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Ex-BF Killed Mount Joy Teen, Mom In PA Attack Before Suicide: DA (UPDATE) Ex-BF Killed Mount Joy Teen, Mom In PA Attack Before Suicide: DA (UPDATE)
Ex-BF Killed Mount Joy Teen, Mom In PA Attack Before Suicide: DA (Update) The ex-boyfriend of a Mount Joy teen shot and killed her mother before abducting her, leading police on a high-speed chase that ended with him fatally shooting her and then himself, authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. The Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office has concluded its review of the kidnapping and fatal shooting of 19-year-old Gabriella "Gabby" Morgan and her mother, Kimberly Day-Miller, by 21-year-old Ricky Shannon of Altoona on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. An investigation by Pennsylvania State Police, along with forensic findings and extensive video evidence, confir…

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Suspect Arrested In Stabbing, Body Dumped At Paxtang Cemetery: Police (UPDATE) Suspect Arrested In Stabbing, Body Dumped At Paxtang Cemetery: Police (UPDATE)
Suspect Arrested In Stabbing, Body Dumped At Paxtang Cemetery: Police (Update) A Harrisburg man has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man whose body was found inside a vehicle at Paxtang Cemetery, authorities announced on Tuesday, Feb. 4. Frankelin Franco-Colome was taken into custody earlier in the morning and charged with one count of criminal homicide, according to Swatara Township police. He was arraigned and is being held in Dauphin County Prison without bail. The victim, 61-year-old Jorge Morales of Harrisburg, was attacked on Jan. 27 around 10 p.m. at 2771 Paxton Street, where officers later found blood in the parking lot, investigators s…

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Double Murder Outside Harrisburg Restaurant Leads To Life Sentence Double Murder Outside Harrisburg Restaurant Leads To Life Sentence
Double Murder Outside Harrisburg Restaurant Leads To Life Sentence A Harrisburg man who killed two people outside a fried chicken restaurant in April 2022 will spend the rest of his life in prison, officials announced on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Jeremy Bailey, 34, was sentenced by President Judge Scott Arthur Evans on Monday, Jan. 15, to two consecutive life terms without parole for the murders of Leonard Quattlebaum, 31, and Nelbenson Sanchez, 39, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office. The shootings occurred in the early hours of April 3, 2022, outside the USA Fried Chicken store at 13th and Derry streets in Harrisburg. Prosecutors said Bail…

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Man Who Watched Girls Changing Charged With Human Trafficking: Dauphin County DA Man Who Watched Girls Changing Charged With Human Trafficking: Dauphin County DA
Man Who Watched Girls Changing Charged With Human Trafficking: Dauphin County DA A man caught assaulting girls and watching them change their clothes has been convicted of human trafficking, the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Oct. 11. Kevin Alting, 52, pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit trafficking in individuals, unlawful contact with a minor, and indecent assault of a minor under the age of 16 before Judge Scott Arthur Evans on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to the DA’s release. "Under Pennsylvania Law, engaging in a commercial sex act with a minor is Human Trafficking," the DA noted.  Alting’s charges stem from crim…

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Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd As Thomas 'Buddah' Davenport: Dauphin County DA Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd As Thomas 'Buddah' Davenport: Dauphin County DA
Fatal Shooting Victim ID'd As Thomas 'Buddah' Davenport: Dauphin County DA A 38-year-old dad has been identified as the victim of a shooting that prompted a large police presence in Harrisburg on Friday evening, Sept. 13.  Thomas "Buddah Buddah" Davenport III has been named as the man shot dead in the 60 block of North 14th Street around 5:50 p.m., Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo told Daily Voice and his family announced on social media over the weekend.  Police from Harrisburg and Capitol police, Derry and Susquehanna Townships, as well as the DA's office and the Dauphin County Crisis Response Team, were on the scene well after 8 p.m., as Daily Voice…

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PA Middle School Teacher Sends Students Nudes, Has Sex With Teen: Affidavit PA Middle School Teacher Sends Students Nudes, Has Sex With Teen: Affidavit
PA Middle School Teacher Sends Students Nudes, Has Sex With Teen: Affidavit A coach and teacher in the Central Dauphin School district has been charged and arrested in connection with multiple sex crimes with multiple students, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Alexander Jeffery Sweigard, 32, of Camp Hill, is a coach with the Central Dauphin Wrestling Program and a teacher at Central Dauphin Middle School, where he was once a student, according to public records. He is accused of exchanging nude images with teens and having sex with a high school student. Nude photos of Sweigard on a 16-year-old girl's phone prompted an interview…

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GF Burned On 23% Of Body Boiling Water, BF Convicted: Dauphin County DA GF Burned On 23% Of Body Boiling Water, BF Convicted: Dauphin County DA
GF Burned On 23% Of Body Boiling Water, BF Convicted: Dauphin County DA A 41-year-old Harrisburg man was convicted after he learned his girlfriend was leaving him so he poured boiling water over her while she was falling asleep, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office announced Monday, Aug. 26. Wisly Oxcena was found guilty of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person follow a trial before Judge William T. Tully, according to the DA and court documents. During the trial, Oxcena's now ex-girlfriend testified that she had told him she was leaving him in the morning and then went to bed on June 5, 2019.  While she was falling as…

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GUILTY! Pennsylvania Kidnapper Bit, Pulled Hair Out Of Woman's Head GUILTY! Pennsylvania Kidnapper Bit, Pulled Hair Out Of Woman's Head
Guilty! Pennsylvania Kidnapper Bit, Pulled Hair Out Of Woman's Head A Middletown man has been found guilty in a bizarre kidnapping case, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  Bryan Edwin Perry, Jr., 37, was convicted of kidnapping, aggravated assault, intimidation of a witness, strangulation, and other charges on August 14, according to the DA's release. The conviction comes following a three-day trial.  On Sept. 2, 2023, Perry took a Harrisburg woman hostage from a home in the 2200 block of Logan Street in Harrisburg "for three hours while he drove her to secluded spots," as stated in the release, ad…

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