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Man Dies In Custody After Methamphetamine-Fueled Standoff In Clay Twp.: Authorities Man Dies In Custody After Methamphetamine-Fueled Standoff In Clay Twp.: Authorities
Man Dies In Custody After Methamphetamine-Fueled Standoff In Clay Twp.: Authorities A man serving a 23-month sentence for probation violations following a methamphetamine-fueled standoff has died in police custody, officials announced on Monday, Feb. 26.  Donald Gene Hess, 56 of Stevens, was pronounced dead of natural causes at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital at 10:58 a.m. on Feb. 24, Lancaster County Officials detailed in the release.  Stevens had been an inmate in the Lancaster County Prison since June 18, the day after the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police used a form of pepper spray to get him out of a shed where he was barricaded follo…

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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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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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Man Confesses To Shooting Pro Boxer Dead On Christmas Eve In Maryland: Police Man Confesses To Shooting Pro Boxer Dead On Christmas Eve In Maryland: Police
Man Confesses To Shooting Pro Boxer Dead On Christmas Eve In Maryland: Police A man has been arrested after confessing to killing a professional boxer on Christmas Eve -- who was driving his family to dinner, according to police.  Markell Lewis, 25, of Clinton has been arrested for the fatal shooting in Temple Hills of 30-year-old Danny Kelly Jr., Prince George's County Police said.  Kelly Jr. was behind the wheel of his family's SUV on St. Barnabas Road with his girlfriend and three children in the car when Lewis pulled up and opened fire, hitting Kelly around 4:40 p.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later. …

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by Joe Gomez
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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