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HOMICIDE: Details Released In Chambersburg Police Incident (UPDATE) HOMICIDE: Details Released In Chambersburg Police Incident (UPDATE)
Homicide: Details Released In Chambersburg Police Incident (Update) An "active police incident" that shuttered a neighborhood in Chambersburg on Tuesday, Sept. 17 turned out to be part of a homicide investigation launched the previous night, police explained.  The public was asked to avoid the area of Nicholson Square Village "for an active police incident" at 11:16 a.m. the department stated in its original release. The exact intersection listed in the release is Scotland Avenue and Woodstock Road. The incident was resolved shortly before 1 p.m., according to an updated release.  "This was an isolated incident, there is no da…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Manhunt Ends With Arrest Of PFA Violator With Guns, PA State Police Say Manhunt Ends With Arrest Of PFA Violator With Guns, PA State Police Say
Manhunt Ends With Arrest Of PFA Violator With Guns, PA State Police Say A man is in custody and roads have reopened following a police incident turned into a search in Dauphin County on Thursday, May 30.  Shawn Vann, 52 of Halifax Township, violated a Protection From Abuse order and attempted to see his ex-girlfriend around 10 a.m. on Thursday.  Initially, police shuttered Elmer Avenue in Halifax Township, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer announced shortly before 1 p.m.  "All citizens should avoid the area," she originally urged. That warning ended just before 8 p.m. when Trooper Frazer announced that the suspect was in custod…

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Traffic
I-83 Bridge Reopens After 'Police Incident': PennDOT (UPDATE) I-83 Bridge Reopens After 'Police Incident': PennDOT (UPDATE)
I-83 Bridge Reopens After 'Police Incident': PennDOT (Update) A "police incident' halted all traffic on Interstate 83 in Central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Thursday night.  The police incident on I-83 North happened in the northbound lane of South Bridge around 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 24, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler.  The area closed was from Exit 41B for Lemoyne to Exit 43 for Capitol/2nd Street. All southbound lanes were briefly closed as well but were reopened before 9 p.m., according to 511PA.  All lanes reopened at 11:30 p.m., according to Schreffler.  The number of vehicles or persons involved…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Police Incident In Enola OVER, Police Say (UPDATE) Police Incident In Enola OVER, Police Say (UPDATE)
Police Incident In Enola Over, Police Say (Update) UPDATE: The police incident ended around 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, 2023, according to an updated release by the East Pennsboro Township Police Department.  "This incident is now cleared. Residents can resume normal activity," the police said. The suspect being sought was reportedly having a mental health crisis and was found in the woods by Tower Road, according to ABC27.  Daily Voice has been unable to independently confirm that.  Following Daily Voice for any additional update on this incident.  ORIGINAL: All the East Pennsboro Area Schools have been locked dow…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
New Details About Canceled Shelter-In-Place In Cumberland County Emerge New Details About Canceled Shelter-In-Place In Cumberland County Emerge
New Details About Canceled Shelter-In-Place In Cumberland County Emerge A "police incident" is over in Cumberland County, and any alerts issued by the police on Monday, Oct. 10, have been canceled. And around 6 p.m. police released more information about the incident.  Residents had been asked to "shelter in place or vacate the area of the 100 and 200 blocks of Regal View and the surrounding area" in Carlisle, North Middleton Township police stated in a release issued shortly before 3 p.m. Around 4:30 p.m. the alerts were canceled, but no new information was released.  It's now known that the police had been called to "an incident/welfare c…

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Arrest Made At 'Police Incident' In Central PA Neighborhood: Authorities Arrest Made At 'Police Incident' In Central PA Neighborhood: Authorities
Arrest Made At 'Police Incident' In Central PA Neighborhood: Authorities One person has been arrested following a "police incident" in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Waynesboro police issued the alert to avoid the 200 block of North Potomac Street around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24, according to a release by the department.  An emergency tactical team, state police, and a coroner have been called to the scene, PennLive reports.  The area reopened around 1 p.m., according to the police.  "The police incident...has concluded peacefully," police say, No one was injured in the incident. 

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'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man 'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man
'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man A Teaneck police sergeant confronted by a disturbed man on a Bergenfield street was surprised when the stranger pulled out a large knife. "Kill me! Shoot!" the Portuguese native shouted in broken English to Sgt. Ronald Boswell and backup officers from both towns who rushed to the scene, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. The tense noontime drama played out on New Bridge Road, across from Veterans Memorial Park in Bergenfield, beginning shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday. The unidentified man had walked in front of Boswell's car, so the sergeant stopped and got out, O'Reilly said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Multiple Fatalities' At PA, MD Line Linked To Kidnapped Girls, Authorities Say 'Multiple Fatalities' At PA, MD Line Linked To Kidnapped Girls, Authorities Say
'Multiple Fatalities' At PA, MD Line Linked To Kidnapped Girls, Authorities Say The manhunt is over for former police officers and two kidnapped girls, who were found shot dead in a car that crashed near the Pennsylvania and Maryland border, multiple news outlets are reporting.
 Robert Vicosa and Tia Bynum have been on the run with Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7, after purportedly abducting them from their York County home. All four were supposedly found shot dead in a car crashed in the area of Midvale Road and Ringgold Pike just south of the Pennsylvania in Maryland around 3 p.m., according to WJZ and WBAL citing unnamed sources. Pennsylvania State P…

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Police Incident Evacuates Streets In Dauphin County Town Police Incident Evacuates Streets In Dauphin County Town
Police Incident Evacuates Streets In Dauphin County Town An on-going police incident has caused a closure of several streets in Middletown. People are asked to avoid North Union between Spring and East Water streets. “All homes and businesses on North Union Street between East Water Street and Spring Street are to evacuate immediately,” police said in a statement. Residents in the area are asked to go to 60 West Emaus St for safety. All pedestrian or vehicular traffic was suspended in the area starting at 2:30 p.m. The Middletown School District is rerouting buses to avoid the area, according to the school district’s website. Students who…

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by Jillian Pikora