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Ex-Con Threatens Driver With Knife During Road Rage Incident Outside PA High School: Police Ex-Con Threatens Driver With Knife During Road Rage Incident Outside PA High School: Police
Ex-Con Threatens Driver With Knife During Road Rage Incident Outside PA High School: Police A road rage incident involving a knife happened outside a central Pennsylvania high school on Saturday, May, 14, police say.  East Pennsboro Township police were called to the road rage incident in the 400 block of Shady Lane, near East Pennsboro High School in Enola around 6 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, the victim told the police that a man got out of his vehicle and threatened them with a knife.  Police later identified the man as Derrik Mitchel Scott, 41, of Enola.  Scott has been charged with two misdemeanors for terroristic threat…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says
Police Officer Justified In Deadly Falls Township Shooting, DA Says A police officer was justified in fatally shooting a knife-wielding man earlier this year during a domestic dispute in Falls Township, authorities announced Wednesday. “I have concluded that [the officers] were reasonable in their individual beliefs that both of their lives were placed in clear and present danger by Mr. Jorge Perez at the time that [the officer] shot him," Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said in a letter to Falls Township police chief Nelson Whitney. "I, therefore, conclude that [the officer] was justified in discharging his weapon and shooting Jorge…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Man Stabs Son In Back Over Chores, State Police Say PA Man Stabs Son In Back Over Chores, State Police Say
PA Man Stabs Son In Back Over Chores, State Police Say A Westmoreland County father has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his son during an argument over chores, according to Pennsylvania state police. Richard Cain, 58, of Apollo, was taken into custody following an argument, that turned into a physical fight with his son at their home in the 2000 block of Second Street in Bell Township around on Sunday around 6 p.m., according to police at a press conference on Sunday. “The victim and (Cain) were yelling at each other, and the victim was hurling food and other objects toward (Cain),” TribeLive reports Trooper Anthony Derry said the wit…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Police: Philly Man Threatens Female Driver, 64, With Knife In Chester County Road Rage Incident Police: Philly Man Threatens Female Driver, 64, With Knife In Chester County Road Rage Incident
Police: Philly Man Threatens Female Driver, 64, With Knife In Chester County Road Rage Incident A 33-year-old Philadelphia man threatened a 64-year-old woman with a knife in what police are calling a road rage incident. Isaiah J. Van followed the woman into a shopping center in West Whiteland after some type of altercation on the road around 5:50 p.m. June 11, West Whiteland Det. Scott Pezick said. That's where Van brandished a 12-inch, black handle fixed-blade knife, which was recovered by police, Pezick said. The woman was unharmed. Van was arrested and charged with simple assault, possessing instruments of crime, terroristic threats and harassment.

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by Cecilia Levine