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NJ Deadly Shooting Suspect Captured In Bucks County, U.S. Marshals Say
A man accused of shooting and killing another teen in Trenton, authorities said. Keisan Simmons, 19, was arrested on Saturday, Sept. 30, the U.S. Marshals Service Philadelphia posted on Twitter. He was wanted in the death of 17-year-old Opium Leverette of Trenton on Sunday, Sept. 22. Police responded to the shooting on the 200 block of Homan Avenue at around 12:32 p.m. Officers gave aid to Leverette after finding him with a gunshot wound to his back. Homan Avenue near the intersection with Parkside Avenue in Trenton, NJ. Google Maps Paramedics rushed Levere…
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Captured! Suspected Morrisville Gentleman's Club Shooter Surrenders(
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A New Jersey man has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Pennsylvania gentlemen's club that left an innocent bystander with critical injuries, authorities announced on Thursday evening, Aug. 29. Pedro E. Rodriguez, 27, of Trenton, NJ, was identified as the shooter, police had announced on Thursday morning, Aug. 28. Rodriguez and another man fled after the shooting at The Border at 440 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, in Morrisville, PA in a Lexus SUV heading north on Route 1 into Trenton, authorities said. The 28-year-old victim was an innocent bystander attempt…
Police & Fire
Burglar 'Trashed' Pub In Morrisville, Owners Say
A masked vandal broke into Dacey's Pub in Morrisville over the weekend, according to owners and borough police. The suspect "trashed and burglarized" the 215 W. Philadelphia Avenue bar during the early morning hours on Sunday, July 21, Dacey's said on its Facebook page. Anyone who can identify him is asked to contact Cpl. Lew Halas of the Morrisville Borough Police Department at l.halas@morrisvillepolice.org.
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Man Guilty Of Raping Ex-GF's 8-Year-Old Daughter Repeatedly, Officials In Bucks County Say
While most girls her age were enjoying the end of the school year this week, a 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl was in court detailing rapes at the hands of her mother's 33-year-old ex-boyfriend, officials said. Because of the girl's bravery, Cory Hegelein, of Morrisville, Falls Township, was found guilty of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault on a person less than 13 years old, indecent assault on a person less than 13 years of age, and corruption of minors, the Bucks County DA's Office announced Friday, June 14. Hegelein …
Police & Fire
Unlicensed 'Attorney' Must Repay $26K Stolen From Unsuspecting Clients: Bucks DA
A Bucks County man who pretended to be an attorney for years has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to repay his unsuspecting clients the $26,000 he made off of them, authorities announced. On Friday, May 3, Michael J. McAndrew, 58, of Morrisville, was sentenced to nine to 23 months in the Bucks County Correctional Facility for practicing law without a law license and taking thousands of dollars in legal fees from unsuspecting clients, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. As part of the sentence handed down by Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller,…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Hit, Killed In Morrisville; Police Seek Witnesses
Authorities are investigating the Morrisville crash that killed a borough man early last Friday, April 5. Falls Township police said the 34-year-old pedestrian was struck on the 250 block of West Trenton Avenue around 2:45 a.m. He was critically injured and taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey, where he died from his injuries within the hour, police said. The driver was a 22-year-old man in a silver 2017 Toyota Yaris, according to investigators. "Impairment of the driver of the striking vehicle is believed to be a factor …
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Bucks Man Sentenced For Selling Pills That Led To Deadly Overdose: DA
A Morrisville man will spend up to 14 years in state prison in connection with a fentanyl death, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said Thursday. Joeshae Bussey, 43, previously pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death, possession of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication facility and involuntary manslaughter, according to prosecutors. Authorities said Bussey sold 37-year-old Ryan Dillon the pills that killed him on Dec. 23, 2022. Prosecutors said the pair had previously lived together in a recovery house. Dillon was foun…
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NJ Feds: PA Sex Offender Recorded Tryst With Minor In UK
A registered sex offender from Pennsylvania who authorities said recorded himself and a minor having sex in the United Kingdom is now in federal custody in New Jersey. Gregory J. Barger, 38, of Morrisville, PA, was originally one of 21 accused predators arrested by undercover investigators with the New Jersey attorney general's and Mercer County (NJ) prosecutor's offices in what became known as "Operation Risky Business" in the spring of 2022. It came to light during that probe, however, that Barger had flown to the United Kingdom, where he recorded video and still images on his phone of hi…
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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…
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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, …
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Sex Offender With PA Address Arrested In New York, Police Say
A convicted Pennsylvania sex offender was arrested in New York this week after police say he failed to comply with registry requirements. Randall W. Rolison Jr. was taken into custody in Binghamton on Thursday, Feb. 15, said Morrisville Borough police. Rolison was taken to the Broome County lockup awaiting his extradition back to Pennsylvania, the department said. The state Megan's Law website says Rolison was previously convicted of sexual misconduct in New York. His last known address before absconding was in Morrisville, according to court records.
