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$100K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Walmart In Central Pennsylvania $100K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Walmart In Central Pennsylvania
$100K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold At Walmart In Central Pennsylvania A lottery ticket purchased from a central Pennsylvania Walmart won $100,000 (before taxes), according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The Powerball with Power Play ticket was sold at the Walmart at 200 Kocher Lane in Elizabethville. The store will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning numbers were The ticket correctly matched four of the five white balls 3-6-11-17-22, and the red Powerball 11 in the drawing on Monday, Oct. 10.  Without the $1 Power Play option, officials said the ticket would have been worth $50,000. The Power Pla…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Inmate Threatens To Blow Up Allentown Parole Building: Report PA Inmate Threatens To Blow Up Allentown Parole Building: Report
PA Inmate Threatens To Blow Up Allentown Parole Building: Report A 65-year-old man jailed on arson offenses will be facing a new charge for threatening to blow up a parole building in Lehigh County, Fox56 reports. Timothy Koebert, an inmate at SCI Dallas in Luzerne County, threatened to bomb the Allentown parole office and put people in body bags in a series of letters, the outlet says citing Pennsylvania State Police. He also allegedly threatened to light an Allentown Walmart store on fire. Koebert, who's scheduled to be released in October, was charged with terroristic threats, according to the outlet. Click here for more from Fox56.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Repeat Child Porn Collector From Atlantic City Faces 10-Year Minimum In Federal Prison Repeat Child Porn Collector From Atlantic City Faces 10-Year Minimum In Federal Prison
Repeat Child Porn Collector From Atlantic City Faces 10-Year Minimum In Federal Prison A convicted child porn collector from Atlantic City is headed back to federal prison for at least 10 years for doing it again, authorities said. Cory Newman, 46, previously served most of a 51-month sentence following a 2007 conviction on similar charges, records show. Homeland Security Investigations agents "discovered electronic devices containing numerous videos and images of children being sexually abused" during a raid of Newman's Pacific Avenue home in May 2021, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Some were stored on a laptop and others on an external hard drive, according to an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PA Men Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Teenage Girls From Virginia, Maryland PA Men Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Teenage Girls From Virginia, Maryland
PA Men Convicted Of Sex Trafficking Teenage Girls From Virginia, Maryland Two men part of a teenage sex trafficking ring that was headquartered in the Philadelphia suburbs have been convicted, authorities said. A jury found 36-year-old Dimas Omar Hernandez, aka “Adonys,” of Malvern, and 27-year-old Franklin Rivera-Mendieta, aka “Mono,” of Downingtown, guilty on charges of trafficking minors, involuntary servitude, rape, kidnapping, and other related offenses, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. On May 28, 2020, a missing 14-year-old Maryland girl's Facebook message to her mother led multi-state authorities to her location, sparking an…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
PA Walmart Thief In Pagan's Motorcycle Gang Vest Busted With Loaded Handgun PA Walmart Thief In Pagan's Motorcycle Gang Vest Busted With Loaded Handgun
PA Walmart Thief In Pagan's Motorcycle Gang Vest Busted With Loaded Handgun A man trying to swipe items from Walmart by hiding them in a Pagan's Motorcycle Gang vest was busted with a loaded handgun that he wasn't licensed to carry, authorities in Delaware County said. Patrick Sean Griffin, Sr. was stopped by officers at the MacDade Boulevard store in Darby Township on July 29, after he was captured on surveillance taking several items out of their packaging and concealing them in his denim vest, local police said. Loss Prevention and police attempted to stop Griffin at the exit, but he turned away and re-entered the store near the self-checkout area in a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Man Shoves Hands Down Pants, Touches Himself In Bucks Walmart Store, Police Say Man Shoves Hands Down Pants, Touches Himself In Bucks Walmart Store, Police Say
Man Shoves Hands Down Pants, Touches Himself In Bucks Walmart Store, Police Say Police are looking for a man who they say put his hands down his pants and touched himself inside a Walmart store in Bucks County. The "disorderly man" had left by the time officers arrived at the East Street Road store in Warminster around 4:14 p.m. Saturday, July 23, local police said. The workers reportedly told cops that the man had been groping himself in front of store-goers. Anyone with information on the man's identity is asked to call the police at 215-672-1000 or email police officer Houser at ahouser@warminsterpa.org. 

