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NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA
A Long Island man will be behind bars for the next seven to 20 years after pleading guilty to causing a double fatal crash while on methamphetamine and alcohol, Lancaster District Attorney Heather Adams announced on Thursday, April 26. On April 17, Jagminder Jit Singh, 43 of Floral Park, entered a negotiated guilty plea on two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of homicide by vehicle, five counts of DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle, four counts of recklessly endangering another person, and three summary off…
Obituaries
Philly Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Crash Was Nursing Student, Philanthropist: Family
Thaduba Magdalena Turay of Philadelphia died when she was struck head-on by an allegedly DUI driver on Sunday, April 14, according to state police. She was 21. Turay was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and moved to the United States with her family when she was 1 year old, loved ones wrote on GoFundMe. She attended Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield and went on to study nursing at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. At Cheyney, Turay helped launch a praise dance club and was involved in other campus groups, according to loved ones. GoFundMe organizer Fatoumata Conte…
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Killed By Wrong-Way DUI Driver On I-95 In Philadelphia: State Police
A 21-year-old woman was struck and killed by a wrong-way, DUI driver overnight on I-95 in Philadelphia, police said. A 44-year-old man was heading southbound in the northbound lanes when he struck the woman's vehicle head-on around 2:40 a.m. Sunday, April 14, Pennsylvania Sate Police said. The operator of the at fault vehicle was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. He was taken to a local hospital for injuries sustained in the crash. Charges are being prepared by the PSP-Philadelphia, Criminal Investigation Unit. Police did not identify the victim nor the driver at fau…
Police & Fire
Allentown Driver Charged For Crash That Killed 77-Year-Old Pedestrian: DA
An Allentown man is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in connection with a deadly 2022 crash, authorities say. Shaba Xavier Hill, 24, is also charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and related counts, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Investigators said Hill struck 77-year-old John C. Nick on Oct. 30, 2022. Nick was found lying near the pedestrian crosswalk at Springhouse Road and Springwood Drive while Hill's Subaru Outback was found idling nearby, according to the DA's Office. Police at the scene said Hill "had the odor o…
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PA Driver On Fentanyl Killed Mom, Injured Child In Head-On Christmas Day Crash, Police Say
A 24-year-old man high on marijuana and fentanyl caused a head-on crash killing a mom and injuring her child on Christmas Day, Manheim Township police announced on Friday, April 5. Steven Joel Berrios Maldonado was driving 27-year-old Karina Cruz-Camuy and her sons in a Gray Volkswagon Jetta while high on drugs, the police explained citing a blood test he took at the hospital. Investigators determined Maldonado was going a minimum of 50.28 miles per hour in the marked 35 MPH zone on Wabank Road near Rabbit Hill Lane in Lancaster Township, when he he left the westbound …
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Fleeing In Central PA Escapes Hospital: Police
A Manheim man led authorities on a high speed chase and was taken to the hospital, only to flee on foot, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Friday morning. The pursuit began when officers saw "a blue Chevy pickup truck traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Lancaster Road in East Petersburg Borough" at 11:09 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, the NLCRPD stated in the release. When the officers tried to conduct a traffic stop, 25-year-old Giovanni Lester "attempted to flee [but] lost control of the vehicle as he attempted to turn onto Root Road. The vehicl…
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6-Month-Old Infant Allegedly Killed By Drunk, High Central PA Dad: Affidavit
A 30-year-old dad is accused of getting drunk and high before he suffocated his 6-month-old baby boy, according to court documents filed on April 3 and obtained by Daily Voice the following afternoon. Timothy Ray Walton's infant was found on his mobile home's floor in Ephrata — unresponsive — at 8:10 a.m. on Jan. 19, as detailed by police in the affidavit of probable cause. The baby boy was rushed to WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The autopsy conducted on Jan. 22 autopsy determined that the baby died from complications of asphyxia, a…
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Went 100MPH+ Before Crashing Into House In PA: Gettysburg PD
A Maryland resident with a criminal record in Pennsylvania fled from officers "at speeds in excess of 100 MPH" before crashing into a home, Gettysburg police announced on Thursday, March 28. James A. Coffey, 47 of Essex, MD according to court records, and Bonneauville, PA according to the police, is in the hospital with several possible charges pending, Gettysburg police explained. It started when Gettysburg police attempted to stop his white Toyota SUV with a Maryland license plate in the 100 Block of York Street "for suspicion of DUI after the vehicle had committed a number of traffic vi…
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DUI Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Montco Mom: DA
A DUI driver faces homicide by vehicle charges for the Nov. 25, 2023 crash that killed Laishah “Nala” Holloman, an area farm manager and beekeeper with New Jersey roots, prosecutors say. Shaikan Pitts, a 33-year-old Philadelphia resident, is being held in lieu of a $90,000 bond, said the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday. Pitts' Nissan Rogue struck Holloman's white Ford van as she pulled out of a driveway near Old York Road and Spring Avenue in Elkins Park, investigators said. Pitts' Nissan hit the van "with such force that it caused the v…
Police & Fire
DUI Driver In Chesco Fell Asleep At Wheel With 3-Year-Old In Car: State Police
A West Chester woman is accused of falling asleep on the road with a 3-year-old girl in the car, troopers said in a release. The woman, 35, was found in the travel lanes of Commons Drive in Lower Oxford on the morning of March 13, according to state police. Her name was not reported. Police believe she was under the influence of drugs and said they found "open bags of heroin/fentanyl" in plain view. She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, DUI, and drug offenses, and is being held at the Chester County prison, troopers said.
