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Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police
Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police A 51-year-old woman has died a week after being ejected during a head-on crash along Interstate 81, Pennsylvania State Police and the Dauphin County Coroner confirmed to Daily Voice on Tuesday, April 9.  Sharon Michelle Bentler, originally of Berwick and most recently of Harrisburg (according to her social media and court records), passed away at Penn State Hershey Medical Center on Sunday due to multiple traumatic injuries she sustained in a crash on I-81 on April 3 Dauphin County press secretary Diane McNaughton told Daily Voice.  Her death was ruled accidental by the county co…

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by Jillian Pikora
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NYPD Impersonator With Pick Axe, Ghost Gun Caught Going 94 MPH By PA State Police NYPD Impersonator With Pick Axe, Ghost Gun Caught Going 94 MPH By PA State Police
Nypd Impersonator With Pick Axe, Ghost Gun Caught Going 94 MPH By PA State Police A convicted felon in a Jeep outfitted with red and blue lights has been apprehended in South Central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Tuesday, Nov. 28.  Johnny Lee Jackson Jr., 55, of Berwick, was driving a 2020 Jeep he had modified with red and blue flashing police-style lights when was pulled over, at 5:19 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, Pennsylvania State Police in Gettysburg detailed in a release. He was reportedly going 94 miles per hour in a marked 65 MPH zone at 146 US 15 South in Straban Township. During the traffic stop the troopers made numerous unusual discoveries, as stated …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
US Navy's Popular Active Duty Drag Queen Harpy Daniels Is Pennsylvania Native US Navy's Popular Active Duty Drag Queen Harpy Daniels Is Pennsylvania Native
US Navy's Popular Active Duty Drag Queen Harpy Daniels Is Pennsylvania Native The US Navy has appointed an active-duty drag queen to be its "digital ambassador" and he just so happens to be a Pennsylvania native. Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, hails from Berwick and identifies as non-binary.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Harpy Daniels ⚓👑 (@harpy_daniels) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Harpy Daniels ⚓👑 (@harpy_daniels) The self-proclaimed "sailor queen" is a 2nd class petty officer and among five non-compensated DAs appoin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports
Driver Who Plowed Through Crowd Of People, Beat Mom Dead In PA: Reports A 24-year-old man who killed one person and hurt 17 when he plowed his car into a crowd at a fire benefit and then beat a woman dead with a hammer moments later has been identified by Pennsylvania State Police, they said. Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, of Nescopeck, Luzerne County, was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge on Sunday, Aug. 14, on two courts of criminal homicide. He was denied bail and remanded to the Columbia County Correctional Facility. Reyes was behind the wheel of a car that plowed into a crowd of people on West 2nd Street at the Intoxicology Department in B…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children
Former Berks Daycare Worker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Children A jury found a former Berks County daycare worker guilty of sexually assaulting children, according to authorities and news reports. Andrew McCollin -- then aged 33 -- was arrested on Aug. 30, 2019, after a 4-year-old child reported that a teacher at Creative Beginnings Early Learning Center in Bern Township had inappropriately touched them, according to WFMZ and detectives with the Berks County District Attorney's Office. Since then, investigators learned of a 5-year-old child and another child -- whose age was not released -- who were sexually assaulted by their teacher in 2018 and 2…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Pennsylvania Man Arrested On 353 Counts Of Animal Cruelty, Say PSPCA Pennsylvania Man Arrested On 353 Counts Of Animal Cruelty, Say PSPCA
Pennsylvania Man Arrested On 353 Counts Of Animal Cruelty, Say Pspca A Columbia County man has been arrested on 353 counts of animal cruelty, according to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Philip C. Malencore, 61 of Berwick was arrested following an investigation conducted by PSPCA. The PSPCA obtained a search warrant to investigate Malencore's property over concerns for animal welfare, removing a total of 188 animals in April. Among the animals rescued were 112 pigeons; 37 rabbits, including newborns; 13 sheep, including young lambs; 13 doves; six chickens; two ducks; two dogs; one peacock; one miniature horse and one don…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good 55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good
55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good Pennsylvania officials ordered an additional 33 restaurants temporarily closed, and have sought an injunction against 22 establishments in repeated violation of COVID-19 orders.  The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Food Safety announced earlier this month announced it would be performing unannounced inspections in an effort to enforce Gov. Tom Wolf's temporary COVID-19 mitigation order. Wolf's order mandates the closure indoor dining, gyms and limiting indoor gatherings to a maximum capacity of 10 people, until Jan. 4. A Crawford County restaurant was initially ordered closed, b…

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by Cecilia Levine