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Cold Case Cracked By DNA Ends With Life Sentence In PA Robbery Killing Cold Case Cracked By DNA Ends With Life Sentence In PA Robbery Killing
Cold Case Cracked By DNA Ends With Life Sentence In PA Robbery Killing A Pennsylvania cold case that sat unsolved for more than a decade has finally come to an end. Shawn D. Jones, 55, was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison after pleading guilty Wednesday, July 29, to second-degree murder, burglary, and robbery in the 2013 killing of Allan Wayne Hess, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Jones had been scheduled to stand trial in August before entering the guilty plea. Hess, 59, was found stabbed to death inside a residence in the 200 block of West Walnut Street in Lancaster in January 2013. Investigators spent years chasin…

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Serial Bank Robber From NY Caught Fleeing PA Bank With Bag Of Cash Sentenced Serial Bank Robber From NY Caught Fleeing PA Bank With Bag Of Cash Sentenced
Serial Bank Robber From NY Caught Fleeing PA Bank With Bag Of Cash Sentenced The New York man who was caught fleeing a Pennsylvania bank with a bag of stolen cash has learned his punishment. Marc Masich, 48, of Amherst, NY, was sentenced Wednesday, July 29, after admitting to a six-bank robbery spree that targeted financial institutions in Bucks, Delaware, and Montgomery counties during late 2024, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office announced. Bucks County President Judge Raymond F. McHugh sentenced Masich to nine to 18 years in state prison. He was also ordered to pay $20,255 in restitution and have no contact with the six banks or the six employees involve…

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Undercover Sting: PA Tobacco Hut Manager Sold Vape To 'Underage Buyer' Undercover Sting: PA Tobacco Hut Manager Sold Vape To 'Underage Buyer'
Undercover Sting: PA Tobacco Hut Manager Sold Vape To 'Underage Buyer' A Tobacco Hut manager has been convicted after police say he sold a nicotine vape to an underage buyer during an undercover operation in York County. Nashwan Moseleh Abdulla Mozeb, 35, of Hanover, was charged with selling tobacco products to minors after an investigation at Tobacco Hut, 1055 Baltimore St. in Penn Township, according to a release issued Wednesday, July 29. The investigation began after the Penn Township Police Department received multiple complaints that the business was illegally selling tobacco and nicotine products to people younger than 21, police said. Detectives with …

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Back-Stabbing Roommate Charged With Attempted Homicide After Man's Neck Slashed: DA (UPDATE) Back-Stabbing Roommate Charged With Attempted Homicide After Man's Neck Slashed: DA (UPDATE)
Back-Stabbing Roommate Charged With Attempted Homicide After Man's Neck Slashed: DA (Update) A roommate has been charged with attempted homicide after police say an argument inside a Pennsylvania home ended with a man being stabbed in the neck and back. Wilson Borough Police responded to the 1800 block of Fairview Avenue at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28, for a reported altercation involving a knife, Northampton County District Attorney Stephen G. Baratta announced in a release issued Wednesday, July 29. Officers found two men inside the home. One had suffered a laceration to his neck and was drifting in and out of consciousness before being taken to a local hospital …

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'Call Me' Sign Seen As PA Probationer Exposes Himself In Window: Police 'Call Me' Sign Seen As PA Probationer Exposes Himself In Window: Police
'Call Me' Sign Seen As PA Probationer Exposes Himself In Window: Police A Pennsylvania probationer is accused of exposing himself in an upstairs window while displaying a "call me" sign as children played outside, police said. Robert Arthur Fox, 55, of Easton, was charged with two counts each of indecent exposure and open lewdness following an investigation into the July 8 incident at a home in the 2800 block of Falk Street in Forks Township, according to a release issued Wednesday, July 29. Fox is serving probation after pleading guilty last year in two separate Northampton County cases involving open lewdness and indecent exposure, court records show. He was …

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2 Child Sex Assault Cases Filed Against Homeless PA Man 2 Child Sex Assault Cases Filed Against Homeless PA Man
2 Child Sex Assault Cases Filed Against Homeless PA Man A homeless man has been charged in two separate child sexual assaults, authorities announced Wednesday, July 29. Jonathan Taylor Smith, 32, was charged in each case with two counts of indecent assault and one count of corruption of minors following incidents reported on Harrison Avenue on Sunday, Feb. 2, and Wednesday, Feb. 5, according to releases issued by the Waynesboro Police Department. The exact changes against Smith in both cases are felony indecent assault of a person younger than 13, felony corruption of minors, and misdemeanor indecent assault without consent, court records show. …

