Criminal Justice
A Belgian Malinois named Yoda helped police capture escaped murderer Daniel Cavalcante in Chester County on Wednesday.
Authorities captured Cavalcante in the woods Wednesday morning, bringing relief to anxious residents who had endured sleepless nights as he hid in the woods, broke into homes, changed his appearance, and fled under gunfire with a rifle pilfered from a garage.
Bodycam footage showed Mark Dial firing his weapon through the driver's side window of Irizarry's sedan about seven seconds after getting out of a police SUV and striding over to the car.
Outlaw leaves after a bumpy three years on the job that began just before the pandemic lockdowns and was quickly followed by intense protests that broke out in Philadelphia and across the country in the summer of 2020 over the police killing of Black people.
Jeffrey Thomas, a Republican, was found guilty of multiple charges including strangulation, criminal trespassing, and false imprisonment.
Former president Donald Trump has been indicted on 91 charges–so far–on both the state and federal level. These charges include conspiracy, obstruction, willful retention of national defense information, and more.
A jury awarded magazine writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Since this was a civil case, however, the former president will not face jail time.