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Mennonite Toddler Crushed To Death In Farming Accident Leads To Father's Arrest: Lancaster DA Mennonite Toddler Crushed To Death In Farming Accident Leads To Father's Arrest: Lancaster DA
Mennonite Toddler Crushed To Death In Farming Accident Leads To Father's Arrest: Lancaster DA A Conoy Township man is facing criminal charges after his nearly 3-year-old daughter was crushed to death in a farming accident, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Anthony Lamar Nolt, 33, was charged with felony endangering the welfare of children after allowing his 10-year-old son to drive a tractor towing a concrete mixer while the victim sat unsupervised on the platform of the mixer at their farm on River Road, authorities detailed in a newly released report. The toddler fell from the mixer and was crushed by the wheels of the 16,300-pound tracto…
Toddler's Shooting Death Leads To PA Dad's Prison Sentence Toddler's Shooting Death Leads To PA Dad's Prison Sentence
Toddler's Shooting Death Leads To PA Dad's Prison Sentence An Allentown man was sentenced to up to five years in state prison after his 3-year-old son fatally shot himself with a loaded handgun left unattended on a couch, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Jose Hilario Abreu, 29, was sentenced to 18 to 60 months behind bars during a hearing before Judge Robert L. Steinberg. Abreu pleaded guilty on Dec. 3, 2024, to involuntary manslaughter of a child under 12 and endangering the welfare of a child, both second-degree felonies. His plea agreement initially called for a prison term of 18 to 30 month…
Amish 3-Year-Old Girl Crushed By Horse-Drawn Wagon In Lancaster, Dad Convicted Amish 3-Year-Old Girl Crushed By Horse-Drawn Wagon In Lancaster, Dad Convicted
Amish 3-Year-Old Girl Crushed By Horse-Drawn Wagon In Lancaster, Dad Convicted A Lancaster County father has been convicted after his 3-year-old daughter fell from a horse-drawn cart and was crushed by the wagon in a fatal 2022 farm accident, authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Christopher Hoover Martin, 31, of Clay Township, was found guilty of felony child endangerment by Judge Jeffery Wright following a bench trial on Jan. 14, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said. Martin had allowed his 3-year-old daughter and her 4-year-old brother to ride on a small horse-drawn cart pulling a large tobacco wagon on Aug. 26, 2022. The child fell from the…
GUILTY! Secret Recordings Made By PA Youth Baseball President Working In Military GUILTY! Secret Recordings Made By PA Youth Baseball President Working In Military
Guilty! Secret Recordings Made By PA Youth Baseball President Working In Military A former Pennsylvania youth baseball president and ex-Marine who worked in a classified government role has been convicted of sexually assaulting three people and secretly recording two others, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Jan. 30. Justin Travis Biser, 45, of Waynesboro, was found guilty of 65 offenses, including felony sexual assault, felony indecent assault, felony child pornography, and felony invasion of privacy following a three-day trial in Franklin County. Biser used his position in the Waynesboro Youth Baseball League to groom victims, prosecutors said. His cr…
Abducted 4-Year-Old Boy Found In Stolen SUV: Philadelphia Police Abducted 4-Year-Old Boy Found In Stolen SUV: Philadelphia Police
Abducted 4-Year-Old Boy Found In Stolen SUV: Philadelphia Police A 4-year-old boy was found safe after being abducted in a stolen SUV in Philadelphia, police announced on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The child was asleep inside a white Toyota RAV-4 when it was stolen from the 3000 block of W. Susquehanna Avenue at 11:56 p.m., authorities said. A frantic search ensued until officers located the vehicle at 2900 W. Flora Street at 12:38 a.m. The child was found alone inside but unharmed, investigators said. The SUV has been secured for fingerprint analysis. No suspect description has been released, and the case remains under investigation by Central Detectives.
Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say
Overdosing PA Mom Found With Fentanyl Near Kids, Home In 'Disarray', Police Say A Warrington Township mom turned herself in after police discovered her overdosing with fentanyl near her children and a home in severe disarray, authorities announced Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Alexandre Diana Sharpe, 35, was arrested at the Warrington Township Police Department after an investigation stemming from a medical emergency at her Chalfont home on Teresa Circle on Nov. 23, 2024, police said. Officers arrived to find Sharpe actively overdosing alongside another adult, identified as Anderson-Ley, who also appeared under the influence of controlled substances, police detailed. Th…
PA Mom Who Used Fentanyl-Laced Apple Juice In Murder-Suicide Plot Pleads Guilty But Ill PA Mom Who Used Fentanyl-Laced Apple Juice In Murder-Suicide Plot Pleads Guilty But Ill
PA Mom Who Used Fentanyl-Laced Apple Juice In Murder-Suicide Plot Pleads Guilty But Ill A Pennsylvania mother who claimed "God told her" to kill herself and her 8-year-old daughter with fentanyl-laced apple juice has pleaded guilty but mentally ill, authorities announced on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Skye Naggy, 32, admitted to attempted homicide, aiding suicide, kidnapping, and child endangerment before Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani, nearly three years after her arrest in November 2022. Naggy's plan unraveled after police discovered her and the child in a wooded area near Loyalhanna Lake. Investigators, who tracked Naggy's phone, also uncovered a…
PA Man Accused Of Trying To Lure Child Into Truck, Police Seek Other Victims: DA PA Man Accused Of Trying To Lure Child Into Truck, Police Seek Other Victims: DA
PA Man Accused Of Trying To Lure Child Into Truck, Police Seek Other Victims: DA A Falls Township man is accused of trying to lure an 11-year-old boy into his vehicle, police announced on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. Gene Louis Martin, 54, of Nearwood Lane in Levittown, was charged with a felony count of luring a child into a vehicle or structure, according to Falls Township Police and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Martin allegedly pulled up next to the boy as he walked south on Pebble Lane at 3:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, and told him, “Hey kid. I live around here. Get in,” before motioning for the child to enter his white Chevy S-10 truck. The boy ran home and…
Toddler Killed; Mom And Suspected Drunk Driver Hospitalized: PA State Police Toddler Killed; Mom And Suspected Drunk Driver Hospitalized: PA State Police
Toddler Killed; Mom And Suspected Drunk Driver Hospitalized: PA State Police A toddler was killed and two adults were hospitalized after a DUI crash on Bernville Road (Route 183) in Penn Township, Berks County, early Friday morning, Jan. 3, Pennsylvania State Police said. The crash happened in the northbound lane of the 5900 block of Bernville Road, at 4:59 a.m. on, PA State PoliceReading detailed in a release. A 2017 GMC Savanadriven by 55-year-old Bernard Scherr,  was heading south when he crossed the double yellow line and struck a 2008 Ford Edge head-on, PSP Trooper Joseph Guiliano explained. Scherr's vehicle caught fire after the collision. He had been …
PA School Failed To Stop Sexual Assault Of Faculty Member’s Child By Coach’s Son: Lawsui PA School Failed To Stop Sexual Assault Of Faculty Member’s Child By Coach’s Son: Lawsui
PA School Failed To Stop Sexual Assault Of Faculty Member’s Child By Coach’s Son: Lawsui An elite Pennsylvania boarding school allowed a basketball coach’s 12-year-old son to repeatedly sexually abuse a faculty member’s 7-year-old child due to failed safety measures and administrative negligence, a newly filed lawsuit claims. The lawsuit, filed Monday, Dec. 16, in Montgomery County Court, names the and its Head of School, Mark Devey, as defendants. It alleges the school ignored glaring security hazards and failed to act on numerous reports of faulty doors, locks, and cameras—conditions that enabled the abuse. The complaint, brought by the child’s mother under the pseudonym…
Men Sought After Suspicious Incident With Child At Lancaster Store: Police Men Sought After Suspicious Incident With Child At Lancaster Store: Police
Men Sought After Suspicious Incident With Child At Lancaster Store: Police Police are searching for two men accused of approaching a young girl inside a Lancaster store and asking her to walk with them, authorities announced on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The incident happened at the At Home store located at 1890 Fruitville Pike around noon, according to Manheim Township Police. The two men approached an 8-year-old girl, touched her shoulder, and asked her age before inviting her to walk with them, investigators said. The child ran to her mother, who immediately reported the incident to police. Photos of the men have been released as authorities work to identify the…
Nude Photos Shared By Middle School Students: PA State Police Nude Photos Shared By Middle School Students: PA State Police
