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Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities
Abused Woman Held Captive By NJ Man During Year-Long Cross-Country Trip Escapes: Authorities A South Jersey man kidnapped a woman in New Mexico, then held her hostage during a nearly year-long cross-country trip before she managed to escape, authorities said Friday. James W. Parrillo Jr., 57, may have done the same thing to other women in other states, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and State Police Supt. Colonel Patrick J. Callahan said in a joint statement on  Feb. 17. Parillo was captured after the woman escaped from a residence in Bass Township where she’d been confined and fled to a nearby gas station, they said. Authorities charged Parillo with first-deg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Father, Son Die In Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-83: Pennsylvania State Police Father, Son Die In Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-83: Pennsylvania State Police
Father, Son Die In Fiery Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-83: Pennsylvania State Police A father and son died in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 83 in central Pennsylvania on Sunday, January 15, authorities say.  The driver, 49-year-old Greg Stupar, and his 15-year-old son William, both of Charleroi, PA died at the scene of the crash at the mile 44.8 marker in Lower Swatara Township at 11:22 p.m., according to state police and the family.  Stupar hit the guide rail along the right shoulder of I-83, causing the trailer to break through it and strike a concrete abutment, before sliding down an embankment, and catching fire, according to the release by state police.  The …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Lycoming Teen Killed In Crash On Highway: Report Lycoming Teen Killed In Crash On Highway: Report
Lycoming Teen Killed In Crash On Highway: Report A 17-year-old girl in Lycoming County is dead following an accident on Northway Road early on Friday, Jan. 6, according to a report by the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.  Hailey Bilbay of Loyalsock was thrown from her car as the vehicle flipped over on the 4000 block of Northway Road in Eldred Township, the outlet wrote. The teen was pronounced dead at UPMC Hospital at 8:55 a.m. Troopers blocked off Northway Road Friday morning to investigate the scene, but the cause of the crash is still unclear, the newspaper says. No other vehicles were reported to be involved.  UPDATED STORY: https://w…

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by Mac Bullock
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Chester County Man Convicted For 12th DUI In Lancaster County: DA Chester County Man Convicted For 12th DUI In Lancaster County: DA
Chester County Man Convicted For 12th DUI In Lancaster County: DA A Toughkenamon man has been convicted of his 12th felony charge for driving under the influence, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office on Nov. 16. Anthony Caraballo, 56, was found guilty to be driving under the influence when he drove his red 2002 Dodge Ram over the fog line and nearly hit another vehicle on State Route 472 in Colerain Township on October 19, 2021, according to the release. During a two-day trial with a 33-minute deliberation, the jury convicted him on Nov. 8, the DA details in the release.  When state police ran Caraballo's li…

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by Jillian Pikora