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More Arrests Made In Massive Fairfax County Car Meet Where Drivers Taunted Cops More Arrests Made In Massive Fairfax County Car Meet Where Drivers Taunted Cops
More Arrests Made In Massive Fairfax County Car Meet Where Drivers Taunted Cops Police have announced additional arrests at a massive illegal car meetup where drivers antagonized officers in Fairfax County last weekend. Around 3 a.m. on Sunday, March 31, an officer saw several vehicles pull into a commercial parking lot in the 6600 block of Electronic Drive in Springfield where a large group of individuals were driving recklessly and in circles, police said. Another group of people surrounded the officer’s cruiser, and at least one attempted to remove the license plate from the vehicle as the others acted disorderly, police said.  The group prevented the off…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Chase At Speeds 130MPH+ Without Headlights: Pennsylvania State Police Say Chase At Speeds 130MPH+ Without Headlights: Pennsylvania State Police Say
Chase At Speeds 130MPH+ Without Headlights: Pennsylvania State Police Say A man has been arrested in connection with an over 130-mile-per-hour chase in Central Pennsylvania, State Police announced on Tuesday, March 26.   Ryan Tyler Heisey, 22 of Mechanicsburg, was first spotted going at a high rate of speed on the Harrisburg Expressway/PA 581 West around midnight on Monday, March 25, Corporal Costello detailed in a release the following morning.  Starting at mile marker four, PSP troopers from Harrisburg began to pursue a 2011 silver Infiniti G37 "reaching speeds over 130 miles per hour," as stated in the release.  The troopers involved in th…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Scottish Man ID'd After Fatal Shot By Officers In Central PA: Coroner Scottish Man ID'd After Fatal Shot By Officers In Central PA: Coroner
Scottish Man ID'd After Fatal Shot By Officers In Central PA: Coroner The person shot dead by police in Central Pennsylvania has been identified as a Scottish man who had allegedly caused a disturbance, the Cumberland County Coroner told Daily Voice on March 18.  Gregor Fleming, 44 of Glasgow, UK, was shot dead in the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road in Hampden Township on Thursday, March 7, authorities said.  State police made the following statement about the events that led to the fatal shooting: "During the course of the investigation, the subject of the disturbance displayed a firearm. At that time, the officers discharged their firearms st…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lifestyle
PA's Shane Gillis Bombs SNL Monologue, Scores Netflix Deal PA's Shane Gillis Bombs SNL Monologue, Scores Netflix Deal
PA's Shane Gillis Bombs SNL Monologue, Scores Netflix Deal Shane Gillis is having the last laugh, after many awkward ones. The Mechanicsburg, PA native who launched his career in Philly announced his new series "Tires" was bought by Netflix days after bombing his "Saturday Night Live" monologue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shane Gillis (@shanemgillis) Gillis, 36, allegedly self-financed and co-created the show, which IMDB says is about a "nervous" auto repairman who must save his father's shop amid being "tormented" by his cousin. Last Saturday, Gillis opened SNL by telling the audi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
ROAD RAGE: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say ROAD RAGE: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say
Road Rage: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say A drunk driver and a man with an ice scraper got into a road rage-fueled fight in Camp Hill, police announced on Friday, Feb. 23.  The Camp Hill police were called to "an active road rage incident" in the 300 block of South 32nd Street at 8:26 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4, as stated in the department's release.  Arriving officers found a drunk 47-year-old man from Mechanicsburg, a 26-year-old man with an ice scraper from Enola, and the intoxicated man's assaulted passenger, according to the release.  An investigation determined the men had been driving along Route 581 when the roa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Tree Crashing Onto Pick-Up Kills Driver, Cumberland County Coroner Says Tree Crashing Onto Pick-Up Kills Driver, Cumberland County Coroner Says
Tree Crashing Onto Pick-Up Kills Driver, Cumberland County Coroner Says A tree falling onto a pick-up truck during Tuesday's storm has left one person dead, according to the Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall.  Bruce Alan Beinhaur, 58 of Dauphin died at the scene in Mechanicsburg at 1:37 p.m. on Jan. 9, Hall detailed.  Hampden Township Police had been called to a report of "a traffic collision with injuries" in the 600 block of Good Hope Road, as stated in a separate police release. Officers arrived to find Beinhaur had already passed while trapped in his pick-up by the tree.  It is believed that "Beinhaur was travelling …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Mechanicsburg Man's Fatal Heart Attack Crashes Car Into York Light Pole On New Year's Eve Mechanicsburg Man's Fatal Heart Attack Crashes Car Into York Light Pole On New Year's Eve
Mechanicsburg Man's Fatal Heart Attack Crashes Car Into York Light Pole On New Year's Eve A 66-year-old Mechanicsburg man died following a car crash on New Year's Eve,  but the coroner believes his actual cause of death was a "probable acute coronary event," as stated in a release late on Monday night.  David Geesey of the 600 block of Billet Avenue was in a single-vehicle crash on Broadway, near Stock Street, Hanover, according to the York County Coroner's office. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, the coroner's office detailed.  Witnesses told police that Geesey's car was heading south before it suddenly veered off the road and struck a light p…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Heart Issue Kills Driver On US Rt 15 In Central PA: Police Heart Issue Kills Driver On US Rt 15 In Central PA: Police
Heart Issue Kills Driver On US Rt 15 In Central PA: Police One person has died following a crash on US Route 15 on Wednesday, according to Upper Allen Township Police. Donna Teeter, 82 of Mechanicsburg had a heart condition that led her to crash, according to Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall.  The fatal single-vehicle crash happened on US Rt 15 near mile marker 39.7 around 2:50 p.m. on Dec. 6, according to township police. The coroner has clarified that her heart condition killed her, not the crash.  Teeter was the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, the authorities explained. Teeter…

