Pennsylvania

Teen Charged with Beating 68-Year-Old Man to Death

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An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man, Brian Deante Gray, has been arrested and charged with criminal homicide following the death of a 68-year-old man, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. The victim, identified as Michael Pfender, was found dead in a garage at a residence on North Duke Street in Manheim Township. The local police department was alerted to an unspecified incident at the residence around 6:30 a.m. The caller, who remained vague about the …

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Woman Fatally Stabs Dog and Bites Two People

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A Pennsylvania woman, 26, is facing up to 12 years in prison after confessing to a home invasion that resulted in the fatal stabbing of a family dog and injuries to two individuals. Breanna Englert was sentenced by Judge Michael F. Salisbury of the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, following her guilty plea to charges of criminal trespass, animal cruelty, and making terroristic threats. Englert, identifiable by a “Lady Justice” tattoo on …

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Parents Charged After 4-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Himself in Head

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A couple from Pennsylvania is facing charges after their four-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the head with a handgun that was left unsecured on the floor of their bedroom. The parents, Laura Steele and Michael Lynn, are being charged with endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. The incident, which occurred on July 6, resulted in serious injuries to their son, Ronnie Lynn. District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli, in a statement released …

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Beloved 42-Year-Old News Anchor Found Dead

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The tragic death of Emily Matson, a 42-year-old local TV news anchor from northwestern Pennsylvania, has been confirmed as a suicide, according to official reports released on Tuesday. Matson’s life was tragically cut short when she was struck by a train in Fairview Township, her place of residence, as reported by Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook. Cook stated that the evidence pointing to suicide was irrefutable. Matson’s untimely death has left her colleagues at Erie …

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Couple Arrested for Alleged Beating, Leading to 5-Year-Old’s Death

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In a shocking incident, a couple from Pennsylvania, who were the adoptive parents of a 5-year-old boy, have been apprehended on charges of physical and emotional abuse that led to the child’s death. The accused, Lauren E. Maloberti and Jacob N. Maloberti, were taken into custody last Thursday, facing multiple felony charges in connection with the death of their son, Landon Maloberti, earlier this year. Jacob Maloberti, a corrections officer at Fayette State Correctional Center, …

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Murder suspect took road trip with family while victim was in passenger seat covered up

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This week, a 41-year-old man from Pennsylvania was arrested on suspicion of killing his 44-year-old employer. Police believe he shot Daryl Vincent Lee with a shotgun while inside a pickup truck, before covering the body with clothes and tools and discarding it on the side of the road after returning from a drive to Maryland with his girlfriend and child. Justin Allen Green was taken into custody and has been charged with one count of …

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Heroic dad dies saving 2 children while fishing

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Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas, a heroic dad, gave up his own life to save two children while fishing with his 3-year-old son Dylan and some friends on Lake Nockamixon. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Chicas noticed two kids having difficulty in the water near Tohickon Creek around 5 p.m. and, despite being unable to swim, immediately leapt into action. The two children were rescued but unfortunately Chicas disappeared beneath …

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Man killed wife and set home ablaze with his 3 kids inside

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On Wednesday, Lancaster County Judge Denis Reinaker declared that Carlos Montalvo-Rivera, a five-year-old man from Pennsylvania, will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife, 30-year-old Olga Sanchez, and for setting their family home on fire with their three children inside. Montalvo-Rivera had tried to fabricate a story of a home invasion, tying himself up to support it. Judge Reinaker told him that the jury did not believe his …

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Woman charged with harassing ex-boyfriend on social media so severely, he committed suicide

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Mandie Rose Reusch, 35, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and charged with one count of aiding suicide, a felony, and one count of harassment, a misdemeanor, for her involvement in the death of 37-year-old Keven Metzger. This arrest was the result of a two-year investigation led by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Westmoreland District Attorney’s Office. The charges against Reusch are due to her relationship with Metzger, who took his own life on …

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2 boys killed in their front yard playing with kittens

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On Friday, prosecutors in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, declared that they would pursue the death penalty against 22-year-old Alex Torres Santos, who was previously under house arrest and wearing an ankle monitor for a prior shooting. This was in connection with the senseless act of violence that resulted in the deaths of two young brothers who were innocently playing with kittens in their yard and another young man, as well as a neighbor being severely injured …

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