‘I Deserve Justice’: Girl’s Courtroom Words Help Put King Of Prussia Rapist Behind Bars
A girl who was repeatedly raped by a family acquaintance from the age of 9 told a Bucks County courtroom, “I am not here for pity. I am here because I deserve justice,” as her abuser was sentenced to up to 36 years in prison, authorities said Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Powerful Victim Statement
Charles J. Sylvester, 39, of King of Prussia, was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in state prison for raping and sexually assaulting the girl over a three-year period in Bristol Township, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced.
The girl, who is now a teenager, delivered a powerful impact statement…
Center City Sex Assault Suspect Caught After Attacking 5 Women: Philadelphia Police
UPDATE: A man accused of ambushing five women in Center City has been apprehended, Philadelphia police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Dynel Walker, wanted in a string of sexual assaults that terrorized women across the 9th and 17th Districts, was captured after a two-week manhunt, police said.
Walker was identified as the suspect in five separate attacks between Friday, July 18, and Sunday, Aug. 3, all occurring in early morning or overnight hours and sharing the same pattern — victims approached from behind and sexually assaulted.
July 18, 6:40 a.m. — 19XX Spruce St: A woman walking her…
Virginia Woman Watched As Vulnerable Relative Was Abused, Didn't Call For Help: Police
A Bristow man and woman are behind bars after they were accused of abusing a vulnerable adult relative inside their Prince William County home, police announced.
Diego Balcazar Tabares, 53, and Evelyn Adriana Trossi-Balcazar, 54, were arrested on Thursday, July 24, following a disturbing investigation into multiple incidents of domestic abuse, police said Tuesday.
Detectives said the abuse happened earlier in the month at the couple’s home in the Bristow area, where the victim — a 50-year-old man — was reportedly “forcibly grabbed, thrown, and struck” by Balcazar Tabares on more than one oc…