Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege
Drug Dealer Gave Man 30 Deadly Doses Of Fentanyl, Palmyra Police Allege A Pennsylvania parole violator is accused of giving a man enough fentanyl to cause the deaths of 30 adults, police said. Tyler Michael Singer, 27 of North Locust Street, Palmyra has been arrested in connection with the July 2022 death of a 26-year-old Gregory "Greg" Ristenbatt, Palmrya police said. Ristenbatt was found dead from a drug overdose in the 200 block of College Street, Palmyra at 12:16 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022.  Originally it was said that Greg "passed away unexpectedly after a long, brave battle with addiction," as stated in his obituary but it is now known that he had …
Third Lebanon Inmate Escapes During Work Release: Authorities Third Lebanon Inmate Escapes During Work Release: Authorities
Third Lebanon Inmate Escapes During Work Release: Authorities A third inmate has escaped while on work release from the Lebanon County Prison— and two are still at-large, authorities say. Crystal Marie Connelly, 22, walked away from her work release program on June 3, prison officials told Daily Voice.  Connelly was serving a approximately 4 year sentence followed by seven years of probation following a 2022 negotiated plea deal for the following 2020 offenses court records show: Two misdemeanor counts of Terroristic Threats with Intent To Terrorize Another. Two misdemeanor counts Harassment - Communication Lewd, Threat…
Second Inmate Escapes Work Release In PA: Authorities Second Inmate Escapes Work Release In PA: Authorities
Second Inmate Escapes Work Release In PA: Authorities For the second time in two months a Lebanon County prisoner has escaped custody while out on work release, authorities announced on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Anthony David Umbenhauer, 35, went missing around 1 p.m. after he was issued a travel pass to walk to Pennsylvania Precision Cast Parts and Weidle Sanitation but never returned, according to the warden's office. Umbenhauer is described as 5'11" tall, weighing 189 pounds, and has blue eyes and strawberry-blonde hair. He also has a tattoo on his right forearm, according to prison records.  He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black …
2 Vehicle Rollover Crash Spills Fuel On I-81 In Lebanon County: PennDOT 2 Vehicle Rollover Crash Spills Fuel On I-81 In Lebanon County: PennDOT
2 Vehicle Rollover Crash Spills Fuel On I-81 In Lebanon County: PennDOT A crash involving an SUV and a tractor-trailer has shuttered part of Interstate 81 in Lebanon County, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice.  The crash happened at mile marker 92 in Southern Lebanon County just before 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.  The tractor-trailer overturned and spilled diesel fuel— closing both lanes through Exit 100 into Schuylkill County, according to Schreffler.  It is unclear if anyone was hurt.  Follow Daily Voice for updates.
Tornado Upends Trees, Damages Roofs In Berks County: NWS Tornado Upends Trees, Damages Roofs In Berks County: NWS
Tornado Upends Trees, Damages Roofs In Berks County: NWS The severe thunderstorms and heavy winds that rained out Berks County over the weekend were accompanied by an EF-1 tornado, the National Weather Service has confirmed.  The twister traveled about a mile through Womelsdorf on Saturday, April 22 in about a two-minute span, meteorologists said in a report published Tuesday. It began at 4:18 p.m. just southwest of the borough along Route 419, pushing over wooden telephone poles near the Lebanon County line as it made its way northeast, NWS wrote.  The storm mangled and uprooted some softwood trees near Conrad Weiser West Elementary School, wher…
'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police 'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police
'Armed And Dangerous' Convict With Record In Six PA Counties Wanted, $4k Reward Offered: Police A convict with a knife assaulted, choked, and threatened a person in Harrisburg, Dauphin County Crime Stoppers announced on Thursday, March 9.  Warren James Mayo, 59, attacked someone in the late hours of March 5 into the early hours of March 6, according to the release. Additional details about the incident were not released.  Mayo has an extensive record of crimes in Dauphin, Cumberland, Berks, Schuylkill, Lebanon, and York counties. His first conviction for drug possession resulted in a year of probation in 1989 in Schuylkill County. Since then, he has been in and out of court…
Garbage Truck Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Lebanon Co: Police Garbage Truck Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Lebanon Co: Police
