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Homicide Investigation: Man Dies 11+ Years After Harrisburg Shooting, Police
A gunshot victim who survived 11 years following the shooting passed on Thursday at a Harrisburg hospital. On March 27, 2024, the police announced they have launched a homicide investigation into his death. Tyrone McLemore, 33 of Harrisburg, died on March 21, 2024, the Harrisburg police explained. "An autopsy was conducted, and it was determined that McLemore's death was directly associated with the 2012 shooting incident," the police said. McLemore was shot by an unknown person in the 400 block of South 14th Street on Aug. 4, according to the police. His…
Police & Fire
Homicide Investigation: Baby Boy Found Dead In Western PA, Police Say
An unresponsive 17-month-old baby boy has prompted a homicide investigation in Allegheny County, the police department announced on Tuesday afternoon. The West Mifflin Police were called to the report of the unresponsive baby in the 2600 block of Glenny Lane at 7:47 a.m. on March 27, the ACPD detailed in a release. "First responders arrived and the child was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased," the police said. That's when the assistance of the Allegheny County Police Department's Homicide Unit was requested and the detectives launched an investiga…
Police & Fire
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police
A 47-year-old man is accused of seriously assaulting a US Postal Service worker over undelivered mail, Susquehanna Regional Police announced on Tuesday, March 26. James Gordon Moore "was upset about a package not being delivered [...] Moore jumped over the counter and punched the victim in the head several times before being knocked unconscious," the USPS employee told the SRPD officers. Officers were called to the scene of the assault at the Marietta Post Office located at 16 North New Haven Street at 12:56 p.m. on Monday, March 25. The postal worker was found "lying behind th…
Police & Fire
$100K Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In York
Are you a winner? Someone just won $100,000 (before taxes) playing a Powerball ticket with Power Play on Monday, March 25, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission. The winning ticket sold at King Tobacco Express, 49 West Market Street, York, which will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning ticket matched all four of the five balls drawn with the numbers 7-11-19-53-68, and the red Powerball 23 and the Power Play in the drawing on Monday, September 11. Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would only have been worth $50,000. More than 119,900 othe…
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Philly Native Found At Central PA Bus Stops ID'd: Coroner (
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A 49-year-old woman who was found dead in Harrisburg Wednesday morning has been identified by the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. Chandra Burns, originally of Philadelphia (according to her social media) and most recently of Harrisburg City, was found unconscious near the bus stops at Second and Market streets around 7:30 a.m. on March 27, the police detailed. EMS made efforts to revive her but ultimately she was pronounced dead at 8:30 a.m., according to the coroner's office. A female has passed away this morning at the Cat Bus Market Street transfer station in Harrisburg, Penn…
Police & Fire
Pair Wanted For Gunpoint Kidnapping In Pennsylvania: Police
Ambler Borough police are seeking two suspects in a 2023 gunpoint kidnapping, the department said in a release Wednesday, March 27. Deonte Davis and Terrell Watkins are each wanted for conspiracy, burglary, and related counts, according to court records. Police said Davis and Watkins helped break into a home on the 200 block of S. Maple Avenue last Feb. 21 and robbed a victim at gunpoint before taking them to Philadelphia, where they later escaped. Two other suspects, Beheejah Alwan and Samaj Dawkins, were previously convicted in connection with the inciden…
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Missing
: Teen Mom, 5-Month-Old Infant Flee 'Christ Home for Children' In PA, Police Say
Police in Warminster are seeking a missing teenager and her infant daughter. Seventeen-year-old Daneishya Nicole Neal left the Christ Home for Children, 800 York Road, with her 5-month-old daughter Eliana Rae Neal on Saturday, March 23, police said. Neal left a message for Christ Home staff, "thanking them for all of their help and advising she was 'going her own way' with her 5-month-old daughter," according to authorities. Both Neal and her daughter are under the custody of Lancaster County Children and Youth, police said. Daneishya was last s…
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Central PA Chase At Speeds 130MPH+ Without Headlights: State Police Say
A man has been arrested in connection with an over 130-mile-per-hour chase in Central Pennsylvania, State Police announced on Tuesday, March 26. Ryan Tyler Heisey, 22 of Mechanicsburg, was first spotted going at a high rate of speed on the Harrisburg Expressway/PA 581 West around midnight on Monday, March 25, Corporal Costello detailed in a release the following morning. Starting at mile marker four, PSP troopers from Harrisburg began to pursue a 2011 silver Infiniti G37 "reaching speeds over 130 miles per hour," as stated in the release. The troopers involved in th…
Police & Fire
Police Incident Ends In Lebanon (
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A disturbance that prompted a heavy police presence in part of Lebanon, shutting down surrounding streets, has ended, the police announced at 4:13 p.m. on Tuesday. City police were first called to 833 Chestnut Street at 12 p.m. on March 26, according to LCDES. Within 35 minutes numerous fire-police agencies were called to the area and the surrounding streets were shuttered. Officials called this a “police incident” but they have not confirmed what kind of incident this was, for example, a barricaded suspect, etc., but they do say "This is NOT a 'hostage situation' a…
