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'Most Wanted' Lebanon Escapee Found: Authorities 'Most Wanted' Lebanon Escapee Found: Authorities
'Most Wanted' Lebanon Escapee Found: Authorities UPDATE: Escaped convict Marvin D. Knopp Jr. was recaptured on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, by the Dauphin County Crime Stoppers. Additional information on Knopp's recapture was not released. ORIGINAL STORY: A criminal with records in three Pennsylvania Counties has escaped, authorities announced on Aug. 2, 2023.  Marvin Knopp, 52, of Lebanon, walked away from the Dauphin County Work Release Center on July 10 and has not been seen since, according to the Dauphin County Crime Stoppers and court documents.  On July 27, a warrant for his arrest was issued on charges of escaped a…

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'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police 'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police
'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police A convict with a knife assaulted, choked, and threatened a person in Harrisburg, Dauphin County Crime Stoppers announced on Thursday, March 9.  Warren James Mayo, 59, attacked someone in the late hours of March 5 into the early hours of March 6, according to the release. Additional details about the incident were not released.  Mayo has an extensive record of crimes in Dauphin, Cumberland, Berks, Schuylkill, Lebanon, and York counties. His first conviction for drug possession resulted in a year of probation in 1989 in Schuylkill County. Since then, he has been in and out of court…

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PA Man With Child Porn Wanted By Police, $2K Reward Offered PA Man With Child Porn Wanted By Police, $2K Reward Offered
PA Man With Child Porn Wanted By Police, $2K Reward Offered A man allegedly in possession of child pornography is wanted by police in central Pennsylvania. The Lower Paxton Township police department is asking the public for help locating Christopher Andrew Unger, 49, of Harrisburg. The warrant was issued on felony charges for Unlawful Use of a Computer and Possession of Child Pornography, court records show. A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of Unger by the Dauphin County Crime Stoppers. Anyone with information should please contact Det. Dan Smeck at 717-554-1341.

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Comcast Employee Shot By Pellet Gun In Central PA, $10,000 Reward Offered For Info: Police Comcast Employee Shot By Pellet Gun In Central PA, $10,000 Reward Offered For Info: Police
Comcast Employee Shot By Pellet Gun In Central PA, $10,000 Reward Offered For Info: Police Comcast has donated $10,000 to Dauphin County Crime Stoppers for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the pellet gun shooting of a Comcast employee who was hurt while on the job, according to a release by police. Harrisburg Police are investigating the pellet gun shooting of a Comcast employee while in an aerial lift in the area of the 500 block of Wharton Alley, near the corner of 5th and Woodbine streets in Harrisburg on Oct. 9, at 2:30 p.m., according to the release. The employee was injured in the pellet gun shooting, according to the release on Monday. Anyo…

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Reward Offered For PA Arsonist Wanted For Setting Grieving Parents’ Home On Fire Reward Offered For PA Arsonist Wanted For Setting Grieving Parents’ Home On Fire
Reward Offered For PA Arsonist Wanted For Setting Grieving Parents’ Home On Fire A couple in Dauphin County was awoken when an arsonist set their porch on fire in spring 2020, according to Hummelstown police. Police were called to the home at 41 North Walnut Street for a structure fire on May 8, 2020 at 3:51 a.m. Police officers and firefighters arrived at the home to find the front porch ablaze. The fire and efforts to put it out, left the home with “substantial damage to the structure,” police say. The homeowners’ daughter, Jennifer Gates, has taken to social media to share the story in hope of locating the arsonist. An accelerant was used, according to her p…

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