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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
Cause, Manner Of Death Released For PA Fire Police Captain: Coroner
A Fire Police captain who has been missing since Thursday afternoon, Oct. 17 was found dead over the weekend, details were released by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office on Monday, Nov. 4. Tony Bortner, 51, of Windsor's cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and the manner was suicide, the coroner explained in the updated release. The Laurel Fire Company in Windsor Fire Police Captain's red 2008 Subaru Forester with the PA license plate "LKX9294" was found at Lock 12 in Lower Chanceford Township by State Troopers on Saturday, Oct. 19, Pennsylvania State Police previous…
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Missing Pennsylvania Fire Police Captain Found Dead: Coroner
A Fire Police captain who has been missing since Thursday afternoon, Oct. 17 has been found dead, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office announced on Saturday, Nov. 2 The Laurel Fire Company in Windsor Fire Police Captain Tony Bortner's red 2008 Subaru Forester with the PA license plate "LKX9294" was found at Lock 12 in Lower Chanceford Township by State Troopers on Saturday, Oct. 19, Pennsylvania State Police previously informed Daily Voice. Bortner "had no contact with anyone," the company wrote adding that "This [was] very out of character for Tony." The Lancaster County Coroner's office…
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Body Found Along Susquehanna River, 'Suspicious Death' Investigation Launched: Police
A man was found dead in Harrisburg along Front Street on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 24, the Susquehanna Township Police announced that evening. The man's body was found in the 4000 block of North Front Street near the Susquehanna River at 2:46 p.m. police detailed in the release. The area is across from Wendy's as seen on Google Maps Street View. "The death is currently being investigated as a suspicious death" police wrote in the release noting that "there is no ongoing danger to the public." Anyone with information about this death is asked to contact the police at 717-652-8265…
Lifestyle
The Top 5 Best Places To Retire Are All In Pennsylvania: Study
A new study ranking the best cities to retire has Pennsylvania taking six of the best 10 locales, including all five of the top 5. Harrisburg is the best place in the country to spend your twilight years, according to US News & World Report. Reading, Lancaster, Scranton, and Allentown ranked second through fifth in the study respectively. Pittsburgh finished 10th, with Philadelphia coming in at 13th. Researchers used a formula that examined the cost of living, happiness, quality of health care, taxes, and desirability of 150 cities across the country to create the list. They…
Police & Fire
Body Recovered Of Quarryville Boater Missing In Susquehanna River: Official
The body of a 39-year-old dad who went missing after a boating accident on the Susquehanna River on Thursday night, Aug. 15, was found on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17, officials announced. Brian Pierce, 39, of Quarryville, was boating with two friends near the Muddy Creek boat launch in Drumore Township when the boat malfunctioned, drifted, and struck a rock bed, Pennsylvania state Police Lancaster Trooper Schatzmann detailed in the release. Pierce attempted to swim back to the shore, but midway back he "experienced difficulty" and witnesses lost sight of him, Schatzmann wrote in…
News
After 26 Years DNA ID's Body In Susquehanna River As Missing Harrisburg Man
A body found in the Susquehanna River has been identified as that of a missing Susquehanna Township man — 26 years later all thanks to one tooth, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office announced on Tuesday, July 2. James Floyd Gibson, 39 of Susquehanna Township, Harrisburg, had been missing since Feb. 4, 1998. Around 12:16 p.m. on April 18, 1998, a fisherman unknowingly found his body in the Turkey Point area of the Susquehanna River, located in Manor Township, Lancaster County, the coroner's office detailed in the release. His clothing was gone and "significant postmortem …
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PA 18-Year-Old ID'd After Drowning In Susquehanna River: Authorities
An 18-year-old man drowned in the Susquehanna River on Saturday, police announced on June 23. The incident began when Gavin Frey of Howard, PA was swimming with a 22-year-old friend in the Susquehanna River between the City Beach and Riverview Park around 4:45 p.m. on June 22, Lock Haven City Police explain and he was later identified by the Clinton County Coroner Zach Hanna. The police and local fire and EMS were called to a water rescue "for two males who had been swimming and began yelling for help," as stated in the police release. The 22-year-old man was rescued by a pri…
News
Body Of Missing PA Woman Pulled From Susquehanna River 60+ Miles Away In Maryland: Officials
The case of a Pennsylvania woman missing for more than five weeks came to a tragic end in Maryland, Daily Voice has learned. The body of Rebecca "Becky" Shanice Beamer-Hicks, 35, of Harrisburg, was recovered from the Susquehanna River Tuesday morning, April 9 in Harford County, a spokesman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police said. Beamer-Hicks' body was recovered near Glen Cove, more than 66 miles up the river from where he sent missing, the MNRP said. The extensive search was launched on March 1, when Beamer-Hicks was first reported missing. The search was later called off by offici…