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'Suspected Crack Cocaine' Found In Patrol Car, Pennsylvania State Police Say
"Suspected crack cocaine" was found in a patrol vehicle, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on March 26. PSP Troop H in Harrisburg discovered the "small amount of suspected crack cocaine" while decommissioning a marked patrol car around 11:45 through 12:15 a.m. on March 21, as stated in the release. The release did not detail what police force used the patrol vehicle but did note that it was a 2019 Ford Explorer. The drugs were found hidden in the rear of the vehicle after PSP removed their equipment and wiring. An investigation is ongoing, Trooper Ko…
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2 Rescued, More Missing In Baltimore's Key Bridge Collapse (
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A large-scale search and rescue effort was under way Tuesday morning, March 26 in Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Multiple cars were sent into the water below, bringing the Coast Guard and emergency response teams to the scene along Interstate 695 at approximately 1:30 a.m., when a cargo ship struck a portion of the bridge. Two people had been rescued as of 10:20 a.m., according to the Washington Post. At least six other construction workers remain unaccounted for, and another hospitalized, the news agency said. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott decl…
Police & Fire
MD/PA Bank Robber Indicted Secord Robbery Spree Months After Release:
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A man who recently completed his sentence following a plea deal with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for six armed robberies — was indicted on March 20 following a second robbery spree of five more businesses, Palmyra police announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Mark Shane Herrick, now 47, of Hanover, was first arrested by the FBI in 2009 for robbing the following businesses while armed with a tire iron or crowbar: June 6, 2008 - Fulton Bank, Harrisburg, PA. June 7, 2008 - M&T Bank, Harrisburg, PA. June 13, 2008 - PNC Bank, Lower Macungie, PA. June 16, 2008 - PNC Bank, H…
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Steelton Strip Club Slaying: York County Man ID'd By Dauphin County Coroner
A 35-year-old man has been identified following an altercation at a strip club in Steelton, authorities announced on March 25. Otilio Lugo-Rivera of Dillsburg died inside The Hideout after-hours strip club located at 159 North Front Street on Sunday, officials detailed the following day. Steelton Police were called to a report of a "man down inside the establishment" around 5:35 a.m. on Sunday morning; and despite "life-saving measures", Lugo-Rivera was pronounced dead at the scene of the fight, officials explained. The police and the Dauphin County District Attorney's office a…
Police & Fire
Cigarette Butt Leads To NJ Suspect's Arrest In 2012 PA Diner Killing: DA
The alleged gunman in a deadly 2012 Reading shooting is in police custody in New Jersey, according to Berks County prosecutors. Vallis L. Slaughter, of Jersey City, is being held in Hudson County pending his extradition to Pennsylvania, said the District Attorney's Office on Monday, March 25. Investigators believe he killed 34-year-old Julio A. Torres on March 24, 2012. Torres was shot while sitting in his car in the parking lot of the West Reading Diner after a confrontation with suspects, the DA's Office said. Jomaine Case was eventually convicted in connectio…
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Arson
: Landlord Breaks Into Tenant's Home Starting Fire, Police In Central PA Say
A Central Pennsylvania landlord broke into a tenant's home and minutes after police cleared the scene he returned to set the home on fire, authorities explained in a release on Sunday, March 24. Ronald Frisbee III, 28 of Akron Borough, broke into the home he rents out at 312 S 10th Street around 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, according to the West Earl Township Police Department. Officers with the department were called to the home for a "civil issue" at that time. Supposedly, Frisbee "was unhappy with his tenants after a washer and dryer machine was allegedly broken by the tenants,…
Police & Fire
Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting In Reading, PA (
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Update: The Berks County District Attorney's Office has identified the man as 50-year-old Damon S. Stern. Reading police officers said they killed a man who was armed with a knife early Monday morning, March 25. Authorities were called to the 400 block of Windsor Street around 3:45 a.m. for reports of a "male armed with a knife making suicidal threats," the department said in a release. Police said they commanded the man to drop the knife, "however, the male ignored those commands and moved towards the officers," the release says. They shot him and he succumbe…
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PA Girl Missing Since Last Week, Police Say
Pennridge Regional Police Department is looking for a missing teenager. Geyahna Medwatz was last seen on Lower Rocky Dale Road in West Rockhill Township around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, authorities say. Police do not believe she has cell service and said there is "some concern for her wellbeing." No clothing description is available. Anyone with information is being asked to call Pennridge Regional Police at 215-257-5104 or submit a tip online.
