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Police & Fire
Officer Assaulted, Teen Twin Brothers Arrested In Poconos: Police
Twin brothers caught stealing beer assaulted an officer in the Poconos, police announced on Friday, Sept. 13. Xaziver and Gabriel Valle, both 19-year-old Tobyhanna residents were arrested on Thursday, Sept. 12, Mountain Regional Police detailed in the release. Staff at the Weis Market located at 601 PA-940 Ste 116, Mt Pocono, called the police after Xaziver was seen putting beverages in a backpack, according to the release. When confronted by the staff, he told them he wasn't going to pay for anything and walked out of the store, the police wrote. When the police arrived, the s…
Police & Fire
PA Officer Injured When Arrestee Strikes, Police Say
A 22-year-old man from West Chester was arrested after striking an officer twice, authorities said. On Aug. 25, 2024, at about 2 a.m., West Chester Borough Police responded to the 100 block of West Gay Street, West Chester Borough, for a disturbance. While West Chester police were arresting two individuals, a third individual, Mavaetangi Vaki, 22 of West Chester, struck an officer. After a brief struggle, Vaki was taken into custody and transported back to the West Chester Police Department for processing. Once at the station, Vaki struck an officer a second time causing visib…
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Rapists Blame Hennessy After Victim Left Bleeding From Mouth: Cumberland County DA
Two Cumberland County men were convicted of sexually assaulting a woman after a night of drinking, authorities said. Chase Toombs and Taj Tucker blamed their behavior on Hennessy beer, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office. The victim complained of bleeding from the mouth and vagina after an attack by the two men, the DA said. Both men were found guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 27 of Sexual Assault, Conspiracy to Sexual Assault, Indecent Assault by Forcible Compulsion, Conspiracy to Indecent Assault, Simple Assault, and Conspiracy to Simple Assault, the DA said. These char…
Police & Fire
Attempted
Murder
: Stabbing To Face, Neck, PA State Police Say
A man has been charged with attempted murder after police found a man stabbed in the neck and face in Red Lion, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Joel McWilliams, 36, of Red Lion, has been charged with Attempted Murder, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Possession of an Offensive Weapon, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Simple Assault, and Harassment, PSP York announced. The charges come on the heels of a stabbing in the 300 block of 1st Avenue in Red Lion Borough at 10:22 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23. Troopers arrived to…
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Maryland Man Tortures Diabetic Woman In Pennsylvania Basement: Affidavit
A badly beaten diabetic woman escaped to WellSpan York hospital after days of abuse at the hands of a man she had recently moved in with, Penn Township police detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Aug. 8. Anthonio Willis Hill, 51, originally of Maryland, was living in the basement of a home in the 20 block of Garden Lane in Hanover, PA when his girlfriend lost her apartment and moved in at the end of July, as detailed in the criminal complaint. While receiving care at the hospital the woman explained what led up to the wounds on her face, head, and nec…
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Escape Attempt? Carlisle County Prison Inmate Kicks Out Window, Police Say
An inmate kicked out a window at the Cumberland County Prison, Middlesex Township Police announced on Friday, Aug. 2. Michael Phil-Lemonte Harden, 36, of Harrisburg, was in prison for "Disorderly Conduct Engage In Fighting" when he kicked the glass out of a window, on July 6, according to court documents and the police. "Harden was in prison for other charges when he became violent kicking out the window," police wrote in the release. It is unclear if he wanted to use the glass in a fight, escape through the window, if it was an accident, or something else. He was charged with …
Police & Fire
Facebook Posts Help Catch Turkey Hill Robber In Manheim: Police
A man previously convicted of Felon Robbery has committed another robbery at a Turkey Hill convenience store, Manheim Township Police announced on Thursday, July 18. Kewuan Kantrell Jones, 33 of Lancaster, was "dressed in all black, wearing a black ski mask and white gloves, robbed the store with a gun," the police wrote in a release about the June 18 robbery of the Turkey Hill located at 1501 Manheim Pike. He was captured on surveillance video stealing $303.93 from the register and a pack of Newport 100’s cigarettes, the police explained. "Store employees believe the suspect h…
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Cumberland County Prison Inmate Who Escaped Work Release Captured: Sheriff
A convicted felon who was wanted after escaping prison while on work release has been captured, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, July 17. Karl Glen Zimmerman, 62 of Carlisle, was taken into custody in Cambria County by Jackson Township Police, officials told us. He had "walked away from the Cumberland County Prison Work Release Center" around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, as detailed in the original release. He told officials "he was going to Orientation at work and never showed up," as stated in the release. He was most recently serving a sente…
