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Second Suspect Captured In Gunpoint Kidnapping That Sparked PA Manhunt
A second suspect accused of abducting a man at gunpoint, stealing thousands of dollars, and sparking a public manhunt is now in custody, Pennsylvania State Police announced.
Jayson Garcia, 42, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 5, by the Pennsylvania State Police Fugitive Task Force in Schuylkill County, ending the search that began after the July 31 armed robbery and kidnapping.
His alleged accomplice, Paul Gregory Laurusevage, 40, was taken into custody Tuesday and remains held at Schuylkill County Prison.
Garcia lured the victim to a home in Girardville under the guise of a heroin transaction…
Pitt Grad Motorcyclist Dies Days After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Eastern Pennsylvania
A Johnstown native has died more than a week after a motorcycle crash in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 6.
Shane M. Hoffman, 25, was pronounced dead at 5:28 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio.
Hoffman suffered blunt force trauma to the head, and his death was ruled an accident, the coroner said.
He had been operating a motorcycle that veered off the roadway and struck a utility pole in the 900 block of Pembroke Road in Bethlehem around 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, according …
TikToker Accused Of Faking Cancer Has Died
Sydney Towle, a New England-born TikToker who has been documenting her battle with a rare cancer for three years, has died. She was 26 years old.
Towle, who was raised in New Hampshire and graduated from Dartmouth, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer, in 2023. The New York Times featured her story last year after she became the target of online critics who accused her of faking her diagnosis or using her illness for financial gain.
Her death was announced Thursday morning, Aug. 6, two days after her brother, Austin, announced she'd entered hospice c…
Missing 14-Year-Old Taken Across State Lines, Raped At PA Hotel: State Police
A Maryland man is accused of taking a missing 14-year-old girl across state lines into Pennsylvania, where investigators say she was sexually assaulted at a hotel, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Jeremy Spikes Jr., 27, of Hagerstown, Maryland, allegedly took the girl from her home in Maryland before driving her into Pennsylvania in a blue Honda Accord with Virginia registration, according to investigators.
The girl was forcibly raped at an unknown hotel in the 2300 block of Molly Pitcher Highway in Guilford Township, Franklin County, investigators wrote.
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