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Maryland Woman Struck Dead In PA ID'd, Coroner Searching For Next Of Kin
A Maryland native has been identifed as a pedestrian who died days after she was struck in Pennsylvania, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Ruth "Helen" Emel, 72, originally of Baltimore, most recently of the 300 block of West Market Street York City, died at Wellspan York Hospital at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, the coroner explained and as detailed on her social media. Emel had been walking in the crosswalk when she was struck by a vehicle that was turning onto W. Market Street from N. Penn Street around 5:19 p.m. on Wednesday, O…
Lifestyle
Religious Leaders Look To Rebuild Maryland Church Destroyed By Fast-Moving Fire
The community is rallying around parishioners and members of the Maryland church that burned down in Carroll County last week, causing approximately $1.5 million in damages, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1 to the Clearfield Bible Church in Westminster, where there was a reported fire that was discovered by an employee inside the building who was working in a basement office and was able to escape safely. Upon arrival, first responders were met by flames and smoke showing from the brick building,…
News
Roof, Walls Collapse At Maryland Church During Two-Alarm Fire (
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Fire crews in Maryland had to battle both the heat and a two-alarm blaze that tore through a Carroll County church on Thursday afternoon. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Aug. 1 to the Clearfield Bible Church in Westminster, where a fire broke out and rapidly spread throughout the building, causing devastating damage. Upon arrival, first responders were met by flames and smoke showing from the brick building, which was fully engulfed, leading to a second alarm. DSFMs along with @ATFBaltimore fire investigators are on the scene actively investigatin…
News
Maryland Ironman Winner, Dallastown HS Teacher Killed In Bicycle Crash: Officials
A former Ironman Maryland All-Around winner and popular Pennsylvania high school teacher was killed in a bicycle crash in York County, friends and officials announced on Monday, July 29. Joseph "Joe" Klinedinst, 48 of York, died at the scene of a crash at the intersection of Mt Pisgah and Ducktown roads in Hellam Township at 11:55 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, according to the coroner's release and later identified by family friends and a county commissioner. Our deepest condolences to the Klinedinst family as yesterday our community lost a great man. Joe Klinedinst sadly... Posted by Ma…
Lifestyle
Strategic Pennsylvania Couple Wins $150K Powerball Prizes On Tickets Purchased In Maryland
A trip to Maryland to pick up Powerball tickets paid off handsomely for a Pennsylvania couple who crossed over state lines to maintain their anonymity. The husband and wife from York County who made the most of a trek across state lines won't need gas money after coming home with a $150,043 cash windfall playing a golden ticket that was sold at the Street Highs on Rocks Road in Harford County. According to the happy couple, while Powerball is available in Pennsylvania, they prefer taking the ride to Maryland, where there is the option to remain anonymous, a choice not available in the…
News
VA Motorcyclist ID'd After Construction Zone Crash On I-83 At MD/PA Line: Coroner
A 48-year-old Virginia motorcyclist has been identified at a Pennsylvania hospital following an airborne crash in a construction zone at the Maryland state line, the York County Coroner's office announced late on Sunday, April 14. Vann Ashe II of the 13800 block of Jefferson Park Drive, Herndon, was traveling with a group of motorcyclists on Interstate 83 South near Exit 36 when they "entered a construction zone with uneven surfaces. The area was clearly marked ahead of the construction alerting drivers of the situation. However, during the process of switching lanes in the a…
News
Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced:
Usdoj
A man has been sentenced after committing five bank robberies in Adams, Cumberland, and York Counties in under four months just two months after spending over a decade in a Maryland State Prison, according to an updated release by the US Department of Justice on Monday, Feb. 5. James Henderson Bryant III, 46, of Westminster, Maryland, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday, Feb. 1, the USDOJ detailed in the release. Bryant stole approximately $28,823 during the five robberies, which are as follows as Daily Voice previously reported: July 19, 2021 - BB&T Bank, Hanov…
Traffic
HazMat, MedEvac At Maryland Crash Caused Delays On I-83 In Pennsylvania
A serious multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 83 caused delays which led to another crash in Pennsylvania, authorities told Daily Voice on Thursday. The serious crash in Maryland happened at I-83 North just before Exit 36:MD Route 339/Old York Road. The call to Baltimore County dispatchers came in at 6:47 a.m. on Dec 21. The crash initially shuttered both north and southbound lanes near Parkton, authorities explained. Around 11 a.m. the southbound lanes appeared to have reopened. but the northbound lanes remained blocked from Exit 33 MD-45 to Exit 36 MD-439 Old York Rd. A…
