Reading Man Charged With Rape: DA
A Reading man faces criminal charges in connection with a 2022 Shillington sexual assault, the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced.
Angel Vasquez, 28, was arrested Thursday, April 20, and booked on two counts each of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, and aggravated indecent assault, prosecutors said.
The charges stem from a reported assault at a Shillington residence on May 26, 2022, authorities said. Investigators spoke with the alleged victim, 51, and performed a medical examination that revealed DNA evidence, according to the release.
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After Raping 6-Year-Old, Long Island Man Gave Victim 'Pocket Change,' DA Says
A Long Island man is facing more than a decade in prison after admitting that he raped a 6-year-old girl.
Jose Romero, age 34, of Centereach, pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, April 12.
According to prosecutors, Romero sexually abused the child in October 2021, and then gave her “pocket change” and told her not to tell her parents.
The girl immediately reported the abuse to her parents, who then contacted police. She was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where a sexual assault examination linked Romero’s DNA to the crime, prosecutors said.
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Salem Man Convicted In 2010 Strangulation Of Camden Girlfriend: Prosecutor
A Salem City man has been found guilty in the choking death of a Camden City woman, authorities said.
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, a jury convicted Timothy Simon, 54, of first-degree murder in the strangulation of 31- year-old Lawanda Strickland, according to Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.
On July 10, 2010, officers from the Camden City Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office responded to the 900 block of Jackson Street in Camden City for a report of a deceased female in her residence,
Simon, who was Strickland’s boyfriend at that time, calle…
Arrest Made In Knifepoint Sexual Assault Behind Phillipsburg Alleyway: Prosecutor
An Easton man was arrested over a year after authorities say he held a woman at knifepoint and sexually assaulted her behind a Phillipsburg alleyway.
John H. Holmes, 40, of the 200 block of Northampton Street, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, criminal restraint, theft, and weapons offenses, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said in a release on Friday, Feb. 3.
The woman had just gotten off of a bus in Easton when Holmes approached her and started following her across the Northampton Street Bridge toward Uni…
