Murder charges likely after NYPD search of Berks County landfill

Monday, January 28, 2019
NEW MORGAN, Pa. (WPVI) -- A man will likely face a murder charge Monday in a case that led New York City police to search a Berks County landfill.

NYPD officers combed through the dump in New Morgan earlier this month, as well as several other landfills.

Police search Berks Co. landfill for missing NY man


They were looking for the body of 40-year-old Michael Stewart.



He was last seen at a pub on Staten Island on December 20.

Investigators say a person described as a friend of the victim will be charged with the murder, though Stewart's body has not yet been found.

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