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Pittsburgh Care Home Workers Accused Of Elderly Assault:
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PITTSBURGH — Five women were arrested and fired from an Allegheny County-run nursing home, accused of assaulting and verbally harassing a 94-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.
County police said the investigation began in November, based on reports from co-workers at Kane Glen Hazel on Rivermont Drive [...]

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2 arrested in beating death of 90-year-old woman:
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The slaying broke hearts in a city famous for its toughness: Police say that a hulking 6-foot-tall man and his wiry buddy beat a 90-year-old Port Richmond woman in a purse-snatching.
Charles Warenecki, 31, and Daniel T. Hart, 23, were charged with murder [...]

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Drowned pup ended gay spat:
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As nasty breakups go, it’s hard to imagine anything more twisted than what Upper Darby police have on their hands.
This lovers’ quarrel, authorities say, ended with a series of burglaries, death threats and an 8-month-old Pomeranian’s being drowned in a bathtub and prepped for cooking.
“They [...]

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Berks man held for court in estranged wife’s killing:
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A Berks County man was held for court Monday on charges he strangled his estranged wife in Pottstown.
Joseph L. Kramer, 45, Bechtelsville, was returned to Montgomery County Prison without bail following a hearing before Pottstown District Judge John J. Durkin.
Kramer is charged [...]

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Police: Man Shoots Wife, 2-Year-Old Son Before Shooting Self:
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SPRING GARDEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Three people including a child were killed in an apparent double murder-suicide, Spring Garden Township police said.
The York County Coroner said John Goodman, 39, shot and killed his wife, Julia, and their 2-year-old son before killing himself [...]

Pennsylvania
Connecticut Man Charged With Beating, Burning Girlfriend’s Toddler Son:
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LANCASTER, Pa. — A Connecticut man is being held on charges that he beat and burned his Pennsylvania girlfriend’s 18-month-old son while she was at hairdressing school.
Police say 27-year-old Joey Melendez of Plainfield, Conn., has been arraigned on charges including aggravated [...]

Pennsylvania
Suspect Found Hugging Badly Beaten Toddler:
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BURRELL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 19-month-old boy was put on life support Tuesday night after being punched, shaken and bitten, state police in Indiana County said.
Police said Leonard Mcintire was beaten Monday at a home on Main Street in Burrell Township. The child suffered massive [...]

Pennsylvania
Stolen Dog Beheaded, Police Say:
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PERRY COUNTY, Pa. — State police are trying to find out who stole a dog from Harry Danner’s front yard and killed him.
Police said someone took the dog, Zeus, from the yard, beheaded him, and brought his headless body to a parking lot days later.
For the [...]

Pennsylvania
Woman Jailed for Swinging Baby Like Bat:
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ERIE, PA. — A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for swinging her infant son like a baseball bat at her boyfriend, fracturing the infant’s skull.
Chytoria Graham, 28, was fighting with boyfriend, DeAngelo Troop, after a night of [...]

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Neighbor testifies of beating sounds in death of boy, 3:
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Just before he was beaten to death, a 3-year-old boy apologized to the woman charged with repeatedly striking him for making noise in the early-morning hours, a neighbor testified at a preliminary hearing yesterday for Alethia McKee.
“I heard, ‘You woke me [...]