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Dynamic Duo From PA Face Additional Charges For Armed NJ Liquor Store Heist: Prosecutor
A pair of Pennsylvania robbers are facing additional charges for an armed heist at a New Jersey liquor store early this month that authorities say is part of a larger armed robbery spree. Duane Yancey, of Harrisburg, went into Free Bridge Wine & Liquors and fired a shot into the ceiling, then ordered the clerk and six customers onto the ground while pointing a gun at them, on Wednesday, Nov. 1 around 6:15 p.m., Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. Yancey took cash from the register and cell phones from two victims before fleeing in an awaiting vehicle owned by Darren Corbet…
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Lebanon County Man Dies Days After Being Hit Outside Harrisburg Walmart
A 39-year-old Palmyra man has died three days after he was struck by a car outside of a Walmart in Harrisburg, authorities say. Pritesh Patel died as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident on Monday, Jan. 30, the Swatara police announced that afternoon. Patel was struck on Route 322 in the area of Mushroom Hill Road and was taken to a local hospital where he later died. The police and the Dauphin County Accident Reconstruction Team continue their investigation into this incident. Anyone who may have witnessed this accident is asked to call the Dauphin County 911 ce…
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Road Rage Shooter Fires At Vehicle 4x In Central PA: Police
A car was shot at and hit during a road rage incident in central Pennsylvania on Friday, August 26, police said in a release on Friday, Sept. 16. The people in the grey four-door sedan pictured, fired shots from within their vehicle and struck another vehicle and its driver while traveling eastbound in the 8300 block of Paxton Street/State Route 322 at approximately 10:24 a.m., as stated in the release. The photographs of the sedan were captured on video surveillance in Derry Township after the shooting, according to Swatara police. The investigation into this shooting continues and…
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'Armed & Dangerous' Gunman Wanted For Attempted Murder After PA Cafe Shooting: Police
Authorities in Central Pennsylvania are searching for the gunman who shot a victim inside of a cafe on Sunday, March 6. William Darrell Lynch fled from Swatara's Roadhouse Café at 1031 Eisenhower Boulevard in a white sedan with other people after firing his gun at a victim inside the business around 1:30 a.m., Swatara police said. The victim was hospitalized for treatment, and several other shots were fired in the parking lot, authorities said. Meanwhile, Lynch is considered armed and dangerous and wanted on a charge of attempted murder, and more. The Swatara Police are requesting t…
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GOT HIM! Arsonist Arrested In Harrisburg
A man police believe set fire to a home with animals inside has been apprehended. Armonte Hamilton, 28, of Harrisburg was arrested within hours of crews knocking down the house fire he allegedly set. Swatara Police were dispatched to 209 N. 32nd Street for a person threatening to burn a dwelling during a domestic dispute on Saturday at approximately at 6:18 a.m. While officers were responding to the scene they were notified that Emergency Dispatch Services received calls reporting the house on fire, according to police. Upon arrival the officers found the front of the house heavily engul…
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Murder-Suicide Under Investigation In Dauphin County, Say Police
A couple was found dead--in what police are calling a murder-suicide-- in their Swatara Township home on Friday. Police were called to a domestic dispute in the 600 block of Mohn Street shortly before midnight. When no one answered the door, officials made a forced entry into the home-- finding a man and woman shot dead, say police. A multi-department investigation is on-going by Swatara Police detectives, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office and the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. The identities of the couple have not been made public pending the notification of their famili…
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Swatara Township Municipal Employee Finds Body At Sewage Pumping Station
A Swatara Township municipal employee found a man's body near a sewage pumping station on Tuesday morning, say township police said Tuesday. The 47-year-old man's body -- whose identity has not been made public -- was found in the 1700 block of Highland Street, at 10:12 a.m., police said. The Swatara Police Criminal Investigation Division, the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office and the Dauphin County Coroner’s Officer are conducting an investigation into the man’s death. Anyone with information is asked to contact Swatara Police Lt. Timothy Shatto at 717-564-2550 or tshatto@swatara…
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