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Popular PA Sprint Car Racer Killed In Crash: Coroner
A popular 23-year-old sprint car race is dead following a crash into a tree on Tuesday night, Sept. 3, the York County Coroner's Office announced. Kyle Craker, of the 900 block of Siddonsburg Road, in Fairview Township, was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from his vehicle after losing control in the area of Alpine Road and Boar Mooring 3 Road in Warrington Township around 7 p.m. as detailed in the coroner's release. First responders found the vehicle slammed into a tree. Craker was taken to WellSpan York Hospital where he died from his injuries at 8:30 p.m. Deputy …
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Teen Who Escaped Detention Center Caught In Stolen Car In Levittown: PSP
The 16-year-old who climbed a fence at Berks County detention center over the weekend has been arrested, state police said Thursday, July 11. Dustin Lomas was taken into custody in Falls Township on Wednesday evening, July 10, troopers said. He was allegedly "an occupant" in a stolen car. Police said they took him to the Bucks County Youth Center. Lomas and 18-year-old Tyler Luntz escaped from Abraxas Academy in Morgantown on Saturday, July 6, troopers said previously. Luntz was arrested on Monday night, July 8 at a carnival in Tullytown where police said he was trying to blend in with …
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Delco Girl Murdered By Accused Serial Killer Buried In Unmarked Grave, Fund Says
Jane Althoff was just 8 years old when she was killed at a Chester area carnival more than 70 years ago by an infamous alleged serial killer, according to organizers on GoFundMe. Althoff went to the traveling fair in Trainer with her two brothers on April 25, 1951. Her brothers reported her missing when it was time to leave and they could not find her. Hours later, police discovered her body in the cab of a carnival truck in a secluded area of the five-acre fairgrounds, organizers said. She had been choked or smothered to death some five hours previously, likely while …
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Maryland Mom Who Beat Cancer Killed in Pennsylvania Crash, Family Says
A 56-year-old cancer survivor tragically died in a car crash, her family announced on Sunday, June 23. Kimberly "Kim" Shock Fowler of the 1000 block of Ridge Road in Whiteford, Maryland was found dead at the scene of a crash in the 20000 block of Barrens Road South, Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania on Friday, according to a release by the York County Coroner's Office. Kim was not wearing her seatbelt when her vehicle went "running off the road into a wooded area and striking multiple trees," as stated in the coroner's release. Neighbors spotted the vehicle in som…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania State Troopers Injured In Fatal Philly Crash: Officials
One person has died after a crash involving a state police car early Friday morning, June 14. Troopers were driving south on Christopher Columbus Boulevard responding to a separate incident around 1:30 a.m., authorities said. At the intersection with Race Street, a northbound Mazda pickup truck "made an illegal left turn" into the path of the state police car, according to officials. The driver of the Mazda was fatally injured and the two troopers were taken to Jefferson Hospital with "moderate injuries," authorities said. They have since been discharged. An investigation…
Police & Fire
Suspect On Loose After Wild Chase Starting In Dauphin County: PA State Police
One suspect is still on the loose after a wild pursuit across two counties in Central Pennsylvania, according to a State Police release on Wednesday. Two men were spotted trying to break into a vehicle at the Ciocca Honda dealership located at 8001 Allentown Boulevard, West Hanover Township, around 5:45 a.m. on June 5, troopers detailed. When Dauphin County troopers arrived the men hopped into a stolen car from New York City with a stolen license plate from New Jersey, according to the release. The vehicle took off at a high rate of speed east on Allentown. "PSP successfully uti…
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CASE: Troopers Find New Leads In PA Woman's 1997 Murder
State police say they are making progress in their investigation of Patricia Woll's homicide. Woll, 43, was living on River Road in Damascus Township, Wayne County when her house caught fire on Aug. 28, 1997. She was found dead inside after firefighters beat the blaze. A "detailed investigation" led state police to declare the fire an arson and Woll's death a homicide. "Several new investigatory leads and evidence have been uncovered and are activity being pursued by investigators," said troopers in a release on May 31. Authorities did not describe the new evidence. …
Police & Fire
Off-Duty PA Trooper Pleads Guilty To Firing Gun During Road Rage Incident: DA
A state police officer received two years of probation after pleading guilty in connection with a 2022 road rage incident in Chester County, according to the District Attorney's Office. David Levy of Kennett Square will also be required to take an anger management class, prosecutors said in a release. Authorities said Levy was off-duty and driving on Route 1 near Longwood Gardens on Dec. 28, 2022. He was "apparently upset with how the victim was driving" and "interacted aggressively," braking abruptly in front of their car and at one point forcing them off the roadway, according…
Traffic
I-83 Crash Kills 20-Year-Old Motorcyclist In York County: PSP
A motorcyclist died from his injuries after crashing on Interstate 93 in Newberry Township on Wednesday afternoon, May 22, authorities say. The 20-year-old wrecked in the southbound lanes near mile marker 32.3 and was taken to Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center where he died, said state police. The right southbound lane remains shut down while troopers investigate the scene, authorities added.
