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Wanted PA Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Police Say Wanted PA Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Police Say
Wanted PA Bicyclist On Crack Cocaine Arrested Easter Sunday, Police Say A bicyclist making traffic violations was stopped by officers and discovered to be high on crack cocaine, Camp Hill police announced on April 1. The unidentified 28-year-old male cyclist from Dillsburg was pulled over by Camp Hill Police for a traffic stop "after vehicle code violations were observed at the intersection of North 33rd Street and Walnut Street," on Easter Sunday, March 31 at 11:04 p.m., as detailed in the release. Officers soon discovered the bicyclist was wanted on "multiple active arrest warrants, including a bench warrant out of the York County Sheriff's Office related to …
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Pennsylvania Prison, Police Say Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Pennsylvania Prison, Police Say
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Chokehold At Pennsylvania Prison, Police Say A 30-year-old convicted felon — in his third prison in six months — is facing new charges after putting a corrections officer in a chokehold, the police announced on Tuesday, April 2.  Justin Miles Bookwalter of Huntingdon is accused of placing "the Corrections Officer in a headlock, while in the headlock the Corrections Officer was unable to breathe," the Middlesex Township police stated in the release.  This incident happened at Cumberland County Prison on March 27, 2024.  This is Bookwalter's third county prison stay since Oct. 31, 2023. He was previously in Huntingd…
Wanted Felon Who Escaped After 8 Days In PA Prison Turns Herself In: Sheriff Wanted Felon Who Escaped After 8 Days In PA Prison Turns Herself In: Sheriff
Wanted Felon Who Escaped After 8 Days In PA Prison Turns Herself In: Sheriff After just eight days in Pennsylvania prison, a woman escaped, but less than a week later she turned herself in, authorities announced on Friday, March 15.  Timberly Smith, 27 of Duncannon, escaped the Cumberland County Prison during a release for two hours to renew her Pennsylvania ID card at the Carlisle PennDOT Driver License Center located at 950 Walnut Bottom Road on Saturday, according to the county's sheriff's office. Smith had been taken a plea deal for her third felony for driving under the influence of drugs on Jan. 4, 2024, but after two days into her one-year…
NY Man Wanted In Maryland Captured In Pennsylvania, Police Say NY Man Wanted In Maryland Captured In Pennsylvania, Police Say
NY Man Wanted In Maryland Captured In Pennsylvania, Police Say A fugitive was captured in Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning. The unnamed man has a Rochester, NY address, a South Carolina driver's license, and was wanted on a warrant in Maryland, the Camp Hill police explained. An officer with the CHPD pulled the man over for a traffic violation at 12:48 a.m. on March 13. During the traffic stop, the officer learn the man's license was suspended and that he was also a fugitive in Maryland. After the warrant was confirmed he was arrested and held in the Cumberland County Prison.  Additional information about the man or this situation was unava…
Mom On Drugs Injures 3-Week-Old Infant During 'Incident' In Enola: Police Mom On Drugs Injures 3-Week-Old Infant During 'Incident' In Enola: Police
Mom On Drugs Injures 3-Week-Old Infant During 'Incident' In Enola: Police A 35-year-old mom with criminal records in five Pennsylvania counties is behind bars again for allegedly injuring her 3-week-old infant while high on drugs, East Pennsboro Police explained in a release on Wednesday, Feb. 21.  Chynna-Blu Nagle, originally of Milroy but most recently of Enola, was found "on controlled substances and was attempting to care for her 3-week-old child," at 7:37 a.m. on Feb. 15, as stated in the police release.  Officers had been called to a "medical incident" in the 200 block of South Enola Drive, Enola. Arriving officers soon "determined the 3-week-old …
10+ Years Of PA Girl's Assaults By Texas Step-Dad For 'Privileges' Ends With Conviction: DA 10+ Years Of PA Girl's Assaults By Texas Step-Dad For 'Privileges' Ends With Conviction: DA
