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Drunk Super Bowl Reveler Shoves Cop, Fights Officer In Pennsylvania: Police Drunk Super Bowl Reveler Shoves Cop, Fights Officer In Pennsylvania: Police
Drunk Super Bowl Reveler Shoves Cop, Fights Officer In Pennsylvania: Police A drunk man celebrating the Super Bowl win in West Chester shoved a police officer and fought with law enforcement before his arrest, authorities said. Nicholas Wolhafe, 23, of West Chester, was among the large crowd gathered at North High and East Market streets on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 11 p.m. when police attempted to arrest another individual, the West Chester Borough Police Department said in a release. As officers were taking the other person into custody, Wolhafe allegedly pushed an officer from behind, sparking a physical altercation. He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor Obstru…
Man Smears Toilet Water In Cell After Violent Clash With Lower Chichester Police: Authorities Man Smears Toilet Water In Cell After Violent Clash With Lower Chichester Police: Authorities
Man Smears Toilet Water In Cell After Violent Clash With Lower Chichester Police: Authorities Gabriel Eusebio Howard, 26, is wanted on multiple charges following an altercation with Lower Chichester police and vandalism inside his holding cell, police announced on Thursday, Feb. 13. Howard faces felony aggravated assault against officers, misdemeanor resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, institutional vandalism, and public drunkenness, according to Lower Chichester Township police. Officers encountered Howard around 2:35 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9, on E. Ridge Road near Yates Avenue during an unrelated traffic stop, police said. Howard, appearing intoxicated, was seen crying, yelli…
Eagles Super Bowl Celebrations Turn Chaotic With Multiple Arrests In Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl Celebrations Turn Chaotic With Multiple Arrests In Philadelphia
Eagles Super Bowl Celebrations Turn Chaotic With Multiple Arrests In Philadelphia Philadelphia police arrested several individuals during Super Bowl LIX celebrations, as Eagles fans flooded the streets following the team’s 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Feb. 9. The celebrations, which started in jubilation, took a rowdy turn late Sunday night into early Monday morning, leading to multiple arrests across the city. Terry Kinard, 26, from the 3200 block of Arlington Street, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of Market Street for allegedly spitting on and hitting a Philadelphia Fire Department medic. He was charged with resisting arrest and…
Inmate Dies After Hospital Release By Prison In PA: Officials Inmate Dies After Hospital Release By Prison In PA: Officials
Inmate Dies After Hospital Release By Prison In PA: Officials A Lancaster County inmate receiving medical care at Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine has died after being released from custody, prison officials announced Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Robert Phillip Kreider, 58, of Conestoga, was reported as having difficulty breathing at Lancaster County Prison around 5:57 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, according to a media alert from the prison. Medical staff examined Kreider before calling 9-1-1, officials said. Emergency medical services transported him to Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine, and his family was notified of his hospitalizatio…
Bucks County Man Throws Feces-Covered Clothing Out Of Moving Car, Gets Arrested: Police Bucks County Man Throws Feces-Covered Clothing Out Of Moving Car, Gets Arrested: Police
Bucks County Man Throws Feces-Covered Clothing Out Of Moving Car, Gets Arrested: Police Reports of a man throwing fecal-covered clothing out of the window of his vehicle led to his arrest, police said in a Thursday, Nov. 14 news release. Jake Patrick Dilanzo, 32, of Chalfont, was arrested after police responded to a Target store after receiving reports of a man driving through the parking lot tossing clothing covered in feces out the window, according to the Warrington Township Police Department. This was on Saturday, Nov. 9. Officers found Dilanzo on the ground under a vehicle acting erratically, police said. He admitted to driving and refused to take any field sobriety tests…
Drunk Woman Jumps Barefoot On Table At PA Restaurant While Fleeing: Police Drunk Woman Jumps Barefoot On Table At PA Restaurant While Fleeing: Police
Drunk Woman Jumps Barefoot On Table At PA Restaurant While Fleeing: Police A drunk woman caused a disturbance at a Berks County restaurant as she jumped barefoot onto a table while evading police, according to authorities. Alexa Peters, 29, of Honey Brook, was charged after she refused commands to stop from police during a disturbance in Morgantown on Sunday, Oct. 6, the Caernarvon Township Police Department said. Police were initially called to Lowes, located at 340 Crossings Boulevard, for a woman causing a disturbance in the area, according to police. Peters was reported to have stolen a drink, threw her jacket in an employee's face, and cursed at people. An o…
DUI Driver Tries Stealing Victim's Pickup As She Fills Gas Tank At Bucks Sunoco Station: Police DUI Driver Tries Stealing Victim's Pickup As She Fills Gas Tank At Bucks Sunoco Station: Police
