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Man Assaults PA State Trooper With Lawn Chair, Police Say Man Assaults PA State Trooper With Lawn Chair, Police Say
Man Assaults PA State Trooper With Lawn Chair, Police Say An Adams County man assaulted a Pennsylvania state trooper in Gettysburg on Friday, according to a release by police. Bryan Cherry, 40, of East Berlin, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a trooper following a foot chase. State police in Gettysburg were dispatched to a report of disorderly conduct in the 60 block of Bragg Drive on Friday around 8 a.m., police said. “Troopers attempted to deescalate the situation, at which time the defendant attempted to flee the scene on foot. Troopers initiated a foot pursuit at which time the defendant picked up a lawn chair and struck the trooper…

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by Jillian Pikora
Sports
Brother Of NFL Player, Native NJ Star Athlete Charged With Public Drunkenness Brother Of NFL Player, Native NJ Star Athlete Charged With Public Drunkenness
Brother Of NFL Player, Native NJ Star Athlete Charged With Public Drunkenness A star athlete and New Jersey native pleaded guilty to a charge of public drunkenness from an incident that occurred on Oct. 16, according to court papers. Charges of burglary and carrying a false ID against Dominic G. Yorio, 20, of Summit, NJ, had been dropped, court papers show. Yorio pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and purchase of alcohol by a minor last month, according to court documents. Yorio supposedly burglarized a Gettysburg home and then led police on a foot pursuit before he was found hiding  in the attic of someone else's home, the Gettysburg Times previousl…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Belligerent Drunk Man Assaults Berks Hotel Employee, Police Say Belligerent Drunk Man Assaults Berks Hotel Employee, Police Say
Belligerent Drunk Man Assaults Berks Hotel Employee, Police Say A man was arrested for drunkenly fighting with the employees and guests of a Berks County hotel over the weekend, authorities said. Officers arrived at the hotel around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and found Chris Petrovich, 35, already on the floor being subdued by another hotel guest, according to Wyomissing police. He was "highly intoxicated, yelling and initially resisted being handcuffed," police said. He reportedly grabbed the hotel employee and pushed her against a wall. When she yelled for help, other guests intervened and were also assaulted, police said. Petrovich was eventuall…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Became 'Belligerent,' With 7-11 Photoshoot Crew, Police Say Bucks Man Became 'Belligerent,' With 7-11 Photoshoot Crew, Police Say
Bucks Man Became 'Belligerent,' With 7-11 Photoshoot Crew, Police Say A Bucks County man was arrested after police say he had become belligerent with photoshoot crew members at a local 7-11 last month. Officers were initially called to 7-11 on East Street in Doylestown on July 23 for a report of a suspicious man -- later identified as 57-year-old Joseph (Joel) Placid Harrison -- loitering around a commercial photo/video production of teenage cast members in the parking lot, Central Bucks police said. Harrison was told to leave as the store was closed and he "had no business being there," police said. Not long after, a production member told notifie…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DMV Marks Starting Line For PA Pursuit Led By Arkansas Driver With 2 Young Kids DMV Marks Starting Line For PA Pursuit Led By Arkansas Driver With 2 Young Kids
DMV Marks Starting Line For PA Pursuit Led By Arkansas Driver With 2 Young Kids An Arkansas man traveling with his young children sent Pennsylvania State Police on a pursuit starting at the Carlisle Driver's Licensing Center on Saturday, according to a state police report. State police in Carlisle were called to a report of a disturbance in the parking lot of the Licensing Center at 950 Walnut Bottom Road in South Middleton Township around 6 p.m. Sonny Thundercloud Harper, 26 of Mulberry, Arkansas, fled the scene-- with his 7-month-old and 2-year-old children in the back seat of his 2012 Nissan Altima. Harper sent police on a brief chase before being taken into custod…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Lansdale PD: Drunk Parolee Caught Breaking Into Car Tried Fleeing Through Local Yards Lansdale PD: Drunk Parolee Caught Breaking Into Car Tried Fleeing Through Local Yards
Lansdale PD: Drunk Parolee Caught Breaking Into Car Tried Fleeing Through Local Yards A drunken 29-year-old parolee caught breaking into a Lansdale resident's car tried running from police through local yards before officers caught up to and arrested him, authorities said. Police responded to the 300 block of Perkiomen Avenue on reports of a suspicious man going through a 9-1-1 caller's car when they found a man later identified as Aaron J. Munson, squatting against a house around 12:25 a.m. Jan. 9, Lansdale police said. Munson jumped up and ran from officers through a yard then got on the ground, where officers took him into custody, police said.  Munson was found car…

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by Cecilia Levine