13-year-old fatally shoots younger brother in the head while playing ‘cops and robbers’: Affidavit
Homicide
An investigation found that the 9-year-old boy was shot at close range
Kidnapping
July 11, 2020
Amish teen missing for a month was abducted, prosecutors say
A Pennsylvania Amish woman missing for nearly a month was abducted, Lancaster County prosecutors said Saturday, and a man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment. But the whereabouts of Linda Stoltztfoos, 18, remain unknown, although investigators believe she “was harmed following her abduction,” the Lancaster County district attorney’s office said, according …
Missing
July 10, 2020
Amish teen disappeared walking home from church 4 weeks ago
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information about the disappearance of Linda Stoltzfoos, an Amish woman who hasn’t been seen in nearly a month. Stoltzfoos, 18, was last seen at about 12:30 p.m. on June 21 after church services at a home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Bird-in-Hand, NBC10 reported. But her family …
Juveniles
July 9, 2020
13-year-old boy shoots and kills 9-year-old brother during game of ‘cops and robbers’
A 13-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been charged as an adult in the shooting death of his 9-year-old brother, according to the Chambersburg Public Opinion. Brayden Leroy Wright told police he and his brother were in the living room of their Waynesboro home early Wednesday morning when he decided he wanted to play “cops and …
Robbery
June 24, 2020
Mom was getaway driver for adult son robbing store at gunpoint, cops say
A Pennsylvania woman allegedly admitted to being the getaway driver for her son who robbed a store at gunpoint. PennLive reported that Lori Ann McHenry, 52, confessed to driving her son, Steven James Martin, 28, to and from Sam’s Place Lottery & Tobacco on March 18. She allegedly also admitted to providing false information to investigators. …
Sex Crimes
May 26, 2020
Predator boyfriend repeatedly rapes girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter, giving her gonorrhea: Report
A Pennsylvania man remains jailed amid allegations that he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl and gave her a sexually-transmitted disease (STD). According to NorthCentralPA.com and the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport City police arrested Daniel Prieto, 38, on suspicion of having forced the child to have oral and vaginal sex on at least three occassions in January. …
Missing
May 20, 2020
Hunt for woman missing for 2 years returns to ex-boyfriend’s property with heavy equipment, cadaver dog
Investigators searching for a Pennsylvania mother missing for more than two years returned Wednesday to the home of her ex-boyfriend’s mother, bringing with them a cadaver dog and excavators. Police have searched the Westmoreland County property several times since Cassandra Gross was last heard from on April 7, 2018, and they did not say what …
Child Abuse
May 20, 2020
Father arrested for rape, forcing 3-year-old to smoke POT: Police
Authorities in Pennsylvania have accused a man of raping the mother of his children and teaching his 3-year-old daughter how to smoke marijuana. According to WTHM, Mount Holly police got involved after Children and Youth Services forwarded them a complaint, filed Monday, from a woman claiming she was raped by someone in her household and …
Murder
May 14, 2020
Mom, boyfriend charged in death of toddler boy who spent nearly a month in the hospital
A Pennsylvania mother whose 3-year-old son died from suspected abuse after nearly a month in the hospital has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, aggravated assault and other charges related to the body’s death, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mikel Fetterman was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on March …
Animal Abuse
May 13, 2020
Police chief’s stepson tortures deer in graphic viral video, gets off with small fine and NO jail
A Pennsylvania man who was filmed in November abusing a deer with another teen was sentenced Monday to probation and community service. Alexander Smith, 19, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cruelty to animals and four summary charges to avoid felony aggravated animal cruelty charges. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the incident occurred after a 16-year-old boy …
Missing
May 5, 2020
Foul odor leads cops to woman’s rotting body in broken refrigerator at boyfriend’s apartment building: Report
A Pennsylvania man was criminally charged after his missing girlfriend’s body was reportedly discovered in his apartment building on Monday. KDKA reported that residents at a McKees Rocks apartment building informed police of a foul odor. An investigation led them to the second floor, where they reportedly discovered Kristy Jefferson’s badly decomposed body in a …
Murder for hire
April 28, 2020
Teen girl, boyfriend busted in murder-for-hire plot against her stepfather
A 16-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend in central Pennsylvania have been charged with trying to recruit someone to kill her stepfather after he caught the couple in bed, the Lock Haven Express reported. Dillian Mikel Weaver of Williamsport and Angelina Grace Peluso of Trout Run have each been charged with criminal solicitation to commit …