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Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say
Threat Closes Schools In Biglerville, District Officials Say A threat led to the sudden closure of two schools in Bigglerville, according to district officials.  The Upper Adams School District received a threat in the morning on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. "Out of an abundance of caution, the school district will be dismissing school early today to maintain student safety. Biglerville High School & Upper Adams Middle School will be dismissing students at 11:00 a.m. Upper Adams Intermediate School will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m. from the Zion Church in Arendtsville and Biglerville Elementary School students will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m.…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Car Plows Into Red Lion High School: Police Car Plows Into Red Lion High School: Police
Car Plows Into Red Lion High School: Police A silver Honda plowed into a brick wall and into a classroom at Red Lion High School on Tuesday, January 31, authorities say.  Emergency crews were classed to the scene at 9:22 p.m., according to York County Emergency Management.  The crash was causing “substantial damage” and fire and school officials were still assessing the crash late Tuesday evening, the York County Regional police stated in a release within an hour of the incident. No details about the driver of the Honda were made available Tuesday night.

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials
Man Boards School Bus, Touches Girl In Chester County: Officials Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the man who boarded a Coatesville school bus and touched a student early Thursday, Jan. 26. The man got on the bus that had stopped to pick up students around 6:50 a.m. at E. Chestnut and N. 6th streets, sat next to a girl and inappropriately touched her leg, officials said. The Coatesville Area School District Police are investigating.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two Mount Joy Teens Charged For School Threats: Police Two Mount Joy Teens Charged For School Threats: Police
Two Mount Joy Teens Charged For School Threats: Police Two 15-year-old Mount Joy boys posting threats on social media which lead to a school closure have been charged, police say. "Officers determined that two juveniles conspired to post these while sharing ideas via an online chat and used another student's name to post the threats," Mount Joy borough police stated in a post on Friday, January 20, 2023. "Due to the nature of the threats, the decision was made to close the school the next day." Both boys were charged with terroristic threats and conspiracy on Thursday, January 12 at 10:18 a.m., according to the police release.  The Mount …

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Criminal Charges Filed Against Student Following 'Incident' At Lancaster County HS, Police Say Criminal Charges Filed Against Student Following 'Incident' At Lancaster County HS, Police Say
Criminal Charges Filed Against Student Following 'Incident' At Lancaster County HS, Police Say A student has been charged following an "incident" at a Lancaster County high school, police say.  Officers were called  "for an incident that occurred in the cafeteria" at Cocalico High School, 810 South 4th Street, Denver/Reinholds on December 22, 2022, at 11 a.m., area police stated in a release on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Following their investigation, "criminal charges were filed against the 16-year-old student." The boy was charged as a juvenile.  Additional information was unavailable as of Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. Daily Voice has reached out to the school for a commen…

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Flasher Questions Girls At School Bus Stops Pennsylvania State Police Say Flasher Questions Girls At School Bus Stops Pennsylvania State Police Say
Flasher Questions Girls At School Bus Stops Pennsylvania State Police Say A man allegedly exposed his genitals and asked inappropriate questions to girls at school bus stops through Lancaster County, Pennsylvania state police say. Two girls waiting for a school bus were approached by a white middle-aged man with brown hair, a gray mustache, crooked teeth, and a thin build driving a royal blue four-door sedan at a school bus stop in Salisbury Township who asked them explicit questions before fleeing north on Narvon Road, turning right on to Red Hill Road on Wednesday, Jan. 11 around 8:14 a.m., according to the PSP release the following day.  Mu…

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Four Years Of Fundraising Ruined By School Band Booster Theft: Authorities Four Years Of Fundraising Ruined By School Band Booster Theft: Authorities
Four Years Of Fundraising Ruined By School Band Booster Theft: Authorities More than 100 music students in Pennsylvania raised thousands over four years, to go to Walt Disney World in Florida, but now that trip has been indefinitely canceled due to a theft, authorities, and parents say. Pennsylvania police are investigating the missing United School District High School Marching Band Booster funds, according to a release on Wednesday, January 11. The exact amount was not disclosed, although parents and alumni say it was over $100,000.  Officials with the United School District confirm that the trip was canceled earlier this week, but the community is still hoping…

