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Felon, Shippensburg Alum Officers Shot Dead In Carlisle ID'd, PA State Police Say (UPDATE) Felon, Shippensburg Alum Officers Shot Dead In Carlisle ID'd, PA State Police Say (UPDATE)
Felon, Shippensburg Alum Officers Shot Dead In Carlisle ID'd, PA State Police Say (Update) A 33-year-old man was killed and a police officer pulled the trigger, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer announced on Saturday evening.  Nathaniel Law Liberator, of Carlisle, has been identified as the man shot dead by an area police officer, Trooper Frazer said in an updated release.  Carlisle Borough Police were called to a disturbance in the area of the 300 block of C Street at 1:59 p.m. on Jan. 13, Trooper Frazer explained.  When officers arrived and began to investigate, "an altercation took place between Officers and a suspect," as stated in the state …

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Witnesses Sought After Serious I-81 Crash At Ramp In Carlisle (UPDATE) Witnesses Sought After Serious I-81 Crash At Ramp In Carlisle (UPDATE)
Witnesses Sought After Serious I-81 Crash At Ramp In Carlisle (Update) Police activity shuttered a ramp along Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Saturday night and now officers are searching for witnesses.   The ramp closure was first announced by Carlisle Police at 5:58 p.m. on Dec. 30, but on Wednesday, Jan. 3, the police said the crash really happened around 4:45 p.m. A two-vehicle caused the initial closure at Walnut Bottom Road and I-81 Exit 45:College Street off-ramp in Carlisle Borough, according to Carlisle PD. Later both the on and off ramps on I-81 South were closed.  Walnut Bottom Road was also closed at Belvedere Street f…

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Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA
Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA A man who previously was reportedly "living in a bad place" and thought to be experiencing homelessness last winter was kindly taken in by a couple – whom he thanked by stabbing – now, he will have a home for several years in a state correctional institution, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday.  Robert Lee Suders, 43, most recently of Harrisburg, confessed to the Jan. 27, 2023 stabbing at a hearing over the summer and was sentenced by the Honorable Jessica E. Brewbaker on Dec. 12, the DA said and court records confirmed.  Both of the victims "r…

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Multi-Vehicle Fires Closed I-81: PennDOT (UPDATE; PHOTOS) Multi-Vehicle Fires Closed I-81: PennDOT (UPDATE; PHOTOS)
Multi-Vehicle Fires Closed I-81: PennDOT (Update; Photos) At least two vehicles caught fire on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Thursday morning.  The incident appears to have started when a tractor-trailer attempted to pull on the right shoulder on I-81 near Exit 37: Newville in Penn Township around 6:15 a.m. on Dec. 14, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.  As it got into the shoulder it quickly became "engulfed in flames," Schreffler said.  Another car in the shoulder in front of the tractor-trailer also became engulfed, but all the drivers were able to get out of the vehicles and be evaluated by…

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PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police
PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police A Pennsylvania man has been charged after telling his pastor about the sexual abuse he inflicted on a child, authorities announced on Tuesday, Nov. 14.  Randy L. Abell, 50 of the 1000 block of Fondersmith Drive, Carlisle, has been arrested at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2023, for allegedly sexually assaulting a child multiple times at family events between Nov. 2018 and March 2020, according to a release by Manheim Township police. Before the police investigation that led to his arrest, "In October 2021, Abell, had sought counseling and disclosed that he had 'inappropriate sexual incide…

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Man Stabbed In 'Abdomen, Chest' Near Popular Central PA Park, Police Say Man Stabbed In 'Abdomen, Chest' Near Popular Central PA Park, Police Say
Man Stabbed In 'Abdomen, Chest' Near Popular Central PA Park, Police Say "Police are looking for any witnesses, in particular, two witnesses that were at or near the area of the skate park on Fairground Avenue,"  following a serious stabbing, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 13.  A 25-year-old man was found with "stab wounds to his abdomen and chest," in the 400 block of Fairground Avenue, near the Carlisle Skatepark, Carlisle police stated in a release.  CPD patrol units found the man at 7:07 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. The unidentified man was taken to a local hospital, and his current status or condition has not been released.  Althoug…

