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Online Tip Leads To Tennessee Arrest Of PA Man Wanted On Felony Drug Charges: Police Online Tip Leads To Tennessee Arrest Of PA Man Wanted On Felony Drug Charges: Police
Online Tip Leads To Tennessee Arrest Of PA Man Wanted On Felony Drug Charges: Police A Pennsylvania man wanted on 10 felony drug charges was arrested in Tennessee following a tip to CrimeWatch, Lancaster police announced on Monday, Jan. 20. Steven R. Sharp, 41, of Lancaster, was taken into custody earlier in the day, police said. Sharp had been sought in connection with an incident on Oct. 23, 2023, in the 700 block of South Queen Street, where he allegedly possessed drugs with the intent to deliver them, according to police. Sharp faces 10 felony charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver Drugs, as well as one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possessio…
Driver Flees After Crashing Into Lancaster Traffic Pole Near Shamrock Cafe: Police Driver Flees After Crashing Into Lancaster Traffic Pole Near Shamrock Cafe: Police
Driver Flees After Crashing Into Lancaster Traffic Pole Near Shamrock Cafe: Police Police are seeking help identifying a driver and passenger involved in a hit-and-run that damaged a pedestrian traffic pole in Lancaster last month. The incident occurred on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., near the Shamrock Cafe on W. Walnut St., Lancaster police said. The driver struck and knocked over a pedestrian traffic pole before fleeing the scene without notifying law enforcement. The driver and passenger had reportedly just left the Shamrock Cafe before the crash, investigators said. No injuries were reported in connection to this incident. Anyone with in…
Woman Charged With Murder After Bloody Altercation In Harrisburg: Police Woman Charged With Murder After Bloody Altercation In Harrisburg: Police
Woman Charged With Murder After Bloody Altercation In Harrisburg: Police A Harrisburg woman has been charged with murder after a bloody street encounter led police to a deceased man, authorities announced on Thursday, Dec. 5. Harrisburg police were called to North 6th and Wiconisco Streets around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, for a report of a woman running through the street covered in blood, according to the department. Officers located 29-year-old Tajyeiah Olivia Greer at the scene and determined she had been involved in an altercation with man. After canvassing the area, police found the man dead with multiple stab wounds. Greer was identified as the suspect …
Burglary, Vandalism Reported At Shippensburg Memorial Park Maintenance Building: Police Burglary, Vandalism Reported At Shippensburg Memorial Park Maintenance Building: Police
Burglary, Vandalism Reported At Shippensburg Memorial Park Maintenance Building: Police A burglary and vandalism incident at Memorial Park in Shippensburg, Franklin County, is under investigation, Shippensburg Police announced Monday, Dec. 2. The Parks and Recreation Maintenance building at 21 Park Place was broken into sometime between Saturday, Nov. 30, and Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, authorities said. Items were stolen from the building, and the men's bathroom was destroyed with a bat, police stated in the release. Shippensburg Police are asking the public for help in solving this crime. Anyone with information is urged to submit a tip through Crimewatch or call 717-532-7361.
Gunfire Erupts, Man Shot In Targeted Attack: Chambersburg Police Gunfire Erupts, Man Shot In Targeted Attack: Chambersburg Police
Gunfire Erupts, Man Shot In Targeted Attack: Chambersburg Police A man was injured in a shooting early Saturday morning, Nov. 30, 2024, in Chambersburg, police announced. Officers first responded to reports of gunshots on the 300 block of Black Avenue at 1:23 a.m., where they found spent shell casings, according to the Chambersburg Police Department. Nearly two hours later, at 3:04 a.m., police were called to the 500 block of Elm Avenue, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his arm. Investigators believe the man was injured during the earlier gunfire on Black Avenue, police said. The victim was flown to York Trauma Center with injurie…
Deadly Shooting Under Investigation In Harrisburg: Police Deadly Shooting Under Investigation In Harrisburg: Police
Deadly Shooting Under Investigation In Harrisburg: Police One man was shot and killed in Harrisburg early Friday, July 5, city police say.  Officers responded to gunfire on the 1100 block of North 3rd Street around 1:30 a.m., authorities said in a release.  They rendered aid to the victim at the scene and he later died from his wounds, officials wrote.  The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call  717-558-6900. Anonymous tips can be submitted on Crimewatch. 
