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Trooper Struck By Driver, 23, While En Route To School Bus Crash In Lehigh County: Officials Trooper Struck By Driver, 23, While En Route To School Bus Crash In Lehigh County: Officials
Trooper Struck By Driver, 23, While En Route To School Bus Crash In Lehigh County: Officials A Pennsylvania state trooper and the 23-year-old driver who struck him while he was heading to a school bus crash were both hospitalized with injuries this week in Lehigh County, authorities said. The trooper was en route to a school bus crash with his lights and sirens on just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, State Police said. As the trooper was headed east in the turning lane at the center of the boulevard, the driver of an Acura TSX "traveled directly into the path" and the cars collided, police wrote.  The woman in the Acura was injured and taken to Lehigh Valley …

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by Mac Bullock
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Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy
Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy Authorities are investigating after a "juvenile" male was shot dead by a Pennsylvania state trooper in Bradford County Thursday evening.  State police were called to a wooded area in Herrick Township just before 5 p.m. on May 4 for reports of a person with a handgun, Trooper William Evans wrote in a release.  Troopers made contact with the boy and gave "numerous verbal orders for (him) to drop the weapon," authorities said. Police claimed the boy "did not comply" and "presented himself as an imminent threat to the responding troopers."  One trooper fired at the boy, and he w…

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by Mac Bullock
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On-Duty Trooper Causes Crash Into Motel Sign In Central Pennsylvania, State Police Say On-Duty Trooper Causes Crash Into Motel Sign In Central Pennsylvania, State Police Say
On-Duty Trooper Causes Crash Into Motel Sign In Central Pennsylvania, State Police Say A 24-year-old Pennsylvania state trooper caused a crash that injured another driver while on duty in a state police vehicle on Sunday, March 12, 2023, authorities say.  While attempting to exit the M&T Bank parking lot on Walnut Bottom Road in Shippensburg, the trooper— whose name has been redacted— failed to look for on-coming traffic and slammed in the rear bumper of 48-year-old Jill S. Markel's 2016 Mazda CX3 with the PSP 2021 Ford Explorer, according to a release by his assigned Troop in Carlisle. When Markel's car was struck by the PSP's bumper/push bar, it sent her into a tai…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike
Chester Co. Man ID'd After Amazon Truck Crash On Lancaster Pike Authorities say that a Chester County man died at the scene of a crash on Lancaster Pike on Wednesday, Feb. 8.  A deputy coroner arrived on the scene near Schoolhouse Road in Providence Township and pronounced 61-year-old Mark Slobodjian, from Nottingham, dead around 6 p.m., according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. Slobodjian had been driving his Chevrolet Equinox south and the tractor-trailer was heading north when— for an unknown reason, Slobodjian "swerved into the northbound lane causing a head-on collision,"  at 5:21 p.m., Pennsylvania State Trooper James Grothey states in …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pennsylvania State Police Shoot Man Dead During High-Speed Chase On US 22 Pennsylvania State Police Shoot Man Dead During High-Speed Chase On US 22
Pennsylvania State Police Shoot Man Dead During High-Speed Chase On US 22 A Pennsylvania state trooper shot and killed a man along US 22 leading to a five-mile closure of the roadway on Thursday, Nov. 3 around 3 p.m. authorities say.  The shooting followed a felony domestic incident involving a weapon in Richland Township, State Trooper Steve Limani told members of the media around 6 p.m. The man fled local police as they attempted to arrest him, leading them on a high-speed chase, "putting the community in danger," Limani said, adding that state troopers in the area observed the chase and jumped into action, taking over the pursuit. **New details, including …

