Thursday, February 28, 2013
Edwin Carrero II, 33, faces up to 61 years in prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to the murder of his girlfriend—Alicia Schmidt—on Feb. 2, 2012.
A Pottstown man faces up to 61 years in prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to the murder of his girlfriend following an argument in the victim's apartment on Feb. 2, 2012. Edwin Carrero II, 33, pleaded guilty to charges of third-degree murder, theft by unlawful taking and access device fraud in connection with the strangulation death of 31-year-old Alicia Schmidt, according to a report by the Pottstown Mercury. The report adds that President Judge William J. Furber Jr. chose to defer sentencing while the court completes a background investigation into Carrero, who faces a maximum of 30.5-to-61 years in prison. Authorities initially responded to a call from Carrero's ex-wife on Feb. 2, 2012, stating that Carrero told her that he had …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The suspects are described as two black males believed to be in their 20's. One suspect was light-skinned with facial hair, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and Timberland boots, while the second suspect was dark-skinned and wearing dark colored clothing.
Area police departments are searching for two armed men who entered an apartment at the Rolling Hills complex on Sunday, and demanded cash from four people inside. According to a report on the Sanatoga Post, the suspects are described as two black males believed to be in their 20's. One suspect was light-skinned with facial hair, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and Timberland boots, while the second suspect was dark-skinned and wearing dark colored clothing. Click here to follow us on Facebook Despite their demands for cash, the two suspects left with only two cell phones and zero money. Members of the police departments from Lower Pottsgrove, New Hanover, Pottstown, Douglass Township and Limerick responded to the call, but the suspects …
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monica Shay died Thursday. She and her husband, Paul Shay, owned the house in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township where they and three others were shot on Saturday.
A third victim in Saturday's shooting is dead. Monica Shay, 58, died Thursday, said Paul Hoffman, Deputy Coroner for Lehigh Valley County. The exact cause of her death is undetermined, he said. An autopsy will be conducted at 8 a.m. on Friday. Shay was shot in the head at a Renninger Road, Gilbertsville, Douglass Township house she owned with her husband Paul Shay, 64. On Sunday, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and Douglass Township Police Chief Barry L. Templin Jr. identified the victims in the shooting as Paul Shay and his wife, Monica, Joseph Shay, Kathryn Erdmann and her son, Gregory. Joseph Shay, 43, of Yarmouth, MA, and New York, NY, and Gregory, 2, were shot in the head and killed. Kathryn Erdmann, 37, of Fall…
Monday, July 4, 2011
Mark Richard Geisenheyner, wanted for the murder of a toddler and an adult male, and the shooting of three other people, is dead, officials say.
A massive manhunt for a killer is over. Mark Richard Geisenheyner, a suspect in the shootings of five people that left a child and man dead in Montgomery County, is dead after a six-hour standoff with police in Trainer, Delaware County. A short time ago, Montgomery County First Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele confirmed that the Delaware County medical examiner declared Geisenheyner dead today. Police began a hunt for a suspect after finding five people had been shot at a residence at 50 Renninger Road in Gilbertsville, Douglass Township around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Yesterday, Steele, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and Douglass Township Police Chief Barry L. Templin Jr. identified the victims in Saturday's …
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Heavily armed and armored members of the Ches-Mont Emergency Response Team are scouring an area of Douglass Township this morning after a Saturday night shooting that authorities say left two dead and three others wounded.
Update 6:50 a.m.: Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Kevin Steele said this morning that there were two dead as a result of last night's shooting, including one child and "an adult white male." Three others were injured, Steele said. ABC is reporting that Joseph Shay, 43, and Gregory Erdmann, 2, were identified as the two people killed. "Both suffered gunshot wounds to the head," the report states. The three injured people are in critical condition, the ABC report continues, identifying them as Kathryn Erdmann, 37, Paul Shay, 64, and Monica Shay, 58. Earlier reports described a 5-year-old child dead at the scene and a 2-year-old child dead after transport to Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. At least one injured white male with…
Dynamo47
6:41 am on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
I feel for the innocent victims in this case. I thank the SWAT team for saving the taxpayers the burden of supporting this animal for next 20 years in prison. more ›