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High-Speed Chase In Stolen Car With Gun Across Lands PA Man Prison Sentence: DA High-Speed Chase In Stolen Car With Gun Across Lands PA Man Prison Sentence: DA
High-Speed Chase In Stolen Car With Gun Across Lands PA Man Prison Sentence: DA A man who sparked a wild stolen car chase across multiple townships while armed with a gun has been sentenced to state prison, prosecutors announced on Thursday, Sept. 4. Dante James Ashford, 21, was sentenced in Lancaster County Court on Thursday, Aug. 22, by Judge Merrill Spahn. Ashford and three others triggered a high-speed pursuit on Route 283 in Mount Joy and Rapho townships in February 2023 after officers spotted their stolen car. Police forced the vehicle to a stop near Meadow View Road, where Ashford fled on foot and tossed a concealed firearm, investigators said. Officers quickly …

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Pennsylvania School Bus Driver High On Multiple Drugs Gets Prison Time Pennsylvania School Bus Driver High On Multiple Drugs Gets Prison Time
Pennsylvania School Bus Driver High On Multiple Drugs Gets Prison Time A Dauphin County woman who drove a school van full of special-needs students while high on prescription drugs has been sentenced to jail and probation, Lancaster County officials said. Heather Elaine Shumberger, 41, of Lower Paxton Township, pleaded guilty to DUI, endangering the welfare of children, and recklessly endangering another person, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office in a release issued Tuesday, May 13. Lancaster County Judge Jeffrey Conrad originally stated she would serve up to seven years and nine months behind bars. However, court documents were corre…

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Police & Fire
Trooper Among 3 Seriously Hurt After Driver Fails To Yield On Route 283: PA State Police Trooper Among 3 Seriously Hurt After Driver Fails To Yield On Route 283: PA State Police
Trooper Among 3 Seriously Hurt After Driver Fails To Yield On Route 283: PA State Police Three people, including a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, were seriously injured when a Volkswagen Passat crashed into a marked police cruiser on Route 283 in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, police announced on Sunday, Jan. 26. The crash occurred around 5:30 a.m. near mile marker 5.9 on Route 283 East, according to a release by Pennsylvania State Police. A trooper was investigating a prior crash involving a disabled vehicle in the left lane and had positioned their Ford Explorer partially in the left lane and shoulder with emergency lights activated. Passing drivers were slowing …

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Second Tractor-Trailer Crash On PA Turnpike Interchange To Rt 283: PennDOT Second Tractor-Trailer Crash On PA Turnpike Interchange To Rt 283: PennDOT
Second Tractor-Trailer Crash On PA Turnpike Interchange To Rt 283: PennDOT Yet another tractor-trailer rolled over on the interchange of Route 283 with the PA Turnpike on Thursday, Aug. 22, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The second tractor-trailer overturned on the ramp from Rt 283 West to the PA Turnpike/Interstate 76 South near the exit to the Harrisburg International Airport in Lower Swatara Township. This crash happened at 1:12 p.m.  The first crash happened almost 12 hours before it but was still being cleaned up as that rollover caused dog food the tractor-trailer was hauling to spill out on the ramp. As of 2:20 p.m., the …

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by Jillian Pikora