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Clearer Water May Have Prevented The Drowning Of Boy At Hotel In Harrisburg, County DA Says Clearer Water May Have Prevented The Drowning Of Boy At Hotel In Harrisburg, County DA Says
Clearer Water May Have Prevented The Drowning Of Boy At Hotel In Harrisburg, County DA Says A 7-year-old boy's drowning last month at a central Pennsylvania hotel might have been preventable, according to information from the Dauphin County District Attorney Attorney Frank Chardo. Crews were called to the Red Lion Hotel at 4751 Lindle Road for a reported drowning on June 23 shortly before 10 p.m., as Daily Voice reported at the time. Two factors may have contributed to the drowned according to District Attorney Fran Chardo: An over-crowded pool-- there were over a dozen people in the pool at the time of the drowning. Cloudy water-- someone vomited in the pool earlier that day so…

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PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer
PA Judge Denies Compassionate Release For Killer Dying Of Stage 4 Cancer A Dauphin County judge denied a compassionate release for an inmate dying of inoperable Stage 4 colon cancer who is serving a life sentence for murder, says PennLive. Earl Box, 74 is serving a life sentence for killing a Steelton man during a robbery in 1974, and had requested to be moved to his daughter’s Berks County home for hospice care. A state prison doctor estimated that Box has less than six months to live. Lifers getting released in Pennsylvania is unusual but not unheard of. For example, Joe Ligon, 83 of Philadelphia made national headlines in March when he released as a ju…

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