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Pottstown Stabbing Suspect Arrested Minutes After $1,000 Reward Posted

A quick tip spurred by a $1,000 reward underscores how public appeals can speed arrests.

Overview

  • Detectives received a location tip within about 15 minutes of Thursday's reward announcement, leading to the arrest of 37-year-old Ryan Scott Grace.
  • Grace was arraigned Thursday night and is being held without bail at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, with a preliminary hearing set for May 12.
  • Pottstown police responded around 2 p.m. Wednesday to a Walnut Street apartment where they found 33-year-old Shaquille Kare Nicholas unresponsive, and he was later pronounced dead at Pottstown Hospital.
  • The coroner ruled the death a homicide caused by a stab wound to the chest, and investigators cited surveillance showing an argument in the victim's bedroom.
  • An affidavit says a witness saw Grace run from the apartment with a knifelike object and reported the men had smoked methamphetamine earlier, while officials have not stated a motive or defined their relationship.