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Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say
The part owner of Pina's Pizza in Chalfont admitted to killing her partner on Monday, April 8, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Anna Maria Tolomello, 50, pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of Giovanni Gallina, prosecutors said in a release. Tolomello was arrested in March 2022 after police said they found 64-year-old Gallina's body wrapped in a blue tarp in a bedroom of their shared Hilltown home. Officers were sent for a welfare check when Gallina's son said he hadn't heard from his father in over a week. Tolomello reportedly told him…
Police & Fire
PA Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing 12-Year-Old In 2022: DA
Ash Cooper, who previously went by Joshua Cooper, was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison on Thursday, March 21, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, prosecutors said in a release. Prosecutors said Cooper killed 12-year-old Morgan Connors and then video-called a friend asking for help "cleaning up the scene and disposing of the body." Officers responding to Cooper's trailer home at Top of the Ridge Tra…
Police & Fire
Active Shooter: Multiple People Shot In Eastern PA, Police Say (
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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
Feds: Leader Of Ring That Flooded South Jersey, Philly 'Burbs With Fentanyl, Meth Gets 18 Years
A drug kingpin who headed a network that slung fentanyl and meth in South Jersey and the suburbs of Philadelphia while he hid from his pursuers was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 18 years in federal prison. Glenn Long, 29, of Philadelphia, must serve just about all of the time he received in U.S. District Court in Camden on Jan. 4 because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Long – known on the street as “Bless” and “Max” – ran the operation as a fugitive for three years while under a federal indictment for major drug trafficking out of Philadelphia. A second drug conspi…
Police & Fire
Infant Assault Found In 2K+ Images On NJ Man Who Teaches Music In Bucks: DA
More than 2,000 images of child pornography — including sexual assaults of infants — were found on a New Jersey man's phone when police came to interview him at one of the Pennsylvania schools where he works. Christopher Bygott, 47 Mulberry Avenue, Hamilton, NJ was charged and briefly held on Dec. 19 after a 50-day investigation into files uploaded by Bygott's Gmail account on the Pennsbury School District's IP address after the Bucks County District Attorney's Office received CyberTips from Amazon.com Inc. Bygott, a Curriculum Coordinator for …
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NJ Drug Dealer Sold Fentanyl That Killed PA 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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PA Man Who Filmed Sexual Abuse Of Toddler, Tweens Held On $20M Bond: DA
A Pennsylvania resident accused of sexually abusing multiple children and filming the acts is being held on a $20 million bond, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday, Nov. 28. Brian Nathaniel Harris, of Bristol Borough, faces more than 160 criminal charges — most of them felonies — related to sexual assault and child pornography dissemination, according to prosecutors. Harris first came under investigation on Oct. 31 when Bucks detectives received an online tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, authorities said. …
Police & Fire
NJ Man Heads To Prison For Deadly Botched Robbery In PA
A New Jersey man will spend up to 55 years in a Pennsylvania prison for a murder he and his brother committed during a 2021 robbery, officials say. Anthony Joel Gamble, 22, previously pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery in October, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Gamble and his younger brother Joshua David Gamble stabbed 26-year-old Kevin Rosero nearly 30 times before trying to dump his body in a wooded area in Richland Township late on June 17, 2021, prosecutors have claimed. They were arrested that night whe…
Police & Fire
Couple From PA Charged In Computer Repair Scam That Conned Victims In NJ, Elsewhere
A Pennsylvania man whose wife was charged with a computer scam that allowed her to siphon money out of unsuspecting victims’ accounts had a similar scheme going, Bergen County authorities announced. Kuleep Sethi, 66, was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on theft, conspiracy and money laundering charges earlier this week -- five months after they busted his wife, Mona, for the same thing. The Furlong, PA couple scammed victims not only in New Jersey but throughout the world, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The thieves “created the belief that vic…
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…
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PA Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA
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…
Obituaries
Pair Killed In Suburban Philadelphia Bar Shooting Were Childhood Friends
Two men killed in a shooting at a bar in Suburban Philadelphia have been identified by loved ones as close childhood friends. Steve Panebianco and Ray Ferrell were gunned down around 11:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 in the parking lot of Steam Pub on Second Street Pike in Upper Southhampton, CBS Philly reports. A third individual was wounded. An outpouring of condolences have been posted over social media, remembering the two "brothers" after their tragic passing. Panebianco and Ferrell were tragically gunned down while on a lighthearted night out, and are being remembered as "some of the best d…
Police & Fire
Suburban Philly Drug Dealer Sentenced In Inmate's Overdose
