Pennsy Man Dead After Dousing Himself, His Home With Gasoline Lighting Fire
Murder-Suicide
Simon Hen was reportedly angry about a pending separation from his wife. She, their three children, and a guest were at the home, and all survived.
child endangerment
January 16, 2025
11-Year-Old Boy Calls 911 on Mom for Handcuffing Him in Basement
A Pennsylvania mother was arrested over the weekend after her 11-year-old son called 911 and said he was chained to a bunk bed in his home. A Lebanon County Regional Police officer responded to the call and found the boy handcuffed to the railing of a top bunk, PennLive.com reported. According to the arrest affidavit …
Murder-Suicide
January 14, 2025
Teen Son Wipes Out Family in Triple Murder-Suicide
The shooting deaths of four family members in a Pittsburgh suburb Sunday night were a murder-suicide apparently carried out by the family’s oldest teen son. Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible told KDKA that the investigation is still in the early stages, but it appears that 19-year-old Clifford Hunt Jr. was the last person shot. …
Murder
January 14, 2025
Mother of 4 Found Stabbed to Death in Pennsylvania Dumpster
A 39-year-old New Jersey mother of four was found dead in a dumpster in Pennsylvania on Saturday. The Lehigh County Coroner identified the body on Monday as Lucrecia Jadan Sumba and said she died from “sharp force injuries.” The body was found in a dumpster in Coopersburg borough, WFMZ reported, but police did not say …
Prison
January 12, 2025
Pennsy Man Accused of Killing, Dismembering Roommate Found Dead in Cell From Suicide
A Pennsylvania man accused of killing and dismembering his roommate last year was found dead in his jail cell before he was to stand trial. Lehigh County officials said Joshua Moser, 34, committed suicide on Saturday, WCAU reported. Authorities found the dismembered parts of 37-year-old David Hittinger’s body in three different locations and arrested Moser …
Assault
January 9, 2025
Man ‘Viciously’ Beaten at VFW Bar While Others Watch and Do Nothing
A Pennsylvania police department is looking for a man captured on video at a local VFW savagely beating another man for 30 minutes. Brett Ours, 39, left after his assault on Sunday night, and none of the three people in VFW bar at the time called 911 until after he left, the City of Aliquippa …
Attempted Murder
January 8, 2025
20-Year-Old Woman Stabs Man Because He Didn’t Return Her Texts Fast Enough
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania woman was arrested early Tuesday morning after she allegedly stabbed a man when he didn’t answer her text messages. Jillian West is charged with attempted murder, burglary, and assault in the incident, which took place just before 1:30 a.m., WHP reported. Troopers said West initially claimed she stabbed the victim in self …
Death investigation
January 7, 2025
24-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in Stairwell of Her Home
Police in Pennsylvania are investigating the suspicious death of a 24-year-old woman found dead on Monday in the stairwell of her home. An application for a search warrant said possibly ligature marks were found on Haley Mills’ neck and that money was strewn about the home, The Republican Herald reported. Pennsylvania State Police have taken …
Attempted Murder
January 4, 2025
1-Year-Old Boy in Medically Induced Coma After Mom’s Boyfriend Beat Him ‘Like a Man’
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with attempted murder after he left his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son in a medically induced coma while a recovers from a severe beating. The little boy suffered a stroke and had a broken vertebra in his neck, WPXI reported. Police say the mother’s boyfriend, Lyndon Henderson, was watching her son …
Sextortion
January 3, 2025
Coroner Rules 13-Year-Old Boy’s Death Was Homicide by Sextortion
A Pennsylvania coroner has ruled a 13-year-old boy’s death this summer as homicide due to sextortion. Levi Maciejewski was found dead of a gunshot wound in the backyard of his family’s home in Cumberland County in August, WGAL reported. District Attorney Sean McCormack confirmed the coroner’s ruling. “The circumstances leading up to his death, a …
Child sex crimes
December 28, 2024
Pennsylvania Man Charged with 102 Counts of Raping Child Relatives
A Pennsylvania man charged with 81 counts of raping a minor relative — including impregnating the girl — has now been charged with 21 additional counts of raping another minor relative. At leaset one of Scott Sandfort’s victims was his daughter, NorthCentralPA.com reported. Sandfort, 51, was released on a $200,000 bail after the first arrest …
Child Abuse
November 26, 2024
Mom, Boyfriend Arrested After Toddlers Brought to Hospital With Multiple Fractures
A Pennsylvania mother and her boyfriend face multiple counts of child abuse after she brought her two toddlers to the hospital with clear signs of abuse. The children, 2 and 3, were hospitalized at UPMC Children’s Hospital on November 5, WPXI reported. A criminal complaint said that the 2-year-old had fractures in his leg, hand, …