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Hamilton Township, PA
Mercersburg, PA
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Excavation Company Faces $254K Fine For Mennonite Man Killed In Franklin County Trench Collapse
A 20-year-old Maryland Mennonite construction worker was buried in a trench collapse in Pennsylvania after his employer failed to provide adequate protection against cave-ins, federal investigators say. Dalen Daniel Martin, of Smithsburg, Maryland, was killed Thursday, April 2, while working at a construction site in Franklin County. Six months later, the U.S. Department of Labor announced $254,884 in proposed penalties against Jonas David Wagoner, doing business as J.D. Wagoner Excavating, for workplace safety violations uncovered during its investigation. The Occupational Safety and Heal…
Chambersburg, PA
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Escapee With Knife Attempting 'Suicide By Cop' Caught: PA State Police Chambersburg
A Chambersburg man who removed his court-ordered ankle monitor and fled probation officers has been taken into custody, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Sept. 11. Robert Guilfoyle, 22, of Hamilton Township, was wanted after allegedly cutting off his ankle monitor, according to police. Troopers interviewed his roommates, who told investigators that Guilfoyle had been drinking alcohol before leaving the residence and that a large kitchen knife was missing. Franklin County Adult Probation contacted Guilfoyle by phone. He told them he was on foot, refused to turn himself in, an…
Chambersburg, PA
Breaking News
Trapped In Flooded Car: Dramatic Water Rescue In Franklin County
A vehicle became trapped in rising floodwaters with people still inside, prompting an active water rescue in Franklin County, first responders announced on Sunday, July 14. Franklin Fire Company crews rushed to the intersection of North Franklin and West Commerce streets in Hamilton Township around 4:30 p.m., where floodwaters overtook the roadway, submerging the vehicle, the department said in a social media post. Firefighters arrived to find the vehicle partially submerged with its occupants still trapped. The exact number of people inside was not immediately released. A photo from the s…
National Interest
Sextortion Of 30+ Children—Including In Chambersburg—Gets Florida Man 30 Years:
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A Florida man who sextorted children across the globe, including six minors in Central Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus announced on Thursday, April 24. Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 35, an Ecuadorian national most recently residing in Miami, was handed the decades-long sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion after being convicted on two counts of "Production of Child Pornography", according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Sandoval exploited children in a calculat…
Doylestown, PA
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NJ Flower Shop Owner, Husband Fatally Shot In Poconos-Area Home: State Police
A New Jersey flower shop owner and her husband have been identified as the two people shot and killed in a Monroe County home following a 9-1-1 call early this week, Pennsylvania State Police told Daily Voice on Wednesday, March 19. Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Stroudsburg responded to a 911 call from a female who was crying, with a man yelling in the background At approximately 10:18 p.m., on Monday night, March 17, Pennsylvania State Police said in a release. During the call, multiple gunshots were heard, prompting an immediate police response to the residence at 1118 Herita…
Chambersburg, PA
Breaking News
30 West Restaurant Owner Dies In Tragic Chambersburg Fire, State Police Investigating
Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed the tragic death of Hrisoula K. "Crystal" Masgalas, the longtime owner of 30 West Family Restaurant, in a Hamilton Township house fire on Sunday, Jan. 19. Troopers responded to the blaze around 8:45 p.m. at 543 Warm Spring Road in Franklin County, where first responders found the 72-year-old deceased inside the home, according to a release from Trooper Megan Frazer on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Masgalas, who owned and operated 30 West Family Restaurant in Chambersburg for 35 years, was remembered as a cornerstone of the community. "She touched many lives th…
Chambersburg, PA
Breaking News
Victim Dies After Fiery Chambersburg House Blaze Engulfs Home: Officials
