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Lititz Man, 70, Charged After High-Speed Chase Through Warwick Township: Police
A 70-year-old East Petersburg man faces felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly fleeing police during a traffic detail in Warwick Township, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Stefan Hoenicke, of East Petersburg, was driving a white Honda CRV southbound on Lititz Pike around 9:52 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, when he allegedly attempted to evade a traffic detail conducted by NLCRPD and the U.S. Secret Service near W. Millport Road, police said in the release. Officers said Hoenicke entered a right-turn lane before swerving left, bypassi…
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PA Driver Charged In Pursuit That Left Motorcyclist Dead In NJ
A 32-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged after a police pursuit led to the death of a motorcyclist, a Vietnam War veteran, in Warren County on Tuesday, Aug. 13, authorities said. At 10:19 a.m., a New Jersey State Trooper began following an SUV on Route 80 eastbound and initiated a traffic stop, the Warren County Prosecutor's Office said. The driver of the SUV, Sean Mamakas, a Kempton, PA resident, continued traveling eastbound, exiting the interstate at Exit 12 and headed toward County Road 521 southbound in Hope Township, authorities said. The SUV then collided with the…
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Driver Who Crashed In NJ School Bus Had Fled Police Over State Lines: Report
The driver of the car that rammed into a Phillipsburg school bus on Route 22 Tuesday afternoon was fleeing authorities in two states, WFMZ reports. A bus transporting first- and second-graders from Phillipsburg Primary School was struck by a vehicle shortly after dismissal on Dec. 12, Daily Voice reported. Superintendent Gregory Troxell has said that some of the 22 students onboard received minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle had been the subject of a police pursuit that began in Lopatcong, WFMZ reported, citing the Warren County Prosecutor's Office. Authoritie…
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Central PA Man DUI Crashes During Pursuit, Police Say
A 27-year-old man and his passenger are in the hospital after a minor traffic offense turned into a police pursuit. Donovan Abram Ward of Enola, was driving a vehicle that had been reported as stolen while under the influence when he was spotted tailgating another vehicle on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, area police told Daily Voice. He was seen by an officer while driving in the southbound lane in the 500 block of Eisenhower Boulevard, Swatara Township at 10:24 p.m. Ward turned onto a side street and the patrol officer saw him run through a stop sign, and attempted to init…
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Naked Florida Man With Dead Deer In School Bus Leads PA Police On Chase
The day before Tony Jay Saunders Jr. turned 25, he led Pennsylvania state police on a chase, crashed a BMW, killed a deer, stole a school bus— putting the deer inside to "use as fertilizer"— led police on a chase, fled from the school bus— stripped naked— led police on a foot chase, was arrested and admitted to it all with a smile on his face, according to a police release. Saunders of Port Saint Lucie, Florida has no known current address in Pennsylvania, yet when he was arrested he told the police that he had taken the bus after crashing the the BMW, apparently into the deer, in the e…
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Remains Found Near Where Lyft Driver Went Missing In Florida: Report
Human remains have been found near the last known location of Gary Levin, a missing Lyft driver with Pennsylvania roots — and his loved ones are waiting to find out if they are his, various news reports say. Meanwhile, Matthew Flores, 35 — a fugitive who had been wanted in a January murder case — was captured in North Carolina following a police pursuit Feb. 3 in Levin's red Kia Stinger, the Associated Press reported. Levin, a 74-year-old ride service driver and Philly area native, was last heard from on Monday, Jan. 30 while driving fares around the Palm Beach Gardens area, his daughter Li…
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5 Maryland Thieves Crash Into Tractor-Trailer During Chase On I-83 In PA: Police
What started as a retail theft of perfume quickly escalated to a police pursuit on an interstate in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 7, authorities say. Teona James, 25, Tymera James, 20, Destiny Thomas, 22, Joseph Wright, 31, and a 16-year-old teenage girl, were all involved in chase which began at the Ultra Beauty in Lower Paxton Township around 7 p.m., according to area police. The police were dispatched to a report that two women "had just stolen a large amount of fragrances and other merchandise" from the store located at 5112 Jonestown Road, police say. The women fled from …
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'I Hangout In Dumpsters All The Time,' Says MD Ex-Con Nabbed For PA Target Theft: Police
Marlo Harvard Jr. is no “Harvard man." The Baltimore native fled from police after allegedly repeating a crime he previously was convicted of less than two years after he was released, according to police and court records. Harvard Jr. came to the attention of police in York County, Pennsylvania falling multiple Walmart thefts, according to court documents. The first indecent of $325 of stolen items in West Manchester Township happened in Jan. 2016, but it appears to have only come to light following a bizarre retail theft at a different Walmart on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, according to…
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Horrifying New Details Released In Holiday Weekend Double PA Murder
More details have been released in the Memorial Day Weekend double murder in Chester County. Mamadou Kallie, 23, took his 22-month-old child out of the Toyota Corolla after killing the boy's mother and a woman who was five months pregnant Sunday, May 29, Coatesville, Chester County DA Deb Ryan said. Kallie gave the baby to relatives then carjacked someone he knew before leading police on a pursuit in a bloodied shirt just before 11 p.m. He was found holding a gun to his head before being arrested in Valley Township, and later charged with murder in the deaths of Tiara Rodrigu…