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Fugitive Found With Crystal 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…
Obituaries
PA State Trooper Bryan Gray Dies, 36: 'Leader With Calm, Level-Headed Approach'
Bryan Gray, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, husband, and father, died on Thursday, Jan. 18, according to his obituary. He was 36. A Philadelphia native, Gray most recently lived in Morrisville with his wife and daughter, loved ones wrote. He was a state trooper of five years, serving at the Troop K barracks in Philadelphia, a family member wrote on GoFundMe. FOP State Lodge #37 said Gray was a "leader on his midnight squad, and always provided a calm and level-headed approach to any situation." Until 2015, Gray served in the US Army Special Forces as a Green Beret, and toured in…
News
NJ Man Admits Selling Fentanyl That Killed Bucks County Man, Court Finds
A New Jersey man has admitted to selling the drugs that killed a Pennsylvania resident more than four years ago, authorities say. Lamar Campbell of Trenton pleaded guilty to strict liability for drug-induced death and related counts in a Mercer County courtroom last Friday, Dec. 8, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The investigation began on June 29, 2019, after Morrisville police found 40-year-old Joseph Prieth dead in an apartment on Plaza Boulevard, prosecutors said. Prieth was discovered in a bathroom surrounded by "used heroin bags…
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'Person Of Interest' In Bensalem Shooting Found Dead By Suicide: Police
A person of interest in the fatal Bensalem Halloween shooting was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 2, say authorities. Fourteen-year-old Peter Romano and two others were struck by gunfire near Woodbine Avenue and Bristol Pike on Oct. 31, Daily Voice reported. Romano died at the scene while the others, ages 17 and 19, were hospitalized. Police said previously that the shots were fired from a car parked at the intersection. That vehicle was a stolen 2014 Hyundai Elantra, investigators now say, and authorities were able to tr…
Lifestyle
$2.7 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In Philly Suburbs
A Pennsylvania Lottery player in Morrisville paid $2 this week to become a millionaire. The lucky winner earned a $2.7 million prize by matching all six numbers pulled in the Match 6 Lotto drawing on Tuesday, Oct. 3, said state gaming officials. Smoker’s Express at 813 West Trenton Avenue in Morrisville will get a $10,000 prize of its own for selling the prize-winning slip. The winner's identity will not be revealed until they step forward to claim their prize and their ticket is validated. All winners have up to one year from the drawing date to claim their prize, a…
News
Bucks Coroner IDs Bicyclist Killed In Labor Day Crash
Authorities have identified the man hit and killed on New Falls Road in Levittown on Monday, Sept. 4, as 64-year-old Francisco Chavarria of Bristol. Chavarria died from multiple injuries, said the Bucks County Coroner's Office. The manner of death was ruled accidental. It happened near the intersection with Vermillion Drive, Falls Township police previously said. Chavarria was hit by a Nissan Rogue around 7 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities. The driver of the Nissan, a 21-year-old Morrisville resident, remained on-scene and is cooperatin…
Police & Fire
Bicyclist Fatally Struck By Car In Philly Suburbs, Police Say
A bicyclist died at the scene of a crash in Levittown on Monday evening, Sept. 4, according to Falls Township police. Authorities say the bicyclist was hit by a Nissan Rogue on the 9000 block of New Falls Road around 7 p.m. The victim, who was "wearing dark-colored clothing and no helmet," was critically injured and pronounced dead by first responders, police said. He has not been officially identified but authorities say he was a Levittown area resident in his 60s named Jose. The driver of the Nissan, a 21-year-old Morrisville resident, remained on-scene and is cooperating…
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PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA
A 43-year-old woman is accused of making over 100 phony 911 calls and issuing more than a dozen threats to authorities involving bombs and assassinations, say prosecutors. Valerie Joy Travis is charged with multiple felony counts of terroristic threats and related charges, said the District Attorney's Office on Monday, Aug. 14. Investigators said that over a nine-month period, county dispatchers received 116 emergency phone calls from a number linked to Travis. None of the reported incidents were real, but each of them "required action by the Department of Emergency Communicatio…
