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Accused Kidnapper, Killer Of 23-Year-Old Dad Arrested By Harrisburg Police
A convicted felon who was allegedly seen on video stealing a van involved with the kidnapping and murder of a 23-year-old dad has been arrested, Harrisburg police announced on Monday, March 25, 2024. Stafford Wedderburne, 31 of Harrisburg, has been charged with with the following in connection with the Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 killing of 23-year-old Jordan Allen also of Harrisburg, according to the police and court records: Homicide Murder Of The First Degree. Felony Kidnap To Facilitate A Felony. Felony Robbery -Threat Immediate Serious Injury. …
Police & Fire
Couple Robs Hotel Guest At Gunpoint In Central PA —
Twice
: Police
An accused armed robber is on the loose after a couple held up a hotel in Central Pennsylvania — twice, authorities announced on Thursday, July 20, 2023. "Female guests at the Red Roof Inn reported that they were robbed at gunpoint," on June 12 and July 17, the Swatara Township police stated in the release. On Wednesday, July 19, 45-year-old Jamie Francis Bruder of Steelton was arrested on charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, the police explained and court records confirmed. His alleged literal partner in crime, 36-year-old Ashley Renee Barrick of Har…
Police & Fire
Child Less Than 6 Years Old Assaulted In Harrisburg By LanCo. Abuser, Authorities Say
A 6-year-old child was assaulted and a 41-year-old man with a record of abuse is wanted in connection with the assault, authorities announced on Friday, March 17, 2023. The Pennsylvania State Police Troop H - Harrisburg Station is searching for 41-year-old James Azevedo Lewis Jr. in connection with the 2022 assault. A warrant for his arrest on charges of aggravated assault- victim less than 6 and defendant 18 or older, endangering the welfare of children- parent/guardian/other commits offense, simple assault, and harassment- subject other to physical contact, according to his la…
Schools
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…
Police & Fire
Inmate Dies Day Before Christmas At Dauphin County Prison
An inmate at the Dauphin County Prison died overnight Saturday, Dec. 24, officials said. Richard A. Carter, 63, had a medical emergency shortly after midnight, prompting prison and medical staff to respond and administer life-sustaining treatment, including CPR and an AED, Dauphin County Spokesman Brett Hambright said. He was pronounced dead Saturday at 12:54 a.m. Carter was booked into the prison on Dec. 20 on a contempt charge, with bail set at $10,000. He had a preexisting medical condition which required medication. He did not have a cellmate. A review of video evidence indic…
Schools
10 Teens Charged For 'Sexual Hazing' At Central PA High School: DA
A month-long investigation into allegations of hazing on a high school football team has led to charges against 10 teenagers, according to the Dauphin County District attorney's office. The Middletown Area school district began investigating a hazing that happened on August 11, 2022—after a cellphone video film by high school football players was shared on social media. The high school's football team's season was canceled after a second video surfaced on Wednesday, August 24. Both videos show incidents of hazing happening in the "high school turf room for heat acclimation pract…
Obituaries
Duo ID'd Following Deadly Central PA Crash
A man and woman following a deadly motorcycle crash on Wednesday, June 29, authorities say. Kevin Keim, 64, of Lower Paxton, and Christina Swavola, 59, of Harrisburg, were seriously hurt while riding a motorcycle that crashed at the intersection of Alexandra Lane, Crums Mill and Linglestown roads in Lower Paxton Township, according to Dauphin County spokesman Brett Hambright. The pair was taken to Hershey Medical center where both died from multiple traumatic injuries and their deaths were ruled accidental, Hambright told Daily Voice citing the county coroner's office. Keim die…
Police & Fire
Wanted Sex Offender Jumped In The Susquehanna River While Fleeing From Police
The man rescued from the Susquehanna River was a sex offender fleeing from the police on Saturday, May 14, authorities say. Norman Thomas Senior, 47, of Harrisburg, first led the police on a bicycle chase when they attempted to arrest him on a warrant for violating Megan's Law by failing to register his address with state police near the intersection of North Front and Verbeke streets. Then he jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge around 12:15 a.m., authorities say. Firefighters were required to send mutual aid boats to rescue him, the Harrisburg Fir…