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Manhunt Continues After Shelter-In-Place Order Ends In Carlisle: Police
A teenager wanted for child endangerment prompted a shelter-in-place order, Carlisle Police announced shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday, but it was all over around 9:45 p.m. — yet the suspect remains at large, police say. Jarrek Michael Anderson, 18 of Carlisle, was wanted "related to an incident that occurred at Memorial Park,150 W Penn St, on June 26," as stated in a police release issued the following day. Police activity was announced in connection with the search for him in the area of South Pitt and West Ridge streets on July 8. The police stated the following in the or…
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Middletown Man Charged For Strangulation In Elementary School Parking Lot
A 35-year-old man is accused of strangling someone in an elementary school parking lot, Lower Swatara announced on July 1. Future Xaiver Waid of Middletown is accused of an "assault resulting from a domestic violence incident" which involved choking someone in the parking lot of Reid Elementary School around 9;0 p.m. on June 28, the police stated in the release. Waid had already fled the scene when the police arrived so a warrant for his arrest has been issued, investigators explained. He has been charged with the following according to court documents: Misdemeanor Strangulation - …
Police & Fire
Two Cut With Knife During Scuffle At PA Waterpark: Authorities
Three people were arrested when an argument at a Scranton waterpark became violent last Friday, June 14, according to city police. Authorities said it happened in the parking lot after an adult swim event at Montage Mountain. Multiple parkgoers "engaged in an altercation" that left four people injured, including two who were cut by a knife, officials said. Those arrested: Nyree Kenya Tawanda Pemberton, 25, of Ithaca, New York was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment, and disorderly conduct. Divine Naysa Nari Taylor, 22, of Ithaca, New York …
Police & Fire
Man Beaten Until Seizure, Wanted Columbia Felon Caught In Pursuit: Police
A convict has been arrested after he was seen beating another man until he began to have a seizure in a public park, Lancaster City Police announced on Friday, June 7. Michael Shaquin Roane, 33 of Columbia Borough, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of Simple Assault and Flight on Foot, the police said and court records confirmed. The police were called to a report of an assault that ended when a man began having a seizure in Culliton Park around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, according to the bureau's release. The Bureau released the following statement about the situat…
Police & Fire
'Help:' Text Message Sent By Bleeding Victim Brings Police To Harrowing Scene In PA, Cops Say
"Please help" was the message that police got from a victim in Cumberland County last week, they said. And, they did. New Cumberland police officers worked swiftly to track down the source of the message on May 15, before walking in on Braden King, 60, trying to pull the woman's clothes off without her consent, they said. The bleeding victim told officers she'd been struck in the face and assaulted by King, police said. Police arrived and were able to halt King's "nefarious acts," they said in a release. After an investigation, King was arrested and taken to the Cumberland County Booking …
Police & Fire
Swollen, Bruised Victim Prompts Investigation Of PA Caregiver, Police Say
Warrants have been issued for the arrest of a 59-year-old Lancaster County woman accused of abusing a care-dependent victim of an assisted living facility she had been working at, police said. Lori Van Ingen, of Mountville, became the center of an investigation on Jan. 3, when police learned that a care-dependent resident of an assisted living facility had come to the emergency room with bruising and swelling to her head, face, jaw, and ankle, around 9:55 p.m., Lititz police said. The victim also had tenderness in her abdomen, and one of her eyes had been swollen shut. Authorities learned t…
Police & Fire
Road
Rage
: Harrisburg Man Points Gun At 2 People Near Library In Camp Hill, Police Say
A man who allegedly pointed a gun at people in a road rage incident was arrested on Wednesday morning, court records show. William Scott Kent, 57 of Harrisburg, is accused of pointing a handgun at two people in the 200 block of North 19th Street in Camp Hill near the Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, police explained. They were called to the incident around 7:08 p.m. on May 5, according to the police release about the warrant for his arrest on Tuesday, May 14. He turned himself in at the Camp Hil police department at 9 a.m. on May 15, the police said. He has been …
Police & Fire
Girl Injured When Carlisle Mom Bites Her, Puts In 'Chokehold', Police Say
