There’s “no doubt” a gunman who fired at police in several locations in the state capital, wounding one of them before they shot and killed him, was targeting police officers, a prosecutor said. Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer on Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper, wounding her before pursuing …
A young mother was shot dead in her Pennsylvania home with three small children inside nearby. Police were called to the home around 7 a.m. Saturday and found the victim, 24-year-old Samantha Stein, dead of unspecified causes, according to WHTM. With only weeks left in the year, Spring Grove authorities note this was the city’s …
A man who opened fire outside a Pennsylvania Walmart appeared in court with a tattoo of tombstones bearing his intended victims’ names before being sentenced to life on Thursday. WNEP reported that Scott Sargent, 33, will spend 179 to 358 years in prison for the October 2015 shooting which occurred in the parking lot of a Wilkes-Barre …
The suspect allegedly forces his victims into “sex slave contracts”
A Levittown, Pennsylvania, couple who took three young, severely neglected children with them when they shoplifted and bought heroin was sentenced to three to seven years in prison. The district attorney’s office announced the sentences for William Medl and Kimberly Block on Friday. Investigators accused them of subjecting their kids to a “nomadic existence” in …
A Pennsylvania father confessed to beating his infant daughter to death because she “would not stop crying.” George Gazzam, 30, initially told police that his 4-month-old daughter died after falling off of the bed and onto the floor Sunday, according to Allegheny County Police. County police Lt. Andrew Schurman said police responded to a call from …
A toddler drowned in a stranger’s pool after he wandered away from his home where his dad was passed out drunk in the yard, and now the dad is charged with his death. David Gammon, 35, was charged on Tuesday in connection with the death of his 2-year-old son Anakin. Gammon faces charges of involuntary …
The mother’s 15-year-old daughter witnessed the horrific shooting of her family members
Even without the victim’s body, police in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, believe they have arrested the man who killed a missing mother of two last month. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 31-year-old Leah Owens was reported missing on Sept. 17 after loved ones said she missed a fundraiser set up to benefit her sick mother. Days …
A 3-year-old is fighting for his life after allegedly being shot in the head by his 6-year-old brother in their Philadelphia home. WPVI reported that police arrested the kids’ father, Sirhaven Williams, 36, and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person following Saturday afternoon’s shooting. The father is facing …
A Latrobe, Pennsylvania, father is accused of selling drugs out of a maternity ward mere hours after his daughter was born. Greenburg police said they caught Cody Hulse, 25, Thursday with 34 stamped bags of heroin and assorted drug paraphernalia. Officers confronted Hulse in his girlfriend’s room, where he admitted to selling heroin to people …
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, teacher was seriously injured Wednesday when a fourth grader’s mother allegedly attacked her following a dispute over a cellphone. KDKA reported that the student bit Janice Watkins, 46, (pictured) a teacher at Pittsburgh King PreK-8 School, after Watkins confiscated her phone. Sources said the girl’s parents came to the school, where the mother …
