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NJ Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police NJ Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police
NJ Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police An elderly woman has lost nearly $9,000 from her bank account after a New Jersey man used a fake passport card at a bank in Bethlehem, PA, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22.  Dax Perez Velazquez, 49 of West New York, NJ, somehow obtained a US passport card with his image on it but the elderly woman's name, and used it at a Member's 1st bank in Bethlehem, PA on September 30, Lower Allen Township police detailed in the release. The man initially made a cash withdrawal of $6,800 using the woman's account info and his fraudulent passport card at a teller window inside the bank and the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Woman Hospitalized Following Firetruck Collision In Central PA (PHOTOS) Woman Hospitalized Following Firetruck Collision In Central PA (PHOTOS)
Woman Hospitalized Following Firetruck Collision In Central PA (Photos) A woman was hurt when her car slammed into a firetruck on Tuesday, authorities announced on July 27, 2023.  The woman was driving her Subaru at a high rate of speed in the 1200 block of East Lisburn Road near Gutshall Lane in Upper Allen Township when she lost control of her vehicle, area police detailed in a release on Thursday. She "crossed the center dividing line into the path of Lisburn Community Fire Company’s fire engine," the police said. The two vehicles collided at approximately 7:15 p.m. on July 25, 2023, according to the police.  The fire company was not responding t…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Homeowner Shoots Burglar In Central PA, Police Say Homeowner Shoots Burglar In Central PA, Police Say
Homeowner Shoots Burglar In Central PA, Police Say A burglar was shot by the owner of the home they were breaking into on Sunday, May 14, 2023, police announced the following morning.  The New Cumberland Borough of Police Department was called to the burglary in the 300 block of Second Street at 8:14 p.m. When officers arrived, they learned that the homeowner shot the suspect and they fled the scene. The officers located the suspect around 16th Street and Bridge Street and had them transported to an area hospital.  "The investigation is ongoing however this does not appear to be a random situation," the police stated in the relea…

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by Jillian Pikora
Sports
Warrant Served: Sprint Car Racer Colton Wisely, Unwisely Sped Off Without Paying In PA, Police Warrant Served: Sprint Car Racer Colton Wisely, Unwisely Sped Off Without Paying In PA, Police
Warrant Served: Sprint Car Racer Colton Wisely, Unwisely Sped Off Without Paying In PA, Police UPDATE: Colton Wade Wisley was arrested on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 8 a.m. and his warrant was marked as served the following morning by Lower Allen Township Police. Additional information was not released.  ORIGINAL: The brother of a rising sprint car racing star and a racer himself, Colton Wade Wisely is wanted by police in central Pennsylvania. Wisely, unwisely sped off— without paying— from the Outback Steakhouse located at 1201 Lower Allen Drive in Camp Hill, on Sept. 17 at 3:28 p.m., Lower Allen Township police say.  Wisely comes from a legacy racing family, with trophy wins from…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Patrol Car Nearly Hit By Trucker Fleeing After Peeing In PA McDonald's Drive-Thru, Police Say Patrol Car Nearly Hit By Trucker Fleeing After Peeing In PA McDonald's Drive-Thru, Police Say
Patrol Car Nearly Hit By Trucker Fleeing After Peeing In PA McDonald's Drive-Thru, Police Say A man who was urinating in a McDonald's drive-thru hopped in his car to flee and nearly hit police— twice, authorities announced on March 15, 2023.  Daniel Leo Wand Jr., 36, was in his white Dodge Ram at the restaurant located at 1055 Carlisle Road, Camp Hill when Police the Lower Allen Township police arrived at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 3, according to the release.  While backing out of his parking space, Wand nearly hit a police cruiser twice, despite officers using the horn and siren— he then fled at a high rate of speed. He was pursued by the police while driving recklessly on Car…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunk Mom With Infant In Car Slams Into PA Church On Christmas Day, Police Say Drunk Mom With Infant In Car Slams Into PA Church On Christmas Day, Police Say
Drunk Mom With Infant In Car Slams Into PA Church On Christmas Day, Police Say A 10-month-old infant was in the backseat when their mom drunkenly slammed into the Harrisburg Korean Presbyterian Church on Christmas Day 2022, police announced on Feb. 9, 2023. Kayla C. Kellam "had been traveling on Route 15 South when she lost control of the vehicle, went through the grass median for the off ramp at Slate Hill Road, through a chain link fence and struck the Harrisburg Korean Presbyterian Church," on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, the Lower Allen Township police announced the after her arrest.  When police arrived at the church located at 1127 Slate Hill Road, they foun…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunk Man With Car Full Of Cocaine Crashes Into Patrol Cars In Carlisle, Police Say Drunk Man With Car Full Of Cocaine Crashes Into Patrol Cars In Carlisle, Police Say
Drunk Man With Car Full Of Cocaine Crashes Into Patrol Cars In Carlisle, Police Say A  drunk man driving around five marked patrol cars and an ambulance with emergency lighting activated at the scene of an accident was found with illegal drugs and firearms in his fire vehicle authorities say.  Jimmie L. Phillips struck at least one of the police cars in the 300 block of Kingsley Road Lower Allen Township on Jan. 27 at 1:20 a.m., according to a release on Feb. 10 by area police.  The 39-year-old's Mitsubishi Outlander was stopped and "he was found to be intoxicated by alcohol and controlled substances. He was then placed under arrest," the pol…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Camp Hill Girl Missing Since Before Christmas, Police Camp Hill Girl Missing Since Before Christmas, Police
Camp Hill Girl Missing Since Before Christmas, Police A 15-year-old girl who has been missing since before Christmas authorities say. NyAsia Cooley-Humphrey was last seen at her Camp Hill home on Dec. 22, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She is described as 5 foot, 4 inches tall; 135 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Anyone with information on Cooley-Humphrey’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or Lower Allen Township police at 717-238-9676.

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by Jillian Pikora
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Cumberland County Man Wanted For Raping, Choking 10-Year-Old 'Multiple Times': Police Cumberland County Man Wanted For Raping, Choking 10-Year-Old 'Multiple Times': Police
Cumberland County Man Wanted For Raping, Choking 10-Year-Old 'Multiple Times': Police More than three years after a child reported being raped, choked, and abused, police have issued an arrest warrant for the man they believe is responsible. Roscoe N. Roy Jr., 41, of Harrisburg was named as the suspect in this abuse case "following a lengthy investigation," Lower Allen Township police say. The 10-year-old child first reported her abuse to authorities on May 3, 2019, according to the police release at the end of Dec. 2022.  Roy has been charged with three felons for rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault, and strangulation, as well as two misdemeanors for indecent…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
$10K In Damage When Ohio Businessowner Stuffed Linens In Toilet At PA Hotel: Police $10K In Damage When Ohio Businessowner Stuffed Linens In Toilet At PA Hotel: Police
$10K In Damage When Ohio Businessowner Stuffed Linens In Toilet At PA Hotel: Police A business owner from Ohio who wrecked a hotel room in central Pennsylvania has been arrested on Monday, August 1, 2022 police said in a release on Wednesday. Lower Allen Township police were called to the Country Inn and Suites 4943 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg after hotel staff discovered serious damage to a hotel room at 11:28 a.m. on July 26, 2021, according to a release by the department. Conrad Lee Riffle III,  31, who owns the brewery supply company Cleveland Process Systems had been staying at the hotel since June 28, 2021, and had extended the stay through July 26,…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Cemetery Chase By PA Police From Multiple Counties Catches Wanted Man Cemetery Chase By PA Police From Multiple Counties Catches Wanted Man
Cemetery Chase By PA Police From Multiple Counties Catches Wanted Man A man on probation, who was wanted in Dauphin County has been arrested after a chase through a Cumberland County cemetery on Apr. 22, police say. Troy Deandre Reid, 26, of Penbrook was working at a Cumberland County cemetery in the 1800 block of Carlisle Road when he sent police on a foot chase around 2 p.m., according to a release by Lower Allen Township police. They wanted to serve their arrest warrants when Reid first took off in a utility vehicle "before bailing and fleeing on foot," as stated in the release. He led them through the cemetery into the woods by a creek before being arres…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Dirt Biker, 20, ID'd After Deadly Crash In Central PA: Coroner Dirt Biker, 20, ID'd After Deadly Crash In Central PA: Coroner