Police & Fire
Mayor Of PA Town Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Injured Other Driver: DA
Charges have been field against the mayor of a suburban Philadelphia town in connection with a hit-and-run crash in April, authorities announced. Brud Charles Anderson, the 50-year-old mayor of Morrisville, was apparently behind the wheel of a Ford Sport-Trac heading north on North Delmorr Avenue, when he turned left in front of the Chevrolet Equinox, around 3 p.m. on April 13, in Morrisville, the Bucks County District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub said. Both vehicles stopped, but the Ford suddenly reversed and sped away, heading west on East Trenton Avenue, the DA's office said. Afte…
Police & Fire
'Explosive Devices' Found At Bucks County Residence: DA
Multiple law enforcement organizations — including federal agents — were in Bucks County on Thursday after "explosive devices" were located at a residence, officials say. It happened at a Morrisville home, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub's Office in a release. Authorities did not give an address but said that "a number of explosive devices" were collected Thursday morning. "We can assure the public that there is no immediate threat to the community," the DA's Office wrote. An investigation is ongoing, they added.
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Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (
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A 28-year-old Bucks County man is accused of killing his mom by spiking her iced tea with fentanyl then killing her in Philadelphia over the weekend, authorities said. Sean Rivera, of the Morrisville section of Falls Township, drugged his 72-year-old mom, Carol J. Clark, before driving her to Philadelphia where he shot and killed her, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said. Rivera left his mom's body in a shed, but officials found her early Monday morning, April 10, and pronounced her dead, Weintraub said. The investigation began on Sunday afternoon for a report of a do…
Police & Fire
Real Attorney Rats Out PA Imposter Who Swindled Cash From Clients: DA
A Bucks County man who practiced law for nearly a decade now needs a lawyer himself, after authorities learned he was not a licensed attorney. Michael J. McAndrew, 57, of Morrisville, owned and operated Superior Legal Services on Woodbourne Road in Levittown for more than seven years, collecting thousands of dollars in legal fees from clients who thought he was an actual attorney, said Bucks DA Matthew Weintraub Thursday, Dec. 22. Detectives began investigating McAndrew after receiving a tip from an actual lawyer, the DA said. The attorney claimed he'd "worked with" McAnd…
Police & Fire
Bucks Husband Sentenced To Prison For Giving Wife Fatal Fentanyl Dose: DA
The Bucks County husband who supplied his wife with a deadly dose of fentanyl will spend four to eight years in prison, a judge has ruled. Ryan Shields, 40, of Fairless Hills, pleaded guilty to drug delivery resulting in death after his wife Amanda Shields fatally overdosed on fentanyl in August 2020, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in a statement Tuesday, Nov. 29. According to investigators, the fentanyl was pressed into a pill the same size, shape, and color of a 30mg Percocet. Police say Shields obtained 10 of the pills from his supplier, Patric Hish, who in turn re…
News
PA Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say
A Pennsylvania fugitive ex-con with a decades-long criminal record was busted again after he was caught on security footage unhooking a tractor from a trailer at an industrial building and driving off with it, authorities in New Jersey said. Moonachie Police Officer Scott Lemongello viewed the footage from a neighboring building on Hollister Road in Teterboro soon after the theft early Sunday, Oct. 9. It showed Christopher Mason, 58, most recently of Morrisville, PA, pulling up in a van, parking and then heading into the lot next door, where he began testing door handles on parked trucks, P…
Police & Fire
Bicyclist Struck, Killed By Car In Bucks County: Report
A 40-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by a Ford Mustang in Bucks County on Wednesday, Sept. 28, LevittownNow reports. The Mustang was heading east on New Falls Road and Bristol-Oxford Valley Road in Bristol Township struck the cyclist, who was coming from the westbound lane into the eastbound lane around 8:25 p.m., the outlet says citing local police. The Fairless Hills resident was pronounced dead at the scene, while the 46-year-old driver from Morrisville began cooperating with police, according to the outlet. Click here for more from LevittownNow.
