 18, borough police wrote in a release. The victim had just dropped off food at a house on the 100 block of Wildwood Avenue around 9:45 p.m. when he saw two suspects get into his car, the department said. When the delivery man confronted the carjackers, police said one of them shot him in the foot. The suspects are described as "two black males in their late teens/early twenties," authoritie…
Police & Fire
DNA Evidence Leads To Montco Car Thief, Police Say
Investigators in Montgomery County say they tracked down a carjacker a year after the fact using DNA evidence obtained from the scene. Jason Patrick Colfer, 44, of Philadelphia, is charged with theft and related counts, said Lower Moreland police in a release. Authorities say Colfer stole a 2021 Mazda MX5 from a parking lot on Tomlinson Road in Huntingdon Valley last year on March 26. At the time, police reviewed security footage that showed a white man walking into the parking lot and peering around before hopping in the car and speeding off. Suspect in the March 2022 Lower Morelan…
Police & Fire
Reading Carjackers Fired Gun During Police Chase, Cops Say
Two suspects are still at large after an armed carjacking in Reading late on Monday, June 5, say authorities. City police were alerted to a car theft by four men around 10:15 p.m., they said in a release. A few hours later, around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 6, officers found the stolen car with all four suspects inside, the department said. Authorities tried to pull the car over and a brief chase ensued before the suspects ran from the vehicle on foot, per the release. Officers searched the area and arrested two of the men, they added. During the chase, police said one of…
Police & Fire
Teenager Sought In Gunpoint Easton Carjacking
Police in Easton are investigating a gunpoint carjacking that took place late on Saturday, June 3. It happened just before 11 p.m., the department wrote in a release. The victim was on the 1200 block of Sassafras Street when a "teenage male" put a handgun in his face and demanded his Honda, authorities said. The suspect took off headed east on Buskill Street, police said. The victim's car was later recovered across the river, on the 600 block of Reynolds Street on the city's South Side, they added. "Two males" were seen running away from the abandoned car, headed toward t…
Police & Fire
Bucks Gunman Faces Murder Charge In Slaying Of Temple University Officer
An 18-year-old Bucks County man is facing various charges including murder in connection with the shooting death of Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, authorities said. Miles Pfeffer was captured at his home on the 2300 block of Quarry Road in Buckingham Township by members of the US Marshals — who used Fitzgerald's handcuffs to take him into custody — at 7:12 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, according to Daily Voice sources and the Bucks County DA's Office. Miles Pfeffer was captured in the shooting of Temple U officer Chris Fitzgerald.US Marshals Office/Miles Pfeffer Insta…
Police & Fire
Car Stolen At Gunpoint In Lehigh Valley Driveway: Police
A Northampton County driver was parked in his own driveway when a group of men stole his car at gunpoint late on Tuesday, Feb. 7, authorities say. The victim, a 22-year-old man, was outside his house on York Place in Palmer Township at about 7:30 p.m. when three people forced their way into his car, police said in a statement. Armed with a gun, the suspects tried to force the victim into the backseat of the vehicle, and "a brief struggle ensued," authorities wrote. The victim was able to escape the car before the thieves stole it and fled, they continued. A short time later, the car wa…
1
2
3
4
Archive
50°
