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Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police
Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police  A false report of "gunshots" at what turned out to be a stabbing led to a lockdown at an elementary school and a shelter-in-place order, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Tuesday.  Officers with the NLCRPD were called to a stabbing in the 2300 Block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg at 9:03 a.m. on Feb. 6.   Arriving officers found a 42-year-old had been stabbed and the 36-year-old man who allegedly stabbed her fled on foot before the police came.  The woman was taken by EMS to an area hospital with "non-life-threatening inju…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pregnant Glen Rock Special-Ed Teacher Sentenced For 'Inappropriate' Relationship With Student Pregnant Glen Rock Special-Ed Teacher Sentenced For 'Inappropriate' Relationship With Student
Pregnant Glen Rock Special-Ed Teacher Sentenced For 'Inappropriate' Relationship With Student A pregnant former Pennsylvania Special Education teacher and soccer coach has been sentenced after admitting to an "inappropriate" relationship with a female student, updated court records showed on Tuesday, Dec. 26.  The now former Susquehannock High School Special Education teacher, Emily Lehneis, now 31 of Hanover, was initially charged with the following: solicitation to production of child pornography, unlawful contact with a minor, obscenity, institutional sexual assault, and corruption of minors, according to the Southern York Regional Police Department. Her charges stemmed…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Cheerleader Concussed By Bullies' Brutal Beatdown, Fund Says PA Cheerleader Concussed By Bullies' Brutal Beatdown, Fund Says
PA Cheerleader Concussed By Bullies' Brutal Beatdown, Fund Says Support is on the rise for a Perkiomen Valley High School cheerleader who was allegedly attacked by other students in the lunch room earlier this month. A GoFundMe for sophomore Gianna Messina says she was attacked by two people on Friday, Dec. 1, over problems at the lunch table, after lunch. "They both jumped up behind her and took her to the ground," reads the fund launched by Kylie Boyle. "They continued to beat her with their fists and feet. They pulled her hair and threw her phone at her as a school counselor tried to cover her but they would not stop." Gianna suffered a concussion, …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Peeping Tom Student Secretly Records Franklin & Marshall College Girl's Bathroom, Police Allege Peeping Tom Student Secretly Records Franklin & Marshall College Girl's Bathroom, Police Allege
Peeping Tom Student Secretly Records Franklin & Marshall College Girl's Bathroom, Police Allege Four victims have been identified as police continue to investigate a camera found in a Franklin and Marshall College girl's dormitory bathroom, Lancaster Police announced on Thursday, Nov. 30.  F&M student John Riley has turned himself over to the Lancaster City Bureau of Police only after campus security identified him as the man they saw in the recordings placing the camera in the girl's dormitory bathroom.  The City police had already been contacted by Franklin and Marshall College campus security after discovering "a hidden camera within a dorm bathroom by female stu…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Person Shot After Bizarre Incident Near Franklin & Marshall College: Police Person Shot After Bizarre Incident Near Franklin & Marshall College: Police
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…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Student Cited For Trying To Fight Adult In Lancaster County, Police Say Student Cited For Trying To Fight Adult In Lancaster County, Police Say
Student Cited For Trying To Fight Adult In Lancaster County, Police Say A 14-year-old boy has been cited after an incident in the Warwick School District, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 20.  Officers with the Lititz Borough Police Department were called to a disturbance on school district grounds in the 300 block of West Orange Street at 2:53 p.m. on Nov. 17.  The young teen "had gotten physical with an adult male and challenged the adult male to a fight," the police said.  He was cited for harassment and issued a summons to appear in District Court.  Additional information was not released. 

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by Jillian Pikora
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Boy Injured, Students Cited For School Bus Assault: Pennsylvania State Police Boy Injured, Students Cited For School Bus Assault: Pennsylvania State Police
Boy Injured, Students Cited For School Bus Assault: Pennsylvania State Police A boy was reportedly the victim of a "fight that happened on a school bus," Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Monday, Nov. 20.  Pennsylvania State Police were called to a report of a fight on a school bus in Mount Holly Springs around 2:50 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1.  Trooper Marc Cutaiar arrived to investigate at South Baltimore Avenue, Mount Holly Springs Borough, Cumberland County.  He found an 11-year-old boy from Mount Holly Springs had suffered bodily injuries as a result of a fight on the school bus, as explained in the release.  He cited ot…

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Controversial Facebook Post Prompts Resignation Of PA School Board Member Controversial Facebook Post Prompts Resignation Of PA School Board Member
Controversial Facebook Post Prompts Resignation Of PA School Board Member A school board member in Pennsylvania has resigned following a Facebook post she made about Israel's military on Thursday, Nov. 16. In the now-deleted post, former Colonial School Board member Dr. Jamina "Mina" Clay called the Israel Defense Forces a terrorist organization and then listed the alleged atrocities being done to Palestinians, according to a screenshot shared by NBC10. Approximately 10 hours after her initial post, Clay issued an apology, also posted on her Facebook, reading in part: "Upon reflection and after having conversations with loved ones and friends, I understand that …

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by Cecilia Levine
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ACLU Files Suit Against PA School District Over Mascot Club ACLU Files Suit Against PA School District Over Mascot Club
ACLU Files Suit Against PA School District Over Mascot Club The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Twin Valley School District in Berks County over an alleged violation of a student's First Amendment rights, the organization says.  ACLU said it filed suit on behalf of high school student Sloane Wolfe, who "has been advocating to end her school district’s use of its 'Raider,' mascot based on its stereotypical depiction of North American indigenous people." The civil suit claims TVSD has "refused" to allow Wolfe and others to form an officially recognized student club called "Retire the Raider."  Recognition from administrators, ACLU n…

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PA School Board Director, Husband Gave Alcohol To Minors, Police Say PA School Board Director, Husband Gave Alcohol To Minors, Police Say
PA School Board Director, Husband Gave Alcohol To Minors, Police Say A member of the Derry Township Board of School Directors and her husband have been charged with providing alcohol to minors, police announced in a release on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Maria Memmi and Philip D’Adderio, both 53 of Hershey, hosted a party with several people under the age of 21 who were under the influence of alcohol when police arrived on Oct. 28, according to the release. Derry Township police officers were called to Memmi's and D'Adderio's house in the 100 block of Java Avenue around 10:46 p.m. on the last Thursday of October.  They found the minors "in possession of B…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA School Bus With Children Rear-Ended By Driver Wanted On Warrants: Police PA School Bus With Children Rear-Ended By Driver Wanted On Warrants: Police
PA School Bus With Children Rear-Ended By Driver Wanted On Warrants: Police A school bus taking children to school was rear-ended on Wednesday morning, according to the police.  The bus was stopped at a red light along its route to the West Shore School District while heading north at the intersection of Bridge and Third streets on Nov. 8 at approximately 7:30 a.m., New Cumberland police detailed in a release.  That's when a pick-up truck behind the bus had "failed to maintain a safe" and rear-ended the bus, the police said.  No injuries were reported by anyone in either vehicle and both vehicles were able to be driven from the scene, the police exp…

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Central PA School Bus Involved In Crash, Police Say Central PA School Bus Involved In Crash, Police Say
Central PA School Bus Involved In Crash, Police Say A Monday morning crash involving a school bus left students needing EMS evaluations, according to a police release. The North Middleton Township police were called to the motor vehicle crash involving a school bus around 7:35 a.m. on Oct. 23, as detailed in a release by the department.  Officers at the scene found that the school bus was heading to the Carlisle School District with students on board when it was rear-ended.  The bus had been heading south on Spring Road when it stopped before making a right turn onto Fry Loop Avenue — that's when it was rear-ended "by a white…

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