Nude Photos Shared By Middle School Students: PA State Police Nude photographs were shared among a group of students at a Delaware County middle school, sparking an investigation by Pennsylvania State Police according to a release on Monday, Dec. 9. Troopers responded to Springton Lake Middle School on North Providence Road in Upper Providence Township around 4:42 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, after reports surfaced of intimate images being disseminated among students, according to the release. The incident has left parents and school officials concerned as authorities work to determine how the images were distributed and whether any crimes have been c…
Felon Mom With ‘Love Yourself First’ Tattoo Sentenced For Drowning 5-Year-Old In Susquehanna Felon Mom With ‘Love Yourself First’ Tattoo Sentenced For Drowning 5-Year-Old In Susquehanna
Autumn Vossler Sentenced For Drowning 5-Year-Old Son A Lancaster County mother has been sentenced after pleading no contest to charges related to the drowning death of her 5-year-old son in the Susquehanna River, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. Autumn Lynn Vossler, 31, of Columbia, pleaded Nolo Contendere on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 — the day after her — to involuntary manslaughter and four counts of endangering the welfare of children, according to Susquehanna Regional Police and court records.  For the drowning, Vossler was sentenced to a prison term ranging from nearly five to nine and a half years on Thu…
13-Year-Old Girl Raped By Lancaster County Registered Megan’s Law Sex Offender: Affidavit 13-Year-Old Girl Raped By Lancaster County Registered Megan’s Law Sex Offender: Affidavit
13-Year-Old Girl Raped By Lancaster County Registered Megan’s Law Sex Offender: Affidavit An Ephrata man, already a lifetime Megan’s Law registrant, is facing charges for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl, subjecting her to repeated abuse over the past two years, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department on Wednesday, Nov. 20, and an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. Michael Christopher Pringle, 60, was arrested after the victim disclosed the assault to her school counselor on Oct. 7. The incident occurred the evening before at a home in Clay Township. **WARNING THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ARE DISTURBING** Allegations From The Affidavit…
5-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaulted, PA State Police Investigating 5-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaulted, PA State Police Investigating
5-Year-Old Boy Sexually Assaulted, PA State Police Investigating A sexual assault of a 5-year-old boy is under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police, according to a release on Friday, Nov. 8.  The investigation was launched following a CY-104 report, as stated in the release.  The report detailed an alleged assault of the young boy by an adult, according to PA State Police.  The incident supposedly happened during the year of 2014. Additional information was unavailable at the time of publishing. Check back here for possible updates. 
Toddler Struck In Lancaster County (DEVELOPING) Toddler Struck In Lancaster County (DEVELOPING)
Toddler Struck In Lancaster County (Developing) A toddler was hit by a vehicle on Thursday morning, Nov. 7, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  First responders were called to the Springville and Peters roads intersection in Salisbury Township around 11:25 a.m.  A 16-month-old child was struck but thankfully the injuries were minor, according to emergency dispatchers. Check back here for possible updates. 
Boy Injured By Float In PA Halloween Parade: Community Comes To The Rescue Boy Injured By Float In PA Halloween Parade: Community Comes To The Rescue
Boy Injured By Float In PA Halloween Parade: Community Comes To The Rescue A Berks County boy was tragically injured after he was run over by a float at a local Halloween parade, according to a community member trying to raise money for the family. Nico Rizzo, 8, of Boyertown, was on a float with his football team in the Boyertown Halloween Parade on Saturday, Oct. 19, a GoFundMe campaign started by Abby Mackey, his friend's mother, states. "As Nico went to step back onto the trailer, his foot slipped and got caught under the wheel," Mackey said on the campaign page. "He quickly became trapped under the wheels of his float's trailer." Members of the communit…
Preschool's 'Talk About Touch' Leads To PA Dad's Arrest: Affidavit Preschool's 'Talk About Touch' Leads To PA Dad's Arrest: Affidavit
Preschool's 'Talk About Touch' Leads To PA Dad's Arrest: Affidavit A preschool teacher giving a "talk about touch" lesson soon had to contact authorities after a little girl came forward about being inappropriately touched by a man, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Christopher "Chris" Allen Coble, 35, of Carlisle, has been held without bail in the Cumberland County Prison on charges of felony Aggravated Indecent Assault (three counts), Unlawful Contact With a Minor (two counts), and Sexual Abuse of Children, as well as two counts of misdemeanor Indecent Assault, according to a release by the Carlisle police on Monday night, Oct. 2…
