Pleasant Gap
CRIME & SAFETY
Fundraising Campaign Established for Family of Bellefonte Teen Who Drowned at Raystown Lake
Community members have been quick to support a fundraising campaign for the family of a Bellefonte teenager who died while swimming at Raystown Lake on Saturday. A GoFundMe for the family of 16-year-old Nathan Dan has raised nearly $10,000 of its $15,000 goal as of 3 p.m. on Monday, just hours after the page was created. "Please support Nathan’s family as they go through this devastating loss," Shanna Servant, the organizer of the campaign, wrote. "We are hoping to ensure Nathan’s family doesn’t have to carry the financial burden of the memorial on top of everything else they are enduring. Any and...
Man killed by IMPD during 2023 hostage situation had DNA in his semi of woman found murdered in Pennsylvania
INDIANAPOLIS — A man shot and killed by an IMPD officer while the man was reportedly holding a woman hostage is now connected to a mother found murdered in Pennsylvania. Michelle Tayse, 48, was found stabbed to death in Erie County after first responders put out a small brush fire on the side of Interstate 90 on Nov. 17, 2023.
Police prepare to enforce new state law aimed to curb distracted driving
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Don’t pick up that phone!. That’s the message police officers like LuAnna Brook are giving drivers. “In 2022, there were over 3,300 deaths associated [with] distracted driving, and those are the only ones reported as distracted driving,” Brook said. Officer Brook has...
Inmate Wins Compassionate Release Order Hours After Being Rushed to Hospital, Put on Life Support
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An ailing prison inmate serving a life sentence in Pennsylvania for killing a man during a 1975 robbery won a compassionate release order from a judge Monday, although the order came hours after he was put on life support. Ezra Bozeman, 68, won the release...
Two firefighters injured battling fire in Milroy
MIFFLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Two firefighters were injured as fire ripped through the Lewistown Cabinet Center in Milroy. Both were taken to the hospital and are expected to recover, according to Milroy EMS chief, Matthew Shaffer. Firefighters were called to 200 Water Street around 4 p.m. on Saturday...
Pennsylvania Man with Active Warrant Arrested In Worcester County
OCEAN PINES, MD - A Pennsylvania man with an active warrant was arrested after attempting to flee and drive without a license in Worcester County. On May 16th, an Ocean Pines Police Department officer observed a subject known to him as John Pasquariello driving on Mumford's Landing Road in Ocean Pines and initiated a traffic stop. OPPD say the officer was aware of the open warrant for Pasquariello from the State of Pennsylvania.
Iowa State Patrol: Semi-truck driver hospitalized after rear-ending farm equipment
MAHASKA COUNTY, Iowa — A Pennsylvania man is hospitalized with "life-threatening injuries" after rear-ending farming equipment in rural Mahaska County on Friday afternoon, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash report. Officials believe a semi-truck driven by 49-year-old Robert Weed hit a field sprayer while both vehicles were headed...
Pennsylvania parents push back against drug criminalization
About a year before Tyler Cordeiro died of a drug overdose, his mother, Susan Ousterman, said he witnessed his friend die of one after they had used together. “He was distraught and grieving over his friend,” said Ousterman, who lives in Bucks County. “But he didn’t get to [fully] do that, because he was so terrified he would be arrested for his friend’s death.”
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