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Passenger Ejected, Seriously Injured In Berks County Crash On I-78 (UPDATED) Passenger Ejected, Seriously Injured In Berks County Crash On I-78 (UPDATED)
Passenger Ejected, Seriously Injured In Berks County Crash On I-78 (Updated) Authorities have released additional details in the Interstate 78 crash that shut down a large stretch of the highway on Monday, July 1.  The multi-vehicle wreck happened near mile marker 31 in Hamburg, state police said in a release.  A tractor-trailer was headed west in a work zone when it hit the center concrete barrier, troopers said. The collision knocked part of the barrier into oncoming traffic, where the concrete pieces were struck by another tractor-trailer and a Hyundai Santa Fe, according to crash investigators.  The Hyundai rolled onto its roof and one of the pas…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Carjacker Dressed As Cop To Steal Keys From Dealership In PA: Police Carjacker Dressed As Cop To Steal Keys From Dealership In PA: Police
Carjacker Dressed As Cop To Steal Keys From Dealership In PA: Police A police impersonator swiped a set of car keys from an automotive dealer then returned later to steal the vehicle, according to authorities.  Scranton police said Ernest J. Morris is charged with theft and receiving stolen property.  Morris, 47, walked into the dealership wearing "law enforcement attire" on June 18, investigators said. He displayed a badge and a "full police equipment belt" while speaking with employees, and made off with the keys to a 2021 Honda Civic, according to authorities.  Police said he was already wanted for a similar theft in Carbondale.  On …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Highway Robbery, Assault By Berks County Convict On Rt 222: Police Highway Robbery, Assault By Berks County Convict On Rt 222: Police
Highway Robbery, Assault By Berks County Convict On Rt 222: Police A woman was left with bruises on her face and arms after a convict accosted her vehicle on Route 222 and robbed her, West Earl Township Police announced in a release on Tuesday, June, 11. Michael Eugene Ermold Jr., 57 of Lancaster (who is reportedly experiencing homelessness), is accused of attacking a woman near mile marked 36.8 shortly before 7 p.m. on June 4, the police detailed in a release. The woman reported that he assaulted her inside of her vehicle "took the [her] cash before throwing the purse back into the vehicle [... then] fleeing on foot," according to the release. Office…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
ROAD RAGE: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say ROAD RAGE: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Road Rage: Killer Suspect Found Dead, Pennsylvania State Police Say A Virginia man has been found dead following a road rage incident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, State Police explained in an updated release on Monday, June 3.  Caernarvon Township Police found the suspect of the road-rage shooting — a 59-year-old Black man from North Dinwiddie, VA — dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a white tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a shopping complex on Crossings Boulevard, State Trooper James Grothey detailed in the updated release.  He was wanted in connection with an earlier road rage incident on I…

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by Jillian Pikora