Philadelphia Police Investigating the Suspicious Death of a 93-Year-Old Male [Vehicle Located]

***Vehicle has been located. Suspicious Death still under investigation.***

Philadelphia police are investigating a suspicious death after a 93-year-old Black male was found unresponsive with lacerations inside a residence on the 4500 block of N. 16th Street on Friday, December 5, 2025. The man was discovered inside the residence at approximately 2:58 p.m., and medics pronounced him deceased at 3:05 p.m. Responding officers were notified that the decedent had lacerations to both the chest and head. The incident is being treated as a suspicious death pending the outcome of the investigation.

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Gloucester Township Police Announce Charge Upgrade in Fatal Crash Investigation 12-9-2025

On Saturday, October 11, 2025, at approximately 10:13 PM, officers from the Gloucester Township Police Department responded to a serious motor vehicle crash involving an SUV and a sedan at the intersection of Berlin Cross Keys Road and Johnson Road in the Sicklerville section of Gloucester Township.

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Lumberton Elected Official Indicted on Child Endangering/Abuse Charges

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw announced that a member of the Lumberton Township Committee who was charged earlier this year with drunk driving and related offenses has been indicted on charges of failing to protect her young child who was in the car with her at the time of the incident.

Gina LaPlaca, 46, who presently serves as the Lumberton Township mayor, was charged by a grand jury with Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Second Degree) and Child Abuse (Fourth Degree). She is scheduled to be arraigned on December 8 in Superior Court in Mount Holly.

The indictment was returned November 20 and signed by Prosecutor Bradshaw.

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Two Charged in Bordentown Township Double Homicide

Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Bordentown Township Police Department Officer-in-Charge Lt. Frank Nucera III announced that two people have been charged with fatally shooting two men outside a Bordentown Township convenience store one month ago.

Justford Doe, 23, of Philadelphia, and Giovanni Varanese, 21, of Cherry Hill, were charged with Murder (First Degree), Conspiracy to Commit Murder (First Degree), Robbery (First Degree), Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (Second Degree), Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Second Degree), Certain Persons Not to Possess Weapons (Second Degree) and Eluding (Second Degree).

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Division St. Homeowner Faces $1000’s in Fines; Court Case Scheduled for January

William E. Cleary Sr. | CNBNews

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Mr. Pierce purchased the property in 2021 for $175,000. In May 2022, residents began complaining to the City Housing Office about the property’s appearance. The Google Maps photos were taken in March 2023. Cleary’s Notebook News photo was taken on November 26, 2025. GOOGLE MAPS

GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (DECEMBER 4,2025)(CNBNEWS)–Cleary’s Notebook News submitted an OPRA request to Vanessa Little, the Custodian of Records for Gloucester City, on November 26. The request sought all citations filed against Roger Pierce, the occupant of 637 Division Street, for violating the City’s Housing Code. In response, we received 43 pages starting from May 4, 2022.

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Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom Succumbs to gunshot wounds; Shot in D.C.

End of Watch: Thursday, November 27, 2025

Sarah Beckstrom succumbed to gunshot wounds she received when she was ambushed while on patrol near the Farragut Square Metro Station in Washington, D.C.

On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, a gunman walked up to Specialist Beckstrom and two other guardsmen and opened fire around 2:15 p.m. While he was standing over one of the guardsmen, preparing to shoot again, another guardsman returned fire, striking the gunman.

Specialist Beckstrom and the other guardsman were transported to local hospitals, where Specialist Beckstrom passed away on November 27, 2025. The other guardsman is in critical condition.

The suspect remains in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. He was charged with three counts of assault with the intent to kill while armed and criminal possession of a weapon, and will be charged with murder in the first degree.

Over 2,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to guard the United States capital since August 2025. They are sworn in and deputized with the United States Department of Justice – United States Marshals Service as certified law enforcement officers.
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Officer-Involved Shooting

The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Sunday, November 30, 2025, at approximately 4:11 AM in the 25th Police District.

Officers were dispatched to the area of 9XX W. Erie Avenue for a report of a person with a gun. Upon arrival, officers encountered a 35-year-old Hispanic female holding a firearm to the right side of her head.

Officers issued multiple verbal commands ordering her to drop the weapon. The female did not comply to these commands. One officer deployed a Taser, which struck the female but had no effect. The female then fled across Erie Avenue, at which time she pointed the firearm in the direction of the officers.

In response, Officer #1 and Officer #2 discharged their duty weapons, striking the female multiple times. She fell to the ground and dropped her firearm. Officers transported her to Temple University Hospital, where she remains in critical condition.

A firearm was recovered at the scene – a .22 caliber Kel-Tec handgun with an obliterated serial number, loaded with one round in the chamber and nineteen rounds in the magazine.

The female is currently charged with Aggravated Assault on Police and Violations of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA).

No officers or other civilians were injured.

Body-Worn Cameras were activated for the duration of the encounter.

This investigation remains in its preliminary stages and is under review by the PPD’s Officer Involved Shooting Investigation Unit (OISI), PPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB), and by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO).

Per Departmental policy, the discharging officers have been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

DISCHARGING OFFICERS

Officer #1 – 36/H/M

District of Assignment: 25th District
Years of Service: 3

Officer #2 – 25/A/M

District of Assignment: 25th District
Years of Service: 2

Philadelphia Police Report Overnight Incident

The following information is preliminary and subject to change. Updates will be provided as they become available.

At approximately 2:00 am, a shooting occurred in the 9th District in the area of the 8XX block of Spring Garden Street. A 24-year-old male was struck in the upper arm area while on the highway. He was transported to Nazareth Hospital by private vehicle at 7:19 a.m., where he was listed in stable condition. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation by the Shooting Investigation Group.

72 Arrests Wasn’t Enough — Democrats Let Him Burn Her Alive

How many more innocent Americans have to be victimized before Democrat politicians admit their sick, soft-on-crime insanity is a blood-soaked catastrophe?

Last week in Democrat-run Chicago, a 26-year-old woman was riding the ‘L’ train when a career criminal with 72 prior arrests — including eight felony convictions and seven misdemeanors — doused her in gasoline, chased her screaming through the train car, and set her on fire in broad daylight. She’s now fighting for her life with horrific burns because the predator who did this was walking free.

This animal was walking free because of the radical, dangerous “no cash bail” law proudly signed by Governor JB Pritzker and celebrated by Chicago’s defund-the-police Mayor Brandon Johnson. Just three months ago, after this same monster was arrested for another violent crime, a county judge cut him loose on electronic monitoring — a condition he repeatedly violated with zero consequences right up to the day he lit an innocent woman on fire.

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ICE and state of Florida arrest 230 criminal alien sexual predators, violent criminals in 10-day operation

Federal-state partnership removes dangerous illegal aliens from communities, preventing future crimes

MIAMI — ICE, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, launched on Oct. 25 Operation Criminal Return, a statewide initiative targeting convicted sexual predators and offenders who pose significant threats to public safety.

During the 10-day operation, ICE and 287(g) partner FDLE arrested 230 criminal illegal aliens who are registered sex offenders and have egregious criminal histories. These crimes include sexual assault, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation of children, possession of narcotics, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, burglary, attempted premeditated murder with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery.