TAMAQUA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Two Schuylkill County residents have been arrested in connection with a New York homicide.
22-year-old Sgrollin Santana of Tamaqua, PA, and 19-year-old Jaslynn Garcia of Shillington, PA, were arrested on Wednesday after being wanted out of Nassau County, New York on Second Degree Murder and Criminal Possesion of a Weapon in the Second Degree charges.
According to a Pennsylvania State Police press release, the Nassau County Detectives contacted troopers regarding a criminal homicide investigation in Nassau County.
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Detectives determined that both Garcia and Santana were both located on the 300 block of West Spruce Street through investigation.
The release states that just before 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, both suspects were taken into custody by troopers, Tamaqua Police Department, and Schuylkill County Detectives.
Garcia and Santana are both being held at the Schuylkill County Prison pending extradition to New York.
