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Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Choke Hold At Central PA Prison, Police Say Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Choke Hold At Central PA Prison, Police Say
Convicted Felon Puts Corrections Officer In Choke Hold At Central PA Prison, Police Say A 30-year-old convicted felon — in his third prison in six months — is facing new charges after putting a corrections officer in a chokehold, the police announced on Tuesday, April 2.  Justin Miles Bookwalter of Huntingdon is accused of placing "the Corrections Officer in a headlock, while in the headlock the Corrections Officer was unable to breathe," the Middlesex Township police stated in the release.  This incident happened at Cumberland County Prison on March 27, 2024.  This is Bookwalter's third county prison stay since Oct. 31, 2023. He was previously in Huntingd…
BodyCam Captures PA Corrections Officer Leaving Woman In 'Puddle Of Blood': Affidavit BodyCam Captures PA Corrections Officer Leaving Woman In 'Puddle Of Blood': Affidavit
BodyCam Captures PA Corrections Officer Leaving Woman In 'Puddle Of Blood': Affidavit An affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice sheds new light on why a Dauphin County Corrections Officer has been charged in connection with "excessive use of force" at the county Judicial Center, as District Attorney Fran Chardo announced on Friday, March 29, 2024. Scott Petrasic, 34 of Harrisburg was charged with two misdemeanors for simple assault and official oppression, in connection with an "incident" on Feb. 24, as stated in the release. The charges come after a full investigation by Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of the District Attorney’s Office. The…
NJ Native Throws Toddler While Walking On Dead Woman As Infant Sits In Feces: PSP Gettysburg NJ Native Throws Toddler While Walking On Dead Woman As Infant Sits In Feces: PSP Gettysburg
NJ Native Throws Toddler While Walking On Dead Woman As Infant Sits In Feces: PSP Gettysburg A family was discovered to have been living in "deplorable" conditions when a trooper came to assist at a call of a woman in cardiac arrest in the home, Pennsylvania State Police in Gettysburg announced on Wednesday, March 6. Trooper Brandon Black arrived at 2747 Chambersburg Road, Franklin Township, Biglerville, the home of 35-year-old Darryl Kevin Carter II at 1:35 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, he detailed in the release. The New Jersey native's home was so stuffed, that the trooper, along with EMS, had to "force entry into the residence" which is when they found the woman dead, as stated in…
ROAD RAGE: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say ROAD RAGE: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say
Road Rage: Ice Scraper Assault Of Passenger In Camp Hill, Police Say A drunk driver and a man with an ice scraper got into a road rage-fueled fight in Camp Hill, police announced on Friday, Feb. 23.  The Camp Hill police were called to "an active road rage incident" in the 300 block of South 32nd Street at 8:26 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4, as stated in the department's release.  Arriving officers found a drunk 47-year-old man from Mechanicsburg, a 26-year-old man with an ice scraper from Enola, and the intoxicated man's assaulted passenger, according to the release.  An investigation determined the men had been driving along Route 581 when the roa…
'I'm Going To Kill You': Lancaster Man Strangled Woman In Front Of Her Daughter, Court Finds 'I'm Going To Kill You': Lancaster Man Strangled Woman In Front Of Her Daughter, Court Finds
'I'm Going To Kill You': Lancaster Man Strangled Woman In Front Of Her Daughter, Court Finds A Lancaster City man was convicted of punching a woman, slamming her into a wall, and then strangling her in front of her own daughter, according to the District Attorney's Office.  Jurors returned a guilty verdict against Roberto Cruz-Aviles last Friday, Feb. 9 following a two-day trial, prosecutors said.  Authorities said the assault happened at a Willow Valley Drive home in West Lampeter Township on Aug. 23, 2022. The victim told the court that "seeing her daughter witnessing the attack gave her the strength to fight Cruz-Aviles off," the DA's Office said.  The victi…
Former PA Lt. Gov. Candidate Punches Teen At 17-Year-Old's Drinking-Themed Birthday: Affidavit Former PA Lt. Gov. Candidate Punches Teen At 17-Year-Old's Drinking-Themed Birthday: Affidavit
