Common Pleas Court Judge Howard F. Riley Jr. sentenced Rhyeem Matthews, 21, of Philadelphia, to three to six years in state prison and four years probation. “I’m looking for something good that you’ve done,” Riley said, listening to the defendant’s brief remarks to the court. “But you appear to be one of the most self-centered, […]
DOYLESTOWN â A 29-year-old Hilltown man was sentenced March 5 to two to four years in state prison on several firearms violations and related charges in an investigation that began when he pointed a gun at a woman in the parking lot of a Walmart in Hilltown Township, the Bucks County District Attorney s office said. William J. Winecker, of Upper Church Road, pleaded guilty in three cases, all stemming from the Aug. 10, 2020 incident at the Walmart. In a second case, Winecker assaulted his mother because she spoke to police, and the third set of charges resulted from a search of his mother’s home where police located several ghost guns guns made at home that have no serial number and are untraceable, the D.A. s office said on its crimewatchpa.com page. Because of a past conviction and adjudication, Winecker was prohibited from possessing a firearm. In the three cases, Winecker pleaded guilty to a total of 14 charges, including five counts of prohibited possession of