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Teacher's Thumb Bitten Off At Central PA School: Police Teacher's Thumb Bitten Off At Central PA School: Police
Teacher's Thumb Bitten Off At Central PA School: Police A teacher's thumb was bitten and severed partially off after an incident involving a student of IU13 Early Childhood and Special Education Services in Manheim, both the school and police told Daily Voice.  The school where the incident took is also known as IU13 or Central Education Center which "operates on behalf of the 22 public school districts in Lancaster and Lebanon counties," according to its website.  The biting incident happened in the morning on Thursday, April 18, according to statements both the police and the school sent to Daily Voice.  The school "staff resp…
PA Step-Dad Bites 8-Year-Old Girl's Face During Church Service: Police PA Step-Dad Bites 8-Year-Old Girl's Face During Church Service: Police
PA Step-Dad Bites 8-Year-Old Girl's Face During Church Service: Police A step-father is behind bars after bitting his 8-year-old stepdaughter's face during a church service in Pennsylvania, police told Daily Voice on March 26.  Johnnie Harbold, 29 of Frenchville, Blair County, allegedly admitted to biting his family member at Altoona Alliance Church located at 3220 Pleasant Valley Boulevard, Altoona, Logan Township police explained in the release.  The 8-year-old girl suffered a visible bite mark with bruising on her face following the incident during the service on February 18, the Logan Township Police detailed in the release.  The girl told …
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police
PA Man Goes Postal Over Undelivered Mail, Worker Bloodied At USPS: Police A 47-year-old man is accused of seriously assaulting a US Postal Service worker over undelivered mail, Susquehanna Regional Police announced on Tuesday, March 26.  James Gordon Moore "was upset about a package not being delivered [...] Moore jumped over the counter and punched the victim in the head several times before being knocked unconscious," the USPS employee told the SRPD officers.  Officers were called to the scene of the assault at the Marietta Post Office located at 16 North New Haven Street at 12:56 p.m. on Monday, March 25. The postal worker was found "lying behind th…
Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit
Woman Punches Pennsylvania State Police Trooper: Affidavit A 54-year-old woman has been charged after she punched a trooper, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Feb. 29.  Tiffany Anne Mercer recent of Gap but previously of Bowmansville, Landisville, and Lancaster, punched a trooper on Dogwood Lane in Salisbury Township around 7:18 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to the PA State Police release.  Troopers Michael Artale and Zachary Cianflone had been called to the Crestwood Mobile Home Park for a report of a domestic disturbance. They arrived in their duty uniforms in a marked patrol vehicle. When they located the home they…
WANTED: Man Knocks Out Customer At Sunoco In Manheim, Police Say WANTED: Man Knocks Out Customer At Sunoco In Manheim, Police Say
Wanted: Man Knocks Out Customer At Sunoco In Manheim, Police Say A New Year's Eve beatdown at a Sunoco left someone with "facial injuries and a concussion," Manheim Township police announced on Feb. 23.  The assault happened at the Sunoco located at 1136 Harrisburg Pike, Manheim Township, Lancaster just after midnight on Sunday, December 31, 2023, the police detailed in the release.  The man pictured punched the victim in the left side of the head, leading them to lose consciousness, the suspect then fled the scene, the police explained.  The police are asking the public for help identifying the man pictured.  Anyone with informatio…
GUILTY! BF Beat 21-Year-Old GF To Death On Video: Chester County DA GUILTY! BF Beat 21-Year-Old GF To Death On Video: Chester County DA
Guilty! BF Beat 21-Year-Old GF To Death On Video: Chester County DA A week-long trial ends with an abusive boyfriend's conviction nearly two years and two months after he brutally killed his girlfriend, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced late Friday, Feb. 9.  Leroy Brahm III, now 33 of Spring City, has been convicted of the following in connection with the Dec. 4, 2021, killing of 21-year-old Annabel Rose Meenan and months of abuses leading up to her death: Homicide Murder Of The First Degree. Felony Murder Of The Third Degree. Homicide- Criminal Homicide Strangulation - Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck. Felony…
Manhunt Ends! Manheim Mom's Suspected Murderer In Custody. Police Say Manhunt Ends! Manheim Mom's Suspected Murderer In Custody. Police Say
