Herbert Knowles (17981817) was an English poet. Knowles was the author of the well-known Stanzas written in Richmond Churchyard, which gave promise of ...
was one of four mentally disabled captives found locked in a sub-basement of a Longshore Avenue apartment building in Tacony on Oct. 15, 2011. Also rescued that day were Breeden's then-boyfriend, Edwin Sanabria, originally of Philadelphia; Drwin McLemire, of Florida; and Herbert Knowles, of Virginia.
Date: Nov 06, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Hate crimes alleged in holding of captives in Philly boiler room
The four adults held captive -- Edwin Sanabria, Herbert Knowles, Tamara Breeden and Derwin McLemire -- were locked in a pitch-black, 13-by-7 foot room that housed the former boiler used to heat the building, police said.
Date: Jan 23, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
3 to be tried in Philadelphia cellar-captives case
A landlord said he stumbled upon the four adults Tamara Breeden, 29; Edwin Sanabria, 31; Drwin McLemire, 41, of North Carolina; and Herbert Knowles, 40, of Norfolk, Va. in the basement on Oct. 15. Authorities have described the victims as having the mental capacity of 10-year-olds
Date: Dec 20, 2011
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Philly basement victim says he was kept in nailed-shut closet
The four mentally disabled adults held captive -- Sanabria, Herbert Knowles, Tamara Breeden and Derwin McLemire -- were found in October locked in the sub-basement room with no food and only a bucket for a toilet. The pitch-black, 13-by-7 foot space houses what police described as a former boiler us
Date: Dec 19, 2011
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Victim testifies at hearing for alleged captor of handicapped adults in ...
One of the men, Drwin McLemire, had pus-filled sores, and part of his ear had been torn off. Herbert Knowles had cuts on the side of his head and a lump on his forehead. Breeden's head was covered with old scars and gashes, as was Beatrice Weston's.
Date: Dec 19, 2011
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Man locked in Pa. cellar: I never saw gov't checks
The preliminary hearing was set to continue Tuesday with testimony from two more witnesses, perhaps some of the other victims. The others include Herbert Knowles, 40, of Norfolk, Va., and McLemire, 41, of North Carolina.
Date: Dec 19, 2011
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Officer: Pa. cellar, captives smelled like 'death'
Prosecutors accused Weston of running the benefit-fraud scheme in several states from 2002 until her October arrest, which came after a landlord stumbled on the captives in a fetid basement room. One man, Herbert Knowles, was found chained to a boiler.
authorities say have the mental capacity of 10-year-olds, were discovered by a landlord at a Philadelphia apartment building on Oct. 15. Police identified them as Derwin McLemire, 41, of North Carolina; Herbert Knowles, 40, of Norfolk, Va.; and Tamara Breeden, 29, and Edwin Sanabria, 31, both of Philadelphia.