Former PA Lt. Gov. Candidate Punches Teen At 17-Year-Old's Drinking-Themed Birthday: Affidavit A former candidate for statewide office is accused of throwing an underage drinking party for her 17-year-old daughter's birthday at her Doylestown home — punching one of the teens who showed up, according to an affidavit obtained by Daily Voice.  Clarice Schillinger, who ran for lieutenant governor in 2022, is charged with simple assault, and furnishing liquor to minors, both misdemeanors, court records show. She has denied the allegations to multiple news outlets through her attorney.  In charging documents from the District Attorney's Office, police said they were called t…
Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (VIDEO) Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (VIDEO)
Married PA Trooper Frames GF As 'Crazy', Chokes Her, Places In 72-Hour Hold: Affidavit (Video) "F--k around and find out," a Pennsylvania State Trooper told his now ex-girlfriend before he "paint(ed) her as crazy," took her into custody without his supervisor's permission –  choked her when she resisted, which a bystander recorded – then had her commitment to a hospital for mental health for five days, according to a lengthy affidavit and video obtained by Daily Voice.  Pennsylvania State Trooper 37-year-old Ronald Keith Davis of Williamstown who "is married with a family in Dauphin County," fought with his ex-girlfriend at the end of August, Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Cha…
Seriously Injured Pedestrian Cited After Hit By Car: Pa State Police Seriously Injured Pedestrian Cited After Hit By Car: Pa State Police
Seriously Injured Pedestrian Cited After Hit By Car: Pa State Police A 28-year-old woman has been cited after she was struck crossing a street, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  Alyssa Nicole White of Newmanstown was crossing South Sheridon Road at its intersection with Memorial Boulevard of Millcreek Township when she was struck by a 2017 Audi A4, state police detailed in a release on Sept. 19.  This pedestrian striking incident happened at 2:17 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, PSP detailed in the release.  White was taken to Reading Hospital with suspected serious injuries, while the driver of the Audi, 26-year-old Matt…
PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say
PA Convict Slashes Roommate In Chest, Neck With Kitchen Knife, Police Say A roommate was slashed across his neck and chest by a man supposedly on drugs just before midnight on Sunday, authorities announced the following day. Lee Allen Payne was in front of his home in the 100 block of North Pitt Street, Carlisle when the police arrived at 11:55 p.m. on Aug. 27, the department detailed in the release.  The Carlisle PD was called by Payne's roommate due to his "drug activity," as stated in the release.  The 46-year-old "attacked the caller with a large kitchen knife in the apartment after an argument," the roommate told officers. Officers saw "several s…
PA Mom Goes 200+ Miles In Lyft To Shoot At Her Child's Foster Family: Affidavit PA Mom Goes 200+ Miles In Lyft To Shoot At Her Child's Foster Family: Affidavit
PA Mom Goes 200+ Miles In Lyft To Shoot At Her Child's Foster Family: Affidavit A Pennsylvania mom took a nearly 4-hour Lyft ride — over 200 miles — and then opened fire at the foster family of six that she claims "stole her baby," according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Kayla Menne took a 9-millimeter pistol registered in her previous legal name, Kayla Boyden Harris, from her home in the 100 block of Nissley Street, Middletown to the 5000 block of Julia Lane, McKees Rocks with the intent of shooting at the family fostering her child, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Kennedy Township Police Department.  The family, consistin…
MTV's Bam Margera Arrested At Radnor Hotel: Reports MTV's Bam Margera Arrested At Radnor Hotel: Reports
MTV's Bam Margera Arrested At Radnor Hotel: Reports More trouble with the law for Bam Margera. West Chester native and reality television star Brandon "Bam" Margera was arrested in Radnor Township early on Wednesday, Aug. 9, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.  Citing an anonymous police source, the newspaper said Margera was issued a citation for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.  Officers were called to the Radnor Hotel for an argument between a man and a woman before sunrise, the Inquirer reported. The police source said Margera was "intoxicated" at the scene and taken to the station, per the newspaper.  He was r…
Woman Bites Guest At Penn Amish Motel: Police Woman Bites Guest At Penn Amish Motel: Police
