A Pennsylvania man wanted for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend has been arrested in Atlanta after four years on the run. Justin Smith, 26, was arrested on Sunday after trying to a flee a traffic stop for driving on an expired registration, WPVI reported. Police eventually chased him down on foot and then learned …
The pathologist who conducted the autopsy on teacher Ellen Greenberg — and who changed his ruling on the manner of death from homicide to suicide at the insistence of police — has settled a lawsuit filed by Greenberg’s parents against three city officials claiming that they botched the investigation and covered it up. The Greenbergs …
A Philadelphia judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit can go forward against several city officials over the handling of the death of Ellen Greenburg, a 27-year-old teacher whose death was ruled a suicide despite being found with 20 stab wounds. The judge dismissed the lawsuit for one defendant — a police supervisor who was a …
A 17-year-old Philadelphia high school scholar-athlete was shot and killed Tuesday morning as he was preparing to leave for school with his mother. Noah Scurry was a senior at Samuel Fels High School, where he was captain of the school’s boy’s basketball team, KYW reported. He was getting into his mother’s car in an alley …
A body found in a Northeast Philadelphia garage on Sunday is believed to be that of a 51-year-old mom reported missing a day earlier. Investigators say Ivelisse Lugo was last seen at her home Saturday morning, possibly with her estranged husband. Her daughters reported her missing and began knocking on neighbors doors, asking if anyone …
Philadelphia Police found a 61-year-old woman dead and wrapped in plastic in a closet in her home this week after friends reported her missing. Police said Vladimir Lushevskiy, 65, was charged with abuse of a corpse, WCAU reported, and may face additional charges once an autopsy determines a cause of death for Lola Karabaeva. Karabaeva’s …
An unknown driver dropped off a gunshot victim at a Philadelphia hospital early Saturday morning and then three nurses with his vehicle as he fled the scene. The driver, in a silver Jeep, pulled into the ambulance bay at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at about 4:30 a.m. with a 28-year-old man inside who had multiple …
A Pennsylvania woman captured on surveillance footage shooting a baby in the leg has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Philadelphia Police said 28-year-old Dominique Billips fired multiple shots, apparently targeting the baby’s father over a $100 drug debt, but only struck the the 7-month-old boy, WCAU reported. The mother screamed, “My baby!” and …
Philadelphia police charged a 43-year-old man this week with the stabbing murders of his wife and mother-in-law. Leandro Barberena was charged with two counts of murder and related charges after police found Alma Barberena, 58, and Angela Trejo, 75, dead in the basement of Trejo’s home in the city’s Crescentville neighborhood, WPVI reported. Investigators said …
A 75-year-old woman and her 58-year-old daughter were found stabbed to death Tuesday in the basement of their home in Philadelphia’s Crescentville neighborhood. Police identified the victims as Angela Trejo and her daughter, Alma Barberena, and said both women suffered multiple stab wounds, WPVI reported. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said they …
Police in Philadelphia are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted by an unknown man while she was a on a Facetime call with her mother. Investigators say the incident took place at the intersection of K Street in Venango Street in the Kensington neighborhood just before 5 p.m. Thursday, WPVI reported. The …
A former Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty on Friday to fatally shooting an unarmed and fleeing 12-year-old boy in 2022. Edsaul Mendoza, 28 — who was fired after the incident — faces up to 40 years im prison when he is sentenced. He was initially charged with first- and third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and possessing …