Police & Fire
23 Animals Found Neglected, Malnourished In Pennsylvania Home: Troopers (
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Twenty-three animals living in “severe neglect” were removed from a Coaldale home on Monday, May 20, state police said in a release. Charges are pending against the 69-year-old homeowner, according to troopers. Investigators said the animals — including 17 dogs, two cats, two birds, and one turtle — were found “in a state of severe neglect, showing signs of malnutrition, untreated medical conditions, and poor living conditions.” Facebook/Pennsylvania SPCA PSP said they are working with Coaldale Borough Police and the Pennsylvania SPCA to obtain veterinary care for the rescued animals. …
Police & Fire
State Vehicle Involved In I-78 Crash In Berks County, PA State Police Say
A crash truck was struck from behind on Interstate 78 on Monday afternoon, May 13, according to state police. Troopers said it happened around 2 p.m. near the Stump Road underpass in Maxatawny Township. The crash truck was stopped in the right westbound lane with its emergency lights flashing. A tractor-trailer was approaching from the west and "attempted to change lanes as the crash truck indicated," but was unable to do so or stop in time, state police said. Both vehicles suffered "minimal damage" and no injuries were reported, according to troopers.
Police & Fire
PSP Vehicle Involved In Crash On I-95 In Delaware County: Troopers
A state police vehicle was involved in a crash on Interstate 95 early on Thursday, May 2, according to troopers. It happened in the southbound lanes near mile marker 6.2 in Chester, police wrote in a report. A driver crashed off the right shoulder and their car overturned, blocking the right and center lanes, authorities said. A driver behind that car immediately hit their brakes and applied their hazard lights before they were rear-ended by a PSP Ford Interceptor, according to police. Two troopers were in the police vehicle at the time of the crash, authorities said. Nei…
Police & Fire
Search For Men Fleeing Stolen Vehicle Ends: PA State Police York
Two men are in State Police custody after fleeing on foot from a stolen vehicle, Trooper James Grothey announced on Thursday morning. After discovering the vehicle was stolen, the police began following it, only for the men to hop out in the area of East Main Street and North Constitution Avenue, New Freedom Borough around 2:45 a.m. on May 2, Trooper Grothey detailed in the release. "Both males were wearing dark colored clothing," as stated in the release. PSP Troop J and officers from the Southern Regional Police Department searched with the assistanc…
Police & Fire
8-Year-Old Pedestrian Seriously Hurt In Pennsylvania Crash: Troopers
State police are investigating the Lower Oxford Crash that sent an 8-year-old boy to the hospital on Monday, April 28, according to a release. Troopers said the victim was struck near 251 Conner Road around 7 a.m. and seriously injured. Investigators believe the unnamed 20-year-old driver was under the influence of drugs, according to the police report. He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Matthew Seavey and taken to the Chester County Prison, authorities said. Conner Road was shut down for three hours while police worked the scene. This is the second…
Police & Fire
Pair Shot Dead In PA Home, 76-Year-Old Suspect Arrested: State Police
One man is in custody after two people were fatally shot in East Marlborough Township on Thursday evening, April 25, according to state police. Troopers were called to the 200 block of Wiltshire Drive around 6 p.m. and found two unnamed victims dead in a residence, authorities said. The 76-year-old suspect was found in the home's garage and arrested. "Further information will be disseminated upon additional investigation," they added.