Woman Bites Guest At Penn Amish Motel: Police A Reading woman bit a fellow guest during a fight at a hotel over the weekend, police announced on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.  Alfonsina Michelle Cruz-Colon caused a "laceration" to the victim during a domestic dispute at the Penn Amish Motel located at 2480 North Reading Road on Saturday, July 22., according to a release by the East Cocalico Police Department. The 42-year-old was arrested around 1:34 a.m., the police detailed.  "The victim was treated on scene by ambulance personnel," the police said.  Cruz-Colon was charged with Simple Assault and Harassment (Domestic V…
Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say
Robber Holds Knife To 13-Year-Old, PA State Police Say  A 13-year-old was held at knife-point, Pennsylvania State Police announced on June 9, 2023. The boy was accosted by a 15-year-old male on May 30 between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on West Jefferson Avenue, Myerstown, according to the state police.  The older teen approached the boy and pressed a pocket knife against his stomach while demanding cash, PSP explained. The would-be robber "verbally threatened to stab the victim," PSP stated in the release.  Somehow the boy managed to break free and run away. The unidentified teen was later arrested for "robbery, terroristic thre…
York Prisoner Poops In Holding Cell At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities York Prisoner Poops In Holding Cell At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities
York Prisoner Poops In Holding Cell At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities A 35-year-old York man has been charged for pooping on the floor in a police station holding cell. While being held on a simple assault charge Dristan L. Elliott pooped on his holding cell floor at the Columbia Borough Police Station on May 26, according to a release on June 7, 2023.   It appears officers might not have realized what happened as he was moved to the Lancaster County Prison where he was held for the simple assault charge until June 6 when he posted 10 % of a $5,000 bail in surety bonds. He was only charged with institutional vandalism on June 4, although court …
Homicide Attempt Caught On Camera In York, Police Say Homicide Attempt Caught On Camera In York, Police Say
Homicide Attempt Caught On Camera In York, Police Say One man has been hospitalized and another has been arrested following a stabbing in York on Monday, May 15, 2023, according to a police release the following afternoon.  Boyzle Maddox III, 28, of York, has been arrested after he was seen stabbing a man on surveillance footage from White Rose Bar and Grill at 48 N. Beaver Street, police say. The unnamed victim walked into York Hospital Emergency Department with multiple stab wounds following the stabbing around 2:27 a.m., according to the release by city police the following morning.   During the initial investigat…
Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say
Newville Man Hospitalized After Being Choked By Convict Neighbor, Police Say A fight between two Newville ended when one man "nearly passed out from the struggle," police stated in a release on Thursday, March 15, 2023.  The police arrested 32-year-old Patrick Donald Ray Taylor after receiving a call from another man who said "his neighbor was being attacked," around 9:20 a.m. on Feb. 24, 2023. Upon arrival the Newville officers "identified the primary aggressor as Patrick Taylor of Newville," as stated in the release, "Taylor attacked his victim more (than) once via throwing him into the wall and other objects around the apartment. The victim claimed that he w…
New Oxford Woman Slashed In Face By Man During Argument, State Police Say New Oxford Woman Slashed In Face By Man During Argument, State Police Say
New Oxford Woman Slashed In Face By Man During Argument, State Police Say A 38-year-old New Oxford woman was cut in the face with a knife wielded by a New Oxford man, Pennsylvania State Police explained in a release on Thursday, March 16, 2023.  Daniel Steve Shelton, 45, was arrested when police arrived at the scene of the argument where the slashing happened on Carlisle Pike, Reading Township, on March 14, at 10:41 p.m., according to the release.  He was charged with two counts of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and harassment, according to his court docket. Shelton was released on a $10,000 surety bond on March 15 and his preli…
Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police
Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police A man punched an emergency roadside crew worker in the face multiple times, authorities announced on March 15, 2023.  The worker's emergency vehicle was supposedly blocking the roadway when the man was trying to pass near the 600 block of South Plum Street in Lancaster on July 22, 2022, Lancaster County Crime Stoppers explained in the release.  But instead of waiting, he got out of his silver 1997 or 1998 Toytota RAV4 and punched the worker multiple times causing injuries, and then took the worker's phone and damaged it, presumably so they could not call for help, although that wa…
