Lancaster Detective Cracks 2013 Cold Case Murder After DNA, Confession; Suspect Waives Hearing
A former Lancaster man accused of stabbing another man to death during a 2013 robbery has waived his preliminary hearing, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025.
Shawn D. Jones, 54, is charged with killing Allan Wayne Hess, 59, during a burglary in the 200 block of West Walnut Street on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Jones waived his hearing before Magisterial District Judge John Bender on Monday, July 29, allowing the case to proceed to Lancaster County Court.
The cold case was reopened by Detective Sergeant Shawn Gunnet, who su…
Three Newark Burglars Busted Breaking Into Homes: Police
Four burglars, three juveniles, were arrested and charged after they tried to break into homes in Marlboro, authorities announced Wednesday, July 30.
At 12:05 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, officers responded to a 911 call from a homeowner on Witherspoon Way about people walking up his back patio and attempting to open his rear sliding glass door, Marlboro police said. The burglars fled when the homeowner yelled, leaving the area in a black sedan, police said.
Officers received another 911 call from a homeowner on Whipple Way who said people were attempting to make entry into his basement, but …
Ponytailed Burglar Scared Off From Bayville Home, Police Say
A Long Island woman’s home security system may have stopped a burglary in progress after she spotted a stranger trying to break in.
The 36-year-old Bayville homeowner was at her Creek Ridge Road residence at around 9:20 p.m. Monday, July 28, when she saw a man attempting to force his way into her home on her surveillance cameras, according to Nassau County Police. She immediately called 911.
Before officers arrived, the suspect fled the scene.
On Wednesday, July 30, police announced that officers had arrested Kevin Lindstrom, 57, of Bayville, in connection with the incident.
The age…
2-Hour Standoff: Jersey City Man Arrested For Home Invasion, Spring Lake Police Say
A 36-year-old Jersey City resident was arrested and charged for a home invasion following a two-hour standoff on Saturday, July 26, authorities said.
At 12:06 a.m., officers responded to a residence on Tuttle Avenue after a man, later identified as Georgy Charles, entered their home, Spring Lake police.
Charles was confronted by homeowners in an upstairs bedroom and fled, police said. At 1:35 a.m., Charles was spotted in Belmar on Route 35, police said.
While stopped on West Sylvania Avenue in Neptune City, Charles refused officer’s commanders and barricaded himself inside the vehicle, pol…
Newark Police Employee Arrested After Burglary, Car Theft Ring Busted: Morris County Prosecutor
Update: The story previously included an incorrect mugshot for one of the suspects. The photo has been removed. Daily Voice regrets the error.
Several people, including a Newark Police Department civilian employee, were arrested after a burglary and car theft ring that operated in North Jersey was uncovered, authorities announced Friday, July 25.
Between September and December 2024, Tyshawn Hoover, Samad Foster, Deeend Coleman-McRae, Zayanna Overby, a juvenile and others broke into homes and stole cars in numerous municipalities, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Union County Prose…
Fort Lee Burglars Caught In The Act, Cops Say
Three people were arrested after police in Fort Lee interrupted a burglary in progress just after midnight on Monday, July 21, authorities said.
The incident happened around 12:46 a.m. near 206 New York Avenue, Fort Lee Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said in a press release.
Gerardine Paolello, 57, of Belleville; Tamir McFadden-Jordan, 33, of East Orange; and Nylah Walker, 24, of Newark were caught entering a parked vehicle in the area, the deputy chief said. Officers detained all three.
Police say the group had conspired to break into a nearby home. During the arrest, McFadden-Jordan wa…
Duo Convicted In Lower Merion Wrong-House Killing That Left Mom Paralyzed
Two men have been convicted of first-degree murder in a botched Lower Merion home invasion that left a young man dead and his mother paralyzed.
A Montgomery County jury found Charles Fulforth, 41, of Jenkintown, and Kelvin Roberts, 42, of Norristown, guilty on Thursday, July 24, 2025, of murder, robbery, burglary, and related charges in the Dec. 8, 2024, killing of 25-year-old Andrew Gaudio and the attempted murder of his mother, Bernadette Gaudio.
The pair were not convicted of conspiracy to commit murder.
Authorities say the duo broke into the Gaudios' home on Meredith Road in the Wynnew…
