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State Correctional Institution – Greene
The State Correctional Institution – Greene (SCI Greene) is a maximum security prison, classified as a Supermax,America's Supermax Prisons Do Torture Retrieved 2011-01-25. located in Franklin Township, Greene County, , near Waynesburg, off [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Franklin Township is a township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,003 at the 2020 census, down from 7,280 at the 2010 census. History The Charles Grant Heasley House, Greene Hills Farm, Bridge in Franklin Township, and Thomas Kent Jr. Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography The township is in central Greene County and surrounds the borough of Waynesburg, a separate municipality which is the county seat. The South Fork of Tenmile Creek, a tributary of the Monongahela River, flows from west to east through the center of the township and forms part of the border between the township and Waynesburg. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.09%, is water. West Waynesburg and Morrisville are census-designated places within Franklin Township. Other unincorporated communities in the township are Rees Mill, East View, Brant Hill, and Blairtown. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCall
McCall is a Gaelic surname, of Irish and Scottish origin. Notable people with this surname include: * Andy McCall (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1979), Scottish footballer and manager *Andy McCall (footballer, born 1925) (1925–2014), Scottish footballer, father of Stuart McCall * Annie McCall (1859–1949), English doctor * Archie McCall (1867–1936), Scottish footballer *Bruce McCall (born 1935), Canadian author *Carl McCall (born 1935), U.S. politician *Christina McCall (1935–2005), Canadian political writer *David McCall (1940–2021), Australian Anglican bishop, husband of Marion *Davina McCall (born 1967), British television presenter * Duke Kimbrough McCall (1914–2013), U.S. religious leader * Edward McCall (1790–1853), U.S. Navy officer *Frederick McCall (1896–1949), Canadian aviator, World War I ace, businessman * George A. McCall (1802–1868), U.S. Army general and amateur naturalist *Grayson McCall (born 2000), American football player *Guadalupe Garcia McCall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Correctional Institution – Phoenix
The State Correctional Institution – Phoenix is a state prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with a Collegeville postal address, History The SCI Phoenix buildings were built on the SCI Graterford land area, and the Phoenix and Graterford buildings are about apart, with SCI Phoenix fencing beginning about 1,100 feet east of SCI Graterford's fencing. The first bidding for construction of this prison occurred in the decade of the 2000s. The prison, originally to open in November 2014, opened late since Walsh Heery Joint Venture, the construction company, and Hill International, a Philadelphia company representing the State of Pennsylvania, had a dispute over whether the prison was ready to open. , the prison's final cost was still not finalized. On June 1, 2018, its dedication ceremony was held, and the prison began operations on July 9, 2018. The state began moving Graterford prisoners there on July 11, 2018, and Graterford ended operations on July 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Miguel Robinson
Harvey Miguel Robinson (born December 6, 1974) is an Americans, American serial killer currently imprisoned on death row in Pennsylvania. He was 18 when he committed his violent spree, killing three and injuring two. Background Robinson's father was an alcoholism, alcoholic who physically and emotionally abused Robinson's mother and she eventually left the family. His father was later incarcerated for beating his mistress to death. Crimes Robinson's rape and murder victims were: *Joan Burghardt, a 29-year-old nurse's aide (August 1992). *Charlotte Schmoyer, a 15-year-old newspaper carrier for ''The Morning Call'' (June 1993). Schmoyer was a student at Louis E. Dieruff High School, Dieruff High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown. *Jessica Jean Fortney, a 47-year-old grandmother (July 1993). Between the murders of Burghardt and Schmoyer, Robinson was arrested for burglary and served eight months in prison. After the murder of Schmoyer, he was almost apprehended when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Lauretha Vaird
Lauretha A. Vaird (August 4, 1952 – January 2, 1996) was a Philadelphia Police Department officer who was shot dead by the rapper Christopher Roney aka "Cool C" during a botched armed bank robbery in January 1996. Roney attempted to rob the bank with another rapper, Warren McGlone aka "Steady B", and another man, Mark Canty. During the robbery, Vaird was mortally wounded by a gunshot wound in the abdomen and died soon after. Vaird was Philadelphia's first female police officer to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Background Vaird was a single mother of two boys. Before she became a police officer, she worked as a teacher's aide at Pickett Middle School in Germantown. She joined the Philadelphia police force in 1986 at the age of 34. Before her death, she was a 9-year veteran with the 25th District. Murder On January 2, 1996, at around 8:20 a.m., "Cool C" and "Steady B", and their accomplice, Canty, attempted to rob a PNC Bank branch in Feltonville, Philadelphia, at 4710 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Police Department
The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD or Philly PD) is the law enforcement agency, police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, fourth largest police force and sixth largest non-federal law enforcement agency in the United States. Since records were first kept in 1828, at least 289 PPD officers have died in the line of duty. The Philadelphia Police Department has a history of police brutality, intimidation, coercion, and disregard for Constitutional constitutional rights, particularly during the tenure of Frank Rizzo as police commissioner (1967–1971) and mayor (1972–1980). The patterns of police brutality were documented in a 1978 Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer-Prize winning ''The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Inquirer'' series by William K. Marimow and Jon Neuman. History Philadelphia established a Watchman (law enforcement), night watch in 1797, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool C