10+ Years Of PA Girl's Assaults By Texas Step-Dad For 'Privileges' Ends With Conviction: DA A decade of sexual assaults by a step-dad that denied a girl "privileges" unless she complied, has ended with his conviction on Feb. 1.  Joseph "Joe" Peter Tondo of Rosharon, Texas sexually assaulted his Southampton Township, Pennsylvania, step-daughter, for over a decade, the Cumberland County District Attorney's office explained in a release on Feb. 2.  Starting when she was 14 years old, the graphic "oral, anal, and vaginal sex" began she explained during the three-day trial. She noted that the sex acts were "required" by Tondo as part of an "agreement" system he devised for he…
PA 'Asian' Massage Parlor Raid Turns Human Trafficking Ring Bust: DA PA 'Asian' Massage Parlor Raid Turns Human Trafficking Ring Bust: DA
PA 'Asian' Massage Parlor Raid Turns Human Trafficking Ring Bust: DA A 12-agency joint investigation has led to the downfall of a large-scale human trafficking ring across three Central Pennsylvania counties, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 1. The sex and human trafficking ring was broken up by a year-long operation: Closed2Trafficking, which targeted 10 massage parlors in York, Dauphin, and Cumberland counties. District Attorney Sean McCormack released the following statement on the operation: “Since we began these operations targeting sex buyers who drive the demand for commercial sex, we have arrested 45 individuals. Every single dollar that …
PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say
PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say A roommate was slashed across his neck and chest by a man supposedly on drugs just before midnight on Sunday, authorities announced the following day. Lee Allen Payne was in front of his home in the 100 block of North Pitt Street, Carlisle when the police arrived at 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 27, the department detailed in the release.  The Carlisle PD was called by Payne's roommate due to his "drug activity," as stated in the release.  The 46-year-old "attacked the caller with a large kitchen knife in the apartment after an argument," the roommate told officers. Officers saw "several s…
Hollywoodesque Crime Spree Lands PA Woman Jail Time: DA Hollywoodesque Crime Spree Lands PA Woman Jail Time: DA
Hollywoodesque Crime Spree Lands PA Woman Jail Time: DA A 41-year-old woman has learned her fate after admitting to a crime spree that reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. The Central Pennsylvanian who stole two cars, drove with a revoked license, threatened her friend, crashed a car into a barn, caused a fire, abandoned a dog, sent police on an over 100 mph chase, and faked a medical issue to attack police in an attempt to escape— has learned her fate, according to a release by the Cumberland County District Attnory Sean M. McCormack.  Chontelle Melissa Shirk, pleaded guilty and her sentence was imposed on June 13, 2023, the DA said and c…
Woman Assaults Patient At Hospital In Central PA, Police Say Woman Assaults Patient At Hospital In Central PA, Police Say
Woman Assaults Patient At Hospital In Central PA, Police Say A 35-year-old Dillsburg woman injured a patient at a hospital, police announced on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.  Kelly Lynn Culbert was arrested after officers arrived at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital located at 503 North 21st Street, Camp Hill, and spoke with the victim about the assault around 9:40 a.m. on May 9, 2023, according to the release.  Culbert was charged with aggravated assault charges and held in the Cumberland County Prison after failing to post $5,000 in bail, court records show. Her formal arraignment will be held at 9 a.m. on July 10, 2023, according …
Son Admits To Trying To Kill 92-Year-Old Dad In Camp Hill Hospital, Police Say Son Admits To Trying To Kill 92-Year-Old Dad In Camp Hill Hospital, Police Say
