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Chalfont man killed in Montgomeryville motorcycle crash Tuesday morning
A 43-year-old man from Chalfont was killed Tuesday morning when his 2020 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle collided with truck and an SUV at the intersection of County Line Road and Limekiln Pike. Montgomery Township Police were dispatched at 8:53 a.m. to the intersection for a report of a vehicle collision involving...
Man left motorcyle crash after his passenger was on road injured, Warminister police say
A 30-year-old Warminster man is facing multiple felony charges after he crashed his motorcycle seriously injuring his female passenger, then left the accident scene. Warminster Police allege that Joseph “Sonny” Hudicek should not have been driving at all because he had a DUI-suspended license when the accident occurred on April 14, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Grandma describes moments after toddler fell from window in Kensington: ‘It was an accident’
PHILADELPHIA - A 2-year-old girl is in critical condition after police say she fell from a window of a home in Kensington Sunday night. Officers responded to a hospital case on the 500 block of East Indiana Avenue in Kensington around 9:10 p.m. The young girl had fallen out of...
Man convicted of killing Temple University student Samuel Collington sentenced to decades in prison
The man convicted of killing a Temple University student during a robbery back in 2021 will spend decades behind bars.Latif Williams, 19, was convicted of third-degree murder back in February in the death of 21-year-old Samuel Collington of Prospect Park, Pa.He was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 - 50 years in prison.Police say Collington was shot and killed while returning to the North Philadelphia campus after spending Thanksgiving break with his family.He was set to graduate the following spring.Authorities said he was unloading his SUV near the 2200 block of N. Park Avenue when Williams snuck up on him and a struggle ensued.Collington was shot in the chest and back. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he died of his injuries.
Norristown Hospital Patient Kills Roommate, DA Says
Kyle Samuels-Robey was sharing a room with 25-year-old Jacob Gonzalez at the state-run psychiatric facility when the incident happened on Sunday, July 14, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Pennsylvania State Police Captain Gerard B. McShea said. At 9:30 p.m., a hospital security employee looked into the pair's...
Juvenile Uses Knife to Rob Gas Station Before Leading Warrington Police on a Foot Chase
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A juvenile who police said committed a robbery at knife point was captured after a brief foot chase down Street Road early Monday morning. At about 2 a.m. on July 15, police were sent to the Sunoco-A Plus on Easton Road and Street Road for the report of an armed robbery. A suspect broke the glass on the front door of the store and flashed a knife at the clerk inside before jumping over the counter and stealing several items.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The suspect then fled east on Street...
A suburban Philly community mourns woman killed in Poconos golf cart accident
Everyone needs a friend like Brenna Abbinanti, her best friend Dori Sawyer said. When she died on Friday, it devastated many in the suburban Philadelphia community where she lived. Abbinanti died at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg following a golf cart accident over the Fourth of July weekend in the Poconos, the...
Emergency personnel on scene of motorcycle accident with injuries, cardiac arrest in Montgomeryville Tuesday morning
At least one person was taken to Jefferson Lansdale Hospital with immediate life-threatening injuries by VMSC Emergency Medical Services, following a vehicle accident involving a driver with cardiac arrest Tuesday morning in Montgomery Township, affecting traffic near the intersection of County Line and Lower State roads. Reports stated a vehicle...
Man shot dead, another stabbed in Olney attack
Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was killed and another hospitalized in an attack that happened in the city's Olney neighborhood early Monday. According to police, the incident happened at about 12:35 a.m. on Monday near the intersection of 5th and Ruscomb streets in Olney. Responding officers to...
Man, 67, charged in shooting death of woman in North Philadelphia: police
PHILADELPHIA - A 67-year-old man is being charged with the murder of a woman who police say was found shot to death earlier this month. Jarome Edens, a North Philadelphia resident, turned himself in to police on Tuesday in the killing of 48-year-old Rasheedah Lane. Officers from the Philadelphia Police...
Amazon worker fires gunshots in South Philly during altercation with school bus aide
Philadelphia police are investigating after an Amazon delivery worker fired gunshots during an altercation with a school bus aide.It happened shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday on the corner of 17th and Christian streets in South Philadelphia.This all started when police say a school bus driver was unable to make a turn due to a parked Amazon van.Chopper 6 over shots fired incident in South Philadelphia on July 17, 2024.Officials tell Action News the aide on the bus got out and asked the worker to move. That's when an altercation ensued and at some point, shots were fired by the Amazon worker.No injuries were reported.Police say the school bus was full of children transporting campers. The students were able to take shelter inside the nearby Edwin M. Stanton School.The Amazon worker is now in custody and will be facing charges.Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.
Montgomery County leaders ‘condemn any form of violence’ following Trump campaign rally shooting
NORRISTOWN — In the days following an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in western Pennsylvania, political leaders have continued to call for calm. The Saturday evening incident in Butler, Pa. left one person dead and two others wounded. Reports from the Associated Press...
Police search for meat thieves who made off with $15,000 worth of beef
Police are investigating a rash of thefts and robberies across the city they say have targeted cargo trucks carrying meat. Investigators count nine such robberies and two attempts since June 26.
Armored truck robbed at gunpoint outside Philadelphia
Two men armed with long guns robbed an armored truck outside Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. The suspects sported colored visibility vests when they held up the Brinks truck at an AutoZone in Chester on Tuesday afternoon, the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. The ambitious robbery occurred less than a mile from Chester Police Department headquarters. One ...
Ex-officer guilty of perjury, obstruction for role in wrongful murder conviction case
A jury convicted a former Philadelphia homicide detective for assaulting a suspect to obtain a confession and then lying about it in court.James Pitts was found guilty of obstruction and perjury on Tuesday.Pitts was accused of assaulting Obina Onyiah in 2010, which resulted in Onyiah confessing to a robbery and murder of William Glatz at a jewelry store, which he did not commit.Onyiah's conviction was vacated in 2021 after evidence showed he could not have committed the crime.Pitts is scheduled to be sentenced on October 4.According to the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, this is the first time in the city's history that a Philadelphia detective has been found guilty of coercing a confession that led to the wrongful conviction of an innocent person."My administration will continue to seek evenhanded justice in all cases prosecuted by this office, regardless of the defendant, because no one is above the law," said DA Larry Krasner.
South Jersey Woman Missing After Entering Car, Police Investigating
Urgent: Missing South Jersey Woman Last Seen Entering Her Car, Police Say. Authorities in South Jersey are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing woman, who was last seen entering her vehicle. The incident has left the community concerned and law enforcement agencies on high alert. Details of...
2nd suspect wanted for shooting at Frankford Convenience Store
Philadelphia Police have arrested a man and are looking for another who is responsible for a shooting that killed a clerk at the Frankford Convenience Store on July 11th. 37-year-old Kharee Simmons was arrested and charged with Murder, Criminal Conspiracy, Robbery, Theft-Unlawful Taking, and Theft-Receiving Stolen Property in the shooting of Kenneth Kennedy-McLeod. Police say […]
Rite Aid says some customers' name, address and driver's license numbers accessed in data breach
PHILADELPHIA — Amid bankruptcy proceedings and the closure of hundreds of stores across the country, Rite Aid Corporation said Monday some customers' personal data was compromised. The data breach happened on June 6 when an unknown third party impersonated an employee to get login credentials. That allowed this third...
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