Central PA Man Arrested For Child Luring Attempt: Police Central PA Man Arrested For Child Luring Attempt: Police
Central PA Man Arrested For Child Luring Attempt: Police A 23-year-old man has been arrested following a "child luring" incident, Swatara Township police announced in a release on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Nestor Monsalve-Prieto of Harrisburg was charged with a Felony for Lure Child Into A Motor Vehicle on Thursday, Oct. 10, the police said and court documents confirmed.  The charge stems from an incident at Brisban and Kelso Streets in Paxtang Borough around 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, the Swatara Township Police detailed in the release.  Officers were called to a report of child luring and learned that a Hispanic man, they now b…
Girl Struck In Harrisburg Crosswalk: Dispatch Girl Struck In Harrisburg Crosswalk: Dispatch
Girl Struck In Harrisburg Crosswalk: Dispatch A girl was struck crossing the street on Tuesday morning, Oct. 15, according to the Dauphin County Department of Public Safety Emergency Communications Center. The collision. happened at South 15th and Derry streets in Harrisburg at 7:48 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers. The intersection has four marked crosswalks but no lights as seen on Google Maps Street View. EMS was called to the scene but the extent of the child's injuries was unavailable at the time of publishing. The girl's age was not released. The striking vehicle remained on the scene, dispatch explained. Check back her…
PA Amish Family Of 11, Including Infant, Hospitalized By ‘Toxic Mushrooms’: Officials PA Amish Family Of 11, Including Infant, Hospitalized By ‘Toxic Mushrooms’: Officials
PA Amish Family Of 11, Including Infant, Hospitalized By ‘Toxic Mushrooms’: Officials "Toxic mushrooms" sent 11 Amish family members – including a 1-year-old – to a hospital on Friday night, Oct. 11, officials say.  First responders were called to the home in the 200 block of Burke Road in Peach Bottom Township around 9:37 p.m. when a family member went to a payphone a half-mile away and called 911, Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company Lieutenant Gregory Fantom explained to the press. The family of 11 included a man, a woman, and nine of their children and they ranged in ages between 1 to 39 years old, Fantom said.  They had reportedly found the wil…
Bible Study Teacher Assaults 7-Year-Old Student In PA Church: Affidavit Bible Study Teacher Assaults 7-Year-Old Student In PA Church: Affidavit
Michael Todd Hess Of Quarryville Charged With Child Assault A bible study teacher confessed to assaulting a 7-year-old girl while in church, according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Sept. 27. Michael Todd Hess, 49, of Quarryville supposedly admitted to the assaults that happened in a church pew of the sanctuary at New Providence Church of God in Providence Township, Pennsylvania State Police explained in the affidavit citing the investigator's interview. Hess was an Awana Bible Study teacher at the church for the Sparks class for children in kindergarten, first, and second grades, where he instructed numero…
Shots Fired Into 5-Year-Old's Bedroom, Lancaster Police Say Shots Fired Into 5-Year-Old's Bedroom, Lancaster Police Say
Shots Fired Into 5-Year-Old's Bedroom, Lancaster Police Say A 5-year-old was awoken early Friday morning, Sept. 27, when bullets shot into their bedroom, Lancaster City Bureau of Police announced later in the day.  Officers were called to a report of shots fired in the 500 block of Juniata Street around 2:25 a.m. They found "multiple shell casings and one live round of ammunition after canvassing the area," as written in the release.  A witness told police they heard multiple gunshots and saw two men running toward Stevens Avenue. A resident on South Anne Street "provided evidence that at least one bullet penetrated their 5-year-old’…
Toddler Shot In Lung, PA Dad Charged: DA Toddler Shot In Lung, PA Dad Charged: DA
Toddler Shot In Lung, PA Dad Charged: DA A 2-year-old Pottstown boy accidentally shot himself with his father's loaded firearm, leading to felony child and reckless endangerment charges for the father, authorities said. Luis Marin, 34, of Pottstown, was charged on Thursday, Sept. 26, with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person after leaving the loaded firearm on his bed on Wednesday, May 15, resulting in the child shooting himself, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. The toddler was initially transported to Pottstown Hospital but was later transferred to Lehigh Valle…
Pennsylvania Car Thief Caught Stealing Hyundai In Maryland With Sleeping Infant Inside: Police Pennsylvania Car Thief Caught Stealing Hyundai In Maryland With Sleeping Infant Inside: Police
