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Motorcyclist Killed In Unhelmeted PA Crash ID'd: Coroner
A 44-year-old Hereford man was killed in an unhelmeted motorcycle crash in Lehigh County over the weekend, authorities said. Michael A. Silvers was riding a motorcycle when it collided with another vehicle at Beverly Hills and Sheridan roads in Lower Milford Township around 12:49 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. Silvers was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:47 p.m. He died of blunt-force head trauma, and his death was ruled accidental, Coroner Daniel A. Buglio’s office said. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, the coroner said. A GoF…
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Illegal Votes In 2024 Election Lands Four Charges In PA, NJ: DOJ
Four people in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been charged in separate federal cases tied to alleged illegal voting and fraudulent voter registration during the 2024 election, the Department of Justice announced Friday, Sept. 4. A Carlisle couple and a Harrisburg woman were indicted in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, while a Union County woman faces a charge in New Jersey, according to the DOJ. Thomas Holtzman, 68, and Marisol Guzman, 50, of Carlisle, were charged in connection with Guzman allegedly voting in the 2024 election despite not being a U.S. citizen, federal prosecutors sai…
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Barn Roof Hurled Through Graveyard As NWS Confirms 3 More PA Tornadoes
Three more tornadoes ripped through four Pennsylvania counties less than two weeks after four twisters battered York and Lancaster counties, the National Weather Service confirmed on Friday, Sept. 4. All three tornadoes from the Tuesday, Sept. 1 storms were rated EF1. They carved a combined 8.45-mile path through Potter, Tioga, Montour, and Lancaster counties, according to the NWS. No injuries or deaths were reported. The latest tornado confirmed it touched down near Gap in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, at 7:44 p.m. Packing estimated peak winds of 90 mph, the tornado ripped the ro…
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Driver Hospitalized After Car Crashes Through Fence, Rolls Into PA Yard
A car crashed through a fence and rolled onto its side in the yard of a Franklin County home on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 5, firefighters said. The crash happened around 1 p.m. in the 1400 block of Walker Road in Greene Township, according to the Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department. Company 7 was dispatched for a possible entrapment and found the red sedan overturned in the property’s yard. Photos shared by firefighters show the vehicle appeared to have broken through a roadside fence before flipping onto its side. The lone occupant got out with help from the property owner before rescu…
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Dad Of 3, Recovery Supporter Killed In PA Pedestrian Crash
A 39-year-old pedestrian killed after being struck by a vehicle in South Whitehall Township has been identified as a father of three who helped others fighting addiction. Brian J. Carney Jr. was hit in the 3300 block of Hamilton Boulevard at approximately 11:10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Carney was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m., according to the coroner. An autopsy performed the following day found he died of blunt-force injuries. His manner of death remains under investigation. Carney had b…
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Wrestler Collapses In Ring, Dies During PA Match, 48
Andy Williams, the guitarist for the band "Every Time I Die" who became a professional wrestler known as "The Butcher," has died after collapsing at the end of a match in Pennsylvania, industry organizations confirm. He was 48 years old. Williams collapsed Saturday evening, Sept. 5, during a show at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale, located outside of Pittsburgh, according to the promoter, Enjoy Wrestling. The event, reportedly a tag team match alongside his partner, The Blade, against TME, according to TMZ. CPR was administered until the ambulance arrived, Enjoy Wrestling said. All…
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Duct-Taped Realtor Fired, FBI Eyes Charges For Mid-Air Meltdown That Prompted Divert: Report
The man who was restrained with duct tape by a gun range owner and a retired police officer on a Newark-bound flight has been identified as a longtime Arizona real estate broker whose company cut ties with him after learning of the incident, Daily Voice has learned. Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of Tucson, AZ, is charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct in connection with the Thursday, Sept. 3, incident, Maryland court records show. Lundeen was an associate broker, realtor and vice president member of the executive council at Long Realty Company, where his LinkedIn pro…
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Team USA Triathlete Drowned On Long Island — Then A Warning Sign Went Up: Report
The man who drowned during a morning swim off Long Island was no novice in the water. Spencer M. Korwin, the 38-year-old Manhattan man found dead off Shelter Island on Wednesday, Sept. 2, was a Team USA triathlete who trained for Ironman competitions and built a career around health and fitness, according to his LinkedIn profile. And the waters where Korwin died were not generally considered hazardous for swimmers, Shelter Island Police Chief James Read told The Suffolk Times. Korwin was visiting Shelter Island with his family when he left a dock near Crescent Beach for a swim around 8 a.m…
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2 Critically Hurt, 14 Hospitalized In 7-Vehicle Route 15 Crash In PA (
