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Philadelphia Fugitive Found With Loaded Rifle In Atlantic City: Police
A fugitive from Philadelphia was captured in Atlantic City with a loaded rifle, authorities said. Atlantic City police arrested 64-year-old Robert Parker on Tuesday, Apr. 9, the department said in a news release on Thursday, Apr. 11. He was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of high capacity magazine, and fugitive from justice. Officers responded to a report of an unknown weapon in a bag on the first block of South Kentucky Avenue at around 2:31 p.m. Paramedics were treating Parker for a medical emergency when an EMT…
Police & Fire
Philly Cocaine Dealer Who Tried To Kill Witness Gets Sentenced:
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A convicted Philadelphia drug dealer who tried to have a witness assassinated while awaiting trial last year will spend the better part of a century in federal prison, prosecutors say. Luis Algarin-Torres, 34, was sentenced to 622 months, or just shy of 52 years, plus six years of supervised release, according to the US Attorney's Office. During a raid on his Hunting Park home in 2018, authorities said they found $28,000 in cash, 34 grams of cocaine, and a loaded gun that had been modified to fire automatically stashed in a kitchen light fixture. They also found evid…
Police & Fire
175K+ Fentanyl Doses Seized In Massive Reading Drug Bust: Berks DA
Hundreds of thousands of doses of illegal drugs are off the street and four men are in custody following a massive police raid and drug bust on Monday, the District Attorney's Office announced on March 12. Detectives and Reading police launched an investigation into "street level" drug dealing on the 200 block of South 6th Street in September 2023, according to the DA's office. With assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities executed search warrants at multiple properties — all in the same block — on March 11, including:&…
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Felon Shows Up At Ex-GF's Home With Illegal Weapons, MontCo DA Says
A registered sex offender made calls from prison to illegally purchase weapons and wasn't caught until he was parked outside his ex-girlfriend's home around 1 a.m., authorities detailed in court documents released on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Edward Cordenner III, 36, of Susquehanna Avenue in Lansdale was found with a loaded assault rifle and night vision goggles in his pickup truck outside his ex-girlfriend's home in New Hanover Township at 1:21 a.m. on Feb. 21, police explained in the affidavit of probable cause. Cordenner had recently been released from prison and had been makin…
Police & Fire
Drug Trafficking Group With California Ties Operated In Lehigh Valley: Feds
Five members of an alleged trafficking group active in greater Philadelphia face federal charges, the US Attorney's Office announced this week. Investigators say the group sent cocaine and methamphetamine to Pennsylvania through the mail for distribution in Reading, Quakertown, Bensalem, Plymouth Township, Coopersburg, and elsewhere. Authorities said they seized 40 firearms, over 100,000 rounds of ammunition, 60 pounds of meth, one kilogram of fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine, 65 pounds of marijuana, 300 fentanyl pills, six pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, and $15,000 cash from the su…
Police & Fire
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…
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…
Police & Fire
Bethlehem Car Break-In Ends In Teen's Arrest: PD
A 17-year-old who smashed the back window of a Bethlehem resident's car Tuesday morning was armed, according to city police. Authorities said they were called to the 1300 block of East 5th Street just after midnight on Dec. 19 for an attempted vehicle burglary. The victim said their car window had been shattered, triggering the alarm. Police searched the neighborhood and spotted a teen running near Edwards and Deschler streets, about a block north of the victim's driveway. Officers said they saw the 17-year-old ditch a handgun from his waistband before they took him into …
Police & Fire
High School Student Had Gun On Campus, Say Allentown Police
An Allentown teenager faces criminal charges after authorities say he showed up to school with a gun Tuesday morning, Dec. 19. City police were called to Dieruff High School about a possibly armed student around 10:30 a.m., the department said in a release. A school resource officer and responding APD officers eventually located the student, "who had been in possession of a firearm on school property," authorities said. The 17-year-old was charged with possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, possessing a firearm as a minor, and unlicensed carry, APD said.&n…
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Philly Man Threatened Bucks Driver With Gun During Road Rage Incident: PD
A Philadelphia man brandished a handgun at another driver after he was cut off in traffic on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17, according to Warrington police. Authorities said the victim was driving along Easton Road near Autozone around 2 p.m. when he accidentally cut off a man in a Hyundai sedan. The Hyundai driver became enraged, pulling up alongside the victim and reaching into his glovebox to grab a black handgun, the victim told police. The driver called police and relayed the Hyundai's license plate number, authorities said. Warrington police stopped the driver near the i…
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Pursuit That Ended In School Bus Crash: Cops