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg
Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg A 30-year-old man has died following a building collapse at Martin's Famous Potato Rolls and Breads in Franklin County, authorities say. Steven Garrett Graby, of Washington Borough, Lancaster County has been identified as the man found in the debris at the construction site by the Franklin County coroner's office.  The collapse happened at a construction project on the company's campus at 1000 Garber Road in Guilford Township on Tuesday, August 30, around 2:15 p.m., according to dispatch.  Multiple concrete walls collapsed and although initially it was reported that a Martin's em…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Shooting-Pursuit Injures PA State Trooper On I-76 Shooting-Pursuit Injures PA State Trooper On I-76
Shooting-Pursuit Injures PA State Trooper On I-76 Details have been released in a shooting-pursuit on Interstate 76 in Lancaster County that hospitalized a Pennsylvania State Trooper on Friday, April 15. Two troopers pulled over two SUVs, one black and one white, around 11:35 p.m. near mile maker 273.2 east in Elizabeth Township, Trooper Kevin Kochka said. One SUV pulled over onto the shoulder and the other one directly behind the trooper's vehicle in the right lane of travel. At that time, one trooper approached the black SUV, which was stopped directly behind their patrol vehicle and the other trooper approached the white SUV. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say
Pennsylvania State Trooper Fatally Shoots Man With Knife, Police Say A man was shot dead by a Pennsylvania State Trooper, according to police. Glenn William Custer, 59, died at the scene of the shooting on Sunday, Pennsylvania state police said in a statement released on Monday morning. Police were called to a domestic dispute at a home on Gilberg Lane in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County just after 5 p.m., according to the release. When troopers arrived, Custer was acting erratically while holding a knife, as stated in the release. Custer refused multiple demands to drop the knife, police say. Instead, he ran towards occupied homes in the area then r…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Wrong-Way Central PA Fiery Fatal Crash Victims ID'd By Authorities Wrong-Way Central PA Fiery Fatal Crash Victims ID'd By Authorities
Wrong-Way Central PA Fiery Fatal Crash Victims ID'd By Authorities A second person has died as the result of a fiery crash on Saturday. Both victims' identities have been released by authorities. The crash occurred on Route 22 East in Middle Paxton Township around 10:30 p.m., as Daily Voice previously reported. Michael Hoy, 64, of Daytona Beach, Florida, died the night of the crash at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital according to the Cumberland County Coroner’s Office. Randy L. Deibelbi, 65, of Fleetwood, Berks County, died at an area hospital on Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania State Trooper Megan Ammerman. The passenger in Deibelbi’s vehicle remains i…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pa Mom Grieves Husband, State Trooper Son Dead In Murder-Suicide Pa Mom Grieves Husband, State Trooper Son Dead In Murder-Suicide
Pa Mom Grieves Husband, State Trooper Son Dead In Murder-Suicide A community is rallying around a mother who lost her husband and son in a murder-suicide on Wednesday. Wesley Frey Jr., 31, a former Pennsylvania State Trooper, shot his father, Wesley Frey Sr., 61, in the chest with a crossbow at a home in the 1200 block of Wissler Lane on Wednesday around 9 p.m., as Daily Voice previously reported. Frey Jr. barricaded himself in a bedroom while multiple police agencies, including PSP surrounded the residence, but by the time officers forced their way into the room, Frey Jr. was deceased. His cause and manner of death have not been released at the time o…

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by Daily Voice
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SEEN HIM? Pennsylvania Child Abuser Wanted In 6 Incidents, Police Say SEEN HIM? Pennsylvania Child Abuser Wanted In 6 Incidents, Police Say
Seen HIM? Pennsylvania Child Abuser Wanted In 6 Incidents, Police Say A known child abuser is wanted by Pennsylvania state police in Chester County. Graham Roman, 31, of Malvern, is wanted for child sex abuse crimes in Pennsylvania and possibly Georgia and Florida, according to police. Pennsylvania state police in Chester County initiated an investigation into a report of a child who was allegedly sexually abused by Graham Roman in East Whiteland Township in Aug. During the course of their investigation police learned the child was abused on at least two occasions by Roman with the first known incident occurring in April. Roman has been charged with the …

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by Jillian Pikora
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GOT HIM! US Marshals Arrest Teen Who Drove Into Pennsylvania Trooper During Traffic Stop GOT HIM! US Marshals Arrest Teen Who Drove Into Pennsylvania Trooper During Traffic Stop
GOT HIM! US Marshals Arrest Teen Who Drove Into Pennsylvania Trooper During Traffic Stop An 18-year-old who injured a Pennsylvania State trooper during a traffic stop in Lancaster County is has been arrested by US Marshals. David J. Pratt was arrested in the 900 block of Chestnut Street,  in Lebanon County on Tuesday shortly after midnight by US Marshals. Pratt was a passenger in a 2004 Honda Civic that was the subject of a routine traffic stop on Route 462/Lincoln Highway, east of Old Philadelphia Pike in East Lampeter Township, around 2:20 a.m. on May 11, according to PSP. Pratt shared a false identification with police, then slid over to the driver’s seat while the dri…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Authorities ID 55-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed By Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Authorities ID 55-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed By Pennsylvania State Police Trooper
Authorities ID 55-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed By Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Authorities have released the name of the 55-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Pennsylvania State Trooper Sunday afternoon. Troopers from the Troop M Belfast barracks responded to 940 Berger Road in Williams township for a 911 call related to a disturbance in the area when they were met with Edward James Shadder outside the home around 2:30 p.m., Trooper Nathan Branosky and the Northampton County DA's Office said. A "confrontation" occurred and a trooper fired two rounds from their department-issued Sig Sauer P227 handgun, killing Shadder, authorities said. Shadder was pronoun…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sealed Deal Ends Suit Over Suicide Of Accused Double Murderer In York County Prison Sealed Deal Ends Suit Over Suicide Of Accused Double Murderer In York County Prison
Sealed Deal Ends Suit Over Suicide Of Accused Double Murderer In York County Prison A lawsuit over an accused double murderer who hanged herself while imprisoned ended recently with a settlement. At the end of Feb. a deal between the York County Prison and the executor of the estate of Veronique Henry was settled and sealed by the order of  U.S. Middle District Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson. Henry, 32, of East Manchester Township, had hanged herself in her cell at York County Prison in September 2016 shortly after her husband Paul Henry III, 40 at the time, and her were charged with two murders during a home invasion. The couple was accused of killing Danielle …

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by Jillian Pikora