Bicyclist Hurt In Lancaster County Hit-Run: Officials Bicyclist Hurt In Lancaster County Hit-Run: Officials
Bicyclist Hurt In Lancaster County Hit-Run: Officials East Lampeter police are searching for the driver who hit a bicyclist and fled the scene on May 8.  Authorities said an early 2000s model Dodge pickup truck or SUV hit the victim on the 100 block of East Main Street around 6 p.m. The crash knocked off the Dodge's passenger side mirror which was recovered from the scene, according to police.  The bicyclist was taken to an area hospital for treatment.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the East Lampeter Police Department on Crimewatch. 
Body Found On Harrisburg Street In Broad Daylight Body Found On Harrisburg Street In Broad Daylight
Body Found On Harrisburg Street In Broad Daylight A death investigation is underway in Harrisburg where police found a body in the roadway on Friday, May 17, police said. Responding officers found the man dead on Ethel Street around 2:45 p.m., police said.  "The circumstances surrounding the male's death is still under investigation," police said in a news release.  Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police, at 717-558-6900. Tips and information can also be submitted via the CRIMEWATCH website.
Fentanyl Dealer Wanted For Selling Pills That Killed PA Teen: Police Fentanyl Dealer Wanted For Selling Pills That Killed PA Teen: Police
Fentanyl Dealer Wanted For Selling Pills That Killed PA Teen: Police Lower Allen police are looking for an accused fentanyl dealer in connection with a deadly overdose last year.  Major Mahari Winfield Defreitas, 20, is wanted for drug delivery resulting in death and possession with intent to deliver, authorities said.  Police were called about a suspected overdose on Rosemont Avenue in Camp Hill last Oct. 11, the department said. First responders rendered life-saving aid but the 16-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release.  His cause of death was determined to be acute fentanyl toxicity, officials said. Invest…
New Evidence Discovered In PA Man's 2013 Murder, Troopers Say New Evidence Discovered In PA Man's 2013 Murder, Troopers Say
New Evidence Discovered In PA Man's 2013 Murder, Troopers Say Investigators are hopeful that recently discovered evidence will lead them to Harry Brian Mitchell's killer.  The 50-year-old was shot dead on Dec. 22 or 23, 2013, state police said in a release.  Mitchell was staying at a remote cabin he owned with his wife Dorothy at 157 Lake View Lane in New Albany, Bradford County, authorities wrote. Detectives said he was at the rear of the cabin with his dog when he was fatally struck by a single bullet.  Friends found Mitchell's body at the cabin after they had stopped hearing from him, according to police.  Authorities sai…
Missing Mom Found Murdered In York, BF Charged, Affidavit (UPDATE) Missing Mom Found Murdered In York, BF Charged, Affidavit (UPDATE)
Missing Mom Found Murdered In York, BF Charged, Affidavit (Update) Details have been released about how a mom who was reported missing around 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15 was found murdered approximately 36 hours later, according to a release by York City police.  Amaris Morales-Berrios, 42 of York City, was found dead in the 1100 block of Priority Road around 5 a.m. on Jan. 17, city police explained. Jose Luis Rodriguez Ramos has been arrested on charges in connection with her death, the police said and court records confirmed.  MEPA UPDATE: Morales-Berrios has been located. The MEPA is cancelled. Thank you for the shares. — PA State Poli…
Abandoned Kids Have Chambersburg Police Searching For Sex Offender Abandoned Kids Have Chambersburg Police Searching For Sex Offender
Missing Sex Offender Waldi Cuello Wanted On Felony Charges A sex offender with felony convictions in multiple Pennsylvania counties is at large and wanted on new charges.  Waldi Andre Cuello, 30, was first convicted of the incident assault of a child between the ages of 4 and 8 years old in Lebanon County in 2015, court documents show.  After he served his prison time he was expected to register with the Pennsylvania State Police for the Megan's Law Sex Offender Registry, but he failed to do this — multiple times — landing him several more felony convictions and prison time in Perry County in 2018, court record detail.  When he…
Troopers Seek Accused Child Sex Abuser With Ties To Lehigh Valley Troopers Seek Accused Child Sex Abuser With Ties To Lehigh Valley
Troopers Seek Accused Child Sex Abuser With Ties To Lehigh Valley State police are looking for Edward J. Massey Jr.  Troopers said the 49-year-old is wanted on charges of indecent assault on a person under 13, felony corruption of minors, and endangering the welfare of a child.  According to court records, the charges were filed in August 2017.  Police said Massey is known to frequent Northampton and Monroe counties and has ties to a business in Florida. He is described as 6 feet tall and 175 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.  Anyone with information is asked to call PSP Stroudsburg at 570-619-6800 or submit an anonymous ti…