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Elementary School Principal Charged With DUI: Lititz Police
A York County elementary school principal has been charged with driving under the influence in Lancaster County, police announced on Friday, March 15. Lee Helper Jordan, 39 of Lititz, was stopped for an alleged vehicle equipment violation in the 360 block of North Broad Street at around 2:15 a.m. on Feb. 28. LBPD made the following statement about the traffic stop: "During the traffic stop, it is alleged that Jordan was found to be under the influence. Jordan was taken into custody and transported to the LBPD where he provided evidential samples of his breath which in…
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After Deadly Crash, Berks Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle While DUI: Police
A Wyomissing man was arrested in connection with a fatal crash in Spring Township last month, police said in a release. Jen-Chieh Sung, 20, is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI and related offenses, according to authorities. Police said the single-car crash happened on Tulpehocken Road near Berkshire Boulevard on Feb. 17. The 2019 BMW veered off the road and hit a tree on the shoulder, killing one passenger, officials said. Others in the car were taken to Reading Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the release says. Sung was arrested following an …
Police & Fire
Man Who Beat Mom Dead After Trying To Cut Tattoo Off Leg, Held In PA Prison: Affidavit
A New Jersey man allegedly beat his mom to death after she tried to stop him from slicing a tattoo off of his leg, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Gloucester Township police were called to the Doran family's Blackwood home around 10:20 a.m. Saturday, March 2, as Daily Voice previously reported. Lillian Doran was found “obviously dead” with trauma to the back of her head on a bedroom floor in the home, according to an affidavit for probable cause. Witnesses said that the night before, 65-year-old Lillian had been arguing with her 30-year-old son, James Doran, about cutt…
Police & Fire
Gettysburg Trooper Hit By Drunk VA Driver Hospitalized, PA State Police Say
A 47-year-old Virginia man has been charged after injuring himself and a trooper while driving under the influence, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Jad Michael McGuinness of Lawrenceville, VA was driving a 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 when he rear-ended a marked PA State Police 2022 Dodge Charger at a red light at Route 30/York Road at its intersection with Smith Road at 8:38 p.m. on Feb. 25, Investigating trooper Michael Kishbach detailed in the release. The name of the trooper stuck was not shared, but Kishbach noted the trooper was a man from Gettysburg. …
Obituaries
Chester County Teen Killed By Lancaster County Dad DUI, Authorities Say
A 37-year-old dad is behind bars approximately two and a half years after he caused a crash that killed a teenage passenger in his vehicle, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, March 1. Jeremy Leonard of the first block of South Belmont Road in Paradise, was on schedule 1 drugs when he crashed a blue Honda Civic into a tree in the first block of Corner Ketch Road in Paradise Township at approximately 8:16 p.m. on July 13, 2021 — killing Kamryn Darlene Elwood, authorities detailed in several releases over the years since the crash. …
Police & Fire
Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit
A 54-year-old woman has been charged after she punched a trooper, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Feb. 29. Tiffany Anne Mercer recent of Gap but previously of Bowmansville, Landisville, and Lancaster, punched a trooper on Dogwood Lane in Salisbury Township around 7:18 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to the PA State Police release. Troopers Michael Artale and Zachary Cianflone had been called to the Crestwood Mobile Home Park for a report of a domestic disturbance. They arrived in their duty uniforms in a marked patrol vehicle. When they located the home they…
Police & Fire
Felon Gives Her 3 Children Marijuana Brownies, Alcohol, Chambersburg Police Say
A convicted felon and mom of three children is wanted for giving them marijuana brownies and alcohol, Chambersburg police announced late on Wednesday night. Carrie Lynn Frazier, 34 of the 300 block South Main Street in Chambersburg, is wanted for three counts each of endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors, area police explained on Feb. 21. The charges stem from an incident on July 1, 2022. The details of this were not immediately available. Frazier has a history of prostitution, conspiracy, theft, forgery, driving under the influence of a controlled substan…