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Detectives Nab Bronx Pair In Violent Bergen County Carjackings
A pair of violent Bergen County carjackings – one that produced a 110 mph pursuit and another that left a driver wounded – both involved a Bronx man who’s now in custody, authorities said. Authorities have moved to extradite Dariel Perez-Grullon and an accused associate, Luis Guzman-Encarnacion, both 22, to New Jersey to face charges. The first incident literally began and ended in minutes after a 31-year-old livery driver had his Lexus E350 taken by gunpoint outside a home on Pascack Road in Washington Township shortly before 1 a.m. March 23. Paramus police spotted the vehicle soon after …
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Shooting-Pursuit Injures PA State Trooper On I-76
Details have been released in a shooting-pursuit on Interstate 76 in Lancaster County that hospitalized a Pennsylvania State Trooper on Friday, April 15. Two troopers pulled over two SUVs, one black and one white, around 11:35 p.m. near mile maker 273.2 east in Elizabeth Township, Trooper Kevin Kochka said. One SUV pulled over onto the shoulder and the other one directly behind the trooper's vehicle in the right lane of travel. At that time, one trooper approached the black SUV, which was stopped directly behind their patrol vehicle and the other trooper approached the white SUV. …
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NJ Dad Who Ran After Stolen Car With Son Inside Recounts The Horror, Hopes Others Take Note
A Bergen County dad whose car was stolen with his 11-year-old son still in the back seat said he desperately chased the speeding vehicle on foot terrified by the thought that he'd never see his boy again. Then came a moment of what he suspects was divine intervention. Now Daniel Reiser hopes others can learn from his ordeal. The youngster was "wet and frozen" from a morning soccer game when they pulled into the parking lot of the Chase Bank on County Road near Central Avenue in Tenafly around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, Reiser said. "I went into the ATM vestibule just a few feet in…
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Police Hunt For Bikers Who Led Police On Pursuit In Central PA
A group of motorcyclists who led police on a chase in Pennsylvania is wanted by state police, according to a release by Adams County Crimestoppers. Four men riding on three motorcycles led Pennsylvania state police in Adams County on a pursuit along Baltimore Pike in Mount Joy Township on Saturday, Mar. 19 around 4:30 p.m., according to the release. Police are trying to identify a group of bikers and a reward is being offered. No additional details are available at this time. Anyone who has any information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Gettysb…
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DUI Driver Missing Tire Led 100+ MPH Police Pursuit In Central PA: Authorities
A 31-year-old driver had been drinking when he led police on a 100 mph pursuit, but was tracked down by police who followed the scrape marks from the rim of his car that had lost a tire, they said. A man later identified as Kenneth Pohlit was spotted stumbling around near Grandview Drive and Golf Course Road around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, Carroll Township police said. Pohlit's vehicle was spotted at the American Legion on Route 15 South. When officers arrived, Pohlit was standing outside of his car with the trunk and passenger side door open, police said. As o…
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: Clifton Driver, 18, Shot In Head After Aiming Jeep At Officer During Bronx Stop
An 18-year-old Clifton man was clinging to life after he was shot in the head while driving his Jeep at a New York City police officer following a pursuit in the Bronx, authorities said. Luis Manuel-Monsanto had blown several lights on Boston Road when officers in separate unmarked cars pulled him over at East 165th Street around 8 p.m. Sunday, March 6, Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Three passengers, including the Jeep's owner, were in the vehicle with him, authorities said. "The officers drove ahead of the vehicle and angled their unmarked police car with the warning lights in f…
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Police Pursuit Of Stolen Car In Pennsylvania Ends With Crash In Maryland: Reports
A suspect is in a Baltimore hospital following a crash that ended a police pursuit that started in Pennsylvania, according to multiple media outlets citing Pennsylvania state police. A Pennsylvania trooper spotted a stolen car driving southbound on Interstate 83 near the Loganville exit in York County around 7 a.m. on Monday, abc27 reports citing police. At one point the car was going at speeds over 70 mph, WBAL reports citing police. When the driver failed to follow police commands, the chase crossed state lines into Baltimore County, Maryland– only ending when the stolen car crashed a…
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Four Pennsylvania State Troopers Hospitalized After Pursuit on Route 30
UPDATE: Two of the troopers were released from the hospital on Tuesday morning, according to Trooper Megan Ammerman. Two Troopers were released from the hospital this morning. We are continuing to pray for a speedy recovery of all members involved 🙏 — Trooper Megan Ammerman (@PSPTroopHPIO) February 22, 2022 ORIGINAL: Four troopers were hospitalized following a crash during a police pursuit along Route 30 on Monday, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. State police attempted to stop a vehicle in the Chambersburg Borough after observing several traffic violations on Mond…
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Aerial Video Tracks Carjacker's Philly Pursuit, Arrest After Stealing Car During NJ Test Drive