Son Admits To Trying To Kill 92-Year-Old Dad In Camp Hill Hospital, Police Say While a 92-year-old father was in his hospital bed, his 58-year-old son attempted to kill him, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  East Pennsboro Police were dispatched to an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital located at 503 N. 21st Street, Camp Hill on February 26, 2023, at 7:17 p.m., according to a release on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Officers arrived, investigated, and concluded that John Joseph Stoll Jr. of Wellvilles "attempted to kill the victim inside a patient room." The only reason his father survived is that a "staff member witnessed the incid…
Maryland Attacker Who Strangled Woman In Pennsylvania Sheetz Restroom Arrested: Police Maryland Attacker Who Strangled Woman In Pennsylvania Sheetz Restroom Arrested: Police
Maryland Attacker Who Strangled Woman In Pennsylvania Sheetz Restroom Arrested: Police A woman was beaten in the handicapped stall at a central Pennsylvania Sheetz and two months later police say they have found the Maryland man who attacked her, authorities announced on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Elijah Richard Jennings, 25, originally from Harrisburg, most recently living in Maryland, was arrested on a warrant issued by Lower Allen Township police in connection with the assault on Monday, January 23, according to an updated release.  The Lower Allen Township police were called for a welfare check on a woman who was crying in the bathroom at the Sheetz located at 1508 …
Oklahoma Child Molester, Ex-Cop Flees PA Crash That Killed Deacon, Leanne Elliott, 32: Police Oklahoma Child Molester, Ex-Cop Flees PA Crash That Killed Deacon, Leanne Elliott, 32: Police
Oklahoma Child Molester, Ex-Cop Flees PA Crash That Killed Deacon, Leanne Elliott, 32: Police A former Oklahoma police investigator known for molesting a child and who was out on bail for allegedly strangling his wife at church, was in Pennsylvania for an unknown reason, fleeing from police when he nearly hit someone directing traffic at a crash that killed a decon on Friday, Jan. 13, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Edward "Ed" Louis Willingham Jr., 53, of Sapulpa, OK had driven his black 2014 Nissan Sentra through the police barricades— almost hitting a fire police officer who was helping direct traffic near a crash that killed Leanne N. Elliott, 32, of Camp …
PA Wife Not Bitten By Goose, Charged With Murder In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Of Shot Husband PA Wife Not Bitten By Goose, Charged With Murder In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Of Shot Husband
PA Wife Not Bitten By Goose, Charged With Murder In 35-Year-Old Cold Case Of Shot Husband In 1987 Carl Jarvis was shot in the back of his head, 35 years later, his wife Judith Ann Jarvis, was arrested on a murder charge, authorities announced on Tuesday, Dec. 13., 2022.  Judith had called the police during a supposed domestic dispute on Aug. 19, 1987, around midnight, according to Pennsylvania state police.  Carl was later found naked with two gunshot wounds to the head in a bedroom in their home, police explain. A .22 caliber revolver with a six-inch barrel and a two-inch trigger guard was found on the bed, according to police. During the autopsy, it was de…
'Sylvester Stallone' Arrested For Domestic Assault In Pennsylvania 'Sylvester Stallone' Arrested For Domestic Assault In Pennsylvania
'Sylvester Stallone' Arrested For Domestic Assault In Pennsylvania A man sharing the name of "Rocky" actor "Sylvester Stallone" has been arrested on felony charges in connection with a domestic assault in central Pennsylvania, authorities say.  Sylvester Stallone Anderson III, 37, of Carlisle, "assaulted and strangled" someone in the 100 block of North East Street in Carlisle on Tuesday, Nov. 15 around 8 a.m., according to a release by the area police. Anderson was charged with felonies of assault and strangulation and was released from the Cumberland County Prison on a Surety Bond for $150,000, court records show.  His preliminary hearing …
Wanted Accused Child Rapist, Animal Abuser Leads Police On High-Speed Chase On Ritner Highway Wanted Accused Child Rapist, Animal Abuser Leads Police On High-Speed Chase On Ritner Highway
