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Arrest Made In Pregnant PA Amish 23-Year-Old Mom's Murder: State Police Arrest Made In Pregnant PA Amish 23-Year-Old Mom's Murder: State Police
Arrest Made In Pregnant PA Amish 23-Year-Old Mom's Murder: State Police An arrest has been made in connection with the killing of a 23-year-old pregnant Amish mom of two, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, March 2.  Shawn Christophe Cranston, 52 of Corry, PA, has been charged with Criminal Homicide, Criminal Homicide of an Unborn Child, Burglary, and Criminal trespass for the slaying of Rebekah A. Byler, 23 of the 2100 block of Fish Flats Road in Sparta Township around noon on Monday, Feb. 26, according to police. Cranston was tracked down following "an exhaustive five-day-long investigation" which began after Byler's husband Andy came h…
Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit
Tiffany Anne Mercer Charged For Punching Trooper, PSP Says A 54-year-old woman has been charged after she punched a trooper, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Feb. 29.  Tiffany Anne Mercer recent of Gap but previously of Bowmansville, Landisville, and Lancaster, punched a trooper on Dogwood Lane in Salisbury Township around 7:18 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to the PA State Police release.  Troopers Michael Artale and Zachary Cianflone had been called to the Crestwood Mobile Home Park for a report of a domestic disturbance. They arrived in their duty uniforms in a marked patrol vehicle. When they located the home they…
VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA
VA Man Who Came To PA For Sex With Child Stays For Prison Sentence: DA A Virginia man who pleaded guilty in connection to traveling to Pennsylvania to have sex with a child has been sentenced, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 20.  Tanner Iskra, 38 of the 2100 block of Harpoon Drive, Stafford, VA, pleaded guilty in Sept. 2023 to attempted statutory sexual assault (11 years older), attempted corruption of minors, and criminal use of a communication facility, DA Heather Adams detailed in the release.  Iskra was sentenced to 11-23 months in prison, eight years of probation, and he must register as a sex offender …
Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced: USDOJ Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced: USDOJ
Maryland Man Who Robbed 5 Pennsylvania Banks Sentenced: Usdoj A man has been sentenced after committing five bank robberies in Adams, Cumberland, and York Counties in under four months just two months after spending over a decade in a Maryland State Prison, according to an updated release by the US Department of Justice on Monday, Feb. 5. James Henderson Bryant III, 46, of Westminster, Maryland, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday, Feb. 1, the USDOJ detailed in the release.  Bryant stole approximately $28,823 during the five robberies, which are as follows as Daily Voice previously reported: July 19, 2021 - BB&T Bank, Hanov…
Undercover Police Catch Delco Teen's Accused Murderer: DA Undercover Police Catch Delco Teen's Accused Murderer: DA
Undercover Police Catch Delco Teen's Accused Murderer: DA The man accused of stabbing a 15-year-old boy dead has been arrested authorities in Delaware County announced on Wednesday. Michael Garr, of Drexel Hill, was stabbed to death on Friday, April 21, 2023 — now, the alleged killer has been caught. Marson Weh, 24 of Cliffton Heights, has been charged in the murder of 15-year-old Michael Garr, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Upper Darby Police Superintendent Tim Bernhardt announced during the press conference on Jan. 3, 2024.  Surveillance videos helped lead police to Weh. In the videos, detectives spotted a man running from the 200 bloc…
Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA
Convict In 5 PA Counties Sentenced For Stabbing Mt Holly Springs Couple: DA A man who previously was reportedly "living in a bad place" and thought to be experiencing homelessness last winter was kindly taken in by a couple – whom he thanked by stabbing – now, he will have a home for several years in a state correctional institution, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday.  Robert Lee Suders, 43, most recently of Harrisburg, confessed to the Jan. 27, 2023 stabbing at a hearing over the summer and was sentenced by the Honorable Jessica E. Brewbaker on Dec. 12, the DA said and court records confirmed.  Both of the victims "r…
Lititz Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says Lititz Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says
