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Dauphin County, PA
Police & Fire
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…
Politics
Ex-PA Political Candidate Kills Husband By Burning Him Alive: DA
A former political candidate has been convicted in connection with the murder of her husband — a former chief deputy sheriff of Dauphin County — Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Thursday. On March 14, Evelyn Henderson (known as Evey Zigerelli when she ran for office in the 1990s) was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated arson in connection with the death of her 84-year-old husband Carmen Henderson, according to the April 4 release by the DA's office. Authorities first learned of Carmen's death when Evelyn called 911 claiming he had "set himsel…
News
BodyCam Captures PA Corrections Officer Leaving Woman In 'Puddle Of Blood': Affidavit
An affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice sheds new light on why a Dauphin County Corrections Officer has been charged in connection with "excessive use of force" at the county Judicial Center, as District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Friday, March 29, 2024. Scott Petrasic, 34 of Harrisburg was charged with two misdemeanors for simple assault and official oppression, in connection with an "incident" on Feb. 24, as stated in the release. The charges come after a full investigation by Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of the District Attorney’s Office. The…
News
Fellow Inmate Charged For Dad's Death In Pennsylvania Prison
The cause of death of a Pennsylvania father and inmate has been revealed and new charges have been filed, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Tuesday. Michael Howard Butler II, 37 of Gratz, died following a "medical emergency" in his bunk in the Dauphin County Prison at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported. It is now known that the emergency was caused by a fentanyl overdose from what Richard Leonard Weikel thought was heroin which he had smuggled into the prison in his shoe, the DA explained in the release on March 26.&n…
Police & Fire
MD/PA Bank Robber Indicted Secord Robbery Spree Months After Release:
Usdoj
A man who recently completed his sentence following a plea deal with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for six armed robberies — was indicted on March 20 following a second robbery spree of five more businesses, Palmyra police announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Mark Shane Herrick, now 47, of Hanover, was first arrested by the FBI in 2009 for robbing the following businesses while armed with a tire iron or crowbar: June 6, 2008 - Fulton Bank, Harrisburg, PA. June 7, 2008 - M&T Bank, Harrisburg, PA. June 13, 2008 - PNC Bank, Lower Macungie, PA. June 16, 2008 - PNC Bank, H…
Police & Fire
'Barely Responsive' Infant Found In Bed With Dead Man In 'Filthy' PA Apartment, Police Say
A five-month-old baby girl was found in bed with a dead man in a Hershey apartment, police announced on Tuesday. Heaven Maez is behind bars again after her infant daughter was found "in extremely unsanitary conditions" with a man who had died while supposedly caring for her, according to the Derry Township police on March 12. Maez had left her little girl with the unrelated 63-year-old man at his home in the 200 block of Cocoa Avenue about one week before the girl was found during a welfare check requested by the man's family at 5:22 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the police detailed …
Obituaries
Schuylkill County Man, 33, Dies Under Bridge In Harrisburg: Officials
A 33-year-old man who was a beloved big brother was found dead under a bridge in Harrisburg, county officials announced on Friday, March 1. Collin Weller was an Orwigsburg native who previously lived in Kutztown and Pottsville, according to his social media. He had been experiencing homelessness and ended up in Harrisburg at some point over the last five years. He was found dead beneath the underpass at Paxton and Cameron streets in the city on Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. His cause of death "was complications of hypothermia," as stated in the release.…
News
Found Skull Matched To Central PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says
A skull found in 2020 has been DNA matched to a woman who went missing in 2007, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Heike Leich was 47 when she wandered away from the home she shared with her common-law husband, Jonathan Hawthorne, in the 7900 block of Fishing Creek Valley Road in West Hanover Township at 7:30 p.m. on August 8, 2007, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Hawthorne reported her missing, noting that she left behind her ID, purse, and medication — she had been diagnosed as bipolar and previously requ…
News
Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA
A suspended judge shot a man in the face while he was sleeping, blinding him in one eye, authorities alleged in a release on Thursday, Feb. 15. Suspended Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight was arrested on attempted murder charges and related offenses on Feb. 15, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack detailed in a release that evening. McKnight is accused of shooting this man in his home on Saddle Ridge Drive, Susquehanna Township, Harrisburg on Saturday, Feb. 10, McCormack explained. Regarding the man's medical status, McCormack said the foll…
Lifestyle
NJ Native Shaquille O'Neal Meets Horde Of Cheerleaders During Hershey Visit
New Jersey native and NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal was spotted in Hershey’s Chocolate World by a large group of cheerleaders. Newark-born, Shaq, as he's popularly known, had just arrived at Hershey's around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27 when cheerleading teams in town for the PIAA Competitive Spirit State Championship spotted the Basketball Hall-of-Famer. The approximately 7-foot-tall athlete would stand out in a crowd. Several of the teams shared photos they took with the founder of Big Chicken on Facebook. Daily Voice reached out to some of the teams. Central Valley…
Police & Fire
Steelton Resident Goes On 100+ MPH Chase, Wanted For Endangering Children Near Philly Affidavit
A Philadelphia resident wanted in Montgomery County led police in Dauphin County on a high-speed chase, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Jan. 26. Shyanna "Shy" Starr Ballard McNeil, 24, originally of Philadelphia most recently of Steelton, was driving a red Dodge Caliber west on PA 283 when he (McNeil was born female but identifies as male according to the criminal complaint and his social media) was stopped by police near mile marker 1.4 in Swatara Township, according to the affidavit of probable cause. At 9:12 a.m. on Jan. 24, Pennsylvania St…
News
Florida Man Wanted For Murder Commits Suicide In PA Prison: Authorities
A 21-year-old man wanted on murder charges in Florida took his own life in a Pennsylvania prison, authorities announced on Wednesday. Isaiah Xavier Mesadieu formerly of Hollywood, FL most recently of Harrisburg and Middletown, PA, died of asphyxiation by hanging in the York County Prison and was pronounced dead at 4:47 p.m., Jan. 23, according to the county coroner's office. Mesadieu was first arrested in Pennsylvania for a summary offense of harassment in Dauphin County, on June 21, 2023, court records show. After pleading guilty on July 5, he was released but was arrested agai…
News
Dad Dies In Dauphin County Prison
A dad awaiting his preliminary hearing on newly-filed charges died in Dauphin County prison Thursday, Jan. 18, according to court records officials. Michael Howard Butler II had been in and out of prisons in four counties since 2009, according to his criminal record. Tragically, for those who loved him, this time in prison was his last. A "medical emergency" was called in the A Block dayroom after Butler was "found unresponsive, lying on his back, in his bunk" at 9:38 p.m. on Wednesday. Staff began life-saving measures within a minute but they stopped at 10:22 p.m. and…
Weather
NWS Issues Advisories, Warnings Ahead Of Winter Storm In PA
Officials are advising residents across southeastern and central Pennsylvania to take caution ahead of the snowstorm predicted for Friday, Jan. 19, according to National Weather Service meteorologists. Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, and parts of lower Bucks and Montgomery counties are under a winter storm warning as of 5 p.m. Thursday. In Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, and upper Bucks and Montgomery counties, a winter weather advisory is in place. NWS's Mount Holly, New Jersey station says snow will begin to fall around 4 to 7 a.m. …
Police & Fire
Steelton Fire Chief Dies Suddenly After 52 Years Of Service
After 52 years as a volunteer firefighter — 26 as Steelton's Fire Chief — a local hero has died. Eugene "Gene" Vance III, 70, had a normal day before he was found dead from a stroke at his home on Thursday, Jan. 4, Dauphin County Officials explained. Gene was a class of 1972 graduate of Steelton-Highspire High School. He quickly started his career as a firefighter at the age of 18 by joining the Steelton Fire Department formerly known as Baldwin Hose Company #4, the company and friends explained in dozens of social media posts. With deep sadness we announce the sudden passing of St…
Police & Fire
Attempted Murder Suspect Caught, Pennsylvania State Police Say
A man accused of attempted murder in Delaware County, allegedly stole a car while fleeing — ditching it in Lehigh County — then he supposedly stole another vehicle in Berks County, has been captured in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Jan. 3. Umar Kimel Presbery, 29 of no known address, was found in a stolen white 2001 Subaru in Harrisburg around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, state troopers explained. He is accused the stealing the vehicle from Greenwich Township around 5:30 a.m, PSP stated in a previous release. This was a vehicle…
