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Man With BAC 3X Legal Limit Crashes Into Barn In PA: Police Man With BAC 3X Legal Limit Crashes Into Barn In PA: Police
Man With BAC 3X Legal Limit Crashes Into Barn In PA: Police A man crashed into a barn while driving drunk with a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, according to a release by police. New Holland police were called to a vehicle crash in the 900 Block of Martindale Road of Earl Township in Lancaster County on Jan. 7 around 1:30 p.m., according to a release by the department. Upon arrival police found a vehicle crashed into the side of a barn, according to the release. Andrey Fleyta, 40, of Ephrata, was identified as the driver and sole occupant to the vehicle, according to police. Fleyta was not injured, but was so intoxicated…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Central PA Teacher Killed In 100 MPH Crash Had BAC 3X Over Legal Limit: Report Central PA Teacher Killed In 100 MPH Crash Had BAC 3X Over Legal Limit: Report
Central PA Teacher Killed In 100 MPH Crash Had BAC 3X Over Legal Limit: Report A central Pennsylvania mom and teacher who died when her car went off the road and careened through one building and into another had a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, PennLive reports. Amy Krick's car left Linglestown Road and went into Barbershop 160 and then Salon 160, located right next door, early Halloween morning, previously reported by Daily Voice. Krick's Mazda was clocked at 101 mph and she had a BAC level of .214% at the tie of the crash, PennLive says citing Susquehanna Township Public Safety Director Robert Martin. The legal limit is 0.08%…

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by Cecilia Levine
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DUI Driver Flips His Car At Lancaster Intersection: Police DUI Driver Flips His Car At Lancaster Intersection: Police
DUI Driver Flips His Car At Lancaster Intersection: Police A 56-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly driving drunk and flipping his car at a Lancaster County intersection on Christmas Day, authorities said. Officers were called around 2:20 a.m. Saturday to the 600 block of West Main Street in New Holland Borough on a report of a one-car crash, local police said. Emilio Hernandez-Cisneros was driving eastbound when he hit a fire hydrant, crossed over to the opposing lane, hit a curb, and overturned, according to investigators. Although he escaped with no injuries, officers stated that "he displayed multiple signs of intoxication." He was u…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Drunken, Speeding Driver Sentenced In I-95 Crash That Killed 2 In PA Drunken, Speeding Driver Sentenced In I-95 Crash That Killed 2 In PA
Drunken, Speeding Driver Sentenced In I-95 Crash That Killed 2 In PA A 38-year-old DUI driver was sentenced Friday to 19 ½ to 39 years in state prison for his role in a high-speed crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others on I-95 nearly two years ago, authorities said. Kevin R. Peters was convicted by a Bucks County jury last month of two counts each of third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, and related charges. Peters was driving a Mazda CX-5 more than 100 miles per hour when he rear-ended a minivan around 1 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2019, in the southbound lane o…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Woman Dragging Car Crash Debris Charged With BAC Above Highest Rate Woman Dragging Car Crash Debris Charged With BAC Above Highest Rate
Woman Dragging Car Crash Debris Charged With BAC Above Highest Rate A woman who dragged debris from a car crash while drunk has been charged, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. Dorlinda Ann Potteiger, 51, of Ephrata, has been charged with the highest rate of blood alcohol and DUI general impairment on Monday. Potteiger drove through an area where an unrelated crash had occurred on July, 31. Her car picked up a piece of vehicle debris from that crash and dragged it along the road, under her car, until she was stopped by police. When officers arrived she was found to be under the influence of alcohol. She provided blood …

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer
PA Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Police Officer's Killer The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday again upheld the death sentence of a Bucks County man convicted of killing a police officer over a decade ago, authorities said. Robert Anthony Flor, 54, fatally shot Newtown Borough police officer Brian Gregg on Sept. 29, 2005, while at St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Since pleading guilty to first-degree murder and no contest to 39 other counts in 2006, Flor has tried to lessen his sentence multiple times. The death sentence was affirmed by the Pennsylvania…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Technicality Could Lead To Lighter Sentence For Trucker Guilty Of Vehicular Manslaughter In PA Technicality Could Lead To Lighter Sentence For Trucker Guilty Of Vehicular Manslaughter In PA
Technicality Could Lead To Lighter Sentence For Trucker Guilty Of Vehicular Manslaughter In PA The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ruled that a lower court's sentencing of a trucker convicted for killing three people was too harsh. The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Jack Edward Satterfield III's sentence of 3 consecutive 6-year prison terms on each of those counts-- one jail term for each of the people killed in the crash-- is illegal as you can only leave the scene of a crime one time. Satterfield, 32, of Mississippi, is currently serving a 28 ½ to 63 year long prison sentence for a triple fatal crash at Interstate 83 near Union Deposit on Oct. 12, 2018. Zachary and Ell…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Shooting In Harrisburg Ends In Crash Injuring Police Shooting In Harrisburg Ends In Crash Injuring Police
Shooting In Harrisburg Ends In Crash Injuring Police A police officer was injured in an early morning crash in Harrisburg following a shooting, according to police. The unnamed officer was responding to a shots fired call when a drunk driver collided with the police cruiser at the intersection of North 6th and Radnor streets around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday. The officer sustained multiple injuries. Police arrested Randy Cortez Dawson, 53, of Harrisburg as the driver in the incident. Cortez has been charged with the following: F2 Aggravated Assault By Vehicle While DUI M DUI: Controlled Substance - Combination Alcohol/Drugs - 1st Offense S Reckl…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals
Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals A South Jersey man accused of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed a 21-year-old Uber passenger in Philadelphia was nabbed by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Monday morning, authorities said. Aaron Sims, 27, of Camden, was arrested in West Philadelphia after being on the run more than a year, and charged in the Jan. 25, 2020 death of West Virginia University student Chloe Robertson, 6abc reports. Robertson was riding in an Uber while visiting friends in the Delaware Valley when the Uber was rear-ended by a speeding vehicle on the Vine Street Expressway around 1:10 a.m. Sims…

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Jersey Driver Gets 5 Years State Prison For DWI Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, 24 South Jersey Driver Gets 5 Years State Prison For DWI Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, 24
South Jersey Driver Gets 5 Years State Prison For DWI Crash That Killed Philadelphia Man, 24 A Gloucester County, NJ, motorist who admits being drunk when he fatally hit a Philadelphia passenger who had just stepped out of his car, has been sentenced to five years in state prison, authorities said. Jesus A. Leal-Corona, 49, of Monroeville, was driving on Route 77 in Elk Township on Sept. 27, 2019, when he struck Frankie L. Hensley, 24, of Philadelphia, police said. Hensley was a passenger in a car involved in an earlier crash. He had stepped out of the car to check on the driver of the other vehicle, according to police. Hensley was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Leal-Coron…

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by Jon Craig
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DUI Driver Who Caused Deadly Enola Crash Has History Of Traffic, Drug Offenses, Records Show DUI Driver Who Caused Deadly Enola Crash Has History Of Traffic, Drug Offenses, Records Show
DUI Driver Who Caused Deadly Enola Crash Has History Of Traffic, Drug Offenses, Records Show A Cumberland County woman has been charged with murder in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday on Route 11/15 in Enola, police said. Krystin Nycole Marchese, 33 of Lemoyne, was under the influence of a controlled substance when she caused the four-car crash around noon near N. Enola Road and Susquehanna Avenue around 12:06 p.m., East Pennsboro police said. Lee Potteiger, of Lewisberry, was rushed to Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Surveillance footage shows Marchese caused the crash and an investigation found she was under the influence of controlled substances, auth…

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Speed, Alcohol Cited In Crash That Killed 3 DeSales University Students Speed, Alcohol Cited In Crash That Killed 3 DeSales University Students
Speed, Alcohol Cited In Crash That Killed 3 DeSales University Students The 23-year-old driver in a March crash that that left three people dead including himself had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit, authorities said. Nicholas White was heading southbound on Lanark Road in a Dodge Charger at a speed "too fast for conditions" when he left the roadway and crashed around 8:35 p.m. March 6, Upper Saucon police said. The passenger-side tires went to the right side of the roadway and into the grass, but White overcorrected and steered the vehicle to the left, police said. White's vehicle traveled across the north and southbound lanes before hitti…

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by Cecilia Levine