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Carnival Run By Sex Offender Has Pennsylvania State Police Searching For New Victims Carnival Run By Sex Offender Has Pennsylvania State Police Searching For New Victims
Carnival Run By Sex Offender Has Pennsylvania State Police Searching For New Victims A registered sex offender — who only abused children — secretly ran a carnival business in Pennsylvania and state police fear he may have new victims according to a release on Feb. 8.  Richard Lee Ridley was convicted of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child in 1993 and 2006, as well as open lewdness in 2020 and harassment in 2023, according to the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Sexual Offender Registry and court records.  The 53-year-old Carlisle resident is considered a "sexually violent predator," Trooper Megan Frazer stated in a release.  In June of …

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Mennonite Toddler ID'd After Fatal Train Strike In Central PA Mennonite Toddler ID'd After Fatal Train Strike In Central PA
Mennonite Toddler ID'd After Fatal Train Strike In Central PA A 15-months and 14-days-old boy has been identified after being struck by a Norfolk Southen Train on Thursday. Landis Sensenig Newswanger was hit by a Norfolk Southern train running along the tracks in his backyard in the 400 block of West Main Street, South Newton Township, Cumberland County at 10:04 a.m. on Dec. 7, according to state police and later identified in his obituary.   Landis was taken to Carlisle Hospital where they were pronounced dead, Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall told Daily Voice.  His autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 12, Hall said. …

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Police & Fire
Motorcycle Crash Along I-81 Slows Traffic In Central PA: Dispatch Motorcycle Crash Along I-81 Slows Traffic In Central PA: Dispatch
Motorcycle Crash Along I-81 Slows Traffic In Central PA: Dispatch A motorcycle crash has slowed traffic for eight exits along Interstate 81 in central Pennsylvania around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, according to emergency dispatchers. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near mile marker 31.9 in South Newton Township but it reportedly affected traffic from exits 29 to 37, according to a Cumberland County Emergency Management supervisor. The number of persons or vehicles involved is not immediately clear  No airlift services or coroner were called to the scene, the supervisor told Daily Voice. 

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News
Teen Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, Stone Wall On RT 11: PA State Police Teen Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, Stone Wall On RT 11: PA State Police
Teen Killed In Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, Stone Wall On RT 11: PA State Police An 18-year-old from Newville has died in a crash after he hit a tractor-trailer and was pinned between it and a stone wall, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.Noah J. Blessing was driving his 1995 Dodge Stratus on Ritner Highway/Route11 near Stoughstown Road on Mar. 24, according to a release by state police investigator Wesley Smith. At the same time, Marvin H. Shoemaker, 66, was traveling in his 2015 International Harvest heading east along the road near the 2100 block in South Newton Township at 11:52 a.m., the release shows. Blessing failed to yield to the tractor-tra…

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by Jillian Pikora