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Mason Hall Pleads Guilty in Monto Park Rape; Woman Arrested in DE Death; Group Wanted in Teen Attack

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/29/21 8:20 pm | updated: 06/29/21 8:37 pm

21-year-old Mason Hall of Norristown admitted today, 6/29, to sexually assaulting a female at gunpoint at a Montgomery County park in August 2017. Hall pled guilty to rape, along with charges of possession of an instrument of a crime, reckless endangerment, unlawful restraint, and related offenses. It happened the morning of August 1, 2017 at Norristown Farm Park. The 19-year-old victim was running on the trail when the then 17-year-old Hall approached her from behind wearing all black. He had a gun and forced her off the trail to a secluded clearing where he assaulted her. Police searched the park but did not find the suspect. They did have the suspect's DNA, but it did not match any law enforcement databases. They were able to narrow down the suspect list by searching private DNA databases. It wasn't until Hall was later arrested for vandalism that investigators identified him as the rape suspect. Hall had smashed a car taillight with a hammer and cut his hand in the process. Prosecutors matched the blood from the hammer to the DNA found at the scene of the assault. Hall will be sentenced in September. He faces 44 years in prison.

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Delaware State Police have arrested a woman accused of shooting a woman who was found dead in a crashed car near the Christiana Mall on Monday, 6/28. 24-year-old Shaidiah McNeair of Philadelphia is charged with felony manslaughter and possession of a firearm. It happened around 4 p.m. on Christiana Mall Road in Newark. Troopers found a 27-year-old woman in the driver's seat of a black Ford Fusion that had crashed head-on into a guardrail. She had been shot in the upper body. The victim was taken to Christiana Hospital and later pronounced dead. Troopers say that McNeair was a passenger of the car and jumped out of the vehicle before police arrived. Investigators found a gun inside a plastic bag nearby. She is being held on $250,000 bail.

UPDATE: The victim has been identified by family as Alexis Woods of Newark.

Philadelphia Police are searching for a group of suspects wanted for attacking and robbing two young males at a recreation center in Kensington last week. It happened around 10 p.m. Thursday, 6/24, at Cione Recreation Center on the 2600 block of Aramingo Avenue. A 15-year-old and 12-year-old were playing basketball when an unknown male started to argue with them. That male called over a second suspect and three to five additional males. One of the victims was assaulted and suffered minor bruising to his back and side. The suspects stole an iPhone and a wallet with $100 in cash.

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Marc Zumoff, legendary voice of Philadelphia 76ers, announced his retirement on Tues, 6/29. He covered the Sixers for 40 years and was the TV voice of team for 27 years.

"A mountain of a main, sparkling tonight, down in the weight room, turning garbage into gold!"

READ: Marc Zumoff Retirement Letter

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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | responded: 06/29 8:34 pm

24-year-old Shaidiah McNeair of Philadelphia

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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | responded: 06/29 8:37 pm

Marc Zumoff, Philadelphia 76ers TV play-by-play announcer, retires after 39 years.

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