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Man Shot By Officers ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police Man Shot By Officers ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police
Man Shot By Officers ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police A 34-year-old man has been identified after being fatally shot by an officer, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday. Payden Sells was shooting at the police when they returned fire killing him on Feb. 23, Trooper James Grothey detailed in a release. PSP York Troopers were called to assist area police with "domestic incident" in the 600 block of Colonial Avenue in Spring Garden Township at approximately 11:17 p.m., Grothey explained. Troopers soon learned that the caller to 911 had "reported that there was an actor on scene with multiple firearms, attempting to gain …

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Police & Fire
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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Police & Fire
Lawn Mower Driver Chokes Officer Gets Bullet In Neck, PSP York Says Lawn Mower Driver Chokes Officer Gets Bullet In Neck, PSP York Says
Lawn Mower Driver Chokes Officer Gets Bullet In Neck, PSP York Says A 38-year-old Hanover man on a John Deere riding mower led police on a chase and ended up shot in the neck, Pennsylvania State Police say.  The shooting happened in the 6400 block of Pamadeva Road in Heidelberg Township a just after midnight on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, PSP said.  A man was riding a lawn mower using a pipe or bat to destroy property when Northern York County Regional Police Department officers arrived for a call to a "domestic-incident," according to the PSP release and emergency dispatch.  The man attempted to flee by driving the mower into t…

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Obituaries
Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities
Maryland Man Kills Mom, Child In Mass Stabbing In Pennsylvania: Authorities A mass stabbing at a home in York has left a 34-year-old woman and a 5-year-old child dead on Monday, August 22, authorities say. Pennsylvania state police were called to the stabbing in Firebox Court, Hopewell Township,  at 7:19 p.m. according to a release the following morning. Local police and state troopers arrived to find multiple people had been stabbed and dispatchers initially said this was a "mass casualty" incident. In total, four people were hurt—Jacqueline Fousek, 63, and Joseph Fousek, 28, both of Stewartstown were seriously hurt, so they were treated at the scene and rus…

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News
PA Ex-Con Who Raped Children Charged With 115 Felonies: Police PA Ex-Con Who Raped Children Charged With 115 Felonies: Police
PA Ex-Con Who Raped Children Charged With 115 Felonies: Police A 22-year-old former convict who is accused of raping children— among other child sex abuse offenses— has been charged with 115 felonies in York County, police say. Isaiah John Metz of North 16th Street in Harrisburg, was arrested following a police investigation in the first block of Winding Hill Drive in Goldsboro on Wednesday, March 30, according to a release by the Newberry Township police department. Metz has been charged with the following according to court documents: Rape of a Child Under 13 (three counts) Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child (two counts) Aggravated…

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Mom Of Kidnapped Girls Murdered By Dad Files Complaint Against York Area Regional Police Chief Mom Of Kidnapped Girls Murdered By Dad Files Complaint Against York Area Regional Police Chief
Mom Of Kidnapped Girls Murdered By Dad Files Complaint Against York Area Regional Police Chief The mother of two young girls who were kidnapped, taken across state lines to Maryland and were found shot dead in a quadruple murder-suicide, has filed a private criminal complaint against the chief of York area regional police, area officials announced. Marisa Ayala Vicosa asked the police for help after she was held captive, drugged and raped by her estranged husband, a former Baltimore County police officer, Robert Vicosa, York County district attorney Dave Sunday said at a press conference. After Marisa Vicosa was freed-- under the guise of gathering supplies, Robert Vicosa along …

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PA Gov. Tom Wolf Made 'Honest Mistake' When He Violated PA Election Code, Authorities Say PA Gov. Tom Wolf Made 'Honest Mistake' When He Violated PA Election Code, Authorities Say
PA Gov. Tom Wolf Made 'Honest Mistake' When He Violated PA Election Code, Authorities Say Gov. Tom Wolf appears to have mistakenly violated Pennsylvania election code when he had his wife drop off his mail-in ballot, authorities say. Gov. Wolf, a democratic in his final term in office, admitted the error saying he voted "a couple weeks ago" by mail and that first lady Frances Wolf delivered it on his behalf, on KDKA radio on Tuesday morning. Mail-in or absentee ballots must be delivered in person by the voter to the appropriate county board of election or mailed-in and received before Election day 8 p.m., according to Pennsylvania election code.  The only exception to this …

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'Sexually Violent Predator' Who Raped Teen Hundreds Of Times Gets 132+ Years In PA Prison 'Sexually Violent Predator' Who Raped Teen Hundreds Of Times Gets 132+ Years In PA Prison
'Sexually Violent Predator' Who Raped Teen Hundreds Of Times Gets 132+ Years In PA Prison A man found guilty of raping a 13-year-old hundreds times has been sentenced, according to the York County District Attorney's office. Donshay Lamar Calhoun, 40, of Lower Windsor Township, has been sentenced for 66.25 to 132.50 years in a Pennsylvania State Correctional Instution. Calhoun was found to be a "Sexually Violent Predator," according the District Attorney's Office. The charges stem from investigation into allegations filed by the victim in 2019. She was 13 and 14 when Calhoun sexually assaulted and raped her, "possibly several hundred times," as the original arrest warrant stat…

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Schools
PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital
PA Teen Tells TikTok She Was Bullied Before Hand Sanitizer Attack That Sent Peer To Hospital A student at Eastern York High School took to TikTok to defend herself in a hand sanitizer attack that sent her classmate to the hospital. A 16-year-old student left her assigned classroom area and entered other classroom without permission and sprayed hand sanitizer in the direction of other students around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to a statement by Lower Windsor Township Police Chief David J. Arnold. One student was evaluated by the school nurse and was later hospitalized for additional treatment, according to HBG100. The alleged victim's condition was unknown. The school's admini…

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