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Fellow Inmate Charged For Dad's Death In Pennsylvania Prison Fellow Inmate Charged For Dad's Death In Pennsylvania Prison
Richard Weikel Charged For Michael Butler's Death The cause of death of a Pennsylvania father and inmate has been revealed and new charges have been filed, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Tuesday.  Michael Howard Butler II, 37 of Gratz, died following a "medical emergency" in his bunk in the Dauphin County Prison at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2024, as Daily Voice previously reported.  It is now known that the emergency was caused by a fentanyl overdose from what Richard Leonard Weikel thought was heroin which he had smuggled into the prison in his shoe, the DA explained in the release on March 26.&n…

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Found Skull Matched To PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says Found Skull Matched To PA Woman Missing 16+ Years, DA Says
Missing Heike Leich's DNA Matched To Skull, DA Explains A skull found in 2020 has been DNA matched to a woman who went missing in 2007, the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Heike Leich was 47 when she wandered away from the home she shared with her common-law husband, Jonathan Hawthorne, in the 7900 block of Fishing Creek Valley Road in West Hanover Township at 7:30 p.m. on August 8, 2007, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Hawthorne reported her missing, noting that she left behind her ID, purse, and medication — she had been diagnosed as bipolar and previously requ…

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Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA
Suspended PA Judge Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting Man In Face: DA A suspended judge shot a man in the face while he was sleeping, blinding him in one eye, authorities alleged in a release on Thursday, Feb. 15.  Suspended Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight was arrested on attempted murder charges and related offenses on Feb. 15, the Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack detailed in a release that evening.  McKnight is accused of shooting this man in his home on Saddle Ridge Drive, Susquehanna Township, Harrisburg on Saturday, Feb. 10, McCormack explained.  Regarding the man's medical status, McCormack said the foll…

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Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family
Ex-Harrisburg Councilwoman's Son Gets 2 Life Sentences For Shooting, Stabbing Family The son of former Harrisburg Councilwoman Sandra Reid stabbed 6 and 7-year-old sisters, shot their aunt in the face, and orphaned them by shooting their parents in February 2022, now he has pleaded guilty and was "mentally ill but not insane at the time of the offense," Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said in a release on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.  Gregory Gerrod Greene Jr. — who was released from prison for raping a child in 2016 after serving four years—  had a protect from abuse order filed by his sister which was supposed to prevent him from going to his mother's home, DA Char…

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PA School Janitor Uses Jets Fan Snapchat To Tell Undercover Cop He Had Sex With Child: DA PA School Janitor Uses Jets Fan Snapchat To Tell Undercover Cop He Had Sex With Child: DA
PA School Janitor Uses Jets Fan Snapchat To Tell Undercover Cop He Had Sex With Child: DA A central Pennsylvania school janitor chatted online to an undercover police officer about his sexual exploits with an 11-year-old, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 6.  Zachary Payton Hart, 19, of Lykens, shamed Jets fans by using his "onlyjets" Snapchat account to send a picture of his penis to a 13-year-old girl, on June 4, 2022, according to a criminal complaint. But he wasn't going to get away with it as her sibling was friends with a police officer, according to the criminal complaint and statement released by the Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo.  The poli…

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Body Found In Susquehanna River ID’d As Man Shot By Police: Report Body Found In Susquehanna River ID’d As Man Shot By Police: Report
Body Found In Susquehanna River ID’d As Man Shot By Police: Report A body found floating in the Susquehanna River has been identified by his wife as the man shot by police during a domestic incident last January, CBS 21 reports. The body found between Middletown and Three Mile Island is Miguel Maldonado Jr., 36, his wife, Andrea Maldonado told the outlet, identifying him by his tattoo. Maldonado Jr. was shot by police after he stabbed his wife, then took his wife and child into his car and drove into the river near the Dock Street Dam around 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 16, the Dauphin County district attorney Fran Chardo said at the time. Officials have n…

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19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental 19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental
19-Year-Old Dauphin County Inmate’s Death Ruled Accidental Months after an inmate’s death, the Dauphin County district attorney’s office has ruled an inmate’s death accidental. KeJuan Cooke was found unresponsive by his cellmate on March 31, as Daily Voice reported. Cooke's cellmate called for help and prison staff performed CPR, authorities said. The inmate was transported to UPMC Harrisburg where he was declared dead shortly afterwards, as Daily Voice reported. An autopsy performed by Dr. Wayne K. Ross found that Cookie died of complications of bowel inflammation -- colitis and short bowel syndrome, according to Chardo. The manner of death wa…

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Former PA Police Chief Charged With Attempted Rape Barred From Working In Law Enforcement Former PA Police Chief Charged With Attempted Rape Barred From Working In Law Enforcement
Former PA Police Chief Charged With Attempted Rape Barred From Working In Law Enforcement An agreement has been reached in an attempted rape case against the former Middletown Borough Chief of police, according to the Dauphin County district attorney. George Mouchette, 51, of Hummelstown, was charged Aug 21, 2018 in connection with an attempted raped. Mouchette was accused of sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform in his office in the Middletown police station at 300 East Emaus Street on Aug. 13, 2018. Mouchette was suspended without pay from the day that the charges were filed against him. "Mouchette was appointed the borough’s interim police chief in January 2017 to r…

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Hershey Driver Who Struck, Dragged, Killed Pedestrian Faces $700 Fine, License Suspension Hershey Driver Who Struck, Dragged, Killed Pedestrian Faces $700 Fine, License Suspension
Hershey Driver Who Struck, Dragged, Killed Pedestrian Faces $700 Fine, License Suspension A female driver who struck, dragged and killed a pedestrian in a Hershey crosswalk is facing a careless driving charge with a possible sentence of fines and a license suspension. The crash happened when --Karl Piasecki, 65 of Hershey -- was crossing West Chocolate Avenue and when he struck and dragged a short distance by an GMC Yukon SUV making a left turn from Ridge Road around 7:30 a.m. March 3, say police. Michelle H. Walls, 56 of also of Hershey, was driving. She was charged with a summary offense of careless driving on Monday. The citation requires her to pay $629 in fines and Walls…

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Woman Strangled, Burned By Stalker Warned Coworker, Marked Her Killer, Leaving DNA Woman Strangled, Burned By Stalker Warned Coworker, Marked Her Killer, Leaving DNA
Woman Strangled, Burned By Stalker Warned Coworker, Marked Her Killer, Leaving DNA A Hershey area woman was burned by her stalker after a struggle and strangulation according to police, now more details emerge as witnesses begin to testify in Dauphin County court. Charlotte Y. Chaplin died at the age of 49 in her Paxtang home, on May 23, 2019. A fire burned through Chaplin’s house in the 500 block of West Chocolate Avenue around 6:44 a.m. that Thursday, according to police. By the time Hershey firefighters arrived the smoke was heavy and fire was consuming the house, but they were able to get into the residence and extinguish the fire only to find Chaplin’s body inside…

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