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Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Cumberland County Prison, Police Say Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Cumberland County Prison, Police Say
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Cumberland County Prison, Police Say A 30-year-old convicted felon — in his third prison in six months — is facing new charges after putting a corrections officer in a chokehold, the police announced on Tuesday, April 2.  Justin Miles Bookwalter of Huntingdon is accused of placing "the Corrections Officer in a headlock, while in the headlock the Corrections Officer was unable to breathe," the Middlesex Township police stated in the release.  This incident happened at Cumberland County Prison on March 27, 2024.  This is Bookwalter's third county prison stay since Oct. 31, 2023. He was previously in Huntingd…

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People Chased By Man With Machete At PA Truck Stop: Police People Chased By Man With Machete At PA Truck Stop: Police
People Chased By Man With Machete At PA Truck Stop: Police A man with a machete chased people at truck stop in Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 25, 2022, authorities say. The Middlesex Township police arrived at 1501 Harrisburg Pike, Carlisle, to find Joseph Patrick Hone, 38, of Carlisle with the machete, according to a release by the department. He resisted arrested and "after a brief altercation, Hone was taken into custody and transported to the Cumberland County Booking Center," police say. He has been charged with six felonies for Terroristic Threats Cause Serious Public Inconvenience, six misdemeanors for Simple Assault and Disorderly C…

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Somalian Who Threatened Presidential Assassinations Bit PA Corrections Officer: Authorities Somalian Who Threatened Presidential Assassinations Bit PA Corrections Officer: Authorities
Somalian Who Threatened Presidential Assassinations Bit PA Corrections Officer: Authorities The Somalian man who allegedly threatened to assissinate President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump has bitten and spit on  Pennsylvania prison guards, authorities say. Mohamed Farah, 32, had been held in the Cumberland County prison since April when a grand jury indicted him for the alleged assassination threats he made in January. On Thursday, June 23, Farah allegedly "attempted to assault another inmate and when a Correction Officer intervened, Farah assaulted the Officer by biting him," according to a release by Middlesex Township police. "Farah then spit in the fa…

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Naked Drunk Woman On Bail Caught Inside PA Sheetz: Police Naked Drunk Woman On Bail Caught Inside PA Sheetz: Police
Naked Drunk Woman On Bail Caught Inside PA Sheetz: Police A completely nude and drunk woman was found inside of a central Pennsylvania Sheetz around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7, police say. Middlesex Township were called to a report of "a nude woman in the store" located on the Harrisburg Pike, according to a release by the department. During their investigation the police identified the woman as Amanda Marie Baker, 37, of Carlisle, court records show. Baker has been charged with Indecent Exposure and Public Drunkenness, according to the police. She was out on $1,000 bail for felony retail theft charges filed in April, court documents detail. Her…

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