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NJ Man Shot Dead At I-78 Truck Stop Survived By Wife, 1-Year-Old Baby
Support is on the rise for the family of a 40-year-old New Jersey truck driver shot dead allegedly by a Florida man last week at a Pennsylvania truck stop. James Alexander Hilton, 40, of Southampton, NJ, was shot and killed at an I-78 truck stop in Upper Bern Township, early Friday morning, March 22, according to Pennsylvania State Police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Hilton was helping another driver park their vehicle at Love's Travel Stop around 2:45 a.m., when he and another truck driver got into the argument that led to the shooting, troopers said. Hilton was pronounc…
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PA Teen Pleads Guilty To Killing 12-Year-Old In 2022: DA
Ash Cooper, who previously went by Joshua Cooper, was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison on Thursday, March 21, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty Thursday to third-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, prosecutors said in a release. Prosecutors said Cooper killed 12-year-old Morgan Connors and then video-called a friend asking for help "cleaning up the scene and disposing of the body." Officers responding to Cooper's trailer home at Top of the Ridge Tra…
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Escaped PA Prisoner Caught In Philadelphia: US Marshals (
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An inmate at a western Pennsylvania prison who escaped custody last year was arrested in Philadelphia Friday morning, March 22, authorities say. Isaiah Tilghman, 33, was caught on the 3300 block of Aramingo Avenue, according to US Marshals. Tilghman was being held on drug charges and state parole violations when he fled from the Blair County Prison on Dec. 3, authorities have said. Just days after his escape, Marshals said they believed Tilghman had been in the Port Richmond area. The next week on Dec. 15, a truck that he allegedly stole was found in South Philadelphia.&n…
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Troopers Name NJ Man Shot Dead At PA Truck Stop
A New Jersey man was shot and killed at an I-78 truck stop in Upper Bern Township early Friday morning, March 22, according to Pennsylvania State Police. James Alexander Hilton, 40, of Southampton, was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said. Investigators said Hilton was helping another driver park his truck at Love's Travel Stop around 2:45 a.m. He and another truck driver got into an argument which led to the shooting, troopers said. The suspect fled the scene in his truck but was pulled over near Exit 40 and arrested at 3:30 a.m., according to state police. Author…
Police & Fire
Florida Man ID'd After Fatal Strike By Ambulance On Pennsylvania Highway: Coroner
A 62-year-old Florida man who died after being hit by an ambulance on a Pennsylvania highway has been identified, Dauphin County Officials announced on Friday, March 22. Michael Csernik of Jacksonville, FL was struck at the intersection of South Silver Road/Route 147 and Inglenook Road just north of US 322 in Reed Township, as detailed in a release by investigating trooper Mark Zearfaus with PSP Troop H - Newport. He died in an "accidentally struck by an EMS unit," the Dauphin County Coroner's office explained. The call to the fatal crash came into 911 system at …
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Fatally Rear-Ends Car On I-81: Pennsylvania State Police
A passenger has died in a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday morning. State Troopers were called to the fatal crash along I-81 in Franklin County a minute before midnight on March 21. The crash involved an International Freight Liner Tractor Trailer and a passenger car, both traveling north on Interstate 81. The tractor-trailer rear-ended the passenger car and "continued to travel straight north bound on 81, crossed both north lanes of travel and into the center grass median, striking the metal guide wire," police sta…
Police & Fire
Fifth Suspect In Custody For Philly Mass Shooting That Injured 8 Teens: Police
Philadelphia police have named a fifth suspect in the mass shooting at a SEPTA bus stop on March 6. Fifteen-year-old Jeremiah Jefferson is in police custody, PPD confirmed to Daily Voice. The shooting took place at school dismissal and sent eight teenagers to the hospital – including one 16-year-old in critical condition, who police believe was the intended target of the attack. Four other suspects are in custody for the shooting: 17-year-old Asir Boone, 19-year-old Jermahd Carter, 18-year-old Jamaal Tucker, and 17-year-old Ahnile Buggs. Asir Boone&nb…
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PA Girl Missing For Nearly Two Weeks, Police Say
Authorities in Berks County are looking for a missing teenager. Melodee Deronette, 16, was last seen around noon on Saturday, March 9, on Cheltenham Drive in Wyomissing, borough police say. She may be at special risk of harm or injury, authorities said. Anyone with information should call 911 or Wyomissing police at 610-375-6102.