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by Jillian Pikora
Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Overturns Spilling Food On I-81 Ramp In Central PA (UPDATE) Tractor-Trailer Overturns Spilling Food On I-81 Ramp In Central PA (UPDATE)
Tractor-Trailer Overturns Spilling Food On I-81 Ramp In Central PA (Update) A tractor-trailer en route to a Mechanicsburg grocery store overturned on a ramp along Interstate 81 on Tuesday evening, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.  The crash happened on I-81 south at Exit 57: PA 114 - Mechanicsburg in Silver Spring Township, Schreffler explained. It happened around 5:15 p.m. on Dec. 5, according to Schreffler.  It is unknown "if there are other vehicles involved, nor what caused the crash to occur. We have not been notified of any injuries just yet," Schreffler said.  The roadway reopened at …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
NJ Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police NJ Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police
NJ Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police An elderly woman has lost nearly $9,000 from her bank account after a New Jersey man used a fake passport card at a bank in Bethlehem, PA, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22.  Dax Perez Velazquez, 49 of West New York, NJ, somehow obtained a US passport card with his image on it but the elderly woman's name, and used it at a Member's 1st bank in Bethlehem, PA on September 30, Lower Allen Township police detailed in the release. The man initially made a cash withdrawal of $6,800 using the woman's account info and his fraudulent passport card at a teller window inside the bank and the…

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
'You Need To Die' PA Man Threatens US Congressman: Criminal Complaint 'You Need To Die' PA Man Threatens US Congressman: Criminal Complaint
'You Need To Die' PA Man Threatens US Congressman: Criminal Complaint A series of threatening voicemails have landed a Pennsylvania man a serious charge from the United States Attorney’s Office, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Robert Lee Ingalls, Jr., age 61, of Mechanicsburg, is accused of leaving two voicemail messages "specifically threatened to kill a specifically identified United States Congressman" on the main congressional office answering system in Washington, D.C. Nov. 6, 2023, according to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam in a release on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The United States Capitol Police investigated the case with assist…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
DNA On Tie-Dye Towel Links PA Man To Assault Of Family Member, Police Say DNA On Tie-Dye Towel Links PA Man To Assault Of Family Member, Police Say
DNA On Tie-Dye Towel Links PA Man To Assault Of Family Member, Police Say A 38-year-old man has been charged after a towel linked him to months of sexual assaults with a young family member, police announced on Monday, Oct. 23.  Around 11:40 a.m. on May 21, 2023, a girl under the age of 16 and her mom reached out to the Lower Allen Township Police Department to inform them "that a family member, John Heinrich George II, had been sexually assaulting her for the last two months," as stated in the release.  The incidents happened in Camp Hill beginning on March 2, 2023, according to court documents.  During the girl's meeting with the police she "rev…

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by Jillian Pikora