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PA 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 …
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Former NJ Fire Chief Sentenced For Downloading 100+ Child Porn Images in PA
A retired New Jersey fire chief was found with 111 images and videos of child pornography downloaded onto his home computer in Plainfield, Pennsylvania, according to the Cumberland County District Attorney. Frank Edward Svitak, 65, was investigated after a cybertip was sent to the police when he initially began downloading the pornography, the DA explains. Judge Jessica Brewbaker has sentenced him to serve two to four years in a Pennsylvania state correctional institution. Once he is released, he will also be required to register with Megan's Law sex offender list, the DA stated…
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: PA's $1M Weekend Powerball Ticket Was Sold In Schuylkill County
A Powerball ticket good for $1 million won this weekend in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The ticket from the Saturday, Sept. 30 drawing was a Match 5 winner. The ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn, The winning numbers were 19, 30, 37, 44, and 46. The red Powerball drawn was 22. Pottsville Provision Company, 415 North 7th St., Pottsville, gets a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In Pennsylvania
A Powerball ticket good for $1 million was sold this weekend in Pennsylvania. The ticket from the Saturday, Sept. 30 drawing was a Match 5 winner, the Powerball website shows. The winning numbers were 19, 30, 37, 44, and 46. The red Powerball drawn was 22. It was not immediately clear where the ticket was sold.
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ALERT: PA Woman Loses $115K To NY Duo Posing As DEA, Authorities Say
Two illegal immigrants living in New York contacted an elderly Pennsylvania woman claiming her social security number was used in the commission of narcotics dealing and money laundering — but she could avoid prosecution if her assets were handed over to the fake government employees, officials explained in multiple releases on Friday, Sept. 29. Vikram Singh, 22, and Devraj Devraj of South Ozone Park have been charged with theft by deception, criminal use of a communication facility, and two counts of theft by extortion in connection with the scheme. The police first b…
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Central PA Man's 'Service Alligator' Turned Away From Phillies Game, Reports Say
A Philadelphia Phillies fan and his "service" alligator were denied entry from Citizens Bank Park, according to Fox29's Howard Eskin. The sports reporter posted a photo to X (formerly Twitter) showing the forlorn pair outside the ballpark on Wednesday evening, Sept. 27. Are you kidding me. A #Phillies fan tried to come into game tonight with what they said was a “service animal.” An Alligator! Yes an Alligator. Thing’s I’ve never seen. This is it. @SportsRadioWIP pic.twitter.com/H7A0FM0IYC — Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) September 27, 2023 CBS News reports that the alligator…
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TV Show Gets Threats To Kill Florida Sheriff From Pennsylvania Man: Police
A Pennsylvania man will be extradited to Florida after threatening to kill a county sheriff in a message to a television show. Jason E. Senseman, "admitted to sending several threatening and/or vulgar messages to [...] a social media account of the TV show 'On Patrol: Live'," the Volusia County Sheriffs in a release on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The TV show contacted the VCS on Sunday, and detectives quickly reached the Pennsylvania State Police, "who were aware of the messages and also already familiar with Senseman." He has a lengthy record in Pennsylvania crim…
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Woman ID'd Following Crash In Cumberland County: Coroner
An 81-year-old woman has died in a crash in Newburg, the Cumberland County Coroner’s Office announced on Monday, Sept. 25. The woman has been identified by the coroner as Betty J. Eyer of Newburg. She was the driver of a vehicle involved in a multiple-vehicle crash at the intersection of Enola and Three Square Hollow roads, Newburg, Hopewell Township at approximately 2:05 p.m. on Sept. 23, the coroner explained. Her cause of accidental death was caused by multiple traumatic injuries, the coroner said. The status of the other people involved is unknown.&nb…
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3 PA Tour Buses Erupting In Flames Leads To Investigation
Three tour buses caught fire in Lehigh County late on Sunday, Sept. 24, officials said. The blaze happened on the 4900 block of Raymond Court in Upper Milford around 11 p.m., the Vera Cruz Fire Department confirmed to Daily Voice. No injuries were reported, they said. Epic Tours, a bus chartering company located on the block, declined to comment citing the ongoing investigation.