Wanted Accused Child Rapist, Animal Abuser Leads Police On High-Speed Chase On Ritner Highway A 21-year-old man who was recently "terminated" from his job showed up to work and after refusing to leave the parking lot, he led the police on a high-speed chase on Ritner Highway, on Friday, Oct. 21, police say.  Carlisle police were called to a report of "a terminated employee...who possibly had warrants" sitting in the parking lot along the 1700 block of Ritner Highway around 7:45 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Deamonte Morales had 2 active warrants and was observed by police sitting in the driver seat of a black Nissan Altima in the parking lot, but when of…
Registered Sex Offender Attacks Corrections Officers In Central PA Prison 2x In Year: Police Registered Sex Offender Attacks Corrections Officers In Central PA Prison 2x In Year: Police
Registered Sex Offender Attacks Corrections Officers In Central PA Prison 2x In Year: Police A registered sex offender— currently accused of raping a child— has attacked corrections officers in a central Pennsylvania prison for the second time, authorities say. Corey Alan Bennett, 30, of Chambersburg, attacked three Cumberland County Prison corrections officers and a fellow inmate Middlesex Township Police announced on Oct. 10, 2022.  The attack left all four victims with "visible injuries," the police say. For this incident, Bennett was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of simple assault, the police state in the release.  He supposedly also…
PA Man Learns His Fate For Killing 23-Year-Old US Air Force Paramedic, NJ Native PA Man Learns His Fate For Killing 23-Year-Old US Air Force Paramedic, NJ Native
PA Man Learns His Fate For Killing 23-Year-Old US Air Force Paramedic, NJ Native A 23-year-old Flight Paramedic in the United States Air Force was killed in central Pennsylvania on Aug. 28, 2020— on Sept. 16, 2022, her killer has learned his fate, according to the Cumberland County district attorney's office.  Gabriel "Gabby" Alexandra Godfrey, 23, of Carlisle, PA, formerly of Browns Mills, NJ, died from injuries sustained after John Patrick Mumper, 49 (47 at the time of the crash), also of Carlisle, drove 20 mph over the speed limit— disregarded a yellow signal, entering the intersection at North Hanover Street and Noble Boulevard, crashing into a ca…
Woman Grabs Wheel To Cause Crash, Tries Assaulting Arresting Officers In Central PA: Police Woman Grabs Wheel To Cause Crash, Tries Assaulting Arresting Officers In Central PA: Police
Woman Grabs Wheel To Cause Crash, Tries Assaulting Arresting Officers In Central PA: Police A 22-year-old woman in Central Pennsylvania caused a crash by grabbing the wheel and then tried assaulting the arresting officers, authorities said. A West Shore Regional police officer found a car that had crashed around 12:40 a.m. on Sept. 4, the department said. During the investigation, they learned Sydney Elizabeth Breen was a passenger in the vehicle and began to assault the driver, police said.  Breen grabbed the steering wheel to crash the vehicle and, when taken into custody, resisted arrest, authorities said.  While being taken into custody, Breen attempted to…
Somalian Who Threatened Presidential Assassinations Bit PA Corrections Officer: Authorities Somalian Who Threatened Presidential Assassinations Bit PA Corrections Officer: Authorities
Somalian Who Threatened Presidential Assassinations Bit PA Corrections Officer: Authorities The Somalian man who allegedly threatened to assissinate President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump has bitten and spit on  Pennsylvania prison guards, authorities say. Mohamed Farah, 32, had been held in the Cumberland County prison since April when a grand jury indicted him for the alleged assassination threats he made in January. On Thursday, June 23, Farah allegedly "attempted to assault another inmate and when a Correction Officer intervened, Farah assaulted the Officer by biting him," according to a release by Middlesex Township police. "Farah then spit in the fa…
PA Man Accused Of Double Baby Mama Murderer Attempted To Kill Fellow Inmate: Police PA Man Accused Of Double Baby Mama Murderer Attempted To Kill Fellow Inmate: Police