NY Sex Offender Who Absconded Wanted By Pennsylvania State Police NY Sex Offender Who Absconded Wanted By Pennsylvania State Police
NY Sex Offender Who Absconded Wanted By Pennsylvania State Police State troopers are looking for a New York sex offender who has not kept up with his registration requirements, according to authorities.  Edwin Rolando Padron, 57, was convicted in 2012 of possessing child sexual abuse material, PSP said.  The state Megan's Law website shows Padron's most recent address as 1043 Washington Street in Easton and says he works in or near Allentown and Salisbury Township.  He is 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds with brown eyes and black/gray hair, authorities said.  Anyone with information on Padron's whereabouts is asked to call PSP at 610-87…
Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look
Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look Decades after she was found murdered in her Emmaus home, state police are still seeking Barbara Marie Solt's killer.  The 27-year-old was a popular physical education teacher and sports coach at Lincoln Elementary School for five years before she was found murdered apartment on Nov. 17, 1982.  According to an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, Solt's body was found by her principal Joseph Pavone, who stopped by her Colonial Crest apartment after she didn't show for work.  She had been stabbed more than 10 times and had been sexually assaulted, the new…
PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA
PA Woman Threatened To 'Blow Up' Courthouse, Assassinate Judge: DA A 43-year-old woman is accused of making over 100 phony 911 calls and issuing more than a dozen threats to authorities involving bombs and assassinations, say prosecutors.  Valerie Joy Travis is charged with multiple felony counts of terroristic threats and related charges, said the District Attorney's Office on Monday, Aug. 14.  Investigators said that over a nine-month period, county dispatchers received 116 emergency phone calls from a number linked to Travis. None of the reported incidents were real, but each of them "required action by the Department of Emergency Communicatio…
Reverend's Grandson Shot Dead In Harrisburg Reverend's Grandson Shot Dead In Harrisburg
Reverend's Grandson Shot Dead In Harrisburg The grandson of a reverend has died following a shooting in Harrisburg, authorities say.  The family of 20-year-old Cleo Richard Stubbs of Steelton has identified him as the man fatally shot in the 200 block of South 19th Street near Holly Street in Harrisburg. City police heard the shoots and arrived at the scene to find Stubbs shot in the abdomen or chest area around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2023, police Lt. Kyle Gautsch explained.  He was taken to Holy Spirit Hospital, where he died, the police detailed.  "I love you grandson, you will always be in my Heart and Soul, you alread…
16-Year-Old Missing Boy Who Ran Away From Home Found, Central PA Police Say 16-Year-Old Missing Boy Who Ran Away From Home Found, Central PA Police Say
16-Year-Old Missing Boy Who Ran Away From Home Found, Central PA Police Say UPDATE: Noah Hoxie, 16, of Waynesboro has been found and is safe, police announced on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Additional information was not released.  ORIGINAL: A 16-year-old boy is missing and police and his family are searching for him. Noah Hoxie, 16, of Waynesboro, was last seen by his guardians at their home on East Third Street between 8 and 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2023, according to a release by area police the following day. Noah is described as being 5’9” tall, weighing 120 lbs., and is Black with black hair and brown eyes, as detailed in the police release. Please he…
COLD CASE: Philly YMCA, USPS Worker Shot Dead At Harrisburg Gas Station, Police Say COLD CASE: Philly YMCA, USPS Worker Shot Dead At Harrisburg Gas Station, Police Say
Cold CASE: Philly YMCA, USPS Worker Shot Dead At Harrisburg Gas Station, Police Say Five years after a deadly Harrisburg shooting police continue to search for a killer. Six days before her 52nd birthday, Donna "Weezy" Louise Warren, was found shot to death while walking to a Harrisburg gas station in the area of North 7th and Maclay streets on Friday, May 25, 2018, police say, and her obituary details.  Police believe the gunfire was meant for someone else, but they say they have exhausted all leads and "are seeking any new information or tips in reference to this open homicide investigation," police stated in the release.  Weezy was the "'Gifted Love Child' of…