Traffic
Pregnant Teen Among 4 Named In Fatal Delco Crash: Authorities
Authorities have named the four people who died on Route 322 in Boothwyn on Wednesday afternoon, April 24. A red Ford Taurus with seven people inside sped off when a state police vehicle tried to pull them over at 1:30 p.m., officials said previously. After a brief pursuit, the trooper turned off their lights and sirens as the Taurus continued and immediately crashed, according to police. Four occupants died, all Philadelphia residents: 20-year-old Isaiah Miller, the driver 20-year-old Ikeam Rogers, the front-seat passenger 21-year-old Kalyn Billups, a …
Traffic
Harrisburg Woman, 38, Killed On Turnpike In Lancaster County: Police
One woman has died after a tractor-trailer hit her car from behind on I-76 in Lancaster County, authorities say. Kelly M. Little, 38, was stopped in the right westbound lane in Clay Township around 2 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, state police said in a release. The tractor-trailer was going 65 mph when it struck her Mercedes-Benz and flipped the car on its passenger side, troopers said. Little, of Harrisburg, was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured.
Police & Fire
Florida Man ID'd After Fatal Strike By Ambulance On Pennsylvania Highway: Coroner
A 62-year-old Florida man who died after being hit by an ambulance on a Pennsylvania highway has been identified, Dauphin County Officials announced on Friday, March 22. Michael Csernik of Jacksonville, FL was struck at the intersection of South Silver Road/Route 147 and Inglenook Road just north of US 322 in Reed Township, as detailed in a release by investigating trooper Mark Zearfaus with PSP Troop H - Newport. He died in an "accidentally struck by an EMS unit," the Dauphin County Coroner's office explained. The call to the fatal crash came into 911 system at …
Police & Fire
Scottish Man ID'd After Fatal Shot By Officers In Central PA: Coroner
The person shot dead by police in Central Pennsylvania has been identified as a Scottish man who had allegedly caused a disturbance, the Cumberland County Coroner told Daily Voice on March 18. Gregor Fleming, 44 of Glasgow, UK, was shot dead in the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road in Hampden Township on Thursday, March 7, authorities said. State police made the following statement about the events that led to the fatal shooting: "During the course of the investigation, the subject of the disturbance displayed a firearm. At that time, the officers discharged their firearms st…
Police & Fire
State Police, Feds Investigating After Police Officer Shot In Scranton (
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More details are emerging in the Thursday, Jan. 11 shooting of a Scranton police officer. The officer and an unnamed "subject" were both shot during an "exchange of gunfire," authorities said previously. In a Thursday afternoon press conference, a state police spokesman said SPD officers were investigating a pair of shootings — one on the 400 block of Harrison Avenue and one on the 300 block of Prospect Avenue — when the gunfight broke out. Both the officer and the other person remain at Geisinger CMC in "critical but stable" condition, according to police. …
Police & Fire
PA Dad Killed Woman Before His Son Shot Him In Self-Defense: Authorities
A Northumberland County man was shot dead by his son after killing a woman and threatening to harm others at a Lower Mahanoy home on Sunday night, Jan. 7, according to officials. State police previously announced they were investigating the deaths of Tracey Adams and Brandi Hauck, who they said were found at 844 Malta Road around 5 p.m. Investigators now say Adams was involved in a "verbal and physical" domestic dispute at a house on Adams Road earlier in the evening. The fight caused an adult woman and a daughter of Adams' to flee the home and go to Hauck's house on Malta…
Police & Fire
Attempted Murder Suspect Stole Car From PA Driveway, Troopers Say (
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A man accused of attempted murder in Delaware County stole a car out of a Berks County driveway early Tuesday morning, Jan. 2, state police say. Troopers found an abandoned GMC in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County around 4:30 a.m., they wrote in a release. The last known driver of the car was 29-year-old Umar Kimel Presbery, who was wanted by Tinicum Township police for attempted homicide and assault, authorities said. An hour later and four miles away, a Greenwich Township resident reported that his Subaru was missing from his driveway, according to troopers. Inv…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Gym Coach's Unsolved Murder Gets New Look
Decades after she was found murdered in her Emmaus home, state police are still seeking Barbara Marie Solt's killer. The 27-year-old was a popular physical education teacher and sports coach at Lincoln Elementary School for five years before she was found murdered apartment on Nov. 17, 1982. According to an archival report from the Allentown Morning Call, Solt's body was found by her principal Joseph Pavone, who stopped by her Colonial Crest apartment after she didn't show for work. She had been stabbed more than 10 times and had been sexually assaulted, the new…
News
Driver Killed In Head-On Crash With Tour Bus In Lancaster County: State Police
