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New Oxford Convict Charged With Maryland Native's Homicide In Pennsylvania Home New Oxford Convict Charged With Maryland Native's Homicide In Pennsylvania Home
New Oxford Convict Charged With Maryland Native's Homicide In Pennsylvania Home A New Oxford man has been charged in connection with the death of a Hagerstown native in what Pennsylvania State Police believe was a "targeted" killing.  Kyle Wesley Bartam, 37, has been charged with felony criminal homicide and felony robbery - inflict serious bodily injury in connection to the slaying of Keith Monn, according to his latest court docket and state police. He was taken into state police custody on Saturday, Dec. 16.  Monn had been found beaten to death in his home located at Jacqueline Drive, Mount Pleasant Township, New Oxford, at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday,…

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6K+ Fentanyl Pills Seized, 38 Arrested— Including 35 PA Drug Dealers, DA Says 6K+ Fentanyl Pills Seized, 38 Arrested— Including 35 PA Drug Dealers, DA Says
6K+ Fentanyl Pills Seized, 38 Arrested— Including 35 PA Drug Dealers, DA Says A two-year-long investigation has led to the arrest of 37 people from Pennsylvania and Maryland, the York County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday.  The York County Drug Task Force and the Hanover Borough Police Department began the investigation in Nov. 2021, following the arrest of Billy Austin Norris who was allegedly caught delivering cocaine.  The investigation uncovered a large network of illegal narcotics trafficking of Pennsylvanians and Maryland in southeast York County. The following people were caught in this investigation and charged as stated, per the…

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Politics
PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police
PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police PA State Rep. Torren C. Ecker was the only person involved in a crash into a guide rail on Route 94 on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, April 20, 2023.  It is believed that alcohol was a factor in a crash in the 7900 block of Carlisle Pike in Huntington Township on April 18 around 11:45 p.m., state police said. The 37-year-old drifted off the road and hit a guide rail, disabling his vehicle.  The New Oxford man submitted to a blood test, the results of which as pending—as is the charge of "driving on roadways laned for traffic," according to the release.  Ecker r…

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Business
Turkeys Kicked, Stomped, Beaten At 7 Farms Across Pennsylvania: PSP Turkeys Kicked, Stomped, Beaten At 7 Farms Across Pennsylvania: PSP
Turkeys Kicked, Stomped, Beaten At 7 Farms Across Pennsylvania: PSP A dozen men were involved in animal abuse at seven farms across Pennsylvania, state police allege. The men worked at Plainville Farms to capture and crate turkeys that were destined for food processing plants, police stated in a release on Thursday, Oct. 6.  The investigation launched in August 2021 following a complaint filed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, after a PETA employee "witnessed the actions of the turkey catchers," police say.  Corporal Michael Spada, animal cruelty officer in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Investigative Servi…

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News
22-Year-Old Amazon Worker Dies Days After Crash At PA Fulfillment Center: Coroner 22-Year-Old Amazon Worker Dies Days After Crash At PA Fulfillment Center: Coroner
22-Year-Old Amazon Worker Dies Days After Crash At PA Fulfillment Center: Coroner A worker who suffered "serious injuries" in a crash inside an Amazon warehouse in Pennsylvania on Monday, August 1 has been pronounced dead less than one week later, authorities say.  Alex Carrillo, 22, of New Oxford, "sustained serious injuries after their truck was struck by another powered industrial truck," while doing "routine work"  at the fulfillment center located at 2 Ames Drive in Carlisle, Sam Stephenson told Daily Voice, he was later identified to Daily Voice by Cumberland County coroner Charlie Hall.  "He was immediately transported by EMS to a local hospital whe…

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Children As Young As 7 Years Old Raped By Central PA Man For Years: Police Children As Young As 7 Years Old Raped By Central PA Man For Years: Police
Children As Young As 7 Years Old Raped By Central PA Man For Years: Police A central Pennsylvania man has been charged with raping multiple children over a seven year period, according to Pennsylvania state police. Jason Allen Boyd, 43, of New Oxford, has been charged with raping at least two girls between the ages of 7 an 14 over a seven year period, beginning in 2014, according to court documents. The rapes and sexual assaults were first reported to authorities in Sept. 2021, according to a release by police. All of the incidents of rape occurred in multiple township in Adams County, according to police. Boyd has a criminal record, previously serving time a…

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33 Year-Old Cold Case Homicide Solved; One Relative Innocent, Another Guilty, Authorities Say 33 Year-Old Cold Case Homicide Solved; One Relative Innocent, Another Guilty, Authorities Say
33 Year-Old Cold Case Homicide Solved; One Relative Innocent, Another Guilty, Authorities Say DNA evidence and a confession have led to an arrest in a brutal homicide cold case committed 33 years ago. Christopher Joseph Larry Speelman, 58, New Oxford, confessed at the Gettysburg State Police barracks on July 27 to the murder of Edna Laughman, 85, of Oxford Township over three decades earlier. Laughman was raped and murdered in her home located on 1500 block of Carlisle Pike on Aug. 13, 1987. Her nephew Barry Laughman falsely confessed to killing her-- spending 16 years behind bars, but DNA evidence in 2003 exonerated them. A new test was conducted on the attackers DNA in 2018, po…

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