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Fourteen people were taken to hospitals, including two who were flown from the scene in critical but stable condition, after a tractor-trailer overturned during a seven-vehicle crash on Route 15 in Dillsburg, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Route 15 and Mountain Road in York County. Sixteen people were involved in the crash, which was handled as a mass-casualty incident, according to York County Office of Emergency Management. Two people refused medical treatment. A person had to be extricated from a vehicle, Czech said. Two patients — includi…
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Crashed Massachusetts Plane Belonged To Flight School; 2 Dead
A plane that crashed in Western Massachusetts, killing two people and sparking an hours-long overnight search, was part of the fleet of a flight school and rental service, Daily Voice has learned. The aircraft belonged to Plymouth-based Alpha One Flight Services, and the crash was the first fatal one in the business' 38-year history, according to the company. The school's founder, Christopher Hyldburg, released the following statement: "It is with profound sadness we confirm the victims and the aircraft involved in the accident in Ludlow, MA last night was part of Alpha One's a…
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Gun Range Owner Duct-Tapes Passenger To Seat On Newark-Bound Flight
NEW UPDATE: Duct-Taped Realtor Fired, FBI Reportedly Eyes Charges Following Midair Meltdown Richard O'Lenick hates flying. So when an unruly passenger aboard his Newark-bound flight looked him in the eye and said the plane was going to crash on Thursday, Sept. 3, it didn't exactly help. Especially considering 53-year-old O'Lenick, of Sparta, was practically sitting on the man's lap, helping restrain him (scroll down for video). O'Lenick, who owns Gun for Hire in Woodland Park, and his employee, Juan Mejia, a retired Weehawken police officer, were heading home from a gun expo …
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Alix Earle's Dad Reveals How Affair With Eliot Spitzer Escort Began In Daughter's Netflix Show
New Jersey Alix Earle's father is opening up about the early stages of his relationship with his now-wife, which began as an affair after she was thrust into the spotlight in the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. Thomas "TJ" Earle, a construction magnate from Monmouth County, addressed his relationship with Ashley Dupré on Netflix's "Earle Meets World," recalling how they met while he was still married to Alix's mother, Alisa Earle. The two met "by chance" at a bar while he was married to Alix's mother, Alisa, Earle said in a confessional on the show. Dupré had previously made headlines …
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Acid Leak From Tractor-Trailer Shuts Down I-83 In Both Directions In York County (
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A tractor-trailer carrying phosphoric acid crashed and caught fire on Interstate 83 in York County, leaking the chemical onto the roadway and shutting down the highway in both directions Friday night, Sept. 4, officials said. Pennsylvania State Police were notified at approximately 7:16 p.m. of a tractor-trailer leaking an unknown liquid near mile marker 32 southbound in Newberry Township, according to a release from Troop J, York. The tractor-trailer was the only vehicle involved in the crash, authorities clarified. The truck caught fire following the crash, but responding crews quickly e…
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Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Drops Key Claim Before Hearing
Convicted child sex offender and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky spent nearly a year fighting for a hearing on a purported victim recantation. Five days before it was set to begin, he abruptly dropped the claim — and prosecutors say they had amassed evidence ready to rebut it. Now, the 82-year-old will have to answer to a judge about that decision. Senior Judge Maureen A. Skerda ruled after a status conference on Friday, Sept. 4, that Sandusky may appear remotely at a 9:30 a.m. proceeding Tuesday, Sept. 8, for a colloquy to determine whether he understands his withdrawal. At…
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Trump Weighs In On Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
President Donald Trump is weighing in on the Lindsay Clancy murder case after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial. In a press conference from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters: "I assume there’s going to be another trial. It’s a terrible situation. Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can’t be worse. “But you’ll find out what the price to pay is. There’ll be a price. It’s going to be a mental institution or jail or something. But I guess they’re going to go through another trial. It’s too bad." On Friday, Sept. 4, as deliberations entered the seventh day, the jury informed …
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Soccer Coach Detained By ICE After Years Of PA Traffic Stops, Police Say
A 26-year-old soccer coach now held at a central Pennsylvania ICE facility had a years-long trail of traffic stops across the region before his arrest last month, police and court records show. Amson Charleston was taken into custody by Philadelphia ICE officers on Sunday, Aug. 24, after a West York Borough traffic stop, DHS said. He is being held at the Moshannon Valley ICE Processing Center in Clearfield County pending removal proceedings. Charleston’s detention has drawn community support for the Lincoln Charter School IT specialist, translator, soccer coach, and Central Penn College gra…
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Judge Officially Calls Mistrial In Lindsay Clancy Case: What Next?