Manhunt Ends! Manheim Mom's Suspected Murderer In Custody. Police Say A manhunt for a husband suspected of sexually assaulting and murdering his wife has ended, police announced on Thursday, Feb. 8 Matthew Scott Harrison, 48 of Manheim, originally of Hellam, was on the run after his wife was found dead by a child on Monday, Feb. 5, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Harrison had been missing for three days when his pick-up was spotted at a hotel in Pittston. He was captured following a stand-off with US Marshal Services Fugitive Task Force at a hotel in Pittston, Luzerne County, PA, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police…
Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Caught In Pennsylvania, Police Say Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Caught In Pennsylvania, Police Say
Fugitive Wanted In Maryland Caught In Pennsylvania, Police Say A "fugitive from justice" in Maryland has been captured in Central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday.  Corrie Denell Collins, 41, originally of Cecil County, MD but most recently of Lancaster, PA was caught by police following a reported "disturbance" due to an argument he was having in the 100 block of Westmore Way, Manheim Township on Dec. 16, police said in the release on, Jan. 26.  When the offices did a quick background check on Collins they learned he had an outstanding warrant issued by the North East Police Department in Cecil County. According to court docum…
Police Were Called To PA Home For Assault Months Before Murder-Suicide: Docs Police Were Called To PA Home For Assault Months Before Murder-Suicide: Docs
Police Were Called To PA Home For Assault Months Before Murder-Suicide: Docs Months before they were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide, West Goshen police were called to a domestic dispute at the home of Kai O'Connor and Derek Calzadillas, according to documents obtained by Daily Voice. Officers drove to 432 Hightop Road on Tuesday, Jan. 2 because Calzadillas' loved ones had phoned in a welfare check, investigators have said.  Authorities arrived and saw 22-year-old O'Connor unresponsive on the floor through a window, while 41-year-old Calzadillas was found in a closet. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.  Police have not said which man ki…
PA Man Knocked Victim Out, Revived Them, Then Choked Them Again: Police PA Man Knocked Victim Out, Revived Them, Then Choked Them Again: Police
PA Man Knocked Victim Out, Revived Them, Then Choked Them Again: Police A Lancaster man is accused of reviving someone he strangled unconscious only to choke them again, according to authorities.  Manheim police said it happened at a house on North Queen Street on Nov. 23.  Corey Lee Aaron, 29, started an argument with the victim before snatching their phone and breaking it, a witness told investigators. He then threatened to kill the victim and choked them until they blacked out, police claimed.  When the victim lost consciousness, Aaron performed rescue breaths and chest compressions until they woke up, authorities said.  That's whe…
NY Man Who Assaulted Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Gets 2 Years, No Parole NY Man Who Assaulted Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Gets 2 Years, No Parole
NY Man Who Assaulted Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Gets 2 Years, No Parole UPDATE: An upstate New York man who admitted assaulting a fellow passenger on a flight from Denver to Newark must spend two plea-bargained years in federal prison. Ryan Manuella, 30, of Erie County, “moved to a vacant center seat next to a female passenger, who was sitting in a window seat” on the April 16, 2021 flight, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Manuella, who didn't know the woman, then "touched the passenger without her consent," Sellinger said. "The victim then yelled at him and left the row of seats," the U.S. attorney said. Defense attorney Andrew Olesnyck…
Armed Robber Tries To Steal Police Car During Chase, Lebanon DA Says Armed Robber Tries To Steal Police Car During Chase, Lebanon DA Says
Armed Robber Tries To Steal Police Car During Chase, Lebanon DA Says A 32-year-old man is being held on numerous charges and $1,000,000 in bail after a wild armed robber in Lebanon City, authorities announced on Thursday night.  Cesar Wilkins Romero-Colon, 32 of the 300 block of North Twelve Street, Lebanon, fled following an armed mugging in the 1100 block of Brandywine Street at 2:24 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, City police detailed in a release on Nov. 9.  The victim told the police that the man, later identified as Romero-Colon, had a black handgun pointed at him and was told to empty his pockets; afterward, the victim ran and heard gunsh…
