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Infant Son Strangled By PA Dad, Maryland Native: ADA
In one day in a Gettysburg courtroom, a 37-year-old man changed the life of his family, by pleading guilty to strangling his infant son, Adams County Assistant District Attorney Kyle Reuter explained to Daily Voice. Jonathan Ray Moats, originally of Oakland, Maryland, mostly recently of Palmyra, PA, was arrested in October following an incident involving his 5-month-old boy, court records show. Moats has admitted to covering his son's nose and mouth using a blanket when he wouldn't stop crying, while at a home on High Street in New Oxford on Oct. 11, a…
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Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (
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"F--k around and find out," a Pennsylvania State Trooper told his now ex-girlfriend before he "paint(ed) her as crazy," took her into custody without his supervisor's permission – choked her when she resisted, which a bystander recorded – then had her commitment to a hospital for mental health for five days, according to a lengthy affidavit and video obtained by Daily Voice. Pennsylvania State Trooper 37-year-old Ronald Keith Davis of Williamstown who "is married with a family in Dauphin County," fought with his ex-girlfriend at the end of August, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Cha…
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Trio ID'd After Chase Turned Deadly Crash Near I-81 In PA: State Police
The three people who were found dead after crashing into a tree overnight while fleeing from state troopers have been identified, Pennsylvania State Police announced in an updated release on Friday, May 5, 2023. Eric Carl, 37, of New Cumberland, was driving the vehicle, Carly Renee Taylor-Robinson, 26, of Harrisburg, was in the front seat and Darun Marquis Alexander was in the back seat, 33, of Harrisburg, according to the police. The trio had failed to stop their vehicle when troopers Corbin Walburn and Matthew Condard attempted a traffic stop around 1:35 a.m. on Thursday, as detailed in t…
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PA Realtor Strangled Son With Dad's Belt Over Financial Woes Before NJ Capture: DA
Heartbreaking details have been released in the death of an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy, whose mom strangled him with his father's belt as he slept before her arrest in New Jersey, authorities announced. Matthew Whitehead, of Horsham, had been crying on and off all day Monday, April 10, over his family's alleged financial difficulties, and slept in the master bedroom with his mom, Ruth DiRienzo Whitehead, according to police papers released by Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele's office. The following morning, Tuesday, April 11, the boy's father, Daniel Whitehead, and realize…
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PA Mom Of 3 Dies After Husband Strangled Her: Affidavit
A Lancaster mother of three young children has died and the police say an assault by her husband led to her death, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Manheim Township police filed charges against 25-year-old Jordan Antonio Ortiz which have now been upgraded after 23-year-old Kylee Carroll Ortiz died at Lancaster General on Sunday, April 9, 2023, authorities tell Daily Voice. The police had been called to their home on Dickens Drive in Lancaster Township multiple times on April 2nd and 3rd for reports of domestic incidents, but Jordan repeatedly told the police they had o…
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PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say
A 26-year-old Lancaster County man confessed on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, to the police that he strangled his mom during a fight over her purse, then took her keys out of her purse, stole her car and fled, police say. Many friends of 62-year-old Lois Gift thought her absence from events she regularly attended was very odd so they called the Ephrata police and requested a welfare check on Monday, March 20, 2023— that's when her body was discovered at her home on Grant Road in Adamstown, according to the police release following the confession. The coroner determined her cause of death…
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Leola Man With Knife, Gun Chokes 'Several' People In Front Of Children, Police Say
A 22-year-old man "attempted to strangle several individuals" in front of children in Lancaster County on Sunday, March 19, 2023, authorities say. Luke Bachman of Leola was arrest following an argument turned physical altercation in the Bareville section of West Earl Township, around noon, according to area police. West Earl Township Police were dispatched to "a weapons in progress call" on Bareview Drive shortly before noon. They arrived to find "a witness and family members were outside the residence who observed the altercation which had occurred inside the home," the …
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Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say
A fight between two Newville ended when one man "nearly passed out from the struggle," police stated in a release on Thursday, March 15, 2023. The police arrested 32-year-old Patrick Donald Ray Taylor after receiving a call from another man who said "his neighbor was being attacked," around 9:20 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2023. Upon arrival the Newville officers "identified the primary aggressor as Patrick Taylor of Newville," as stated in the release, "Taylor attacked his victim more (than) once via throwing him into the wall and other objects around the apartment. The victim claimed that he w…
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'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police
A convict with a knife assaulted, choked, and threatened a person in Harrisburg, Dauphin County Crime Stoppers announced on Thursday, March 9. Warren James Mayo, 59, attacked someone in the late hours of March 5 into the early hours of March 6, according to the release. Additional details about the incident were not released. Mayo has an extensive record of crimes in Dauphin, Cumberland, Berks, Schuylkill, Lebanon, and York counties. His first conviction for drug possession resulted in a year of probation in 1989 in Schuylkill County. Since then, he has been in and out of court…
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Son Admits To Trying To Kill 92-Year-Old Dad In Camp Hill Hospital, Police Say
While a 92-year-old father was in his hospital bed, his 58-year-old son attempted to kill him, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. East Pennsboro Police were dispatched to an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital located at 503 N. 21st Street, Camp Hill on February 26, 2023, at 7:17 p.m., according to a release on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Officers arrived, investigated, and concluded that John Joseph Stoll Jr. of Wellvilles "attempted to kill the victim inside a patient room." The only reason his father survived is that a "staff member witnessed the incid…
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Homeless Man Who Strangled Woman In Her PA Apartment Charged With Homicide: Police
A man accused of strangling a Schuylkill County woman to death in her home now faces murder charges, authorities say. Destiny Duckett, 22, was found dead in her Market Square Apartment residence on Monday, Feb. 13, Pottsville police have said in a statement. Her manner of death was later ruled a homicide by manner of strangulation, they added. Detectives and forensic experts analyzed evidence at the scene as well as surveillance video and eyewitness accounts. The investigation led them to 22-year-old Jared Rahim Abdul-Ali, who was already locked up at the Schuylkill Count…
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PA Man Sentenced For Strangling South Jersey Woman
A 42-year-old man from Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 55 years in New Jersey State Prison for strangling a woman whose naked body was found on the side of the road in 2014, authorities said. Timothy Wright, 42, of Chambersburg, PA, was sentenced Friday, Feb 17 in the murder of 25-year-old Joyce Vanderhoff, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Vanderhoff's naked body was dumped on the side of a Hamilton Township road in February 2014. A jury previously convicted Wright for first-degree murder after a two-and-a-half-week- trial that commenced this past October.…
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