News
Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA
A man who previously was reportedly "living in a bad place" and thought to be experiencing homelessness last winter was kindly taken in by a couple – whom he thanked by stabbing – now, he will have a home for several years in a state correctional institution, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday. Robert Lee Suders, 43, most recently of Harrisburg, confessed to the Jan. 27, 2023 stabbing at a hearing over the summer and was sentenced by the Honorable Jessica E. Brewbaker on Dec. 12, the DA said and court records confirmed. Both of the victims "r…
Police & Fire
Murder Suspect With 36+ Year Record Of Crimes Across PA Arrested: Police
A 58-year-old former convict has been arrested for murder among other charges, Harrisburg police announced on Thursday night. Carel Dell Foster of Harrisburg was arrested in connection with the deadly stabbing of William Gonzalez, 51 also of Harrisburg, on Nov. 9, police detailed. Gonzalez was found stabbed to death in Harrisburg on Sunday night, city police announced the following morning. He was identified as the victim by Dauphin County officials on Monday, Nov. 6. Officers were called to the reported stabbing in the 1800 block of Paxton Street, near the intersect…
Police & Fire
Man With 'Satchel' Full Of Crack Runs From Traffic Stop PA State Police Say
A 47-year-old man with a 14-year criminal record of fleeing from the police, driving under the influence at the highest rate, and drug charges— is apparently back at it, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday, Nov. 2. Fontain Shakan Wilson led state police on a pursuit in a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu only to have his vehicle break down— leading him to hop out of the vehicle and continue to flee on foot, according to the PSP release. He was slowed down by a "satchel which contained a large amount of crack cocaine and marijuana" so he discarded it while run…
Police & Fire
Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (
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"F--k around and find out," a Pennsylvania State Trooper told his now ex-girlfriend before he "paint(ed) her as crazy," took her into custody without his supervisor's permission – choked her when she resisted, which a bystander recorded – then had her commitment to a hospital for mental health for five days, according to a lengthy affidavit and video obtained by Daily Voice. Pennsylvania State Trooper 37-year-old Ronald Keith Davis of Williamstown who "is married with a family in Dauphin County," fought with his ex-girlfriend at the end of August, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Cha…
News
One-Legged Convict Pursued By Police In PA
A man who previously lost his leg in a chase is wanted after being convicted of fleeing from police, authorities announced on Thursday, Sept. 14. Christopher Beaver, 47, of Enola has a criminal record dating back 29 years and he is on the run again after his most recent conviction. Beaver was convicted of a felony for fleeing and eluding police, among other related charges, on August 30, 2023. The jury trial held before President Judge Edward Guido was done in absentia, as Beaver failed to appear. Beaver had been on the run from police for over two years following his hig…
News
Raid Of Massage Parlors Nets Another Arrest In Pennsylvania Sex Trafficking Ring: DA
An additional arrest has been announced in a large-scale sex trafficking ring run out of Pennsylvania massage parlors, authorities said. Zigui "Lisa" Zheng was arrested and charged with operating a corrupt organization and dealing in unlawful proceeds, along with related offenses, Cumberland County District Attorney Sean McCormac said. Significant amounts of cash and other evidence of labor/sex trafficking were found during the raids, he added. Last week, authorities announced the arrest of Min Dong, 54. She was charged for operating corrupt organizations, dealing in unlawfu…
News
$2 Million Stolen From PA Banks, By Convicted PUA Fraudster, AG Says
Two men stole approximately $2 million from banks by impersonating employees and customers – something one of them had experience doing before, authorities say. According to the Office of the Attorney General, investigators found that the young men allegedly targeted financial institutions and consumers in Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, and York Counties. Carl A. Gonzalez, 19, of Highspire, was arrested Thursday and arraigned. His bail was set at $10,000. Tyreese Lewis, 22, of Harrisburg, was recently arrested in Los Angeles and arraigned in Dauphin County. He is being held wit…
Police & Fire
Bomb
Threat
: Hershey's Chocolate World Evacuated (