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PA Marine Veteran's Road Rage Killer Still At Large, State Police Say
The gunman who shot and killed a US Marine Corps veteran on a Pennsylvania highway in 1980 was never identified, but state police believe he could still be caught. Donald Roy Wilt was just 26 years old when he was shot and killed on August 30, 1980. The former Marine and his wife Rosemary were on their way back from dinner in Grantsville, Fayette County, when they were westbound on Route 40 toward Henry Clay Township. At some point on the road, Wilt and a driver in a white Chrysler Cordoba became involved in an apparent road rage spat, witnesses told s…
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PA Girl's Disappearance Haunts Investigators Nearly 40 Years Later
Jolene Michelle Lakey was just steps from her Scranton home when she vanished nearly 40 years ago. The 11-year-old was walking back with a friend after visiting her sick mother at Mercy Hospital, now the Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital, on August 26, 1986, according to state police investigators. They parted ways after reaching her friend's house on Myrtle Street, and Lakey continued onto North Washington Avenue toward her home on the 1300 block. She never made it, say the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. Witnesses reported that a child matching Lakey's…
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Freight Train Hits Cement Truck In Southeast Pennsylvania
The SEPTA West Trenton Line was shut down early Thursday morning, Sept. 21 after a CSX freight train collided with a cement truck at a railroad crossing in Middletown, authorities say. The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Township Line and Big Oak roads, said Middletown police. No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were released, the department said, though some diesel fuel and drywall dust spilled along the tracks. Some brush fires near the tracks were reported at the time of the crash, a CSX spokesperson told Dail Voice. SEPTA…
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TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania
A television docu-series will film on-location in Marple Township on Friday, Sept. 22, police advise. A camera crew for A&E's "Undercover" will be on the 200 block of Lawrence Road throughout the day, authorities said. They will be set up on the local residential lane on the street's south side and not on the four-lane highway, so delays to traffic are expected to be minimal, according to the department. The series goes behind the scenes to discuss the real-life stories of undercover police work through interviews with detectives and archival recordings, said Green Le…
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Those UFOs You Saw Saturday Night Were Actually Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites
No, those lights flashing across the sky Saturday, Sept. 16 weren't aliens. They also weren't UFOs. They were SpaceX's Starlink satellites. Using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Elon Musk's aerospace company launched 22 Stalink v2 Mini satellites into orbit between Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 16, according to a video on the NASASpaceflight YouTube page. Residents across New Jersey and Pennsylvania captured footage of the rockets. Here is another quick vid of @Starlink making a Jersey Shore appearance last night ⛱️ 🛸 pic.twitter.com/w9C9FEFoci — Kevin (@NewJerseyKevin) September…
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One-Legged Convict Pursued By Police In PA
A man who previously lost his leg in a chase is wanted after being convicted of fleeing from police, authorities announced on Thursday, Sept. 14. Christopher Beaver, 47, of Enola has a criminal record dating back 29 years and he is on the run again after his most recent conviction. Beaver was convicted of a felony for fleeing and eluding police, among other related charges, on August 30, 2023. The jury trial held before President Judge Edward Guido was done in absentia, as Beaver failed to appear. Beaver had been on the run from police for over two years following his hig…
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Shed Fire Kills Hummelstown Man: Officials
A shed fire left a Hummelstown man on Friday. Douglas Sweigart, 62, of Hummelstown, East Hanover Township was pronounced dead at the scene of a shed fire at 755 Laudermilch Road, Hummelstown, Dauphin Community Communications Director told Daily Voice. Crews were dispatched to the fire at 6:32 a.m. Sept. 15, according to Fitch. "He was discovered outside of the shed," she said Douglas's dad Bruce owned a property on Laudermilch Road, according to his obituary. Douglas is survived by his brothers Dennis (Debra) of Elizabethtown, Gary (Nora) of Cheney, Washington, Larry, (L…
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: Legionnaires' Transplants Kills 1 In PA, CDC
