Police have charged a 46-year-old Pennsylvania man with criminal homicide for the death of his 19-year-old daughter, who died in a housefire he set because he was angry about his separation from his estranged wife. Brian Shelleby was also charged with aggravated arson and causing catastrophe, Allegheny County Police said in a statement. Police said …
A Pennsylvania man was arrested on Monday and charged in his 8-week-old son’s death, nearly three years after the death was initially blamed on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Robert Jenkins has been charged with misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter, misdemeanor reckless endangerment, possession of drug paraphernalia, felony aggravated assault, and felony endangering the welfare of children, according …
A mother and grandmother have been charged with endangering the welfare of children after five kids were abandoned in a disgusting, filthy, and decrepit home in Pennsylvania while the mother ran off to live with her boyfriend. Hiedi Lynn Beer, 35, and Leslie Keller, 69, have each been charged with five counts of endangering the …
A Michigan man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter from ex-wife”s home in Pennsylvania on Sunday was arrested on Wednesday, still in the Keystone State. Police said the little girl has been brought back to her mother and Jafar Almaarej faces mutlple charges, including kidnapping and making terroristic threats, WDIV reported. “That’s the important thing, …
The man accused of the brutal slaying of a pregnant Amish woman in her home last year will spend the rest of his life in prison. Shawn Cranston, 53, was convicted last month of first degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler, second degree murder for the death of her unborn child, and …
Three people have been arrested and charged with child and animal abuse after five children were found living in the home in deplorable conditions in a Pennsylvania home. The investigation began when one of the children escaped out a window and was found by a neighbor walking his dog, WTAJ reported. The child was shoeless …
A Pennsylvania school crossing guard has been arrested and charged with repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl in his garage last summer. Ronald Rossman, 73, was arraigned on 11 charges, including rape, sexual assault, forcible compulsion, and corruption of minors, court documents say. An affidavit describes the teen as having “a developmental delay that impacts her …
A Pennsylvania police officer killed in an armed siege at a York hospital two months ago was killed by a shotgun blast from a fellow officer that also killed the gunman. York County District Attorney Tim Barker said thatWest York Patrolman Andrew W. Duarte was killed by the shotgun blast and a second officer was …
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 …
