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14-Year-Old's Drunken Passenger Dances In Street After Being Told To Go Home, Carlisle Cops Say 14-Year-Old's Drunken Passenger Dances In Street After Being Told To Go Home, Carlisle Cops Say
14-Year-Old's Drunken Passenger Dances In Street After Being Told To Go Home, Carlisle Cops Say Police responding to reports of a reckless driver who'd crashed in Carlisle found a teenager behind the wheel and a drunken family member in the passenger's seat, authorities said. Officers were called to N. College Street and B Street around 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, May 19 where a white pickup truck had driven around the round-about and crashed into a ditch, police said in a release. The vehicle then backed up and drove north up over the sidewalk, hitting several cones and driving on the sidewalk. The truck was ultimately found stopped at the stop sign on N. College Street at G Street, and the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drunk PA Gunman Randomly Shoots Then Steals Ring Doorbell: Police Drunk PA Gunman Randomly Shoots Then Steals Ring Doorbell: Police
Drunk PA Gunman Randomly Shoots Then Steals Ring Doorbell: Police Early Friday morning, a 21-year-old man got drunk and supposedly began wandering around Lancaster randomly shooting a .9 millimeter handgun, authorities announced that same morning.  David Ramos was found "intoxicated and a 9mm handgun was found in his possession," city police state in a release on Dec. 1.  Before city police were involved, Manheim Township Police were called to a report of shots fired on the 800 block of New Holland Avenue around 1 a.m. Ramos was "walking around firing his weapon at random," the police said.  While investigating the MTP officers heard more…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say
Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say A man "fighting with customers" outside a shopping plaza assaulted officers who came to investigate on Sunday, police claim.  Anthony Belfere was found lying on the ground "yelling profanities" outside the Target at 1008 Lititz Pike, around 11:46 a.m. on Aug. 13, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced the following day. Officers recognized Belfere "from previous encounters," as stated in the release.  As the police approached him he "became belligerent," and "appeared to be under the influence of drugs and or alcohol," the police said.  When the officers attemp…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunk Central PA Prostitute Nabbed After Bike Fall: Police Drunk Central PA Prostitute Nabbed After Bike Fall: Police
Drunk Central PA Prostitute Nabbed After Bike Fall: Police A bicyclist and convicted prostitute has been charged after she was seen falling off her bicycle in Carlisle, police announced on Thursday, June 15, 2023.  Jennifer Anna Maschmeyer, 53, was spotted falling off of her bicycle in the 100 block of North Pitt Street on June 1, 2023, the police said.  The observing police officers "suspected (her) to be manifestly under the control of alcohol or a controlled substance," as stated in the release.  Maschmeyer was arrested and charged with Public Drunkenness, according to the police.  She was searched before being taken to Cum…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Officer Assaulted In Third Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say Officer Assaulted In Third Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say
Officer Assaulted In Third Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say A police officer was hurt in the third assault incident at the same Central Pennsylvania hospital involving a patient.  Brian James Estright, 47, of Enola was arrested following a disturbance in the  600 block of North Enola Road at 7:42 p.m. on May 18, 2023, East Pennsboro Township police announced on June 7, 2023.  "Estright was intoxicated and appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance," the police explained.  He "was taken to the ground" after he resisted arrest so an ambulance was called to the scene, according to the release. While at Penn …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Coming At Troopers With Many Knives Shot: PA State Police Man Coming At Troopers With Many Knives Shot: PA State Police
Man Coming At Troopers With Many Knives Shot: PA State Police A man with "multiple knives" was shot at by multiple Pennsylvania State Troopers on on April 5, 2023, at 4:43 am, the Pennsylvania State Police announced later that morning.  Thomas Edward Conroy, 43, of Uniontown came out of a home at 233 Amend Road in Georges Township with the knives following a domestic dispute, PSP said. Police were already outside the home as they were called to the reported dispute, so they opened fire. Conroy was struck and transported to a local hospital. He is in stable condition, as stated in the release.  The Troop B Major Case Team is inves…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA's Bam Margera Charged With Public Drunkenness In California, Challenges Knoxville To Fight PA's Bam Margera Charged With Public Drunkenness In California, Challenges Knoxville To Fight