PA Man Accused Of Double Baby Mama Murderer Attempted To Kill Fellow Inmate: Police A man who allegedly admitted to killing his two of the mothers' of his children— one of whom was pregnant at the time— is now accused of attempting to murder another man while in prison, authorities say. Davone Unique Anderson, a 26-year-old inmate at the Cumberland County Prison, assaulted another inmate at the Cumberland County Prison “by punching him numerous times and throwing him over the railing of the second floor,” Middlesex Township police stated in a release on Friday, Mar. 25. “The victim suffered multiple fractures and bruising throughout his body” and was taken to the hospital,…
Man Posed As Friend’s Guardian Before Sexually Assaulting Child At Central PA Hotel: Police Man Posed As Friend’s Guardian Before Sexually Assaulting Child At Central PA Hotel: Police
Man Posed As Friend’s Guardian Before Sexually Assaulting Child At Central PA Hotel: Police A man has been arrested and charged after pretending to be a child’s friend’s guardian before taking her to a hotel and having sex, the police say. Justin Taylor Powell, 31, of Manchester, York County, allegedly contacted the victim through social media, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. After Powell posed as a guardian of the child’s friend, before he took her from her home to a hotel in the 100 block of Westminster Drive in Carlisle where he sexually assaulted her over a two day period in Aug. 2021, according to the state police. Investigators also found evidence tha…
Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Raping Child Under 13 Years Old: Police Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Raping Child Under 13 Years Old: Police
Pennsylvania Man Arrested For Raping Child Under 13 Years Old: Police A central Pennsylvania man was arrested on an warrant for raping a child on Thursday, according to a release by police. Raymond Douglas Nattress, 43, of Mechanicsburg, was arrested on a warrant issued on Monday for multiple instances of sexual assaulting a child under the age of 13 starting on Mar. 1, 2020, according to police and court documents. The warrant and subsequent arrest comes after many months of investigation by Lower Allen Township police which began in April 2021, according to the release. Nattress has been charged with the following, according to his court docket: F1 Invo…
VA Teen Raped By PA Man Reunited With Family: Police VA Teen Raped By PA Man Reunited With Family: Police
VA Teen Raped By PA Man Reunited With Family: Police A 15-year-old Virginia girl has been reunited with her family after she was located by police on Monday, according to a release by Shippensburg police. The Ashland police department in Virginia contacted the Shippensburg police department about the girl who had gone missing from the Ashland area on Saturday, Jan 15, according to the release.  Through an investigation, police learned that the teenager had met up with a man she met through a social media application.   Edward Lee Jr., 24, of Shippensburg, was identified as the man, according to police and court documents.…
100 MPH Central PA Police Pursuit Involved Stolen Cars, Abandoned Dog: Authorities 100 MPH Central PA Police Pursuit Involved Stolen Cars, Abandoned Dog: Authorities
100 MPH Central PA Police Pursuit Involved Stolen Cars, Abandoned Dog: Authorities A central Pennsylvania woman stole two cars, drove with a revoked license, threatened her friend, crashed a car into a barn, caused a fire, abandoned a dog and sent police on an over 100 mph chasing, according to a release by Pennsylvania State police. Chontelle Melissa Shirk, 40, of Dauphin, was arrested following the incident which started in a Target Parking lot in South Middleton Township at approximately 2:34 p.m., according to the release by Pennsylvania state police. Shirk threatened the friend while the pair were in a Nissan Versa together before forcing her friend out of the vehi…
Bad Babysitter Arrested For Touch Teen in Camp Hill Bad Babysitter Arrested For Touch Teen in Camp Hill
Bad Babysitter Arrested For Touch Teen in Camp Hill A Cumberland County man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a young teen he babysat. Harry Ruppert, 67, of 1100 block Rana Villa Avenue in Camp Hill, has been arrested in connection with a complaint filed by a 14-year-old. The girl told authorities on April 5 that she was touched inappropriately while being babysat several years ago. An investigation determined Ruppert to be the suspected babysitter. Ruppert has been charged with the following: Indecent Assault-Without ConsentOf Other M1 Corruption of Minors F3 Unlawful Contact With Minor - Obscene and Other Sexual Materials and P…
