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$1 Million Winning Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In Lebanon County $1 Million Winning Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In Lebanon County
$1 Million Winning Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In Lebanon County There's a newly minted millionaire after buying a lottery ticket in Pennsylvania.  The winning $1,000,000 lottery ticket for the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, April 12, 2024, sold in Central Pennsylvania lottery officials announced the following Monday.  The ticket matched five of the balls: 1-12-14-18-66, but not the yellow Mega Ball 16, to win $1 million, less applicable withholding. It sold at BG’s Value Market, 19 Old Route 22, Jonestown, which will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. More than 28,200 other PA Lottery Mega Millions tickets won…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
15 Men Caught In Undercover Sting At Central PA Hotel 15 Men Caught In Undercover Sting At Central PA Hotel
15 Men Caught In Undercover Sting At Central PA Hotel Fifteen men from across Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Colorado have been arrested while allegedly trying to meet with prostitutes at a Central Pennsylvania hotel. Instead of finding the women, the men thought they had communicated with to arrange for sex in exchange for cash, they found the Cumberland County Human Trafficking Task Force waiting to take them into custody, according to a release by the Cumberland County District Attorney's office on Wednesday, Oct. 4.  The men had really been in contact with undercover officers with the task force as they conducted "Operation Impact …

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by Jillian Pikora
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TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police
TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police A Pennsylvania man will be extradited to Florida after threatening to kill a county sheriff in a message to a television show.  Jason E. Senseman, "admitted to sending several threatening and/or vulgar messages to [...] a social media account of the TV show 'On Patrol: Live'," the Volusia County Sheriffs in a release on Wednesday, Sept. 27.  The TV show contacted the VCS on Sunday, and detectives quickly reached the Pennsylvania State Police, "who were aware of the messages and also already familiar with Senseman."  He has a lengthy record in Pennsylvania crim…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Second Inmate Escapes Work Release In PA: Authorities Second Inmate Escapes Work Release In PA: Authorities
Second Inmate Escapes Work Release In PA: Authorities For the second time in two months a Lebanon County prisoner has escaped custody while out on work release, authorities announced on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Anthony David Umbenhauer, 35, went missing around 1 p.m. after he was issued a travel pass to walk to Pennsylvania Precision Cast Parts and Weidle Sanitation but never returned, according to the warden's office. Umbenhauer is described as 5'11" tall, weighing 189 pounds, and has blue eyes and strawberry-blonde hair. He also has a tattoo on his right forearm, according to prison records.  He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a black …

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by Jillian Pikora
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COLD CASE: Child With Ties To Virginia Goes Missing From Awol Road In Lebanon COLD CASE: Child With Ties To Virginia Goes Missing From Awol Road In Lebanon
Cold CASE: Child With Ties To Virginia Goes Missing From Awol Road In Lebanon Twenty-two years after his disappearance authorities continue to search for Eric Pyles, also known as Nick Cagnow, who went missing on Dec. 12, 2000. children. Eric was last seen getting off his school bus @ the intersection of Awol Road & Silvertown Road on December 12th, 2000; instead of going home, he started walking towards the Jonestown Bible Church. A secretary @ the church told police a boy fitting Eric's description pic.twitter.com/XDIIFca5oC — Missing Persons Planet (@Home4theMissing) December 24, 2020 The Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers has renewed a plea for information on Py…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunk Driver Hits Pennsylvania State Trooper Investigating Another DUI Crash In Lebanon: Police Drunk Driver Hits Pennsylvania State Trooper Investigating Another DUI Crash In Lebanon: Police
Drunk Driver Hits Pennsylvania State Trooper Investigating Another DUI Crash In Lebanon: Police A drunk driver crashed into a Pennsylvania state trooper's vehicle who was investigating an earlier crash involving another driver who was allegedly under the influence, Pennsylvania state police on Saturday, Nov. 6.  The first crash happened in the 1800 block of SR72 in North Lebanon Township on Oct. 22 around 2 a.m., according to the release.  In that incident, an 18-year-old Fredricksburg woman who was driving a 2006 Nissan Altima admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking weed before driving and was charged following a blood draw, the police explain in the release. &nb…

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Head-On Tractor-Trailer Crash Kills 25-Year-Old Lebanon County Woman With 'Beautiful Soul' Head-On Tractor-Trailer Crash Kills 25-Year-Old Lebanon County Woman With 'Beautiful Soul'
Head-On Tractor-Trailer Crash Kills 25-Year-Old Lebanon County Woman With 'Beautiful Soul' A Lebanon woman was killed in a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer on Wednesday, August 17, 2022., according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police.  Vanessa R. Henner, 25, of Lebanon, died at the scene of the crash at 4:34 p.m., police detail in the release.  Henner was driving her 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier north when, for an unknown reason, she drove over the median on Route 72 in Union Township hitting the 199 Volvo tractor-trailer head-on in the 2900 block, police say.  George A. Fence, 59, of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, who was driving the tractor-trailer continued on the road, s…

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Reward Offered For 3 Race Track Rapists Of 16-Year-Old Girl: PA State Police Reward Offered For 3 Race Track Rapists Of 16-Year-Old Girl: PA State Police
Reward Offered For 3 Race Track Rapists Of 16-Year-Old Girl: PA State Police A reward is being offered for details that lead to the arrest of three men who raped a 16-year-old girl at a central Pennsylvania race track, authorities say in an updated release on Wednesday, August 4. The teenager was raped over the course of an hour in the parking lot at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Heidelberg Township during a race when the assault took place between 7:20 and 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 3, she told authorities.  State police were informed of the assault on July 21, according to the release. The investigation is ongoing, but no suspects have been identified.   Anyone …

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16-Year-Old Girl Raped By 3 Men At Race Track: Pennsylvania State Police 16-Year-Old Girl Raped By 3 Men At Race Track: Pennsylvania State Police
16-Year-Old Girl Raped By 3 Men At Race Track: Pennsylvania State Police A 16-year-old girl says she was sexually assaulted and raped for more than an hour by three men at a race track in Pennsylvania, according to a release by state police on Wednesday, July 27.  The teenager was in the parking lot at Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway in Heidelberg Township during a race when the assault took place between 7:20 and 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 3, she told authorities.  State police were informed of the assault on July 21, according to the release. The investigation is ongoing, but no suspects have been identified.   Anyone with information is asked to call the state p…

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Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Fatally Shoots Man During Arrest Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Fatally Shoots Man During Arrest
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Fatally Shoots Man During Arrest A Lebanon County man was shot and killed by Pennsylvania state police while in the process of being arrested on Sunday, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Andrew J. Dzwonchyk, 40, of Jonestown, was violating a protection from abuse order and was not supposed to be in the place where he was found when police arrived at approximately 10:42 p.m., according to the release. Dzwonchyk was in the driver seat of his car when police got to the 60 block of Ridge Drive in Union Township, based on the release. "A struggle ensued with Dzwonchyk as troopers were attempting to take Dzwo…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Suspicious Death Investigation Under Way In Lebanon County Suspicious Death Investigation Under Way In Lebanon County
Suspicious Death Investigation Under Way In Lebanon County A Lebanon County man's death is under investigation due to "suspicious circumstances," according to Pennsylvania state police. Police in Jonestown were called to a report of an unresponsive man at 31 Ulsh Lane in Bethel Township on Friday just before 3 p.m. Upon arrival police found a 35-year-old deceased male. His death is thought to be suspicious and an autopsy has been scheduled to be performed at Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest Hospital. The victim's identity will be released after the next of kin have been notified. The police do not believe there is any threat to the community but an inv…

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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