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say 2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…
Man Arrested For Shooting 3 Children: Harrisburg Police Man Arrested For Shooting 3 Children: Harrisburg Police
Man Arrested For Shooting 3 Children: Harrisburg Police UPDATE: Mandjou Sylla was arrested on Friday, Nov. 3, no additional information was released by the police.  ORIGINAL: A warrant has been issued for the 20-year-old man who shot three children in Harrisburg, police announced on Thursday, Nov. 2.  Mandjou Sylla is charged with 11 felonies including four counts of criminal attempted homicide, five counts of aggravated assault - attempts to cause serious bodily injuries or causes injury with extreme indifference, person not to possess/use firearms - fugitive, firearms not to be carried without a license, as well as on…
Video Lands Teen Adult Charges For Red Lion Stabbing, PA State Police Say Video Lands Teen Adult Charges For Red Lion Stabbing, PA State Police Say
Video Lands Teen Adult Charges For Red Lion Stabbing, PA State Police Say A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult after being caught on video stabbing a 17-year-old boy during a fight, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday.  Isaac Mason Blinke reportedly stabbed the older teen around 7:04 p.m. in the 200 block of West Broadway in Red Lion, PSP detailed in a release.  When first responders arrived at the reported assault "the 17-year-old victim was found with a stab wound in his torso," the state police said. The teen told the police, they had been in a had been in a fight when Isaac "brandished a knife and stabbed him in …
Drunk Teen Assaults Officers In York, Police Say Drunk Teen Assaults Officers In York, Police Say
Drunk Teen Assaults Officers In York, Police Say A York City 18-year-old was arrested on felony charges after he drunkenly assaulted officers, police announced on Friday, Oct. 20.  Alex R. Kennedy had purchased alcohol which he apparently drank until he was drunk, before police officers arrived to investigate.  The York City police found the teen in the 1300 block of West College Avenue in York on Oct. 12.  While attempting to arrest him for charges related to his drinking state, he assaulted multiple officers.  He was taken into custody and charged with five felony counts of aggravated assault - attempts to cause or…
'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury 'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury
'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury A New Jersey man said he was acting out of fear when he attacked a Pennsylvania woman with a golf club leaving her with a traumatic brain injury, authorities said. Aiven Rosario, 26, of the 100 block of Park Avenue in East Orange, was sentenced to up to nine years in prison in connection with the March 6 attack in Lancaster County, PA, according to Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams. Rosario followed the woman into a parking lot in the 1400 block of Millport Road, West Lampeter Township around 9:52 p.m. on March 6, as detailed in the release from the Lancaster C…
Delta Grandad Nabbed For 'Strangulation' Of Grandson, PA State Police Say Delta Grandad Nabbed For 'Strangulation' Of Grandson, PA State Police Say
Delta Grandad Nabbed For 'Strangulation' Of Grandson, PA State Police Say A Pennsylvania grandfather has been charged after allegedly assaulting his grandson during an argument, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Gregory Allen Moul has been charged with strangulation, aggravated assault, simple assault, and harassment following State Troopers' investigation into the assault.  The 72-year-old's 16-year-old grandson was being treated at WellSpan York Hospital when PSP was contacted to investigate on Sept. 22, as detailed in the release.  The teen explained to the police that he and his grandfather had an argument at the grandfath…
STANDOFF: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA STANDOFF: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA
Standoff: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA An 84-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after an hours-long standoff with police in Pennsylvania, they said. West Whiteland officers went to serve a mental health warrant to Laraine Whayland at a home on Grubbs Mill Road on Thursday, Sept. 28, when she threatened the officers, West Whiteland Police Sgt. Scott Pezick said. ERT Officers were able to safely grab Whayland and remove her from the house after a nearly four-hour standoff, Pezick said. Whayland was taken to the hospital and charged with terroristic threats, possessing instruments of crime, recklessly endangering another pe…