Police & Fire
Winners
: Three Lucky PA Treasure Hunt Lottery Players Split $133K Jackpot
Three lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn, splitting the $133,000 Pennsylvania Treasure Hunt jackpot from the Sunday, Sept. 11 drawing. Each winning ticket is worth $44,333. The winning numbers were: 17-18-24-25-26. The winning tickets were sold at the following locations: Bucks County: Smoker’s Express, 813 West Trenton Avenue, Morrisville Lancaster County: Turkey Hill, 265 West State St., Quarryville Lycoming County: Cogan Station Market, 3725 Lycoming Creek Road, Cogan Station Treasure Hunt winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. To initiate an onl…
Police & Fire
PA Man With Long History Of Abuse Found Guilty Of Strangling Girlfriend In Bucks County: DA
A Pennsylvania man with a long history of violence was convicted on Wednesday, Sept. 7 of strangling his girlfriend in Bucks County last summer, authorities said. Evan Marquis Smith, 38, of Morrisville, was found guilty on charges of third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and strangulation, among other related offenses, in the death of Jamie Beighley, 39, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. His sentencing was deferred to a later date. Smith had a decades-long history of abuse against the local mom of five, which tragically ended with him strangl…
News
Six PA Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Scathing Southern Baptist List
Six ministers with ties to Pennsylvania were among hundreds of people with ties to Southern Baptist churches accused of sexual assault. "This table was created as a research tool to discover the scope of sexual abuse of children within the Sothern[sic] Baptist Convention," the 205-page report released last week reads. The Pennsylvania ministers on the list include: Name redacted, 34, Deacon: In 1992, he was arrested for abusing 8 girls between ages 3-14. Otis Joseph: choir leader, teacher and camp counselor at Bright Hope Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA. He was fo…
Police & Fire
21 Men Luring Children For Sex Online Busted In Undercover NJ Sting: Prosecutor
Four Megan’s Law registrants, an injury lawyer from Georgia and a dump truck driver were among the 21 individuals caught chatting with undercover agents posing as underage children online, authorities in New Jersey announced (scroll down for the list of defendants). Most of the defendants in "Operation Risky Business" were arrested at either the undercover residence in Hamilton Township or another meet-up location, including the Hamilton Train Station, New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Those who went to the undercover house allegedly expected to find their vic…
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$20,000 Of Fentanyl Seized From Philadelphia Area Dealer: Police
A Philadelphia area man was found with more than $20,000 worth of fentanyl in an undercover bust, authorities said. Naim Payton, 23, of Morrisville, was set to sell a large quantity of the uncut, highly lethal drug on Monday, April 25, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Detectives spotted him on the 400 block of North Evans Street in Pottstown that evening, and stopped his car, Steele said alongside Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich. Detectives stopped Payton’s car and found 1,500 bags of uncut fentanyl. The 1,500 doses of fentanyl were packaged for sal…
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