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Jayana Tanae Webb Charged With 3 Murders

Jayana Tanae Webb is a twenty one year old woman from Pennsylvania who was just charged with three counts of murder for a fatal DUI accident that left 2 Pennsylvania State Troopers and a civilian dead. According to police reports Jayana Tanae Webb was stopped by Pennsylvania State Troopers on suspicion of DUI however they would let her go as they had a report of a man wandering around the Interstate. Soon after Jayana Tanae Webb would strike the 2 Pennsylvania State Troopers as well as the man killing all three. Jayana Tanae Webb has been charged with the following:

Murder of the third degree, three counts
Homicide by vehicle while DUI, three counts
Homicide by vehicle, three counts
Manslaughter of a law enforcement officer in the second degree, two counts
Involuntary manslaughter, three counts
Recklessly endangering another person, three counts
Driving under the influence
Summary traffic violations, which include failing to drive at a safe speed, careless driving, and reckless driving

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Authorities have announced charges against a woman they say was driving under the influence when she struck and killed three people, including two Pennsylvania state police troopers, Monday morning.

Jayana Tanae Webb, 21, has been charged with third-degree murder, homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, DUI, and related charges in connection with the crash that occurred shortly before 1 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95.

Investigators say Webb was behind the wheel of an SUV when she struck Trooper Martin Mack, Trooper Branden Sisca, and 28-year-old Reyes Rivera Oliveras on the left side of the highway.

Webb was walked out of the Pennsylvania State Police Troop K barracks in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon wearing handcuffs that belonged to the fallen troopers

Troopers Mack and Sisca had responded to a call for a person walking on the left side of the southbound lanes and had made contact with the man on the roadway. The troopers were taking the man into custody and walking him back to their state police SUV.

As all three men were walking back to the police vehicle, authorities say Webb was traveling at a high rate of speed in the left lane and struck all three men, the patrol vehicle, and the barrier between the north and southbound lanes. The impact of the crash knocked both troopers into the northbound lanes and ripped both driver’s side doors off of their SUV.

Webb’s vehicle later came to a stop on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes and she remained at the scene prior to being taken into custody.

Police dispatch called for backup after the officers stopped responding. Backup arrived as bystanders were attempting to perform life-saving measures on the troopers. Both Trooper Mack and Trooper Sisca were later pronounced dead at the scene.

A law enforcement source tells FOX 29’s Steve Keeley that state police had conducted a traffic stop involving the striking vehicle shortly before the crash. They say that stop was cut short because troopers were responding to reports of pedestrian walking on I-95.

Authorities had announced Monday morning that they were conducting a ‘DUI-related’ investigation. Law enforcement sources told FOX 29 that a 21-year-old driver had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit.

Officials say Trooper Mack, 33, joined the force in 2014 while Sisca, 29, only recently graduated from the academy and had enlisted in February of 2021. Sisca was also a Fire Chief of Trappe Fire Company in Montgomery County.

Webb, of Eagleville, faces a total of 18 charges in connection with the crash

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/driver-charged-in-crash-that-killed-2-pennsylvania-state-troopers-civilian

Brook Lank Charged In Anthony Lofton Murder

Brook Lank is a woman from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania who has been charged with the murder of her boyfriend Anthony Lofton. According to police reports Brook Lank and Anthony Lofton were inside of a car on the way to a drug deal when an argument broke out. Well Brook Lank would pull out a gun and fatally shoot Anthony Lofton in the head. Brook Lank would later drop off her boyfriend’s body in a back alley before taking off in the vehicle. When Brook Lank was arrested she would admit to the shooting and told investigators that she did a poor job of cleaning the car. Brook Lank has been charged with charged with individual counts of criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse

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A Pittsburgh woman was charged Monday with killing her boyfriend and dumping his body in a McKees Rocks alleyway, police said.

Brook Lank, 24, is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse in the killing of 22-year-old Anthony Lofton, also of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Lofton was found dead in an alleyway behind a residence in the 300 block of Russellwood Avenue on Sunday morning, according to police and the county medical examiner. Police said he had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to a criminal complaint, Ms. Lank told police that she shot Mr. Lofton in the head while she was driving a Ford Taurus. Mr. Lofton was in the passenger’s seat.

The couple had been fighting, the complaint said, and Ms. Lank told police Mr. Lofton threatened her with a gun and took her car the night before the homicide.

Ms. Lank said Mr. Lofton had asked her Sunday to drive to McKeesport so he could make a drug deal, but during the drive, the couple began to fight.

According to the complaint, Ms. Lank said she reached for Mr. Lofton’s gun and shot him in the head. When she noticed he was still breathing, she shot him two more times.

Ms. Lank told police she panicked and threw the gun out the window. She then dumped Mr. Lofton’s body in Derby Alley.

“I obviously didn’t do a very good job,” Ms. Lank told police about her attempt to clean up the evidence.

According to the complaint, Germell Phillips helped Ms. Lank dump Mr. Lofton’s body. Mr. Phillips told police that Ms. Lank called him to “help her and go for a ride.” While in the vehicle, Mr. Phillips said he thought Mr. Lofton was asleep until Ms. Lank asked him to move his body.

