York Co. Man Arrested By SWAT During Shelter-In-Place Incident ID'd: Police York Co. Man Arrested By SWAT During Shelter-In-Place Incident ID'd: Police York Co. Man Arrested By SWAT During Shelter-In-Place Incident ID'd: Police
York Co. Man Arrested By SWAT During Shelter-In-Place Incident ID'd: Police The police have released the identity of a man they say caused a shelter-in-place order to be issued on Friday.  Daniel J. Holbrook, 47, has been arrested, with the help of a SWAT team, after he broke into a home and violated a protection from abuse order in Fairview Township on June 23, 2023.  York County Emergency Management received a call to the domestic incident in the 500 block of Kellinger Road, Fairview Township at 7 a.m. and the area police arrived at the scene within five minutes, authorities explained. Around 5:30 p.m. police issued a release detailing the events they say led u…
Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say
Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say A fight between two Newville ended when one man "nearly passed out from the struggle," police stated in a release on Thursday, March 15, 2023.  The police arrested 32-year-old Patrick Donald Ray Taylor after receiving a call from another man who said "his neighbor was being attacked," around 9:20 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2023. Upon arrival the Newville officers "identified the primary aggressor as Patrick Taylor of Newville," as stated in the release, "Taylor attacked his victim more (than) once via throwing him into the wall and other objects around the apartment. The victim claimed that he w…
Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police
Sleeping Baby Shot At By Lititz 'Squirrel' Hunter: Police A 24-year-old man shooting at a squirrel fired his gun into a nursery where a baby was sleeping in its crib, authorities announced in a release on Monday, March 6, 2023.  Dakota Leonel Johnson-Ortiz of 6 Windwood Place, Lititz later admitted to shooting a squirrel in the area at the same time the shot was heard, according to the release.  A neighbor heard a gunshot and told a parent living in the 100 block of Guilder Place in Warwick Township who called the police after they entered their sleeping baby's nursery and found debris on the floor as well as "dust and debris f…
'Will Pay Someone To Hurt Neighbor': PA Tenant Arrested After Terroristic FB Post, Police Say 'Will Pay Someone To Hurt Neighbor': PA Tenant Arrested After Terroristic FB Post, Police Say 'Will Pay Someone To Hurt Neighbor': PA Tenant Arrested After Terroristic FB Post, Police Say
'Will Pay Someone To Hurt Neighbor': PA Tenant Arrested After Terroristic FB Post, Police Say A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing charges after posting a message to Facebook offering to pay someone to hurt his neighbor, authorities said. John Hegedus' landlord in Pen Argyl apparently walked into the Slate Belt police station saying he "threatened" another tenant on Tuesday, Feb. 21 around 10:05 a.m., Slate Belt police said. The police chief saw Hegedus' Facebook post, which caused the other tenant "substantial fear," police said. Hegedus was subsequently arrested and arraigned before a Magisterial District Judge, who set bail at $35,000 with a 10% option. Hegedus was char…
Montco Mom Charged After 6-Year-Old Brings Gun To School: DA Montco Mom Charged After 6-Year-Old Brings Gun To School: DA Montco Mom Charged After 6-Year-Old Brings Gun To School: DA
Montco Mom Charged After 6-Year-Old Brings Gun To School: DA A 6-year-old boy in Norristown brought his mother's handgun to school, and now she's facing criminal charges, claims District Attorney Kevin Steele.  Jasmin Devlin, 30, surrendered to police on Tuesday, Feb. 14 and was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Albert J. Augustine who set bail at $50,000 unsecured, the DA said.  According to authorities Devlin's young son took the pistol on the school bus on Thursday, Feb. 9, and began showing classmates. A group of children immediately alerted a secretary when the bus arrived at the school, they said.  The secretary c…
York Felon Charged With Rape, Murder After Woman's 'Suspicious Death' In Harrisburg Garden York Felon Charged With Rape, Murder After Woman's 'Suspicious Death' In Harrisburg Garden York Felon Charged With Rape, Murder After Woman's 'Suspicious Death' In Harrisburg Garden
York Felon Charged With Rape, Murder After Woman's 'Suspicious Death' In Harrisburg Garden A known criminal has been charged with rape ad murder 15 days after a woman's body was found under "suspicious" circumstances, authorities say.  The unnamed woman was found in Harrisburg's Sunken Garden in Riverfront Park along North Front Street near Verbeke Street on Thursday, December 22, 2022, around 11:30 a.m., according to a release by area police that evening.  Officers called to the scene "immediately initiated" an investigation.  Brandon Martinex, 35, of York, was arrested in connection with this killing on Friday, Jan. 6, authorities announced over the weekend.&nbs…
