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Fire Police Officer Lied About Being Hit While Directing Traffic In Newville, Police Say Fire Police Officer Lied About Being Hit While Directing Traffic In Newville, Police Say
Fire Police Officer Lied About Being Hit While Directing Traffic In Newville, Police Say A Fire Police Officer who was directing traffic lied to authorities about a vehicle striking him, police announced on July 10, 2023.  Morris Metzger Jr., 66, of Newville had been directing traffic in the 100 block on South High Street prior to the alleged incident around 5 p.m. on June 20, according to Newville Police.  When officers arrived to investigate he told them avehicle "failed to stop for him and drove around his cones to turn right onto S. High St." he went on to claim "he yelled and waived his arms and the vehicle turned around at Graham Medical and came back northbound…

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Extra Cheese: $680 Spent On Pizza Using Fake Account, Newville Police Say Extra Cheese: $680 Spent On Pizza Using Fake Account, Newville Police Say
Extra Cheese: $680 Spent On Pizza Using Fake Account, Newville Police Say A 27-year-old woman wanted a little extra cheese to cover the cost of her pizza cravings, so she used someone's bank details on her SliceLife pizza app account and place several orders, police announced on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.  Branda Shoemaker of Newville has "confessed to linking the victims bank account information to her Slice App and using it to purchase food and other miscellaneous items," on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Newville Police said. Shoemaker's victim contacted the police and showed officers bank statements with $680 of fraudulent charges totaling in "approximately $680.0…

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Boy Tries To Kill Parents With Pairing Knife In Central PA, Police Say Boy Tries To Kill Parents With Pairing Knife In Central PA, Police Say
Boy Tries To Kill Parents With Pairing Knife In Central PA, Police Say "I'll cut them. I'll kill them," a boy said while holding his parents at knife point in a Newville street, authorities announced on Thursday, March 16, 2023.  The Newville police were called to the "domestic incident involving a weapon" in the first block of South High Street on Feb. 18, 2023 at 3:44 p.m., according to the release.  Upon arrival, they discovered the boy "wielding a 4-5 inch pairing knife and pointing it in the direction of his parents and others present," as stated in the release.  The boy "followed commands to drop the knife and to lay on the ground where h…

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Five Children, Two Dogs Endangered By Parents, Newville Police Say Five Children, Two Dogs Endangered By Parents, Newville Police Say
Five Children, Two Dogs Endangered By Parents, Newville Police Say Newville citizens tipped off police about child and animal abuse parents with "dangerous dogs" were doing, police say.  After receiving the tips, the area police investigated 32-year-old Travis Richard Laughner and his 29-year-old wife Taryn B. Laughner resulting in their arrests on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.  The police found that the Laughers had endangered "the welfare of their children as well as (having) loose dogs and harboring dangerous dogs...violating the duty of care act," the police stated in a release the day after the arrest.  The pair were each charged with fiv…

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PA Man Seriously Injured After Girlfriend Driver Over Him With Car, Police Say PA Man Seriously Injured After Girlfriend Driver Over Him With Car, Police Say
PA Man Seriously Injured After Girlfriend Driver Over Him With Car, Police Say A man has been "substantial injured" after his girlfriend drove over him, according to Newville police. Police were dispatched to Vine Street on Sept. 10 around 3:45 p.m. Upon arrival they found, "a man who had sustained substantial injuries to his left arm, hip and right foot," police said in a statement on Thursday. Newville Emergency Medical Service treated the man at the scene. The man told police that his girlfriend ran him over with their car. His girlfriend was identified as Maria Decicco, 59, of Newville.  Decicco supposedly ran him over with the rear passenger side tir…

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Man Drags Gas Pump Hose While Driving High On Heroin, Spits On ER Staff, Newville Police Say Man Drags Gas Pump Hose While Driving High On Heroin, Spits On ER Staff, Newville Police Say
Man Drags Gas Pump Hose While Driving High On Heroin, Spits On ER Staff, Newville Police Say A man was arrested in Newville after police stopped him while driving around with a gas pump hanging out of his car and found heroin. Harry Pytak, 67, of Shermansdale, was stopped while driving his Honda Accord by police in the first block of East Main Street in Newville on Friday, July 23 at 8:45 p.m. Pytak had a gas pump handle and hose hanging from the gas tank of his vehicle and had been dragging them along the road while he was driving, according to Newville police. Police attempted to stop the vehicle by activating their emergency light but ending up following the Accord into a parki…

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