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PA Man Accused Of Murdering, Dismembering Roommate Commits Suicide: Coroner PA Man Accused Of Murdering, Dismembering Roommate Commits Suicide: Coroner
PA Man Accused Of Murdering, Dismembering Roommate Commits Suicide: Coroner A Lehigh County inmate accused of killing and dismembering his roommate last year has died by suicide at a hospital, the coroner announced on Sunday, Jan. 12. Joshua Douglas Moser, 34, of Allentown, was pronounced dead at 3:41 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, at St. Luke's Hospital in Allentown, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Moser, who was being held at Lehigh County Jail, was charged in May 2024 with homicide, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence in the murder of his 37-year-old roommate, David Hittinger, authorities said and Daily Voice previously reported. Inv…
Pennsylvania Parents Of 6 Drown In Florida Rip Current, Sheriff Says Pennsylvania Parents Of 6 Drown In Florida Rip Current, Sheriff Says
Pennsylvania Parents Of 6 Drown In Florida Rip Current, Sheriff Says Two Pennsylvania parents drowned in rip currents while vacationing in Pennsylvania Thursday, June 20, authorities said. Brian Warter, 51, and Erica Wishard, 48, were with their six, mostly-teenage children when they got swept out by a rip current at Hutchinson Island, a beach in Martin County Florida, the county sheriff's office said. Two of the teens were with their parents and were able to break the current, the sheriff's office said. They tried to help their parents, but it became too dangerous and they were forced to swim ashore. Martin County Ocean Rescue found Wishard and Warter…
I-95 Barricade: Armed Driver In Custody After Standoff, Philly Police Say I-95 Barricade: Armed Driver In Custody After Standoff, Philly Police Say
I-95 Barricade: Armed Driver In Custody After Standoff, Philly Police Say Traffic slowed to a halt on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia Friday morning as police were involved in a standoff with an armed driver, authorities told Daily Voice.  It began around 8:30 a.m. when officers spotted an "erratic" driver in the southbound lane near the Girard Avenue exit, police said.  When a PPD lieutenant pulled the car over, officials said the driver got out with a pistol in his hand.  Police ordered the driver to put the weapon down while they called for SWAT and crisis-intervention-trained backup, the department said.  The man allegedly "placed (th…