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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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PA Child Molester Killed 2 People, Stabbed Nieces, Before Chase Ending In Bus Crash: Police
"Uncle stabbed us." That's what two young children told police at the scene of a fatal shooting on Wednesday, according to the criminal complaint. A central Pennsylvania man has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting and stabbing that occurred at a home prior to a chase, and that ended with a crash into a school bus in Londonderry Township, authorities say. Gregory Gerrod Greene Jr.Dauphin County district attorney's office Gregory Gerrod Greene Jr., 31, of no fixed address, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder followi…
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Video Of Dinner Guest Kidnapping Hostess Before Raping Her In PA Hotel Released By DA
A night that started as a warm dinner party in Pennsylvania ended in a scene out of a horror movie for the hostess, who was kidnapped by her husband's friend, beaten unconscious, and raped at a hotel, authorities said. The 27-year-old woman woke up naked from the waist down at the Roadway Inn motel in Swatara Township -- not a clue as to how she'd gotten there Feb. 15, 2017, she told police in Dauphin County. The last thing she remembered was being at the dinner party she hosted the night before at a Lower Paxton Township home. After the guests left, she and her husband went to bed. But o…
News
2 Dauphin County Prison Officers Fired For Falling Asleep While Guarding Inmate At Hospital
Two Dauphin County prison corrections officers were fired Thursday after they were caught sleeping on the job, authorities said. On Dec. 3, two guards were seen apparently sleeping in chairs next to an inmate at UPMC Harrisburg hospital, according to a county news release. Prison officials became aware the next day after someone shared a photo of the incident, Fox43 reports. The inmate under guard did not escape, officials said. The guards were initially suspended before being fired on Thursday. “We thoroughly reviewed the circumstances of the incident and determined the officers’ behavi…
News
Prisoner Captured Nearly 1 Week After Escaping Custody
UPDATE: Autum Flowers was taken back into custody on Nov. 28, according to Dauphin County officials. UPDATE: Autum Flowers was taken into custody today.Police received information that led to an arrest in Harrisburg. https://t.co/Qad58DAPAd — Dauphin County (@DauphinCounty) November 28, 2021 ORIGINAL: A reward is being offered for a woman who escaped custody while being treated at Harrisburg Hospital, according to an official Dauphin County release. Police are searching for Autum Flowers, 34, Columbia, Lancaster County, who escaped while under the watchful eye of two Dauphin County pr…
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Police Incident Evacuates Streets In Dauphin County Town
An on-going police incident has caused a closure of several streets in Middletown. People are asked to avoid North Union between Spring and East Water streets. “All homes and businesses on North Union Street between East Water Street and Spring Street are to evacuate immediately,” police said in a statement. Residents in the area are asked to go to 60 West Emaus St for safety. All pedestrian or vehicular traffic was suspended in the area starting at 2:30 p.m. The Middletown School District is rerouting buses to avoid the area, according to the school district’s website. Students who…
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DA: Convicted Dauphin County Rapist Gets 12 To 24 Years For Violent Assault
A violent rapist was sentenced by Judge John Joseph McNally on Friday morning. Morlon Dwight Winston, 54, of Lower Paxton will serve at least 12 and up to 24 years in a State Correctional Institution followed by 3 years of probation, as well as registering as a sexual offender for the remainder of his life. He was found guilty by a Dauphin County jury in March for the following; F1 Rape Forcible Compulsion Held for Court F1 Rape Unconscious Victim Held for Court F1 Sexual Assault Held for Court F2 Strangulation - Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck convicted The charges arose from a…
Police & Fire
Update
: Teen Susquehanna Runaway Found Safe
Alexis Borrero has been found safe by the Susquehanna Township police. Authorities in Dauphin County were seeking the public's help in locating a missing teen girl over the weekend. Alexis Borrero had last seen Saturday in Susquehanna Township. She had left notes with her intention of "running away." Borrero has been safely located on Monday morning, according to officials.
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