Reading, PA
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Accused Birthday Party Shooter Arrested In Reading: Berks DA Accused Birthday Party Shooter Arrested In Reading: Berks DA
Accused Birthday Party Shooter Arrested In Reading: Berks DA Authorities in Berks County say they arrested the gunman who opened fire at a Sinking Spring birthday party over the summer.  Twenty-six-year-old Jayce Donte Lee was arrested by US Marshals at a Reading home early on Tuesday, Oct. 17, the District Attorney's Office said.  Investigators claim Lee, of Folcroft, showed up to a Butternut Court birthday party on Aug. 20 with a stolen gun.  About thirty minutes after midnight, police say he "brandished and fired" the weapon, hitting one 22-year-old victim in the abdomen and another in the thigh and hand.  Authorities said Le…

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by Mac Bullock
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University
NJ Man Convicted Of Sexually Touching Sleeping Student At PA University A New Jersey man is guilty of touching a sleeping Pennsylvania college student in 2021, prosecutors say.  Eric Jones, 24, of Newark, was convicted of indecent assault in a Chester County court, said the District Attorney's Office. Investigators said Jones was the boyfriend of one of the victim's roommates at the Lincoln House, a residential building at Lincoln University in Lower Oxford Township.  Early on Oct. 17, 2021, the victim had returned home and gone to bed after taking part in homecoming celebrations, the DA's Office said.  She was trying to sleep when Jones e…

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by Mac Bullock
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA
PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA A Montgomery County man shot and killed his mother and brother on Sunday, Sept. 24 before placing a call to federal agents, prosecutors claim.  Aaron Deshong, a 49-year-old Perkiomen resident, was still on the phone with the FBI's Threat Assessment Center when state police arrived at his Gravel Pike home to take him into custody, said the District Attorney's Office.  The FBI received the call around 5 p.m., according to the criminal complaint released by prosecutors. Deshong allegedly told agents he had been "living on the edge" since his father's death, that he was "not suicidal,…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Authorities Investigating Explosion In Bucks County Authorities Investigating Explosion In Bucks County
Authorities Investigating Explosion In Bucks County Officials in Bucks County say they are investigating the source of a loud explosion heard in Northampton Township over the weekend.  Emergency dispatchers received at least 75 calls after the sound was heard around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night, Sept. 16, said the District Attorney's Office.  A drone team was sent out to search for the source of the boom on Saturday night and Sunday morning, Sept. 17, they added.  "There is no reason for alarm or to panic," Northampton police have said.  Anyone with information should call county detectives at 215-348-6354, county …

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by Mac Bullock
Kingston, NY
Police & Fire
15-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat Against School In Region, Police Say 15-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat Against School In Region, Police Say
15-Year-Old Accused Of Making Threat Against School In Region, Police Say A 15-year-old teen from the region has been charged with allegedly making a terroristic threat against a school. On Sunday, Sept. 3, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint of a threat being made via Instagram against the Eldred Junior and Senior High School in the town of Highland. Working with the State Police, and the District Attorney’s Office, deputies executed a search warrant at 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 at a residence in Barryville and another in Eldred where they confiscated an electronic device and took a 15-year-old into custody, said Sullivan County Undersheriff …