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Crash Shuts Down US-22 East In Dauphin County After Tractor-Trailers Collide (DEVELOPING) Crash Shuts Down US-22 East In Dauphin County After Tractor-Trailers Collide (DEVELOPING)
Crash Shuts Down US-22 East In Dauphin County After Tractor-Trailers Collide (Developing) A stretch of US-22 East in Dauphin County is closed Tuesday evening, July 28, after two tractor-trailers and a passenger vehicle crashed during the recovery of an earlier incident, PennDOT said. The crash happened near mile marker 237, just outside Dauphin Borough near the Mini Statue of Liberty, according to PennDOT spokeswoman Fritzi Schreffler. A tractor-trailer involved in an earlier incident was being recovered when another tractor-trailer jackknifed into it. A passenger vehicle then crashed into the wreckage, Schreffler said in an email to media. Both eastbound lanes of US-22 were cl…

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Racist Death Threats Against Sheriff Ends In PA Man's Arrest: Prosecutors Racist Death Threats Against Sheriff Ends In PA Man's Arrest: Prosecutors
Racist Death Threats Against Sheriff Ends In PA Man's Arrest: Prosecutors A Pennsylvania man was charged after leaving racist, anti-Muslim voicemails threatening to kill Sheriff Siddiq Kamara, authorities announced Tuesday, July 28. Sean Michael Keenan, 40, of Havertown, is charged with felony counts of terroristic threats and ethnic intimidation, along with misdemeanor harassment and summary disorderly conduct after investigators linked the threatening calls to his personal and work phones, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 28. The Delaware County Sheriff's Office received two voicemails on its main office line late on July 18…

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Newly Engaged Motorcyclist ID'd After Fatal Tractor-Trailer Crash In Dauphin County (UPDATE) Newly Engaged Motorcyclist ID'd After Fatal Tractor-Trailer Crash In Dauphin County (UPDATE)
Newly Engaged Motorcyclist ID'd After Fatal Tractor-Trailer Crash In Dauphin County (Update) A newly engaged man has been identified as the motorcyclist killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer. Marc Rivera, 29, of Lower Swatara Township, died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in the motorcycle collision, and his death has been ruled accidental, Dauphin County Coroner officials told Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 28. Lower Swatara Township Police responded to the 2000 block of North Union Street at approximately 4:35 a.m. Saturday, July 25, for a reported crash involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer. Officers began lifesaving efforts until firefighters and EMS cr…

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Roommate Charged After Dead Man's Body Dumped In PA Woods: Police Roommate Charged After Dead Man's Body Dumped In PA Woods: Police
Roommate Charged After Dead Man's Body Dumped In PA Woods: Police A Pennsylvania man is accused of moving his roommate's body from their home and abandoning it in a wooded area instead of calling 911, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 28. Anastacio Gonzalez Larios, 60, of Gettysburg, has been charged with abuse of a corpse and obstructing administration of law after Pennsylvania State Police identified the man found dead off Upper Temple Road in Menallen Township on Sunday, July 26, as Marcello Oliverio Soto Escobar Martinez, according to the criminal complaint. Troopers were called to the wooded area around 11:18 a.m. …

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PA Man Wanted After Allegedly Fleeing To UAE After Child Pornography Charges PA Man Wanted After Allegedly Fleeing To UAE After Child Pornography Charges
PA Man Wanted After Allegedly Fleeing To UAE After Child Pornography Charges A Pennsylvania man accused of possessing child pornography is wanted after authorities say he fled the United States to the United Arab Emirates. Shahnoor Khurram Afridi, 19, of Chalfont, Bucks County, is charged with sexual abuse of children involving child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communication facility, according to New Britain Township Police. The investigation began after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children received four CyberTips submitted by Yahoo, Snapchat, and Facebook, investigators wrote in the affidavit obtained by Daily Voice. Investigat…

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Registered Sex Offender Threatens Gov. Shapiro From PA Prison Registered Sex Offender Threatens Gov. Shapiro From PA Prison
Registered Sex Offender Threatens Gov. Shapiro From PA Prison A registered sex offender serving prison time for rape and multiple assaults on corrections officers is facing new charges after allegedly threatening Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, First Lady Lori Shapiro, and the Governor's Residence from behind bars, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Corey Alan Bennett, 34, an inmate at SCI Camp Hill, is accused of writing two letters addressed to separate county clerks containing threats against the governor, his wife, and the Governor's Residence, according to a release issued Monday, July 27. Prison staff intercepted both letters before they wer…

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