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Preschooler In Diapers Lost At Intersection In Central PA, Police Say
A three to five year old girl was found all alone wearing nothing but a pink t-shirt and diapers, Steelton Borough Police announced on Thursday, March 30, 2023 around 9:20 a.m. The police were searching for the parent(s) or guardian(s) of the girl who was found near the intersection of Swatara Street and South River Alley in the Borough that morning. They believed she is possibly mixed race. The police also noted that her shirt read "Bestie," she had one hoop earring in her left ear, and was wearing blue hair ties. With the public's help the girl's family was located just befor…
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Statement On 'Computer Generated Swatting' After Schools Across PA Evacuated: State Police
Pennslyvania state police have released a statement after a large number of local and state police were called to schools—primarily Catholic schools, across Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. At some schools students and staff were evacuated, and police surrounded the buildings with gun drawn, like at Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic high schools. Police were also called— although no guns were drawn— to schools in Bishop Carroll, Altoona Area, Forest Hills and Bellefonte. Forest Hills School officials released the following statement: "Due to suspicious activity throughout …
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Stolen Gun Found In Elementary School Student's Backpack In Lancaster County: Police
A central Pennsylvania elementary student brought a stolen gun and drugs to school, authorities say. The gun— without a magazine or any ammunition— was found in the juvenile's backpack— along with marijuana, at Elizabeth R. Martin Elementary School at 2000 Wabank Road, Manheim Township on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, area police said in a release the following afternoon. "School staff took notice of irregularities regarding the behavior of the student and conducted a preliminary investigation," the police stated in the release. Officers were called to the school at 11:07 a.m. The firear…
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Children Charged For Making Threats Against Central PA Schools: Police
Multiple children have been charged in connection with threats made against the Steelton-Highspire School District and the Rowland Academy on March 20, 2023, police say. The Swatara Township Police Department received a report after someone spotted the social media they made. The children are believed to between the ages of 13 and 18 years old since most social media sites have a minimum age requirement, but it is not confirmed and it is possible the juveniles lied about their ages to use the unnamed site. "Officers and Detectives immediately began working with school dis…
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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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Man Who Told Elementary Students He Knew Their Mom Not Creeper, Chambersburg Police Say
A stranger danger incident that was reported by two elementary school students in Chambersburg on March 8, 2023, is not a concern, police say. The man pictured supposedly had approached the two youngsters heading to Andrew Buchanan Elementary School around 8:40 a.m., according to the police release. He "reportedly told the young students their mother requested he walk them to school, but the mother of these students indicated she did not request this, and she was unsure who the person was," police said on March 9. Prior to approaching the students on South Sixth Stre…
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Elementary School Threats Made By Sub. PA State Police In Lancaster Say
The threats that closed a Lancaster County elementary are now known to have been called in by a substitute teacher's aide, according to an updated release by the Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Naomi Shayanna Wenger, 20, of Lancaster, was linked by her phone number to the threats made to Martic Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District around 2:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, according to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper James Grothey. "Building staff immediately contacted Pennsylvania State Police, and the school was placed on lockdown. No one was…
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Three Dead, Dad-Son Duo Involved In One Of Two Deadly McKeesport Shootings: Authorities
Two separate shootings including one involving a father and son, left three people dead and one wounded as well as caused three area schools into lockdowns, Allegheny County officials announced on March 2, 2023. McKeesport police were called to a report of gunfire near the 50 building of Crawford Village around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, according to the release. Three men were found with gunshot wounds: 22-year-old Jerred Duncan of Turtle Creek was pronounced deceased on scene and 30-year-old Jordan Eubanksof McKeesport was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounce…
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Kindergartner Struck Dead At School Bus Stop In Westmoreland County, Mom Says
Six-year-old Aria Woznick has died at a Pittsburgh hospital hours after being struck by a car while waiting for her school bus, her mother Amanda told Daily Voice. Aria was struck when walking with six other children, and was struck in the 400 block of Fayette Street in North Belle Vernon when crossing the street around 8:10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, authorities confirmed. She was unresponsive when EMS arrived, according to the fire department. It is not immediately clear if the driver stayed on the scene, but the fire officials and dispatch believe they did. "She was life-flighted…
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Active Shooter In York Closes Highway, School (
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Shots fired at a furniture store have led to an active shooter alert in central York County, authorities say. Approximately 20 shoots were fired inside of Price Busters in the 1900 block of Industrial Highway in Springettsbury Township around 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24, but the shooter fled the store on foot and police were called to canvas the area, authorities and witnesses told Daily Voice. No injuries were reported but Springettsbury Township police officers remain in the area as the search for the shooter continues. The highway has been closed between Memory Lane and Nort…
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Rapist Filmed Penn State Student In Bathroom, Police Say
A 52-year-old convicted rapist snuck into a Penn State University bathroom and filmed a student's "genitalia" on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Registered sex offender Mark Alonzo Williams also assaulted the student after he confronted him about the phone in HUB-Robeson Center bathroom, Penn State University police explain in the affidavit of probable cause. The student was using a bathroom stall on the ground floor of the HUB around 5 p.m. when he saw that Williams was in the stall next to him with “his cell phone positioned…
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Missing Red Lion HS Senior Found Dead: Authorities
A 17-year-old Red Lion student who never returned home from school on Valentine's Day has been found dead, authorities say. Red Lion Area Senior High School student, J. Carson Capik last contacted his family he contacted his parents around 2 p.m. on Feb. 14, police stated in their initial release. Shortly after that, his phone was turned off, York County Regional police say. He was last seen leaving the school in his father's 2011 black Honda Fit with, according to the release. The YCRPD was called to his Windsor Township home by his parents who officially reported him as missing at 8…
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