Barricaded Gunman Killed After Shooting Officer In Pottstown, DA Says (UPDATE) Barricaded Gunman Killed After Shooting Officer In Pottstown, DA Says (UPDATE) Barricaded Gunman Killed After Shooting Officer In Pottstown, DA Says (UPDATE)
Barricaded Gunman Killed After Shooting Officer In Pottstown, DA Says (Update) A Pottstown police officer was shot and a gunman killed during a violent birthday party confrontation that unfolded after a two-car crash on Sunday, April 6, Montgomery County authorities said. Officers were called to Beech Street and North Mount Vernon Street at 5:06 p.m. for the crash, where they say 25-year-old Andrew Jackson Ecker struggled with police and tried to grab a .22 caliber firearm from his vehicle, according to District Attorney Kevin R. Steele.  Ecker fled on foot to his home on Winding Road, where he opened fire and struck Pottstown Police Officer Caleb Whitney in the …
Expectant Dad Killed During Dispute In Maryland Expectant Dad Killed During Dispute In Maryland Expectant Dad Killed During Dispute In Maryland
Expectant Dad Killed During Dispute In Maryland Courtney Zentz and Trevor Dean Van Devander were months away from their happy ending before he became one of Montgomery County's first victims of gun violence in 2025. In early January 2025, Van Devander was involved in a dispute with Benjamin Jack Dresbach in Kensington, resulting in the expectant 29-year-old father's murder. The unexpected death left Zentz and their 6-year-old son to fend for themselves as they continue to cope with a new normal following the fatal shooting. "I’m unemployed at this time and we don’t know when we will begin receiving survivor benefits," she wrote in a GoF…
$2 Bill Bandit Busted After Wells Fargo Bank Robbery In Virginia: Police $2 Bill Bandit Busted After Wells Fargo Bank Robbery In Virginia: Police $2 Bill Bandit Busted After Wells Fargo Bank Robbery In Virginia: Police
$2 Bill Bandit Busted After Wells Fargo Bank Robbery In Virginia: Police A wanted bank robber who pulled a very specific heist at Wells Fargo in Fairfax County has been apprehended weeks after targeting the branch in Burke, police say. Hani Abdelmohsen Ahmed, 21, was arrested weeks after he allegedly stole more than 80 $2 bills from the bank that were later recovered following his arrest on Thursday afternoon. The wanted bank robber in Fairfax County Fairfax County Police According to a Fairfax County Police spokesperson, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, Ahmed stole the cash and left in a getaway vehicle that was later identified by detectives and surveilled for …
Person Struck Dead On SEPTA Tracks In Montco, Officials Say Person Struck Dead On SEPTA Tracks In Montco, Officials Say Person Struck Dead On SEPTA Tracks In Montco, Officials Say
Person Struck Dead On SEPTA Tracks In Montco, Officials Say One person has died after being hit by a train in Montgomery County on Tuesday morning. Feb. 27, SEPTA told Daily Voice.  It happened on the Doylestown Line near Penllyn Station, a SEPTA spokesperson said. The victim's name was not reported.  The line briefly shut down as a result of the crash but service has since resumed, SEPTA added. 
Woman Hiding In Locked Bathroom Helped Thwart Home Burglary In Maryland, Police Say Woman Hiding In Locked Bathroom Helped Thwart Home Burglary In Maryland, Police Say Woman Hiding In Locked Bathroom Helped Thwart Home Burglary In Maryland, Police Say
Woman Hiding In Locked Bathroom Helped Thwart Home Burglary In Maryland, Police Say A quick-thinking woman was able to keep herself safe and alert police in Montgomery County while a burglar was roaming through her home. Walter Lee Wright, 67, has been arrested and charged for an alleged burglary that was reported last week in the 4500 block of Dorset Avenue in Somerset that quickly went awry, police say. The preliminary investigation by detectives determined that the victim called police, while locked in her bathroom, as Wright was walking through her home.  When officers arrived, they saw the man, later identified as Wright, in the front of the victim’s residence, …
Biden To Make Campaign Stop In Valley Forge On Jan. 6: Reports Biden To Make Campaign Stop In Valley Forge On Jan. 6: Reports Biden To Make Campaign Stop In Valley Forge On Jan. 6: Reports
Biden To Make Campaign Stop In Valley Forge On Jan. 6: Reports President Joe Biden will make his first campaign stop of the New Year in Montgomery County on Saturday, multiple outlets report.  Biden is expected to deliver a speech near Valley Forge National Park, where George Washington's Continental Army spent a bitter winter encamped from 1777 to 1778, .  Re-election staffers said Biden hopes to draw parallels between the site's historical significance and the riots at the US Capitol building exactly three years prior.  “The president will make the case directly that democracy and freedom, two powerful ideas that united the 13 colonie…
Boozy Brunch Lands DUI Driver Behind Bars After Killing Security Guard In MD Crash Boozy Brunch Lands DUI Driver Behind Bars After Killing Security Guard In MD Crash Boozy Brunch Lands DUI Driver Behind Bars After Killing Security Guard In MD Crash