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Man Drove Recklessly Through PA Shopping Center Lot To Get Attention Of Police Man Drove Recklessly Through PA Shopping Center Lot To Get Attention Of Police
Man Drove Recklessly Through PA Shopping Center Lot To Get Attention Of Police A 53-year-old driver is facing several charges after driving recklessly through a busy Pennsylvania shopping center in an attempt to attract the attention of police, authorities said. John Martin Jr. apparently sped off Route 23 into the Morgantown Crossings Shopping Plaza in Berks County and drove into a retention basin, blowing out one of his tires around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17, Caernarvon Township police said. Martin, of East Earl, managed to free his car and continued driving through the crowded parking lot before stopping outside the Walmart store, police said. When offic…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say
Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say Yet another post by someone claiming she suffered a fentanyl overdose simply by picking up a dollar bill has triggered a viral panic, and once again those who know better are left shaking their heads. “It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it,” said Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. “If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn’t inject it and snort it in order to get high.” Higher doses and several hours of time are required for an actual user to overdose on the deadly synthetic opioid, Dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Companies Selling Honey Tainted With Drugs Used To Fight Erectile Dysfunction: FDA Companies Selling Honey Tainted With Drugs Used To Fight Erectile Dysfunction: FDA
Companies Selling Honey Tainted With Drugs Used To Fight Erectile Dysfunction: FDA The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to four companies that allegedly illegally sold honey-based products that could contain drug ingredients found in erectile dysfunction medication. Testing by the FDA found that products being sold throughout the East Coast could pose a significant health risk to consumers due to the presence of drug ingredients that can be found in Cialis (tadalafil) and Viagra (sildenafil). Officials noted that those drugs are used to treat erectile dysfunction and are “restricted to use under the supervision of licensed health care professio…

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by Zak Failla
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National Recall Issued For 786K Swinging Hammock Chairs Due To Injury Hazard National Recall Issued For 786K Swinging Hammock Chairs Due To Injury Hazard
National Recall Issued For 786K Swinging Hammock Chairs Due To Injury Hazard New safety instructions are being provided to more than 750,000 consumers across the country after a national recall was issued for a popular brand of swinging hammock chairs. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of approximately 786,000 RIO-branded chairs due to the improper insertion of pins provided for assembly that can cause the legs to collapse, creating a potential injury hazard to users. Officials announced the recall on Thursday, June 30. The folding chairs have a black or gray metal frame, a fabric seat, and a backrest with a pillow, some of which have a dri…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Repeat Walmart Thief Nabbed In Philly: Police Repeat Walmart Thief Nabbed In Philly: Police
Repeat Walmart Thief Nabbed In Philly: Police A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man accused in a string of Walmart robberies was arrested in Philadelphia after a recent incident, authorities said. Jamell A. Oglesby was nabbed Wednesday, June 29 after he was spotted in the black Lexus ES 250 that Bensalem police say was involved in the robberies. Oglesby and one other person who has yet to be identified, are believed to have committed robberies at Walmart stores in Bensalem, Warminster, Philadelphia,  Deptford, NJ, and Delaware, Bensalem police said. The first incident happened around 7:45 p.m on Friday, May 20 when a man …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Man Attacks Autistic Relative Outside Berks County Walmart Store, Police Say Man Attacks Autistic Relative Outside Berks County Walmart Store, Police Say
Man Attacks Autistic Relative Outside Berks County Walmart Store, Police Say A man is facing charges after he allegedly attacked his autistic relative outside a Walmart store in Tilden Township (Berks County). Joshua L. Cassler, 31, punched and attempted to strangle the 21-year-old man after he accidentally backed a vehicle into a parked car and then into a pole in the parking lot of the store on Tilden Ridge Drive around 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, local police said. The victim, who has autism and cerebral palsy, got out of the vehicle and ran towards the store, where he was stopped by a relative, later identified as Cassler, of Shoemakersville, Tilden Township pol…

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by Nicole Acosta