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PA Man Who Snuck Into 13-Year-Old’s Bedroom For Years, Threatening To Kill Family Sentenced
A Pennsylvania man who repeatedly snuck into a 13-year-old girl's bedroom to sexually assault her and threatened to kill her family if she told anyone has been sentenced, prosecutors announced on Monday, Sept. 21. Brett Michael Bair, 38, of Coal Township, Northumberland County, was sentenced in Lancaster County Court after pleading guilty on Sept. 8 to sexually abusing the girl for two years while living in her Lancaster Township home, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. The abuse happened between September 2021 and September 2023, prosecutors said. The victim, no…
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Dead Animals, Coffin, Severed Finger Left At PA Masonic Lodge: Police
Dead animals, cryptic messages, a miniature coffin, and a severed finger were among the disturbing objects repeatedly left outside a Pennsylvania Masonic lodge before a traffic stop led investigators to a suspect, police announced Monday, Sept. 21. Joshua Albert Reisinger, 37, was arrested following an investigation into more than a month of incidents at Paxton Lodge No. 16 Masonic Hall at 410 North Harrisburg Street in Steelton, according to the Steelton Borough Police Department. Between Aug. 15 and Sept. 20, investigators said unusual objects and written messages were intentionally left …
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Amtrak Fiber Cut Triggers FAA Ground Stops at Philly, Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, Teterboro
An Amtrak construction crew accidentally cut a fiber line in New Jersey, triggering a telecommunications outage that forced the FAA to halt flights at five major Northeast airports Monday, Sept. 21, federal officials said. Flights were affected at Philadelphia International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Teterboro Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport as the outage rippled across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. "An Amtrak construction crew accidentally cut into a fiber line in New Jersey which caused a telecom outage and forced FAA to …
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Car Slams Into Pennsylvania Apartment Building, Breaks Load-Bearing Supports
A vehicle slammed into a Pennsylvania apartment building, breaking several load-bearing supports and forcing residents from an affected unit, firefighters said. The crash happened at Mill Road and Orchard Drive in the Borough of Chambersburg on Sunday, Sept. 20, according to the Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 1813. Company 1 was dispatched for a reported vehicle into a building, and Engine 1-2 arrived to confirm the crash, firefighters said. Crews secured the vehicle and made sure everyone inside it was out before checking on occupants of the apartment…
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Father Of Five Motorcyclist Killed After Rear-Ending Moving Car In Pennsylvania
A 50-year-old motorcyclist was killed after crashing into the back of a moving car in Pennsylvania over the weekend, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 21. The crash happened in the 1800 block of North 11th Street in Reading at approximately 9:23 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office. The motorcyclist was identified as Huascar Serrano, 50, of Reading. He was the sole rider of the motorcycle, Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel said. Serrano's motorcycle struck the rear of a moving passenger vehicle, according to the coroner's office. He suffered fatal injuries…
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NY Man Killed In PA Hit-Run Was Riding ATV, Family Seeks 'Justice'
A 27-year-old New York man killed after falling from an ATV onto a Pennsylvania roadway and being struck by a driver who fled has been identified, authorities said. Kyle Elardo, of Suffolk County, Long Island was killed late Thursday, Sept. 17, on State Route 903 near Church Road in Penn Forest Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Carbon County Coroner's Office. Troopers from the Fern Ridge barracks were called to the scene around 11:30 p.m. for a reported fatal hit-and-run and found Elardo in the northbound lane, police said. Investigators determined Elardo had been op…
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Caregiver Charged After Bruises Found On Resident At PA Senior Community: Police
A caregiver has been charged following an elder abuse investigation at a Pennsylvania senior living community, authorities announced Sunday, Sept. 20. Nazareth Borough Police were called to Moravian Hall Square, located at 175 North Street in Nazareth, Northampton County, at 10:34 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, for a report of elder abuse, according to the department. Officers learned that a resident's husband had noticed bruising around his wife's wrist, police said. Staff at Moravian Hall Square conducted an internal investigation and placed the employee involved on administrative leave, ac…
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Gunfire Erupts After Referee, Spectator Fight At Philly Youth Football Game: Police
A fight involving a referee and spectator at a Philadelphia youth football game spilled off the field and into the street before a gunshot rang out, police said. The altercation broke out during a game at the Al Pearlman Sports Complex in the city's Roxborough neighborhood around 1:42 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, according to police. The confrontation initially involved a 46-year-old spectator and a referee described as a man in his mid-20s on the field before the two left the field and continued the dispute in the 600 block of Port Royal Street, investigators said. The referee then walked tow…