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Drunk Driver Guilty Of Killing Passenger, Lebanon County Mom, DA Says
Three years after a Mysterstown mom died in a crash, the driver who caused it has been convicted, the Lebanon County District Attorney's Office announced on Feb. 21. "On January 16, 2021, Melissa Morrissey was killed as a result of the drunken, reckless behavior of Vincent Sosnowski," DA Pier Hess Graf states in the release. Sosnowski was found guilty of the following by a jury on Feb. 15 Hess Graf explained: Homicide by Vehicle while DUI, Involuntary Manslaughter, and two counts of DUI. He had a previous conviction after fleeing from the sce…
Police & Fire
Driver In Deadly Delco Hit-Run Was Fleeing Police In Stolen Car, Troopers Say
State troopers have announced charges against the driver who allegedly hit and killed a motorcyclist while fleeing police in Delaware County last month. Zamir Walthour was spotted in a stolen Toyota Camry on MacDade Boulevard in Ridley Township late on Jan. 12, state police said in a release. Walthour fled when Chester city police tried to pull him over and intentionally rammed one squad car during his escape, troopers wrote. He pulled onto I-476 southbound from MacDade Boulevard and was driving down the shoulder when he struck 53-year-old motorcyclist Firoz Jahangir from…
Police & Fire
Lititz Mom, Nurse Takes Clonazepam, Amphetamine Before Head-On Crash With Son In Car: Affidavit
A 43-year-old mom of two allegedly caused a head-on crash into a tree by driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police detailed in a release on Thursday, Feb. 9. Kristen Leigh Gantz of Lititz crashed a black Honda Pilot into a tree along East Oregon Road, Manheim Township around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, according to Officer William R. McHale IV in the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. Gantz crashed in such a way that she "could only be freed by mechanical means," as stated in the affidavit. In the meantime, her 16-yea…
Police & Fire
Bucks Bus Driver Was DUI With 12 Students Onboard, Affidavit Says (
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A Council Rock School District bus driver is accused of driving under the influence while dropping off students late last year, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Matthew Dudek, 35, of East Norriton, is charged with DUI and a dozen counts of endangering the welfare of a child, court records show. Police wrote in an affidavit that it happened on Dec. 15. Dudek was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run in his personal vehicle on his way to work, authorities said. After he picked up 12 students from Holland Middle School around 3 p.m., one student contacted …
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…
Police & Fire
Drunk Charged For Head-On Lancaster Crash Hospitalizing 2 People: PSP
A drunk driver who caused a serious head-on that sent two people to the hospital has been charged, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday. Gary Testerman Jr., 36, of Willow Street (previously of Buck and Quarryville according to public records) had a blood alcohol level nearly two times the legal limit when he caused the serious head-on crash on Sept. 23, 2023, Trooper James Grothey explained in the release. Testerman was driving under the influence of alcohol heading south on Lancaster Pike, just south of Mount Airy Road, when he swerved his Ford Escape into the n…
Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Indicted In Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Philly Boy: Prosecutor
A 25-year-old man from South Jersey has been indicted in a crash that killed an 8-year-old boy from Philadelphia last summer, authorities said. Edward W. Johnston, of Galloway Township, was charged with aggravated manslaughter after an investigation found he struck a parked vehicle with the boy in it, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Johnston allegedly was intoxicated and speeding at the time of the crash, the prosecutor said. On July 23, 2023, at 3:25 a.m., Javier Velez was killed on the White Horse Pike in Absecon when the family car that he was sl…
Police & Fire
Chester County Felon Going 120 MPH Fleeing State Police Hits Wendy's