Lindsay Clancy's murder trial has officially ended in a mistrial after the 12-person jury said it could not unanimously decide whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. UPDATE: President Trump has weighed in on the Lindsay Clancy mistrial. Click here to read more. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Friday afternoon, Sept. 4, the seventh day of deliberations, after Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington filed a last-ditch emergency appeal. The jury stood at 11-1 in favor of acquitting Clancy, though it remained unclear which cha…
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SEPTA Bus Gets Stuck In Fresh Concrete Moments After Pothole Repair: Video
A SEPTA bus became stuck in freshly poured concrete just moments after crews repaired potholes outside a landmark South Philadelphia bakery, video shows. The bus drove into the newly filled section of the 1500 block of South 8th Street around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, according to Termini Brothers Bakery. Surveillance video shared by the bakery shows the bus entering the work area before becoming lodged in the wet concrete. “Literally 2 minutes after the holes were filled with concrete this happens,” Termini Brothers wrote on Facebook. The bus remained stuck for several hours before it…
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Pickup Smashes Into PSP Barracks; Ex-Con Held On $6M Bail (
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A police communications officer was injured when a pickup truck crashed into the Pennsylvania State Police barracks on Thursday evening, authorities said. The pickup drove into the Honesdale station in Cherry Ridge Township in Wayne County at about 6:53 p.m. Sept. 3, damaging the building’s entrance and communications room and disrupting telephone service, state police said. The communications officer inside the room suffered minor injuries, police said. The driver fled on foot but was found a short time later along Ski Run Road, where state police and Honesdale Borough police took him int…
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Man Hides In Drainage Channel Behind PA Mall To Avoid Arrest: Police
A man with an outstanding bench warrant tried hiding in a water drainage channel behind a shopping center before fleeing officers on foot, police said. West Lampeter Township officers were on proactive patrol near Willow Street Pike and Long Lane at about 11:18 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, when they spotted Charles H. Null, 60, police said. Null briefly avoided officers by hiding in a drainage channel behind Kendig Square Mall at 2600 Willow Street Pike in Lancaster, according to police. An officer found him and told him he was under arrest, but Null then tried to run away, police said. He was q…
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PA Woman Found Injured After Ride Leads To Unzipped Driver’s Rape, Kidnapping Conviction
A man was convicted of raping and kidnapping a woman who was found injured and highly intoxicated along a quiet Pennsylvania road after a night at a bar, authorities said. Erik Contes, 43, of Whitehall Township, was found guilty of rape, kidnapping to facilitate a felony, sexual assault, and indecent assault on Thursday, Sept. 3, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said. The jury began hearing the case Tuesday, Sept. 1, before Judge Robert L. Steinberg and returned its verdict after several hours of deliberation. Contes faces 26 to 52 years in state prison. He will also be evalua…
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'American Idol' Star Caught Shoplifting From Target: Report
A 39-year-old former "American Idol" contestant is facing charges out of a Jersey Shore town for allegedly stealing from a Target store. Antonella M. Barba was charged on Monday, Aug. 10, and charged with shoplifting merchandise valued at less than $200 in Ocean Township (Monmouth County). Barba pleaded not guilty, and the case remains active. A court date is scheduled for Nov. 18. Barba, who lives in East Orange but is a Point Pleasant native, is accused of stealing from the Seaview Square Shopping Center on Route 66, NJ Advance Media reports. According to the outlet, police resp…
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Chilling 'Demon' Searches Revealed As Bodycam Captures Discovery Of PennWest Soccer Star
Newly released bodycam footage shows the chilling moment a police officer followed an Apple AirTag to a missing PennWest soccer player's Jeep and discovered 18-year-old Karoline Heintz's bloodied body — while newly released phone evidence reveals her boyfriend's searches about demons, murder, fingerprints, and the death penalty. WARNING: The body-camera footage and evidence released in this case contain graphic and disturbing images. Daily Voice is not publishing photographs showing Heintz's body, but this article does include some disturbing descriptions. The footage and dozens of evidence …
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Motorcyclist Killed In PA Crash ID'd: Coroner