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Real Estate
Rite Aid Is Selling These Pennsylvania Leases After Filing For Bankruptcy Rite Aid Is Selling These Pennsylvania Leases After Filing For Bankruptcy
Rite Aid Is Selling These Pennsylvania Leases After Filing For Bankruptcy Of the 39 Rite Aid stores closing in Pennsylvania amid filing for bankruptcy, nearly two dozen of the leases are being sold. A&G Real Estate Partners is acting as the real estate advisor for the pharmacy chain, which filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 15, and has plans to close 154 underperforming stores nationwide. The deadline for the following leases for in Pennsylvania is Monday, Nov. 20: 2722 West 9th St., Chester 5900 University Boulevard, Corapolis 1709 Liberty Ave., Erie 353 East 6th St., Erie 6090 Route 30, Greensburg 301 Eisenhower Dr., Hanover 1130 Cumberland St., Lebanon 1730 Wi…

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Women Called 304+ Times By Stalker Ex-BF, Police In Central PA Say Women Called 304+ Times By Stalker Ex-BF, Police In Central PA Say
Women Called 304+ Times By Stalker Ex-BF, Police In Central PA Say A woman received hundreds of phone calls in under two hours from her stalking ex-boyfriend, police alleged in an announcement on Monday, Nov. 6.  Omar Gaines, 45 of Carlisle, was arrested the day after the incident "near the victim's residence," the Carlisle police said.  Officers were called to a reported break-in at Gaines' ex-girlfriend's home in the 300 block of North East Street, Carlisle at 11:39 on Oct. 30.  During the police investigation, they learned that Gaines had arrived at her home at 5:07 a.m. "and remained for over (an) hour pacing back and forth near the sid…

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Drunk Central PA Man Who Struck Dead Woman In Crosswalk Turns Himself In, Police Say Drunk Central PA Man Who Struck Dead Woman In Crosswalk Turns Himself In, Police Say
Drunk Central PA Man Who Struck Dead Woman In Crosswalk Turns Himself In, Police Say Over two months after Emily Compton was struck dead the man accused of hitting her has turned himself in, authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 2. Douglas Lee Gibb, 64, of Carlisle turned himself over to authorities at Magisterial District Judge Birbeck's office on Oct. 30.  Emily C. Compton, 72, also of Carlisle, was two blocks from her home when Gibbs struck her in the crosswalk on Hanover Street at the intersection with East South Street at 12:36 p.m. on Aug. 29, police explained.  Officers with the Carlisle Fire Department and Cumberland Goodwill EMS helped Emily at the scene. She h…

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Man Killed Slamming Into Tow Truck In Central PA ID'd: Coroner Man Killed Slamming Into Tow Truck In Central PA ID'd: Coroner
Man Killed Slamming Into Tow Truck In Central PA ID'd: Coroner A driver who died after back-to-back crashes on Pennsylvania Route 581 has been identified, Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall told Daily Voice.   Alexander O’Donnell-Colella, 28, of Carlisle, died a the scene of the two crashes on Sunday, Sept. 17. The first crash involved two passenger vehicles on PA Route 581 east at the on-ramp from US Route 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained. That crash happened around 9 p.m.  "A tow was nearby and responded to help protect the other vehicles," she said. "A third passenger veh…

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Lifestyle
$100K Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania $100K Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania
$100K Winning Powerball Lottery Ticket Sold In Central Pennsylvania Are you a winner? Someone in Central Pennsylvania just won $100,000 (before taxes) playing a Powerball ticket with Power Play, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The winning ticket sold at the GIANT Food Stores, 255 South Spring Garden Street, Carlisle, will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket matched all four of the five balls drawn with the numbers 32-34-37-39-47, and the red Powerball 3 and the Power Play 2 in the drawing on Monday, July 14, 2023. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would only have been worth $50,000. More than…

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Police & Fire
PA Sheetz Shooting Suspect Found By US Marshals: Police PA Sheetz Shooting Suspect Found By US Marshals: Police
PA Sheetz Shooting Suspect Found By US Marshals: Police The man supposedly responsible for a shooting at a Pennsylvania Sheetz was located by US Marshals, but they didn't arrest him, police explained on Friday, Aug. 4.  Angelo Christopher Rice, 21, of Carlisle, was wanted in connection with the shooting of another man at the Sheetz at 1098 Harrisburg Pike near Carlisle, the Cumberland County District Attorney and Middlesex Township Police explained in an announcement on Aug. 2.  The shooting injured a man on Wednesday, July 26 around 6 p.m. He was taken to Penn State Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, according to an earlier…

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