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  • Man Used Hot Iron, Burning 60% of Girlfriend’s Body Because He Believed She Was Cheating

    Man Used Hot Iron, Burning 60% of Girlfriend’s Body Because He Believed She Was Cheating

    A Pennsylvania man is facing charges after reportedly using a clothes iron to burn 60% of his girlfriend’s body because he believed she was being unfaithful, as reported by Law & Crime. 

    Burton L. Byrd allegedly kept the woman captive in their Pittsburgh apartment from Saturday to Tuesday, preventing her from getting medical help, as detailed in a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by Law & Crime. When he finally let her go, he instructed her to fabricate a story about being attacked near a Wendy’s and threatened to harm her family if she told the truth, according to the affidavit.

    Details of Assault

    Byrd is accused of forcing the woman to undress and tying her hands with shoelaces. According to police, he then assaulted her with a belt and punched her in the face. Officers observed bruising around her eye and broken blood vessels in her right eye, indicating she had been hit multiple times. The victim claimed that Byrd then plugged in the iron and began tapping it against her body. 

    After stating that the iron “wasn’t hot enough,” he waited for it to heat up and pressed it against different areas of her body while demanding to know if she had been with another man, according to police reports. “After about maybe six times of him hitting me with the iron, I just made up a story telling him that I cheated on him just to get him to stop,” she told authorities. 

    The suspect tried to treat the victim’s injuries himself before she insisted on seeking medical attention. After she visited one hospital, she was moved to a facility with a burn unit, according to police. Byrd is facing multiple charges, including aggravated assault, kidnapping, witness intimidation, and false imprisonment. It is not known if he has legal representation at this time.

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  • Elderly Pennsylvania Woman Donates Jacket Containing Winning $2.5M Lottery Ticket She Left in the Pocket

    Elderly Pennsylvania Woman Donates Jacket Containing Winning $2.5M Lottery Ticket She Left in the Pocket

    An elderly woman in Pennsylvania misplaced her winning $2.5 million lottery ticket after leaving it in a jacket she donated to charity, according to the NY Post.

    Mildred Simoneriluto, 76, is urgently trying to recover her lost ticket as the expiration date is set for May 8th of this year. If she doesn’t find the physical ticket in time she will unfortunately lose out on her winnings. Simoneriluto purchased a Cash 5 lottery ticket at a grocery store in Murrysville in May 2024, and remembers her winning numbers vividly: 14, 22, 33, 35, and 38. She expressed feeling shocked when she learned she had won. However, she couldn’t find the actual ticket, which Pennsylvania Lottery officials say is necessary to claim her prize. 

    While attempting to retrace her steps, Simoneriluto remembered that she had placed the ticket in her jacket. But she had already donated it to Vietnam Veterans of America, a charity that distributes items globally. Simoneriluto mentioned that she specifically put the ticket in her jacket pocket to avoid forgetting it.

    She has has since returned to the grocery store where she bought the ticket several times, but employees informed her that there is nothing more they can do to assist her. Others are also keeping an eye out for the ticket in case it surfaces in their own jacket pockets. “What else can I do? Just cry out loud and hope something positive happens for me?” she expressed with frustration.

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  • Woman Admitted To Falsely Reporting Attempted Rape and Kidnapping That Put An Innocent Man In Jail For A Month, Said She Did It Because He Was ‘Creepy’

    Woman Admitted To Falsely Reporting Attempted Rape and Kidnapping That Put An Innocent Man In Jail For A Month, Said She Did It Because He Was ‘Creepy’

    A Pennsylvania woman has confessed to fabricating a story about an attempted rape and kidnapping, , according to ABC 27 News. The man she accused spent a month in jail for a crime he did not commit.

    As stated in a press release from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, Anjela Borisova Urumova, 20, pleaded guilty on Thursday. She was charged with seven misdemeanor charges related to her false claims that a man assaulted her in April 2024. She plead guilty to one charge of false alarm to an agency of public safety and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, two counts of false reports, and three counts of unsworn falsification to authorities.

    Urumova was charged in May 2024 for filing a false police report. She alleged that Daniel Pierson attempted to rape and kidnap her in a Redner’s grocery store parking lot in Middletown Township on April 16, per the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Following her arrest, Urumova claimed Pierson attacked her from behind, pulled down her pants, and hit her, but she managed to escape.

    Urumova Confesses To Wrongfully Accusing Pierson

    The criminal complaint revealed that Urumova admitted to wrongfully identifying Pierson because she had previously seen him and his truck in a parking lot, believing he appeared

    “creepy.”

    It was also noted that a laceration on her lip, which she claimed was from the attack, actually resulted from an earlier incident.

    “Her grandmother, who Urumova claimed suffered from dementia, did not recognize her as she entered the house and threw a plastic object at her, striking her in the lip…”

    the criminal complaint said, per WPVI.