Barricaded Gunman Strangled Someone Before Standoff In Central PA: Police Barricaded Gunman Strangled Someone Before Standoff In Central PA: Police
Barricaded Gunman Strangled Someone Before Standoff In Central PA: Police A 53-year-old gunman seriously assaulted someone before he barricaded himself in his home and fired two shots on Monday, police announced the following afternoon.  Scott Richard Golicher "was transported to the East Lampeter Township Police Department and later transferred to a local hospital by ambulance for evaluation before being released," as stated in the police release.  The township was called to his home in the 100 block of Crest Avenue at 11:19 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2023, as detailed in the release. When officers arrived they attempted to speak with occupants of the home when…
9 Escaped Inmates Recaptured After Riot At 'Secure' PA Facility (UPDATE) 9 Escaped Inmates Recaptured After Riot At 'Secure' PA Facility (UPDATE)
9 Escaped Inmates Recaptured After Riot At 'Secure' PA Facility (Update) All nine juveniles that broke out of Abraxas Academy juvenile detention center have been recaptured, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Beohm said on Monday morning.  The teens escaped the "secure youth treatment facility" Abraxas Academy located at 1000 Academy Drive, Morgantown, Caernarvon Township, on Sunday, Sept. 17 around 8 p.m., according to area police.  Trooper Beohm said these boys were at the Academy as a holding facility not the long-term location of sentenced youth.  The boys were between the ages of 14 and 17 years of age. Seven of them were from Harrisburg, one from Lehigh Co…
Accused Burglar Floods Lititz Home On Purpose, Police Say Accused Burglar Floods Lititz Home On Purpose, Police Say
Accused Burglar Floods Lititz Home On Purpose, Police Say A 21-year-old man caused over $7,000 of flood damage to someone's home — on purpose, police said in a release on Monday, Sept. 11.  Dylan Louie Getz already had a record of making terroristic threats and simple assaults when he broke into a home on East Locup Lane, Lititz on July 31, 2023, according to area police.  The homeowners had been away, but when they returned they discovered "While inside the home, [Getz] clogged a sink in an upstairs bathroom and turned the water on causing the water to overflow the sink and leak through the floor," as stated in the release. "Additionall…
Criminal Past Revealed About Pennsylvania Man Accused Of Assaulting Ranger On Appalachian Trail Criminal Past Revealed About Pennsylvania Man Accused Of Assaulting Ranger On Appalachian Trail
Criminal Past Revealed About Pennsylvania Man Accused Of Assaulting Ranger On Appalachian Trail UPDATE: David Edward Browne, 27, of Shippensburg, is in Pennsylvania State Police custody as of 10:46 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25. According to Trooper Frazer he was taken in without further incident following the fires on the Appalachian Trail and the alleged assault of a ranger.  Daily Voice readers claim he was found near Interstate 81. Traffic was delayed on I-81 in Cumberland County, as Daily Voice reported, but readers also told us there were helicopters and a drone circling the area over Perry and Cumberland counties Friday morning.  David previously lived in Martinsburg, West…
Missing Central PA Man Maybe Danger To Himself, Others: Police Missing Central PA Man Maybe Danger To Himself, Others: Police
Missing Central PA Man Maybe Danger To Himself, Others: Police David Edward Browne, 27, of Shippensburg, is in Pennsylvania State Police custody as of 10:46 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 25. According to Trooper Frazer he was taken in without further incident. Follow Daily Voice and check here for additional updates.  UPDATE: A Shippensburg missing man is now wanted for an incident on the Appalachian Trail, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  David Edward Browne is accused of setting fire and assaulting a ranger on Thursday, Aug. 24.  He remains at large. Click here for the full update and an additional image of Browne. ORIGINAL: A m…
'Uniontown Ninja' Smashes Teen Into Wall Over Sandwich: PA State Police 'Uniontown Ninja' Smashes Teen Into Wall Over Sandwich: PA State Police
'Uniontown Ninja' Smashes Teen Into Wall Over Sandwich: PA State Police A 39-year-old man calling himself "The Uniontown Ninja" assaulted a teenage boy who refused to make him a sandwich, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 21.  More than a decade since the first "Uniontown Ninja" incidents, Justin Matthew Jellots supposedly was back at his old tricks. This time he hit the 15-year-old in the face with a fist and slammed the boy's head into a wall multiple timesm authoritieis explained.  The bizarre incident happened on Tex Lane in Menallen Township,on Saturday, Aug. 19, according to state police. The New Salem man has been charged wit…
Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say
Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say A man "fighting with customers" outside a shopping plaza assaulted officers who came to investigate on Sunday, police claim.  Anthony Belfere was found lying on the ground "yelling profanities" outside the Target at 1008 Lititz Pike, around 11:46 a.m. on Aug. 13, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced the following day. Officers recognized Belfere "from previous encounters," as stated in the release.  As the police approached him he "became belligerent," and "appeared to be under the influence of drugs and or alcohol," the police said.  When the officers attemp…
Burglar At-Large After Unarming By Victim: Chambersburg Police Burglar At-Large After Unarming By Victim: Chambersburg Police
Burglar At-Large After Unarming By Victim: Chambersburg Police Police continue to search for a recently unarmed burglar from Chambersburg. Angel Robles-Montero, 20, of Chambersburg, has been identified as the burglar the homeowner disarmed during the burglary in the 300 block of East King Street in Chambersburg on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2023.  The gun was "wrestled" away and Robles-Montero fled in a dark gray Jeep Grand Cherokee Police SUV (pictured), the police said.  The vehicle has been located as of Monday afternoon but Angel Robles-Monterohas not been found. He is wanted for burglary, endangerment, and assault, according to police…
Convicted Felon Wanted In MD, VA, WV Nabbed In PA: Police Convicted Felon Wanted In MD, VA, WV Nabbed In PA: Police
Convicted Felon Wanted In MD, VA, WV Nabbed In PA: Police A convicted felon wanted in three states was arrested during a domestic assault in Pennsylvania on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, according to police. Perez Estavon James, 31, of Hagerstown, MD, was found in a home in the 300 block of Locust Street, Columbia Borough, PA — the scene of the domestic assault, according to a release by area police.  "The investigation resulted in Perez Estavon James being placed under arrest," the police said.  For this incident, James was charged with persons not to possess a firearm, intimidation of a witness, criminal mischief, terroristic threats, trespa…
Shooter, Victim Charged After Shooting Central PA McDonald's: Police Shooter, Victim Charged After Shooting Central PA McDonald's: Police
Shooter, Victim Charged After Shooting Central PA McDonald's: Police A 19-year-old has been arrested and both he and the man he shot have been charged, Lancaster Bureau of Police said.  The accused shooter, Lorenzo O'branty of Lancaster, has been charged  the following crimes, the police announced on Friday, July 21, 2023:  Felony aggravated assault. Felony discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure. Misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person. Felony firearms not to be carried without a license. A 20-year-old man recovering from a gunshot wound has also been charged, police announced on Thursday, July 20, 2023.  Anjew…
Security Officer Assaulted In Fourth Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say Security Officer Assaulted In Fourth Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say
Security Officer Assaulted In Fourth Patient Attack At Hospital In PA, Police Say A security officer was hurt in the fourth assault incident at the same Central Pennsylvania hospital involving a patient.  Marie Annette Flemister, 58, of Steelton was arrested following an investigation into an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, according to a release issued by East Pennsboro Police on June 7, 2023.  The police were called to the hospital and spoke with the injured security officer about the altercation around 3:50 p.m. on June 1, 2023, according to the release.  Flemister was identified as the woman who attacked the officer durin…
Woman Stabs BF With Butcher Knife At PA Hotel, Police Say Woman Stabs BF With Butcher Knife At PA Hotel, Police Say
Woman Stabs BF With Butcher Knife At PA Hotel, Police Say A woman who didn't want to leave the hotel room got "upset" and stabbed her boyfriend, Middlesex Township Police announced on Monday, May 15, 2023.  Amanda Lynn Gutierrez was taken into custody without incident after her boyfriend called the police and informed them she stabbed him at the Rodeway Inn located at 1239 Harrisburg Pike, Carlisle on Saturday, May 13, 2023, as detailed in the release.  The 42-year-old was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, and harassment, the police said and court records confirmed.  She …