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Inmate From Steelton Dies In Dauphin County Prison
A convicted felon, serving a maximum of 23 months in the Dauphin County Prison, was found unresponsive on Friday morning, authorities announced that afternoon. Justin Cofield, 33 of Steelton, began his sentence on Aug. 31, 2023, and was pronounced dead within the prison at 10:08 a.m. on Feb. 23, Dauphin County officials detailed in the release. DCP officials were called to a medical emergency on I Block at 9:33 a.m. Cofield was found unresponsive in his bunk, lying on his stomach, a correctional officer explained as EMS arrived. EMS made life-saving attempts, but ultim…
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Steelton Man Wanted By US Marshals, Had Ghost Guns During Pursuit: PA State Police
A man out on bail for a gun shop theft and wanted by the US Marshals Service — was found fleeing from Pennsylvania State Police with teens and ghost guns, according to a PSP release on Saturday, Jan. 13. James Timothy Scott Jr., 20 of Steelton, was among the three people arrested following a pursuit by Pennsylvania State Police in Harrisburg on Thursday, Jan. 11, as detailed in the release. Scott was the driver of a 2015 Kia Optima that was stolen from a 29-year-old woman who is a city resident, troopers explained. Scott — along with his two teenage passengers …
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PA Armed Robbery Spree Ends In Charges For NJ Pair: Police
An armed robbery spree in Pennsylvania ended with charges for two residents, with more charges expected for similar crimes in New Jersey, authorities said. Officers investigating four armed robberies in Swatara Township between Saturday, Oct. 14 and Wednesday, Oct. 25 were made aware that a suspect had just fled their jurisdiction after an additional robbery on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The license plate on the suspect vehicle was associated with a home on the 3100 block of Derry Street in Paxtang Borough, where Darryn Damone Corbett and Duane Yancey were subsequently found and taken into custody.…
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Man Points Gun At 'Peace For Palestine' Rally Attendees On Pennsylvania Capitol's Steps: Police
A "Peace for Palestine" rally at the Pennsylvania State Capitol was winding down when a man pulled up, hopped out of his car "yelling racial slurs" and pointed a gun at some of the attendees on Friday, Pennsylvania Capitol Police told Daily Voice. The man, later identified as Richard Kevin Blandy, 56 of South Lebanon Township, fled from the scene just before 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13, according to the PCP's statement. The police chased after the man's vehicle on foot, but were not able to immediately capture him as he "fled the area committing several traffic violations," the PCP sai…
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Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (
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"F--k around and find out," a Pennsylvania State Trooper told his now ex-girlfriend before he "paint(ed) her as crazy," took her into custody without his supervisor's permission – choked her when she resisted, which a bystander recorded – then had her commitment to a hospital for mental health for five days, according to a lengthy affidavit and video obtained by Daily Voice. Pennsylvania State Trooper 37-year-old Ronald Keith Davis of Williamstown who "is married with a family in Dauphin County," fought with his ex-girlfriend at the end of August, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Cha…
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3 More Men Arrested In Convicted Hacker's $2 Million Scheme At Pennsylvania Banks: AG
Three more men have been taken into police custody inconnection to with a $2 million bank scheme, according to an updated release by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office. Less than one week ago, we reported that Carl Gonzalez, 19 of Highspire and Tyreese Lewis, 22, of Harrisburg, had been arrested for allegedly impersonating Pennsylvania bank employees and customers. Now, Jaire Amari Cotton, 22, of Harrisburg; Lavon Whittaker, 22, of Harrisburg; and Zyaire Monserrat, 22, of Steelton, join them in the Dauphin County Prison on the following changes. Corrupt organizations Id…
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US Army Specialist Brandishing Guns Rams Car Into Apartments In PA: Police
A US Army Specialist brandished two guns and slammed a car into an apartment building before fleeing and disappearing for approximately 15 hours, according to a police release the following evening and the suspect's social media. US Army Healthcare Specialist Andrez Q. Laboy Jr., 25, of Harrisburg, was arrested by US Marshals Fugitive Task Force around 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 24 after fleeing the wild scene the night before around 8:40 p.m., according to his LinkedIn and Derry Township police. The police had been called to the scene for reports of shots fired incident and a crash at …
