Pennsy Police Officer Kills Pet Snake Wrapped Around Man’s Neck
Animal Crimes
Murder
July 18, 2022
Pennsy Man Shoots Ex-Wife Dead, Thinking He’s Killing Her Boyfriend
A Pennsylvania man who shot and killed his ex-wife early Friday morning told investigators he thought he was shooting her boyfriend. Jose Bencosme, 55, fired several shots point-blank into a vehicle outside Lineage Logistics at about 4 a.m., striking 44-year-old Maria Rodriguez, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to WFMZ. Rodriguez had just …
Murder
July 3, 2022
Body Found, Bound and Shot, in Trunk of Burning Car
Fire crews responding to a car fire Saturday night on a bike path in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase found a body inside the trunk. Police said car had been doused with an accelerant, probably gasoline, making it “clearly an intentional act,” WTFX reported. The man in the trunk had been shot once in the head, and …
Hot car deaths
June 18, 2022
3-Month-Old Boy Dead After He’s Left in Hot Car for ‘Several Hours’
A 3-month-old Pennsylvania boy is dead after being left in a hot minivan for “several hours.” Allegheny Police were called to Upper Saint Clair at about 5 p.m. Thursday, when they found an unresponsive infant, according to TribLive. Paramedics attempts to save the baby boy, identified as Kayden Nguyen, were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced …
Homicide
June 1, 2022
Toddler Dies After Woman Reports He’s Choking on Baby Wipes. She’s Charged With Homicide.
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania woman was charged Tuesday with criminal homicide in the death of a 3-year-old boy. Pennsylvania State Police said a 911 call alerted first responders to a child “choking on baby wipes” in Everett Borough a little after 9 p.m. Saturday. The toddler, identified as Travis Young, was initially taken to the University …
Murder
May 28, 2022
Pennsylvania Man Kills Chiropractor Because He Didn’t Fix His Jaw Pain: Prosectors
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty this week to beating a beloved chiropractor to death in November 2020. Joseph O’Boyle, 22, was arrested more than a month after James Sowa was found dead in his home office, according to WTXF. Prosecutors say he killed the doctor because he believed the 63-year-old made his jaw pain worse. …
Kidnapping
May 27, 2022
Kidnap Victim Asks for ‘Help Loan’ at Bank, Employees Set Off Silent Alarm
An alert Pennsylvania bank employee helped rescue a kidnapped woman on Wednesay when her captor brought her in to apply for a loan and she asked for a “help loan.” The employee set off the bank’s silent alarm, usually used for a robbery, and police arrived and arrested 36-year-old Wilson Medina-Garcia, charging him with kidnapping, …
School Crimes
May 24, 2022
Pennsy High School Shut Down After Student Stabbed
A Pennsylvania high school was shut down and students dismissed Tuesday morning after a student was stabbed. Police were sent to the nurse’s office at Coatesville Area Senior High School just before 7:30 a.m. for student with a “slash type” wound to the shoulder. The student was taken to a nearby hospital, and his condition …
Child sex crimes
May 18, 2022
Pennsylvania Music Teacher’s Husband Outs Her Relationship With 17-Year-Old School Girl
A Pennsylvania high school choir director has been arrested, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old female student, after her husband learned of the relationship and reported it to school officials. New Wilmington Borough police last week charged Olivia Lois Ortz, 26, with two counts of sexual contact with a student, one count …
Attempted Murder
May 3, 2022
Pennsy Mom Shoots Kids in the Head AS THEY SLEPT: Prosecutor
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with shooting her 9- and 13-year-old sons early Monday as they lay sleeping in their beds. Trinh Nguyen, 38, is also charged with trying to kill a neighbor who came to investigate the sound of gunfire, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Nguyen has been charged with three counts of attempted …
Murder
May 1, 2022
Philly Man Kills Grandfather Who Objected to the Condition of His Room
A 22-year-old man has been accused of shooting his grandfather to death and then killing a second man two days later when he came to check on the grandfather. Philadelphia police said that Benjamin McMichael, 67, went into his grandson’s room on Thursday and objected to the condition of the room, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. …
Shooting
April 17, 2022
2 Minors Dead in Shooting at Massive Airbnb Party
Eight more people were wounded in the shooting, and five were injured trying to flee the second story party.