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Lancaster Native With Lengthy Criminal History Found Dead In SCI Houtzdale Prison Cell
An inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale was found dead in his cell, officials announced on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2024. Lance Heverly, 39, was discovered unresponsive in his cell. Prison staff immediately began life-saving measures until emergency medical personnel arrived, but Heverly was pronounced deceased at 1:35 p.m., according to SCI Houtzdale Superintendent David Close. Heverly had been serving a five- to 10-year sentence for aggravated assault with serious bodily injury on a Lancaster County conviction. He was incarcerated at SCI Houtzdale on Feb. 9, 2022. Heverly…
Traffic
Explosion Injures One, Damages Vehicles At PA Turnpike Service Plaza
An explosion rocked the Blue Mountain Service Plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Tuesday, Nov. 19, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The blast occurred in the rear commercial vehicle parking lot of the westbound plaza at mile marker 202.5 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, at approximately 4:55 a.m., authorities said. A preliminary investigation revealed the explosion was caused by a propane leak inside a 2003 Ford RV with Delaware registration, troopers reported. The vehicle was destroyed in the incident. One person inside the RV was injured and transported by EMS to Pen…
Police & Fire
Injured Kayaker Rescued After Stranded By Susquehanna River's Statue Of Liberty
Fred Shankweiler, the kayaker rescued near the Statue of Liberty on the Susquehanna River, is sharing harrowing details of his ordeal following his dramatic rescue by local fire companies. Shankweiler, who was attempting to retrieve a crashed drone for fall photos, admitted that his determination led to reckless decisions. "I thought it would be a simple task to retrieve it and borrowed a friend’s kayak," he explained. "I will tell you that it was reckless and a bad idea, but sometimes my determination gets the best of me." After launching, the river conditions quickly turned against him. "…
News
Cumberland County Prison Inmate Found Dead by Apparent Suicide: Officials
A Cumberland County Prison inmate was found dead by apparent suicide, officials announced on Friday, Nov. 8. Amanda Beth Dunkelberger, 48, was discovered unresponsive in her cell on Thursday morning, Nov. 7, at 8:45 a.m. Correctional officers performing routine rounds made the discovery and immediately initiated lifesaving measures. EMS arrived at the Carlisle facility at 8:55 a.m. and continued resuscitation efforts, but Dunkelberger never regained consciousness. She was pronounced dead at 9:17 a.m., according to Warden Travis Shenk. Dunkelberger had been incarcerated since Friday, …
Police & Fire
EMS Urges Public To Avoid Area After 'Incident' In Cumberland County
An unknown incident has closed a road in Cumberland County, officials announced on Monday, Nov. 4. EMS were called to the "incident" on Spring Road, near the intersections of Wertz Run Road, West Middlesex Road, and Faith Circle, officials announced around 11 a.m. For the safety of personnel working on or near the roadway, the public is asked to avoid the area. Fire police are redirecting traffic around the scene. No further details have been released at this time. Check back here for updates.