A 28-year-old New Jersey man remains hospitalized after police say he shot at multiple vehicles before leading a high-speed pursuit into Pennsylvania that ended in a school bus crash back in Phillipsburg, NJ. Brett M. Wyatt Jr., of Phillipsburg, began the terrifying ordeal around 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, when he fired shots at a parked truck on Uniontown Road in Lopatcong, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said. A responding officer found Wyatt’s vehicle, a yellow hatch bag sedan, heading west on Route 57 near the Rt. 519 intersection, the prosecutor said. Wyatt continued west …
Police & Fire
'It Might Be Me,' Philly Triple Murder Suspect Told Police After Calling 9-1-1: Affidavit
A 23-year-old Philadelphia man arrested in the murder of his grandparents and uncle in New Jersey called 9-1-1 and then told responding officers that he may be a suspect, according to police paperwork obtained by Daily Voice. Om Brahmbhatt told South Plainfield police that he shot his three relatives as they slept on Nov. 27 with a firearm he purchased online, according to the affidavit. ALSO SEE: Grandparents, Uncle Believed Killed By 23-Year-Old Family Member In South Plainfield Remembered Brahmbhatt called 9-1-1 in the morning hours saying three people had been shot, the pap…
Police & Fire
Travelers Bring Loaded Guns To PHL Two Days In A Row: TSA
Transportation Security Administration agents stopped area residents from boarding planes with loaded handguns at the Philadelphia International Airport two days in a row this week, officials announced. The first incident involved a Coatesville man on Monday, Nov. 27, TSA said in a release. An X-ray unit at the security checkpoint revealed a 9mm handgun loaded with six bullets in his carry-on bag, according to authorities. Then on Tuesday, Nov. 28, a Philadelphia man was also found with a 9mm in his bag — "loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber," said …
Police & Fire
Homeowner Kills Thanksgiving Burglar In Philadelphia: Police
A Philadelphia resident shot and killed a burglar on Thanksgiving, police said. The invasion happened on the 6100 block of City Avenue at the Tower Apartments, around 7:20 p.m., police said. A black man in his 20s broke into an apartment, but was struck once in the head by a bullet fired by the homeowner and pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m., police said. Two firearms were recovered, authorities said.
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Philadelphia Man Climbed Ladder To Reach Girl's NJ Bedroom, Sexually Assault Her: Police
A Philadelphia man is facing charges in the terrifying sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in New Jersey, authorities announced. Aleem King, 35, climbed a ladder up to the girl's open bedroom window on the 1000 block of North Street in Millville, early March 14, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. He had a handgun that he used to threaten the girl while he sexually assaulted her, against her will, Webb-McRae said. King was identified as a suspect after a months-long investigation, and captured in North Carolina in mid-October, the prosecutor said. He's facing charges of…
Police & Fire
King Of Prussia Robbers Pulled Gun During Fight With Mall Security: Police
A pair of robbers made their escape from King of Prussia mall after pulling a firearm on mall security officers, said Upper Merion police. It happened on Friday, Nov. 10 around 5:40 pm., the department said in a release. The two thieves were followed out of Macy's by loss prevention after they were spotted walking away with over $600 in stolen merchandise, authorities said. The security guards confronted the robbers in the parking lot, but "The male suspect immediately began to fight with (them)," UMPD said. The employees backed off after the suspect "brandished a handgun…
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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…
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Philly Man Arrested In Atlantic City With Heroin, Coke, Pot, Ecstasy: Police
Atlantic City police conducted surveillance that resulted in the arrest of two men and the recovery of a handgun and assorted drugs, authorities said. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, Detectives Christopher Dodson and James Barrett were conducting surveillance in the first block of south Mansion Avenue when they allegedly observed Malik Jones of Atlantic City and Camron Izzard of Philadelphia appearing to be dealing drugs, police said. Detectives watched as Jones was inside of a parked vehicle with Izzard. The detectives converged after finding that Jones had an active warrant for his arrest from P…
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Flight Attendant Tried To Board Plane With Loaded Gun At PHL: Authorities
A flight attendant was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, Sept. 15 after authorities say she tried to board a plane with a firearm. The woman, an Arizona resident, was found to have a loaded .380 caliber handgun at the security checkpoint, said a Transportation Security Administration spokesperson. She was arrested and may now face a federal fine, officials added. The next day, Saturday, Sept. 16, agents said they thwarted a passenger from North Carolina from boarding with a loaded handgun. He faces the same financial penalty as the flight att…
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Murder-suicide
: Husband Kills 94-Year-Old Wife Then Himself In Montgomery County, DA Says
A 93-year-old man killed his wife before turning the gun on himself in Montgomery County on Tuesday, Sept. 12, prosecutors say. Stanley Brown of Lansdale called borough police just after noon and told them he had shot his wife, Florence Brown, said District Attorney Kevin Steele's Office. He told dispatchers he was going to kill himself before a gunshot was heard, authorities said. As police arrived, another shot was heard from inside the home, according to the DA's Office. Inside, officers found Stanley sitting in a chair with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest …
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Overdue Rent Led To Homicide Of MD Man On PA Highway: DA
An overdue rent payment is believed to have motivated a Maryland man to kill his passenger while traveling on a highway in Pennsylvania, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz, 54, of Baltimore, was found shot to death on U.S. 222 South, in Brecknock Township Lancaster County near the Berks County line at mile marker 48.6 at 7:07 a.m. on Sunday, April 23, according to Pennsylvania State Police. An autopsy performed by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office revealed he sustained five gunshot wou…
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Convicted Of Shooting Down Police Drone Gets Prison Time
A Middletown man will spend up to 22 years in prison for gunning down a police drone during his arrest last year, among other charges. John Palaio Jr., 51, was previously convicted of 19 counts — including seven felonies — at a waiver trial before Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller in May, the District Attorney's Office said. Police were serving an arrest warrant at Palaio's Pleasant Avenue home last July 6 on drug and weapons charges, the DA's Office said. Authorities launched a surveillance drone to confirm that he was on the property, but the ope…
Police & Fire
Guns, Drugs Found In 'Stash House' Above Philly Daycare, Authorities Say
Eleven guns and about $350,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized in a raid on an alleged "stash house" just upstairs from a North Philadelphia daycare, according to prosecutors. Justin Pearcy, 36, is charged with multiple felony drug and weapons offenses, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry's Office in a release. Charges were filed after police executed search warrants on the second-floor apartment above a Hunting Park Avenue daycare center, as well as a vehicle parked on Pulaski Avenue, authorities said. During the search of the alleged "stash h…
Police & Fire
Pottstown Dad Shoots And Kills Mom's Boyfriend In Child Custody Exchange: DA
A Pottstown father is charged with homicide after authorities say he shot a man during a child custody exchange in Pottstown. It happened on the 500 block of May Street around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said in a release. Thirty-four-year-old Kevin Morgan was handing over his 12-year-old daughter to her mom at the scheduled pickup time when he got into an argument with the mother's longtime boyfriend, 38-year-old Derek Mayo, investigators believe. A verbal argument ensued in the street before Morgan took out a firearm and …
Police & Fire
NY Woman Shot PA District Attorney, State Police Say
A New York woman has been arrested and charged as the suspected shooter of a Central Pennsylvania District Attorney, State Police announced on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Porice Diamond Mincy of Staten Island shot Cameron County District Attorney Paul Malizia at his office located at 25 East Fourth Street, Emporium Borough (Cameron County) around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, according to Pennsylvania State Police The 31-year-old then fled the scene, but she had been staying in the area and was later taken into custody, the police explained. She was charged with the following offens…
Police & Fire
Armed Burglars Posing As Cops Tied Up Homeowner In Bucks County: Police
Police in Bucks County are investigating a gunpoint home invasion. It happened in the Green Meadows Community in Hilltown on Thursday, May 25, township police wrote in a statement. Three men barged into a home on Reliance Place after claiming to be with the Sheriff's Office, authorities said. At least one of the men was armed with a handgun, investigators noted. Inside, the trio forced the homeowner to lie on the floor and "restrained" his hands behind his back, police said. They proceeded to ransack the home, stealing "numerous items" including two handguns registered to…
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.…
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Troopers Investigate Early-Morning Gun Shop Burglary In Northampton County
State police are searching for answers after an Easton-area sporting goods store was broken into and robbed of multiple firearms, according to a release. Troopers say 507 Outfitters, 1000 Belmont Street in Williams Township, was burglarized around 2 or 3 a.m. on Friday, April 28. An unknown number of guns were taken, though police did not describe the missing merchandise. The matter remains under investigation by troopers at the Belfast Station, the release adds.
Politics
Gun Pulled At GOP Meeting By Ex-Allegheny County Council Candidate: Affidavit
A 2021 candidate for the Allegheny County Council pulled a gun and threatened members of the Plum Borough GOP Committee, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Eric Philip Casteel, a 62-year-old Cyber Security Architect also threatened three members of the Republican Committee— Mike Doyle, former US Congress nominee and current Plum council president, Paul Dern, current council vice president and Gerard "Jerry" Purcell, who is running for Plum council— at the Plum Community Center on Center New Texas Road on Thursday, April 27, 2023, around 8 p.m., according to the affid…
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
Shots Fired In Allentown Home, Woman Charged With Burglary
A woman is charged with assault and burglary after shots rang out in an Allentown home before dawn on Wednesday, say authorities. City police were dispatched to a residence on the 600 block of North 4th Street around 4:40 a.m. on Wednesday, April 19 for reports of gunfire, the department said in a release. Diyana Holden-McKinney, 21, was arrested at the scene, police said. Investigators located a loaded firearm and "evidence of the reported incident" at the home. No injuries were reported.
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