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Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Man accused of attempted homicide in Schuylkill County shooting
TREMONT, Pa. (WHTM) — A Schuylkill County man is facing attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges after a reported shooting. Derek Weaver, 28, was charged Wednesday with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and related charges, according to State Police at Schuylkill Haven. Troopers said they were called to the 100 block of West Laurel Street in Tremont around 12:30am early Wednesday for a report of shots fired. There, troopers said someone fired a shotgun, striking a vehicle and its occupant, a 30-year-old man. Troopers accused Weaver of the shooting and he was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge James Reiley, Pottsville, and committed to Schuylkill County Prison, unable to post $75,000 straight cash bail. Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Apple TV devices Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the State Police Schuylkill Haven Criminal Investigation Unit at 570-754-4600. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
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El Paso County mail theft suspect arrested; 150 forged and stolen documents seized
El Paso County sheriff's investigators seized more than 150 counterfeit and stolen documents, including dozens of forged driver's licenses, fraudulent U.S. passports and stolen mail, after a traffic stop. Richard Allen Jenkins, 42, of the Horizon City area, was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into mail theft, document forgery and fraud, sheriff's officials said. Crime: UPS driver arrested in package thefts after empty box deliveries in Horizon City The documents were found Tuesday, March 25, during vehicle search after a sheriff's deputy pulled over a red Ford F-150 for an expired registration on Thackery Drive in the Sparks community in eastern El Paso County, officials said. After the documents were discovered, detectives from the East Montana Patrol Station Criminal Investigation Unit took over the case and obtained search warrants, including for electronic devices seized during the stop. More: US Postal Service is asking to upgrade your mailbox: Blame porch pirates Detectives have contacted the identified victims, who mainly reside at El Paso apartment complexes with past mail thefts. Some of victims had fraudulent credit cards opened in their names, sheriff's officials said. Jenkins allegedly had a laptop with "forging software," thumb drives, and a printer to make identifications and forged checks, officials said. Sheriff's detectives also seized: 39 forged driver's licenses 18 forged checks, 25 check copies, 12 blank check backgrounds 16 blank, print-ready identification cards 12 sets of stolen Social Security numbers, four Social Security cards 47 mail skeleton keys, 10 pieces of mail belonging to other people, and a USPS mailbox 10 W-2 forms plus other tax forms Eight credit cards, four debit cards Two fraudulent U.S. passports (One person was dead, other was underage) Jenkins was arrested on state charges of forgery and fraud use/possession of identifying information of 50 or more counts. On Wednesday, he was released from the Downtown El Paso County Jail on a $35,000 surety bond, according to jail records. Detectives are collaborating with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service for potential federal charges. Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@ and @BorundaDaniel on X. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: El Paso mail theft suspect arrested; 150 stolen, fake documents found