Police & Fire
Details About Maryland Kayaker Found Dead In Susquehanna River Revealed
The details about the death and life of a kayaker found in the Susquehanna River nearly two days after he went missing have been released. Brenton King's kayak was recovered by firefighters in the Susquehanna River, south of City Island, around 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, Harrisburg police said, as Daily Voice initially reported. His wife's best friend, Tracy Burkey, detailed the situation in a GoFundMe she launched to help Brent's family: "On the morning of Friday February 16th Brent went out to do what he loves, fish. He had all the proper gear and equipment. He texted his w…
Weather
Midweek Downpours Expected To Bring 3 Inches Of Rain, Travel Delays To East Coast
A new storm system tracking along the East Coast is expected to drop several inches of rain on the region in the next two days, meteorologists say. Rainfall is expected to begin along the mid-Atlantic Tuesday night, Dec. 26, and make its way north through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the New York City area on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 27. Flooding and travel delays are to be expected from Virginia to New England, the Passaic, Ramapo and Raritan rivers in New Jersey most likely to experience flooding, according to AccuWeather. This is not good news for municipalities across Passaic County w…
Police & Fire
Cold
CASE: 20-Year-Old Woman Found In Nothing But Her Socks Along The Susquehanna River
Exactly 27 years to the day Kimberly "Kimmie" Ann Yohe went missing, the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop H, Harrisburg, continue their investigation into the cold case of her homicide— and so is the FBI. Kimmie was "found naked, beaten, strangled, hands bound behind her back floating in the Susquehanna River," podcasters at Keystone Cold Cases put it on Oct. 25, 2021, asking, "Who could commit such a heinous crime?" If you know you could be eligible for a big reward, according to PSP. She had last been seen at her home in Etters at 9 p.m. on May 8, 1996, PSP said. Her 1987 Mazda 626 was…
Police & Fire
Missing Woman Drowned In The Susquehanna River: Authorities
A 69-year-old who went missing on Sunday, April 23, and was found dead in the Susquehanna River, is now known to have drowned, authorities announced on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Barbara Whitsel of Washington Boro's car was found in the local park along the 2000 block of River Road on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., according to Manor Township police. Around 4 p.m. at the Lancaster County Coroner's Office sent a coroner to the scene, according to emergency dispatch. The Blue Rock fire commissioner, who led the search for Whitsel, said she was found dead in the Susquehanna River …
News
MD Man ID'd As Missing Boater Found Dead Along Susquehanna River In PA
A body found in Middletown near the Susquehanna River has been identified and the missing boater's name has been released, authorities told Daily Voice on Friday, April 14, 2023. Michael "Mike" Brook of Waynesboro, PA— originally from Silver Spring, MD— was found dead near Harrisburg Internation Airport around 3 p.m., on Thursday, April 13, 2023, authorities with Dauphin County explained. First responder radio broadcast that a body was pulled from the river near the Steelton boat launch and Daily Voice reached out to Harrrisburg's Director of Communication Matt Maisel around 12:30 p.m. …
News
Boat Dweller Burned In Explosion On The Susquehanna River: Authorities
A 54-year-old man was hospitalized with burns after his boat exploded in the Susquehanna River on Friday, March 17, 2023, authorities say. The unnamed man who suffered burns to his face, head, arms, and back has since been released, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Communications Director Mike Parker, told Daily Voice. The fiberglass boat he was living in had a cabin and was tied to a floating dock in Lancaster County near Water Street in Washington Boro, when the propane heater exploded for an unknown reason, numerous authorities have explained t…
Obituaries
Man ID'd After Boaters Find His Body In The Susquehanna River
A 63-year-old man has been identified after his body was discovered by a group of boaters in the Susquehanna River on Wednesday, July 6, authorities say. Jerry Reynolds of Airville, Pennsylvania was found along the western shore of Crow Island, near Martic Township around 2 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The Lancaster County coroner's office was called to began an investigation at 3 p.m. His cause of death is pending the results of the coroner's autopsy on Friday, July 8. Reynolds died between 24 to 48 hours before his body was found, the coroner says Pennsylvania state …
Police & Fire
Body Found By Boaters In Susquehanna River
A body was discovered by a group of boaters in the Susquehanna River on Wednesday, July 6, authorities say. The body was found along the western shore of Crow Island, near Martic Township around 2 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The Lancaster County coroner's office is investigating the official cause of death. Pennsylvania state police are investigating the circumstances of how the body ended up in the river. Additional information was not available when Daily Voice reached out to officials on Thursday morning.