Mr. Phillips said Ms. Lank told him Mr. Lofton had threatened her with a gun, and that she had to shoot him. Mr. Phillips has not been charged with a crime.

Ms. Lank was arrested Monday and is being held in the Allegheny County Jail.

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2022/03/15/mckees-rocks-homicide-killing-pittsburgh-woman-arrested-brook-lank-derby-alley/stories/202203150080

David Moyer Charged With Infants Murder

David Moyer has been charged in the murder of his eight week old son. According to police reports David Moyer who is from Trappe Pennsylvania whose eight week old son vomited so Moyer slammed the newborn down on the bed. Moyer would leave the infant alone and return twenty minutes later to find the newborn unresponsive. David would tell his wife about the baby and the pair realized their doctor’s office was closed would call an Uber. The pair waited twenty minutes for their ride before going to the hospital. The infant would be rushed to a specialized hospital however would die nine days later . On autopsy doctors noted both healing injuries on the baby and subdural hemorrhaging in the brain and numerous hemorrhages in the retina of the left eye, among other findings. David Moyer would be arrested and charged with third degree murder.

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A 24-year-old Pennsylvania dad was charged with third-degree murder in the death of his eight-week-old son, who was slammed face down on a bed after vomiting and died nine days later in the hospital, authorities said.

The infant was brought to Phoenixville Hospital on Tuesday, Feb. 22 by his parents, one of whom is Trappe resident David Moyer, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release.

There, medical staff confirmed the baby was not breathing, and subsequently airlifted him to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, authorities said. Because of the severity of the baby’s injuries, hospital personnel contacted the police.

“CHOP physicians noted both healing injuries on the baby and subdural hemorrhaging in the brain and numerous hemorrhages in the retina of the left eye, among other findings,” DA Steele said alongside Pennsylvania State Police Captain James B. Kemm.

The infant died at CHOP on Thursday, March 3, authorities said. An autopsy performed on Friday, March 4, by forensic pathologist Dr. Julia De La Garza, determined the infant died of multiple blunt impact injuries, and the manner of death was a homicide, she said.

Moyer became the focus of a joint investigation after authorities discovered that he was caring for his son before taking him to the hospital, they said.

Moyer told investigators that he slammed his infant son face down on a bed after he vomited on him. He left the baby there for 20 minutes before returning to find him unresponsive, authorities said.

He informed his wife, and after learning that their son’s doctor’s office was closed, they both decided to take an Uber to an emergency room, according to a criminal complaint.

The parents waited 20 minutes for an Uber before arriving at the hospital, records show.

Moyer’s wife told investigators that she had seen Moyer screaming in the baby’s face while holding him on previous occasions, the criminal complaint says. She allegedly said that each time this happened, she had to go get the baby from him.

Moyer was additionally charged with child endangerment and reckless endangerment. He was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility after failing to post $1 million cash bail.

Moyer’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29.

https://dailyvoice.com/pennsylvania/montgomery/police-fire/murder-pa-dad-slammed-infant-son-into-bed-after-vomiting-da-says/828073/

Gary Cabana Arrested In Philadelphia

Gary Cabana the man who allegedly stabbed two employees at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York was arrested today in Philadelphia after setting his hotel room on fire. According to police in Philadelphia they were called to a hotel room on fire and when they reviewed surveillance cameras they realized that the person matched that of the suspect wanted for the double stabbing at the Museum Of Modern Art over the weekend. Since the stabbings in New York Gary Cabana has been active on Instagram telling his followers that he is the victim of a frame job and bipolar. Cabana also takes aim at the Museum Of Modern Art saying there were no previous incidents that would lead to his membership being cancelled.

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The man accused of stabbing two employees inside New York’s Museum of Modern Art on Saturday was arrested in Philadelphia, police said Tuesday morning.Information on charges against Gary Cabana, 60, will be announced pending his extradition to New York, a New York Police Department spokesperson said.Cabana was arrested at a Greyhound station early Tuesday after police found him sleeping on a bench inside a station in Chinatown, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

It’s unclear whether Gary Cabana has an attorney.

The injured employees were both 24 years old, police said. One, a woman, suffered two stab wounds to the lower back and one stab wound to the back of her neck. The other, a man, was stabbed once in the left collar bone, officials said.

Both were rushed to Bellevue Hospital and are expected to survive, police said at a news conference Saturday evening

Police said Gary Cabana was a regular visitor to the museum. Immediately after the incident, police described him as wearing a black jacket and surgical mask. That description was released immediately over division radio units in the area and a search was initiated by police responding to the scene, according to NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller.

He was caught on video leaving the museum, so police knew which direction he went.Cabana is known to the NYPD, Miller said, and was wanted by the department in connection with two incidents that occurred in Midtown Manhattan, where the museum is located, prior to Saturday’s double stabbing.

Gary Cabana is also allegedly linked to an arson incident at a Best Western in Philadelphia, where a small fire was extinguished in a fifth floor hotel room Monday evening, according to police there.New York Mayor Eric Adams said he was briefed on the incident there on Saturday and his press secretary tweeted it “appears to be an isolated, criminal incident.

