CRIME & SAFETY
Victim identified in fatal Harford County party bus crash that hospitalized 23 people
Police identified the person who died Sunday morning in a Harford County party bus crash as Alexis Nicole Kegler, a 30-year-old from Philadelphia. Kegler died after the bus hit an Interstate 95 guardrail around 6 a.m., sending 23 people to area hospitals, according to fire and police officials. She was a tech support analyst at Verizon and had studied computer science and network security at ...
York County tractor trailer driver charged with causing deadly crash in Lancaster County in October 2022
WILLOW STREET, Pa. — A York County man has been charged with homicide by vehicle and other offenses after police say he caused a deadly crash in Lancaster County in 2022. Ryan G. Schilling, 42, of Red Lion, was driving a tractor trailer truck that struck a passenger vehicle at the intersection of Route 272 South (Willow Street Pike) and Long Lane (Route 741) in West Lampeter Township on Oct. 11, 2022, police said.
Claims against police officer, students dismissed in suit over Red Lion teen's suicide
A claim against a school resource officer in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a gay Red Lion Area Senior High School student who committed suicide after being bullied at school has been dismissed, according to a ruling by a federal judge. U.S. Middle District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson also dismissed a...
Several scrap metal yards broken into, around $30,000 in cash stolen
YORK CO, Pa. (WHP) — Several local scrap metal recycling yards are trying to piece together who stole a combined amount of over $20,000 from their businesses. Suspects were caught on camera at Eastco Enterprise in York County. “They knew what they were coming for. They were coming for...
Harford sheriff doubles down on opposition to $1 million settlement, admonishes victim’s wife for buying gun
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler doubled down on his opposition to a $1 million settlement in the fatal shooting of John Fauver by deputies in 2022 in a video posted Monday. In the video, the second he has posted criticizing the county administration and the County Council over the settlement, Gahler also admonished Fauver’s wife, who he said purchased one of the weapons present in ...
Oxygen plus smoking equals horrific tragedy: Hanover firefighters show what can happen
It's a potentially fatal mixture: high levels of pure oxygen flowing through tubing, and the flame from a lit cigarette. In the wake of three fatal oxygen fires in York County since the beginning of 2024, Hanover Area Fire & Rescue Chief Tony Clousher and his crew set up a demonstration of what can happen when a person smokes while on oxygen.
Vehicle fatally struck Canada geese in Springettsbury Twp.: Information sought
Only one gosling has survived after a vehicle struck a family of Canada geese crossing East Market Street in Springettsbury Township on Friday evening, said Tracie Young, wildlife rehabilitator and director at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center. Gabbie Fisher and her wife, Katie, of Hallam came upon on the injured waterfowl...
Search for missing Tracy Scanlon continues as teams scour creeks in York County last week
Law enforcement searched both the land and the Little Conewago and Conewago creeks in York County last week in an effort to find Tracy Scanlon, who has been missing for months and is believed to be a homicide victim. The Susquehanna Township Police Department in Dauphin County thanked the many...
Woman pleads guilty to causing suicide as criminal homicide while camping at Pinchot Park
A Philadelphia-area woman who was accused of killing her girlfriend while camping at Gifford Pinchot State Park in Warrington Township in 2020 pleaded guilty to one count of causing suicide as criminal homicide. Jolie Harris, 44, of Broomall, entered a guilty plea last week to one count of Causing Suicide...
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