Pennsylvania is making history – for the wrong reason – with the first known cases of Legionnaires' disease in organ donations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A bacteria that can cause the deadly lung disease – commonly known as Legionnaires' – has been found in two Pennsylvania lung transplant patients. The transplants were given by a single donor in Philadelphia in May 2022, according to a CDC release on Friday, Sept. 15. The Pennsylvania Department of Health was notified in July 2022 and the patients learned they had the disease in June. …
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UPenn Grad, Doctor Accused Of Masturbating Next To Child On Plane Indicted: Feds
Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, a former doctor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who was arrested last month after a teenage girl said he masturbated next to her on a flight, has been indicted, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Mohanty, age 33, of Cambridge, was indicted on a charge of lewd, indecent, and obscene acts while in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, the prosecutor announced Wednesday, Sept. 13. Mohanty, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2014, was flying from Honolulu to Boston on May 27, 2022. A 14-…
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Dover Twp. Girl Orphaned: MD Man Shot PA Mom Before Turning Gun On Himself
A police standoff in York County has ended with a murder-suicide, York County Coroner Pam Gay told Daily Voice. A 31-year-old Prince George's, Maryland resident Devon Elias shot 29-year-old Megan Caitlyn Saunders in the chest before shooting himself in the head, around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to the York County Coroner's office. Chief Deputy Coroner Tania Zech was called to the scene to investigate and certify the deaths at 2:47 p.m. This incident is from an "apparent domestic incident" and the time of death was recorded as 3:35 p.m., as stated in the coroner's release.…
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PA Family Lost Nearly Everything In House Fire, Loved Ones Say
Just days after flames engulfed their Spring Township home, neighbors and community members have raised thousands for Caitlin Garman and Coley Light. The couple and their dogs, Aura and Cymba, were the victims of a blaze that began in the evening hours on Saturday, Sept. 9. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, according to township firefighters. While you were sleeping Crews from TSFR and mutal aid handled a well involved structure fire in the 2100 blk of Reading Ave last night. The fire is under investigation from the TSFR Fire Marshal office. Pos…
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Oregon Man Confesses To 'Ice-Blooded Murder' Of Pennsylvania Woman: DA
An Oregon man has confessed to beating a 24-year-old woman to death with a hammer and raping her in a Massachusetts apartment building more than four decades ago, officials said. John Michael Irmer, age 68, of Portland, Oregon, was scheduled to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Central Division on Monday, Sept. 11, for the rape and murder of 24-year-old Pennsylvania native Susan Marcia Rose in October 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office announced. According to the DA's Office, in August, Irmer walked into the Portland Federal Bureau of Investigation…
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Curfew For All Under 18 Years Old To Be 'Reinforced' In Harrisburg: Officials
Children cannot be in a public place between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. from Sunday through Thursday nights, and 12 a.m. midnight, and 6 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays– according to an ordinance police in Harrisburg will soon be enforcing. The so-called 'after-hours' curfew was first put in place in 2007, but on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 city officials said they would be "reinforcing" it. The curfew regulations "will not apply to youth attending an event, like a concert, school or religious function, or game. It will also not affect individuals coming home from work, or people …
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Man Crushed To Death By Tractor Rolling On Top Of Him ID'd: York Co Coroner
A 47-year-old man who died after a tractor slid down an embankment and rolled on top of him has been identified, according to a release by the York County Coroner's office on Monday, Sept. 11. Stephen Stiles was stuck under the tractor on his property for over an hour before he was found unresponsive, according to the coroner's release. Emergency crews were called to the 1900 block of Renoll Lane, North Codorus Township just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, the coroner detailed. Stephen is believed to have been attempting to dig a swale in the ground to help with rainwa…
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York County Nurse Coated In GF's Blood Convicted Of Murder
A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend years after he was found wandering in the street with a gunshot wound to the head. Two York County nurses had a violent fight that turned deadly, and one man has been found guilty of murder, according to court documents. William Fredric Hudson, 50, of the 600 block of Pleasant View Road in Fairview Township, was turned in to the police by his father after he killed his girlfriend Catherine Hartman, 51, of Camp Hill on June 25, 2021. The couple's relationship came to a violent end following an argument that Friday…