A mom attacked her daughter "causing bodily injury" last week, the Middlesex Township Police announced on Tuesday, May 14. Ashley Witters, 37 of Carlisle, is accused of placing her teenage daughter "in a choke hold, kicked, bit, and [head-butting] her," the police stated in the release. The daughter's exact age was not released. Officers were called to the "active physical domestic" on Friday, May 10. Witters was arrested on the following charges according to her latest court docket: Felony Strangulation - Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck. Felony Endangering the Welfare of…
Police & Fire
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Cumberland County Prison, Police Say
A 30-year-old convicted felon — in his third prison in six months — is facing new charges after putting a corrections officer in a chokehold, the police announced on Tuesday, April 2. Justin Miles Bookwalter of Huntingdon is accused of placing "the Corrections Officer in a headlock, while in the headlock the Corrections Officer was unable to breathe," the Middlesex Township police stated in the release. This incident happened at Cumberland County Prison on March 27, 2024. This is Bookwalter's third county prison stay since Oct. 31, 2023. He was previously in Huntingd…
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BodyCam: Dauphin County Corrections Officer Leaves Woman In 'Puddle Of Blood', Affidavit
An affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice sheds new light on why a Dauphin County Corrections Officer has been charged in connection with "excessive use of force" at the county Judicial Center, as District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Friday, March 29, 2024. Scott Petrasic, 34 of Harrisburg was charged with two misdemeanors for simple assault and official oppression, in connection with an "incident" on Feb. 24, as stated in the release. The charges come after a full investigation by Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of the District Attorney’s Office. The…
Police & Fire
NJ Native Throws Toddler While Walking On Dead Woman As Infant Sits In Feces: PSP Gettysburg
A family was discovered to have been living in "deplorable" conditions when a trooper came to assist at a call of a woman in cardiac arrest in the home, Pennsylvania State Police in Gettysburg announced on Wednesday, March 6. Trooper Brandon Black arrived at 2747 Chambersburg Road, Franklin Township, Biglerville, the home of 35-year-old Darryl Kevin Carter II at 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, he detailed in the release. The New Jersey native's home was so stuffed, that the trooper, along with EMS, had to "force entry into the residence" which is when they found the woman dead, as stated in…
Police & Fire
Road
Rage
: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say
A drunk driver and a man with an ice scraper got into a road rage-fueled fight in Camp Hill, police announced on Friday, Feb. 23. The Camp Hill police were called to "an active road rage incident" in the 300 block of South 32nd Street at 8:26 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4, as stated in the department's release. Arriving officers found a drunk 47-year-old man from Mechanicsburg, a 26-year-old man with an ice scraper from Enola, and the intoxicated man's assaulted passenger, according to the release. An investigation determined the men had been driving along Route 581 when the roa…
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'I'm Going To Kill You': Lancaster Man Strangled Woman In Front Of Her Daughter, Court Finds
A Lancaster City man was convicted of punching a woman, slamming her into a wall, and then strangling her in front of her own daughter, according to the District Attorney's Office. Jurors returned a guilty verdict against Roberto Cruz-Aviles last Friday, Feb. 9 following a two-day trial, prosecutors said. Authorities said the assault happened at a Willow Valley Drive home in West Lampeter Township on Aug. 23, 2022. The victim told the court that "seeing her daughter witnessing the attack gave her the strength to fight Cruz-Aviles off," the DA's Office said. The victi…
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Former PA Lt. Gov. Candidate Punches Teen At 17-Year-Old's Drinking-Themed Birthday: Affidavit
A former candidate for statewide office is accused of throwing an underage drinking party for her 17-year-old daughter's birthday at her Doylestown home — punching one of the teens who showed up, according to an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. Clarice Schillinger, who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, is charged with simple assault, and furnishing liquor to minors, both misdemeanors, court records show. She has denied the allegations to multiple news outlets through her attorney. In charging documents from the District Attorney's Office, police said they were called t…
Police & Fire
Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (
Video
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"F--k around and find out," a Pennsylvania State Trooper told his now ex-girlfriend before he "paint(ed) her as crazy," took her into custody without his supervisor's permission – choked her when she resisted, which a bystander recorded – then had her commitment to a hospital for mental health for five days, according to a lengthy affidavit and video obtained by Daily Voice. Pennsylvania State Trooper 37-year-old Ronald Keith Davis of Williamstown who "is married with a family in Dauphin County," fought with his ex-girlfriend at the end of August, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Cha…
Police & Fire
