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Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy
Pennsylvania Trooper Fatally Shoots 'Juvenile' Boy Authorities are investigating after a "juvenile" male was shot dead by a Pennsylvania state trooper in Bradford County Thursday evening.  State police were called to a wooded area in Herrick Township just before 5 p.m. on May 4 for reports of a person with a handgun, Trooper William Evans wrote in a release.  Troopers made contact with the boy and gave "numerous verbal orders for (him) to drop the weapon," authorities said. Police claimed the boy "did not comply" and "presented himself as an imminent threat to the responding troopers."  One trooper fired at the boy, and he w…

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by Mac Bullock
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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