Upper Darby Police are now investigating after a woman was attacked and killed by her own dog in Upper Macungie Township. The incident took place on Spring White Drive on Thursday at 1:30 pm. Police say that the woman was attacked by her dog on the rear deck of her home. Once crews arrived on the scene the woman was taken to Lehigh Valley Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead....
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The standoff between authorities and a suspect in the murder of a Delaware State Trooper ended this morning. Officials say that the suspect exited the house around 9:17 a.m. Thursday and 'engaged police.' Law enforcement then shot him. He was pronounced dead at 9:29 a.m. The barricade situation started on Wednesday afternoon on the 500 block of St. Michaels Drive in the Brick Mill Farms...
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An anonymous donor has now contacted the family of the 10-year-old child whose wheelchair was stolen outside of their home on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday morning, an anonymous caller contacted Mr. Wheelchair, a store in Holmesburg, and told the technician there that she wanted to purchase a new wheelchair for the boy. The technician stated that the donor does not care about the expense...
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A jury has sentenced a trooper killer to death in Northeast Pennsylvania. Eric Frein, an anti-government activist who ambushed two Pennsylvania State Troopers in a sniper attack and then led authorities on a 48-day manhunt, was convicted on all 12 charges by the same jury last week. The 33-year-old opened fire on the Blooming Grove state police barracks in Northeast Pennsylvania on September...
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A Delaware State Trooper was shot and killed at a Wawa on Rt. 40 in Bear, DE. It happened after Noon on Wednesday on the 1600 block of Pulaski Highway near Salem Church Road. The trooper was transported to Christiana Hospital in critical condition, where he died. He has been identified as 32-year-old Cpl./1 Stephen J. Ballard, an 8.5-year veteran of the Delaware State Police assigned to...
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Police responded to the report of a shooting at a Wawa on Rt. 40 in Bear, DE. It happened after Noon on Wednesday on the 1600 block of Pulaski Highway near Salem Church Road. The shooting victim is a Delaware State Trooper. He was transported to Christiana Hospital in critical condition. Multiple state and local agencies are on the scene. Authorities are looking for a suspect. No word on a...
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Philadelphia Police are now assisting in the search for a 10-year-old boy's wheelchair that was taken outside of his mother's home on Tuesday morning. The wheel chair was taken at around 7 am from the 7000 block of Forrest Avenue in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. Police say that the boy's mother Amesha Prout had put her son's wheelchair outside of their house while they waited...
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This week's NFL Draft will be a football fan's paradise and that's not including representatives from every team picking future stars over seven rounds and three days. The parkway will be transformed into a wonderland of NFL activities from autographs and memorabilia to locker rooms and the Vince Lombardi trophy. However, stuck right in the middle of all the sports adrenaline there is a 'Music...
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A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration's order to withhold certain funding from communities that do not cooperate with U.S. immigration authorities. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco issued a temporary stay while a lawsuit against the executive order on sanctuary cities is argued in court. Last week, the Department of Justice sent letters to...
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The defense for convicted trooper killer Eric Frein rested its case today in the penalty phase of the trial. Frein decided not to take the stand himself. Unlike the trial, the defense did call some witnesses to testify to mitigating circumstances that would spare his life. Frein was convicted of killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and critically wounding Trooper Alex Douglass in a sniper attack...
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