Seriously Injured Pedestrian Cited After Hit By Car: Pa State Police
A 28-year-old woman has been cited after she was struck crossing a street, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Alyssa Nicole White of Newmanstown was crossing South Sheridon Road at its intersection with Memorial Boulevard of Millcreek Township when she was struck by a 2017 Audi A4, state police detailed in a release on Sept. 19. This pedestrian striking incident happened at 2:17 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, PSP detailed in the release. White was taken to Reading Hospital with suspected serious injuries, while the driver of the Audi, 26-year-old Matt…
Police & Fire
PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say
A roommate was slashed across his neck and chest by a man supposedly on drugs just before midnight on Sunday, authorities announced the following day. Lee Allen Payne was in front of his home in the 100 block of North Pitt Street, Carlisle when the police arrived at 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 27, the department detailed in the release. The Carlisle PD was called by Payne's roommate due to his "drug activity," as stated in the release. The 46-year-old "attacked the caller with a large kitchen knife in the apartment after an argument," the roommate told officers. Officers saw "several s…
Police & Fire
PA Mom Goes 200+ Miles In Lyft To Shoot At Her Child's Foster Family: Affidavit
A Pennsylvania mom took a nearly 4-hour Lyft ride — over 200 miles — and then opened fire at the foster family of six that she claims "stole her baby," according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Kayla Menne took a 9-millimeter pistol registered in her previous legal name, Kayla Boyden Harris, from her home in the 100 block of Nissley Street, Middletown to the 5000 block of Julia Lane, McKees Rocks with the intent of shooting at the family fostering her child, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Kennedy Township Police Department. The family, consistin…
News
MTV's Bam Margera Arrested At Radnor Hotel: Reports
More trouble with the law for Bam Margera. West Chester native and reality television star Brandon "Bam" Margera was arrested in Radnor Township early on Wednesday, Aug. 9, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Citing an anonymous police source, the newspaper said Margera was issued a citation for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Officers were called to the Radnor Hotel for an argument between a man and a woman before sunrise, the Inquirer reported. The police source said Margera was "intoxicated" at the scene and taken to the station, per the newspaper. He was r…
Police & Fire
Woman Bites Guest At Penn Amish Motel: Police
A Reading woman bit a fellow guest during a fight at a hotel over the weekend, police announced on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Alfonsina Michelle Cruz-Colon caused a "laceration" to the victim during a domestic dispute at the Penn Amish Motel located at 2480 North Reading Road on Saturday, July 22., according to a release by the East Cocalico Police Department. The 42-year-old was arrested around 1:34 a.m., the police detailed. "The victim was treated on scene by ambulance personnel," the police said. Cruz-Colon was charged with Simple Assault and Harassment (Domestic V…
Police & Fire
Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say
A 13-year-old was held at knife-point, Pennsylvania State Police announced on June 9, 2023. The boy was accosted by a 15-year-old male on May 30 between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on West Jefferson Avenue, Myerstown, according to the state police. The older teen approached the boy and pressed a pocket knife against his stomach while demanding cash, PSP explained. The would-be robber "verbally threatened to stab the victim," PSP stated in the release. Somehow the boy managed to break free and run away. The unidentified teen was later arrested for "robbery, terroristic thre…
Police & Fire
Prisoner Poops On Holding Cell Floor At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities
A 35-year-old York man has been charged for pooping on the floor in a police station holding cell. While being held on a simple assault charge Dristan L. Elliott pooped on his holding cell floor at the Columbia Borough Police Station on May 26, according to a release on June 7, 2023. It appears officers might not have realized what happened as he was moved to the Lancaster County Prison where he was held for the simple assault charge until June 6 when he posted 10 % of a $5,000 bail in surety bonds. He was only charged with institutional vandalism on June 4, although court …
Police & Fire
Homicide Attempt Caught On Camera In York, Police Say
One man has been hospitalized and another has been arrested following a stabbing in York on Monday, May 15, 2023, according to a police release the following afternoon. Boyzle Maddox III, 28, of York, has been arrested after he was seen stabbing a man on surveillance footage from White Rose Bar and Grill at 48 N. Beaver Street, police say. The unnamed victim walked into York Hospital Emergency Department with multiple stab wounds following the stabbing around 2:27 a.m., according to the release by city police the following morning. During the initial investigat…
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