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Watch: Hostage Video Released As Harrisburg Man Convicted In 2-Year-Old Kidnapping
Newly released cellphone video captures the terrifying moments a Harrisburg man held a 2-year-old girl hostage while negotiating with police before tactical officers stormed the apartment and rescued her, Dauphin County prosecutors announced after his conviction.
Antonio Hammond was convicted Tuesday, June 23, of kidnapping of a minor, burglary, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carrying a firearm without a license, receiving stolen property, flight to avoid apprehension, and possession of a firearm by a wanted fugitive, according to Dauphin County District Attorney Francis T. Ch…
Knife-Wielding Man Who Sparked Pennsylvania Standoff Waives Hearing: DA
A man who pulled a knife on someone and then barricaded himself inside a Lancaster home, triggering a standoff, waived his preliminary hearing, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 22.
Harry James Thomas Jr., 41, is charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor terroristic threats, misdemeanor resisting arrest, and misdemeanor evading arrest, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Thomas threatened to kill a man while swinging a steak knife at him in the 600 block of North Plum Street just before 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, police explained. The victim call…
Friendly Fire Killed Officer Andrew Duarte In Upmc Shooting, York DA Says
West York Borough Officer Andrew Duarte was killed by friendly fire during the UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting, York County District Attorney Tim Barker announced at a press conference on Wednesday, April 30.
Officer Killed By Fellow Police Gunfire
Duarte, 33, died after being shot in the torso by another law enforcement officer during the chaotic shootout inside the hospital ICU on Feb. 22, 2025. He was wearing a ballistic vest at the time, but the fatal round struck an unprotected area, the York County Coroner confirmed.
Shooter Killed By Police
The gunman, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, was a…
Fake Salesman Carjacks Montco Homeowner At Gunpoint, Police Say
Lower Merion police say a carjacker took a township resident hostage at gunpoint, and that the suspect is armed, dangerous, and still at large.
It started at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 20, the department said. The victim pulled into his driveway on the 200 block of Wiltshire Road in Penn Wynne section to find the suspect waiting in his driveway, police wrote.
Posing as a salesman for a solar power company, the suspect approached the victim and "made conversation," but the victim said he was not interested and headed for the door, authorities continued.
That's when police say…
Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says
UPDATE: Police were justified in shooting an ex-con who’d stabbed a Keansburg lieutenant with a large knife while holding a pharmacy worker hostage during a robbery, a state grand jury ruled.
James Sutton, 55, of Keansburg, was holding up the Keansburg Pharmacy in Keansburg Plaza on Main Street when officers responding to multiple 911 calls arrived shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2022, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.
Sutton had “demanded oxycodone, and was holding a pharmacy employee at knifepoint,” Platkin said.
Two officers deployed their Tasers with no effect, t…