Central PA Adoptive Mom Chewed On Children's Fingers, Burned Bottoms, Say State Police Central PA Adoptive Mom Chewed On Children's Fingers, Burned Bottoms, Say State Police
Central PA Adoptive Mom Chewed On Children's Fingers, Burned Bottoms, Say State Police The infamous local mother who abused her adoptive children is facing new charges after police learned more about the abuse the children suffered while in her care. Shelley Noreika, 47, of Newville was arrested on Wednesday night. Three of her four adoptive children reported the abuse cited in this round of charges-- they were ages 6, 7 and 9 at the time of disclosing the abuse to police. The children report the following abuse: Stuck with a wooden paddle Hit with a backscratcher on the bottom of their feet, hands and naked butt Forced to sit on a hot stove Choked All three children told …
DMV Marks Starting Line For PA Pursuit Led By Arkansas Driver With 2 Young Kids DMV Marks Starting Line For PA Pursuit Led By Arkansas Driver With 2 Young Kids
DMV Marks Starting Line For PA Pursuit Led By Arkansas Driver With 2 Young Kids An Arkansas man traveling with his young children sent Pennsylvania State Police on a pursuit starting at the Carlisle Driver's Licensing Center on Saturday, according to a state police report. State police in Carlisle were called to a report of a disturbance in the parking lot of the Licensing Center at 950 Walnut Bottom Road in South Middleton Township around 6 p.m. Sonny Thundercloud Harper, 26 of Mulberry, Arkansas, fled the scene-- with his 7-month-old and 2-year-old children in the back seat of his 2012 Nissan Altima. Harper sent police on a brief chase before being taken into custod…
FBI Called To PA Apartment After DIY Fireworks Go Wrong FBI Called To PA Apartment After DIY Fireworks Go Wrong
FBI Called To PA Apartment After DIY Fireworks Go Wrong A Mechanicsburg man is facing a weapons of mass destruction charge after a failed attempt to make fireworks, say police. Johnathan Park, 33, was arrested after he attempted to make fireworks on his bed in his apartment in 500 block of Geneva Drive, according to police. Upper Allen Township police and fire were called to the apartment complex for reports of a burn victim around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. Upon arrival crews found that Park's bed caught fire while he was attempting to making homemade fireworks. Neighborings in the complex were evacuated. Park's apartment had explosives and explo…
Violent Cumberland County Drunk Driver Spits Blood In Paramedic's Face, Authorities Say Violent Cumberland County Drunk Driver Spits Blood In Paramedic's Face, Authorities Say
Violent Cumberland County Drunk Driver Spits Blood In Paramedic's Face, Authorities Say A driver under the influence of drugs or alcohol became violent in the back of a patrol car was slapped with additional charges after spitting blood in the face of a paramedic last week, authorities in Cumberland County said. It began when an officer conducted a traffic stop on the 300 block of S. Front Street in Wormleysburg May 13 around 11:45 p.m., West Shore Regional police said. The driver, identified as Tanner Boyd Graybill, 33, showed signs he had been drinking or using drugs before getting behind the wheel of a car, authorities said. Once in the back of the patrol ve…
Police Release Details In East Pennsboro Shooting Police Release Details In East Pennsboro Shooting
Police Release Details In East Pennsboro Shooting Police have released details in last weekend's double shooting in which a 78-year-old man apparently shot his wife and daughter, leaving one of them dead. Police on Saturday were called to 52 Greenmont Drive in Enola, where a man later identified as John Miller was arguing with his adult daughter, East Pennsboro police said. Responding officers deemed the situation "civil in nature," and left the scene. However, a short time later, police got a 911 call from Miller, saying he had shot and killed his wife and his daughter, authorities said. Officers arrived on scene and Miller was tak…