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PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA
PA TikToker Who Admitted To Killing Her Wheelchair Bound Sister Learns Her Fate: DA "Incoherently tragic," events led a TikToking teen to "Michael Myer's" (as the killer put it) her sister who had Cerebral Palsy, authorities say. Over two years later, the now 16-year-old Claire Miller has learned her fate, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office.  The Manheim Township girl "pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a charge of third-degree murder Friday afternoon in Lancaster County Court regarding the stabbing of her sister (Helen, 19) on Feb. 22, 2021," the DA stated in the release on Friday, March 10, 2023. The stabbing happened while the girls' parents w…

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PA Dad Murdered By Convicted Killer Cellmate After Less Than One Month In Prison: Police PA Dad Murdered By Convicted Killer Cellmate After Less Than One Month In Prison: Police
PA Dad Murdered By Convicted Killer Cellmate After Less Than One Month In Prison: Police A dad of three who was found dead in his prison cell on Wednesday, May 4— after being in prison for less than one month— is now known to have been murdered, and Pennsylvania state police have charged his convicted killer cellmate with his homicide. David Vaughn Grier, 26, was serving a life sentence for murdering Kierra Johnson in Philadelphia in 2017, court records show. Joel Vanderpool, 39, of Towanda, was found unresponsive in his cell during staff rounds at State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill on Wednesday, May, 4, according to Superintendent Laurel Harry. "Emergency personnel w…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Snowblowing Dad Struck Dead By Pickup Was DOC Nurse, Local Sports Coach PA Snowblowing Dad Struck Dead By Pickup Was DOC Nurse, Local Sports Coach
PA Snowblowing Dad Struck Dead By Pickup Was DOC Nurse, Local Sports Coach A Pennsylvania man struck and killed by a pickup truck while out snowblowing last weekend was a dad of three who spent 25 years working as a healthcare professional for the department of corrections, his obituary says. Brian P. Hyde, 49, of Scottdale, was struck by a 2019 Dodge Ram heading south on water street around 9:55 a.m. Saturday, March 12, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Timothy Carson. The pickup driver "failed to negotiate a left curve in the roadway and traversed the west edge of the street," hitting Hyde, police said. Hyde was pronounced dead at Excela Frick Emerg…

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by Jillian Pikora
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15-Year-Old Boy Kills Family Members In Maryland Shooting Spree: Police 15-Year-Old Boy Kills Family Members In Maryland Shooting Spree: Police
15-Year-Old Boy Kills Family Members In Maryland Shooting Spree: Police A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after shooting his family members at their home in Clinton, authorities in Maryland announced. The victims were identified as 44-year-old Taledia Oxley and her 8-year-old son Asa Oxley. The suspect is a 15-year-old family member. The unidentified boy was charged as an adult, according to Prince George's County Police. On Jan. 6, at approximately 5:50 pm, officers responded to a home in the 8500 block of Wendy Street for the report of a shooting. Officers located the two victims inside of the home suffering from gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead on…

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by Joe Gomez
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62-Year-Old Woman Is First Pennsylvania Inmate To Die Of COVID-19, DOC Says 62-Year-Old Woman Is First Pennsylvania Inmate To Die Of COVID-19, DOC Says
62-Year-Old Woman Is First Pennsylvania Inmate To Die Of Covid-19, DOC Says A 62-year-old woman being held at State Correctional Institution at Muncy last week became the first Pennsylvania inmate to die of COVID-19, state officials report. The female inmate, whose name wasn't being released, had underlying medical conditions and was taken to the hospital on Jan. 20, according to Department of Corrections and SCI Muncy spokeswoman Maria A. Bivens. The inmate had been at SCI Muncy since April 2013, and tested positive for COVID-19 while at the hospital, officials said. She was serving a 10 to 40-year sentence for burglary, officials said. "We are experiencing the …

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by Nicole Acosta
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COVID-19 Ravages Northampton County Prison With 22 More Inmates Testing Positive COVID-19 Ravages Northampton County Prison With 22 More Inmates Testing Positive
Covid-19 Ravages Northampton County Prison With 22 More Inmates Testing Positive Northampton County Prison is no stranger to a second wave of COVID-19 cases. An additional 22 inmates and three staff members tested positive at the Easton prison since last week, the Department of Corrections said Tuesday, Dec. 22. Those new cases bring the total to108 inmates and 38 employees who tested positive since the onset of the pandemic in March. As of Tuesday, there were 515 inmates in the Northampton County Prison. Of the 108 inmates who tested positive, 34 were in quarantine, with 74 having either finished their self-isolation or been released. Thirty-one of the 38 staff memb…

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by Nic Acosta