DUI Driver Tries Stealing Victim's Pickup As She Fills Gas Tank At Bucks Sunoco Station: Police A 40-year-old Philadelphia man is accused of stealing a woman's pickup truck while she was filling it up with gas in Bucks County, authorities said. Charles P. Casler was arrested at about 5 p.m. on Aug. 14 after fleeing the incident at a Sunoco station near the intersection of Street Road and Central Ave. in Feasterville, according to Lower Southampton police. The vehicle, a red Ford pick-up truck, was stopped at the Elmwood Avenue intersection where the driver resisted arrest and ran off before he was apprehended by police.  Following his arrest, he was found to be under the in…
Teen Caught Breaking Into Car Was Armed With Stolen Gun: Bethlehem PD Teen Caught Breaking Into Car Was Armed With Stolen Gun: Bethlehem PD
Bethlehem Car Break-In Ends In Teen's Arrest: PD A 17-year-old who smashed the back window of a Bethlehem resident's car Tuesday morning was armed, according to city police.  Authorities said they were called to the 1300 block of East 5th Street just after midnight on Dec. 19 for an attempted vehicle burglary.  The victim said their car window had been shattered, triggering the alarm. Police searched the neighborhood and spotted a teen running near Edwards and Deschler streets, about a block north of the victim's driveway.  Officers said they saw the 17-year-old ditch a handgun from his waistband before they took him into …
Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say
Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say A man "fighting with customers" outside a shopping plaza assaulted officers who came to investigate on Sunday, police claim.  Anthony Belfere was found lying on the ground "yelling profanities" outside the Target at 1008 Lititz Pike, around 11:46 a.m. on Aug. 13, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced the following day. Officers recognized Belfere "from previous encounters," as stated in the release.  As the police approached him he "became belligerent," and "appeared to be under the influence of drugs and or alcohol," the police said.  When the officers attemp…
Cops Attacked By Homeowner In Poconos: Authorities Cops Attacked By Homeowner In Poconos: Authorities
Cops Attacked By Homeowner In Poconos: Authorities A Pocono Township man attacked police officers after he called them to his Scotrun home last week, according to authorities.  Thirty-nine-year-old Jacob Jones Sr. called 911 around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5, and told dispatchers that his guns had been stolen, Pocono Township police said in a release.  When they arrived, officers learned that Jones had actually "voluntarily relinquished" the firearms to family members "at an earlier date," the department wrote.  Jones, authorities claimed, "was highly intoxicated" and advised by officers to stay home for the rest of the nig…
Stroller-Pushing Lehigh Valley Man Exposed Self To Juvenile, Police Claim Stroller-Pushing Lehigh Valley Man Exposed Self To Juvenile, Police Claim
Stroller-Pushing Lehigh Valley Man Exposed Self To Juvenile, Police Claim A Northampton County man is charged with indecent exposure after authorities say he revealed himself to a juvenile outside a beer store.  Slate Belt Regional Police were called to a gas station in Plainfield Township for "suspicious activity" around 3 p.m. on Friday, May 19, the department wrote in a release.  Dispatchers were told of a "tall, balding man, pushing a stroller who had exposed himself to a juvenile," authorities wrote.  Officers arrived to find 50-year-old Louis W. Coopersmith at a nearby beer distributor, where he was "determined to be manifestly under the inf…
Montco Woman Charged In Doylestown Assault Montco Woman Charged In Doylestown Assault
Montco Woman Charged In Doylestown Assault A Montgomery County woman is charged with assault after police say they saw her fighting another in Doylestown over the weekend.  It happened on Saturday, May 20, Central Bucks Regional Police wrote in a statement. Authorities said they approached the scene and saw 21-year-old Morgan Cashman "holding the victim's shirt and striking the victim in the face." Witnesses told police that the victim tried to walk away from Cashman, but that the 21-year-old began "punching and kicking" them. The victim was taken to Doylestown Hospital where they were treated for "several" lacerations to the f…
Warrant Out For 'Jackass' Star Bam Margera Out Of PA In 2nd Run-In With Police This Month Warrant Out For 'Jackass' Star Bam Margera Out Of PA In 2nd Run-In With Police This Month
Warrant Out For 'Jackass' Star Bam Margera Out Of PA In 2nd Run-In With Police This Month "Jackass" star Brandon "Bam" Margera is being sought by Pennsylvania State Police on a warrant in connection with a physical fight that happened over the weekend. The 43-year-old stuntman and pro skateboarder apparently ran into a wooded area before police arrived at the scene of a "disturbance" around 11 a.m. Sunday, April 23, on the 400 block of Hickory Hill Road in Pocopson Township, PA State Police said. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 610-268-2022. Earlier this month, Margera was charged with public drunkenness for an incident in a California parking lot.
