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Canceled Shelter In Place Order Due To Hoax, Hampden Twp. Police Say (UPDATE) Canceled Shelter In Place Order Due To Hoax, Hampden Twp. Police Say (UPDATE)
Canceled Shelter In Place Order Due To Hoax, Hampden Twp. Police Say (Update) A police incident that allegedly prompted a shelter-in-place alert to be issued in part of Hampden Township, turns out to have been a hoax, according to the same police supposedly involved in the incident.  The fake incident was on Red Spruce Lane in the Pinehurst Neighborhood around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, according to Cumberland County officials. "Hampden Township Police are asking residents within a 1/2 mile radius to shelter in place and to stay away from doors and windows," officials stated in the release. Minutes after the alert was issued the county released an update c…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Tractor: Coroner Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Tractor: Coroner
Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Tractor: Coroner An antique tractor crushed a Carlisle man to death on Saturday, authorities announced on Monday, July 17, 2023.  Richard Anderson had rebuilt the antique tractor indoors, washed it, and pulled it outside in the 2600 Block of Walnut Bottom Road Penn Township, Carlisle on July 15, the coroner's release detailed.   The 71-year-old turned the front crank to start it but the brakes failed— so it propelled forward "pinning him underneath," Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall said.  Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple traumatic injuries and his death …

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by Jillian Pikora
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27-Year-Old Inmate From Cumberland County Prison Dies: Authorities 27-Year-Old Inmate From Cumberland County Prison Dies: Authorities
27-Year-Old Inmate From Cumberland County Prison Dies: Authorities A 27-year-old inmate in the Cumberland County Prison died at an area hospital last week, authorities said. The unnamed man was pronounced dead on Friday, May 19 at 11:04 p.m., after  after "a medical event," at the Cumberland County Prison on Thursday night, Cumberland County spokesperson Samantha Krepps told Daily Voice on Tuesday, May 23,2023. The prison and medical staff immediately revived the inmate, evaluated, and treated him in the medical unit, and then transported him to the hospital, according to Krepps. The inmate's identity was being withheld until the family has been…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
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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by Jillian Pikora
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These Are The Best High Schools In Cumberland County, Website Says These Are The Best High Schools In Cumberland County, Website Says
These Are The Best High Schools In Cumberland County, Website Says A school isn't just a building. It's a home: a place for children to foster self-confidence, learn social skills and explore their strengths. Many factors go into what makes a great school, and Niche.com has crunched that data to compile its latest rankings of the best K-12 public and private schools in America (click here for more on methodology). The website broke it down even further, compiling a list of the best high schools in Cumberland County. "One thing that sets Niche's rankings apart is we consider the entire student experience, including what students do after high school, and t…

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by Jillian Pikora
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10 Native American Children's Bodies Exhumed In Cumberland County 10 Native American Children's Bodies Exhumed In Cumberland County
10 Native American Children's Bodies Exhumed In Cumberland County The bodies of ten Native American children have been exhumed in Cumberland County, according to the US Army. The children attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1880 to 1910. The students died between 1880 and 1910. The remains are being returned to their closest living family members, as per their request of the US Army. The children began being disinterred on Thursday. The disinterment is part of a project run by the Office of Army Cemeteries. Family members were present during this process and will continue to be until it is completed at the end of the month. The Army …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K A high school senior and Taco Bell employee in Cumberland County won the national Taco Bell scholarship contest, according to the company’s foundation’s website. Emma Seibert, of Enola works at the Taco Bell on Market Place Way and earlier this week she find out that she won the biggest scholarship her employer offers. Her $25,000 scholarship will help cover her tuition at John Hopkins University where she plans to study nursing. Taco Bell employees between the ages of 16 and 26 were eligible to apply and over 10,000 did, sharing their passions--mostly their future college majors-- in a tw…

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by Jillian Pikora
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GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter
GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter GoFundMe has taken swift action after learning about a Cumberland County mom who lied about the her daughter's health while swindling the public to cover the medical bills. Shelley Noreika, 47 was charged after she claimed her daughter was sick, taking her to numerous doctors who gave her medicines, medical devices to assist her walking and surgically-placed a feeding tube directly into her intestine, all of which were medically unnecessary according to state police. When GoFundMe learned about the charges, the removed Noreika's campaign. Noreika has been banned from using the GoFundMe pla…

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by Jillian Pikora
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GOT HIM! 'Road Rage' Shooter Accused Of Killing PA Mom Nabbed In North Carolina, Sheriff Says GOT HIM! 'Road Rage' Shooter Accused Of Killing PA Mom Nabbed In North Carolina, Sheriff Says
GOT HIM! 'Road Rage' Shooter Accused Of Killing PA Mom Nabbed In North Carolina, Sheriff Says Police in North Carolina arrested a man they say is responsible for the  road rage shooting death of Pennsylvania mom of six Julie Eberly, 47.Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, NC, was nabbed at the Parkview Apartments in Lumberton, NC, on Thursday around 12:40 a.m., according to the Robeson County Sheriff's Office.  Floyd was charged with first Degree Murder and Discharging a Weapon into an Occupied Property for the March 25, killing of Eberly near Exit 22 on Interstate 95 North of Lumberton. A GoFundMe has been started to help her family, as of Thursday it has raise…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Busted With Crack Pipe, Middlesex Twp. Police Say DUI Driver Busted With Crack Pipe, Middlesex Twp. Police Say
DUI Driver Busted With Crack Pipe, Middlesex Twp. Police Say A 47-year-old woman was charged with DUI and found in possession of a crack pipe, authorities in Cumberland County said. Middlesex Township police officers responded to a business on the 1000 block of the Harrisburg Pike around 1:30 a.m. March 18, where they found Kelly Peretzman behind the wheel of a vehicle, police said in a news release. Peretzman exhibited several signs of being under the influence of a controlled substance, and was subsequently arrested for DUI, police said. She was also found to be in possession of suspected marijuana and a crack pipe.

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by Cecilia Levine