Baby Dies In Feces-Filled Home While In Drugged Couple's Care; Murder Charges Filed: PSP
A 15-month-old child’s death inside a filthy, freezing home has led to third-degree murder charges against two adults in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, March 16.
Michael Blasser, 34, of Acme, and Ashley Makarsky, 31, were charged following the death of the toddler at a Crestview Drive home in Mount Pleasant Township, according to state police.
Troopers were called to the residence in February of last year for a report of an unresponsive child. When they arrived, the toddler was pale and blue, and troopers began administering CPR, police said. The child w…
Columbia Borough Friend Of ‘Stupid Kid’ Who Shot Home With Child Inside Pleads Guilty: DA
A man has pleaded guilty to his role in a shooting that sent bullets into a Lancaster County home with a child inside, prosecutors announced.
Isaiah Jose Diaz, 22, of the 200 block of Fourth Street, Columbia Borough, admitted his involvement in the Nov. 1, 2024, shooting on the 400 block of Avenue K in Columbia Borough, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Diaz pleaded guilty before Judge Merrill Spahn on Feb. 12 to two counts of criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy to discharge a firearm into an occupied structure, possession of a f…
Maryland Man Who Shot Passenger 5 Times, Ditching Body On Rt 222 Guilty: Lancaster County DA
Maryland man accused of gunning down his passenger along a Lancaster County highway has been convicted following a weeklong jury trial, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, March 2.
Kevin Shareed Harmon, 38, of Gwynn Oak, Md., was found guilty of Third-Degree Murder, Theft By Unlawful Taking, and Firearms Not To Be Carried Without A License for killing 54-year-old Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz along the southbound shoulder of Route 222 in Brecknock Township during the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, the DA’s Office said.
The jury acquitted Harmon of First- and S…
