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Driver Killed After 10-Mile Pursuit With PSP Identified By Coroner
Officials have released the 19-year-old man killed in a pursuit that ended in a crash with Pennsylvania State Troopers Thursday, June 6.
Troopers were attempting to stop Matthew Stepp, of Lehighton, in a 2008 GMC Sierra 1500 for code violations around 6:24 p.m. Thursday, Trooper Anthony Petroski III said.
Stepp failed to stop, though, initiating a 10-mile pursuit, during which Stepp "committed numerous vehicle code violations," Petroski said. He ultimately lost control, left the roadway and struck a tree near Hazelwood Road and Laural Lane, Towamensing Township, according to Petr…
Man With Gun Kicks PA State Trooper In Face, Spits On Another During Traffic Stop: Authorities
A central Pennsylvania man assaulted two Pennsylvania state troopers during a routine traffic stop, police allege.
Damien Daniel Boyles, 23, of Carlisle, was pulled over in his 2005 Toyota Sienna for speeding and failing to maintain his lane along Walnut Bottom Road near South College Street in Carlisle just before midnight on Sunday, May, 8, according to a release by state police.
Instead of following police requests, Boyles was “instantly argumentative and refused to provide identifying information,” police say.
It was at that point when troopers spotted a gun between Boyles’ legs and r…