Boy, 3, Dies Days After Drowning Incident In Northampton County, Coroner Says
A 3-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in a swimming pool in Northampton County has died from complications of drowning, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio announced Friday, July 11.
Colonial Regional Police were dispatched to a home in Northampton County around 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, after receiving reports of a young boy drowning, according to the release.
Emergency crews removed the child from the pool and performed CPR before transporting him to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, authorities said.
Despite medical efforts, the boy died on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 1…
Man Brought Condoms, Candy, Cash To Meet ‘12-Year-Old Girl,’ PA AG Says
A Western Pennsylvania man is accused of trying to rape a child after showing up with condoms, candy, and cash to a pre-arranged meeting with someone he believed was a 12-year-old girl, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Tuesday, July 8.
Lane Alan Simpson, 40, of Pitcairn, thought he was communicating with the girl’s mother when he arranged to pay for sexual contact, prosecutors said. But it was an undercover agent with the Office of Attorney General’s Child Predator Section.
Simpson agreed to pay cash and traveled to meet the “child,” bringing the agreed-upon amount, condoms, and ca…
Girl, 3, Killed In DC Drive-By Shooting While Sitting In Parked Car With Family, Police Say
A 3-year-old girl shot while sitting in a parked car in Washington, DC has died, police said, and the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
Honesty Cheadle, of Southeast DC, was struck by gunfire around 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, in the 1000 block of 14th Street SE, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
She was inside a parked vehicle with her family when at least one suspect “began discharging a firearm in the block,” police said.
Honesty was shot in the upper body. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and rushed her to an area hospital, where she was treated for cri…
Drunk Driver Caught With 2 Young Kids In Car In Wappinger: Police
A 49-year-old man is facing a felony charge after allegedly driving drunk with two young children in his car, police said.
The arrest happened in Dutchess County around 11:10 p.m. on Friday, July 4, when a trooper pulled over a Honda CR-V on Route 9 in the Village of Wappinger for multiple traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Sunday, July 6.
According to police, the driver, 49-year-old Moises Centeno Vargas of Fishkill, showed signs of intoxication and failed standardized field sobriety tests. Troopers also said they discovered two children, ages 8 and 10, riding in the ve…
Man Drove 70 Miles To Gift Girl iPhone To 'Party For Free' In Bensalem: Police
A Slatington man is accused of trying to meet and exploit a 13-year-old girl for sex, Bensalem police announced on Thursday, July 3.
Warren Batz, 37, began messaging what he believed to be a 13-year-old girl on a dating app on May 3, police said. During the chat, Batz allegedly offered the child $200 to “hang out” and “party for free,” saying he wanted to make her his “sugar baby.”
He repeatedly asked the juvenile for nude photos and explicit videos throughout May and June, even urging her to sneak out at night when her mother was asleep, according to investigators.
On June 24, Batz allege…
