Accused Drug Dealer Gets Homicide Charge / Trump Riot Arrests / Home Invasion: Top PA Crime Stories

Check out some of the top crime stories from across the Pennsylvania region over the past week.

Posted Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 3:10 pm ET

A Norristown woman has admitted to stabbing her stepfather but will not face murder charges.

Do you recognize this man?

A man jumped the fence at a Lansdale scrapyard and headed straight for the catalytic converters, police said.

A Lansdale heroin dealer has been charged with criminal homicide in the overdose death of a 22-year-old woman, the DA said.

Newtown Township Police responded to 260 calls for service over the past week. Here's the breakdown.

The thefts were reported this week. Only cash was taken at Optimal Sports; at BCCC entire wallets were snatched.

An 18-year-old Doylestown man was among the 33 Pennsylvania residents arrested for rioting at last week's presidential inauguration.

David Thomas hit banks in Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia over two months in 2015.

Three suspects stole roughly $60,000 worth of merchandise on Jan. 18 from Remix Designer Consignment.

The man is being held on $1,000,000 bail, court records show.

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