Lititz Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says A Lititz man who pleaded guilty to striking an Amish horse and buggy — killing an Amish teen — has been sentenced by an "English" judge but the local Amish community apparently feels differently about the tragedy. Phillip Cornelius Sullivan, II, then 18 years old, driving a 2009 Lexus Sedan, struck a horse-drawn buggy, ejecting the driver, 18-year-old Andrew J. Stoltzfus of Honey Brook, before fleeing the scene, according to the police. The whole incident happened along the 5700 block of Division Highway around 2:45 a.m. on July 5, 2021, as Daily Vice reported at the time.  Stoltzfus …
Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Posted By Lititz Woman, Mom, Police Say Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Posted By Lititz Woman, Mom, Police Say
Video Of Toddler Vaping On Snapchat Posted By Lititz Woman, Mom, Police Say A former substitute teacher's aide who was convicted of calling threats into an elementary is in hot water again.  Naomi Shayanna Wenger is currently serving five years probation as part of a negotiated plea deal after calling in threats to Martic Elementary School in the Penn Manor School District around 2:19 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23.  Wenger is a 21-year-old mom with a 2-year-old daughter according to public records and social media posts.  She and her 18-year-old friend, Elena Katerine Zaharchuk, made a video of a 2-year-old child being given a vape pen, puttin…
Central PA Man DUI Crashes During Pursuit, Police Say Central PA Man DUI Crashes During Pursuit, Police Say
Central PA Man DUI Crashes During Pursuit, Police Say A 27-year-old man and his passenger are in the hospital after a minor traffic offense turned into a police pursuit.  Donovan Abram Ward of Enola, was driving a vehicle that had been reported as stolen while under the influence when he was spotted tailgating another vehicle on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, area police told Daily Voice.  He was seen by an officer while driving in the southbound lane in the 500 block of Eisenhower Boulevard, Swatara Township at 10:24 p.m.  Ward turned onto a side street and the patrol officer saw him run through a stop sign, and attempted to init…
Burglar At-Large After Unarming By Victim: Chambersburg Police Burglar At-Large After Unarming By Victim: Chambersburg Police
Burglar At-Large After Unarming By Victim: Chambersburg Police Police continue to search for a recently unarmed burglar from Chambersburg. Angel Robles-Montero, 20, of Chambersburg, has been identified as the burglar the homeowner disarmed during the burglary in the 300 block of East King Street in Chambersburg on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2023.  The gun was "wrestled" away and Robles-Montero fled in a dark gray Jeep Grand Cherokee Police SUV (pictured), the police said.  The vehicle has been located as of Monday afternoon but Angel Robles-Monterohas not been found. He is wanted for burglary, endangerment, and assault, according to police…
Lancaster Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police Lancaster Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police
Lancaster Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police A man who throw a fork into someone's face has been sentenced after pleading guilty on Thursday.  Mark Anthony Ressel is in prison after he entered a guilty plea to two third-degree misdemeanor charges of harassment during his preliminary hearing on July 20, 2023, court records show.  Manheim Township police officers were called to a reported stabbing in the 1000 block of Grofftown Road, Lancaster at 9 p.m. on June 10.  "While en route, officers were advised that the victim had been stabbed by Ressel, who was making threats and had hurt the victim yesterday," as stated in th…
Mom Wanted After 4-Year-Old Found In Chambersburg Street: Police Mom Wanted After 4-Year-Old Found In Chambersburg Street: Police
Mom Wanted After 4-Year-Old Found In Chambersburg Street: Police A 28-year-old mom is wanted by police after her 4-year-old was found "alone in the middle of a roadway," Chambersburg police announced on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.  Victoria Terria Lewis is wanted for Endangering the welfare of her 4-year-old after the child was found by authorities in the 300 block High Street on June 19, 2023, court records show.  This is not the first time Lewis has faced this charge. In 2016, following a driving under the influence at the highest rate incident, she ended up pleading nolo contendere— a plea by which the defendant accepts a conviction as…
Man Stabbed In Back: Ephrata Police Man Stabbed In Back: Ephrata Police
