‘Bounty’ On Missing Man Led To Kidnapping; 2 Charged With Murder: Reading Police
A Pennsylvania man with a “bounty” placed on his head was lured into an alley, assaulted, and later handed over to two armed men now facing murder charges, police announced Thursday, Oct. 22.
Luke Foxx, 21, and Josiah Vaux, 23, were taken into custody in connection with the disappearance of Michael Petrino Jr., who was reported missing by family members in western Lebanon County in late March, according to Reading police.
Both men face second-degree murder, kidnapping, and related charges following a seven-month investigation, police said. Reading officers and the United States Marshals Ser…
Same Two Men Charged In Separate Landover Murders Nine Days Apart: Police
Two murders. Nine days apart. Two of the same accused killers. And Maryland investigators say there's no indication the deadly shootings are connected.
Devin Spivey, 22, of Laurel, and Shamar Evans, 19, of Washington, DC, are now charged in both October 2024 murders in Landover, where 18-year-old Kesean Pollard and 29-year-old Tresean Sparrow Bey were gunned down in separate shootings that remain under investigation by Prince George's County Police.
The first killing occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, when Pollard was found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in the 7100 block o…
Swatara Auto Parts Worker ID'd As Stabbing Victim; Sex Offender Suspect Captured In Maryland
A Pennsylvania auto parts worker was found stabbed to death inside her workplace on Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, and a coworker with a history of sex offenses against a child was later captured in Maryland, according to police and court records.
The victim was identified as Mary Kelly, a boss at Factory Motor Parts, formerly B&I Auto Supply, at 1700 Bobali Drive in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Clifton B. Emerson Sr., 63, of Harrisburg, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death, court…
Mahopac Man Caught With Drunk Underage Girl, Charged With Rape: Sheriff
A Putnam County man is facing multiple felony sex crime charges involving underage girls after deputies looking for a missing teenager found her highly intoxicated inside his vehicle, authorities said.
Mahopac resident Joseph J. Filingeri, 33, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 16, following an investigation that uncovered evidence of alleged sexual offenses involving multiple underage girls, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
The investigation began late on Tuesday, Oct. 6, when deputies responded to a report of a missing teenage girl who was believed to be w…
New London Teen Remembered For Heartwarming Smile As Community Seeks Funeral Help
Richard Rowell Jr. could break the tension with a smile, his father said. Now, a fundraiser wants to give his father hope as he prepares to lay the 18-year-old Connecticut victim to rest.
Rowell, of New London, died after officers found him inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 14, police said. Officers responded to a parking lot near Garfield and Jefferson avenues. Paramedics took him to an area hospital, where he later died at a hospital.
His father, Richard Rowell Sr., told News 8 WTNH that his son had a gift for putting people at ease.
“That smile, I mean…
Coatesville Man Found Shot On Abandoned Farm: $5K Reward Offered In 1977 Cold Case
A Pennsylvania man who vanished after a night out nearly 50 years ago was found shot multiple times on an abandoned farm, and state police are renewing their search for answers with a $5,000 reward.
Preston Frazier, a Coatesville resident and 1969 graduate of the Coatesville Area School District, was killed sometime between Thursday, April 7, and Sunday, April 10, 1977, according to a Pennsylvania State Police news release issued Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.
Frazier was last seen alive on the night of April 7 near the intersection of Lincoln Highway and Third Avenue in Coatesville, Chester Cou…
Man, 26, Shot In Paterson, But Police Find No Evidence At Scene: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in Paterson, but police were unable to find evidence of a shooting where investigators believe it happened, authorities said.
Paterson police responded to St. Joseph's Hospital in Wayne around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, after receiving a report of a man with a nonfatal gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-in-Charge Patrick Murray said.
Investigators determined the man had been shot near River and Putnam streets in Paterson, but officers found no evidence of a shooting in the area, au…
Fredericksburg Serial Rape Suspect Was Already Out Of US When DNA Results Came Back: Police
A suspected serial rapist was already out of the country when Virginia investigators got the DNA evidence they needed to link him to two violent attacks on women along popular walking trails.
Now, he's back in custody.
Fredericksburg police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14, that Cesar Paau-Pan, 22, of Spotsylvania, was arrested in Guatemala following a months-long investigation that included two reported rapes, an unrelated indecent exposure arrest, and a critical DNA breakthrough that came weeks after he voluntarily left the United States.
The investigation began on Oct. 19, 2025, when a w…
Pregnant Woman, 3 Children Among 10 Killed In PA Family Massacre: Police
A woman who was eight months pregnant, a 5-year-old boy, and a 22-month-old girl were among 10 people killed in a mass shooting at a multigenerational Pennsylvania family home, authorities revealed during a Saturday, Oct. 10, press conference.
The shooting unfolded around 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, near East Seventh and Perry streets in Erie, where police responding to a ShotSpotter alert and multiple 911 calls discovered two women shot dead outside a residence and additional victims inside, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said.
The two women found outside the home were 51 and 37 years old, police…
