A Pennsylvania mother and grandmother were arrested this week and charged with the abuse of a 12-year-old girl they allegedly restrained in her bed and fed cat food. Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said the girl weighed 50 pound when she was rescued from her abusers, The Citizen’s Voice reported. Amanda Lynn Gregorio, 35, …
A Pennsylvania judge on Monday denied bond for the man accused of breaking into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion early Sunday morning and setting fire to it while the governor, his family, and multiple guests were sleeping. The fire caused millions of dollars in damage to the home, which was built in 1968 and did not …
A Pennsylvania judge was found guilty this week of attempted murder and aggravated assault stemming from the February 20, 2024, shooting of her ex-boyfriend at his home in Susquehanna Township. Sonya McKnight, a Dauphin County magisterial judge, was found guilty of shooting the victim in the head while he was sleeping, according to the Cumberland …
A suburban Philadelphia fire chief has been suspended after he was arrested and charged with throwing his infant daughter so hard he fractured her skull. Brian Salt served as chief of the Falls Township Fire Company until his suspension. He was also placed on administrative leave from his post as a firefighter and emergency medical …
A Pennsylvania State trooper has been suspended from duty without pay after he was charged with harassing a witness in a child abuse investigation. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said that Christopher S. Young, 34, was denied bail at his arraignment after a district judge “deemed him a danger to himself and others.” He is …
A Pennsylvania man wanted for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend has been arrested in Atlanta after four years on the run. Justin Smith, 26, was arrested on Sunday after trying to a flee a traffic stop for driving on an expired registration, WPVI reported. Police eventually chased him down on foot and then learned …
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he allegedly slit his wife’s throat and then stabbed her multiple times to make sure she was dead. The Northampton County District Attorney’s Office said that Bethlehem Township Police were sent to the home James Christopher Frank, 57, shared with his wife, 55-year-old Deborah Glaser, Tuesday morning for …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with shooting his ex-girlfriend in the head at a Port Allegany motel. Port Allegany Police were looking for a woman after she was reported missing by her family and received a tip that her ex-boyfriend, 27-year-old Brian Kuchinka, had been at the Mid-Town Motel since the break-up earlier this …
Pennsylvania officials have identified the gunman who entered a York County hospital with a handgun and zip ties, held staffers at gunpoint, and died when law enforcement opened fire to protect those staffers. West York Borough police officer Andrew Duarte was killed in the shoot out, the borough said in a statement on Facebook. York …
A Pennsylvania therapist has been accused of indecently assaulting three children, one of them during a session at his office. Cumberland Township Police said in the charges against 55-year-old David Mitchell that two of the girls were assaulted at his Gettysburg home during a play date, WHTM reported. He is accused of inappropriately touching all …
A Pennsylvania couple was arrested this week after an investigation determined that they had failed “to provide the necessary follow-up care for their newborn premature twins and feeding them so little that they became dangerously malnourished.” The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said the twins, born on October 7, 2024, at 32 weeks, weighed 3.74 …
Two young children were removed from a Pennsylvania home this week after the residence was found in “deplorable condition” and their parents were arrested on drug charges. Jessica Walters, 35, was charged with endangering the welfare of children, recklessly endangering another person, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, …
