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FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat
FBI Investigating Threats Toward 15 PA School Districts Made On Snapchat The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating after fifteen school districts were threatened and thirteen schools have temporarily closed due to threats made on Snapchat, according to school officials. The threats were first made on Snapchat and the echoed on other social media outlets on Monday, Nov. 29, according to school administrators in the Pittsburgh area. Some of the districts affected were McKeesport Area Schools, North Hills School District, Pittsburgh Public Schools, and Propel Charter Schools, as stated in a report by KDKA. We are aware of a threat on a social med…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat
Former Middle School Principal Heading To Prison For Asking Girls For Nudes Via Snapchat An assistant middle school principal has been sentenced for soliciting nude photos of young girls, according to court documents and the Snyder County district attorney's office. Christopher Scott Morrison, 40, of New Bloomfield worked at Selinsgrove, Area School District during which time he used Snapchat to contact four girls ages 11 to 14, the Lewistown Sentinel reported court documents and according to the the release for the DA. He was suspended without pay and later resigned from the school before charges were filed in May 2020, according to the Sentinel's report. Morrison was charge…

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by Jillian Pikora
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LanCo. Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter For Shooting Over Snapchat Post, DA Says LanCo. Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter For Shooting Over Snapchat Post, DA Says
LanCo. Man Found Guilty Of Attempted Manslaughter For Shooting Over Snapchat Post, DA Says An Ephrata Township man has been convicted of five counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter among other charges in connection with a shooting in July 2020, according to a statement released by the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. Mark Ivie Jr., 21, shot at a group of men with an AR-15 rifle after an altercation at the Ivie’s Ephrata home on Blackberry Lane that began over a Snapchat argument, according to the release. During the trial the jury heard testimony that a former coworker of Ivie Jr. posted a music video on Snapchat, which Ivie Jr. criticized, starting an argument on…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Social Media Threat Not Directed At North Penn School District, Police Say Social Media Threat Not Directed At North Penn School District, Police Say
Social Media Threat Not Directed At North Penn School District, Police Say A threat circulating on social media has no connection to the North Penn School District, authorities said. The apparent threat made on Snapchat originated out of state and was traced back to a school far from Pennsylvania, according to the Towamencin Police Department. "We contacted their police department directly who has an investigation underway and taken precautionary steps to protect their student body," police said in a statement Wednesday. "It appears as though this threat has been passed around for the past two or three days, impacting multiple states and school districts." There…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Gun Threat Prompts Police Presence At Parkland School District Gun Threat Prompts Police Presence At Parkland School District
Gun Threat Prompts Police Presence At Parkland School District Authorities in Lehigh County are investigating a possible threat made at the Parkland School District, reports say. The apparent threat made Monday includes circulating Snapchat posts of a handgun and two men with handguns that read “we are hitting up parkland with the gang and we’re shooting up the whole building," WFMZ reports. Parkland School District Possible Threat: An investigation was initiated after these Snapchat posts were brought to the attention of police. One reads “we are hitting up parkland with the gang and we’re shooting up the whole building.” @69News pic.twitter.com/o…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
DA: Bensalem Man Facing Dozens Of Additional Charges In 'Sextortion' Case DA: Bensalem Man Facing Dozens Of Additional Charges In 'Sextortion' Case
DA: Bensalem Man Facing Dozens Of Additional Charges In 'Sextortion' Case A Bensalem man who was charged in June for sexually extorting and harassing six victims now faces 40 additional charges after nine more victims were identified, authorities said. Ian Pisarchuk, 26, was charged Tuesday morning with multiple counts each of child pornography, unlawful contact, corruption of minors, sexual extortion, stalking, terroristic threats, harassment, and cyber harassment of a child, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Pisarchuk has been held at the Bucks County Correctional Facility since failing to post 10 percent of $2,000,000 bail for sexually …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen
Former PA Firefighter Gets Up To 20 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Young Teen A former Pennsylvania firefighter was sentenced to 10 to 20 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy he met on an online dating app in 2019, authorities said. Carlton Bell, 29, of Pottstown (Montgomery County), was arrested in January 2020, and pled guilty to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual abuse of children in April 2021, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. On Dec. 24, 2019, East Coventry police received information that a 14-year-old child created a profile on Grindr, --  one of the largest social networking apps for g…