Gary Cabana entered the museum with the intention of attending a film, police said.

“At approximately 4:15 this afternoon, an individual entered the museum, attempted to gain entrance presenting his membership card and was denied entrance because his membership had expired,” Miller said Saturday. “His membership had expired as a result of two incidents involving disorderly conduct here at the museum on two separate dates in recent days,” he added.Upon being denied entrance, the suspect became angry, jumped over the reception desk and attacked the two employees, police said.There was ample security in the area at the time of the incident, but Miller described it as a “rapidly unfolding spontaneous incident.”

In videos shared on social media, dozens of people are seen leaving the museum in a large crowd.”We weren’t told what was going on, just that they had to close the exhibits immediately,” MoMA patron Tina Rook told CNN. “A woman did say it was an emergency,” Rook said, adding the whole incident was handled very well by police and museum officials.In a series of tweets, MoMA patron Yuichi Shimada described a chaotic scene, saying there were “many police vehicle and ambulances.””It seemed that everyone had been ordered to evacuate, and the other guests came out one after another,” Shimada tweeted.”It was chaotic, partly because it was snowing, with a group of young women in a panic and crying, and partly because people were taking pictures on their cell phones and playing live on their phones too,” Shimada said.

The museum was closed for the rest of the weekend and on Sunday, said it would reopen Tuesday.”Thank you for your incredible support,” a tweet from the museum said.

The facility was due to screen the films “Paper Moon,” “Wattstax,” “Bringing Up Baby,” and “Cutting Horse” Saturday.On its website Monday, MoMA showed all film showings at the venue canceled until Thursday.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/14/us/moma-stabbing-what-we-know/index.html

Joel Ayala Jr Murders Sister

Joel Ayala Jr is a twenty year old man from Lancaster Pennsylvania who has just been charged with the murder of his sister Linnette Ayala. According to police reports Joel Ayala Jr would shoot his sister Linnette Ayala multiple times in the head on March 10, 2022. Joey Ayala Jr who would admit to the murder and attempting to clean up the crime scene has been charged with one count of criminal homicide. 911 would receive a call from the father of Joel and Linnette stating his daughter was not breathing. When emergency personnel arrived at the Lancaster home they would find Linnette Ayala dead and partially wrapped up. Authorities believe Linnete Ayala died from cardiac arrest after being shot multiple times.

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A 20-year-old man is facing charges after police say he admitted to killing his sister at their East Hempfield Township home.

Joel Ayala Jr. is facing a single count of homicide for the death of his 22-year-old sister, Linnette Ayala.

Police found Linnette Ayala dead after responding to a report of cardiac arrest at a residence in the 2900 block of Spring Valley Road at 11:22 p.m. Thursday. Joel Ayala Sr. reported he found his daughter’s body partially wrapped in bedding in the garage, according to a criminal complaint.

Joel Ayala Jr. was not home when police arrived; he had left earlier with his mother.

he father found bleach, a bucket and other cleaning products along with blood on the sheets of his daughter’s bed, according to the complaint. Police found blood splatter in multiple locations throughout the house during their investigation.

Joel Ayala Jr. admitted to knowing his sister was dead and using a mop and bleach in the house before admitting he had killed his sister, according to the complaint.

Joel Ayala Jr. was taken to Lancaster County Prison without bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 25.

Police will continue to investigate the incident.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/20-year-old-lancaster-man-admits-to-killing-his-22-year-old-sister-in-east/article_c4e01762-a17e-11ec-80c6-8b58171086fb.html

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A woman’s body was found overnight in an East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, home, and her brother is charged in her death.

The body was found inside a house along Spring Valley Road.

The victim, Linette Ayala, was 22 years old.
She suffered traumatic injuries from an apparent assault, according to police.
According to court documents, her father called 911 after returning home Thursday night and finding her body in the garage, wrapped in a blanket.
Joel Ayala Jr., 20, is charged with criminal homicide. (Video below.)
The criminal complaint alleges that when police asked him if he was responsible for his sister’s murder, he replied, “Yes.”
Ayala also admitted to trying to clean up the crime scene, investigators said.
There is no word on a motive for the killing

East Hempfield Township police issued the following statement Friday morning:

At 2322 hrs., Thursday March 10, 2022 East Hempfield Township Police Officers were dispatched by Lancaster County Wide Communication to an address in the 2900 block of Spring Valley Rd (East Hempfield Township- Lancaster County) in response to a cardiac arrest. The reporting person informed LCWC dispatch that a resident of the house was not breathing.

When officers arrived at the house, they located a deceased 22-year-old female who appeared to have sustained traumatic injury from an apparent assault.

A person of interest was identified and is currently being interviewed along with several witnesses.

The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office and the Lancaster County Office of the District Attorney are assisting the East Hempfield Township Police Department in the investigation.

Pending notification of family, the name of the deceased female is not being released at this time. At this time, there is no danger to the community. As more information is learned, further detail will be released.

https://www.wgal.com/article/womans-body-found-east-hempfield-township-pennsylvania/39407404