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Inmate Dies After Hospital Release By Prison In PA: Officials
A Lancaster County inmate receiving medical care at Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine has died after being released from custody, prison officials announced Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025.
Robert Phillip Kreider, 58, of Conestoga, was reported as having difficulty breathing at Lancaster County Prison around 5:57 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, according to a media alert from the prison.
Medical staff examined Kreider before calling 9-1-1, officials said. Emergency medical services transported him to Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine, and his family was notified of his hospitalizatio…
Fatal Overdose Lands PA State Prison Drug Dealer More Jail Time: DA
An already incarcerated 31-year-old man was sentenced to more prison time after pleading guilty to the overdose-related death of another inmate, the Buck County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Allen Rhoades, 31, of Doylestown, was sentenced to seven to 20 years in prison for providing the drugs that led to the death of Joshua Patterson, 22, of Philadelphia, while both men were serving time on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, the DA's Office detailed in a release.
Patterson was pronounced dead days after he was found unresponsive and not breathing in his cell on Monday, Aug. …