Got Him! Chambersburg Convict Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor Arrested, Police Say Got Him! Chambersburg Convict Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor Arrested, Police Say
Got Him! Chambersburg Convict Who Cut Off His Ankle Monitor Arrested, Police Say UPDATE: Pedro Luis Medina De Leon was arrested in the morning of Thursday, February 16, 2023, Chambersburg police said in an updated release. No additional information was provided and his court docket had yet to be updated at the time of publication. ORIGINAL: A probationer and former convict is on the loose after he cut off his ankle monitor, authorities say.  While under supervised release, 23-year-old Pedro Luis Medina De Leon cut off his ankle monitor sometime on Jan. 30., according to the Chambersburg Borough police department's release on Thursday, Feb 9.  He w…
Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say
Convicted Pipe Bomb Builder, Meth Chef Pulls Knives On PA Police During Chase, Authorities Say A man who spent five years behind bars for building pipe bombs and cooking methamphetamine in his apartment is on the run after pulling knives on Pennsylvania state police during a chase, authorities say.  State police are warning residents of Huntingdon County and surrounding areas to use “extreme caution” if they come across 40-year-old Jedediah Rawlings, of Alexandria, according to a release on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.  Rawlings was pulled over by Pennsylvania state police in a traffic stop when they attempted to serve a warrant for his arrest on 2nd Street in Huntingdon on…
Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police
Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police A man who allegedly chased and beat two people with an aluminum baseball was chased down by Pennsylvania state police.  Kerr Michael Graham, 51, of Conestoga, struck two individuals with an aluminum baseball bat around the 3300 block of Main Street, Conestoga Township, on January 15, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.  When state police at Lancaster barracks met with the victims they learned they were relatives of Graham's and he had "struck the one victim three times in the head with the aluminum bat, causing visible injuries," and had "struck the othe…
ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say
ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say An emergency room patient has been charged after he kicked a nurse in the face at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, police say.  Ethan D. Sorensen, 22, of Ephrata, injured the nurse and also damaged a hospital room door by punching a window during the incident on December 7, 2022, at 2:42 p.m., according to a release by area police in January 2023. He was out on $35,000 in bail for aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent exposure in March 2022 at the time of the incident, court records show.  He has been arrested for this incident and another assault on Dec. 17 ac…
ROAD RAGE Man Points Gun At Teens In Harrisburg, State Police Say ROAD RAGE Man Points Gun At Teens In Harrisburg, State Police Say
Road Rage Man Points Gun At Teens In Harrisburg, State Police Say A road rage incident escalated to the point where a man pulled out a gun and pointed it at a group of teenagers on Dec. 17, 2022, according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. The teenagers, a 17-year-old Hershey girl, and two Harrisburg boys, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old, were in traffic at the intersection of Jonestown Road and Allentown Boulevard when 54-year-old Ronald Lee Baum of Harrisburg pulled out the gun around 2:05 p.m., as detailed in the release.  What led up to the incident was not released.  Baum was charged o…
'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police 'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police
'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police "I beat the shit out of her," a mother told the police after her barefoot 14-year-old girl was found with bleeding welts on the back of her legs after running away from her mom, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.   38-year-old Shanon Marie Warren admitted to the brutal assault to the Chambersburg police on Nov. 19 around 9:30 p.m., according to a release by the police and confirmed in court documents. The police had first been called to a report of a girl seen running without shoes on and then refusing to go home with her mom when she found her at a fri…
