Fundraiser Launched For Daughters Of Maryland CNA Shot Before Stewartstown Fire
A fundraiser has been launched to support the daughters of a Maryland CNA and mother of three who was killed in a Stewartstown Borough home before it caught fire.
Jennifer Troch, 41, and Michael Shores Jr., 54, both of the first block of North Main Street, were found unconscious on the second floor of a burning home at 2 North Main Street on Sunday, Aug. 3. Firefighters forced entry, carried the pair out in cardiac arrest, and rushed them to WellSpan York Hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Autopsies confirmed both died from gunshot wounds to the head, according to the York County Cor…
Arson: Landlord Admits Breaking Into Tenant's Home; Starting Fire, Lancaster County DA Says
An Akron landlord admitted to setting fire to his tenants’ apartment in an effort to force them out, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Ronald Edgar Frisbie III, 29, of the 300 block of South 9th Street, admitted on Monday, July 29 before Judge Dennis Reinaker to two counts of arson, one count of burglary, and two counts of recklessly endangering another person, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Frisbie illegally entered and set fire to the apartment in the 300 block of South 10th Street in Akron Borough during the early morning hours of Sunday, March 23,…
Man Tried To Burn Tenants, Including Kids, Alive In West Haverstraw Mattress Blaze: DA (Update)
A man accused of igniting a fire inside his Rockland County home, where a dozen people, including three children, were sleeping, has now been indicted on several attempted murder charges, prosecutors announced.
German Santiago, age 72, of West Haverstraw, was arraigned in Rockland County Court on an indictment charging him with 11 counts of attempted murder, 11 counts of second-degree arson, one count of first-degree criminal contempt, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Rockland District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II said Monday, Aug. 18.
The charges stem from an incident…
Man Slain, Apartment Set On Fire; Arson, Homicide Investigation Underway In Philadelphia: PD
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead inside a burning apartment in Philadelphia’s 2nd District, police announced on Friday, Aug. 8.
Just after 6 a.m., firefighters responded to a reported apartment fire on the 7200 block of Rockwell Avenue, according to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. Crews forced their way into a third-floor unit, where they discovered a small kitchen fire.
Inside the bedroom, they found a man’s body next to a knife, Small said. The victim had numerous lacerations to his arms, face, and neck, along with trauma to his face. Medics…
They Set Stolen Car On Fire In Rochelle Park, And One Was Caught At JFK Airport: Prosecutor
Two New York men have been charged in connection with a stolen vehicle fire that lit up a Rochelle Park parking lot last winter, authorities said.
Ethan Olivo, 19, and Starlin Siri, 21, both of the Bronx, were charged in the Dec. 3, 2024, blaze that consumed a 2020 Honda Accord on Rochelle Avenue just after 7 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a Thursday, Aug. 7 release.
The car was found fully engulfed in flames by Rochelle Park firefighters, who extinguished the fire and contacted police, Musella said. Officers from Rochelle Park and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office …
