Vinny Vella
Philly Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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After inflicting ‘horrendous’ abuse on a child, a Collingdale man was sentenced to state prison
Steven Dougherty, 32, repeatedly kicked and struck his ex-girlfriend's son in 2021, leaving the boy with lasting injuries, including an infection that required him to be hospitalized. → Read More
A Bensalem teen will face a county judge in a murder prosecutors say he displayed over Instagram
The full circumstances surrounding the 13-year-old victim's death remained unclear Monday, after Joshua Cooper broke down during his preliminary hearing. → Read More
Delco prosecutors urged jurors to convict a driver who killed a teen while fleeing from police in 2020
Anthony Jones, 29, showed an "extreme indifference to human life," prosecutors said Friday at the end of his weeklong trial on third-degree murder and related charges. → Read More
A South Jersey woman who crashed into a group of firefighters, killing one, was sentenced to prison
Jacquelyn Walker was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 24 years in state prison for causing a crash that killed Thomas Royds in 2021. → Read More
A Kensington man led a gun ring that armed criminals with nearly 100 illegal guns, prosecutors say
Larry Williams, 40, directed seven people to buy the firearms from gun stores and gun shows, prosecutors said at a news conference Wednesday. → Read More
After two suicides in Yeadon police custody, families are demanding answers and pushing for change
Wendy Spence and Shawn Morcho both died by suicide in a Yeadon Police holding cell four months apart. → Read More
A Norristown boy took his mother’s gun to school in his backpack, police said
Jasmin Devlin's 6-year-old son found her 9mm handgun in her bedroom dresser and showed it off to his friends on the school bus, according to prosecutors. → Read More
A Montgomery County man admitted to killing his 6-week-old son and was sentenced to state prison
David Moyer, 25, told officers investigating his 6-week-old son's death that he angrily slammed the baby onto a mattress after the child threw up on him. → Read More
A Delco teen who started a gunfight on the night police killed Fanta Bility has been captured
Angelo "AJ" Ford was arrested in Philadelphia on Monday after a year on the run, prosecutors said. → Read More
Fans flock to the Linc on Super Bowl Sunday ... to shop
'We couldn’t make it to Arizona,' said Carol Larock of Wisconsin, 'so we came to the next best place.' → Read More
A Delco man was sentenced to jail for killing a social worker in a hit-and-run crash
Michael Larkin pleaded guilty in December to hitting Michael Hackman and fleeing the scene without reporting the crash to police. → Read More
Bucks County DA Matt Weintraub plans to run for judge in the fall
The top prosecutor announced his plans Friday and pledged to appoint his first assistant, Jennifer Schorn, to replace him if he wins. → Read More
Delco officials accidentally released an inmate from the county jail
Amin Hall is being sought by county detectives after he was released from the jail by mistake on Tuesday afternoon. → Read More
A Yardley man who shot the town’s police chief was sentenced to state prison
Colin Petroziello fired a shotgun at Yardley Police Chief Joe Kelly and then barricaded himself and his mother inside his condo for hours in August 2021. → Read More
A Coatesville man who spent 12 years in jail for murder just had his sentence overturned
Marquis Rayner was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2012 death of Dominique Williams on "pure speculation," a federal judge ruled as he set aside the guilty verdict. → Read More
A skull found in Bucks County nearly 40 years ago finally gets ID’d
Richard Alt was reported missing from his home in Trenton by his family in 1985. A fisherman discovered a skull in the Delaware River a year later. → Read More
A Devon man who killed his wife inside a Main Line Wawa was convicted of first-degree murder
Brian Kennedy shot his wife at point-blank range inside a Wawa in Radnor in 2019, according to prosecutors. → Read More
A Southwest Philly street gang burglarized three gun stores, stealing nearly 100 guns, DA says
Members of 54th Street targeted gun stores in the suburbs, prosecutors said Wednesday, committing overnight, smash-and-grab burglaries that put guns in the hands of criminals. → Read More
Four years after shooting his ex-wife in a Radnor Wawa, a Delco man is on trial for her murder
Brian Kennedy shot and killed his estranged ex-wife in 2019 during what was supposed to be a child-custody exchange in the convenience store, prosecutors said. → Read More
A Delco lawyer was convicted of possessing child pornography
Patrick Lomax used hidden cameras to record a teen living in his home having sex, according to prosecutors. → Read More