Masked Gunmen Drag Man From Car, Threaten To Kill Him In Coatesville Kidnapping Plot
Three masked gunmen fired a shot at a man, pistol-whipped him, threatened to kill him, and forced him to transfer $2,050 through Cash App during a violent robbery and kidnapping attempt in Chester County, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.
The three Coatesville men, Raijon Redd, 31, Steven Pittman Jr., 24, and Brandon Norris, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday, Sept. 28, and were sentenced to prison, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Oct. 12.
The attack happened on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in a parking lot along Business Route 30 in South Coates…
Former Roselle Mayor Arrested On Assault, Harassment Charges
A former New Jersey assemblyman and mayor has been arrested on assault and harassment charges, jail records show.
Reginald W. Atkins, 58, of Roselle, who previously served as the borough's mayor, was booked into the Essex County Correctional Facility on Monday, Oct. 12, according to inmate records.
Atkins faces charges of simple assault for purposely or knowingly causing bodily injury, simple assault involving threats of bodily injury by physical menace, and harassment involving striking, offensive touching or threats, records show.
The circumstances surrounding the alleged incident were n…
Bogus Missing Baby Report Ends With Cops Assaulted, Death Threats In PalPark: Police
A report of a missing 4-month-old baby in Bergen County turned violent when the caller attacked two police officers and threatened to kill one of them, authorities said.
Obel E. Simon-Lopez, 23, a Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park, was arrested following the Thursday, Oct. 8 incident, Police Chief George Beck announced Monday, Oct. 12.
Officers responded to the area of Broad and Henry avenues around 3:33 p.m. after receiving the missing baby report, Beck said. Police initially could not find the caller at his apartment but later located Simon-Lopez outside on Broad Avenue, w…
Reading Son Kills Mom Arguing Over Cats, Captured In VT: Reports
A 22-year-old Massachusetts man who charged in his mother's death was captured after an hours-long manhunt in Vermont, and 19 firearms were recovered from his room in his parents' basement, according to multiple published reports.
Police were called to the Hanafin home on Center Avenue in Reading on Thursday, Oct. 8, for a caller who had found his wife, Andria Hanafin, 49, dead in the kitchen, NBC News reports citing Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.
The couple's 13-year-old son was unharmed, however, the older son, Ryan Hanafin, was missing. Ryan had a license to carry a gun, b…