Police & Fire
New Oxford Convict Charged With Maryland Native's Homicide In Pennsylvania Home
A New Oxford man has been charged in connection with the death of a Hagerstown native in what Pennsylvania State Police believe was a "targeted" killing. Kyle Wesley Bartam, 37, has been charged with felony criminal homicide and felony robbery - inflict serious bodily injury in connection to the slaying of Keith Monn, according to his latest court docket and state police. He was taken into state police custody on Saturday, Dec. 16. Monn had been found beaten to death in his home located at Jacqueline Drive, Mount Pleasant Township, New Oxford, at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday,…
Traffic
Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA
A fatal crash is now known to have been caused by a tractor-trailer going the wrong way on Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania, authorities explained late on Monday night. Hendry Tamarez Nunez, 47, of the 800 block of Showell Court, Baltimore, Maryland has been identified as the man who died at the scene of the crash, York County Coroner Pam Gay said. Shortly before 3 a.m. a tractor hauling an empty trailer entered I-83 South incorrectly driving north from Market Street on Oct. 9, the coroner Gay explained citing police. Gay noted the correct onramp for I-83 was closed for maint…
News
Girl Orphaned: MD Man Shot PA Mom Before Turning Gun On Himself
A police standoff in York County has ended with a murder-suicide, York County Coroner Pam Gay told Daily Voice. A 31-year-old Prince George's, Maryland resident Devon Elias shot 29-year-old Megan Caitlyn Saunders in the chest before shooting himself in the head, around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to the York County Coroner's office. Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech was called to the scene to investigate and certify the deaths at 2:47 p.m. This incident is from an "apparent domestic incident" and the time of death was recorded as 3:35 p.m., as stated in the coroner's release…
Police & Fire
PA Robber Wanted For Child Sex Abuse Nabbed By US Marshals In MD
A York County, PA robber was caught by US Marshals in Northern Maryland — three months after a second child told authorities they were sexually abused by him. Anthony James Raimo, 35, of the 700 block of Harrisburg Pike, Dillsburg, was arrested on July 7 by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington County, MD Sheriff's Office, according to a release on Friday. Raimo had been under investigation by the Upper Allen Township Police Department since April for allegedly sexually abusing a child. During the investigation, police learned of the second victim and an ar…
Police & Fire
Woman Recorded Helping Sex Offender Assault Teen: PA State Police
A 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man at a cookout, and a recording has surfaced of a woman helping him do it, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The teen came to report being assaulted by 38-year-old Ryan Peters at the PSP Carlisle Station on July 3. Peters is a registered sex offender since 2007. He was charged and convicted of Statutory Sexual Assault and Fail to Comply as a Registered Sex Offender in 2009, the police explained and records confirmed. She had been invited with her mother to a cookout at Peters's home in the 2000…
Police & Fire
Family Dog, Two Men Killed By PA Man In Double MD Shooting: Sheriff
Two men were killed along with a family dog following a double murder on Saturday night in Pylesville. York County, PA's Steven Nolan, 53, is in custody for his alleged role in the murders of Timothy Wayne Witherite, 62, and David Joseph Octavec, 70, both of Pylesville, who were found dead shortly after 8:45 p.m. on July 1. Officers were called to the 1700 block of Scott Road in Pylesville on Saturday night, where there was a reported shooting with at least two victims who were down. Upon arrival, they found Witherite and Octavec suffering from gunshot wounds and they were both pronounced…
Police & Fire
PA Daughter Helps Husband Kill Mom: Affidavit
A daughter confessed over dinner with a friend that she helped her husband brutally torture and kill her mother, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Originally Daily Voice was told and reported that Lourdes Ramos Baez, 67, was found dead by her daughter, Johana Ramos, inside under a pile of clothes in her bedroom in the first block of South Main Street in Dover Borough around 2:19 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2023, according to the York County Coroner's office. It is now known that Ramos didn't just find her mother, but was possibly one of her two killers.&…
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Dies Hours After Crash By Cementry At PA/MD Stateline: Coroner
A motorcyclist fatally crashed into a tree by a cemetery along the Pennsylvania and Maryland state line, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. The unidentified man died just under two hours after the crash in the 6700 block of Steltz Road in Codorus Township around 6 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2023, the York County Coroner's office detailed in the release. His death was certified by Deputy Coroner Michelle Kirchner at Wellspan York Hospital at 7:53 p.m., that same evening. His death was caused by "Multiple Blunt Force Injuries" and the manner was accidental, York County Coron…
