CRIME & SAFETY
Driver who fled multi-vehicle crash on I-80 apprehended
STROUD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The driver of a tractor-trailer involved in a multi-vehicle crash that slowed traffic on Interstate 80 in the Poconos on Monday afternoon was taken into custody Tuesday. According to police, the crash happened just after 1:30 p.m. near the Bartonsville Exit, causing a traffic backup for miles. Police say […]
Man stabbed grandmother, set her on fire because he believed she was the devil: police
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania man is accused of killing his grandmother because he thought she was the devil.The Pocono Record reported that 28-year-old George Sisco of Milford, Pike County is charged with criminal homicide after he allegedly stabbed his grandmother, 67-year-old Margie Finlay, and set her on fire. According to the criminal complaint, obtained by the Pocono Record, the assistant chief of the Milford Fire Department responded to a house fire on Oak Court in Milford Township at around noon on April 26. When he arrived at the scene, he found Sisco, who was accused of saying, "She was the...
PSP: suspects scammed man out of over $100k by pretending to be federal agents
BLOOMING GROVE TOWNSHIP, PIKE CO. (WOLF) — Pennsylvania State Police say a Pike County man was scammed out of $100,000 by three people pretending to be federal agents. Troopers say on March 26, it was reported that a Hawley man was scammed on three occasions by three people, a 24-year-old Scranton man, and two men, 39 and 47, both from Jersey City, New Jersey.
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