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by Nicole Acosta
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US Supreme Court Rules In Favor Pennsylvania Cheerleader In First Amendment Case US Supreme Court Rules In Favor Pennsylvania Cheerleader In First Amendment Case
US Supreme Court Rules In Favor Pennsylvania Cheerleader In First Amendment Case The Supreme Court overturned a lower court's ruling in the case of a cheerleader who took to SnapChat to vent her frustrations for not making the cheer squad. When Brandi Levy, of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County was 14 she posted on SnapChat after she did not make the school’s junior varsity cheerleading squad by posting, “F——— school f——— softball f——— cheer f——— everything,” in a post over a photo of her and a friend giving the middle finger, as the Daily Voice previously reported. The Supreme Court ruled in her favor in this first amendment case, in an 8 to 1 ruling, with Justice Cl…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Police: Horse-Buggy Fatal Crash In Cumberland County Caused By Snap Chatting Driver On Drugs Police: Horse-Buggy Fatal Crash In Cumberland County Caused By Snap Chatting Driver On Drugs
Police: Horse-Buggy Fatal Crash In Cumberland County Caused By Snap Chatting Driver On Drugs A woman was using SnapChat while high on drugs when she caused a fatal horse-and-buggy accident. Tabitha L. Foultz, 21, of Greencastle, has admitted to using SnapChat and being on drugs while driving the morning she hit a horse-and-buggy killing a 14-year-old, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The crash happened in the 1200 block of Ritner Highway (Route 11) on March 3 around 8:45 a.m. Two children were ejected from the buggy-- including the 14-year-old who died and a 6-year-old who suffered serious injuries. The 14-year-old died at Penn State Hershey Medical Center three days later…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
DA: Ex Kutztown Football Player In 'Sextortion' Case Likely Did Same To Woman Before Her Death DA: Ex Kutztown Football Player In 'Sextortion' Case Likely Did Same To Woman Before Her Death
DA: Ex Kutztown Football Player In 'Sextortion' Case Likely Did Same To Woman Before Her Death The arrest of a 25-year-old former athlete in a massive Bucks County Snapchat "sextortion" case has given authorities a better idea of what may have happened in the months before the 2016 disappearance and death of Bensalem's Lindsey Piccone. Ian Pisarchuk was arrested the night of June 8, following a search of his Skyline Drive home on June 8, Bucks County DA Matthew Weintraub and Bensalem police said at a press conference Wednesday. The investigation began when police got a complaint from an alleged victim saying she had gotten messages from an unknown individual on SnapChat, We…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
'America First B----': Bucks FBI Nab Pennsylvania Teen For Alleged Role In Capitol Riot 'America First B----': Bucks FBI Nab Pennsylvania Teen For Alleged Role In Capitol Riot
'America First B----': Bucks FBI Nab Pennsylvania Teen For Alleged Role In Capitol Riot Federal investigators arrested a 19-year-old Bucks County man on allegations he posted several Snapchat videos of himself on Jan. 6 raiding the U.S Capitol building, authorities said. An FBI investigation ensued after a friend of Leonard Ridge, of Feasterville-Trevose, sent Snapchat videos of Ridge to federal agents on Jan. 9., according to federal documents. In the five videos posted to Snapchat, Ridge shows himself and others storming the U.S Capitol and being tear-gassed, documents show. In one of the videos, a voice is heard saying, “let’s go, let’s go. Get in this B----!" In another…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Harrisburg Dentist Arrested For Assaulting Women, Including Raping Girl, 15, Say Police Harrisburg Dentist Arrested For Assaulting Women, Including Raping Girl, 15, Say Police
Harrisburg Dentist Arrested For Assaulting Women, Including Raping Girl, 15, Say Police A Harrisburg dentist has been charged with raping a Snyder County teenager and assaulting her mother, according to local police. Michael Boyd Damgaard, 33, pretended to be a younger man named “Dominik”-- contacting a 15-year-old girl on SnapChat and repeatedly assaulted her between May 12 and June 19 of 2020, according to court documents. The girl claims he sent her a message threatening to kill her if she did not meet him June 19 in the woods off Bucksey Road; that day her mother saw her leaving the woods with him and notified Pennsylvania State police. The mother tried to keep Damgaard a…

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by Jillian Pikora