PA's Bam Margera Charged With Public Drunkenness In California, Challenges Knoxville To Fight One-time "Jackass" star and West Chester native Bam Margera was arrested in southern California last week on charges of public drunkenness, according to police records.  In online arrest records, Burbank police say that Margera, 43 — whose real name is Brandon — arrived at a restaurant in the city to meet his family around 5:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, March 29.  Margera "arrived intoxicated" and was later arrested on charges of public drunkenness, the records claim. In a video from the restaurant obtained by TMZ, he appears to shout and stomp his feet before police arrive.&n…

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by Mac Bullock
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Drunk Alabama Man Found In Ceiling Of PA Restaurant: Authorities Drunk Alabama Man Found In Ceiling Of PA Restaurant: Authorities
Drunk Alabama Man Found In Ceiling Of PA Restaurant: Authorities A 36-year-old man from Alabama got drunk and climbed into the ceiling of a popular Pennsylvania restaurant, authorities say.  Brandon Connell of Thorsby, AL was found in the restroom ceiling of Tomato Pie Cafe located at 3950 Tecport Drive, Harrisburg, on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 3:19 p.m., according to Swatara Township Police.  "Connell was arrested without incident, removed from the premises and charged with Disorderly Conduct, Criminal Mischief, Public Drunkenness and Invasion of Privacy," the police stated in the release.  He was remanded to the Dauphin County Prison a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police
Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police A woman was found with blue lips and grey skin at a Lancaster area Sunoco Gas station while a 1-year-old infant was with her, authorities say. Kaitlyn Rebecca Wertz, 29, of Lancaster, was found laying on her back near the checkout of the gas station located at 1136 Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster, on Feb. 23, 2023, Manheim Township police explained in a release on Friday, March 3. Wertz was unconscious when EMS arrived and they used three doses of NARCAN to revive her, according to the police release. "In the store with Wertz, at the time of her overdose, was a 1-year-old child. No one was …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say
Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say A 39-year-old Carlisle man shattered the plexiglass cell door at the Cumberland County Booking Center on Feb. 23, 2023, authorities say. Dakota Lee Roush, was being booked for public drunkenness in Middlesex Township when he "intentionally kicked a cell door causing the thick plexiglass to break," township police state in the release.  The Cumberland County Booking Center contacted the township police to report the "vandalism incident inside their facility" at 5 a.m. Thursday.  An additional charge of institutional vandalism was been filed against Roush, according to the rel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Camp Hill Man Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Police Station In Enola, Authorities Say Camp Hill Man Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Police Station In Enola, Authorities Say
Camp Hill Man Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Police Station In Enola, Authorities Say A 26-year-old Camp Hill man threatened to "kill police officers" and "shoot up" a police station in Enola, authorities say.  East Pennsboro Township police were called to a report of "a male yelling and was possibly breaking into a house" in the 100 block of Sherwood Circle, Enola on January 26, around 7:32 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Officers arrived and found a man later identified as Cole Michael Sheely, breaking a rear screen door to a residence.  The police released the following statement following their incident: "An investigation …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Cop Hospitalized After Being Sprayed With Garden Hose By Drunk Enola Mom, Police Say Cop Hospitalized After Being Sprayed With Garden Hose By Drunk Enola Mom, Police Say
Cop Hospitalized After Being Sprayed With Garden Hose By Drunk Enola Mom, Police Say An Enola mom causing a domestic disturbance assaulted a police officer last November, East Pennsboro police announced in a release on Monday, January 23, 2023. The police were called to the "active disturbance" in the 1400 block of 5th Street on Nov. 10 around 5:44 p.m., according to the release.  Officers arrived and found 36-year-old Nicole Ann Groupe intoxicated and yelling at her neighbors.  "While the officer attempted to talk with Groupe, she grabbed a garden hose and soaked the officer with water," the police say, adding that it didn't end there, "officers then attempted t…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunken Man Charged With Harassing People At Cumberland County Truck Stop: Police Drunken Man Charged With Harassing People At Cumberland County Truck Stop: Police
Drunken Man Charged With Harassing People At Cumberland County Truck Stop: Police A Philadelphia man was arrested in Cumberland County after police said he drunkenly harassed shoppers at a truck stop.  Authorities were called to the truck stop in Middlesex Township on Sunday, Dec. 18 for reports of a person "stumbling around" the store, officials said in a release.  Officers arrived to find Bruce Milton Coley, 33, holding a liquor bottle and struggling to keep his balance, they said. Coley allegedly tried to run away when police approached him, and continued to resist after he was caught, authorities claimed.  The 33-year-old is charged with simple and ag…

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by Mac Bullock