Police & Fire
Mother-In-Law Tortured To Death, Officer Assaulted: York County Authorities (
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A woman was brutally killed and an officer was assaulted in York County on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Lourdes Ramos Baez, 67, was found dead by her daughter inside her home in the first block of South Main Street in Dover Borough around 2:19 p.m., according to the York County Coroner's office. Ramos Baez was "the victim of traumatic injuries" and scissors were found stabbed into her back, authorities in York County said. Ramos Baez's official cause of death was "blunt force head and neck injuries with strangulation" and the manner was "homicide" per the results of the autopsy…
Traffic
Suspect Caught After I-83 Closure: PA State Police (
Update
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A manhunt in York County is over, Pennsylvania State Police announced around 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023. UPDATE: A suspect has been apprehended following a manhunt that shut down part of Interstate 83 for nearly 8 hours. The unidentified man was taken into custody near mile marker 5 in Shrewsbury Township near I-83, according to Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J. "There is currently no danger to the public," police said. No additional details were shared. Anyone who has any information on this incident is asked to contact PSP York at 717-428-1011. ORIGINA…
Lifestyle
Jackpot Winning $1.14 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania
Are you a winner? Someone in Central Penn is $1,140,000 million richer (before taxes), according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. A jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket for the drawing on Saturday, May 20, 2023 sold in York County, according to lottery officials. It sold at Rutter’s, 69 West Main Street, Fawn Grove, which will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The ticket matched all six balls drawn, 8-10-12-18-21-47. More than 44,600 other Match 6 Lotto tickets also won prizes in the drawing. Players are reminded to check every ticket, every time. A…
Police & Fire
MD Man Shoots PA Man Dead, Injures Woman, Police Say
UPDATE: The victim of the shooting has been identified as Alexander M. Thomas of the 100 block of Skyview Drive, Shrewsbury Borough, according to an update release by the York County Coroner's office. Additional information has not been released. ORIGINAL: A 26-year-old Maryland man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old Shrewsbury man and injuring a 38-year-old woman from New Freedom, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, May 22, 2023. Zachary Tyler Piccolo, of Nottingham was identified by witnesses and arrested in a coor…
Business
David's Bridal Laying Off 9,200 Employees Amid Bankruptcy Filing
David's Bridal will send more than 9,000 workers home in an upcoming round of layoffs, according to a disclosure form it filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The Montgomery County, PA-wedding retailer expects to lay off 9,236 employees nationwide in a three-phase plan that began on Friday, April 14, according to the state website. It's not clear how many of those workers are in Pennsylvania, though the layoffs are expected to affect locations in Blair, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Luzerne, and York counties, as well as four shops in Allegheny County, two sho…
News
Murder-Suicide Couple ID'd In York County: Coroner
A husband shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself in York County on Saturday, April 8, 2023, authorities say. Ronald Kinard, 85, was found dead in the yard of a home in the 6600 block of Sunrise Avenue in Wrightsville, Hellam Township and was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m.; Grace Kinard, 85, was found inside the home with several gunshot wounds to chest and neck and was pronounced dead at 12:11 p.m. by York County Deputy Coroner Onalee Gilbert and Supervising Deputy Coroner Molly York. The Kinards died several hours before authorities were called at 11:14 a.m., according to th…
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Dies In Crash Involving 7-Month-Old In York County: Authorities
The person who died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash in York County on Monday, March 6, 2023, has been identified, authorities say. Donald Taylor, 56, from Havre De Grace, Maryland, was driving a Nissan Rogue south on Woodbine Road, just north of McCall Road— when he swerved for an unknown reason— crossing over the double solid lines, into the northbound lane and striking a Dodge Caravan head-on, according to the York County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania State Police. State police troopers were called to the crash in the 6000 block of Woodbine Road, Peach B…
News
Inside Pennsylvania Family's Chilling Suicide Pact
