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'Riotous' Teens With Gun Disrupt Central PA Fireworks: Police 'Riotous' Teens With Gun Disrupt Central PA Fireworks: Police
'Riotous' Teens With Gun Disrupt Central PA Fireworks: Police Five teenagers have been charged after 'riotous behavior' and carrying a gun through the crowd at the Linglestown fireworks display on July 3, police announced on Wednesday. Lower Paxton Township Police were to the fireworks show at Koons Park following reports of "active assaults" in the moments before the fireworks were lit. The teens' "riotous behavior" included throwing things, and blocking the roadways, followed by criminal behavior while fleeing the police.  When the teens were caught a stolen .40 caliber Taurus pistol was found on one of them, the police said. They were all ch…
Arsonist 'Threatened To Kill Several People With A Knife,' Lancaster County, Police Say Arsonist 'Threatened To Kill Several People With A Knife,' Lancaster County, Police Say
Arsonist 'Threatened To Kill Several People With A Knife,' Lancaster County, Police Say A 44-year-old man with seven separate convictions over 25 years— including arson for setting the apartment he shared with his girlfriend and children on fire— pulled out a knife and threatened to kill people in Columbia, Pennsylvania, according to area police.  Charles Edward Swanigan, Jr. was arrested after witnesses told the police that he "threatened to kill several people with a knife," in the 600 block of Fairview Avenue, Columbia at approximately 10:56 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, area police say.  He was charged with two counts of terroristic threats and was held in the…
Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police
Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police A 30-year-old former convict and anger management graduate apparently still has some anger issues, as he got into a fight at a Subway restaurant and shoved a gun into the back of a girl's head, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Aaron David Babner, of Mechanicsburg, got into a "verbal argument" with another man at the Subway located at 90 Newberry Commons on Saturday, Oct. 1, Township police.  Sometime during the incident, he left the restaurant, retrieved a firearm from his vehicle, then approached the 16-year-old girl, "and pressed the firearm to the back of h…