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by Kathy Reakes
Chambersburg, PA
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4-Year-Old Boy Shot In Head In Critical Condition As Mom Battles Stage 4 Cancer, PA Family Says 4-Year-Old Boy Shot In Head In Critical Condition As Mom Battles Stage 4 Cancer, PA Family Says
4-Year-Old Boy Shot In Head In Critical Condition As Mom Battles Stage 4 Cancer, PA Family Says Details about the shooting of a 4-year-old boy in western Pennsylvania have been shared by his family. Westmoreland County Detectives and Rostraver Township Police are investigating the shooting of the young boy that happened around 1:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 6, 2023. The police were called to Gaudio Drive in Rostraver Township after the 4-year-old was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.  The boy was identified Ronnie Lynn by his grandfather Walter in a GoFundMe he launched over the weekend. Ronnie was airlifted to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh.  Let's pray f…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Convicted Of Shooting Down Police Drone Gets Prison Time Bucks Man Convicted Of Shooting Down Police Drone Gets Prison Time
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…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail A former Bucks County teacher who was convicted of indecently assaulting two students and secretly recording another will spend the next several years in jail, a Bucks County judge has ruled.  Fifty-eight-year-old Joseph Ohrt of Buckingham was sentenced to 2.5 to 5 years in state prison by Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley on Monday, June 12, the District Attorney's Office said.  Ohrt, the one-time choir director at Central Bucks West High School, was first charged last February, after police investigators said he'd used hidden cameras in his home to record a male stu…

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by Mac Bullock
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Police & Fire
Four Suspected Gang Members Charged In String Of Philadelphia Shootings Four Suspected Gang Members Charged In String Of Philadelphia Shootings
Four Suspected Gang Members Charged In String Of Philadelphia Shootings Four suspected members of North Philadelphia's "Big Naddy Gang" are accused of carrying out five different shootings over the summer of 2021, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner's Office.  The group was charged and arrested on Monday, May 22 following a grand jury investigation, the DA wrote in a release.  All five crimes are said to have occurred in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood between July and September 2021, and two of the victims died from their injuries, prosecutors said.  Nineteen-year-old Donte Sutton is charged with two counts of attempted murder…

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by Mac Bullock
Massapequa, NY
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COVID-19: Couple Schemed To Steal Over $12K In Long Island Relief Funds, DA Says COVID-19: Couple Schemed To Steal Over $12K In Long Island Relief Funds, DA Says
Covid-19: Couple Schemed To Steal Over $12K In Long Island Relief Funds, DA Says A Long Island couple is now facing charges after they fraudulently obtained COVID relief fund money, officials claimed. Hicksville residents Michael Arbassio, aged 65, and Eileen Dantini, aged 61, were arraigned on Wednesday, May 17 for allegedly filing false documents so that they could claim tens of thousands in COVID relief money, according to the District Attorney’s office. According to the charges, Arbassio and Dantini had lived together as tenants in their Hicksville residence for 10 years, for which they paid monthly rent. However, on September 29, 2021, Arbassio allegedly submit…

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by Sophie Grieser
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Convicted Of Stealing Ambulance, Biting Cops Learns His Sentence Bucks Man Convicted Of Stealing Ambulance, Biting Cops Learns His Sentence
Bucks Man Convicted Of Stealing Ambulance, Biting Cops Learns His Sentence A man who pleaded guilty to a "crime spree" that included stealing an ambulance and biting Bristol Township police officers will spend at least a decade behind bars, a Bucks County judge has ruled.  Cody Dylan Lynn-Phipps, 31, was sentenced to 10.5 to 25 years in a state prison plus 19 years of probation, Judge Gary Gilman ruled on Wednesday, May 10, according to the District Attorney's Office.  In November, Lynn-Phipps admitted to several counts of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, escape, burglary, and other offenses related to the "spree…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Ex-Wendy's Employee Stabbed Former Co-Worker To Death, Bucks Jury Finds Ex-Wendy's Employee Stabbed Former Co-Worker To Death, Bucks Jury Finds
Ex-Wendy's Employee Stabbed Former Co-Worker To Death, Bucks Jury Finds A former Wendy's employee who was fired after getting in a fight with a coworker sought vengeance by stabbing his former colleague to death, a Bucks County jury has ruled.  Dominique Harris, 31, of Philadelphia, was convicted of first-degree murder and possessing an instrument of crime after two hours of jury deliberations, District Attorney Matthew Weintraub's Office said in a release.  Harris was employed at a Bensalem Wendy's until January 2022, when he was fired for fighting with co-worker Michael Pickens, prosecutors said.  Two months later, in the early morning hours o…

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by Mac Bullock