Shoeless Burglar Sprayed Fire Extinguisher In Bucks Home, Police Claim Shoeless Burglar Sprayed Fire Extinguisher In Bucks Home, Police Claim
Shoeless Burglar Sprayed Fire Extinguisher In Bucks Home, Police Claim A Massachusetts man was arrested in Bucks County over the weekend after police claim he drunkenly entered a stranger's home and made a mess with a fire extinguisher.  It happened in Doylestown on Sunday, April 9, wrote Central Bucks Regional Police in a release. Officers were called to a home on the 100 block of Garden Alley for a reported burglary in progress.  There, the homeowner said he had returned from a short walk to find "fire extinguisher powder" all over the floor of his home, authorities said. He checked downstairs after hearing a noise from the basement and found a str…
Arby's Indecent Exposure Incident Leads To DUI Driver's Arrest In Lehigh Valley: Police Arby's Indecent Exposure Incident Leads To DUI Driver's Arrest In Lehigh Valley: Police
Arby's Indecent Exposure Incident Leads To DUI Driver's Arrest In Lehigh Valley: Police A DUI Pennsylvania man who tried getting into a closed Arby's restaurant was arrested after urinating in the parking lot where he exposed himself, police said. Charles J. Visaggi was unsteady on his feet, was slurring his speech and seemed disoriented while trying to gain entry into the Arby's in Wind Gap last December, local police said. Slate Belt Regional Police officers found Visaggi at a nearby Wendy's operating a vehicle, authorities said. Visaggi, displaying signs of impairment, was found to be incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle, according to police. He was taken int…
Man Coming At Troopers With Many Knives Shot: PA State Police Man Coming At Troopers With Many Knives Shot: PA State Police
Man Coming At Troopers With Many Knives Shot: PA State Police A man with "multiple knives" was shot at by multiple Pennsylvania State Troopers on on April 5, 2023, at 4:43 am, the Pennsylvania State Police announced later that morning.  Thomas Edward Conroy, 43, of Uniontown came out of a home at 233 Amend Road in Georges Township with the knives following a domestic dispute, PSP said. Police were already outside the home as they were called to the reported dispute, so they opened fire. Conroy was struck and transported to a local hospital. He is in stable condition, as stated in the release.  The Troop B Major Case Team is inves…
PA's Bam Margera Charged With Public Drunkenness In California, Challenges Knoxville To Fight PA's Bam Margera Charged With Public Drunkenness In California, Challenges Knoxville To Fight
PA's Bam Margera Charged With Public Drunkenness In California, Challenges Knoxville To Fight One-time "Jackass" star and West Chester native Bam Margera was arrested in southern California last week on charges of public drunkenness, according to police records.  In online arrest records, Burbank police say that Margera, 43 — whose real name is Brandon — arrived at a restaurant in the city to meet his family around 5:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, March 29.  Margera "arrived intoxicated" and was later arrested on charges of public drunkenness, the records claim. In a video from the restaurant obtained by TMZ, he appears to shout and stomp his feet before police arrive.&n…
Chesco Man Had Drugs Stashed In Pen Cap, Cops Claim Chesco Man Had Drugs Stashed In Pen Cap, Cops Claim
Chesco Man Had Drugs Stashed In Pen Cap, Cops Claim A Chester County man is accused of having drugs stored away in the cap of a pen when he was arrested early this year, say authorities.  Police in Kennett Square were patrolling near the corner of West South Street and Harvey Circle just after midnight on Sunday, Jan. 15, when they noticed a man laying on the ground, the department said.  Officers made contact with the man, 45-year-old Octavio Duran-Zavala, who they said "stated he was intoxicated and admitted to consuming alcohol. Police said they tried to bring Duran-Zavala back to his house, but that they were "unable to make co…
Warrant Served: Sprint Car Racer Colton Wisely, Unwisely Sped Off Without Paying In PA, Police Warrant Served: Sprint Car Racer Colton Wisely, Unwisely Sped Off Without Paying In PA, Police
Warrant Served: Sprint Car Racer Colton Wisely, Unwisely Sped Off Without Paying In PA, Police UPDATE: Colton Wade Wisley was arrested on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 8 a.m. and his warrant was marked as served the following morning by Lower Allen Township Police. Additional information was not released.  ORIGINAL: The brother of a rising sprint car racing star and a racer himself, Colton Wade Wisely is wanted by police in central Pennsylvania. Wisely, unwisely sped off— without paying— from the Outback Steakhouse located at 1201 Lower Allen Drive in Camp Hill, on Sept. 17 at 3:28 p.m., Lower Allen Township police say.  Wisely comes from a legacy racing family, with trophy wins from…
