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Lehigh
Police & Fire
'Someone Is Going To Die Tonight': Gunman Threatened Woman In Allentown Home, Police Say 'Someone Is Going To Die Tonight': Gunman Threatened Woman In Allentown Home, Police Say
'Someone Is Going To Die Tonight': Gunman Threatened Woman In Allentown Home, Police Say An Allentown man is charged with making terroristic threats while brandishing a gun at an area home on Sunday, Nov. 26. Lloyd Saunders, 44, is also charged with illegal firearm possession, simple assault, and harassment, police said.  Investigators said it happened at a home on the 900 block of West Chew Street after midnight. The victim told police Saunders aimed a gun at her and said "Someone is going to die tonight" before fleeing out the back door.  Patrol officers found Saunders a short time later with a .22 revolver in his possession, APD said.  Court records show the…

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by Mac Bullock
Bucks
News
Bucks County's Gigi Hadid Fined For Bringing Pot To Caymans Via Private Jet: Border Control Bucks County's Gigi Hadid Fined For Bringing Pot To Caymans Via Private Jet: Border Control
Bucks County's Gigi Hadid Fined For Bringing Pot To Caymans Via Private Jet: Border Control Model and one-time Bucks County resident Gigi Hadid was fined $1,000 by Cayman Island authorities after reportedly passing through customs with marijuana in her bag, according to the country's Customs & Border Control office.  "The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control confirms the arrests of two American nationals, Jelena Noura (Gigi) Hadid and Leah Nicole McCarthy for the importation of marijuana and importation of utensils used for the consumption of marijuana, on 10 July 2023," authorities said in a statement.  Cayman officials said Hadid and friend McCarthy arrived in the coun…

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by Mac Bullock
Cumberland
Police & Fire
NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police
NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police A 23-year-old New Jersey man—who missed his last NJ court date for speeding—was found going 142 miles per hour, leading Pennsylvania State Police on a chase on the PA Turnpike, according to PSP Newville.  Alix Preston Eugene of Tinton Falls Township was clocked at the high speed in gray Hyundai Elantra on Interstate 76 at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, according to a state police release the following weekend.  A traffic stop was attempted but Eugene supposedly sped on for more eight miles when— "in an attempt to elude the police" he swerved across two lanes …

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by Jillian Pikora
Chester
Police & Fire
Accused Chesco Stalker Followed 'Juvenile' Boy To Work, Gym: State Police Accused Chesco Stalker Followed 'Juvenile' Boy To Work, Gym: State Police
Accused Chesco Stalker Followed 'Juvenile' Boy To Work, Gym: State Police A Coatesville man is accused of stalking a "juvenile" victim in Chester County, state police say.  Dennis Baynard, 49, is charged with unlawful contact, corruption of a minor, harassment, and related counts, said Trooper James Grothey in a statement.  Investigators believe Baynard followed the alleged victim at his place of work, his gym, and his home, troopers said. He was arrested on Monday, May 1, and posted a $10,000 bond on Wednesday, May 3, according to state court records.  Baynard has a preliminary hearing before Judge Scott A. Massey scheduled for Tuesday, May 9, co…

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by Mac Bullock
Chester
Police & Fire
West Chester Student Charged With Rape West Chester Student Charged With Rape
West Chester Student Charged With Rape A West Chester University student is accused of raping a woman at a house party, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice.  Patrick Dreyer, 20, of Glen Mills, was taken into custody Friday, Feb. 10 and charged with multiple felonies including rape and sexual assault, West Chester Borough Police said in a statement.  In charging documents provided by the District Attorney's Office, investigators said Dreyer and the alleged victim, a 19-year-old woman, were at the same party on the 500 block of South Walnut Street on Sept. 3.  The woman told police she was in …

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by Mac Bullock
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Montco Mom Charged With 'Prolonged' Child Abuse Montco Mom Charged With 'Prolonged' Child Abuse
Montco Mom Charged With 'Prolonged' Child Abuse A mother of two in Montgomery County faces felony abuse charges for what authorities describe as a "prolonged" period of neglect.  Preetika Singh Bobal, 44, of North Wales, was arrested following a four-month investigation involving several agencies, said Upper Gwynedd police.  Bobal's two children were subjected to "mental and physical abuse in varying forms," a pattern that "severely interfered with [their] growth, maturation and mental well-being," detectives said.  Authorities accused the 44-year-old of "infantilizing" the children to such a degree that they now lag behi…