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Student Robbed At Knifepoint Walking To School Bus Stop In York County: Police Student Robbed At Knifepoint Walking To School Bus Stop In York County: Police
Student Robbed At Knifepoint Walking To School Bus Stop In York County: Police A 14-year-old student was shoved up against a building and robbed "while walking to his bus stop," Northern York County Regional police announced in a release on Friday, Jan. 6. The teenager's encounter with an unknown male wearing a winter coat with a fur lined hood  in the 700 block of Albright Avenue on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 6:54 a.m. was caught on camera, according to the release. The man stole to remove the juvenile's cell phone from his pants pockets and  "looked through the juvenile’s phone for several moments," before  removing his backpack and also looking through the i…

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Child Porn Investigation Turned Suicide Caused Shelter In Place Order Off Linglestown Road: DA Child Porn Investigation Turned Suicide Caused Shelter In Place Order Off Linglestown Road: DA
Child Porn Investigation Turned Suicide Caused Shelter In Place Order Off Linglestown Road: DA A child porn investigation turned suicide led to school lockdowns and a shelter-in-place order in a neighborhood off Linglestown Road in Susquehanna Township, authorities say. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office came to interview a man about child pornography on a cellphone at his home in the 4200 block Beaufort Hunt Drive on Thursday, Jan. 5 around 11 a.m., according to a release by the DA around 3 p.m.   "He confirmed that the telephone at issue was his. After detectives retained his mobile telephone as evidence, pending a …

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Students Sing Praises Of 'Predator' PA Teacher Allegedly Busted By Vigilantes (VIDEO) Students Sing Praises Of 'Predator' PA Teacher Allegedly Busted By Vigilantes (VIDEO)
Students Sing Praises Of 'Predator' PA Teacher Allegedly Busted By Vigilantes (Video) A self-proclaimed online "predator catcher" has identified the Schuylkill County teacher suspended amid a police investigation. While Blue Mountain School District Superintendent David Helsel said only that the teacher was "the subject of a recent YouTube video," the account — LC Predator Catcher — tells Daily Voice the teacher was featured in this video that identifies him simply as "Christopher." The comment section of the video is filled with comments from former students, some of them singing his praises as an educator, others noting a strange energy about him. "He …

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by Cecilia Levine
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York Girl Goes Missing From School: Police York Girl Goes Missing From School: Police
York Girl Goes Missing From School: Police A York girl was seen near her school just before she went missing on Thursday, Dec. 22, authorities say.  Kiaraliz Quesenberry was last seen in the area of East King and South Sherman streets wearing the outfit in the photo of her on the stairs. No additional information was released.  Anyone with information regarding Quesenberry's whereabouts is asked to email Det. Baez: abaez@yorkcity.org or call the police using one of the following numbers: York City Police Tip Line at 717-849-2204 York City Police Department at 717-846-1234 or 717-849-2219.

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Man Allegedly Tried To Lure Harrisburg Area Elementary School Students Into Van Without Plate Man Allegedly Tried To Lure Harrisburg Area Elementary School Students Into Van Without Plate
Man Allegedly Tried To Lure Harrisburg Area Elementary School Students Into Van Without Plate Elementary students on their way to school were supposedly asked to get into a man's van, according to a letter the Harrisburg School District. The man approached two Foose students  near the intersection of 15th and Sycamore streets, on Tuesday, Dec. 20 around 8:50 a.m., according to the letter. The man is discribed as wearing a black mask and black sweater, and driving a white van in “poor condition,” without a license plate, as detailed in the letter. The police and school security have been made aware of the incident and will keep an eye out of the van. “Please discuss with your…

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