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Mom Of 2 Kills BF In 'Deliberate Act,' Pennsylvania State Police Say
A bodybuilder has died and his girlfriend who was driving the car is believed to have intentionally caused the crash that killed him, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Lisa Ann Waibel, 41, of Lykens, was driving an SUV south on SR 225/Armstrong Valley Road near Mountain House Road with 44-year-old Matthew "Big Matt" Napoleoni in the passenger seat, when she turned left in front of a tractor-trailer driven by 45-year-old Richard Wynkoop of Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, March 16, 2023, around 4:09 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police Lykens's initial r…
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Mom Raped During Seizure In Central PA: Police Say
A 28-year-old Puerto Rican man repeatedly broke into a home and raped a woman— included during epileptic seizures, and assaulted her 13-year-old daughter, police in Central Pennsylvania detailed in court dockets obtained by Daily Voice. Yeury Antonio Jimenez-Santiago was arrested for simple assaults and terroristic threats after a domestic abuse incident was reported at a home in the 400 block of South 15th Street in Harrisburg on Aug. 7 2022— but police had just begun to uncover what was really going on in the home, according to the affidavit of probable cause. **The following …
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Teen ICE Detainee From NY Leads PA State Police On Chase Along I-81: Authorities
A 19-year-old illegal immigrant and a 16-year-old girl from New York led Pennslyvania state police pursuit on Interstate 81 that ended with a three-vehicle crash, authorities announced in a release on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Dhanraj Itwaru who had been staying in Jamaica, NY along with his passenger, a girl from South Ozone Park, was fleeing from troopers in his 1999 Honda CRV along I-81 South near mile marker 75 in West Hanover Township around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, according to the PSP release. Itwaru was in the left lane, while 36-year-old Emily Petroski was driving a…
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Ex-Probationer Slams Into House During High-Speed Chase In Central PA: Police
A 22-year-old woman had only recently gotten off probation when she slammed into a house while fleeing from the police in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, but the chase didn't end there, police say. Kennedy Marie Jackson-Foucher initially fled from the Lower Paxton Township "at a high rate of speed" during a traffic stop while driving her silver Ford Fusion in the area of Londonderry Road and Sir Thomas Court on Oct. 22, 2022, at approximately 3 a.m., according to a release by the department the following morning. Jackson-Foucher, "failed to pull over" and as she accelerat…
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5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police
What started as a retail theft of perfume quickly escalated to a police pursuit on an interstate in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 7, authorities say. Teona James, 25, Tymera James, 20, Destiny Thomas, 22, Joseph Wright, 31, and a 16-year-old teenage girl, were all involved in chase which began at the Ultra Beauty in Lower Paxton Township around 7 p.m., according to area police. The police were dispatched to a report that two women "had just stolen a large amount of fragrances and other merchandise" from the store located at 5112 Jonestown Road, police say. The women fled from …
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6-Year-Old Girl Raped 'On At Least Two Occasions,' Pennsylvania State Police Say
29-year-old man raped a 6-year-old girl at least two times, Pennsylvania state police allege. Cody Alan Jones of Williamstown was accused by the girl of sexual abuse, and "investigative efforts were undertaken which revealed that Jones sexually assaulted the victim on at least two occasions from July to August 2022," state police say. The Dauphin County district attorney’s office and the state police's Child Abuse Protective Unit approved the following 14 criminal charges against Jones: nine felonies for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent ass…
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Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home