The man was killed in a crash involving his motorcycle and another vehicle in Pennsylvania, Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Samuel Rodriguez Jr., 43, of Ephrata, was pronounced dead at the scene after the two-vehicle crash in Lancaster City around 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni. Rodriguez suffered traumatic head injuries, the coroner said. His death was ruled accidental. Lancaster City police initially said officers were dispatched around 4:20 p.m. to New Holland Avenue and McGrann Boulevard for a crash involving a motorcycle…
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Cessna Rocked, Climbed Before Hitting PA State Police Helicopter: NTSB
A pilot acknowledged a police helicopter crew's request to extend his flight path — but turned toward the runway instead, beginning a bizarre final sequence that ended with his Cessna slamming into the hovering chopper, according to federal investigators's report on Wednesday, Sept. 2. The National Transportation Safety Board has released new findings on the Wednesday, Aug. 19 collision at Carlisle Regional Airport that killed 57-year-old Dr. Paul William Sokoloski of Hershey and seriously injured two Pennsylvania State Police troopers. The report provides the clearest picture yet of what h…
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AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages
If your favorite AI chatbot suddenly stopped answering Thursday morning, Sept. 3, you weren't alone. Tens of thousands of users reported problems with some of the world's biggest artificial intelligence platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all saw spikes in outage complaints, according to Downdetector. OpenAI's ChatGPT appeared to take the biggest hit. More than 37,000 outage reports had been filed for the service by around 11 a.m. ET, Forbes reported, citing Downdetector. Reports began surging after 9 a.m. and climbed sharply around 11 a.m. OpenAI confirmed it was investigating…
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Horse Slaughter Transport Tied To PA Facility Leads To Trucker's Arrest In New York: Police
A Pennsylvania trucker transporting horses for slaughter in Canada has been arrested in New York, police said. Robert M. Seitz, of Lewistown, PA, was pulled over around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 on U.S. Route 11 south of De Kalb, NY, according to state police. Inside his trailer, troopers found multiple horses “tagged for transport to Canada for slaughter,” investigators said. New York State Police had been investigating a facility in Pennsylvania, Rotz’s Livestock in Shippensburg, owned by Bruce Rotz, according to authorities. They received a complaint on Friday, Aug. 28 about Rotz truc…
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The Athletic Reveals Findings On Dianna Russini, Mike Vrabel Relationship
A brand-new report by "The Athletic" found Dianna Russini, one of its lead NFL reporters, violated the outlet's standards by not disclosing her relationship with New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel. Russini, who lives in Wyckoff, New Jersey, with her husband and children, resigned in April after Page Six published photos of the two at a resort in Sedona, AZ. Pictures showed them lounging around a pool, hugging, and holding hands, which sparked a firestorm of controversy around the league and a heated debate over journalistic ethics. The Athletic said it did not conclude …
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Gov. Shapiro Joins Lawsuit Over Funding For Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Teens
New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office is joining several other states in suing the Trump administration over a new federal rule restricting federal funding for gender-affirming care provided to transgender teenagers. James joined 20 other attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in filing the lawsuit on Wednesday, Sept. 2, challenging a rule issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Several other attorneys general are joining New York in the lawsuit, including Connecticut, Maryland, Ma…
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Man Convicted In Teen Rape Case Tied To Ex-Lancaster Cop Sentenced
A Lancaster County man convicted of raping a teenage girl nearly three decades ago in a case later tied to a former city police officer’s sexual abuse of the same victim has been sentenced. Roberto Rosario, 46, of Caernarvon Township, was found guilty in April of rape by forcible compulsion, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion, and sexual assault. The now-44-year-old survivor had gone back to police decades later seeking a copy of her original report, prompting an investigation that ultimately led to charges against Rosario and former Lancaster City Bureau of Polic…
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$683K Gold-Bar Scam Targeting 78-Year-Old PA Woman Led By NY Men: Prosecutors
A 78-year-old Pennsylvania woman was convinced that her identity and Social Security number had been compromised before New York scammers directed her to hand over $683,000 in gold bars, prosecutors said. The South Whitehall Township woman, whose name was withheld, was contacted by people claiming to represent “American Bank” weeks before police were called to Luther Crest Senior Living on June 30, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office. The callers told her to transfer her assets into a newly acquired account because her personal information had been compromised, authori…
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