Aerial footage captured by NBC10 shows a man in a carjacked SUV leading a police pursuit through Philadelphia, after stealing a vehicle during a test drive in New Jersey. Trouble began last Thursday when the 41-year-old suspect is believed to have forced a car salesman out of a 2022 Kia Sorento during the test drive in Cherry Hill, police said during a press conference. The stolen car was spotted speeding through a North Philadelphia neighborhood on Monday night. The suspect had threatened to shoot if the salesperson did not get out of the car, and fled from police on the 1800 blo…
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Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of Clifton Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash
A Clifton police officer dove into a moving car after the teenager who stole it bailed out during one in a series of incidents involving out-of-town car thieves -- one of whom is only 14. Six of them were captured following a pursuit and crash involving another stolen vehicle and a Clifton police car later that day, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officers interrupted the theft of a 2017 Mazda on Chittendon Road around 3 a.m. Monday, Bracken said. The thief hopped out of the car while it was still moving, forcing an officer to dive in to keep it from damaging nearby property, he said. The teen a…
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! Car Thieves Elude NJ Owner, Crash High-Priced Bentley
Two thieves crashed a luxury SUV worth upwards of $250,000 shortly after stealing it from a Wayne residence, authorities said. The owner called police from another vehicle while chasing the bandits who snatched the 2021 Bentley Bentayga from Massola Drive shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The owner lost sight of the vehicle after it turned onto Hamburg Turnpike off Berdan Avenue but gave a dispatcher enough information to point police in the right direction, Daly said. Officer William Hall began pursuing the vehicle on Alps Road a short time later, he said. Tra…
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PA Mom Tried Covering For Daughter Who Led Police Pursuit, Authorities Say
A Pennsylvania mom took the blame for her daughter who led a brief police pursuit to avoid having her arrested, authorities said. A Susquehanna police officer tried stopping a vehicle when the driver lost control of the vehicle while fleeing, and then took off running on foot around 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 25, local authorities said. The driver was not immediately located, but her mom was identified as Tammy Jones and claimed to have been driving the vehicle "to avoid having her daughter arrested," police said. Jones was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension, authorities said.
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NY Man Who Raped, Threatened Woman With Screwdriver Sentenced In Pennsylvania
A New York man guilt of rape has been sentence to serve more than a decade in a Pennsylvania Correctional Institution, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Walter Dolder, 37, of Milton, New York, will serve up to 27 years for rape and assault among other charges. Dolder will also have to register as sex offender for the rest of his life. The charges stem from an incident in Mount Joy in July 2020. Police were dispatched to a residence in Mount Joy for a domestic in progress. Upon arrival, the victim came out of the residence and told police Dolder had been in th…
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Man Fleeing At 100 MPH IDd As Wanted Criminal In Fatal I-81 Harrisburg Crash
A man who died while fleeing from police, at speeds greater than 100 mph, was wanted on multiple charges, Lower Paxton Township police say. Christopher Robert Bower, 35, of Lancaster County, died in a crash on North Mountain Road at Interstate 81 while fleeing from police on Friday just before 7 p.m. "The men and women of the Lower Paxton Township Emergency Services extend their condolences to Mr. Bower’s family and friends for what is sure to be a difficult time for each of them," the police said in a statement on Monday. Bower was operating a 2007 Dodge Caliber SUV with an expired PA In…
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Driver Who Set Himself On Fire During Bayonne Police Pursuit Dies
UPDATE: A driver who set himself on fire while being pursued by Bayonne police has died, authorities said. Officers in an unmarked vehicle activated their lights and siren in an attempt to pull over the as-yet unidentified driver for several violations in the area of 54th Street and Broadway shortly before 11 p.m. July 13, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. The driver kept going, heading west on 50th Street before eventually turning down dead-ended 52nd Street, he said. Officers approached the vehicle after he stopped and repeatedly ordered him out, Bruck said. The d…
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York County Man Arrested Following Police Pursuit, Authorities Say
A York County man was arrest on felony charges after sending area police on chase on Tuesday. Andrew Owen Blessing, 30, of Wrightsville sent police on a high speed chase around 8:15 p.m., according to police in Lower Windsor Township. The pursuit began after he refused to stop when police attempted to pull him over for driving a vehicle with an expired registration. The attempted traffic stop was in the area of the public boat ramps, located on Long Level Road, south of Craley Road. Blessing sped off in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck. He drove past police and drove through a stop sign a…
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Trooper Fires Gun At Allentown Driver Who Led NJ, PA Police On Wild Pursuit, Authorities Say
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot at a pickup truck that struck a police vehicle on Route 80 during a Friday night pursuit that began in New Jersey, authorities said. New Jersey State Police began pursuing a silver Dodge Ram driven by Steven R. Wilson, 51, of Allentown, around 8 p.m. on Route 46 and the westbound side of Route 80 through Warren County, Pennsylvania State Police said. Wilson's truck appeared to have been unregistered out of Pennsylvania, and was spotted speeding, performing unsafe lane changes and driving erratically, authorities said. Wilson led New Jersey troopers …
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