Pennsylvania Car Thief Caught Stealing Hyundai In Maryland With Sleeping Infant Inside: Police A Pennsylvania man got more than he bargained for when he stole a woman's car in Maryland and took off with an infant peacefully sleeping in the backseat, police say. It was a sleepless night in Frederick County for some, after Mechanicsburg resident Jeremy Francis Rineman, 45, picked the wrong car to steal and now faces a kidnapping charge on top of the motor vehicle theft offense. According to a spokesperson from the Frederick Police Department, at around 9:20 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, a woman in the 1700 block of Harvest Drive in Frederick left her silver Hyundai Elantra outside of her…
Toddler Mauled By 2 Dogs In PA Airlifted To Hospital: Police Toddler Mauled By 2 Dogs In PA Airlifted To Hospital: Police
Toddler Mauled By 2 Dogs In PA Airlifted To Hospital: Police A 22-month-old boy is in the hospital after being mauled by two dogs early Tuesday morning, Sept. 10, the South Lebanon Township Police announced.  The toddler was staying at a babysitter's home when the dogs attacked, according to the release.  An officer with the South Lebanon Township Police Department was called to the attack home at 4:38 a.m. on Sept. 10, as detailed in the release.  The toddler was airlifted to Hershey Medical Center was in "stable but guarded condition," as stated in the initial release, but by 4:42 p.m. he was listed in "critical condition."&nbs…
3-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Pennsylvania Pond: Police 3-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Pennsylvania Pond: Police
3-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Pennsylvania Pond: Police A 3-year-old boy from Chesterbrook died after he was pulled from a pond in Chester County on Labor Day, authorities said. The incident occurred at about 6:50 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 2 at Wilson Farm Park near Lee and Wilson roads in the Chesterbrook area of Tredyffrin Township. Police were called to the scene for reports of a missing child. When the officers arrived, they searched the immediate area and one of the officers found the boy in a nearby pond unresponsive, Captain Tyler Moyer with Tredyffrin Township police told Daily Voice. The officers immediately started resuscitatio…
Shoeless Semi-Verbal Autistic 6-Year-Old Boy Found: PA State Police Shoeless Semi-Verbal Autistic 6-Year-Old Boy Found: PA State Police
Shoeless Semi-Verbal Autistic 6-Year-Old Boy Found: PA State Police A semi-verbal autistic boy who was missing has been found safe, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday afternoon, Aug. 23. Jonathan Brian Pringle, 6, was last seen at his home in the 300 block of Market Street, Lykens at 4 a.m. Friday, PSP Troop H PIO Megan Frazer detailed in the release. Jonathan was wearing blue and white Animaniacs pajamas (pictured below) and no shoes, according to the police. Pennsylvania State Police He was "located safely at a nearby residence," Trooper Frazer said, adding "Thank you everyone for getting the information out!!!!!!" The republic is still ask…
Shoeless 11-Year-Old Boy Who Ran Away From Grandma's House Found: PA State Police Shoeless 11-Year-Old Boy Who Ran Away From Grandma's House Found: PA State Police
Shoeless 11-Year-Old Boy Who Ran Away From Grandma's House Found: PA State Police A boy who left home without his shoes on has been found safe, Pennsylvania State Police told Daily Voice on Monday, Aug. 19.  Ace Snook, 11, most recently of the 200 block of East Main Street in Myerstown Borough went missing before 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14. PSP officers were called to the home at 11:25 p.m. after he ran away without any shoes, money, or his cell phone.  Ace had been living at the home with his grandmother for the past two weeks. About the search, PSP released the following statement: "An extensive canvass was conducted by patrol units with negativ…
Firefighters Rescue Child In Car At Parking Lot Outside East Drumore  Giant Firefighters Rescue Child In Car At Parking Lot Outside East Drumore  Giant
Firefighters Rescue Child In Car At Parking Lot Outside East Drumore Giant Quarryville firefighters rescued a child locked in a car Thursday, Aug. 15.  The company received the call to the child locked in a vehicle at 4:05 p.m. They were found locked in the SUV pictured in the parking lot outside of the Giant grocery store in East Drumore Township.  No injuries were reported. It is not immediately clear how the child ended up locked in the vehicle.  Check back here for possible updates. 
Child Killed In Tragic Bounce House Accident Remembered By Maryland Community Child Killed In Tragic Bounce House Accident Remembered By Maryland Community
Child Killed In Tragic Bounce House Accident Remembered By Maryland Community Declan Hicks had a passion for dinosaurs, loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and had a penchant for "crazy socks" before he was killed in a freak accident at an independent baseball game over the weekend. The 5-year-old boy from La Plata was playing in a bounce house on Friday night at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf when it was swept away by wind and flew approximately 15 to 20 feet into the air before landing on the field, officials said. Another child also suffered injuries during the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs game on Aug. 2. Both were airlifted to area hospitals by state po…