Man Stabbed In Back: Ephrata Police A 28-year-old man is accused of being an "angry acquaintance" who stabbed a man in the back In Ephrata on Sunday, authorities announced June 12, 2023.  Bryson Scott Puryear stabbed the unidentified man in the back in the 100 block of Washington Avenue around 5 p.m. on June 11, 2023, police alleged in the release A man sitting on his porch intervened which caused Puryear to flee—only to get caught by the police a block from the scene, the police explained.  The victim was taken to Lancaster General Hospital. Puryear was taken to Lancaster County Prison on aggravated…
GUILTY! Teen Who Struck PennDOT Employee In Hit-Run Learns His Fate: DA GUILTY! Teen Who Struck PennDOT Employee In Hit-Run Learns His Fate: DA
Guilty! Teen Who Struck PennDOT Employee In Hit-Run Learns His Fate: DA A teenager who "intentionally" hit a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation employee has pleaded guilty as part of a negotiated deal, the Cumberland County district attorney's office announced on Monday, June 12, 2023.  PennDOT employee Bill Layton "was pushed onto the hood of his pickup truck and ultimately propelled onto a mailbox" when he was struck by a gold pickup truck (pictured) along Rich Valley Road near Sherwood Drive at 10:50 a.m., on April 13, 2022, authorities detailed in multiple releases.  Dawson Adam Smith of Harrisburg was just was 19-years-old when he identifi…
Drug Dealer With 'Gun' Drags Wheelchair-Bound Man Across Central PA Parking Lot: Police Drug Dealer With 'Gun' Drags Wheelchair-Bound Man Across Central PA Parking Lot: Police
Drug Dealer With 'Gun' Drags Wheelchair-Bound Man Across Central PA Parking Lot: Police A 33-year-old convicted drug dealer came after a man in a wheelchair with what looked like a gun and dragged him from a moving vehicle until he surrendered his cellphone, Lower Allen Township police detailed in a release on Friday, May 26, 2023.  Darren Edward Ross was arrested after police watched a video a witness took of the incident in the 2100 block of Cedar Run on Thursday, May 25, 2023.  Ross had previously called the wheelchairbound man "making threats to come assault him," and "the victim had just gotten back to the complex from a convenience store and was returning to th…
TN Wanted Rapists, Killers Sought In PA, State Police Say TN Wanted Rapists, Killers Sought In PA, State Police Say
TN Wanted Rapists, Killers Sought In PA, State Police Say Two suspected rapists, who may also be involved with a double homicide in Tennessee, and have criminal pasts in Michigan are wanted in Pennsylvania, Crime Stoppers announced on Thursday, May 18, 2023.  Alvino Dwight (or Dewight) Cornelius who is also known as "Vino," "Cash," or "Lamar Jason Day" is a 28-year-old who previous had drug and murder charges against him when he was 17-year-old in Michigan. In 2012, those charges were dismissed and a protection order from his co-defendants was put in place, according to federal court records obtained by Daily Voice.  Now, Cornelius,…
Trio ID'd After Chase Turned Deadly Crash Near I-81 In PA: State Police Trio ID'd After Chase Turned Deadly Crash Near I-81 In PA: State Police
Trio ID'd After Chase Turned Deadly Crash Near I-81 In PA: State Police The three people who were found dead after crashing into a tree overnight while fleeing from state troopers have been identified, Pennsylvania State Police announced in an updated release on Friday, May 5, 2023. Eric Carl, 37, of New Cumberland, was driving the vehicle, Carly Renee Taylor-Robinson, 26, of Harrisburg, was in the front seat and Darun Marquis Alexander was in the back seat, 33, of Harrisburg, according to the police. The trio had failed to stop their vehicle when troopers Corbin Walburn and Matthew Condard attempted a traffic stop around 1:35 a.m. on Thursday, as detailed in t…
Homeless 21-Year-Old Convict ID'd As Stabbing Suspect, Lancaster Police Say Homeless 21-Year-Old Convict ID'd As Stabbing Suspect, Lancaster Police Say
Homeless 21-Year-Old Convict ID'd As Stabbing Suspect, Lancaster Police Say A 21-year-old man experiencing homelessness has been identified as the primary suspect of a stabbing in Lancaster, authorities announced on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.  Jerome Strive Jr. was identified through an investigation conducted by Detective Burgett, according to the updated release.  He is wanted on a warrant for the felony charge of aggravated assault in connection with the man stabbed in the torso on Monday, April 17, 2023, the police explained. Strive is currently serving five years of probation for drug related offenses and endangering the welfare of children, court rec…
Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police