A Franklin County home became a deadly scene as firefighters battled an intense blaze that left one person dead on Sunday night, Jan. 20, authorities said. Flames engulfed a single-story rancher along Warm Spring Road and Kittatinny Drive in Hamilton Township, Chambersburg, just after 8 p.m., according to the Franklin Fire Company. Crews from Station 4 arrived to find the attic consumed by fire, which was spreading rapidly into the living areas. Chief 46 (Trace) led the firefight, while Assistant Chief 49 (Himes) established command. Amid the chaos, firefighters from Engine 43 located …
Chambersburg, PA
Breaking News
Hagerstown Man Threatens To Kill Chambersburg Dinner Date: PA State Police
A Hagerstown man is accused of threatening to shoot and kill a Chambersburg woman after they had dinner together, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The release, obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Dec. 4, states that Bell Njiomegni, 30, sent numerous threatening text messages to the 27-year-old woman late Sunday, Oct. 28, 2024. Troopers responded to the victim’s home on Heintzelman Avenue in Hamilton Township, where they reviewed the texts, which allegedly confirmed Njiomegni's threats. Njiomegni now faces charges of terroristic threats and related offenses, police said. No additi…
Allentown, PA
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Woman Rescued From Deadly Monroe County House Fire: State Police
Authorities are investigating the cause of a deadly house fire in Hamilton Township early Thursday, April 18. A home on North Easton Belmont Pike was "fully engulfed in flames" when troopers arrived around 2:15 a.m., state police said in a release. First responders rescued one woman from the blaze and a man was found dead inside, according to officials. The woman was taken to the Lehigh Valley Regional Burn Center, and some responding troopers were treated for minor injuries at the St. Luke’s Monroe Campus, authorities said. State police are investigating…
Bethlehem, PA
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Poconos Motorcyclist Fatally Struck By Septic Truck, Troopers Say
A Monroe County motorcyclist died after losing control of his bike and being hit by a septic truck on a Chestnuthill Township road, say state police. It happened on Saturday, May 13 around 3:20 p.m., troopers wrote in a release. The motorcyclist, an unnamed 26-year-old Stroudsburg resident, was headed south on Route 715 when he lost control and skidded into the northbound lane, authorities said. During the slide, he was separated from the bike, which hit traveled off the road and hit a tree before skidding back into the southbound lane, the release says. The motorcyclist, meanwh…
Bethlehem, PA
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Motorcyclist Crashes, Dies On Police Pursuit In Poconos: Troopers
A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a utility pole during a chase with state police through Monroe County, officials say. It started early on Monday, May 8 in Hamilton Township, when officers tried to pull the motorcyclist over for an alleged traffic violation, troopers at the Stroudsburg Barracks wrote in a release. The biker fled but failed to negotiate a curve along the road and lost control of the motorcycle, according to state police. They hit the pole after veering off the road and were pronounced dead at the scene, troopers added. The identity of the motorcyclist …
Chambersburg, PA
Obituaries
Mom Dies Following Head-On Crash Into Tractor-Trailer In Central PA
A 28-year-old mom has died following a crash in Chambersburg on Thursday, April 20, 2023, authorities said. Brenna Rachelle Denison, originally of Huntingdon and most recently of Chambersburg, was driving a 2013 Buick Verano north in the 1600 block of Letterkenny Road in Hamilton Township when she crossed the double-yellow line into oncoming traffic and collided with a 2016 Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by 75-year-old Ronald E. Shew, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police the following day. Shew was not injured but Denison was taken to Chambersburg Hospital, where she …
Bethlehem, PA
Breaking News
Suspect Arrested Following Standoff In Monroe County: State Police
An armed man was barricaded for several hours in a standoff with state police in Monroe County, state police say. It happened in Hamilton Township on Monday, Feb. 27, Trooper Anthony Petroski said on social media. PSP Stroudsburg has been on scene of a barricaded gunman in Hamilton Township, Monroe County for several hours. The individual was taken into custody without incident.@FOX56WOLF @WNEP @wbrewyou @PoconoRecord @BRTV13 @69News pic.twitter.com/udt4a0Gl8R — Trooper Petroski (@PSPTroopNPIO) February 27, 2023 The situation unfolded over a period of hours, but by 2 p.m., troopers …
