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WILMINGTON, DE — Wilmington closed 2025 with its sharpest drop in violent crime in years, posting the lowest number of shooting incidents since 2003 and continuing a multiyear downward trend …
Wilmington Records Lowest Shootings in Decades as Violent Crime Falls Again Read More
MIDDLETOWN, DE — A home security camera review has led to the arrest of a Maryland man now facing multiple serious felony allegations following a months-long investigation by the New …
Security Camera Unravels Disturbing Allegations in Middletown Case Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Monroe County man is facing a series of serious allegations after state investigators charged him with operating what they describe as a violent sex trafficking organization …
Pennsylvania Man Accused of Leading Violent Sex Trafficking Ring Across PA Read More
MARPLE TOWNSHIP, PA — Marple Township Police have charged a 38-year-old man after a missing juvenile from Philadelphia reported that she had been held against her will and sexually assaulted …
Alleged Abduction in Marple Woods: Police Charge Registered Offender Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Perry County jury on Friday convicted a Newport man of physically and sexually abusing four children over several decades in what prosecutors described as a campaign …
Perry County Man Convicted of Decades of Child Abuse in Gruesome Case Read More
DOYLESTOWN, PA — After more than six decades of uncertainty, Bucks County prosecutors say the question of who brutally raped and murdered nine-year-old Carol Ann Dougherty inside St. Mark’s Church …
Justice After 63 Years: Bucks County Grand Jury Identifies 1962 Church Murderer Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has announced the filing of multiple felony charges against a Mount Joy man accused of attempting to sexually exploit and abuse a …
Mount Joy Man Charged in Online Child Exploitation and Attempted Sexual Abuse Case Read More
WEST CHESTER, PA — Police have charged a 43-year-old man with multiple offenses after an alleged assault was reported at a residence in the 500 block of West Biddle Street …
West Chester Man Accused of Brutal Assault and Rape in Early Morning Attack Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a series of arrests last week targeting individuals illegally present in the United States who have been convicted of serious …
ICE Removes Criminal Illegal Aliens Convicted of Violent Crimes in Nationwide Enforcement Operation Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A 37-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested in connection with a string of sexual assaults that occurred over a two-week period in neighborhoods spanning the 9th and …
Philadelphia Man Arrested in String of Center City Sexual Assaults, Police Say Read More