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Marietta, PA

Felon Attempts To Kidnap Girl At PA Sheetz, Police Say Felon Attempts To Kidnap Girl At PA Sheetz, Police Say
Felon Attempts To Kidnap Girl At PA Sheetz, Police Say A convicted felon has been held without bail after attempting to kidnap a girl at a Pennsylvania Sheetz, police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Jared Michael Sweigard, 42, of Enola, was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 13, after multiple kidnapping attempts, according to police and court documents. The first incident happened at the Sheetz Convenience Store and Gas Station located at 1158 River Road in Marietta, according to the police. When officers arrived to the report of a  "suspicious person" and people told them that a man in his 40s attempted to enter their vehicle while they were ins…
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police A 47-year-old man is accused of seriously assaulting a US Postal Service worker over undelivered mail, Susquehanna Regional Police announced on Tuesday, March 26.  James Gordon Moore "was upset about a package not being delivered [...] Moore jumped over the counter and punched the victim in the head several times before being knocked unconscious," the USPS employee told the SRPD officers.  Officers were called to the scene of the assault at the Marietta Post Office located at 16 North New Haven Street at 12:56 p.m. on Monday, March 25. The postal worker was found "lying behind th…
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police A 19-year-old woman is accused of being on a Schedule One drug when she crashed her car into two motorcyclists — killing a father of three, authorities announced on Tuesday.  Molly Elora Duffy of Elizabethtown appeared before Magisterial District Judge Randall L. Miller for both her preliminary arraignment and hearing around 9:15 a.m. on Nov. 7, court records show.  Duffy is accused of driving under the influence of a Schedule One drug when her sedan struck two motorcycles at the intersection of River and Turnpike roads in Conoy Township around 2:18 p.m. on Apr…
Romanian Thieves 'Bear Hug' Victim At Pennsylvania Sheetz Before Fleeing To Maryland: Police Romanian Thieves 'Bear Hug' Victim At Pennsylvania Sheetz Before Fleeing To Maryland: Police
Romanian Thieves 'Bear Hug' Victim At Pennsylvania Sheetz Before Fleeing To Maryland: Police A Romanian couple in a car from Texas, stole from someone at a Pennsylvania Sheetz, before fleeing and abandoning their vehicle in Maryland, authorities say.  Nicolae Miclescu and Viorica Petra, both 32, approached a victim at the gas pumps at the Sheetz located at 1158 River Road, Marietta at 3:30 p.m. on June 12, according to a release by the Susquehanna Regional police department on July 28.   The pair asked the victim for gas money, blocking him in with a Black Chevrolet Tahoe SUV bearing Texas registration PJX-9926, and then Petre "bear hugged the victim and st…
Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring
Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring An online ad and a local hotel helped lay a thirst trap for police to capture 14 so-called "Johns" who participated in a sex trafficking ring in Pennsylvania. The Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force, launched on January 11, but in less than 2 months it has successfully completed it's operation, Lancaster County media specialist Sean McBryan says in a statement released on Thursday, Mar. 24. After the task placed the ad online, the undercover female detective answered over 100 "Johns" who replied to the online ad— all in about eight hours on Mar. 10, McBryan says. Some of the res…
PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police
PA High School Football Coach Sent 'I'm Horny' SnapChat To 16-Year-Old Student: Police A central Pennsylvania high school football coach has been charged with corrupting a minor after drunk texting a 16-year-girl, according to a release by police. Hempfield High School football coach, Thomas "Tommy" James Walker, 25, of Marietta sent messages about being "drunk and horny" to the girl on the social media platform SnapChat on Oct. 7 around 10:30 p.m., according to the police. The West Hempfield Township police department began investigating the matter after receiving a complaint from the girl and her parent "that a teacher from Hempfield sent her inappropriate messages," as st…
Happy Birthday, You're Under Arrest: Man Left Starving Puppy In PA Hotel, Report Says Happy Birthday, You're Under Arrest: Man Left Starving Puppy In PA Hotel, Report Says
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…
Police: Pennsylvania Mom With BAC 3x Legal Limit Killed Son, 11, In Head-On Crash Police: Pennsylvania Mom With BAC 3x Legal Limit Killed Son, 11, In Head-On Crash
Police: Pennsylvania Mom With BAC 3x Legal Limit Killed Son, 11, In Head-On Crash A pregnant Lancaster County mom had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when she struck another vehicle head-on, killing her 11-year-old son, authorities said.Jennifer Johnson, 35, of Manheim Township, was charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault of an unborn child and several other offenses stemming from the Lititz Pike crash on Feb. 23, Manheim police announced. Johnson was driving on the bridge into Lancaster City in the 1100 block of Lititz Pike when she struck another car carrying four people around 8:30 p.m., authorities said.a All fo…