Chambersburg, PA
Breaking News
No MedEvac Available In Chambersburg When Person Crashed Into Tree, FD Says
One person was taken from a serious crash by an ambulance to the hospital, because "air medical was not available," fire officals said on Thursday, February 16, 2023. For an unknown reason the person had slammed their car into a tree at 671 Boyer Mill Road, Hamilton Township, around 8:30 p.m, according to the Franklin Fire Company. The crew was initially dispatched "as an auto accident with entrapment," but they did not find any entrapment upon arrival. The extent of their injuries is unknown, and no one else was involved in the crash. It is not immediately clear if helico…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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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. …
Gettysburg, PA
Breaking News
Update
: Two Children, Adult Killed In High-Speed Crash In Central PA
More details have been released about a deadly crash in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, June 22, authorities say. Three coroners, two ambulances, and one medevac were called to the single-vehicle crash that happened at 12:18 p.m. in the 1800 block of Pine Run Road in Hamilton Township, according to an updated release by Pennsylvania state police. A 2011 Jeep driven by Christopher Heflin, flew off the road at a high rate of speed— landing 50 feet off the roadway into a tree in a cow pasture, according to the release. Heflin, 37, of York, along with two unidentified children died at the s…
Allentown, PA
Breaking News
Christian Hall Had Hands Up When Fatally Shot By PA State Police, Unredacted Video Shows
A newly released video of a Pennsylvania teen killed by state police last year shows him with his hands up in the air when troopers opened fire, prompting demands for an independent investigation. Christian Hall, 19, who had been suffering from a mental health emergency at the time, was standing near the ledge of a highway overpass in Hamilton Township on Dec. 30, 2020, armed with what appeared to be a real gun when police arrived. It turned out to be a BB gun. State police initially claimed that troopers fired their weapons in response to Hall pointing a gun at them, but unred…
Gettysburg, PA
Breaking News
Child Injured, Adams County Woman Died In Crash On Rt. 30 In York
A 60-year-old woman from Adams County died in a car crash along Route 30 in York on Saturday, according to the county coroner. Bertha L. Harner, of the 1000 block of Spangler Road in Hamilton Township died in a two vehicle crash that happened at 6419 Lincoln Highway in Jackson Township around noon. Harner was pulling out of a private driveway northbound onto Lincoln Highway when her vehicle was struck on its driver’s side by the front end of a vehicle that was traveling eastbound, according to Northern York County Regional police. The striking vehicle was driven by a 64-year-old woman fro…
Gettysburg, PA
Breaking News
5 Arrests Made At DUI Checkpoint In Adams County, State Police Say
Summer brings hot nights, water sports and chilled beer, which can often mean more DUIs. "In an effort to ensure the safety of the motoring public and the citizens of the Commonwealth during these summer month," Pennsylvania State Police says it has set up targeted enforcement and DUI checkpoints throughout the state to deter people from driving while impaired. A Sobriety Checkpoint within Hamilton Township, Adams County on Saturday night led to the following five arrests: Andrew Alwine, 44, DUI alcohol Kelly Rice, 46, DUI alcohol Vickie Hoffheins, 62, DUI alcohol. Madeline Ribot, 31…
Bristol, PA
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DA: PA State Troopers Who Fatally Shot Christian Hall Will Not Face Criminal Charges
Authorities on Tuesday announced that Pennsylvania State Police troopers were justified in their use of deadly force and will not face criminal charges in relation to last year's fatal shooting of a Monroe County man on a Route 33 overpass. Newly released video footage from the Monroe County District Attorney's Office shows Pennsylvania State Police troopers shooting 19-year-old Christian J. Hall with his hands up while clutching a BB gun after 90 minutes of what they confirm were failed negotiation tactics in Hamilton Township on Dec. 30, 2020. The full video presentation from today's …