    The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office discovered that the story was false during their investigation. “The review led to the discovery of multiple inconsistencies and contradictory information with Urumova’s account of the attack at the Redner’s parking lot,” the release continued. After spending 31 days behind bars, Pierson was released and cleared of all charges against him, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.

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  • 11 Members Of Amish Family, Including A 1-Year-Old, Hospitalized After Consuming ‘Toxic Mushrooms,’ Reports Say

    11 Members Of Amish Family, Including A 1-Year-Old, Hospitalized After Consuming ‘Toxic Mushrooms,’ Reports Say

    Eleven members of an Amish family in Pennsylvania, including a 1-year-old, were taken to the hospital after eating toxic mushrooms they found in the wild, as reported by CNN. 

    A family member from Peach Bottom Township told local authorities they got sick after someone brought the mushrooms home for dinner. Since the family doesn’t have a phone, the person who reported the illness had to walk about half a mile to a telephone booth to call 911, according to Gregory Fantom, a spokesperson for the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company.

    The group consisted of a man, a woman, and their nine children, aged 1 to 39, according to Fantom.

    “It was wild mushrooms, but the hospital would have to confirm the type,”

    Southern York County emergency medical services Chief Laura Taylor told CNN.

    The fire department and EMS responded to the family on Friday night after they were informed that the 11 members had eaten toxic mushrooms and were sick. They were taken to WellSpan York Hospital, where all 11 were treated and released later that night, according to CNN affiliate WHP.

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  • Pennsylvania Man Charged With Murder and Dismemberment Of Transgender Teenager He Met On A Dating App

    Pennsylvania Man Charged With Murder and Dismemberment Of Transgender Teenager He Met On A Dating App

    A man from Pennsylvania has been charged with murder for allegedly killing and dismembering a transgender teenager he met through a dating app, as reported by the NY Post. The accused, 29-year-old DaShawn Watkins, is currently in custody without bail. 

    The victim, Pauly Likens, was reported missing by relatives after being last seen on June 22. Human remains were later discovered in and around Shenango River Lake. More remains were found in the area over the next week, reports reveal. 

    The coroner’s office determined that Pauly, who is a 14-year-old transgender girl, died from

    “sharp force trauma to the head before being dismembered.”

    Watkins has been charged with murder, aggravated assault, evidence tampering, and abuse of a corpse. The authorities are also considering hate crime charges.

    Watkins informed the police that he had set up a meeting with an individual he had been communicating with on the dating app Grindr.

    Surveillance footage, social media records, and cellphone records confirmed. The evening of June 22, Pauly was on the phone and waiting to meet someone near the canoe launch area of the lake.

    The authorities also discovered footage showing Watkins making multiple trips from his apartment in the early morning of June 23, carrying bags and driving a vehicle that was seen near the lake.

    Pauly’s family described the teenager as a playful individual with aspirations of becoming a park ranger.

    “I just want to say what a beautiful, loving person she was and that the hate has got to stop!!”

    Pauly’s mother, Jen McClure, told Pennlive. 

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  • Middle School Students Created Fake TikTok Accounts To Impersonate Teachers and Make Disturbing Jokes About Them Being Pedophiles

    Middle School Students Created Fake TikTok Accounts To Impersonate Teachers and Make Disturbing Jokes About Them Being Pedophiles

    Students at a Pennsylvania middle school created around 22 TikTok accounts pretending to be their teachers and falsely accusing them of being pedophiles, per the NY Post. Some posts included pictures of the teachers loved followed by offensive jokes. 

    Even though the school administrators tried to stop the spread of these fake TikToks, some of the accounts are protected by the First Amendment, making it difficult to take them down. Police have been called to investigate however, some eighth-graders have continued to create and utilize these accounts. One posting

    “Move on. Learn to joke. I am 13 years old, and you’re like 40 going on 50,”

    according to the New York Times. 

     The school has since taken action by suspending some of the students responsible for the accounts and informing parents about the situation. They also held an assembly to educate students about online safety. While some of the accounts have been deleted, a few still remain.

    Some teachers have spoken out about how these posts have affected them and their families.

    “Many of my students spend hours and hours and hours on TikTok, and I think it’s just desensitized them to the fact that we’re real people,”

    said Bettina Scibilia, an English teacher of of nearly 20 years.

    “They didn’t feel what a violation this was to create these accounts and impersonate us and mock our children and mock what we love,”

    said Scibilia, who was targeted by two different accounts. Whitelock, a teacher of 27 years, told the Times he felt his reputation had been tarnished.

    “An impersonator assassinated my character — and slandered me and my family in the process,”

    he told the Times.

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  • Pennsylvania Man Allegedly Uses GPS Tracker To Stalk Woman He Met Online

    Pennsylvania Man Allegedly Uses GPS Tracker To Stalk Woman He Met Online

    A man from Pennsylvania has been accused of stalking a woman he met on an online dating website, according to Fox 29 Philadelphia. Matthew Bustin, 33, allegedly attached a GPS tracker to the woman’s car after a brief relationship that ended when she became uncomfortable and noticed strange behavior. 