Man Pulls Gun On Bar Worker After Being Kicked Out: Bethlehem PD Man Pulls Gun On Bar Worker After Being Kicked Out: Bethlehem PD
Man Pulls Gun On Bar Worker After Being Kicked Out: Bethlehem PD A Bethlehem man who was kicked out of a bar for fighting with other guests returned later that night brandishing a firearm, police claim.  It happened at Molly's Irish Grille and Sports Pub on East 4th Street early on Friday, March 3, city police said in a statement. Bar staff called authorities at around 1:30 a.m. to report that a belligerent customer who had been turned away had come back with a handgun.  The suspect was nowhere to be found when police arrived, so the officers left, the report says.  Then, at about 2 a.m., the wait staff called back to tell police that the…
Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police
Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police A woman was found with blue lips and grey skin at a Lancaster area Sunoco Gas station while a 1-year-old infant was with her, authorities say. Kaitlyn Rebecca Wertz, 29, of Lancaster, was found laying on her back near the checkout of the gas station located at 1136 Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster, on Feb. 23, 2023, Manheim Township police explained in a release on Friday, March 3. Wertz was unconscious when EMS arrived and they used three doses of NARCAN to revive her, according to the police release. "In the store with Wertz, at the time of her overdose, was a 1-year-old child. No one was …
Northampton Patron Kicked From Bar Threatened To Kill Cop: Police Northampton Patron Kicked From Bar Threatened To Kill Cop: Police
Northampton Patron Kicked From Bar Threatened To Kill Cop: Police A man kicked out of a Northampton County business later threatened to kill the police who showed up at the scene, authorities allege.  Slate Belt regional officers were called to the American Legion post in Wind Gap Borough at about 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19 for a reported "disturbance," the department wrote in a statement.  On arrival, police found 61-year-old Gregory L. Lutz of Saylorsburg. According to detectives, he threatened other patrons after being asked to leave the American Legion. When a Slate Belt officer tried to intervene, authorities said Lutz also threatened to …
Unruly Starbucks Customer Causes Scene, Bites Cop In Bucks: Police Unruly Starbucks Customer Causes Scene, Bites Cop In Bucks: Police
Unruly Starbucks Customer Causes Scene, Bites Cop In Bucks: Police A Bucks County man now faces felony assault charges after authorities say he bit a police officer during an altercation at a Starbucks.  Central Bucks police were called to the coffee store just after 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19 for reports of a suspicious person, the department said in a release.  On arrival, baristas told officers that an apparently drunken man was shouting, cursing, and loudly playing music through a portable speaker, according to the department.  When warned to leave, police said the man threw his cup of coffee across the store and "laid on the ground yell…
Drunken Burglar Steals Phone, Cigarettes From Bucks Home, Say Police Drunken Burglar Steals Phone, Cigarettes From Bucks Home, Say Police
Drunken Burglar Steals Phone, Cigarettes From Bucks Home, Say Police A Bucks County man is charged with felony burglary after police say he drunkenly walked into a stranger's home and stole a pack of cigarettes and a cell phone.  Authorities in Warrington Township were called to Sassafrass Court at around 8:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7 for a report of a suspicious man knocking on doors and walking through yards, police said.  While in the neighborhood, officers said they were flagged down by a resident who complained that a man had entered her home, taken her belongings, and walked out.  Stephen Leasa, 29, of Warrington, was discovered in the ar…
Man Strips Naked, Jumps In Freezer Full Of Ice At Gas Station In Ephrata Man Strips Naked, Jumps In Freezer Full Of Ice At Gas Station In Ephrata
Man Strips Naked, Jumps In Freezer Full Of Ice At Gas Station In Ephrata A 35-year-old man caused 12 hours of mayhem in Ephrata starting when he stripped naked at a gas station and jumped into a freezer with bagged ice, area police stated in a release on Friday, Oct. 14.  Jonathan Martin Beck, of East Earl, "removed all of his clothing while at a gas pump, exposing his genitals to customers. Beck then removed several ice bags from the bagged ice freezer and jumped inside of the freezer causing numerous bags of ice to be disposed of," the Ephrata police say.  The police were called to the convenience store of the gas station where this happened in the 8…