Christopher Douglass Roney (born December 15, 1969), known by the stage name Cool C, is an American former rapper active in the late 1980s. He is also known for his involvement in the murder of Philadelphia Police officer Lauretha Vaird during a bank robbery in January 1996, for which he was sentenced to death. He is currently on death row. Career Early career In the mid-1980s, Roney was an original member of the Philadelphia-based Hilltop Hustlers hip hop crew. His 1987 debut single, "Juice Crew Dis", which took aim at the New York-based hip hop crew run by influential rap producer Marley Marl (a group that included Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane), gained Roney a good amount of attention. A pair of 1988 singles for Hilltop and City Beat Records landed Roney a contract with Atlantic Records, where he released two full-length solo albums: his debut '' I Gotta Habit'' in 1989 and ''Life in the Ghetto'' in 1990. Both albums stayed on the ''Billboard'' 200 for numerous weeks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Jennifer Daugherty
Jennifer Lee Daugherty (November 8, 1979 – February 11, 2010) was an American woman who was torture-murdered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania as an act of revenge in February 2010. Daugherty, who was mentally disabled, was tortured and murdered before being wrapped in Christmas decorations, put inside a garbage can, and dumped in the parking lot of Greensburg-Salem Middle School. Perpetrators Amber Meidinger met Melvin Knight at a homeless shelter in Washington in January 2010. They moved to several locations before settling in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, where they met Jennifer Daugherty. Knight met Ricky Smyrnes after meeting previously in jail. Knight Melvin L. Knight (born October 27, 1989) was born to a drug-addicted father who was imprisoned during the early years of his life. He developed lifelong learning and social problems after he fell out of a moving vehicle and hit his head at age 5. Marinucci Angela Lynn Marinucci (born July 14, 1992), according to testim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Liberation Army
The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was a far-left, black nationalist, underground Black Power revolutionary paramilitary organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Composed of former Black Panthers (BPP) and Republic of New Afrika (RNA) members who served above ground before going underground, the organization's program was one of war against the United States government, and its stated goal was to " take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of black people in the United States." The BLA carried out a series of bombings, killings of police officers and drug dealers, robberies (which participants termed "expropriations"), and prison breaks. Formation The Black Liberation Army gained strength as Black Panther Party membership declined. By 1970, police and FBI sabotage (see COINTELPRO), infiltration, sectarianism, the lengthy prison sentences, and death of key members (among them Fred Hampton) had significantly undermined the Black Panther Party. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (BPP), originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxist-Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major American cities, including San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Philadelphia. They were also active in many prisons and had international chapters in the United Kingdom and Algeria. Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its open carry patrols ("copwatching") designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department. From 1969 onward, the party created social programs, including the Free Breakfast for Children Programs, education programs, and community health clinics. The Black Panther Party advocated for class struggle, claiming to represent the proletarian vanguard. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Maroon Shoatz
Russell Shoatz (August 23, 1943 – December 17, 2021), also known as Maroon, was an American political activist and writer who was a founding member of the Black Unity Council, as well as a member of the Black Panther Party, and a soldier in the Black Liberation Army. In 1973, he was convicted in connection with the 1970 murder of Philadelphia (PA) police officer Frank Von Colln. Underlying conviction In August 1970, Philadelphia Police Sergeant Frank Von Colln (aged 43 and a father of two) was ambushed and murdered while talking on the phone in the Cobbs Creek guard house at the corner of 63rd and Catherine streets in Philadelphia. Von Colln was shot five times by members of a group known as the Revolutionaries after he had just dispatched two officers to investigate the shooting of another officer by members of the same group. Two other officers were shot and wounded in the same 24-hour period. Arrest and prosecution In January 1972, Russell Shoatz was arrested and charged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeman Family Murders
The Freeman family murders occurred in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on February 26, 1995. Two brothers, 17-year-old Bryan Freeman and 16-year-old David Freeman, and their cousin, 18-year-old Nelson "Ben" Birdwell III, brutally murdered the brothers' parents, Brenda and Dennis, and 11-year-old younger brother, Erik, at their family home. For several years the brothers had been embracing neo-Nazi culture, though this had escalated in the months leading up to the killings, with them going so far as to tattoo Nazi slogans on their foreheads. Both brothers and their cousin were given life sentences without the possibility of parole, though none of the three were convicted in the murder of Erik Freeman. It was reported in 2014 that those sentences would be upheld, despite the recent Supreme Court ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences were unconstitutional for juveniles convicted of murder. Background Dennis and Brenda Freeman lived in Salisbury Township, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
