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Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic To Lead CDC Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic To Lead CDC
Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic To Lead CDC Another vaccine skeptic with New York ties could soon shape public health policy. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida congressman and physician Dave Weldon to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Weldon was born on Long Island, in Amityville, and graduated from Stony Brook University in 1978 before earning his M.D. degree at the University of Buffalo in 1981. Earlier Report: Trump Selects Vaccine-Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services “In addition to being a medical doctor for 40 years, and an Ar…
Search For Missing Boy Ends In Tragedy For PA Family: Police Search For Missing Boy Ends In Tragedy For PA Family: Police
Search For Missing Boy Ends In Tragedy For PA Family: Police The search for a missing child came to a tragic end on Monday, April 29 in one Chester County town. Officials were called to a Kennett Township home on the 600 block of Chandler Mill Road around 2:45 p.m. for reports of a missing 5-year-old boy who had autism, local police said. The child was find amid a widespread search involving multiple agencies, face down in a neighbor's pond, police said. Officers dove into the pond and rescued the boy, starting life-saving measures immediately.  Despite all efforts, the boy was pronounced dead at Dupont Hospital, police said.
Eagles' Jason Kelce Returns To Jersey Shore For Autism Charity Fundraiser Eagles' Jason Kelce Returns To Jersey Shore For Autism Charity Fundraiser
Eagles' Jason Kelce Returns To Jersey Shore For Autism Charity Fundraiser A star offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles took a winter trip to the Jersey Shore to support a great cause. Eagles center Jason Kelce took part in the 16th Annual Mike’s Seafood Run Walk for Autism in Sea Isle City. The charity event was held on Saturday, Feb. 17. JASON KELCE WE LOVE YOU! Thanks for coming & supporting! Posted by Mike’s Seafood Run Walk for Autism on Saturday, February 17, 2024 The Super Bowl LII champion is a familiar face in Sea Isle City. He and his wife Kylie own a beach house in the city. Kelce has also hosted three summer fundraisers …
Autistic NC Teen Missing In PA Since Mid-May Found: Police Autistic NC Teen Missing In PA Since Mid-May Found: Police
Autistic NC Teen Missing In PA Since Mid-May Found: Police UPDATE: Jason P. Beverly II, 19, of NC, has been "located and is safe" the police said around 5 p.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023.  No additional information was released.   ORIGINAL: A teenager on the autism spectrum has gone missing in Pennsylvania, police announced on Monday, June 5, 2023.  Jason P. Beverly II was undergoing addiction recovery at Revelations of Freedom Ministry, 114 Rancks Church Road in East Earl Township when he "walked away" on May 16, 2023, the area police explained in the release. His family in North Carolina received a phone call from him telling…
ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say
ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say An emergency room patient has been charged after he kicked a nurse in the face at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, police say.  Ethan D. Sorensen, 22, of Ephrata, injured the nurse and also damaged a hospital room door by punching a window during the incident on December 7, 2022, at 2:42 p.m., according to a release by area police in January 2023. He was out on $35,000 in bail for aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent exposure in March 2022 at the time of the incident, court records show.  He has been arrested for this incident and another assault on Dec. 17 ac…
Missing Pennsylvania Autistic Teen Found Dead After Kidnapping, Beating: State Police Missing Pennsylvania Autistic Teen Found Dead After Kidnapping, Beating: State Police
Missing Pennsylvania Autistic Teen Found Dead After Kidnapping, Beating: State Police Eight people have been charged including a 14-year-old girl and at least one family member of a 19-year-old autistic man police say was kidnapped, beaten, killed, and left in a remote wooded area in Western Pennsylvania on Oct. 20, according to a state police briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Hayden Robert Garreffa, 19, of Dilltown was found dead in Brush Valley Township by state troopers on Saturday, Oct. 22 around 4 a.m., according to a release by the police.  His death was believed to be a homicide, according to state police citing the Indiana County coroner's office. The police t…
Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home
Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home An Autistic man threatened a mass shooting after a text fight with his girlfriend⁠— and then police found weapons amassed in his home, according to court documents and the Pennsylvania state police.  Evan K. Etzweiler, 23, of Millersburg, began making threatening statements to his 52-year-old ex-girlfriend and her family on July 26 and continued through August 10, 2022, even though she reached out to the police on Aug. 5 after he posted a photo with a gun on Facebook, according to a release by the state police the following week and court documents.  "Etzweiler had previously made…
PA Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting GF's 16-Year-Old Autistic Daughter PA Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting GF's 16-Year-Old Autistic Daughter
PA Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting GF's 16-Year-Old Autistic Daughter A 57-year-old southeastern Pennsylvania man was found guilty of sexually assaulting his live-in girlfriend’s 16-year-old autistic daughter in 2019, authorities said Roy Eller, of Oxford, was convicted on charges of sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and related offenses, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said in a Friday release. Last month, the victim's mother pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child after the girl told investigators that her mother was aware of the abuse and wanted her to have a child with Eller, authorities said. An investigation was …
Non-Verbal Autistic High School Senior Dies In Pennsylvania House Fire Non-Verbal Autistic High School Senior Dies In Pennsylvania House Fire
Non-Verbal Autistic High School Senior Dies In Pennsylvania House Fire A non-verbal, autistic high school senior died in a house fire earlier this week, according to officials and multiple media outlets. Aidan Albert Herrera, 20, of Hughestown, died in a fire at his home on Monday, officials say. The fire broke out in the the top floor of the family's home on Kenley Street in Hughestown, Luzerne County on Monday around 6 p.m., according to fire officials. Herrera was under the supervision of an aide while his father was out; he was on the toilet at the time of his death and refused to let the aide in the room, according to CBS21. “I miss him right now. His …
Missing Nonverbal PA Teen Found Safe Missing Nonverbal PA Teen Found Safe
Missing Nonverbal PA Teen Found Safe An autistic teenage girl who went missing Wednesday night in York County has been found safe, according to York County Office of Emergency Management External affairs officer Ted Czech. Isabella Orner was found safe and well in Heidelberg Township around 1:15 p.m. She is undergoing a medical evaluation. Original Report: Isabella Orner, 15, was last seen Wednesday in the area of the 6400 block of York Road located in Spring Grove, Heidelberg Township, around 9:15 p.m. according to the Northern York County Regional Police Department. K-9s, drones and ground personnel re-searching the half-m…
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups UPDATE: A 23-year-old Cleveland man with autism who was accused of five bank robberies and two other attempts in New Jersey – and suspected in a dozen others in Connecticut and Pennsylvania – has died in federal custody in Chicago. Federal authorities hadn’t yet explained to his parents how Tyler James O’Toole died after being hospitalized last month, however, according to a published report. O’Toole was awaiting trial on charges of robbing a bank Glenview, Illinois when he cut off his monitoring bracelet, stole his mother's 2018 Hyundai Elantra and went on a holdup spree last fall, federal…