An Autistic man threatened a mass shooting after a text fight with his girlfriend— and then police found weapons amassed in his home, according to court documents and the Pennsylvania state police. Evan K. Etzweiler, 23, of Millersburg, began making threatening statements to his 52-year-old ex-girlfriend and her family on July 26 and continued through August 10, 2022, even though she reached out to the police on Aug. 5 after he posted a photo with a gun on Facebook, according to a release by the state police the following week and court documents. "Etzweiler had previously made…
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Wanted Sex Offender Jumped In The Susquehanna River While Fleeing From Police
The man rescued from the Susquehanna River was a sex offender fleeing from the police on Saturday, May 14, authorities say. Norman Thomas Senior, 47, of Harrisburg, first led the police on a bicycle chase when they attempted to arrest him on a warrant for violating Megan's Law by failing to register his address with state police near the intersection of North Front and Verbeke streets. Then he jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge around 12:15 a.m., authorities say. Firefighters were required to send mutual aid boats to rescue him, the Harrisburg Fir…
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PA Woman With History Of Violence Stabs BF In Chest Barely Missing His Heart: Report
A Pennsylvania woman, with a history of assault, is facing charges again after a fight with her boyfriend escalated to her stabbing him in the chest on Wednesday, according to a report by PennLive and court records. Shakyra Ann Marie Clark, 34, of Harrisburg, had been arguing with her boyfriend in a car and when they got out, she stabbed him near 14th and Market streets on Mar. 24 around 12:36 a.m., the outlet says citing police. The knife was four or five inches deep in the man's body, just missing all of his vital organs, the outlet reports citing the affidavit of probable c…
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PA Teacher's Aid Punches Pregnant Woman's Belly After Assaulting Hospital Staff: Reports
“I’ll kill you and your baby!” a teaching assistant yelled before beating a pregnant woman and her mom, just weeks after spitting on and biting hospital staff while COVID-19 positive, authorities say. Margarita Maldonado, 30, of Enola, was told by the woman that she would have to wait 20 minutes for a ride back to her home in Enola moments before she yelled and attacked the woman in the 300 block of West Broad Street in Williamstown, Dauphin County around 3:40 p.m. Feb. 26, PennLive reports citing the affidavit. Maldonado allegedly punched the woman in the face and stomach, the outlet …
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Happy Birthday, You're Under Arrest: Man Left Starving Puppy In PA Hotel, Report Says
A man was arrested on a warrant for abandoning an 8-week-old puppy -- despite a "no pets allowed" rule -- without food or water in a central Pennsylvania hotel for 14 hours, according to a report by PennLive citing police and court documents. William J. Minnick, of Marietta in Lancaster County, spent his 50th birthday in prison after being charged with animal cruelty in connection with the Dec. 29 incident at the Hershey Travel Lodge, according to his court docket and the outlet's report citing an affidavit of probable cause filed by Derry Township police. Hotel staff reported the inci…
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Central PA High School Senior Killed In DUI Crash, Relative Charged
A high school senior was killed by a relative in a crash on Sunday, according to Swatara Township police. Sajan Basnet, 22, Harrisburg, has been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and related charges following the head-on crash. Basnet was drunk and speeding when he crashed at the intersection of 61st and Ann streets around 11:40 p.m., according to police and as Daily Voice previously reported. His exact blood alcohol level and speed have not been released. Pujan Basnet, 18, was in the passenger seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Basnet’s death was ruled accidental as a resul…
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NJ Man Arrested With 29 Bricks Of Heroin In Pennsylvania, Say State Police
Twenty-nine bricks of heroin and eight grams of fentanyl were found by Pennsylvania State Police during a traffic stop of a New Jersey man, according to state police. Altamir Baldwin, 28 of Woodbridge, was stopped for a traffic violation near mile marker 68.2 on Interstate 81 near Harrisburg on May 27, say PSP. In the passenger's side of the vehicle, 25 bricks of suspected heroin and eight grams of suspected fentanyl were found. An additional four bricks of heroin were found on Baldwin. Baldwin has been charged with the following: F Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to M…
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