Police & Fire
Elizabethtown Man Dies In Rollover Crash: PA State Police
A 34-year-old man has died and a woman was injured following a single-vehicle crash on PA Route 441/River Road on Friday night, Aug. 23, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday morning, Aug. 25. Gideon Derr of Elizabethtown (according to his family and social media, although the coroner said he was from Bainbridge and PSP said he was from Labelle) died at the scene of the crash at 3805 River Road near Red Hill Plaza around 11:30 p.m., according to the Londonderry Township Fire Company and PA State Police. Derr was driving a 2001 Honda Civic s…
News
Coroner Called To PA Fair After Woman Has 'Medical Emergency' Officials Say
A woman has died following a "medical emergency" at the Elizabethtown Fair on Tuesday, August 20, the Elizabethtown Police Department told Daily Voice on Thursday, Aug. 22. Officers were eating lunch at the fair located at 900 East High Street in Elizabethtown Borough when the incident began at 12:55 p.m. Aug. 20, as detailed in the police release. The 55-year-old woman went into cardiac arrest and officers immediately gave her CPR until Emergency Medical Services from MESA arrived, according to the police. Shortly after the woman died due to the medical emergency, the police exp…
Police & Fire
Fatal
Crash
: Locals Gave CPR To Motorcyclist Who Slammed Into Tree,
Nycrpd
Says
The official cause and manner of death of a motorcyclist who died following a crash into a tree has been released by the York County Coroner's Office on Friday, Aug. 16. Donald Markle, 63, of North York Borough, was pronounced dead at WellSpan York Hospital at 8:55 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12, according to the York County Coroner's Office and as identified by the Northern York County Regional Police Department on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Markle had been traveling east on Canal Road when he veered off the roadway and struck a tree at the intersection of East Canal and Greenbriar roads in Conewago Tow…
Police & Fire
Amish Farm Rescue 30 Feet Up Barn Rafters In Bart Township (
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A man having a "medical issue" in the rafters of a tobacco barn on an Amish farm was rescued on Friday morning, Aug. 16, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the farm rescue in the 1700 block of Georgetown Road in Bart Township at 8:52 a.m. on Friday, according to a release by the Quarryville Fire Company and Lancaster County Wide Communications. Crews from both the Quarryville and Bart Township fire companies responded. Firefighters located the man approximately 30 feet off the ground in the rafters of the tobacco barn. To safely get to him, a hole was cut in th…
News
HS Football Player Riding In Pickup Flatbed Falls To Death: PA State Police
A 16-year-old died from injuries weeks after a serious fall from the flatbed of a pickup truck, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday, July 19. The fall happened when Tucker Wessner of Heidelberg Township, Germansville, was in the flatbed or tailgate with a 17-year-old boy with an 18-year-old man in the passenger seat and a 17-year-old boy was driving the 2011 Toyota Tundra in Lynn Township on June 24, PSP Trooper Nathan Branosky detailed in the release. As the Tundra turned off of Leaser Road onto Follweiler Court, Tucker "fell out of the truck and struck the ground," Branosky…
News
Starbucks Plant's Roof Catches Fire In York: Officials
The roof of the Starbucks Roasting Plant and Distribution Center in York caught on fire on Thursday afternoon, officials told Daily Voice. The fire broke out on the roof on the plant/center, although it is not immediately clear of exactly which of the two builds, Ted Czech Public Information Officer for the York County Office of Emergency Management explained. The call to the fire in the 3000 block of Espresso Way in Manchester Township first came into YCDES at 12:42 p.m. on July 11, Czech said. It was knocked down by 1:20 p.m. but at 1:38 p.m. a 2nd alarm was rung f…
News
Pennsylvania Woman Drowns In Waterfall At Glacier National Park (
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A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman died after falling into the water at Glacier National Park in Montana, according to officials. The National Parks Service said Gillian Tones of North Apollo slipped on a rock and fell into the water above St. Mary Falls on Sunday afternoon, June 23. Witnesses said Tones was washed over the falls and trapped underwater for "several minutes," rangers said in a release. Bystanders pulled her from the bottom of the falls and rendered CPR before EMTs arrived in a helicopter. She never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 7 p.m…
News
23-Year-Old Man ID'd After Fatal Crash Into Tree: York County Coroner
A 23-year-old man was killed in a crash into a tree, according to an updated release by the York County Coroner's Office on June 12. Daniel Antos Jr., of the 100 block of Twin Hills Road in Franklin Township died at the scene of the crash. Deputy Coroner Michele Kirchner was called to the scene to investigate at 8:03 p.m. and certified the death at 8:45 p.m. on June 5, as detailed in the release. Daniel had been driving south on Route 74, when he left the road for an unknown reason and struck a tree, as explained by the coroner's office. EMS was first called to 259 O…