A convicted felon fleeing from Pennsylvania State Police has been hospitalized after slamming into a Wendy's going 120 miles per hour, Trooper Megan Frazer explained in a release on Wednesday afternoon. Steven Ray Custer, 26, of Mount Joy, was riding a motorcycle on Fruitville Pike and Petersburg Road in Manheim Township at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 9, when PSP Lancaster Troopers attempted a traffic stop for "traffic violations," as stated in the release. As Custer sped off at ever-increasing mph, troopers pursued him along Greystone Road, East Petersburg Township, accordin…
Police & Fire
Norristown Woman Was DUI In SEPTA Crash That Killed Her Baby: Montco DA
A 35-year-old Norristown resident is charged with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence after a wreck that killed her 14-month-old son, prosecutors say. Arbetina Johnson-Lowery hit a stopped SEPTA bus near Old Arch Road and E. Johnson Highway on Sept. 30, 2023, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Detectives said the westbound bus had stopped to unload passengers when Johnson-Lowery, headed east on the highway, clipped the bumper of a car in front of her and then slammed into the bus' driver's side. Her baby, "found by witnesse…
Police & Fire
Coatesville Driver Goes 125 MPH High On THC, Xanax Racing Motorcyclist To His Death: Police
A high-speed race between two young men ended with one dead and the other charged with homicide by vehicle, according to an update by police issued on Friday, Dec. 29. Brandon Caleb Gentile, 20, of Coatesville, has had a slew of charges leveled against him in connection with the crash that left 22-year-old Thomas "Tom" Austin Hartenstine, of Manor Township, Lancaster dead on June 4. Gentile was driving a white Subaru and Hartenstine was riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle when the two supposedly began street racing on Route 30 East, a witness told the police. …
Police & Fire
DUI Driver 'Had No Recollection' Of Double Fatal Crash Moments After It Happened: MontCo DA
An accused DUI driver has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed two women in Montgomery County early this year. Khaliym Smith, 22, of Pottstown, was found standing outside his overturned Jeep Wrangler in Upper Providence around 2:30 a.m. on Feb 12, according to charging documents from the District Attorney's Office. GIvonah Mitchell Facebook photo Maya Garner, 22, was found dead a short distance away, and GIvonah “Gigi” Mitchell, 23, was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where she died from her injuries, authorities said. The women, both of Philade…
News
PA Driver On Clonazepam With BAC 2X Limit, Sentenced For Fatal High-Speed Crash
A 31-year-old man will serve up to 20 years for killing a man while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol in central Pennsylvania, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Derek James Sensenig will serve a minimum of eight years and a maximum of 20 years in prison as ordered during sentencing by Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth. He faced the possibility of a minimum of seven years and a maximum of 34, the DA explained when he pleaded guilty. Sensening, of the 100 block of Fulton Street in Akron…
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Chase Starting In Chester Killed Mom Of 2, Teacher, Driver Sentenced: DA
A Maryland man has been sentenced after killing a teacher on her way to school and seriously injuring her daughter while he was driving high on marijuana and speeding at over 100 miles per hour from Pennsylvania State Police, authorities announced on Thursday, Nov. 16. Christopher Pineda-Gasca, 21 of the 200 block of Wheatley Street, North East, MD, was sentenced to 16 to 32 years in prison by Lancaster County by Judge Dennis Reinaker on Oct. 27, the district attorney's office detailed. He had pleaded guilty to charges of third-degree murder, homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated ass…
Police & Fire
High Teen Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter For Crash Killing PA Dad Of 3: Police
A 19-year-old woman is accused of being on a Schedule One drug when she crashed her car into two motorcyclists — killing a father of three, authorities announced on Tuesday. Molly Elora Duffy of Elizabethtown appeared before Magisterial District Judge Randall L. Miller for both her preliminary arraignment and hearing around 9:15 a.m. on Nov. 7, court records show. Duffy is accused of driving under the influence of a Schedule One drug when her sedan struck two motorcycles at the intersection of River and Turnpike roads in Conoy Township around 2:18 p.m. on Apr…
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