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Handgun Found In Central PA High School Forces Closure For Days Handgun Found In Central PA High School Forces Closure For Days
Handgun Found In Central PA High School Forces Closure For Days Following a "systematic search" of a Central Pennsylvania school — with help from Pennsylvania and Maryland State Police — administrators have announced a full closure until Tuesday, Feb. 20, according to a press conference on the evening of Feb. 15.  The gun was shown in a photo to an assistant principal at Central Dauphin East High School by a male student around 8:45 a.m. on Feb. 15, police were immediately contacted and a lockdown was initiated, according to the school administrators and Pennsylvania State Police.  Until the handgun was located in the Harrisburg…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police
Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police  A false report of "gunshots" at what turned out to be a stabbing led to a lockdown at an elementary school and a shelter-in-place order, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Tuesday.  Officers with the NLCRPD were called to a stabbing in the 2300 Block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg at 9:03 a.m. on Feb. 6.   Arriving officers found a 42-year-old had been stabbed and the 36-year-old man who allegedly stabbed her fled on foot before the police came.  The woman was taken by EMS to an area hospital with "non-life-threatening inju…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities
Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities A police incident closed a street and put two schools in Columbia Borough into lockdowns on Friday, police announced. The incident began when police attempted to issue a warrant for 40-year-old Charles Nathan Harris for a warrant related to a weapons violation, the police explained on the evening of Jan. 5. Court records show the weapons offense happened in Mount Joy Borough on Jan. 18, 2023, and he forfeited his bail on Dec. 29, 2023.  The police incident happened in the 300 block of Cherry Street, borough police explained, although it initially closed the 200 and 400 blocks as well.…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Boys DID NOT Have AR-15 Causing Central PA School To Lockdown: State Police Boys DID NOT Have AR-15 Causing Central PA School To Lockdown: State Police
Boys DID NOT Have AR-15 Causing Central PA School To Lockdown: State Police Multiple callers to 911 claimed to see two boys with an AR-15 walking towards a school, but what Pennsylvania State Police discovered was a bit different.  The 16 and 13-year-old boys were reportedly dressed in camouflage carrying the weapon towards the Greenwood School District just after noon on Tuesday, Aug. 22, according to a state police release.  The school followed lockdown procedures while PSP Lewistown and Aviation searched for the boys.  With help from the helicopter, they were located by state police.  The boys were discovered in the 100 block of North Marke…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (UPDATE) NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (UPDATE)
NY Thieves ID'd In Multi-Highway Pursuit That Hurt Troopers: PSP (Update) UPDATE: The alleged thieves who stole a vehicle and caused a chase that seriously hurt two Pennsylvania state troopers have been identified as the following Brooklyn, NY men, according to a PSP release on Monday, May 22. Latrell White, 22-years-old. Terrence Caton, 26-years-old. Julien Fleury, 27-years-old. All three have been denied bail, according to their court dockets. Fleury and Caton have been charged with the following, as detailed in their dockets.  Felony theft by unlawful taking- movable property. Felony fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. Felony evading arrest or dete…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Gun' Held By Masked Man Causes Lockdown In Mt. Holly Springs, PSP Says 'Gun' Held By Masked Man Causes Lockdown In Mt. Holly Springs, PSP Says
'Gun' Held By Masked Man Causes Lockdown In Mt. Holly Springs, PSP Says A Carlisle elementary was locked down when people saw a masked man carrying what looked like a gun walking nearby on Thursday, May 18, 2023, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  W.G. Rice Elementary School, part of the South Middleton Area School District, locked down while police looked for the man, authorities say.  Zachary Kramer, 20, of Carlisle was found with a backpack that contained a realistic air soft gun, suspected drugs, and drug paraphernalia, PSP said. The school's lockdown only lasted from 9 to 9:45 a.m., according to the school.  None of Kramer's threats …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Western PA Officers Shooting Suspect ID'd, Arrested By US Marshals: Authorities Western PA Officers Shooting Suspect ID'd, Arrested By US Marshals: Authorities
Western PA Officers Shooting Suspect ID'd, Arrested By US Marshals: Authorities The man accused of shooting act law enforcement officers in western Pennsylvania on Feb. 27, 2023— which sent multiple schools into lockdowns— has been identified and arrested authorities announced on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Eric Nathaniel Durah Jr., 25, was arrested at his Penn Hills home on March 16, according to the release.  No law enforcement officers were hurt when he allegedly opened fire at  "agents and task force officers with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (PAOAG) Narcotics Task Force were following a narcotic suspect’s vehicle in unmarked vehicles," around 1:45 p.…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Child Porn Investigation Turned Suicide Caused Shelter In Place Order Off Linglestown Road: DA Child Porn Investigation Turned Suicide Caused Shelter In Place Order Off Linglestown Road: DA
Child Porn Investigation Turned Suicide Caused Shelter In Place Order Off Linglestown Road: DA A child porn investigation turned suicide led to school lockdowns and a shelter-in-place order in a neighborhood off Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township, authorities say. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office came to interview a man about child pornography on a cellphone at his home in the 4200 block Beaufort Hunt Drive on Thursday, Jan. 5 around 11 a.m., according to a release by the DA around 3 p.m.   "He confirmed that the telephone at issue was his. After detectives retained his mobile telephone as evidence, pending a …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Teen On Meth Pointing BB Gun Caused Lockdowns At Multiple York County Schools: Police Teen On Meth Pointing BB Gun Caused Lockdowns At Multiple York County Schools: Police
Teen On Meth Pointing BB Gun Caused Lockdowns At Multiple York County Schools: Police Multiple schools in York County were locked down due to a teenager high on methamphetamine with a BB gun, authorities announced late on Wednesday, Dec. 14. The senior high, junior high, Pleasant View elementary school, and the Education Center were placed on lockdown on Tuesday, Dec. 13 around 12:05 p.m. according to a statement by Red Lion Area School District Superintendent Eric Wilson. At 11:40 a.m. that morning, 19-year-old Xavier Winemiller of Red Lion had pointed the gun at someone in the area of West Broadway and North Main streets in Red Lion, Pennsylvania state police explained in…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fight Among Students Leads To Lockdown At Dauphin County School Fight Among Students Leads To Lockdown At Dauphin County School
Fight Among Students Leads To Lockdown At Dauphin County School A Dauphin County high school was briefly placed on lockdown following a fight between students on Monday, Nov. 21, authorities say.  The lockdown at Central Dauphin East High School was lifted at 11:30 a.m., according to district spokeswoman Shannon Leib. Classes have resumed and the school operating as normal according to Leib, but "District administration notified local law enforcement who are currently at the school investigating the incident." The number of students involved and any injuries were not released. 

