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Officer Ryan Kingerski Dies Suddenly At 26: Penn Hills Police Officer Ryan Kingerski Dies Suddenly At 26: Penn Hills Police
Officer Ryan Kingerski Dies Suddenly At 26: Penn Hills Police A Penn Hills police officer has died suddenly, the department announced. Officer Ryan J. Kingerski, 26, of Monroeville, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, according to his obituary. “It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the sudden passing of Officer Ryan Kingerski, a dedicated member of our police family,” the department said in a statement. Kingerski served with the Penn Hills Police Department for the past three years, earning a reputation for his unwavering commitment and professionalism in protecting the community, police said. It is w…
MURDER-SUICIDE: PA Teen Kills Parents, Younger Brother Then Turns Gun On Himself, DA Says MURDER-SUICIDE: PA Teen Kills Parents, Younger Brother Then Turns Gun On Himself, DA Says
Murder-suicide: PA Teen Kills Parents, Younger Brother Then Turns Gun On Himself, DA Says A family of four has died in a quiet Pennsylvania town in what the Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible believes is a murder-suicide.  Clifford Hunt Junior, 19, supposedly shot his father Clifford, 51, mother Michelle, 48, and his 16-year-old brother Cody before turning the gun on himself in their home in the 200 block of Schaffer Road in Beaver Falls, North Sewickley Township on Sunday, Jan. 12 around 8:30 p.m., according to the DA and  North Sewickley Township Police Chief Jeff Becze. The call about the shooting to 911 came from inside the home, authorities said, but who m…
Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police
Florida Man Struck Dead On I-78: Pennsylvania State Police A 49-year-old Florida man has died following a hit-and-run on Interstate 78, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, Aug. 24.  Jymel Dejuan Smith of Clermont is a trucker, according to his social media, he had pulled his tractor-trailer over on I-78 West near mile marker 41.5 in Greenwich Township at 4:54 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, PSP Hamburg Trooper Brian Roland detailed in the release.  While standing next to the tractor-trailer another vehicle struck him and fled the scene, Roland wrote. That vehicle was located nearby by Pennsylvania State Police and they arrested the driver 42…
Airborne 21-Year-Old Killed In 4 Vehicle Crash: PA State Police Airborne 21-Year-Old Killed In 4 Vehicle Crash: PA State Police
Airborne 21-Year-Old Killed In 4 Vehicle Crash: PA State Police A 21-year-old man was killed in a four-vehicle crash on Route 30 on June 17, the Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release the following Monday. Shortly after the crash, Preston Mowery, of Ephrata, was found seatbelted but unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu along the side of Route 30/Lincoln Highway around 7 a.m. on Monday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police.  Three other vehicles were involved: a tractor-trailer, a Tesla, and another sedan—  all only drivers in the vehicles, according to the PSP release on J…
Funeral Director Killed In NJ Home Was 'Movie Buff, Capable Of Loving Anyone,' BF Says Funeral Director Killed In NJ Home Was 'Movie Buff, Capable Of Loving Anyone,' BF Says
Funeral Director Killed In NJ Home Was 'Movie Buff, Capable Of Loving Anyone,' BF Says Erica Voloshin was born to love. The 37-year-old Nutley woman, who was killed over the weekend in a Belleville home, is being mourned by those who love her for her innate kindness. "She was so capable of loving anybody," said Voloshin's boyfriend, Aviv Roziner, of Huntingdon Valley, PA. "She was so kind... she was the most understanding person one could ever imagine." Scott Hurring, 43, of Belleville, was charged with murder in Voloshin's killing Sunday, Oct. 1, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Belleville Police Chief Mark Minichini said. Roziner and Voloshin m…
Beloved Young PA Men Killed In MD Crash Will Have Joint Celebration Of Life Beloved Young PA Men Killed In MD Crash Will Have Joint Celebration Of Life
Beloved Young PA Men Killed In MD Crash Will Have Joint Celebration Of Life A community is coming together after the sudden loss of two young Pennsylvania men who died at the scene of a crash in Maryland on Sunday, June 19. Kyler Jace Robinson, 20, was behind the wheel and Wesley Owen Singh, 19, was in the passenger's seat when police found the white 2022 Hyundai Kona upside-down on Manchester Road just before 4 a.m., according to a release by Maryland state police. The pair died from injuries sustained in the crash and were pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. They had been planning to move to Los Angeles to chase their entrepreneurial dreams in c…
Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities
Beloved PA Teacher, Mom Slain By Neighbor Outside Her Home: Authorities A popular central Pennsylvania teacher has died after she was shot by her neighbor during a domestic dispute turned murder-suicide on Saturday, May, 21, authorities say. Erin Michelle Walker, 36, was shot dead by her neighbor, Daniel Berry, 59, in an apparent murder-suicide in the 400 block of Hill Street in Spring Garden Township around 6:15 p.m.— she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, May, 22, according to the York County coroner’s office. Her killer, Berry, was pronounced dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the coroner announced in a separate re…
Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For' Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For'
Harrisburg Mom Shot Dead At Birthday Party 'Had So Much To Live For' A few days after a woman died from a gunshot wound sustained during a shooting at a birthday party, her community has come together— filling Verbeke and Susquehanna Streets with Silver, Red and white balloons. The balloons represent Jamie Bey, 27, of Harrisburg's favorite colors, as attendees of her balloon release memorial told Daily Voice. Bey is thought to have been an innocent bystander of a fight at a  Al's Bar in Harrisburg, during a birthday party on Monday, as WGAL News 8 reported.  A fight supposedly broke out inside the bar and a gun was pulled, somehow Bey ended up hit by a bull…
Bethlehem Police Officer Matthew Ragusa Who Died By Suicide Gave Others Hope Bethlehem Police Officer Matthew Ragusa Who Died By Suicide Gave Others Hope
Bethlehem Police Officer Matthew Ragusa Who Died By Suicide Gave Others Hope The Lehigh Valley community is mourning the loss of a Bethlehem police officer who died by suicide on July 4. Matthew Ragusa was "a beckon of light to countless citizens who needed hope in their darkest hour," wrote Robert Corsi. Corsi organized a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses and other needs for his wife Stephanie, and three sons, Xavier, 13, Braxton, 10, and Lex, 6. The campaign had raised more than $33,000 as of Thursday evening. Matthew RagusaGoFundMe photo Prior to joining the Bethlehem Police Department in 2015, Ragusa served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Cor…