Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police
A woman was found walking through a quiet Poconos neighborhood, drenched in blood, moments after stabbing an 71-year-old man in the face and chest and assaulting a police officer, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 22.
Colleen B. Hall, 56, of Tobyhanna, launched a brutal, unprovoked attack on the elderly man she lived with at a home on Starlight Terrace around 9:50 p.m. on Monday, July 21, according to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department.
While officers were responding to the stabbing call, dispatchers received a report of a blood-covered woman wandering nearby on Winding Way…
Man Breaks Into Woman’s Home, Attacks Her In Ephrata: Police
A man forced his way into a woman’s home and attacked her during a terrifying Sunday afternoon break-in in Ephrata, police announced in a release on Wednesday, July 2.
Anthony V. Pfund, 36, was found inside the residence in the 900 block of Rettew Mill Road with the adult female victim when Ephrata Borough police officers arrived around 1:52 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025, investigators said.
Officers say Pfund removed a window screen, opened the window, and climbed inside. Once in the home, he allegedly assaulted the woman, prompting a 911 call reporting a burglary in progress.
Pfund was a…
Lancaster Man Kills Himself Before Sentencing For Brutal Double Stabbing: Police
A Lancaster man fatally shot himself hours before he was due in court for sentencing in a brutal 2021 double stabbing, authorities confirmed on Wednesday, July 2.
Scotty Lee Gebhard Jr., 38, called 911 around 5:30 a.m. on Friday, June 27, saying he was in Lancaster County Central Park and planned to harm himself. Officers from the Lancaster Bureau of Police responded and attempted to de-escalate the situation, but within seconds of making contact, Gebhard pulled the trigger, according to police.
He was taken to Lancaster General Hospital, where he died of the self-inflicted gunshot wound, t…
At-Home Nurse Strangled By Patient In 2AM Attack, DA Says: West Chester Man’s Case GoesTo Trial
A West Chester man strangled his at-home nurse during a brutal 2 a.m. attack inside a Lancaster County home, prosecutors announced on Friday, June 27.
William Mathues, 64, allegedly ambushed the nurse at his then-residence on the first block of Mount Hope Road in East Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, during the early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 29, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
“She returned home around 2 a.m. when Mathues attacked her,” prosecutors said following a preliminary hearing. “He strangled me,” the victim testified. “He put his thumb on my throat.…
Allentown Teens Shooting AR-15 From Stolen Jeep Carjack Woman Near School: DA
Three teens are charged as adults after spraying bullets from a stolen Jeep with an AR-15-style pistol and carjacking a woman outside a middle school, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Tuesday, June 24.
Marquee Bradley Carney, 15, of Allentown, Naseer Washington, 15, of Whitehall, and Amir Sims-Watson, 16, of Easton, are accused of carrying out a violent shooting spree and armed carjacking in Allentown on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024.
All three are charged with:
Felony Aggravated Assault.
Felony Discharge of a Firearm Into an Occupied Structure.
Misdemeanor Simple As…
Butcher Knife Chase In Lititz Leads To Drug Bust: Police
A man chased another person through a Lititz neighborhood while waving a butcher knife and threatening to kill him, police said in a release on Wednesday, June 18.
Miguel Angel Rivera Jr., 49, of Lititz, was arrested after the violent outburst on the first block of Wentling Lane in Warwick Township around 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional Police.
Investigators said Rivera brandished a butcher knife, threatened to kill the victim, and actively searched the area for him after he fled. Witnesses confirmed the attack, police said.
Rivera was taken …