Drive-by horse shooter jailed for Amish buggy attack

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LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA -- A drive-by shooter who gunned down a horse pulling a buggy with an Amish family inside has been sentenced to one to two years behind bars by a Pennsylvania judge.
A married couple and their three young children were in the buggy when Timothy Diggs Jr. pulled alongside it and opened fire.
Blaming cough medicine abuse for his behaviour, Diggs apologized for the shooting as he pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals, reckless endangerment and also entered pleas on several unrelated charges.
But Lancaster County Judge David Ashworth was less than impressed with his apology and sentenced Diggs in the aggravated range under state guidelines.
He warned Diggs that if he ended up back in court, "I'll put you in jail for as long as I can."

Wanks a lot! Judge suspended in porn email scandal

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PHILADELPHIA -- A perverted Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge who allegedly sent or received almost 250 emails with sexually explicit content or pornography has been suspended by his peers.
Justice Seamus McCaffery will no longer be able to perform judicial or administrative duties while the matter is reviewed by the Judicial Conduct Board according to a late order issued Monday.
It follows disclosures by Chief Justice Ron Castille last week that McCaffery sent or received 234 emails with sexually explicit content or pornography.
Calling it a lapse in judgement McCaffery apologized, but he claimed Castille had launched "a vindictive pattern of attacks" against him.

'Gutless' Eric Frein left 'functional' bombs in woods

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"Gutless" cop-killer Eric Frein planted two "fully functional" pipe bombs in the dense Pennsylvania woods, police said.
State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said that the explosives could have been detonated by a tripwire or lighted fuse.
He added that this was consistent with the crazy survivalist's "gutless efforts to kill and injure law enforcement from a distance."
Officers searching for Frein had also found other supplies that the fugitive had "hastily" left behind but he did not say what they were.
I'm calling on you to surrender," Bivens said. "You are clearly stressed. You are making significant mistakes."
 

ARMY CAPT. LEONARD EGLAND MURDERS 4; KILLS SELF

IT WAS nothing short of a massacre and it ended in an abandoned lot. Cops in Bucks County, Pennsylvania said Sunday they found the body of a U.S. Army Captain they believe murdered four people, then wounded two cops.
The body of twisted Leonard John Egland, 37, of Fort Lee, Virginia was found in a Philly suburb. It's believed he blew his own brains out. The suicide ends a massive multi-state manhunt. Detectives believe Egland murdered his estranged wife, Carrie Egland, 36, Saturday in Chesterfield County, Va. Also killed were her new boyfriend and the boyfriend's young son, whom police have not identified.

MARK GEISENHEYNER MURDERED 2 OVER $222 PAINTING

Cops say the Pennsylvania psycho who murdered a 2-year-old boy and his mom's boyfriend did it over a cheap painting. Mad Mark Geisenheyner, 51, told pals he was caught in 2006 with the $222 painting stolen from the home where he killed the two and shot three others.
Geisenheyner says he was stiffed in an insurance scam involving arson. He was shot dead after a six-hour standoff Monday.
Killed in the rampage were Paul Shay's nephew, Joseph Shay, 43, and 2-year-old Gregory Erdmann, the son of Joseph Shay's girlfriend.
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PA. KID KILLER MARK GEISENHEYNER KILLED IN STANDOFF

IT WAS an astonishing confession: Mark Geisenheyner told a friend he hadn't seen in decades that he had just shot 5 people in suburban Philadelphia. Just showed up at the buddy's house. The unidentified buddy quickly sent his wife out of the house and preyed he wouldn't be murdered. When Geisenheyner, 51, finally crashed his buddy got out of the house and called the cops.
According to the pal, Geisenheyner told him of the man he wanted to murder, Paul Shay: ""Guess you never thought you'd see me again." Then he shot Shay point blank in the head.  According to the The Philadelphia Inquirer: Geisenheyner had a long criminal history in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York. Some of the crimes were related to insurance fraud.
Geisenheyner was identified as the lone suspect in the shooting deaths of two

PA. COP KILLER RICHARD POPLAWSKI GETS DEATH

AMERICA will take vengeance against a Pittsburgh killer who murdered three cops in 2009. Richard Poplawski, 24, was sentenced to die Tuesday for the murders of officers Paul Sciullo II, 36, Stephen Mayhle, 29, and Eric Kelly, 41, on April 4, 2009.
The tragic murders were triggered when Poplawski and his mother started arguing about his puppies peeing on the floor. Things got so intense, she called 911. It took the jury just 90 minutes to render it's verdict.  During the penalty phrase, the killer's attorney trotted out the usual chestnuts: dysfunctional, unloving home life, yada, yada, yada.

BRIEFS: GOTTI'S WORST VICTIM; FAMILY KILLER; MORE!

 NO BODY OF MAN WHO ACCIDENTALLY KILLED GOTTI SON: In the pantheon of departed victims of the late Gambino mob chief John Gotti, few episodes are as heinous as the murder of John Favaro. A neighbor of the Gottis in Howard Beach, Queens, the hard-working factory employee and father of two accidentally struck and killed Frank Gotti, 12. Cops found no wrongdoing. Favaro was abducted several days later and never seen again.  NO GRAVE FOR SON OF GOTTI VICTIM TO VISIT

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COP ERIC SCHMITZ SHOOTS, KILLS TROUBLED SON

THEY were the perfect family, that's what everyone said.  Lt. Eric Schmitz, 56, a veteran cop with the Hatfield Township police force, was regarded by peers and friends as the perfect cop and the perfect father.  Teachers at North Penn High School praised his son Stephen, 17, as a caring and intelligent student. The perfect family, however, was ripped apart in tragic circumstances this week when Eric Schmitz shot and killed his youngest child during a stormy confrontation.
Stephen Schmitz had a history of mental health issues and apparently attacked his father in a fit of rage using a hunting knife.  Eric Schmitz

MICHAEL ERIC BALLARD GETS DEATH FOR PA. MASSACRE

MONSTER Michael Eric Ballard will get the needle for butchering four people in Northampton County, Pennsylvania last summer. So just, who is Prince Charming, now destined for the death chamber? Let us tell you.

In a fit of blood lust, Ballard stabbed to death his former girlfriend Denise Merhi, 39; her dad, Dennis Marsh, 62; her grandpa, Alvin Marsh Jr., 87; and Steven Zernhelt, 53, a neighbor who heard screams  and tried to help last June 26. DA John Morganelli wasn't sparing