Probationer Bites Now Ex-Girlfriend At Central Pennsylvania Sheetz: Police Probationer Bites Now Ex-Girlfriend At Central Pennsylvania Sheetz: Police
Probationer Bites Now Ex-Girlfriend At Central Pennsylvania Sheetz: Police A man supposedly choked and bit his now ex-girlfriend on his way into a Sheetz and then got into a fight at the self-checkout, police in Pennsylvania say.  The Middlesex Township police were called "for an active physical domestic" at the Sheetz on Harrisburg Pike on Tuesday, Nov. 29 around 11:30 p.m., according to a release by the department the following day.  Upon arrival, the police found 34-year-old Clifford Roy McKelvey of Carlisle at the self-checkout shouting at his ex-girlfriend.  Following an investigation, "it was determined that McKelvey strangled and b…
Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police
Philly Area Man Charged With Trying To Kill Mom On Thanksgiving: Police A 42-year-old suburban Philadelphia man has been charged with trying to kill his mom on Thanksgiving authorities said. Michael D. Giffing is accused of assaulting his mom, Dorothy Giffing, around 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24, West Chester police said. Authorities responded to the home on the 300 Block of W. Ashbridge Street on reports of an unconscious person who had fallen, police said. While en route , the call was upgraded to a possible cardiac arrest.  The injuries that Dorothy suffered were not consistent with a fall, authorities said. She was taken to Chester Co…
Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police
Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police Just days before Halloween a tenant in Ephrata experienced something seemingly out of a horror movie as their screams were the only thing that helped stop the masked former convict who was using an axe to attempt to break into their apartment, authorities announced on Nov. 28.  Keron Diwilliams Shockley, 30, of Leola formerly of Ephrata, was arrested in connection with the incident on Nov. 17, according to Ephrata police and court documents.  Shockley, shockingly attempted to use the axe to break through the windows and door of an apartment in the first block of Washington Ave, Ep…
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.  That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
Chambersburg Man Leaves 'Open Wound' On Mom's Leg After Biting Her: Pennsylvania State Police Chambersburg Man Leaves 'Open Wound' On Mom's Leg After Biting Her: Pennsylvania State Police
Chambersburg Man Leaves 'Open Wound' On Mom's Leg After Biting Her: Pennsylvania State Police A 32-year-old Chambersburg man bit his mother so hard he left an "open wound," Pennsylvania state police say.  Antonio Lee Quiros got into a verbal argument with his mother on Oct. 11 around 2:30 a.m., according to a release by the police the following Friday.  When police arrived at the home on Johnson Road in Hamilton Township they learned Quiros had punched his 59-year-old mother in the face multiple times, the police explain in the release. They also found that he had bitten her on her arms and legs so hard that he— "created an open wound on the outside of her right leg," police say.  …
Philly Man Wanted For Stabbing Victim Outside Montco Wawa Store: Police Philly Man Wanted For Stabbing Victim Outside Montco Wawa Store: Police
Philly Man Wanted For Stabbing Victim Outside Montco Wawa Store: Police A Philadelphia man is wanted by police in Montgomery County for stabbing a victim outside a Wawa store on Saturday, Oct. 8. It all went down around 8:50 a.m. at the store located on the 1300 block of E. Ridge Pike in Plymouth Township, local police said. Ivan Davonte Stephens Jr., 29, stabbed another man multiple times in the arm, back, and chest during an argument in the parking lot, according to police. The unidentified victim was taken to Paoli Hospital, where he is expected to survive. Stephens Jr. fled the scene and police later identified him as a suspect. A warrant has been issued…
Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police
Anger Management Graduate Shoved Gun Into The Back Of Girl's Head At Central PA Subway: Police A 30-year-old former convict and anger management graduate apparently still has some anger issues, as he got into a fight at a Subway restaurant and shoved a gun into the back of a girl's head, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Aaron David Babner, of Mechanicsburg, got into a "verbal argument" with another man at the Subway located at 90 Newberry Commons on Saturday, Oct. 1, Township police.  Sometime during the incident, he left the restaurant, retrieved a firearm from his vehicle, then approached the 16-year-old girl, "and pressed the firearm to the back of h…