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Mass Casualty Incident Declared After PA Turnpike Crash In Bucks County
A mass casualty incident was declared after a serious crash left one person heavily entrapped and sent four others to hospitals on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Sunday morning, Sept. 20, authorities said. Emergency crews were dispatched shortly after 8 a.m. to Interstate 476 North, also known as the Northeast Extension, near Steinburg Road by milepost 44.4N for a crash requiring an auto extraction, according to officials. At least one vehicle went off the highway and traveled down an embankment, authorities said. It was not immediately clear how many vehicles were involved. Multiple fire an…
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Brother Fatally Shot In Neck At PA Home, Homicide Charge Filed: DA
An open homicide charge has been filed after a 24-year-old man was fatally shot by his brother inside their Pennsylvania family home early Sunday morning, Sept. 20, authorities said. The shooting happened shortly after midnight in the 2200 block of Birch Street in Wilson Borough, according to Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta. Police responding to the home found a man who said he had accidentally shot his 24-year-old brother in the back of the neck, authorities said. The victim was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital's Anderson Campus with severe injuries. He was pronounced de…
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LI Woman Swallowed By Hidden 8-Foot Backyard Hole Thought She Was Going To Die: Reports
A Long Island woman was rescued by neighbors she'd never met after falling into an 8-foot hole in her backyard that she never knew was there last week (scroll down for video). Danielle Tammone told CBS News that she thought she was going to die when she fell in and couldn't get out. She began screaming for help. It happened last Thursday, Sept. 17, Tammone's 47th birthday. Tammone tells 1010 Wins she was walking in her backyard when her feet sank into the ground, and seconds later, she was swallowed into the earth. Once she realized what had happened, panic set in. "Wow, I could die t…
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Classmate, Teacher Help Expose Child Rape: PA Attorney General
A pre-teen’s disclosure to a classmate and teacher helped uncover a child rape case that sent a man to prison, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Sunday, Sept. 14. Elias Dominguez was sentenced to 21¾ to 43½ years in prison after his conviction last year for rape and related offenses involving an 11-year-old child, the attorney general said. The abuse happened at a Hazleton home in 2019, according to the release. The child told a classmate about the abuse, and the classmate alerted a teacher. The teacher then reported the allegations to ChildLine, launching the investigati…
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PA, NJ Ren Faire Performer Lady Amanda Chase Honored After Death At 43
A woman whose childhood dream of performing at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire became reality — and later took her to Renaissance stages across Pennsylvania and New Jersey — was honored Saturday, Sept. 19, at the place she said captured her heart when she was just 5 years old. Shannon Maria Jones, 43, also known to fairegoers as Lady Amanda Chase and online as Shannon’s Sunflowers, died in early August while on an Alaskan cruise with her mother, Tamara Sweitzer. Jones had been living with four incurable diseases that damaged her lungs, her mother wrote in announcing her death. “She pass…
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Man ID’d After Fatal Head-On Route 30 Crash With Tractor-Trailer: PA State Police
The man killed in a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer on Route 30 has been identified, Pennsylvania State Police announced Saturday, Sept. 19. Robert F. Stevens, 77, of Glen Rock, York County, died in the crash near 9823 Lincoln Way West in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, at 4:50 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, according to state police in Chambersburg. Stevens was driving a 2013 Dodge Caravan east when he crossed the double yellow line into the westbound lane for an unknown reason, police said. His minivan struck a westbound 1996 Peterbilt 379 tractor-trailer head-on, according to the rel…
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Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police
A hunter is facing charges after police say he shot and killed a woman walking through a field with a man and two children after mistaking her for a deer in Delaware. Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury, MD, was identified as the hunter in the tragic accident, while the victim has been identified as 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto, from Georgetown, DE, Delaware State Police said. was charged with manslaughter and other offenses after he fatally shot a woman on Friday night in Ellendale while he was hunting from a ground blind, according to Delaware State Police. Shortly after 7:30 …
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Teen In Custody After Man Targeted, Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: Police