Police & Fire
Group Assaulted, Stabbed Person At Popular Swimming Hole PA State Police Say
A cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of four people who assaulted and stabbed a person at a popular central Pennsylvania swimming hole, police say. Two victims were approached by a group of four, two White women and two Black men, while returning to their vehicles after swimming in the swimming hole that leads to an area where you can jump from cliffs into the Susquehanna River at Benton Hollow Road, Drumore Township, Lancaster County on May 3, according to the release by Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers citing PSP Troop J. As the victims approached a sm…
News
Beloved Man ID'd As Body Boaters Found In Susquehanna River Near Three Mile Island
The man boaters believed drowned and needed rescuing on Memorial Day has been identified, according to the coroner. Craig Wayne Sellers, 61, of Harrisburg, has been identified as the man who died in a "drowning-related incident" in the Susquehanna River on Monday, May 31, according to a release by the York County coroner's office. Sellers had taken a boat from the Goldsboro Marina to Goosehorn Island, then he went into the water and "became unresponsive," according to the Pennsylvania state police. People aboard a passing boat spotted him and attempted to rescue him, according to the coro…
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Boaters Find Drowned Man In Susquehanna River Near Three Mile Island: Coroner
A man died in a "drowning-related incident" in the Susquehanna River on Monday, May 31, according to a release by the coroner's office. The York County coroner's office was called to the reported incident at Goldsboro Marina near North River Street near Three Mile Island at 6 p.m., authorities say. Boaters spotted the man and attempted to rescue him, the release explains. EMS was called but despite life-saving measures he was declared deceased at 5:57 p.m., according to the release. His next of kin are being notified. An autopsy has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 1 at 10 a.m at Lehig…
Police & Fire
Wanted Sex Offender Jumped In The Susquehanna River While Fleeing From Police
The man rescued from the Susquehanna River was a sex offender fleeing from the police on Saturday, May 14, authorities say. Norman Thomas Senior, 47, of Harrisburg, first led the police on a bicycle chase when they attempted to arrest him on a warrant for violating Megan's Law by failing to register his address with state police near the intersection of North Front and Verbeke streets. Then he jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge around 12:15 a.m., authorities say. Firefighters were required to send mutual aid boats to rescue him, the Harrisburg Fir…
Police & Fire
Bridge Jumper Rescued From Susquehanna River: Officials
A man was pulled from the Susquehanna River Saturday, May 14 in Harrisburg, fire officials said. The man had jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge, bringing Box 9 to the scene with mutual aid boats, the fire department said. The victim was brought to City Island and turned over to Life Team EMS. The "A" Platoon at work with Battalion 6(Bradford), fire officials said.
News
Body Found In Susquehanna River ID’d As Man Shot By Police: Report
A body found floating in the Susquehanna River has been identified by his wife as the man shot by police during a domestic incident last January, CBS 21 reports. The body found between Middletown and Three Mile Island is Miguel Maldonado Jr., 36, his wife, Andrea Maldonado told the outlet, identifying him by his tattoo. Maldonado Jr. was shot by police after he stabbed his wife, then took his wife and child into his car and drove into the river near the Dock Street Dam around 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 16, the Dauphin County district attorney Fran Chardo said at the time. Officials have n…
News
Body Found Floating In The Susquehanna River In PA: Dispatch
A body has been found in the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, according to emergency dispatchers. The body was spotted in the river near Middletown around noon on Monday, Apr. 18, according to Dauphin County Emergency management. Rescue crews were called to the scene to assist with retrieving the body from the water. The coroner was requested and Pennsylvania state police are investigating. No further information was available as of 1:45 p.m. when Daily Voice reached out to officials.