Police & Fire
Dead Dog Found On Railroad Tracks In Central Pennsylvania, Police Say
A dog wearing a pink collar was found dead in Shippensburg on Thursday, March 21, area police announced around 9 a.m. The dog was described "as a small female Golden Retriever mix dog," the police stated in the release. It was found dead on the railroad tracks near the 300 block of South Washington Street around 8:48 a.m., police detailed. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cumberland Valley Animal.
Police & Fire
New Details About Infant Found Dead On Pennsylvania Street: Coroner
New information about an infant "suspiciously" found dead on a Pennsylvania street has been shared with Daily Voice by Fulton County Coroner Berley L. Souders on March 20. The infant was found unresponsive at the intersection of Lincoln Way West/PA Route 16 and South Second Street in McConnellsburg at 8:45 a.m. on March 11, State Trooper Jacob Rhymestine detailed in the initial release. The coroner's office was soon called and the infant was pronounced dead at the intersection at 8:55 a.m. on Monday. After no witnesses have come forward so details about the infant were released…
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Charged Child Rapist Kidnaps Girl Then Kills Himself During PA Police Pursuit
A man out on bail for felony child rape kidnapped a girl at gunpoint but when police closed in, he turned the gun on himself, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday afternoon. Former convict, James Lee Kopp Jr., 53 of Hanover and East Berlin (although most recently from McSherrystown) kidnapped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint from her yard in the 600 block of North Street in McSherrystown and fled the area, PSP detailed. The McSherrystown Police Department was called "for a report of a child abduction involving a firearm" at the girl's home at 9:45 a.…
Police & Fire
Jeannette Fire Kills 5, Hospitalizes 3 Members Of Family
A massive house fire killed four young children and their father in Western Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning, authorities announced later that day. The Westmoreland County Coroner's office said the 27-year-old dad, Tyler J. King; his children Kyson John, 7; Kinzleigh John, 6; Keagan John, 3; and 1-month-old Korbyn John were found dead in the home. The fire broke out in the 400 block of Guy Street in Jeanette just after midnight on March 20, officials explained. The mother and two other young children were rescued from the home. The mom suffered burns and the children showed signs of s…
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Sean Black Charged With Homicide Of Courtney Smith
A woman is dead and a man is in critical condition following a shooting at a warehouse in Western Pennsylvania, Allegheny County Police Assistant Superintendent Victor Joseph explained at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. Sean M. Black, 42 of Leechburg, Westmoreland County went to Tri-Arc Manufacturing in the 300 block of Fountain Street in Blawnox, Allegheny County, just before 6:30 a.m. and opened fire at the workers, Superintendent Joseph explained. Courtney Smith, 30 of Blawnox, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds at the scene, according to the medica…
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PA Fugitive Nabbed After NJ Taxicab Stop
A taxicab passenger who was under the influence of PCP and not wearing a seatbelt turned out to be an ex-con fugitive from Pennsylvania, Haledon police said. Detective Jeffrey Welsh stopped the cab after the driver failed to signal a turn off West Broadway, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman, Jr. said. Angel Collado, 42, of Passaic, who was sitting in back, drew the detective's attention, the deputy chief said. A quick computer check found warrants not only out of Bucks County, PA, but also Clifton and Totowa, Guzman said. Collado -- who records show has a criminal history dating back to h…
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