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Young Child's 'Severely Decomposed' Body Found In Duffel Bag In Philadelphia: Police
Police are investigating after a young child was found dead in a duffel bag in Philadelphia on Monday morning, March 18. The child was found on the 600 block of N. 38th Street in the Mantua section of West Philly, according to the department. Police said it was discovered by someone doing work behind a property on the block. The child has not yet been identified and their gender is unknown, police said. The remains are "severely decomposed," they added. 6abc reports that the child is thought to be between 2 and 4 years old. SEE ALSO: Infant Has 'Suspicious' De…
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Shot Car Crashes Into Tree In Harrisburg, Officials Say (
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A car that was shot at crashed into a tree in front of Bellevue Towers, Harrisburg officials announced on Friday evening. The police were called to a report of shots fire and a crash in the 2400 block of Market Street around non but available to find only a crashed white SUV, everyone else involved had fled the scene, officials explained. It appears the SUV was shot at multiple times, with one bullet striking the vehicle, which caused the driver to cross into oncoming traffic and strike a tree, according to the police. Witnesses said two or three other vehicles had been i…
Police & Fire
Officer Hospitalized, Driver Killed After Pinning Patrolman With Car: PPD
A driver was shot dead by an officer after pinning the patrolman to a wall with his car, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel announced in a press conference late on Thursday night. The patrolman had been conducting a solo traffic stop at F Street and Roosevelt Blvd but pursued the driver to Adams and Newtown avenues in the 25th District, the Crescentville neighborhood, just after 7 p.m. on Feb. 15, Commissioner Kevin Bethel detailed. That's where the driver drove into the officer, pinning him by his legs between a vehicle and a wall of the bridge outside Tacon…
Schools
Person Shot After Bizarre Incident Near Franklin & Marshall College: Police
A shot person at Lancaster General Hospital told the police a strange story about what happened to them. Lancaster City officers were called to the hospital for a "walk-in shooting victim" at 12:27 a.m. on Nov. 30, the department detailed in a release. They arrived to discover "the victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries," as stated in the release. When the police interviewed the victim, they told them the following story: "The victim claims they were walking 'somewhere' in the city and were approached by an unknown black male, wearing a black ski mask and Gap sweatshir…
Police & Fire
Shooter
Wanted
: 21-Year-Old City Employee ID'd, Philadelphia Police Say
The city Streets Department employee who was shot in South Philadelphia early on Thursday, Sept. 7 has died from his injuries, police told Daily Voice. The victim, now identified as 21-year-old Masir Williams, was shot in the lower back and left forearm on the 2300 block of Oakford Street, Daily Voice previously reported. He was rushed to Jefferson University Hospital by first responders and placed in critical condition but died from his injuries at 10:17 a.m., police said. The Streets Department said it was "disheartened" by Williams' death, writing, "Our thoughts are with everyone im…
Police & Fire
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office. Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department. The officers arri…
Police & Fire
Stabbing Victim In 'Serious Condition' Lancaster Police Say
One person is in "serious condition" following a stabbing in Lancaster on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Officers from the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a report of a stabbing victim in the 400 block of South Duke Street around 9:30 p.m., according to a release by the department the following morning. Officers arrived and appear to have found the victim near the Crispus Attucks Community Center, based on the map shared in the release. "The victim was transported to a treatment facility and is in serious condition," the police said. No suspect has been arrested but the poli…
Police & Fire
Blow Dart Bird Death In Central PA, Police Say
The death of a bird is under investigation by police in Central Pennsylvania, according to a release on May 30, 2023. A robin was found struck dead by blow-dart arrows in the 600 block of Adelia Street in Middletown Borough on May 26, 2023, according to the release. Officers were called to the area for a report of suspicious activity and found the deceased robin. Several small arrows were found in the backyard of the caller and the bird was found in their driveway after being struck by at least one of these arrows. "These arrows are extremely sharp, can cause (considerab…
Police & Fire
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed Mercer Scooter Rider, 21
A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy
Authorities are investigating after a "juvenile" male was shot dead by a Pennsylvania state trooper in Bradford County Thursday evening. State police were called to a wooded area in Herrick Township just before 5 p.m. on May 4 for reports of a person with a handgun, Trooper William Evans wrote in a release. Troopers made contact with the boy and gave "numerous verbal orders for (him) to drop the weapon," authorities said. Police claimed the boy "did not comply" and "presented himself as an imminent threat to the responding troopers." One trooper fired at the boy, and he w…
Schools
Active Shooter In York Closes Highway, School (
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Shots fired at a furniture store have led to an active shooter alert in central York County, authorities say. Approximately 20 shoots were fired inside of Price Busters in the 1900 block of Industrial Highway in Springettsbury Township around 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, but the shooter fled the store on foot and police were called to canvas the area, authorities and witnesses told Daily Voice. No injuries were reported but Springettsbury Township police officers remain in the area as the search for the shooter continues. The highway has been closed between Memory Lane and Nort…
Schools
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause. The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…
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