    The victim contacted the police after returning from a vacation to find the circuit breakers turned off and the internet connection cut. Investigators discovered a GPS tracking device under the victim’s car and linked it to Bustin. Surveillance footage from the victim’s workplace showed Bustin attaching the tracker to her car. 

    Cellphone data also revealed that Bustin had been in the vicinity of the victim’s home and workplace on multiple occasions without her knowledge since their relationship ended. Bustin turned himself in and now faces charges of burglary, criminal trespassing, stalking, and harassment. He is currently in custody at a Bucks County Correctional Facility with a bail set at $2 million.

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  • Man Charged After His Mother Was Found Covered In Dried Feces and ‘Fused’ To Spoiled Bedsheets

    Man Charged After His Mother Was Found Covered In Dried Feces and ‘Fused’ To Spoiled Bedsheets

    A man in Pennsylvania is being charged after police found his mother in a deteriorated home, covered in dried feces, maggots, and stuck to a dirty bed, per Fox News. 

    On Sunday, 51-year-old Daniel Klein was apprehended and is currently facing charges of abuse of care and endangering another person. Officials were alerted by a neighbor, who noticed an accumulation of packages on the front porch, and received no response when they tried to contact the resident. 

    Upon arrival, the officers discovered a load of packages and unopened food bags at the front entrance. They observed a large amount of trash on the floor near the rear sliding glass door. Concerned for someone’s well-being, the officers entered the premises and discovered Klein.

    Officials noticed an excessive amount of garbage and packages blocking the front door and entryway of the house, preventing it from fully opening. They also detected a foul smell inside. Klein was questioned about his mother’s well-being and guided the officers to the master bedroom. Inside, they found Klein’s mother lying unconscious yet breathing in bed, with a dirty blanket covering her.

    Police called for medical assistance and the medics arrived at the scene. They found that the woman was covered in dried feces and maggots, and her toenails had grown into a shape resembling ram’s horns. The medics carefully detached the woman from the bed, discovering that she had become stuck to the bedsheets. She was then taken to the hospital for additional assessment and care. 

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  • 6-Month-Old Baby Abandoned and Locked Inside Closed Day Care, 3 Individuals Charged

    6-Month-Old Baby Abandoned and Locked Inside Closed Day Care, 3 Individuals Charged

    According to Pennsylvania officials, three individuals have been charged concerning an incident involving a 6-month-old baby who was left alone inside a day care building, per the Kansas City Star. 

    The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday, March 26, that three staff members of New Arisens Childcare Solutions have been accused of endangering the child’s welfare and conspiring to commit the act. On February 1, Camron Banks arrived at his daughter’s day care center thirty minutes before its closing time, only to discover that the building was locked and without any lights, as reported by McClatchy News.

    “Nobody even knew where she was at,”

    Banks told KYW-TV. According to WTXF, the police attempted to contact the owner and manager of New Arisens, but they were unsuccessful in completely opening the steel gate that blocked the front door. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small stated in a media briefing that firefighters were called to cut through the gate. 

    The police discovered the baby sitting in her car seat, covered with a blanket, in a dark corner, as reported by WTXF. Jessy Flores, the baby’s mother, shared with WCAU that the owner of the day care apologized but did not offer an explanation for the incident.

    “Nobody knew when she last ate,”

    Flores told the station.

    “Nobody knew when she was changed, nobody knew who she was with,”

    she said. According to WCAU, Flores reported that her daughter was dehydrated but okay. 

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  • Elderly Woman Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Man With Her Cane During Altercation Involving Her Son

    Elderly Woman Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Man With Her Cane During Altercation Involving Her Son

    A 70-year-old woman from Pennsylvania has been found guilty of murder after using a hidden blade in her cane to fatally stab a man who was fighting with her son, reports Law & Crime.

    The incident occurred on June 10, 2023, and the victim, Michael Thomas Sides, 31, passed away. The suspect, Renee DiPietro, said she plans to appeal the court’s ruling.

    “What would you do if it was your child,”

    she told reporters. 

    According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law & Crime, the Lower Marion Township Police Department responded to a stabbing incident at the intersection of Cricket Avenue and Cricket Terrace around 1:30 a.m. on June 10.

    The victim, Michael Thomas Sides, was rushed to the hospital. Sadly, he passed away about an hour later.

    A friend of Sides named Dan Rogers told detectives that Sides had been attacked earlier in the evening by Jason DiPietro. Sides said he would confront Jason.

    During the altercation, Sides tried to stop Jason from getting into a white car.

    His parents, Renee and Michael DiPietro, came out of the vehicle.

    Rogers witnessed Renee DiPietro aggressively approach the victim, causing him to fall to the ground. She appeared to be holding a black cane that disassembled after she struck the victim while he was on the ground. DiPietro was convicted of third-degree murder and possessing a weapon.

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