Police & Fire
Man Swam For His Life After Car Plunged Into Icy Susquehanna River During Winter Storm: Police
A man swam to safety after his vehicle went into the icy, cold Susquehanna River on Wednesday afternoon, officials say. The man was alone in his vehicle when it went into the river “off of City Island” just before 2 p.m. on Mar. 8, Harrisburg police Cpl. Matthew Novchich told Daily Voice. The unidentified man is receiving medical care after his exposure to the frigid waters, Novchich said. The exact location on City Island and the details on how the man’s car ended up in the river have yet to be released, as the investigation is ongoing, according to Novchich. Follow Daily Voice for up…
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Police On Car In Susquehanna River Missing, Women, Child Rescued (
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A man asking police to shoot him while standing on top of a car on the Susquehanna River was missing after police did what he asked -- only after he threatened a woman with a hunting knife, WGAL reports citing the Dauphin County DA. The woman and a child, who were with him in the car in the river, were rescued from the car by authorities in Harrisburg near the Dock Street Dam around 3:30 a.m., the outlet said. A search for the man remained active Sunday afternoon. Video from the scene was posted by DJM News Media for Live Storms Media, and Capital City Fire photos (scroll for video). Click…
News
Human Remains Found In Susquehanna River: Report
A man's body was found in the Susquehanna River on Monday afternoon, according to a report by PennLive. The "badly decomposed" body was found along the north side of the river near Hiller Road in Fairfield Township east of Montoursville, according to the report citing Montoursville Fire Chief Scott Konkle. Investigators who are attempting to identify the man say he was wearing a necklace, the outlet reports citing Lycoming County Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. Pennsylvania state police are handling the investigation. Click here to read more from PennLive.
News
Shooter From Deadly Harrisburg Birthday Party Arrested, Authorities Say
A man who fatally shot an innocent woman at a bar in Harrisburg has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, PennLive reports. Jamie Bey, 27, of Harrisburg, was shot as an innocent bystander fleeing from a fight at Al's Bar in the 1300 block of Susquehanna Street in Harrisburg, during a birthday party on Oct. 25 around 9:40 p.m. as previously reported by Daily Voice. Damein Jhourron Barber, 37, of Harrisburg, has been arrested in connection with her fatal shooting, according to court documents and PennLive's report. Barber allegedly threw the gun off Interstate 83 into the Susqueha…
Police & Fire
Female Fisherman Dies After Boat Capsizes In Susquehanna River
A female fisherman died after the boat she was on capsized in the Susquehanna River Friday night, authorities said. The boat's occupants, all from Duncannon, were fishing near the York Haven Hydro Station when the vessel capsized near 111 Collins Road in Conoy Township just after 8:50 p.m., Susquehanna Regional Police Department said. The occupants were ejected and rescued by the Bainbridge Fire Department, who transported to them Penn State Hershey Medical Center for treatment. Christina Elaine King was identified as one of the occupants and later pronounced deceased. …
Police & Fire
Multiple Victims Including Children Airlifted In Veterans Memorial Bridge Crash
Eight people including children were injured Sunday in a crash on the Veterans Memorial Bridge in Lancaster County, authorities said. The two-vehicle crash occurred just before 5 p.m. on the Route 462 bridge over the Susquehanna River, Lancaster Online reports. Six children and one infant were apparently among those injured, the outlet says citing a dispatch report. The bridge, also known as the Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge, had reopened as of 8 p.m.
News
Roads Flooded In Central Pennsylvania By Hurricane Ida [Videos]
Multiple creeks throughout central Pennsylvania overflowed causing roads to temporarily close. The Swatara Creek was already four feet over its normal level, which contributed to one person drowning last weekend, as Daily Voice previously reported. It is estimated that it took on several more feet of water, leading it to over flow onto nearby roads on Wednesday night. Swatara Creek Park in South Hanover Twp Posted by Michael Scott Brulo on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 In Hanover Township the Conestoga Creek also overflowed into nearby roads and the Green Valley Swimming and Sports Club…
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