Police & Fire
Road
Rage
: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say
A Virginia man has been found dead following a road rage incident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, State Police explained in an updated release on Monday, June 3. Caernarvon Township Police found the suspect of the road-rage shooting — a 59-year-old Black man from North Dinwiddie, VA — dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a white tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a shopping complex on Crossings Boulevard, State Trooper James Grothey detailed in the updated release. He was wanted in connection with an earlier road rage incident on I…
Police & Fire
Mom, Brianna "Brie" Michelle Lucas, 25, Killed In Crash: PSP
A 25-year-old Biglerville mom was killed and her infant daughter was medevaced following a two-vehicle crash on Memorial Day, Pennsylvania State Police in Adams County announced on Thursday, May 30. Brianna "Brie" Michelle Lucas was found dead in her 2005 Chevrolet Impala at the scene of the crash, PSP explained. The crash happened at the intersection of Stone Jug and Old Harrisburg roads in Straban Township at 6:59 p.m. on Monday, May 27, as Investigating Trooper Christopher Cannino detailed in the PSP release. Her 2-year-old daughter was conscious and evaluated by EMS at the sc…
Police & Fire
One Injured When Car Slams Into Annville Home: Fire Officials
One person was injured when a car slammed into a home in Anville on Sunday morning, fire officials announced. The Bellegrove Fire Company was called to a report of a motor vehicle accident into a structure in the 1500 block of North State at 1:56 a.m., on Feb. 11, the company detailed in a release later that day. One person was treated by EMS, but it is unclear if they were a resident or the person in the vehicle. "Crews shored up [the] interior wall of structure which was damaged," as stated in the release. The people who live in the home are being assisted by the Red Cr…
Traffic
Rollover Crash In Chambersburg: Authorities (
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Someone "self-extricated" from a sedan following a messy rollover crash in Chambersburg on Thursday, authorities say. The car landed on its roof in the 800 block of Lincoln Way West at 7:53 a.m. on July 20, 2023, according to the Franklin Fire Company. Emergency Medical Services evaluated the driver at the scene and no injuries were reported. Fire crews handled the spilled fluids from the vehicle and cleaned up the debris. All lanes of traffic are open.
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Kills Pedestrian In Central PA: Police
UPDATE: The vehicle but not the suspect involved was located on Monday, police said in an updated release. ORIGINAL: A man died following a hit-and-run on Saturday, according to police. The pedestrian was hit by a dark-colored 2005-6 BMW X5 SUV in the 200 block of South 17th Street around 9 p.m. on July 8th, the police detailed in a release. The SUV fled the scene, the police explained. Officers and Emergency Medical Services provided medical aid to the man but ultimately he did not survive and was pronounced dead at the scene. The man's identity has not been released.…
Police & Fire
EMT ID'd As Man Found Dead At Walmart In Ephrata (
Exclusive
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The friend who found the 33-year-old man dead at the Walmart in Ephrata on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, has come forward to share about his life in an exclusive interview with Daily Voice. Nicole Goodman found her friend Brandon Jasper Stacey unresponsive in the backseat of his beloved white Volkswagon sedan at the Ephrata Walmart located at 890 East Main Street/US 322 around 4 p.m. She called 911, reporting it as a cardiac arrest, and Ephrata Police and emergency medical services soon arrived but it was too late, so the Lancaster County Coroner was called to the scene. On May 10, the results o…
News
Dead Shooting In Central Pennsylvania
An 18-month-old infant was shot by a 3-year-old relative in central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Oct. 18, according to the family and police confirmed the details of the shooting on Wednesday at 4:50 p.m. Lancaster Bureau of police officers were called to the scene of a child shoot in the 500 block of Woodward Street in the City shortly after 7 p.m., according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. "Upon arrival, officers located an infant lying on the floor inside the residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the face. Officers rendered aid to the infant and were assisted by res…
Lifestyle
Girl Scout Rescued After Becoming 'Inverted' On Ropes At Camp Small Valley
A Girl Scout was rescued after becoming "stuck and inverted, several feet in the air, while attempting to transverse a High Line Obstacle course," at Camp Small Valley on Thursday, July 28, authorities say. Rescue Company 1 of the Harrisburg Bureau responded to the call of the upside camper around noon, the department says. When the company arrived at the Scout Camp, they found that camp staff had already stabilized the girl, who had been upside down for "several minutes," according to a statement released by the rescue company. Firefighters used "ropes and riggings to safely lower the…
Business