Garbage Truck Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Lebanon Co: Police A passenger apparently dead from serious injuries sustained in the 2021 garbage truck crash in Lebanon County and nearly two years later, police have announced the arrested of the driver.  On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 8:30 a.m., 26-year-old Zachary Gilbert, was arrested in connection with the crash at State Drive just south of Stonehedge Drive at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, June 4, according to the South Lebanon Township Police Department. Upon arrival at the scene, the officers found the passenger with "numerous serious injuries," but it was not stated when they died and their identit…
Oklahoma Woman Struck Dead In Hit-Run At Bell & Evans In Lebanon County: PSP Oklahoma Woman Struck Dead In Hit-Run At Bell & Evans In Lebanon County: PSP
Oklahoma Woman Struck Dead In Hit-Run At Bell & Evans In Lebanon County: PSP A hit-and-run involving a tractor-trailer has left an Oklahoma dead outside a Lebanon County Chicken processing plant, authorities say.  Modrel Songer, 64, of Valliant, OK, was found unconscious outside the Bell and Evans plant on US Route 222 on Friday, February 17, 2023, around 9 p.m., according to a release by Pennsylvania state police on Tuesday, Feb. 21.  “It was determined the victim was struck and run over by a truck tractor in the east trailer parking area. The victim ultimately succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased on scene by the Lebanon County Coroner’s …
Tractor-Trailer Cab Impaled By Its Own Load In Lebanon Co. (PHOTOS) Tractor-Trailer Cab Impaled By Its Own Load In Lebanon Co. (PHOTOS)
Tractor-Trailer Cab Impaled By Its Own Load In Lebanon Co. (Photos) Shifting cargo literally smashed into the driver's cab of a tractor-trailer hauling poles in Lebanon County, authorities say. The Annville Cleona Fire Department was called to the "vehicle accident" at the intersection of State Route 934 and Harrison Drive, North Annville Township on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 4:49 p.m., according to a release by the department.  The driver was safely extracted from the cab and taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries, according to the department officials. 
New Details Released After Man Found Dead On Farm In Lebanon County New Details Released After Man Found Dead On Farm In Lebanon County
New Details Released After Man Found Dead On Farm In Lebanon County A road in Lebanon County was closed and a coroner was called after a body was found, according to county dispatchers.  The man's body was found in the 400 block of Freeport road and Morrissey Drive in Bethel Township on Wednesday, Dec. 14 around 8:20 a.m., dispatchers say.  State police were first called to a report of "criminal trespass" on Freeport road at 7:17 a.m., according to a release on Wednesday night.  Jackie Wolfe owns the farm where the body was found by a neighbor, according to WGAL News 8. Wolfe told the outlet that she found bloody glass and her security camer…
Scranton DUI Dad Arrested Months After High-Speed Chase In Lebanon County: Police Scranton DUI Dad Arrested Months After High-Speed Chase In Lebanon County: Police
Scranton DUI Dad Arrested Months After High-Speed Chase In Lebanon County: Police Nearly six months after a high sped chase in central Pennsylvania, authorities have announced the arrested of a former convict who led police on a chase over the summer.  40-year-old Neil Swatsky, was arrested in Dauphin County on Oct. 20, 2022— four months after he fled from a traffic stop in a black Ford Explorer on June 20 and had eluded police ever since, according to the release by Palmyra Borough police on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Swatsky has previously served about six years in prison for various crimes as follows: over a year in prison for theft in 2010, another year for breaking…
Lebanon Man On Hunting Trip Killed By Man On Shooting Rampage During Domestic Dispute: Police Lebanon Man On Hunting Trip Killed By Man On Shooting Rampage During Domestic Dispute: Police
Lebanon Man On Hunting Trip Killed By Man On Shooting Rampage During Domestic Dispute: Police A Lebanon County man was going back to a hunting cabin when an acquaintance having a domestic dispute went on a shooting rampage and killed him, Pennsylvania state police explained in a release on Nov. 6.  55-year-old Jerry Zehring was one of four people who died following the murder-spree-turned-stand-off-turned-police-shooting in Jordan Township on Sunday, Nov. 6, the police explained in a detailed release, documents, and statements obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Nov. 10.  Zehring was the last of the three victims of 54-year-old Brian Taylor, who lived on a private road of…