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by Mac Bullock
Bucks
Police & Fire
Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate
Fake 'Marine' Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate The conman who posed as a US Marine Corps veteran to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly couple in Bucks County is going to prison.  Marc Cheeseman, a 50-year-old Silverdale resident, was sentenced to five to seven years in a Pennsylvania state prison in a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 19, District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said in a statement.  Cheeseman previously pleaded guilty in September to several felony theft charges and one misdemeanor count of impersonating a veteran, the DA said.  In court, prosecutors argued that he carried on a yearslong scheme t…

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by Mac Bullock
Montgomery MD
News
No Bail For Man Accused Of Gunning Down Store Clerk, Murdering Mummied GF In Silver Spring No Bail For Man Accused Of Gunning Down Store Clerk, Murdering Mummied GF In Silver Spring
No Bail For Man Accused Of Gunning Down Store Clerk, Murdering Mummied GF In Silver Spring The 31-year-old Maryland man accused of murdering a gas station clerk in cold blood during an argument before he was found with a decomposing body in his Montgomery County apartment will stay behind bars following his latest hearing. Silver Spring resident Torrey Moore, who is accused of gunning down 61-year-old Ayalew Wondimu and murdering his eight-month-pregnant girlfriend, was denied bail in his latest court appearance on Tuesday, Dec. 13, according to multiple reports. Earlier story - Decomposing Pregnant Woman's Body Found Inside Silver Spring Murder Suspect's Apartment: Police Acco…

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by Zak Failla
New Haven
News
Accused Naugatuck Baby Killer Faces Judge, Bond Set At $6.4M Accused Naugatuck Baby Killer Faces Judge, Bond Set At $6.4M
Accused Naugatuck Baby Killer Faces Judge, Bond Set At $6.4M The man who allegedly brutally murdered his 11-month-old daughter and then dismembered her was ordered held on a $6.4 million bond, according to multiple reports. Christopher Francisquini appeared in court in New Haven County in Waterbury around 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 5. He was apprehended in New Haven County around 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in Waterbury after two weeks on the run, said the Naugatuck Police. Francisquini, age 31, of Naugatuck, was wanted for stabbing and dismembering Camilla Francisquini on Friday, Nov. 18 in Naugatuck, police said. Dressed in a white Tyvek jumpsuit and f…

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by Kathy Reakes
Delaware
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Why This One Particular Stab Wound Is Crucial In Ellen Greenberg Family's Arguments Why This One Particular Stab Wound Is Crucial In Ellen Greenberg Family's Arguments
Why This One Particular Stab Wound Is Crucial In Ellen Greenberg Family's Arguments On Jan. 26, 2011, Ellen Rae Greenberg was found on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with 20 stab wounds — 10 to the back of her neck alone. In a hearing last week, Greenberg's attorneys made arguments to have the ruling on Ellen's death changed from suicide to something else.  Among the points made was the fact that at least one of the wounds could not have been self-inflicted as it lacked blood, and was administered after Ellen had already died, the family's attorney Joe Podraza citing the findings of a city pathologist. That wound is in the neck region between C2 and C3 of…

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by Cecilia Levine
Suffolk MA
Police & Fire
Man Arrested For Boston Common Daylight Stabbing Threatens To Kill Officers Man Arrested For Boston Common Daylight Stabbing Threatens To Kill Officers
Man Arrested For Boston Common Daylight Stabbing Threatens To Kill Officers A Boston man is being held without bail after a daylight stabbing in Boston Common and attacking multiple police officers over the weekend, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. Tjay Carter, age 39, allegedly stabbed another man around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, Hayden said. The victim was found bleeding not too far away on Tremont Street and is expected to survive.  Carter then apparently fled the scene on a bicycle and was later found and arrested near Boylston Street. Officers also found a silver folding knife in Carter's possession, Hayden added.  …

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by David Cifarelli
Nassau
Police & Fire
Two Nassau County Police Officers Injured Attempting To Apprehend Fleeing Suspect Two Nassau County Police Officers Injured Attempting To Apprehend Fleeing Suspect
Two Nassau County Police Officers Injured Attempting To Apprehend Fleeing Suspect Two police officers on Long Island were hospitalized after a suspect attempted to evade arrest after being busted with an illegal weapon, authorities announced. Nassau County police detectives on patrol at approximately 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8 spotted a suspicious black Mazda SUV parked in the closed lot of the Doxy Brook fishing park in Woodmere. As they approached, police said that they spotted a man and woman in the back seat “making suspicious movements." As they approached, the man, later identified as Brooklyn resident Trevon Johnson, age 22, jumped into the front seat, and the wo…

