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…
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…
Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Lancaster Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say
A gunman wanted in the killing of a 16-year-old boy opened fire inside a Pennsylvania corner store, shooting the child four times and wounding an 18-year-old man as a store clerk stood only feet away, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Oct. 5.
Jaiden Tavaughn Servance, 23, of Lancaster, is wanted on charges of criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person, and carrying a firearm without a license, Lancaster City Bureau of Police announced.
The charges stem from the shooting at a corner grocery store at 423 South Duke St. a…
Armored Truck Robbery Spree Targeted Pennsylvania Brinks Crews, Feds Say
Two men have now been sentenced for a months-long armored truck robbery spree in Pennsylvania that culminated in an attempted heist, police chase, Main Line manhunt, and school lockdowns, federal authorities announced.
Mujahid Davis, 24, and Dante Shackleford, 27, admitted participating in a series of armed Brinks robberies and attempted robberies between July and October 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The FBI shared the sentencing announcements on Saturday, Oct. 3.
Davis pleaded guilty in March to two attempted Hobbs Act robberies, …
Fully Automatic Handgun Found After Albany Men Flee Traffic Stop, Police Say
A routine traffic stop in the Capital Region turned into a vehicle and foot pursuit that ended with two Albany men under arrest and two loaded handguns recovered — including one modified to fire fully automatically, police announced Friday, Oct. 2.
Zyeef I. Cancer, 24, and Akeim N. Ryan, 26, both of Albany, were arrested following the early-morning incident in Watervliet on Thursday, Oct. 1, according to the Watervliet Police Department.
An officer on routine patrol near 2nd Avenue and 15th Street spotted a vehicle violating New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law at approximately 2:45 a.m.,…
Cohoes Gun Dealer Cuts Plea Deal After Selling To Undercover Cops: Authorities
A Capital Region man arrested on weapons and marijuana charges has taken a plea deal, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 2.
Bazeil Phoenix, 32, of Cohoes, copped to one count of third-degree criminal sale of a firearm, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. He’s expected to get five years in prison and three years of probation at his sentencing hearing on Jan. 6, 2027, authorities said.
In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped two more weapons counts and a marijuana possession count against Phoenix, according to online court records.
Phoenix was arrested in January …
Fake Gun, Real Charges: Trumbull Man Accused In Shelton Store Robbery
A Connecticut man accused of robbing a convenience store with a fake gun was arrested soon after the heist, police said.
Paulo Dias, 54, of Trumbull, is accused of robbing In & Out Mini Market on Howe Avenue in Shelton on Wednesday, Sept. 30, police said.
Dias walked into the store, aimed a black handgun and demanded cash. The clerk handed over money, and Dias ran away, Shelton police said.
Police said the gun was fake.
Detectives found Dias about seven hours later with the stolen cash, a gun, and gloves, police said. He also had clothing that police believed he wore durin…
Bridgeport Killer Faces 100 Years Behind Bars After Murder Conviction
A Connecticut man convicted of a 2022 fatal shooting that killed one person and seriously wounded another now faces up to 100 years in prison following his conviction this week.
Kenneth Joyner, 35, was convicted Tuesday, Aug. 4, of murdering Dominique Jones, 29, and shooting Craig Langston, 27, both of Bridgeport, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice.
After four days of testimony, the jury found Joyner guilty of murder, first-degree assault with a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, and criminal possession of a firearm, prosecutors said.
The shooting happened …
140 Guns Hidden In Air Compressors: Ex-Haitian Police Officer Pleads Guilty In DC
They weren't shipping air compressors. They were shipping an arsenal.
A years-long gun trafficking scheme unraveled in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Aug. 4, when a former Haitian National Police officer admitted smuggling at least 140 firearms from South Florida to Haiti by hiding them inside industrial air compressors packed with foam insulation, federal prosecutors announced.
Jean Robert Casimir, 53, of Lauderhill, FL, pleaded guilty in US District Court in DC to conspiracy, smuggling, and violating US export control laws for orchestrating the operation, according to the US Attorney's Offic…