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911 Knocked Out Across PA Due To Verizon Outage: Officials
More than a dozen Pennsylvania counties experienced loss of access to 911 services due to a Verizon outage on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 7 and 8, state officials say. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency said around 6 p.m. Thursday that 16 different counties had their service interrupted as a result of the outage, including: Bradford Carbon Columbia Clinton Lackawanna Luzerne Lycoming Montour Pike Schuylkill Snyder Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Wayne Wyoming Also affected were Monroe and Schuylkill counties, their emergency management services confirmed in separate …
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Longwood Gardens Get Moment In The Sun Amid Search For Escaped Killer Danelo Cavalcante
Touted as some of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the world, the Longwood Gardens has found itself in the spotlight amid a search for Danelo Cavalcante. The gardens span more than 1,000 acres of Kennett Square, and have been closed as the 34-year-old fugitive was spotted along trail-cams. UPDATE: Danelo Cavalcante Captured On Neighborhood Porch Sporting New Look — And Now He Has A Car, Police Say The three beautiful Student Exhibition Gardens created and planted by our Professional Horticulture students are... Posted by Longwood Gardens on Saturday, August 26, 2023 Wh…
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Company Pulls Spicy Product From Shelves Following Teen's 'One Chip Challenge' Death
The company that makes the impossibly spicy viral product has pulled the "One Chip Challenge" from shelves after the family of a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy said he died last week after trying to complete it. Paqui posted a statement on its website that it had clearly stated the challenge was for adults only, but they would remove the product out of an "abundance of caution." "The Paqui One Chip Challenge is intended for adults only, with clear and prominent labeling highlighting the chip is not for children or anyone sensitive to spicy foods or who has food allergies…
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Central PA Massage Parlor Raid Turns Human Trafficking Bust: DA
An additional arrest has been announced in a large-scale sex trafficking ring run out of Pennsylvania massage parlors, authorities said. Zigui "Lisa" Zheng was arrested and charged with operating a corrupt organization and dealing in unlawful proceeds, along with related offenses, Cumberland County District Attorney Sean McCormac said. Significant amounts of cash and other evidence of labor/sex trafficking were found during the raids, he added. Last week, authorities announced the arrest of Min Dong, 54. She was charged for operating corrupt organizations, dealing in unlawfu…
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Danelo Cavalcante Updates: Search Status, Latest Sightings Of Escaped Pennsylvania Killer
It's been over a week since convicted murderer, Danelo Cavalcante, escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison — now the state police are offering the public a hefty reward for your help. The original reward offered for details about the 34-year-old Royersford fugitive's whereabouts was a combined $10,000, by the US Marshals, local, and state law enforcement. On Sept. 7, that total was increased to $20,000, according to state police. The convicted killer has been spotted on trail cameras in the woods of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square with a backpack and a grey hoodie, which led t…
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$1.6 Million Fentanyl Arrest Of NY Man In PA: AG
A New York man is accused of bringing almost half a million doses of fentanyl into Pennsylvania, authorities say. Yan Carlos Pichardo Cepeda, 27, was arrested by state agents and Allegheny County authorities and arraigned on Friday, Sept. 1, Attorney General Michelle Henry's Office said. Pichardo Cepeda was spotted avoiding police officers and canine units when he arrived in Pittsburgh from New York, prosecutors said. He consented to a search of his backpack, where police said they found a kilogram of fentanyl. Eight more kilograms of fentanyl — or 450,000 doses — wer…
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Contaminated Oysters: FDA Warns Pennsylvania Restaurants, Stores Warned To Not Sell Shellfish
cThe US Food and Drug Administration has advised consumers, restaurants, and retailers across several states in the Northeast to dispose of raw oysters harvested from the Groton Approved Area in New London County, CT between Monday, Aug. 28 and Wednesday, Aug. 30, officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The affected raw oysters were sent to retailers and distributors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and may have even been sent further than these states, according to the FDA. The advisory was issued after the Connecticut Department of Agr…
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