Dirt Biker, 20, ID'd After Deadly Crash In Central PA: Coroner A man who died after slamming into a pickup truck during a police chase in central Pennsylvania has been identified by the coroner. Jonathan Luis Amézquita-Vazquez, 20, of Harrisburg, died at the intersection of Lower Allen Drive and Gettysburg Road in Camp Hill just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 6, according to the Cumberland County coroner's office. Amézquita-Vazquez was fleeing from police after they attempted to stop him for driving a dirt bike without a license plate, according to Lower Allen Township police. He wove through traffic eventually fatally hitting a pickup truck, poli…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Dirt Biker Killed In Crash During Police Pursuit In Central PA Dirt Biker Killed In Crash During Police Pursuit In Central PA
Dirt Biker Killed In Crash During Police Pursuit In Central PA One person has died in a crash during a chase in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Attempted to pull over a dirt bike without a license plate on Gettysburg Road around 9:15 a.m.Wednesday, Apr. 6, according to Lower Allen Township police. The dirt bike wove through traffic during a police pursuit but slammed into a pickup truck, police say. All lanes on Lower Allen Drive southbound between Gettysburg Road and Exit: US 15 South were closed following the crash just before 10 a.m. to 511PA. The coroner was called to the scene, according to emergency dispatchers. The driver of a dirt bik…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Raping Child Under 13 Years Old: Police Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Raping Child Under 13 Years Old: Police
Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Raping Child Under 13 Years Old: Police A central Pennsylvania man was arrested on an warrant for raping a child on Thursday, according to a release by police. Raymond Douglas Nattress, 43, of Mechanicsburg, was arrested on a warrant issued on Monday for multiple instances of sexual assaulting a child under the age of 13 starting on Mar. 1, 2020, according to police and court documents. The warrant and subsequent arrest comes after many months of investigation by Lower Allen Township police which began in April 2021, according to the release. Nattress has been charged with the following, according to his court docket: F1 Invo…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Crossdresser Masturbating At PA Gas Station Asked Worker For Sexual Pleasures, Police Say Crossdresser Masturbating At PA Gas Station Asked Worker For Sexual Pleasures, Police Say
Crossdresser Masturbating At PA Gas Station Asked Worker For Sexual Pleasures, Police Say A 27-year-old man wearing a black dress and fishnet tights was arrested after police caught him masturbating in a Central Pennsylvania gas station, authorities said. The trouble began around 2:30 p.m. when Lower Allen Township Police officers responded to The Comfort Inn & Suites on Sept. 18, police said. They were responding to reports of a “male dressed as a woman" refusing to leave, they said. Officers found Delonte Sease sitting in the driver’s seat of a Ford Fusion outside and holding a “clear cellophane bag containing a crystallized substance," police said. Drug paraph…

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SEEN THEM? Men Wanted For Stealing $15.5K Of Goods From 35+ Cars, Cumberland County Police Say SEEN THEM? Men Wanted For Stealing $15.5K Of Goods From 35+ Cars, Cumberland County Police Say
Seen Them? Men Wanted For Stealing $15.5K Of Goods From 35+ Cars, Cumberland County Police Say Warrants have been issued for three men Lower Allen Township police believe are responsible for at least 36 thefts of items from vehicles. Izzy Junior Martinez, 24, Juan Ramon Martinez, 20, and Bryan Esquilin Figuerao, 22, are wanted for dozens of thefts in March, Aug., Oct., Nov., and Dec. of 2020 of unlocked vehicles, according to police. The men targeted specific neighborhoods of Rossmoyne Manor, Highland Park, Beacon Hill, Cumberland Park, Spring Lake, and the Wesley Part Apartments-- taking over $15,500 worth of property. The items stolen includes: electronics, jewelry, weapons, cash,…

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by Jillian Pikora