Man Tries To Grab Cop's Gun During Arrest In Allentown, Police Say Man Tries To Grab Cop's Gun During Arrest In Allentown, Police Say
Man Tries To Grab Cop's Gun During Arrest In Allentown, Police Say Two alleged gunmen are behind bars after one allegedly tried to grab a police officer's gun during an arrest in Allentown. Officers responded to a report of shots fired at a business on the 1700 block of Union Boulevard around 10:30 a.m. on Sun. Aug. 28, Allentown police said. There, officers saw that multiple shots had been fired at the business, causing damage to the building, they said. An investigation led officers to a house on the 200 block of South Carlisle Street, where they say two suspects were living. As police tried to arrest the pair, one of the men fought the officers and tr…
Naked Drunk Woman On Bail Caught Inside PA Sheetz: Police Naked Drunk Woman On Bail Caught Inside PA Sheetz: Police
Naked Drunk Woman On Bail Caught Inside PA Sheetz: Police A completely nude and drunk woman was found inside of a central Pennsylvania Sheetz around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, police say. Middlesex Township were called to a report of "a nude woman in the store" located on the Harrisburg Pike, according to a release by the department. During their investigation the police identified the woman as Amanda Marie Baker, 37, of Carlisle, court records show. Baker has been charged with Indecent Exposure and Public Drunkenness, according to the police. She was out on $1,000 bail for felony retail theft charges filed in April, court documents detail. Her…
Drunk Man With 'Fearless' Tattoo Spits On PA Officer Giving Him Ride Home: Police Drunk Man With 'Fearless' Tattoo Spits On PA Officer Giving Him Ride Home: Police
Drunk Man With 'Fearless' Tattoo Spits On PA Officer Giving Him Ride Home: Police A drunk man getting a ride home by police officers thanked them by spitting on them, according to authorities who arrested him in Central Pennsylvania. Manheim officers were initially called to the 200 block Waterford Ct., for reports of a disturbance when they found Joshua T. Stewart, 28, of Lancaster, around 3:50 a.m., police said. Stewart — who has a tattoo of the word "fearless" on his neck — was initially charged with public drunkenness, but after attempts to take him into custody, Stewart repeatedly pushed back on the officers and attempted to free himself, Manheim police sa…
PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police
PA Man Attempted To Kill Officer During Foot Chase Between Two Armed Robberies: Police A 21-year-old, intoxicated Pennsylvania man has been charged with Attempted Manslaughter of a Law Enforcement Officer— among more than a dozen other charges— after two armed robberies and a foot chase, police say. York City police were called to an armed robbery in the 500 block East Philadelphia Street only to find the suspect in the 400 block of Walnut Street on Friday, Mar. 25 around 11:45 p.m., according to a release by the department. While fleeing, "the suspect fired a shot in the officer’s direction," and the man got away from police, the release states. But then a suspect with the…
Drunk NY Woman Punches, Kicks Police Officers In Pennsylvania, Police Say Drunk NY Woman Punches, Kicks Police Officers In Pennsylvania, Police Say
Drunk NY Woman Punches, Kicks Police Officers In Pennsylvania, Police Say A New York woman assaulted police officers when they came to arrest her for public drunkenness, police say. Palmyra police were called to reports of an intoxicated female repeatedly blowing a car horn and yelling outside in the 100 block of North Lincoln Street on Sunday, Feb., 6 just after midnight, according to a release by police. Police arrived to find Shyana Ramos, 19, of Staten Island, New York, "visibly intoxicated," police stated in the release and according to court documents. She was uncooperative with police and when they attempted to detain her, "she physically assaulted them w…
Drunken Man Tortures, Kills Guinea Pig After Beating Mom, Children In Central PA: Report Drunken Man Tortures, Kills Guinea Pig After Beating Mom, Children In Central PA: Report
Drunken Man Tortures, Kills Guinea Pig After Beating Mom, Children In Central PA: Report A man was in a drunken rage when he tortured guinea pigs -- leaving one dead -- and then beat a woman in front of her children, according to a report by York Dispatch citing a criminal complaint filed by police. Robert Wesley Shank II, 28, was visibly highly intoxicated and had bloodied knuckles when police were called to a home on West Howard Street in Red Lion last Sunday afternoon on reports of a disturbance, according to the outlet citing the complaint. He violently whipped and shook the animals for 10 minutes in the middle of the road before shoving them in the snow -- one a…