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PA Predator Caught With Condoms, Gun Meeting 'Girl' In Sting: Police
A Carlisle man was arrested after allegedly traveling to meet what he believed was a 14-year-old girl while carrying a firearm, condoms, and other items, Derry Township police announced.
William H. Pratt, 45, was taken into custody on Sunday, Feb. 2, after arriving at a location on the 600 block of East Main Street in Hummelstown, where he had arranged to meet the minor, authorities said.
For several days, Pratt had been communicating with an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl, according to police. When he arrived at the meeting spot…
Two Men Charged In Berks County Underage Human Trafficking Sting: DA
Two men have been charged in connection with an undercover operation targeting underage human trafficking in Berks County, authorities announced on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.
Keith George Manwiller, 49, of Hummelstown, and Mathew Christian Koroma, 23, of Sinking Spring, were arrested during the sting conducted by the Berks County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force, according to Chief County Detective Michael Gombar.
Both men are accused of responding to online ads placed by detectives on websites commonly used for sexual advertisements. The suspects allegedly agreed to meet and p…
Semi-Pro Football Player Killed In Route 322 Crash In PA: Police
A 27-year-old man from New Jersey was killed in a crash on Route 322 near Hummelstown on Monday, Nov. 11, after his box truck struck the Fiddlers Elbow bridge abutment, police announced.
Zachary J. Bautz, 28, of Maple Shade, NJ, was killed in a crash on Route 322 near Hummelstown when his box truck struck the Fiddlers Elbow bridge abutment, Derry Township police announced on Monday, Nov. 11.
Bautz veered off the westbound lane, hitting a roadside message board, a concrete barrier, and traveling up an embankment before colliding with the bridge abutment at 6:16 a.m., causing the truck …
Hummelstown Police SUV Causes Crash, PA State Police Say
A Hummelstown police officer caused a three-vehicle crash, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, July 1.
Officer Jamie Saenz, 38, of the Hummelstown Police was driving a marked department SUV, a 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe, when she ran a stop sign and was hit by on-coming traffic, according to the state police.
The other vehicle, a 2019 Buick Enore, was driven by a 53-year-old woman with a 22-year-old man in the passenger's seat — they did not have a stop sign, PSP Harrisburg Trooper Dustin Chubb explained.
The crash happened at the intersection of East High and Prospe…