A 25-year-old is dead after colliding with a tour bus in Leacock Township early Thursday morning, Oct.26, according to state police. It happened just before 3 a.m., authorities said. The driver was headed north on North Hollander Road near the intersection with Yost Road when they lost control of their Nissan sedan and entered the southbound lane, troopers said. The driver, who police did not identify, was pronounced dead at the scene. The bus driver was unharmed, they added. The crash remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
PA Killer Calls FBI After Slaying Mom, Brother: DA
A Montgomery County man shot and killed his mother and brother on Sunday, Sept. 24 before placing a call to federal agents, prosecutors claim. Aaron Deshong, a 49-year-old Perkiomen resident, was still on the phone with the FBI's Threat Assessment Center when state police arrived at his Gravel Pike home to take him into custody, said the District Attorney's Office. The FBI received the call around 5 p.m., according to the criminal complaint released by prosecutors. Deshong allegedly told agents he had been "living on the edge" since his father's death, that he was "not suicidal,…
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Murder
: Woman, 22, Stabbed, Hit With SUV At NJ Turnpike Service Area, Arrest Made
A Burger King employee was stabbed and then hit by an SUV driven by her assailant at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop, said authorities who charged a Trenton man with her murder. Jamyra C. Odom, 22, of Trenton had just finished her shift when Dandre L. McDaniels Jr., 23, ambushed her at the Woodrow Wilson Service Area in Hamilton Township shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, the State Police said. Odom and McDaniels knew one another, they said. McDaniels stabbed Odom multiple times during an apparent struggle after she exited the restaurant, then hit her with an SUV and fled, the State P…
Obituaries
Motorcyclist Dies After Slamming Into Bear On I-81 (
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A 67-year-old man has died after his motorcycle hit a bear on Interstate 81 early on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, state police say. Frank J. Castrignano was heading south when the bear wandered onto the highway from the eastern shoulder, authorities said. The crash happened around 7:30 a.m. in Rice Township, according to State Police. After impact, the bike spun out and the rider fell off, police continued. The Shavertown rider was wearing a helmet and eye protection, troopers noted. He was rushed to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Hospital in Wilkes-Barre where h…
Police & Fire
PA State Police Cruiser Struck By Drag Racer, Troopers Say
A massive drag race in Pennsylvania ended with a State Police vehicle being struck and troopers getting medically evaluated, authorities announced on July 21, 2023. Troopers had received multiple reports of approximately 50 vehicles drag racing and doing burnouts on the Fort Pitt Bridge around 3:35 a.m. on Friday. Shortly after they arrived, a burgundy Jeep Grand Cherokee "drove directly into the side of the marked patrol unit, then fleeing from the scene nearly striking a trooper," police stated in a release. As it continued to speed off it "nearly struck" several troopers, th…
Police & Fire
Amish Teens Among 3 Seriously Injured In Horse-Buggy Crash: PA State Police
A horse and buggy was struck by a minivan in Central Pennsylvania— seriously hurting three people, State Police announced in a release on Monday, July 10, 2023. A Amish man and two teens were rear ended by a 2007 Dodge Caravan in the 1200 block of Route 64/Nittany Valley Drive near Bellefonte in Walker Township at 2:19 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, according the State Police release. The dodge was driven 80-year-old Thurman E. Davis of Bellefonte, police said. His 75-year-old passenger Carolyn J. Davis also of Bellefonte suffered minor injuries and was taken to Mounty Nittany Medical Cent…
Police & Fire
High Mom With Toddler Goes On 120MPH+ Chase Over 20 Miles: PA State Police
A toddler is in the hospital after his 25-year-old mom got high and sent police on a 121-mile-per-hour chase across two Central Pennsylvania counties, state police announced on Tuesday. Ashley Lynnette Acosta of Steelton had warrants out for her arrest in Cumberland and Dauphin counties when police attempted to pull her over at around midnight on June 27, 2023, according to the police and court documents. Several patrol cars began to pursue her on US Route 15 North in Lower Allen Township when she took off at speeds as high as 121 mph, according to PSP. Police briefly lost sight of her be…
Neighbors
Boys Orphaned After Parents Killed In Lehigh Valley Motorcycle Crash
The Lehigh Valley couple killed in an accident on Airport Road have left behind two sons, who their loved ones and neighbors are stepping up to support in their time of need. Jason and Samantha Loch Izon were riding in East Allen Township on Tuesday, April 4 when they collided with a flatbed truck near the intersection with Portland Drive, Daily Voice has reported. Samantha, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio has said. Jason, 44, was taken to taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg for treatment, where he passed aw…
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