A 31-year-old man was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 6 to six to 20 years in state prison for three drug-dealing cases in 2021, including one committed in the Bucks County Correctional Facility that led to an inmate’s overdose. Brian Joseph O’Connell, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to three counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, one for each of the cases, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. In the most recent case, O’Connell was charged with selling drugs inside the Bucks County Correctional Facility, a day after he was booked on hi…
Police & Fire
Accused Philly Area Dealer Busted In Raid With Stockpile Of Guns, Drugs, Stolen Cars
A suspected Philadelphia area drug dealer is facing multiple charges after being busted with a stockpile of guns, drugs, and stolen cars, authorities said. Joseph “Joey” Scott, of Middletown Township, was charged Thursday, Sept. 15 with several drug and weapons offenses and sent to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on $1 million bail, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Local and state authorities recovered 10 handguns — including two illegally modified to be fully automatic — a bulletproof vest, ammunition, five stolen cars, crystal …
Police & Fire
PA Teacher's Aide Who Had Child Porn, Sexually Abused Two Boys Learns His Fate
A teacher's aide in Pennsylvania who shared thousands of child porn files and sexually abused two boys over the course of several years was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 8 to 24 to 48 years in state prison, authorities said. Anthony Troupe, 34, of Bensalem, pleaded no contest in January to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, involuntary sexual intercourse with a person less than 16, possession of child pornography, and other related charges, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Troupe, who worked as a special education assistant at Hallowell…
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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…
Police & Fire
PA Collision Center Owner Surrenders After Submitting $426K In False Insurance Claims
A Bucks County collision center owner who submitted nearly 300 false insurance claims, pocketing more than $426,000 in payouts has surrendered to authorities, they said. John Paul Reis, 56, of Newtown Township, turned himself in on Thursday, Aug. 25, on charges of insurance fraud, deceptive business practices, forgery, and theft by deception, all third-degree felonies, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. The charges come after a four-year investigation by county detectives that began in Sept. 2018, after they received a referral from officials with …
Police & Fire
Pair Of Ex-Cons Arrested In PA Gun, Drug Ring Takedown
Law enforcement agents arrested two ex-cons and seized a large amount of evidence in the takedown of a gun and drug ring they say supplied methamphetamine and firearms, including untraceable ghost guns and fully automatic weapons, in the Lower Bucks County and Northern Philadelphia areas. Detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney's Office executed three search warrants on Tuesday, June 7, and Wednesday, June 8, leading to a big development in their year-long investigation of the Pentz Drug and Gun Distribution Organization. Nicholas M. Pentz, 29, of Bristol Township, and …
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Sex Trafficked 15-Year-Old Girl Learns His Fate
A Philadelphia man who sex-trafficked a 15-year-old girl was sentenced Monday, June 6 to 17 to 40 years in state prison, authorities said. Andrew Hall, 29, pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to a slew of charges, including human trafficking of a minor, statutory sexual assault of a minor, promoting prostitution of a minor, and photographing child sex acts, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Hall was arrested on Aug. 21, 2020, when Bensalem police officers were called around 12:30 a.m. to the Best Western on the 3400 block of Street Road on a report of child prostitut…
Police & Fire
PA Man Charged In 1991 Cold Case Murder Of Bucks County Mom
A 56-year-old Pennsylvania man is accused of killing a Bucks County mom of two who was found dead in Bristol Township three decades ago. Robert F. Atkins, of Falls Township, is charged with first and second-degree murder, robbery, and arson in the 1991 murder of 35-year-old Joy Hibbs, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday, May 25. Prosecutors say Atkins tried to cover up the April 19, 1991 crime by setting her Spencer Drive home on fire. After the fire was put out, she was found dead inside her 12-year-old son's bedroom, authorities said. Investig…
Police & Fire
Gunman Convicted In Bucks County Shooting: DA
A 22-year-old gunman was convicted Wednesday, May 11 of shooting at a group of people that included a 4-year-old child in 2019, authorities in Bucks County said. Sysco Schruby, of Bristol, was found guilty of multiple counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person in the shooting, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Schruby intended to shoot 28-year-old William Flemming, when he fired off several rounds at Flemming's 4-year-old child and three others who were standing…
Police & Fire
Charges Upgraded For PA Mom Who Shot Young Sons: DA
UPDATE: 'PA Mom Went To NJ For Heroin After Young Sons' Planned Murders: DA' Charges have been upgraded for 38-year-old Pennsylvania mom Trinh Nguyen who shot her 9-and 13-year-old sons last week, authorities said. Nguyen was newly charged with first-degree murder on Monday, May 9, in the Monday, May 2 shooting, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Jeffrey, who went by "JT" and Nelson Tini died on Friday, May 6, less than a week after being shot in the head by their mother while in bed at their Timber Ridge Road home in Upper Makefield, authorities said. JT was a…