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Bomb-sniffing dogs were called to the sweetest place on earth on Friday, authorities. Security personnel at Hershey's Chocolate World alerted dispatchers at the Dauphin County 911 Center of a reported bomb threat to the facility at 3:25 p.m., on Aug. 11, according to Dauphin County Communications Director Jennifer Fitch. "The building was being evacuated as a precaution," Fitch said. The Derry Township Police Department is leading the investigation and the county's sheriff’s office provided the bomb-sniffing dogs, Fitch explained. Daily Voice has reached out to the police and …
Police & Fire
Three Bus Passengers Dead, Dozens Hurt In Crash On I-81 In Pennsylvania
Three charter bus passengers died in a crash with a passenger car on Interstate 81 in Dauphin County Sunday night, Aug. 6, authorities said. A Honda CRV was stopped in the right lane of the highway on the southbound side while the bus, carrying between 40 and 50 people, was negotiating a right curve near mile marker 74 in Lower Paxton,, Pennsylvania State Police said. That's when the bus veered the north side of the highway and went onto the grassy roadside, hit and embankment, and overturned just before 11:50 p.m., PSP said in a release. The roof of the Val Hool bus struck the back e…
Weather
Excessive Heat Warning Issued In Eastern PA: NWS
Expect excessive heat and high humidity Thursday and Friday, July 27 and 28, say meteorologists with the National Weather Service. Heat advisories are in effect for both days, as temperatures are expected to climb as high as 96 degrees Thursday and 99 degrees on Friday, meteorologists said. Residents are advised to stay hydrated with plenty of water, bring strenuous activities indoors or avoid them altogether, and wear lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothes to beat the heat. An NWS map shows excessive heat advisories in effect for all of Philadelphia and Delaware counties an…
Police & Fire
Pizza Delivery Assault, Robbery In Central PA: Police
Three teens have been arrested and a fourth is at large following the assault and robbery of a pizza delivery person in Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, police announced on July 20, 2023. The delivery person was at someone's home dropping off pizzas when the "strong-arm robbery" took place in the 7400 block of Clearfield Street, Swatara Township, area police said. The incident happened around 10:20 p.m. on July 19, and by 9:45 a.m. the following day three juvenile boys ages 16 and 17 were in custody, according to Swatara Township Police. The teens were taken to the Daup…
Police & Fire
Walmart
Assault
: Dog Thrown By Irate PA Man, Police Say
A Walmart shopper was bitten by an intoxicated man's dog during a domestic dispute inside a Pennsylvania store, authorities announced on Monday, July 17, 2023. John Herbert Gouse Jr. had a "heated argument" with his wife at the Walmart located at 60 Noble Boulevard, Carlisle around 2:30 p.m. on July 10, according to police. "Other Walmart shoppers and employees attempted to diffuse the situation," police said but "Gouse began yelling and acting aggressive(ly) towards the shoppers and employees." A man shopping at the store stepped between Gouse and an employee and was bitten by …
Police & Fire
High Mom With Toddler Goes On 120MPH+ Chase Over 20 Miles: PA State Police
A toddler is in the hospital after his 25-year-old mom got high and sent police on a 121-mile-per-hour chase across two Central Pennsylvania counties, state police announced on Tuesday. Ashley Lynnette Acosta of Steelton had warrants out for her arrest in Cumberland and Dauphin counties when police attempted to pull her over at around midnight on June 27, 2023, according to the police and court documents. Several patrol cars began to pursue her on US Route 15 North in Lower Allen Township when she took off at speeds as high as 121 mph, according to PSP. Police briefly lost sight of her be…
Police & Fire
Most
Wanted
: Child Beater Sought By Police In PA
A man who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of his child is wanted by the police. Joseph Allen Hafner violated the terms of his probation in 2021, court records show. A warrant was issued by the Adams County Sheriff's Office on June 14, 2023. Hafner beat his child, who was less than 6 years old in Sept. 2017, according to court dockets. He pleaded guilty to the related charges in Oct. 2019. He was sentenced to serve 15 to 30 months of confinement, followed by three years of probation, not to contact the victim or their family, pay various fees, and attend a drug and/or …
News
Hollywoodesque Crime Spree Lands PA Woman Jail Time: DA
A 41-year-old woman has learned her fate after admitting to a crime spree that reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. The Central Pennsylvanian who stole two cars, drove with a revoked license, threatened her friend, crashed a car into a barn, caused a fire, abandoned a dog, sent police on an over 100 mph chase, and faked a medical issue to attack police in an attempt to escape— has learned her fate, according to a release by the Cumberland County District Attnory Sean M. McCormack. Chontelle Melissa Shirk, pleaded guilty and her sentence was imposed on June 13, 2023, the DA said and c…
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