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Merriell Moyer

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mmoyer@dailyvoice.com

Merriell Moyer was an investigative and breaking news reporter for the Lebanon Daily News - part of the USA Today Network - in Lebanon, PA before taking on the role of editor at Safety News Alert, a website dedicated to environmental health and safety professionals. Merriell has worked as a freelance journalist for the Lititz Record and Ephrata Review newspapers in Lancaster, PA covering local events and doing human-interest stories. Early in his career, he wrote for the pop culture website Sound On Sight doing comic book reviews and covering comic book conventions.

Merriell Moyer's Contributions

News

Rowland Matthews Dead After Crashing Into Pole: Lehigh County Coroner A 43-year-old man has died days after a crash with a utility pole in the Poconos, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Rowland Matthews, of Dreher Township, Wayne County, struck a utility pole on Route 191 about one mile south of Pocono Plateau Road in Cresco, Monroe County, the coroner's office said. The crash happened at 3:44 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, according to the coroner's office. Matthews was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital. on Friday, Oct. 18, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. The cause of death was "Complications of Blunt Fo…

by Merriell Moyer

10/18/2024

Police & Fire

7-Car Crash Shut Down Part Of Rt 309 In MontCo: Police A multi-vehicle crash caused Route 309 in Montgomery County to shut down for two hours Friday morning, Oct. 18, police said. The highway was closed between Highland Avenue and Susquehanna Road due to a crash involving multiple vehicles, according to the Upper Dublin Township Police Department's Facebook page. There were at least seven vehicles involved in the crash and one of them may have caught fire, NBC 10 News reported. 🚨SR309 is now open (0725hrs)🚨 🚨ROAD CLOSED🚨 State Route 309 northbound is closed between Highland Avenue and... Posted by Upper Dublin Township Police Depar…

by Merriell Moyer

10/18/2024

Police & Fire

Explosive Fatal Fire In Chester County: PA State Police (Update) A house fire in Chester County involved one confirmed fatality, Pennsylvania State Police announced. "During the preliminary investigation, it has been determined that there is one confirmed fatality," state police said in a news release. The fire happened at a home on Hunters Run Road in Honey Brook Township at about 5 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. Troopers responded with the Honey Brook and East Brandywine fire companies to find a fully involved house fire, according to state police. An explosion caused the fire, according to multiple media outlets. However, Daily Voice has rec…

by Merriell Moyer

10/18/2024

Police & Fire

Man Stabbed By PA Popeyes Employee After He Choked Staff Arrested: Police A Philadelphia man who was stabbed by one Popeyes employee while choking another was arrested after police followed a trail of blood, police announced on Thursday, Oct. 17. Yannick Kelly, 28, of the 6000 block of North Broad Street, was charged after assaulting an employee at a Popeyes near his home on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Kelly tried to enter the Popeyes, located at 6000 North Broad Street, at 11:04 p.m. and was told by an employee that the restaurant was closing, police said. After the employee unlocked the door to explain that they wer…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

Police & Fire

Missing PA Wife Found Dead In Closet, Husband Charged: Police A Philadelphia man was charged with Abuse of a Corpse after his dead wife was found in a closet, police announced on Thursday, Oct. 17. Lola Karabaeva, 61, of the 9000 block of Diplomat Place, was reported missing on Sunday, Oct. 13, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Officers spoke with witnesses who reported that they last spoke to her at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12. Northeast Detectives returned to the residence to continue investigating, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, police said. During their search of the property, they found Karabaeva's corpse wrapped in plastic inside a clo…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

Police & Fire

'Street-Level' Reading Drug Dealer Arrested With $27K In Drugs: DA A Reading "street-level" drug dealer was arrested with more than $27,000 worth of heroin and fentanyl, authorities said. Jaime Serrano-Rosario, 55, was arrested without incident by detectives of the Berks County Drug Task Force on Thursday, Oct. 17, according to the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Authorities found 5,348 packets of heroin/fentanyl, five grams of bulk heroin/fentanyl, a .38 caliber Derringer loaded handgun, and $2,035 in cash at Serrano-Rosario's residence, authorities said. The street value of the heroin/fentanyl seized is about $27,115. The investigatio…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

Police & Fire

Hammer Used To Steal $100K In Luxury Watches From King Of Prussia Mall: PD Almost $100,000 in luxury watches was stolen in a smash-and-grab robbery at the King of Prussia Mall, the police announced on Thursday, Oct. 17. Two men walked into the Breitling Watch store at the mall, located at 160 North Gulph Road, walked over to a display, and smashed the glass cases with a hammer, the Upper Merion Township Police Department explained. The incident happened at 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10. Both men ran from the store with several high-end watches worth about $93,000, according to police. The robbery took less than 20 seconds from the time the two men entered th…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

Politics

Elon Musk Coming To Pennsylvania For Pro-Trump Town Hall Elon Musk is coming to Delaware County, PA to speak at a pro-Trump town hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17. "Tomorrow night through Monday, I will be giving a series of talks throughout Pennsylvania," Musk said in a Wednesday, Oct. 16 post on X, formerly Twitter. One of those talks is taking place in Folsom, Delaware County, according to America PAC's webpage on the scheduled town hall meetings. Tomorrow night through Monday, I will be giving a series of talks throughout Pennsylvania.If you’d like to attend one of my talks, there’s no attendance fee. You just need to have signed ou…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

Police & Fire

Victim In Wheelchair Named In Fatal Hit-And-Run: Philadelphia Police (Update) The woman struck hard enough that the wheelchair she was in shattered to pieces during a fatal hit-and-run crash was identified, according to police. Sharell Holliday, of the 2500 block of North 32nd Street, was killed in the crash that happened in the 2200 block of Reservoir Drive, the Philadelphia Police Department said on Thursday, Oct. 17. The crash happened at 1:46 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to police. Holliday, who was reported to be in a wheelchair, was struck with enough force to throw her across the road and shatter her wheelchair into multiple pieces, Daily Voice reporte…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

Police & Fire

Bloody Meat Cleaver Attack On SEPTA Bus Sends Man To Hospital: Philly Police A 61-year-old man was hospitalized after being attacked by a meat cleaver-wielding passenger on a SEPTA bus in Philadelphia, police said. An officer parked in the 400 block of North Broad Street was told by a passerby that there was a man on a nearby bus armed with a machete, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. This attack happened at 2:23 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17. When the officer approached the bus, he saw two Black men covered in blood and holding each other, police said. One of them was wielding a meat cleaver. The officer told the man to drop the cleaver, which he did, a…

by Merriell Moyer

10/17/2024

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