The Daub family's bodies were arranged in a straight line across the backyard of their York County home when police arrived at the scene on Wednesday, Jan. 25, they said. Notes inside of their Loman Avenue home in West Manchester Township detailed exactly how Morgan, 26, and her parents, James, 62, and Deborah, 59, planned on dying, police said in a statement emailed to Daily Voice. And the chilling scene reflected just those, police said: Deborah killed James, Morgan killed Deborah, and then Morgan — who according to PennLive died holding a sword that read "Sword of the Lord — then killed …
News
Passenger ID'd Following Rollover At Dollar General, York County Coroner Says
A 41-year-old man is dead following a rollover crash at a Dollar General parking lot on Saturday, January 21, authorities say. The unnamed driver made a "sudden turn" into a Dollar General parking lot at 3457 Bull Road at the Dover/Conewago Township line, witnesses told authorities. The driver then lost control and his vehicle flipped onto the driver's side— trapping the man inside the wreckage near the entrance to the store, according to the release by the York County coroner's office. The driver was taken to an area hospital after crews extracted him, but his unbelted passenger, Je…
News
IDs Released Following Double Deadly Fires In York County: Coroner
The identities of man and a woman who died in two separate fires in York County within two hours of each other on Monday, January 16, 2023 have been released, authorities say. The first fire happened in the 1300 block of Roundtop Road of Warrington Township around 3 p.m., according to the state police. A couple in their 70s lived alone in the home and the 72-year-old Lewisberry wife was pronounced deceased at the scene but Deputy Coroner Michele Kirchner at 3:57 p.m. Pennsylvania York County Lewisberry 1350 Roundtop RD 2ND Alarm Residential Structure Fire Command On Location With A.…
Obituaries
Rt 30 Red-Light Truck Crash Kills Ephrata Woman: York County Coroner
A 55-year-old Ephrata woman died in a crash involving a tractor-trailer in York County County on Saturday, Jan. 7, according to a release by the coroner's office. Mary P. Escobar of the 100 block of Ashley Drive, hit the back of a truck's tractor (no trailer was hitched on at the time) when she excleated as it was stopped in front t of her for a red light in the eastbound lane on Route 30 near North Hills Road in Springettsbury Township at 8:15 p.m., as detailed by the coroner's officer. Witnesses at the scene told authorities they saw Escobar accelerate her vehicle just before …
News
Coroner IDs Woman Killed In York County House Fire
Authorities have identified the 54-year-old woman who died in a York County fire last week. KeShim Whiteleather's body was found inside the home on the 500 block of Rockville Road in Jackson Township on Thursday, Dec. 22 around 8:30 p.m., according to a release by the York County coroner's office. The Nashville volunteer fire department led the fire against the blaze. The coroner was called to the home at 10:19 p.m., although the woman's body is believed to have been found before then, according to the release. Whiteleather was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:23 p.m. by Depu…
News
Woman Dies In York County House Fire: Coroner
Nearly two hours after a fire broke out at a York County home, a 54-year-old woman was found dead inside, authorities say. The fire broke out at a home in the 500 block of Rockville Road in Jackson Township on Thursday, Dec. 22 around 8:30 p.m., according to a release by the York County coroner's office. The Nashville volunteer fire department led the fire against the blaze. The coroner was called to the home at 10:19 p.m., although the woman's body is believed to have been found before then, according to the release. The unidentified woman was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:23 …
News
Missing Woman Getting Catheter IV Treatment Found Safe Pennsylvania State Police Say
UPDATE: "Aten has been located and is safe!," Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers stated in an updated release. No further details were provided. ORIGINAL: A 33-year-old woman has gone missing from her mom's York County home shortly after leaving the hospital, according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police. Amanda Sue Aten was recovering from a MRSA infection at her mom's home in the 5200 block of Sinsheim Road in Codorus Township when she left home with "a bald man with a beard," in a white Ford Expedition thought to be a 2007 model with a three-ball trailer hitch with …
Police & Fire
Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials
Authorities say that one person was killed in Maryland when an early-morning fire broke out at a popular bike shop in Carroll County on Monday morning. Bradley White, 55, the owner of White’s Bicycles on West Main Street in Westminster was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 12, when a fire broke out at his business and spread to nearby apartments and other buildings, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly after 5:15 a.m. on Monday morning, crews from the Westminster Fire Department and surrounding agencies from Carroll, Baltimore, York, and Adams counties responded to a rep…
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