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East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (UPDATE) East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (UPDATE)
East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (Update) The cause of death has been released for a man found dead after a "domestic incident" turned standoff ending with a house fire, the Lancaster County Coroner explained. Mark D. Hackman, 53, of 6294 High Street in East Petersburg Borough, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, and the manner was suicide, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber. He "had been drinking, was armed with a firearm, and was threatening to burn the house down," when the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department were called to a "domestic-in-progress" at his home around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday…
PA Man Sets House On Fire With Police Inside: Report PA Man Sets House On Fire With Police Inside: Report
PA Man Sets House On Fire With Police Inside: Report A Pennsylvania man is police custody after authorities say he set his house on fire while state troopers were inside, according to a report from CBS 21. John Andrew Young, 59, of Montour County, is charged with three counts of attempted murder, making terroristic threats, and related offenses, state court records show.  Troopers were dispatched to a home on R & H Avenue in Liberty Township at around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 for a reported domestic disturbance, the outlet wrote.  When officers were inside, investigators say Young retreated to a back room and started a fire …
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper On Leave After Deadly Shooting During 100MPH Chase On US 22 Pennsylvania State Police Trooper On Leave After Deadly Shooting During 100MPH Chase On US 22
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper On Leave After Deadly Shooting During 100MPH Chase On US 22 A multi-county police chase ended when a Pennsylvania state police trooper shot and killed a Johnstown man, on Thursday, Nov. 3, authorities say. When Richland Township police arrived to investigate a domestic disturbance 35-year-old Krysten Pretlor, took off from a woman's home in Cambria County in a white BMW at a high rate of speed around 2:30 p.m., according to Pennsylvania state police.  As he got on US Route 22 and headed into Indiana County, state police took over the pursuit, Trooper Steve Limani said in a statement to the media.  As Pretlor continued west into Derry Township, Wes…
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.  That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
Doylestown Suspect Assaults Victim, Gets Combative With Police: Authorities Doylestown Suspect Assaults Victim, Gets Combative With Police: Authorities
Doylestown Suspect Assaults Victim, Gets Combative With Police: Authorities A Bucks County man was arrested for assault and resisting arrest in connection with a weekend incident, authorities said.. On Sunday, May 1, at about 9 a.m., police responded to a domestic disturbance on the 200 block of Mechanics Street in Doylestown Borough.  An assault victim was outside the home upon police arrival with Jesse Daniel Baum and another party inside the home.  Baum allegedly physically assaulted the victim who sustained injury to his face after being struck numerous times, police said. Police approached Baum, inside the home, while he was verbally arguing with a…
Grand Jury: Morris Police Sergeant Justified Shooting Man Pointing Airsoft Gun Grand Jury: Morris Police Sergeant Justified Shooting Man Pointing Airsoft Gun
Grand Jury: Morris Police Sergeant Justified Shooting Man Pointing Airsoft Gun UPDATE: A police sergeant was justified in shooting a Morris Township man who pointed an airsoft gun at him during a domestic disturbance call, a state grand jury has ruled. Timothy O’Shea, 24, was bleeding from the neck and wrists when officers responding to a 911 call found him in the driveway of his Fairchild Avenue home on July 14, 2020, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said Tuesday, April 12. Several responding officers -- from the township, Morris Plains and Morristown – had gotten the older female caller to safety when they encountered O’Shea, the attorney genera…
Coroner ID's 2 Central PA Men Killed In Their Homes In Separate Shootings Coroner ID's 2 Central PA Men Killed In Their Homes In Separate Shootings
Coroner ID's 2 Central PA Men Killed In Their Homes In Separate Shootings Two men who were shot and killed in two separate shootings in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, have been identified, according to the police. The first man was shot dead in his home in the 300 Block of West North Street just before 4 p.m. Mar. 5, the coroner says citing York City police. He has been identified as DaJuan Williams-Banks, 24, of York City, according to the release by the York County coroner's office. The second man was killed in the 600 block of Vander Avenue around 10:20 p.m. the same day, the coroner says in a second release citing City police. This man has been identifie…
PA Man Killed GF's Cat With BB Gun During Fight: Police PA Man Killed GF's Cat With BB Gun During Fight: Police
PA Man Killed GF's Cat With BB Gun During Fight: Police A central Pennsylvania man faces animal cruelty charges after he killed his girlfriend's cat, authorities said. Officers were called around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday to a home on the first block of South Spring Garden Street in Carlisle on a report of a domestic disturbance, local police said. They learned Steven Robinson, 36, fatally shot his girlfriend's cat during a fight, according to Carlisle police. He also threatened to hurt the woman if she contacted police, authorities said. Robinson was taken into custody and charged with animal cruelty, aggravated animal cruelty, intimidation of a vict…
PA Driver Strangles Passenger On I-95, NY State Police Say PA Driver Strangles Passenger On I-95, NY State Police Say
PA Driver Strangles Passenger On I-95, NY State Police Say A 34-year-old Pennsylvania driver was arrested for strangling his passenger on the side of Interstate 95 in New York, authorities said. New York State Police troopers from the New Rochelle barracks responded to complaints of a domestic disturbance on the southbound lanes of I-95 in Harrison around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26., police said. Steven Silva Lugo, of Henryville, PA, struck the passenger several times before pulling the vehicle over, causing multiple contusions and scratches on the victim's arms and neck, authorities said. While on the shoulder of I-95, both Silva Lugo and the …
Police: Lancaster County Woman, 31, Hits Man Over Head With Frying Pan Police: Lancaster County Woman, 31, Hits Man Over Head With Frying Pan
Police: Lancaster County Woman, 31, Hits Man Over Head With Frying Pan A 31-year-old man was taken to Lancaster hospital after a woman struck him in the head with a frying pan, according to Pequea Township police. Deanna Stuckman, 32, of Pequea Township, has been charged with a misdemeanor for Simple Assault. Police were called to a domestic disturbance at West Kendig Road on June 30 around 6 p.m. Upon arrival police learned, during an argument Stuckman allegedly struck a man in the head with a frying pan. The man was transported by EMS to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment. Stuckman was released on $5,000 unsecured bail. Her preliminary hearin…
New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police
New Jersey AG Releases Bodycam Video Of Knife-Wielding Bayonne Man Shot Dead By Police VIDEO: New Jersey's chief law enforcement official on Tuesday released video from three different body cameras that he said captured the shooting death by Bayonne police of a knife-wielding man in his home. Uniformed officers had gone to the West 1st Street home on a 6:30 a.m. call of a domestic disturbance on June 7, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Video shows them being met by a woman whom sources said was the mother of Lee Waskiewicz, 47, with whom she lived. She escorts the officers in and calls Waskiewicz down from the third floor. Seeing police, Waskiewicz  goes "…
Swatara PD Heard Baby Crying, Found 3 Children In Home During Murder-Suicide Swatara PD Heard Baby Crying, Found 3 Children In Home During Murder-Suicide
Swatara PD Heard Baby Crying, Found 3 Children In Home During Murder-Suicide New details have come out about Friday's murder-suicide in Dauphin County, say Swatara Township police. The police arrived in 600 block of Mohn Street at 12:08 a.m., less than 10 minutes after receiving a call about a domestic disturbance in the area. Officers forced their way into the home when no one answered the door but they could "hear a baby crying." When police arrived on the scene Elizabeth Wise, 36, was lying dead on the couch from a gunshot wound and Brian Womelsdorf, 42, was lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head, according to the police. Officers and Life Team EM…