Author: Edward Campbell

UPPER POTTSGROVE, Pa. — A 22-year-old man was fatally shot by an Upper Pottsgrove Township police officer early Sunday after authorities responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in at a home on Snyder Road. The man was identified as Glenwood Earl Pysher IV, known to family and friends as “Bubba.” According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, police were called to the residence at about 12:29 a.m. on Aug. 23. Officers found Pysher at the rear of the property, where an encounter followed and police fired their weapons, fatally striking him. Pysher’s family says he had mistakenly…

A Colorado man who carried out a series of random stabbing attacks, including an attack on a 7-year-old boy inside a Walmart, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Luke Barkhaus, 33, received the sentence Monday in Douglas County following the January 2025 attacks in Parker. According to prosecutors, three people were injured in separate incidents, and the victims included a restaurant employee, another person attacked at a local business and a child who was shopping with his family at Walmart. The Colorado Judicial Branch lists Barkhaus’ sentencing hearing in Douglas County on Aug. 24. Child was shopping for…

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A 21-year-old Indiana mother is facing a felony neglect charge after police said her 4-year-old daughter, who is nonverbal and autistic, left a hotel room and was found alone in a nearby parking garage. Isabella Nadine Bertinelli was arrested Monday, Aug. 24, following an investigation that began June 3, according to Evansville police and court records. She is charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury. Police were initially called after the young girl was spotted running alone through a parking garage at a local Evansville hotel. Officers determined that the child had been staying…

Georgia teenager who killed her mother when she was 14 has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to felony murder and aggravated assault in the case. Lilyana Rose Wagner, now 16, received the sentence in connection with the November 2024 death of her mother, 51-year-old Rachel Suzanne Wagner, in Tifton, according to Tift Judicial Circuit District Attorney Patrick Warren. Wagner must serve at least 30 years before she can become eligible for parole. The case came to light on Nov. 19, 2024, after Wagner was involved in a vehicle crash in Crawford County. She told officers that…

A Wisconsin woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for her role in the prolonged neglect and confinement of a 14-year-old girl who was found severely malnourished and weighing just 35 pounds last year. Kayla Stemler, 28, was sentenced Monday in Outagamie County Circuit Court after pleading no contest to three charges: chronic neglect of a child causing great bodily harm, chronic neglect causing emotional damage and false imprisonment, according to court records and local reporting. She was also ordered to serve three years of extended supervision followed by two years of probation. Stemler received credit for 287…

A California man and woman are facing murder charges in connection with the December 2025 death of 37-year-old Geoffrey Bernardi, a Clovis educator who died after being severely beaten near a canal. Antonio Garcia, 40, of Tulare, and Misty Gomez, 32, of Dinuba were arrested in Mexico on Aug. 19 by U.S. Marshals with assistance from investigators, according to the Clovis Police Department. The couple was later brought back to California and booked into the Fresno County Jail. Bernardi was found badly injured shortly after midnight on Dec. 18, 2025, near Barstow and Peach avenues in Clovis. He was taken…

An Oxnard man has been convicted in the 2023 killing of Oscar Rodriguez, following a jury trial that ended with guilty verdicts on murder and firearm-related charges, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Aug. 25. Omar Romo, 37, was found guilty of murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. Jurors also found several special allegations and aggravating factors to be true, including that Romo personally and intentionally discharged a firearm and was on parole when the shooting occurred. His prior serious or violent felony convictions were also considered in the case. The…

A 43-year-old Whiting man has died from injuries he suffered after being struck by a vehicle earlier this month in Manchester Township, police said. Richard J. Fescharek was pronounced dead on Aug. 14, five days after the crash, according to an updated statement from the Manchester Township Police Department. The crash happened shortly before 9:40 p.m. Aug. 9 near the intersection of County Route 530 and Swift Circle in the Whiting section of Manchester Township. Officers responding to the scene found Fescharek unresponsive in a grassy area near the roadway. Police said Fescharek entered the roadway in front of a…

A 49-year-old Galloway Township man died Monday night after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck on Route 50 in Weymouth Township, according to New Jersey State Police. Roland Marsh was riding south on Route 50 when a Chevrolet pickup traveling north attempted to turn left into the parking lot of Belco Liquors. The motorcycle and pickup then collided, according to information provided by State Police. Marsh was thrown from the motorcycle in the crash and suffered fatal injuries. He was pronounced dead following the collision. No other injuries were reported, and the driver of the pickup has not been…

A 40-foot sailboat was stolen from a Jersey City marina late Saturday night, and New Jersey State Police are asking the public to help identify the person captured on surveillance video. The vessel was reported stolen from Liberty Harbor Marina in Jersey City around 11 p.m. on Aug. 22, according to State Police. Investigators said the stolen boat is a 1968 Hinckley Bermuda 40, identified by sail number 4066. Surveillance footage shows a man undocking the sailboat and leaving the marina. State Police later released images from the video in an effort to identify him. Police described the suspect as…