A teenager is in custody after a man was targeted in a fatal shooting in Pennsylvania, police announced Saturday, Sept. 19. Alex Montes-Rivera, 19, was charged Friday, Sept. 18, in connection with the shooting that killed Daniel Matos, 33, of Lebanon, according to the Lebanon City Police Department. Montes-Rivera faces charges of homicide, flight to avoid apprehension, and firearms not to be carried without a license, police said. He was in police custody as of Saturday morning, according to the update. Police did not release details about where or how he was taken into custody. Matos was…
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Medical Emergencies Delay Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship's Return To NJ Port
Two medical emergencies aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship delayed the cruise ship's return to New Jersey, impacting passengers' travel plans, according to a notice distributed onboard. Medical staff determined that two guests aboard Oasis of the Seas needed urgent medical attention during the voyage, the notice says. The passengers were successfully taken off the ship to receive additional medical care. While the nature of the emergencies was not released, Cruise Hive reports that one involved a critically ill 7-year-old child, prompting the ship to return to Nassau, the closes…
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Patients Put At Risk By Pennsylvania Doctor’s Prescriptions: AG
A Pennsylvania doctor has been sent to state prison after illegally prescribing controlled substances in a case that put patients at risk, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Tuesday, Sept. 15. Dr. Raphael Benjamin Kon, 62, of Noxen, was sentenced Monday to 14 to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty in August to unlawful administration, dispensing, delivery, gift, or prescription of a Schedule II controlled substance. Kon continuously prescribed controlled substances without assessing patients’ increased risk of abuse, diversion, or overdose against any medical benefit, according to…
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: Widow Speaks Out After Husband Beaten Dead By Walmart Worker's Parents, Report Says
A widow is speaking out months after her husband of 42 years was beaten to death by the parents of a Walmart worker in Virginia, according to a brand-new report. Josephine Atienza and her 77-year-old husband Bert Atienza went to a Walmart store near thei home in Virginia Beach, on June 7, when a 17-year-old employee nearly struck Josephine with a cart, the widow tells WKTR. Bert began arguing with the teen, who reportedly threw a can at them as they walked away, but missed. As they were shopping, Erika Mitchell, 42, and Travis White, 44, identified by WKTR as the teen worker's parents…
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Man Runs Into PA Turnpike Traffic, Causes Injury Crash, Hides In Marsh: PSP
A man ran into traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, caused a two-vehicle crash that injured both drivers, and then hid in a nearby marsh, state police told Daily Voice. Andrew Chase Riehl, 24, of Ephrata, was running westbound through the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 near mile marker 285.4 in East Cocalico Township around 9:27 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, according to Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Richard Levan. His actions caused two vehicles to crash, Levan said. One driver suffered a broken leg, while the other sustained a broken finger, according to PSP. Witnesses then saw Riehl …
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SUV Driver Strikes Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer, Flees: Police
A woman struck a Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer with an SUV while he was directing traffic, then sped away before being apprehended elsewhere in the city, police announced Friday, Sept. 18. The officer was working a traffic detail at Ridge Avenue and Stanton Street when the 42-year-old woman approached the intersection in a dark blue Audi SUV, according to Philadelphia police. She disregarded the officer's traffic commands and struck him with the Audi before fleeing southbound on Ridge Avenue, the preliminary investigation found. Police later located and apprehended the woman at 32nd …
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Are You Missing $200K In Gold Bars? PA State Police Wants To Talk To You
Scammers posing as ICE and other federal officers are demanding gold and cash in Pennsylvania, where troopers are searching for the owners of roughly $200,000 in seized gold bars, state police announced on Thursday, Sept. 17. The callers claim a criminal case is tied to a person's Social Security number and tell them to cooperate and stay silent, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Victims are often told to open the Telegram messaging app and text “I am okay” every two hours, police said. They are then directed to withdraw money from bank or retirement accounts, buy gold, wrap it, and …
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: Search Underway For Missing PA Inmate
A search is underway for a missing Pennsylvania inmate who is now wanted on a felony escape charge, state police announced on Friday, Sept. 18. Aundria Devell Scott Sr., 54, of Lebanon, failed to return to the Lebanon County Correctional Facility on Thursday, Sept. 17, according to Pennsylvania State Police. A warrant was issued for his arrest on a third-degree felony charge of escape, PSP said. Court records confirm the charge was filed Thursday by Trooper Justin Marderness of PSP Jonestown. Scott hadn't broken out of the prison. He had been permitted to leave the facility for work rel…
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Lindsay Clancy's Attorney Has Blunt Response To Lone Juror Speaking Out