Person Found Unconscious At PA Kohl's, 20+ People Evacuated For Carbon Monoxide Leak
After one person was found unconscious at a Pennsylvania Kohl's store, more than 20 people were evacuated— 10 of which have been hospitalized, authorities say. EMS was called to the report of the unconscious person at the Chambersburg area Kohl's store on Norland Avenue around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, according to Greater Chambersburg Area Paid Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 1813. When Carbon Monoxide Detection Units arrived and investigated, they found "elevated readings from construction equipment that was being used in the building overnight," according to t…
Police & Fire
Lost Minnesota Teen Found With BAC Over Legal Limit While Trespassing In Central PA: Police
A 17-year-old from Minnesota has been hospitalized after they were found drunk in an unlocked car in central Pennsylvania, police say. The teen was spotted by Northern Lancaster County Regional police while they were investigating trespassing in progress. The young man was found asleep in the back seat of the unlocked car, according to the release. “It was determined the child had a BAC of .111 percent and was lost since he was visiting a relative in the area and became disoriented due to his intoxicated state,” police say. “The child was transported by EMS to a local hospital for evalu…
Lifestyle
Special Delivery: Baby Born With Help From PA Police
A 23-year-old mom can thank the police for helping her bring her new son into the world. West Earl police officers Craig Johnson and Josh Mertz were dispatched to a report of a woman in labor on Thursday, Mar. 3 in the early morning, Jordan Byrnes WETPD Public Information Officer writes in the release. Madison Gadsden had been waiting for EMS to arrive, but by the time the police arrived she was having contractions, and pretty soon the baby’s head was seen. Officer Johnson is a certified and experienced EMT, so he stepped into action supporting the baby’s head and assisted with the d…
News
Good Samaritans Help Rescue Man From Tractor-Trailer Crash In Muddy Field
Passersby assisted officials when a tractor-trailer was struck in the middle of a muddy field with an injured driver, according to a release by police. Northern Lancaster County regional police were called to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Doe Run and Cool Spring roads in Penn Township on Monday around 1:30 p.m., according to the release. Upon arrival police found a tractor-trailer, owned by Kreider’s Farms and driven by employee James Weaver of Lancaster, had been traveling eastbound on Doe Run Road when the truck exited the south side of the roadway, and continued app…
News
Pa Man Spits On Police, EMS, Authorities Say
While responding to a call first responders were spit on by a Pennsylvania man, according to a release by police. West Shore Regional Police and emergency medical services were dispatched to a residence in the 200 Block of Bosler Avenue on Wednesday around 5 a.m., according to the release. What police were called to investigate remains unclear. Upon arrival police found Jordan Robert Smith, 21, of Lemoyne, according to police. "Smith became uncooperative and spit on officer(s) and EMS personnel," police said. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault - attempts to cause or cau…
Obituaries
Harrisburg Community Rallies For Family Of Boy, 14, Shot Dead
A 14-year-old boy was shot dead in Harrisburg last week and now his community is rallying to support his family during this difficult time. The Harrisburg police were called to a report of a juvenile male that had been shot in the 100 block of South 13th Street on Friday around 6 p.m., according to a release by police. Upon arrival police find the child suffering from a gunshot wound and being tended to by emergency medical services, according to the release. He was transported to a local hospital where he died on Sunday night around 7 p.m., according to the release and friends of the …
News
PA Boy, 8, Found In Detroit After Kidnapping, Michigan State Police Say
An 8-year-old boy from Pennsylvania was found in Detroit, according to a release by Michigan state police. The Michigan state police Second District Special Investigation Section was contacted by Pittsburgh police to assist in a search for a kidnapped child, according to the release. The boy was determined to be on Detroit’s west side so MSP obtained a search warrant and went to the area, the release states. The boy was found safe and three adults were arrested, MSP says. Two subjects were arrested after the attempted to interfere, they were charged with resisting and obstructing police, …
News
Motorized Bicyclist Killed In Car Crash In Harrisburg
A man riding on a motorized bicycle has died following a car crash in Harrisburg, according to area police. The man was riding in the 300 block of South 29th Street on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. A preliminary investigation by police shows that the man veered into traffic and collided with a vehicle. Upon arrival officers observed the man was being treated by Emergency Medical Services. The man was transported to a local hospital where they died as a result of his injuries. The Harrisburg Police Traffic Safety Unit responded, and is conducting the investigation. Anyone with addition…
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