NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report
NJ Attorney Among 2 DUI Drivers Charged In Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Nurse: Report Two New Jersey women, including a 36-year-old attorney, have been charged with drunk driving following a three-vehicle crash on Staten Island that killed a 66-year-old woman, authorities said. Shannon Theodore, 36, of Somerset, who was identified as a lawyer by Staten Island Advance, was driving a 2019 Range Rover Velar northbound in the southbound lanes of the West Shore Expressway when she collided head-on with a 2025 Kia Seltos around 5:36 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, the New York Police Department said. The Kia's driver, Duck Park, 66, of Staten Island, was pronounced dead at the sc…
PA Homeowners' 'Lynching' Halloween Display Draws Outrage PA Homeowners' 'Lynching' Halloween Display Draws Outrage PA Homeowners' 'Lynching' Halloween Display Draws Outrage
PA Homeowners' 'Lynching' Halloween Display Draws Outrage A Pennsylvania homeowner's Halloween display featuring tombstones and bodies wrapped in bags hanging from a tree with nooses around their necks has sparked outrage from the NAACP and local residents. The display at Cleveland Street and Farragut Avenue in Bristol Borough, Bucks County, has drawn criticism over its resemblance to lynching, with the NAACP calling the imagery deeply harmful. Residents raised concerns about the decorations during a borough council meeting earlier in the week, as reported by Lower Bucks Source. One resident called the display offensive. In response, Council Pres…
NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44 NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44 NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44
NJ Woman Who Outsmarted Serial Killer, Escaped In Handcuffs Dies At 44 Tiffany Taylor, a New Jersey woman whose testimony helped convict a serial killer she narrowly escaped while handcuffed, has died at age 44. Taylor died in her sleep, according to her mother, Lola Acevedo, who shared the news in a GoFundMe campaign. Raised in Jersey City's housing projects, Taylor eventually turned to sex work and robbing men. In 2016, she met Khalil Wheeler-Weaver through a friend and reportedly robbed him after spending several hours together, NJ Advance Media reports. She later agreed to meet him again at a hotel in Elizabeth, where the encounter took a terrifying t…
BODYCAM: Former PA Trucker Said He Needed His Oxygen Tank, Days Later, He Was Dead BODYCAM: Former PA Trucker Said He Needed His Oxygen Tank, Days Later, He Was Dead BODYCAM: Former PA Trucker Said He Needed His Oxygen Tank, Days Later, He Was Dead
Bodycam: Former PA Trucker Said He Needed His Oxygen Tank, Days Later, He Was Dead Newly released police bodycam footage, 911 audio and radio transmissions shed light on an encounter with police in New Jersey that left a former firefighter dead five days later (scroll for bodycam footage). Steven Fitzpatrick, 61, of Pittstown, suffered a medical emergency while three law enforcement officers were attempting to handcuff him in Franklin Township on Tuesday, March 10, according to the New Jersey Attorney General's Office.  At 10:07 a.m.  a caller reported that Fitzpatrick had left a property on Locust Grove Road following a dispute and threatened to return wit…
Yale Cop Fired Shot Through Car Windows To Stop Man's Suicide Attempt: Police Yale Cop Fired Shot Through Car Windows To Stop Man's Suicide Attempt: Police Yale Cop Fired Shot Through Car Windows To Stop Man's Suicide Attempt: Police
Yale Cop Fired Shot Through Car Windows To Stop Man's Suicide Attempt: Police Investigators are releasing new details about a Yale University police officer who fired through a car’s windows as a man inside was attempting to kill himself with a knife.  Officer Ancil Farrier fired into a vehicle parked on Whitney Ave. in New Haven on Wednesday, Oct. 14, according to preliminary findings from Connecticut’s Office of Inspector General. He fired the second shot as other officers entered the car to remove the man. Jose Cubiz, 48, who was in the car, wasn't hit by the gunfire, investigators said. He remains at Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment of stab wounds …
Woman Poisons Acquaintance's Tea During Meeting Over Missing Money: Prosecutor Woman Poisons Acquaintance's Tea During Meeting Over Missing Money: Prosecutor Woman Poisons Acquaintance's Tea During Meeting Over Missing Money: Prosecutor
Woman Poisons Acquaintance's Tea During Meeting Over Missing Money: Prosecutor A New Jersey woman is accused of poisoning an acquaintance's tea during a meeting at a local restaurant to discuss suspicious activity in the victim's bank accounts, authorities said. Rohweniven Bacani, 52, of Hackensack, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 15, following a weeks-long investigation into the Sept. 8 incident, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim had agreed to meet Bacani at the restaurant to discuss unauthorized banking activity she had discovered in financial accounts to which Bacani had shared access, Musella said. When the victim arrived, Bacani was already ther…
Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG
Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG A former Pennsylvania district attorney who had emergency kits seized from active ambulances and locked in his office was convicted Friday, Oct. 16, authorities announced. Former Greene County District Attorney David Russo was found guilty of official oppression following three days of testimony, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. A Fayette County senior judge returned the verdict. Russo used his office to have “Stop the Bleed” kits designed for mass casualty events removed from county ambulances, taking them out of service, prosecutors said. He directed a detective working for the…
GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit
GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit A girlfriend discovered videos of an unconscious woman being raped on a Pennsylvania teen’s cellphone — and a tattoo helped identify the victim as his relative, investigators wrote. Tristan Gray Walker, 18, of Mount Union, is charged with rape and 13 related offenses following the discovery of the recordings in a hidden folder on his phone, according to court documents Daily Voice obtained on Thursday, Oct. 15. The investigation began Sunday, Oct. 11, when a relative went to the Pennsylvania State Police Huntingdon barracks after receiving a video through Snapchat from Walker’s girlfriend, …
Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG
Thousands Of Pets Dumped In Landfill In $650K Pennsylvania Cremation Scheme: AG Thousands of cats and dogs were dumped in a landfill while grieving Pennsylvania families paid for private cremations and received ashes from unknown sources — and the operator is now expected to plead guilty, the Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Patrick Roy Vereb, of Pittsburgh, the former owner and operator of Eternity Pet Memorials, is expected to plead guilty to all criminal charges at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Courtroom 316 of the Allegheny County Courthouse, authorities said. His attorney notified the court of the planned plea. Sentencing will take place at a…
Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Pennsylvania, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Pennsylvania, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Pennsylvania, Driver Charged: Affidavit
Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Pennsylvania, Driver Charged: Affidavit A child suffered a fractured left arm and shoulder when an SUV driver failed to stop for a school bus’s flashing red lights in Dauphin County on Friday, Oct. 9, police wrote in court documents. William M. Hanna Sr., 82, of Harrisburg, is charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, along with summary counts of failing to stop for a school bus and reckless driving, according to the criminal complaint. Daily Voice obtained court documents on Friday, Oct. 16. Susquehanna Township police responded to Crooked Hill Road and Dogwood Drive at approximately 6:30 a.m., where Officer Jeremy Wey…
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Pennsylvania Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Pennsylvania Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison for possessing more than 100 photos and videos of child sexual abuse after a cybertip led investigators to his Northampton County home and workplace, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 16. Matthew John Kocher, 32, of Nazareth, was sentenced this week in Northampton County Court to 12 to 24 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to numerous felony counts of sexual abuse of children, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Kocher will also serve three years of probation and be subject to sex offender supervision conditions following…
3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police
3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police Three Philadelphia schools were placed on lockdown or evacuated after threats believed to have come from the same caller on Friday morning, Oct. 16, police said. The threats targeted Masterman School, the School of the Future, and Benjamin Franklin High School, prompting precautionary security measures and police responses at all three locations, according to Philadelphia Police Officer Tanya Little. At Masterman School, located at 1699 Spring Garden Street, a lockdown began around 8:30 a.m. The school was cleared by police at 9:31 a.m. Benjamin Franklin High School, at 550 North Broad Str…