PA Judge Lied About His Address To Get The Job, DA Says PA Judge Lied About His Address To Get The Job, DA Says PA Judge Lied About His Address To Get The Job, DA Says
PA Judge Lied About His Address To Get The Job, DA Says A judge in Pennsylvania will face criminal charges himself, after officials say he lied about where he lived in order to be appointed to the bench.  John R. Caffese, who has served as Magisterial District Judge for Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock townships since July, was arraigned on Thursday, Dec. 1 on multiple felony offenses, said Monroe County District Attorney E. David Christine Jr. in a statement.  Prosecutors say Caffese, 36, claimed to live in Tobyhanna while actually living in Stroudsburg — a violation of state law, which requires appointees to live in their district…
Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports
Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports A 24-year-old man who killed one person and hurt 17 when he plowed his car into a crowd at a fire benefit and then beat a woman dead with a hammer moments later has been identified by Pennsylvania State Police, they said. Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, of Nescopeck, Luzerne County, was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge on Sunday, Aug. 14, on two courts of criminal homicide. He was denied bail and remanded to the Columbia County Correctional Facility. Reyes was behind the wheel of a car that plowed into a crowd of people on West 2nd Street at the Intoxicology Department in B…
$20,000 Of Fentanyl Seized From Philadelphia Area Dealer: Police $20,000 Of Fentanyl Seized From Philadelphia Area Dealer: Police $20,000 Of Fentanyl Seized From Philadelphia Area Dealer: Police
$20,000 Of Fentanyl Seized From Philadelphia Area Dealer: Police A Philadelphia area man was found with more than $20,000 worth of fentanyl in an undercover bust, authorities said. Naim Payton, 23, of Morrisville, was set to sell a large quantity of the uncut, highly lethal drug on Monday, April 25, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Detectives spotted him on the 400 block of North Evans Street in Pottstown that evening, and stopped his car, Steele said alongside Pottstown Police Chief Mick Markovich. Detectives stopped Payton’s car and found 1,500 bags of uncut fentanyl. The 1,500 doses of fentanyl were packaged for sal…
4 Ounces Of Cocaine, $2K Worth Of Pot, Loaded Rifle Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA 4 Ounces Of Cocaine, $2K Worth Of Pot, Loaded Rifle Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA 4 Ounces Of Cocaine, $2K Worth Of Pot, Loaded Rifle Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA
4 Ounces Of Cocaine, $2K Worth Of Pot, Loaded Rifle Seized From Berks Drug Dealer: DA More than four ounces of cocaine, thousands of dollars worth of marijuana, and a loaded rifle were seized from a cocaine dealer in Berks County, authorities said. The Berks County DA's Office got a tip in January that Bryan Torres, 34, was dealing cocaine out of his Reading home, they said. A search warrant served at his home on Cotton Street turned up the following on Friday, March 25: Approximately 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of suspected cocaine, valued at $12,000 An amount of marijuana packaged for sales valued at $2,000. One loaded Anderson Manufacturing 5.56 caliber AR style rifl…
DUI Motorist Charged In Crash That Killed MontCo Woman Walking Dog DUI Motorist Charged In Crash That Killed MontCo Woman Walking Dog DUI Motorist Charged In Crash That Killed MontCo Woman Walking Dog
DUI Motorist Charged In Crash That Killed MontCo Woman Walking Dog A DUI motorist who struck a woman who was walking her dog along a Montgomery County sidewalk last month has been arrested in the case, authorities said. Michael Petrocik, 71, of Glenside, was charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, DUI, reckless driving, and other offenses in the December killing of 61-year-old Mary T. Duffy, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele, and Lower Moreland Township Police Chief David J. Scirrotto said on Jan. 28. Duffy was walking her dog along the 3000 block of Philmont Avenue in Huntingdon Valley when an Audi 6, driven by Petroci…
Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says
Norristown Teen Posted Video Playing With Victim's Gun Before Using It To Kill Her, DA Says A 16-year-old boy posted a video of himself playing with a 23-year-old Norristown woman's gun moments before he used it to kill her in her own home earlier this month, authorities said Wednesday. Victor Bell Jr. is facing a third-degree murder charge in the Jan. 3 shooting death of Diamond Rahatt, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Mark E. Talbot said. Norristown police responded to 1409 Markley St. around 1:40 p.m. on reports of shots fired, when they found Rahatt in her bedroom with a gunshot wound to her head, authorities said. She was taken …