Central PA Drug Dealer Who Made 'Graphic Threats Of Death' Arrested: Police A convicted drug dealer with a history of driving under the influence and giving alcohol to kids has been arrested for making threatening text messages, authorities say.  Jemel Mixell, 31, of Mechanicsburg  sent numerous threatening text messages to the victim; including graphic threats of death and bodily injury aimed at the victim and their family in Lower Allen Township, police announced on Friday, March 24, 2023. A warrant for Mixell's arrest was issued that morning at 8 a.m. following the investigation, which began on March 2, 2023 with the LATPD "took a report from a local r…
Homeless Man Sexually Abused Child While On Probation, Lancaster Police Say Homeless Man Sexually Abused Child While On Probation, Lancaster Police Say
Homeless Man Sexually Abused Child While On Probation, Lancaster Police Say A 42-year-old homeless man is being sought by police after sexually assaulting a child multiple times, according to the Lancaster County Crime Stoppers. James Edward Bell Jr. has a criminal record of hazardous conduct and driving under the influence, the latter of which he was convict of in York County in Sept. 2022 and was serving six month probation during the first rape of a child happened, in Feb. 2023, as detailed in court records. For the repeated child sex abuse Bell has been charged with: Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child Aggravated Indecent Assault of a Child Un…
Burglar Doesn't Make 'Best' Employee Stealing $14K Of Merch At Lancaster Nordstrom: Police Burglar Doesn't Make 'Best' Employee Stealing $14K Of Merch At Lancaster Nordstrom: Police
Burglar Doesn't Make 'Best' Employee Stealing $14K Of Merch At Lancaster Nordstrom: Police A convicted burglar with a history of driving under the influence and drug use was working at Nordstrom North East Fulfillment Center— that is until he stole $14,000 in merchandise, authorities say and court records detail. The person at Nordstrom who took a chance and hired the 46-year-old former convict, Anthony Best, probably wasn't having the "best" day when he was caught stealing the merchandise from the warehouse located at 30 Distribution Drive in Lancaster, as detailed in the police release.  Certain not the center's "best" employee, Best was arrested on Feb. 24 at 11…
Lititz Dad Threatens To Share 'Intimate Images' Of Woman He Stalks, Police Say Lititz Dad Threatens To Share 'Intimate Images' Of Woman He Stalks, Police Say
Lititz Dad Threatens To Share 'Intimate Images' Of Woman He Stalks, Police Say A dad on probation for making terroristic threats was arrested on Valentine's Day for threatening to share "intimate images and videos" of a woman that he was stalking, Lititz Borough of police announced on Thursday, Feb 16.  Oren Harsanyi, 48, of Lititz, "engaged in a course of conduct against a person, an adult female, in which he threatened to send intimate images and videos of that person to other people," the police say.  He was charged with a misdemeanor for stalking, although police say they also filed a charge for harassment. He has been held in the Lancaster County Priso…
Got Him! Chambersburg Convict Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor Arrested, Police Say Got Him! Chambersburg Convict Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor Arrested, Police Say
Got Him! Chambersburg Convict Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor Arrested, Police Say UPDATE: Pedro Luis Medina De Leon was arrested in the morning of Thursday, February 16, 2023, Chambersburg police said in an updated release. No additional information was provided and his court docket had yet to be updated at the time of publication. ORIGINAL: A probationer and former convict is on the loose after he cut off his ankle monitor, authorities say.  While under supervised release, 23-year-old Pedro Luis Medina De Leon cut off his ankle monitor sometime on Jan. 30., according to the Chambersburg Borough police department's release on Thursday, Feb 9.  He w…
Five Children, Two Dogs Endangered By Parents, Newville Police Say Five Children, Two Dogs Endangered By Parents, Newville Police Say
Five Children, Two Dogs Endangered By Parents, Newville Police Say Newville citizens tipped off police about child and animal abuse parents with "dangerous dogs" were doing, police say.  After receiving the tips, the area police investigated 32-year-old Travis Richard Laughner and his 29-year-old wife Taryn B. Laughner resulting in their arrests on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.  The police found that the Laughers had endangered "the welfare of their children as well as (having) loose dogs and harboring dangerous dogs...violating the duty of care act," the police stated in a release the day after the arrest.  The pair were each charged with fiv…
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence $400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence
$400G GoFundMe Scam: NJ Woman Serving Federal Time Gets 3-Year State Sentence UPDATE: A woman who helped pull a notorious scam that conned 14,000 GoFundMe donors nationwide was nearly 150 miles away when a judge in South Jersey sentenced her to a plea-bargained three years in state prison on Friday, Jan. 6. Katelyn McClure, 32, of Bordentown will be released in July after completing a federal sentence at a low-security prison in Danbury, CT, for scamming well-meaning donors out of $400,000 to purportedly help a homeless veteran. At that point, the year and a day federal sentence will be deducted from her state term and a determination will be made whether she shoul…
Probationer Bites Now Ex-Girlfriend At Central Pennsylvania Sheetz: Police Probationer Bites Now Ex-Girlfriend At Central Pennsylvania Sheetz: Police
Probationer Bites Now Ex-Girlfriend At Central Pennsylvania Sheetz: Police A man supposedly choked and bit his now ex-girlfriend on his way into a Sheetz and then got into a fight at the self-checkout, police in Pennsylvania say.  The Middlesex Township police were called "for an active physical domestic" at the Sheetz on Harrisburg Pike on Tuesday, Nov. 29 around 11:30 p.m., according to a release by the department the following day.  Upon arrival, the police found 34-year-old Clifford Roy McKelvey of Carlisle at the self-checkout shouting at his ex-girlfriend.  Following an investigation, "it was determined that McKelvey strangled and b…
Dating Profile Helped Police ID Arsonist Who Endangered Children In Central Pennsylvania: DA Dating Profile Helped Police ID Arsonist Who Endangered Children In Central Pennsylvania: DA
Dating Profile Helped Police ID Arsonist Who Endangered Children In Central Pennsylvania: DA A former convict has confessed to starting multiple fires, endangering 11 lives in central Pennsylvania, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Alvin Frank Chambers III, 31, of Maytown, entered an open guilty plea to two first-degree felony counts of arson of an inhabited building or structure and related charges in Lancaster County Court on September 2, 2022, according to a release by the DA on Thursday, Nov. 17. Emergency crews were called to the first fire “burning in a yard that was beginning to ignite the exterior of a home” in the 500 block of Poplar Street on J…
GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase
GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase The New Jersey family of a 35-year-old man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover the funeral cost. Krysten Harland Pretlor, who had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3, had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017, after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local resi…
Son MedEvac'd After Stabbing By 75-Year-Old Dad, Pennsylvania State Police Say Son MedEvac'd After Stabbing By 75-Year-Old Dad, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Son MedEvac'd After Stabbing By 75-Year-Old Dad, Pennsylvania State Police Say 'I brought him into this world. I might as well take him out of it," 75-year-old, James Westley Suman Jr. told authorities when they asked if he wanted to kill his son when he stabbed him on Wednesday, Nov. 2, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Pennsylvania state police. State police in Kittanning were called to the reported stabbing in the 1100 block of Washington Street, Parks Township around 7:40 p.m., according to a release by the police.  Police arrived to find that the elder Suman had stabbed his son in the heat of an argument, the release details. His 53-year-old so…
Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey
Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey A 35-year-old Johnstown man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. Krysten Harland Pretlor, had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3.  The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017 after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local in resident’s home, the office stated in a release at the time. He was arreste…
Ex-Probationer Slams Into House During High-Speed Chase In Central PA: Police Ex-Probationer Slams Into House During High-Speed Chase In Central PA: Police
Ex-Probationer Slams Into House During High-Speed Chase In Central PA: Police A 22-year-old woman had only recently gotten off probation when she slammed into a house while fleeing from the police in central Pennsylvania on Saturday, but the chase didn't end there, police say.  Kennedy Marie Jackson-Foucher initially fled from the Lower Paxton Township "at a high rate of speed" during a traffic stop while driving her silver Ford Fusion in the area of Londonderry Road and Sir Thomas Court on Oct. 22, 2022, at approximately 3 a.m., according to a release by the department the following morning.  Jackson-Foucher, "failed to pull over" and as she accelerat…