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Beat
Ex-gf
With Baseball Bat Gets Prison Time: DA
A 51-year-old Pennsylvania man with a history of domestic abuse was sentenced to five to 15 years in state prison for a "brutal" domestic assault against his ex-girlfriend, authorities said. Roland B. Ghiloni, of Quakertown, pleaded guilty Monday, May 2, to two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced. He was also sentenced to five years of probation. Officers arrived at the Bush House Hotel on West Broad …
Police & Fire
Raid Of Ex-Con's PA Home Turns Up Loaded Firearms, Meth: DA
A raid of a 64-year-old Pennsylvania man's home turned up several firearms, some loaded and some illegal, and methamphetamine, authorities said. Scott Allen McCaughey, of Plumstead township, is banned from owning weapons due to a 1980 robbery conviction, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Police served a search warrant at McCaughey's Durham Road home around 6 a.m. Thursday, April 28, and found a black fully automatic M4 rifle with no serial numbers showing, along with a bolt-action rifle with an obliterated serial number, authorities said. McCaughey was also …
Police & Fire
'He Killed My Husband:' Mom Tells Police Son Stabbed Dad To Death Inside Philly Area Home
A 22-year-old man was being held without bail Friday, April 29 for stabbing his dad to death inside a suburban Philadelphia home, authorities said. Jordan M. Kurman was charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the stabbing death of Gregory A. Kurman, 49, who was pronounced dead inside his home on David Drive in Newtown Township around 4:55 a.m., according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Kurman was found on the living room floor with a deep laceration to his throat and a pool of blood under his head and around his neck, police said. Officers also n…
Police & Fire
Convicted PA Murderer Who Was Supposed To Get Death Sentence Ran Drug Ring In Jail: DA
A convicted murderer in Pennsylvania who was supposed to get the death sentence was sentenced to nearly 10 to 40 years in state prison for running a drug ring inside a Bucks County jail, authorities announced Friday, April 22. Alfonso Sanchez, 40, was in the county correctional facility awaiting a retrial in a 2007 double homicide when he conspired with at least 10 others to smuggle suboxone from May 2020 to December 2020, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. An investigation by BCCF investigators and the Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force discovered that Sanchez was buy…
Police & Fire
PA Rapist Who Abused Little Boys For Years Gets Prison Time: DA
A 28-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 19 to 40 years in state prison on Wednesday, April 6, for the repeated rapes of two boys in Bucks County, authorities said. Rosalio Suchite, of Warrington, pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2021, to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Suchite was charged in November 2020 following an investigation by the Warrington Township Police Department, which discovered that he sexually abused the boys, ages 7 and 9, at his home on the 2200 block of Pileggi Road for at least three ye…
Police & Fire
Woman Shoots Pizzeria Owner BF In Head, Hides His Body In Bedroom For 13 Days: DA
A 48-year-old woman admitted to shooting and killing her longtime partner, the owner of a Pennsylvania pizzeria, then hiding his body in her bedroom for 13 days, authorities said. Anna Maria Tolomello was arraigned Wednesday, March 30, on charges of homicide, abuse of a corpse, evidence tampering, and related offenses in the death of Giovanni Gallina, 65, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. The couple owned Pina’s Pizza in Chalfont. Tolomello wrapped Gallina's body in a blue tarp inside their Limekiln Pike home in the Chalfont section of Hilltown Township after …
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Shot, BBQ'd Pet Dog Gets Jail Time
A 50-year-old Pennsylvania man who shot and burnt his dog on a barbecue grill last year was sentenced to two to four years in state prison, authorities said. Nikolay Lukyanchikov, of Northampton Township, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, March 23, to multiple counts of receiving stolen property, aggravated cruelty to animals, possessing an instrument of crime, cruelty to animals, and recklessly endangering another person. Lukyanchikov, who prosecutors claim was "highly intoxicated" during the April 30, 2021 incident, was also ordered by a judge not to own, possess, or care for any animals …
Police & Fire
Serial Bank Robber Who Nearly Killed PA Trooper Trying To Arrest Him Gets 25 Years
A serial bank robber who nearly killed a Pennsylvania State Police trooper trying to arrest him was sentenced to 25 years in prison, authorities said. Christopher Larue, 44, was on supervised release after serving a 12-year prison sentence when he entered the QNB Bank in Perkasie brandishing a gun and robbing the bank of $11,000 on Oct. 19, 2020, United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. Larue, of Lansdale, was convicted in 2009 of five additional bank robberies, the attorney said. So, he fled, but a GPS tracking device hidden with the stolen money quickly le…
Police & Fire
Ex-Philly Police Lieutenant Sentenced For 2017 Sexual Assault Of 11-Year-Old Girl
A former Philadelphia police lieutenant was sentenced Tuesday, March 15 to just under a year to two years in county jail for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in 2017, authorities in Bucks County said. Richard Michael Frank, 51, on Dec. 2, 2021, was found guilty of indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Frank will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, the DA's office said. Upper Southampton Police Detective James Schirmer began the inve…
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