Boozy Brunch Lands DUI Driver Behind Bars After Killing Security Guard In MD Crash A boozy brunch will land a Maryland man behind bars for years, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced. Rockville resident Kevin Orihuela, 22, had a few too many mimosas during a 21st birthday celebration before getting behind the wheel and T-boning his Audi into 62-year-old Noel Powell's Ford Fusion, resulting in the father of two's death. On Friday, Orihuela was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but four years suspended, according to the state's attorney's office.  Orihuela went to brunch in the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2022 at a restaurant in the Pik…
Package Theft On The Rise In Suburban Philadelphia, Authorities Warn Package Theft On The Rise In Suburban Philadelphia, Authorities Warn Package Theft On The Rise In Suburban Philadelphia, Authorities Warn
Package Theft On The Rise In Suburban Philadelphia, Authorities Warn With the holiday season upon us, authorities in Montgomery County are warning residents about a reported rise in package theft.  Organized rings target residential neighborhoods during daylight hours and can often swipe packages before buyers even know they have received them, officials say.  Lower Gwynedd police announced they are increasing patrols in neighborhoods to deter thieves, but residents can also take steps of their own.  Here's how Lower Gwynedd police suggest staying one step ahead this holiday season:  Have your package shipped to a secondary pickup locat…
Sketch Of Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect Released By Police In Maryland Sketch Of Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect Released By Police In Maryland Sketch Of Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect Released By Police In Maryland
Sketch Of Scooter-Riding Sexual Assault Suspect Released By Police In Maryland Police have released new details as they continue to investigate a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and attempted to rob another on the Bethesda Trolley Trail earlier this year in Montgomery County. On Thursday, Sept. 14, a woman was walking her dog near the intersection of Woodglen Drive and Executive Boulevard when she spotted a man walking toward her while her dog played in the grass. According to investigators, the man sexually assaulted the woman then rode off on an electric scooter westbound on Executive Boulevard. Approximately a half hour later, a second woman said that…
Gunman At Large Following Shooting In Virginia Neighborhood: Sheriff (UPDATED) Gunman At Large Following Shooting In Virginia Neighborhood: Sheriff (UPDATED) Gunman At Large Following Shooting In Virginia Neighborhood: Sheriff (UPDATED)
Gunman At Large Following Shooting In Virginia Neighborhood: Sheriff (Updated) Hours after a reported shooting in a typically quiet Montgomery County neighborhood, police are still actively investigating a reported shooting in Fredericksburg. Stafford County Sheriff's Office Major Shawn Kimmitz said that at around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, a man was shot several times in the 200 block of Streamview Drive in the Rappahannock Landing Subdivision. Incident Alert:Deputies are responding to reports of shots fired in the Rappahannock Landing subdivision. We will update you will more information when it becomes available. pic.twitter.com/82dYU020mR — StaffordCoSheriff (@st…
Playboy Drops Maryland Porn Star Mia Khalifa After Requests For Better Footage Of Hamas Attacks Playboy Drops Maryland Porn Star Mia Khalifa After Requests For Better Footage Of Hamas Attacks Playboy Drops Maryland Porn Star Mia Khalifa After Requests For Better Footage Of Hamas Attacks
Playboy Drops Maryland Porn Star Mia Khalifa After Requests For Better Footage Of Hamas Attacks Mia Khalifa, the former porn star who came to prominence for wearing a hijab during an adult film, has some things to say about the Israel-Gaza conflict. And it's costing her. The 30-year-old Lebanese-American media personality who grew up in Montgomery County and went to school at the Massanutten Military Academy in Virginia, has been dropped by Playboy following a string of social media posts expressing support for Palestinians amid the Hamas attacks on Israel. I just wanna make sure there’s 4k footage of my people breaking down the walls of the open air prison they’ve been forced out…
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Gravestone Scammer Barred From Practicing In PA Targets Murder Victim's Mom A New Jersey mom who fell victim to a headstone scammer just after she buried her 31-year-old son last year is sharing her story in hopes of putting a stop to a man she says should've been stopped long ago. Nearly a month after Luz Vasquez's son, Chad Stuart, was killed outside of a Vineland bar in September 2022, she was contacted by Gregory Stefan, Jr., who explained he was the owner of Colonial Memorials, a headstone company.  And he wanted Vasquez as a client. Vasquez set up a meeting with Stefan in her Vineland home on Oct. 21, 2022. "He was a professional man, and seemed sympatheti…