Pennsylvania category, Page 243
Police: Woman breaks into Pa. police station, wanted to date cop
WYOMING, Pa. — Police say a woman smashed her way into a closed Pennsylvania police station looking for an officer she’d been sexually harassing ever since he arrested her. Police say 27-year-old Ashley Keister of Nanticoke used a large cigarette butt receptacle to smash glass doors into the West Wyoming...
Pennsylvania criticized for how it handles elder abuse cases
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state watchdog agency is criticizing how county-level agencies investigate thousands of complaints they receive about elder abuse and how the state ensures complaints are investigated adequately. Among the shortcomings identified by the Office of State Inspector General were failures to properly investigate complaints under timelines required...
Pennsylvania’s opioid disaster plan turns 1. Time to celebrate?
On Jan. 10, 2018, Gov. Tom Wolf dusted off the state’s disaster declaration manual, usually reserved for marshaling government resources for a natural calamity, to tackle a man-made crisis: opioid addiction, overdoses and deaths. On Monday, members of the Democratic governor’s administration gathered at the Harrisburg headquarters of the Pennsylvania...
DA: Girl made video of dad coaching her to lie about assault
A terrified 13-year-old girl secretly recorded video of her father coaching her to lie about having been physically assaulted by him — and managed to slip the evidence to prosecutors on the eve of his trial in Pennsylvania, authorities said Tuesday. The videos show Deyon Taylor, 56, instructing his daughter...
Gov. Wolf sets goals for Pennsylvania to cut greenhouse gases
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf is stepping up the fight against climate change and setting targets to slash Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. Wolf, a Democrat, said Tuesday that he’s issuing an executive order that commits his administration to meeting certain targets. The Center for Climate and...
Police identify 3 killed in apparent murder-suicide
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Authorities have identified three people who died in an apparent double murder-suicide in a Pennsylvania apartment as a couple and their young son. Police say the bodies of 49-year-old Marvin Caddell, his 44-year-old estranged wife, Nightflower Staats, and their 7-year-old son were found Saturday in Middletown. All...
Commission hears dispute over school’s ‘Redskins’ nickname
LANGHORNE — A long-running dispute over a Pennsylvania school district’s “Redskins” nickname for its sports teams has been taken up by a state commission. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission attorney Lisa Knight argues the Bucks County district wouldn’t use a nickname based on any other racial group, so they should not...
Storm prompts vehicle, speed restrictions on northern interstates
Predictions of ice-coated roadways late Monday and early Tuesday have prompted officials to reduce the speed limit and temporarily ban motorcycles and some trucks on interstates in Pennsylvania’s northern tier. Between 11 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday, traffic restrictions will be in place on:Interstate 80, east of the junction...
New England kidnapping, sex suspect caught in Pennsylvania
HARTFORD, Vt. — A man forced a woman and her child into a car in New Hampshire, drove to Vermont, sexually assaulted the woman, and was apprehended in Pennsylvania after a manhunt and car chase, authorities said. Everett Simpson, 41, forced a woman and her child into their car outside...
Husband dies while trying to rescue wife from burning Pa. home
UPPER DARBY — A man who tried to rescue his wife from their burning Pennsylvania home died after he was overcome by smoke, unaware that she had safely fled the residence. Authorities say the fire broke out around 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the garage of a home in Upper Darby,...
South Philly dog walker killed after getting punched in park
A South Philadelphia dog walker was killed in front of his fiancee Saturday night after a dispute with another dog walker at Gold Star Park. Police were called shortly after 9 p.m. to Sixth and Wharton Streets to respond to a “person screaming.” When they arrived, officers found a 38-year-old...
Feds have nabbed over 700 people in northeast PA for immigration violations
Federal agents nabbed more than 700 people in northeast Pennsylvania for immigration violations from late 2014 through May, an analysis of immigration arrests data found. However, a local lawyer specializing in immigration defense cases says the numbers are much higher — and rising under President Donald Trump. “No way,” Scranton...
Woman, 2 grandchildren killed in Philadelphia rowhome fire
PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say a fire at a Philadelphia rowhome packed with personal items has killed a woman and her two young grandchildren. The fire broke out in the woman’s home around 1 p.m. Saturday and was brought under control about 90 minutes later. The victims were all found in...
Sick of Pa. Turnpike toll increases? Here’s how and why this is happening
It’s a new year, which means there’s a new toll hike for commuters on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Northeast Extension. Lo and behold, motorists aren’t thrilled. • I travel the Pennsylvania Turnpike every day for my work. I have seen tolls increase and continue to increase at an alarming rate...
Man arrested for stealing guitars tells TV cameras ‘Go Eagles’
“Go Eagles” was all a suspected burglar had to say to TV cameras after police in central Pa. arrested him. Dale Sourbeck, 49 of Pittston, was arrested and accused of stealing guitars from Rock Street Music on Thursday, according WNEP-TV. Police caught up with Sourbeck after the license plate of...
Pennsylvania mom charged with assaulting infant triplets
BETHLEHEM — A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with battering her infant triplets. Lehigh County prosecutors said Thursday that 52-year-old Ann Henry of Bethlehem injured her children in September 2016, when they were 8 weeks old. One infant suffered a broken arm, another suffered fractured ribs and the third had...
AP report: Big jump in U.S. Catholic dioceses naming names
PHILADELPHIA — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press...
Police charge 15-year-old Philadelphia mom after newborn found dumped in trash
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police on Wednesday charged a 15-year-old girl with murder because she allegedly placed her newborn son in the trash in a North Philadelphia street. The girl, Jani Morris, was arrested when the infant’s body was discovered Monday night, police said. She was charged with murder, endangering welfare...
Penn State moves to trademark the Happy Valley nickname
STATE COLLEGE — It’s sometimes called State College and sometimes University Park, but Penn State wants to ensure it holds the trademark when it’s called Happy Valley. The Centre Daily Times reported Wednesday the university asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last month to trademark the term that refers...
Can Trump win Pa. again in 2020? GOP increasingly concerned
HARRISBURG — Democratic energy in the perennial battleground state of Pennsylvania is raising questions about President Donald Trump’s ability to replicate his stunning 2016 win in a state Republicans hadn’t carried for nearly two decades. Democrats animated by an anti-Trump fervor scored big victories in county and municipal races across...
Boy dies of injuries at Poconos ski resort
ALLENTOWN — A 17-year-old boy has died after an accident at a ski resort in eastern Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain Resort spokeswoman Tricia Matsko says the boy was injured around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The boy was taken to Palmerton Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities have not said how the...
Lawsuit: 2nd officer attacked by police dog in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE — A second police officer has been added to a lawsuit against the city of Wilkes-Barre over alleged attacks by a police dog. The suit claims the two officers were attacked separately by the dog, named Chase, and that the city put the dog and its handler into service...
Stabbed man drives into SUV, killing 3 in Philadelphia, including Mummer’s Parade musicians
PHILADELPHIA — Police say a man suffering from multiple stab wounds was driving in Philadelphia when he struck a car, killing two members of a Mummer’s string band and a third person. Police said the 29-year-old man drove his car into an SUV with four people inside about 1:45 a.m....