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by Zak Failla
Cumberland
News
Man Threatening Bail Bonds Woman Leads To 6 Hour Standoff, Pennsylvania State Police Say Man Threatening Bail Bonds Woman Leads To 6 Hour Standoff, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Man Threatening Bail Bonds Woman Leads To 6 Hour Standoff, Pennsylvania State Police Say After a 51-year-old bail bonds woman was threatened— first with a finger gun and then a real gun— a six-hour standoff started, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. The bail bonds woman came to collect money owed at a home in the 100 block of East Yellow Breeches Road located in Dickinson Township in Cumberland County on Thursday shortly after 5 p.m., according to the release. Daniel Joseph Richardson III, 37, of Carlisle, was out of prison on bond for assaulting two members of law enforcement on Sept. 17, according to court documents. Upon arrival Richardson asked someone …

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by Jillian Pikora
Morris
Police & Fire
PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive' PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive'
PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive' A Dover man was charged after he threatened to kill his ex’s child, her entire family and stab her “for each year she was alive,” police say. The victim reported to Mansfield Police that she had received texts from her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend threatening to shoot her, “kill her entire family, stab her for each year she was alive, and kill their child,” authorities said in a Wednesday release. The man — whose name was not released by police — also sent the victim’s family explicit videos, authorities said. The victim continued to receive threatening text messages while reporting the incide…

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by Valerie Musson
Lehigh
Police & Fire
Police: New York Woman Identified As Allentown Stabbing Suspect Police: New York Woman Identified As Allentown Stabbing Suspect
Police: New York Woman Identified As Allentown Stabbing Suspect A New York woman was identified as the suspect in a stabbing that occurred in Allentown Tuesday night, authorities said. Arriving officers were dispatched to the 700 block of West Linden Street on a report of a stabbing, and found a victim with non-life-threatening injuries at approximately 7 p.m., Allentown police said. While the victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment, officers apprehended Chanel Rivers, 36, of Brooklyn, NY at the scene, police said. Rivers was charged with aggravated assault in relation to the incident.  She was released from custody after posting $20,0…

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by Nicole Acosta
New Canaan
News
Estranged Husband's DNA Found Mixed With Missing Mom's Blood In Kitchen Faucet, Prosecutor Says Estranged Husband's DNA Found Mixed With Missing Mom's Blood In Kitchen Faucet, Prosecutor Says
Estranged Husband's DNA Found Mixed With Missing Mom's Blood In Kitchen Faucet, Prosecutor Says While a judge denied a bond reduction or increase for Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing New Canaan mom Jennifer Dulos, during a court hearing on Tuesday, June 11, new DNA evidence links him to her New Canaan home. “The lab was able to confirm that the defendant’s DNA was found in a mixture on the faucet inside Jennifer’s kitchen in the house she went missing. Both the mixture and the defendant’s DNA. It was blood on the faucet,” State Prosecutor Richard Colangelo told Stamford Superior Court Judge John Blawie. Colangelo asked for the higher bail of $850,000 in light of the new …

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by Kathy Reakes
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Police & Fire
Car Flips In Saddle Brook, Driver Charged With DWI Car Flips In Saddle Brook, Driver Charged With DWI
Car Flips In Saddle Brook, Driver Charged With DWI A 44-year-old Garfield man was charged with DWI after a crash Tuesday night in Saddle Brook, authorities said. The car struck a parked vehicle and then overturned on 5th Street at Capitol Street around 7 p.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The driver sustained minor cuts and abrasions and refused medical treatment, the chief said.  He was released to a responsible adult pending a court hearing, under John's Law. Saddle Brook firefighters responded along with police. ****** ALSO SEE: A Honda SUV backing out of a driveway slammed into the front of a two-family Hawthorne home …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Reckless Valhalla Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Police Say Reckless Valhalla Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Police Say
Reckless Valhalla Driver Drank 'Catnip Cocktail,' Police Say A reckless Westchester driver was under the influence of a "catnip cocktail," said police in New Jersey who arrested him. Joseph Donofrio, 35, of Valhalla made the "extremely dangerous maneuver" of cutting across several lanes of southbound Route 23 in Wayne, NJ, making a left, then speeding recklessly up a local road past a police patrol car Saturday night, township Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Clark stopped the driver, who Martin said had "slurred speech and jerky hand movements" while claiming he was headed to a local hospital. Backup officers foun…

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by Jerry DeMarco