Morrisville Man Accused Of Forcing Sex On Teen, Skipping Court Arrested
A Pennsylvania man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl is back in custody after failing to appear in court, authorities said.
Kyle Q. McArthur-Beavers, 24, was arrested by Morrisville police on Wednesday, April 23, 2026, in Doylestown after a bench warrant was issued for missing pre-trial motions in his sexual assault case, according to authorities in Bucks County.
The charges stem from an incident in Falls Township on Dec. 27, 2023, where McArthur-Beavers is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl without her consent, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Vo…
Woman Stabbed With Vape Pen, Trapped In Wawa, Threatened Not To Testify: Bucks DA
A woman was stabbed with a vape pen, blocked from leaving a Wawa, and terrorized for months by a man who later pressured her not to testify—now, he’s going to state prison, Bucks County prosecutors announced on Tuesday, June 11, 2025.
Anthony Ortiz, 34, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 4 years and 5 months to 13 years behind bars after pleading guilty to a violent series of domestic assaults and attempts to silence his victim.
Three Months Of Brutality
The attacks began on June 29, 2024, when Falls Township Police responded to a domestic call and found Ortiz actively assaulting his girlfri…
PA Man Accused Of Trying To Lure Child Into Truck, Police Seek Other Victims: DA
A Falls Township man is accused of trying to lure an 11-year-old boy into his vehicle, police announced on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
Gene Louis Martin, 54, of Nearwood Lane in Levittown, was charged with a felony count of luring a child into a vehicle or structure, according to Falls Township Police and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
Martin allegedly pulled up next to the boy as he walked south on Pebble Lane at 3:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, and told him, “Hey kid. I live around here. Get in,” before motioning for the child to enter his white Chevy S-10 truck. The boy ran home and…
PA Man Who Killed Mom With Fentanyl Spiked Iced Tea Sentenced To Life: DA
A Falls Township man who spiked his mother’s iced tea with fentanyl before shooting her in Philadelphia has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub announced Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
Sean Rivera, 30, admitted to second-degree murder and multiple related charges for the killing of his 72-year-old mother, Carol J. Clark, in April 2023. Rivera drugged Clark, drove her to a shed in Philadelphia, and shot her multiple times, investigators said.
Rivera's negotiated plea includes life in prison without parole for the murder, and an add…
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 …
Accused Bucks Spree Killer 'Refused' To Leave Jail Cell For Hearing, DA Says
Andre Gordon Jr. will stand trial for the murders of three family members in Falls Township in March, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office says.
Gordon Jr., 26, had a preliminary hearing held in absentia on Wednesday, May 15 after he "refused to come out of his jail cell to be transported to the Justice Center," according to prosecutors.
During the hearing, Magisterial District Judge Terrence Hughes reviewed photos, heard 911 calls, and watched body camera footage from the March 16 spree killing.
Authorities have said Gordon Jr. stole a car in Trenton, dr…
Masked Carjackers Rip Trenton Driver, 64, From Honda Civic At PA Wawa: Cops
Police in Falls Township are looking for three carjacking suspects who stole a sedan from a Trenton woman at a Pennsylvania Wawa.
On Thursday, April 11, at approximately 3:55 a.m., police were dispatched to the Wawa, West Trenton Avenue, Morrisville, to investigate a carjacking.
The preliminary investigation determined that minutes earlier, a 64-year-old female resident of Trenton was accosted by three suspects after leaving the store and returning to her gray 2017 Honda Civic with New Jersey Registration ZBU 34C.
During the incident, they forcibly removed her from the vehicle and struck…
Bucks County Triple Homicide Suspect Extradited To Bucks County
Andre Gordon Jr., who is accused of killing three people including his 13-year-old sister last month, was extradited to Pennsylvania from New Jersey on Wednesday, April 3, prosecutors say.
Gordon, 26, was denied bail and remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility, said the District Attorney's Office.
6abc reports that prosecutors will seek the death penalty in Gordon's case.
Authorities have said he killed his 52-year-old stepmother Karen Gordon, his 13-year-old sister Kera Gordon, and 25-year-old Taylor Daniel, with whom he had two children, on March 16.
I…
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…
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, …
Snow Emergencies Declared Across PA Ahead Of Storm
Officials are advising residents across southeastern and central Pennsylvania to take caution ahead of the snowstorm predicted for Friday, Jan. 19, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.
Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, and parts of lower Bucks and Montgomery counties are under a winter storm warning as of 5 p.m. Thursday. In Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, and upper Bucks and Montgomery counties, a winter weather advisory is in place.
NWS's Mount Holly, New Jersey station says snow will begin to fall around 4 to 7 a.m. …
Unclaimed Remains Of US Veterans To Be Laid To Rest In Bucks County
Two US veterans who died in Bucks County and whose remains have not been claimed will be laid to rest, officials say.
Both men are veterans of the Vietnam War era, said Bucks Coroner Meredith Buck's Office in a statement on Thursday, June 22.
They are:
Ralph Burbage, an Airman Second Class in the US Air Force. Burbage, of Middletown, died on April 25, 2022.
Stephen Suckey, a Specialist in the US Army. Suckey, of Falls Township, died on June 13, 2018.
The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on June 29 at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield…
Bucks Son Put Fentanyl In Mom's Iced Tea, Shot Her Dead In Philadelphia: DA (Update)
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…
Levittown Man Charged With Woman's Fatal Overdose, DA Says
A Levittown man is charged with a woman's fatal overdose in 2021, and prosecutors say he took more drugs before calling for help on her behalf.
Steven Yard, 31, is charged with drug delivery resulting in death, involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and related offenses for the death of 39-year-old Mary Coyle, said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub in a statement.
Officials say that on Nov. 16, 2021, Falls Township police were called to a Yardley Avenue home at 11:15 p.m. They arrived to find Coyle dead and Yard "actively overdosing" on the floor next to…