Lindsay Clancy's attorney is refusing to engage with the lone holdout juror in the triple murder case and instead is eyeing his next move. On Monday, Sept. 21, defense attorney Kevin Reddington told "The Hill" he was planning on filing several motions ahead of the Sept. 29 hearing. Among them, a motion seeking dismissal of the case on double-jeopardy grounds. The day after 36-year-old Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, appeared on "60 Minutes," Reddington told the outlet that the case was one that "needs to be done." Meanwhile, the lone holdout juror, Michael Péguy Desronvil, 4…
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Person Falls Overboard In Susquehanna River, Helicopter Joins Search: Dispatch (
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A person fell overboard into the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, prompting a search near Hill Island involving boats, drones, and a State Police helicopter on Friday, Sept. 18, emergency dispatch said. The water rescue call was logged at 5:23 p.m. on East Hill Island Road in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, according to dispatch records. Rescue crews began searching the river near the island after the person went overboard, dispatch said. Crews from Londonderry Township, Swatara Township, and Middletown were on the scene, along with responders from Cumberland, Lancaster, York, and …
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1 Dead, 5 Injured In Route 30 Crash That Shuts Down Road: PennDOT
A multivehicle crash left one person dead, five injured, and Route 30 closed in East Lampeter Township on Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, PennDOT said. The crash happened just before 3:30 p.m. on Lincoln Highway East, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. One fatality and five injuries had been reported as of PennDOT’s 4:41 p.m. announcement. A van involved in the crash was initially reported to be a school van, but Schreffler clarified that it is no longer used by a school and is driven by a private citizen. The person who died was not identified in the release. Additional det…
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Philly Man Learns Fate After Shooting At AC Bar: Prosecutor
A 25-year-old Philadelphia man was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a person in Atlantic City, authorities announced. Carlos Medina-Morales previously pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. On Sunday, July 28, 2024, officers responded to the Cinco de Mayo bar and restaurant on Atlantic Avenue after Medina-Morales threatened and argued with the staff when he was denied entry, authorities said. Medina-Morales then left in a vehicle, firing rounds towards the establishment as the vehi…
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Motorcyclist Killed In Charter Bus Crash ID'd: Coroner
A motorcyclist killed in a crash with a turning charter bus in Pennsylvania has been identified, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 18. Samuel Velasquez Jr., 28, of Bangor, was riding west on Industrial Drive in Bethlehem when the crash happened around 9:39 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, according to Bethlehem police. The charter bus was traveling east and attempting to turn left into the Trans-Bridge Lines property at 2012 Industrial Drive when Velasquez’s motorcycle struck the passenger side of the bus, a preliminary investigation found. The bus was returning to the depot and was not ca…
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Road Rage Near-Crash Leads To Petco Pursuit, Punches, Shooting In PA: Police
A road rage near-crash led one driver to follow another to a Pennsylvania Petco, where shoving and punching ended with gunfire, police say. Kyree David Spence, 21, was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following the Thursday, Sept. 17, shooting in Swatara Township, police announced Friday. Daily Voice obtained court documents on Friday, Sept. 18. The road rage encounter began near Chambers Hill Road and Harrisburg Street, where the other driver told investigators that Spence cut him off and nearly struck his vehicle, according to the affidavit. The driver admitte…
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Student Kicks Staffer, Punches Officer Breaking Up PA High School Fight: Police
A student repeatedly kicked a staff member and struck a school police officer in the face as they tried to break up a fight at a Pennsylvania high school, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 18. York City Police were called to William Penn High School at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, for a reported assault, according to the department’s release. Officers learned that a York City School District police officer and a school staff member had attempted to separate two juvenile students who were fighting, police said. During the struggle, a female student repeatedly kicked t…
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Girl Dragged Off Own Porch, Kicked In Horrifying Video Near PA College
A girl was dragged off her own porch, kicked, and beaten near a Pennsylvania college, leading to felony riot charges against three other girls, authorities announced Friday, Sept. 18. The fight happened in the 300 block of West Jackson Street near York College early Saturday, Sept. 12, according to York City Police and York County District Attorney Tim Barker. Disturbing video shared exclusively with TV news outlets shows the girl on the ground as several people appear to drag, kick, and strike her. View this post on Instagram The girl …
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