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by Jillian Pikora
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Shots Fired Near Central Pennsylvania Elementary School Shots Fired Near Central Pennsylvania Elementary School
Shots Fired Near Central Pennsylvania Elementary School A central Pennsylvania elementary school was briefly placed into a lockdown after shots were fired near the school on Monday, Oct. 17, authorities say.  Foose School in Harrisburg was placed into lockdown after the gunshots were heard near the school around 9:10 a.m., the school district says.  The students and staff were sheltered in locked classrooms. Teaching and learning remain in progress. The area was cleared, the school was not targeted in the shooting, the lockdown has been lifted, although police remained in the area, and the shooter has fled from the scene, police …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Brought Loaded Gun Into William Allen High School, Causing Lockdown, DA Reveals 14-Year-Old Brought Loaded Gun Into William Allen High School, Causing Lockdown, DA Reveals
14-Year-Old Brought Loaded Gun Into William Allen High School, Causing Lockdown, DA Reveals New details have been revealed in the incident that caused a lockdown at several schools in the Allentown area on Thursday, Sept. 15, and ended with the arrest of a juvenile with a loaded gun. William Allen High School, Raub Middle School, and Union Terrace Elementary all were placed on lockdown as a precaution after officers received a report of a person with a weapon on Linden Street in West Park around 8:50 a.m., Allentown police said. Though the armed teen was eventually taken into custody, District Attorney Jim Martin revealed Wednesday, Sept. 21 that the 14-year-old boy was actually…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Entire School District Along I-81 Went Into Lockdown During Pennsylvania State Police Manhunt Entire School District Along I-81 Went Into Lockdown During Pennsylvania State Police Manhunt
Entire School District Along I-81 Went Into Lockdown During Pennsylvania State Police Manhunt An entire school district was briefly shuttered as Pennsylvania state police had a manhunt along Interstate 81 on Tuesday, August 30, authorities say. The situation started as a "police incident" near mile marker 74.5 on I-81 in the morning during school hours, according to state trooper Megan Frazer. "The Central Dauphin School District was placed on lockdown," but there was "no direct threat to the school," Frazer says. Two men have since been taken into custody, according to Frazer. Although additional information about the incident was not available at the time of publishing there is …

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Possibly Armed' Man Taken Into State Police Custody Following Shippensburg School Lockdowns 'Possibly Armed' Man Taken Into State Police Custody Following Shippensburg School Lockdowns
'Possibly Armed' Man Taken Into State Police Custody Following Shippensburg School Lockdowns UPDATE: "The suspect has been taken into custody," Pennsylvania state Trooper Megan Frazer says.  Additional information will be released at a later time. Follow Daily Voice for those updates.  The suspect has been taken into custody. Thank you everyone who shared. More information will be forthcoming when it becomes available. — Trooper Megan Frazer (@PSPTroopHPIO) August 26, 2022 ORIGINAL: A shelter-in-place order was put in place in the Shippensburg Area School District as Pennsylvania state police searched for a "possibly armed" man on Friday, August 26.  William Lewis, 32, is de…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down NJ School, Brings SWAT Team Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down NJ School, Brings SWAT Team
Malfunctioning Emergency System Locks Down NJ School, Brings SWAT Team This was not the day for a school lockdown alarm to malfunction. Police and school officials in Waldwick said that's what sent the school into emergency mode Friday afternoon, bringing the Bergen County Regional SWAT team and mutual aid support from neighboring towns -- while frightening some students, staff and especially parents. "The system malfunction at 3:02 p.m., right after school let out," Police Lt. Thomas Dowling said. "Officers from surrounding towns along with the swat team helped in securing the building till the malfunction was confirmed."   Police eventually gave t…

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by Jerry DeMarco