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Child Calls 911 After PA Mom Shot Dead By BF In Basement: DA
A child called 911 after their mother was shot inside their Rostraver Township home, and the woman’s boyfriend has been charged with homicide, Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole W. Ziccarelli announced on Thursday, Feb. 6. Rostraver Township Police and county detectives responded to the 900 block of Route 136 just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday after the child’s emergency call reported a shooting. Officers arrived to find Robert Chaplin, 34, standing in the driveway. Inside, they discovered Estela Rivera Vasquez, 35, lying on the basement floor near a door with a gunshot wound to t…
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Woman Shot By PA State Trooper After Firing Multiple Shots During Standoff: DA
A Pennsylvania state trooper shot a woman following a standoff in Middle Paxton Township on Thursday, Dec. 26, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said. The standoff occurred in the 400 block of Fried Drive and escalated when the woman, identified as Samantha Leigh Atherholt, fired multiple shots, Chardo explained on Friday, Dec. 27. "One member of the PSP fired a shot," Chardo said. "The attached motion details how Samantha Atherholt fired multiple shots at police." According to court documents obtained by Daily Voice, Atherholt’s bail has been revoked following her actions d…
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Virginia Boy Charged For Shooting Threats At Pennsylvania Community Pool
A 14-year-old boy from Virginia has been charged in connection with a mass shooting threat made towards a community pool in Pennsylvania, police announced on Friday, Oct. 18. The boy who lives in Colonial Beach, VA, "made specific and repeated threats" on social media on Friday, June 28 to commit a shooting at the Ephrata Community Pool on Saturday, June 29, the Ephrata Police Department detailed in the release. Community members contacted the police and "based on the serious nature of the threats and an inability to determine the veracity of the threats in a timely manner, out …
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Mugshot Released Of Philly Murderer Arrested For Killing In York County
A mugshot has been released of a convicted murderer under arrest after two people were found dead in South Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning, Oct. 9, authorities say. Rangel Vangas, 53, most recently of York but previously of Philadelphia, was arrested on the scene of the double slaying and charged with two counts of Criminal Homicide, Springettsbury Township police detailed in a release. Vangas is a convicted murderer, according to state and federal court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Officers had been called to an assault in the 3200 block of Eastern Bo…
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Man Wanted For Trump Sign Thefts In Upper Merion Township: Police (
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A man is wanted for stealing and damaging Trump lawn signs and flags, the Upper Merion Township announced in an updated release on Thursday, Sept. 26. Over the past two weeks, there were reports of criminal mischief and theft at a home in the 100 block of Nancys Lane in the Brandywine Village neighborhood, the police detailed in a release. The homeowner reported that on several occasions, flags and Trump lawn signs were damaged and stolen by an unknown man. The incidents happen between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., according to police. The man is described as being white, in his 40s or 50…
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