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Lower Paxton, PA
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Former US Navy Sailor With Ties to Central PA Dies Of COVID
A daughter is asking her community for help after her father loses his battle against COVID-19. Brandon C. Smith, 50, of Swatara Township, died at UPMC Pinnacle in Harrisburg on Sept. 29 at 1:15 a.m., according to his daughter. His daughter, Jordan Williams was at his side when he passed after a two and a half week long battle with COVID-19 with pneumonia. Smith was the son of the late Lloyd V. “Jack” Smith and Sheryl L. “Sherry” (Dickinson) Heim, of Mechanicsburg, according to his obituary. He attended Central Dauphin East High School. Smith served in the US Navy, serving on the USS JFK…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Central PA High School Senior Killed In DUI Crash, Relative Charged
A high school senior was killed by a relative in a crash on Sunday, according to Swatara Township police. Sajan Basnet, 22, Harrisburg, has been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and related charges following the head-on crash. Basnet was drunk and speeding when he crashed at the intersection of 61st and Ann streets around 11:40 p.m., according to police and as Daily Voice previously reported. His exact blood alcohol level and speed have not been released. Pujan Basnet, 18, was in the passenger seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Basnet’s death was ruled accidental as a resul…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Firefighter Among 3 Hospitalized In Dauphin County Fire
A firefighter and two residents were injured in a house fire in Dauphin County early Tuesday morning, according to Swatara Fire 91. The fire broke out in the 1000 block of Main Street in Swatara Township, around 2:30 a.m. Overnight Truck 32 was dispatched as the 2nd due Truck to a house fire in Swatara Fire 91 first due. First arriving... Posted by Progress Fire 32 on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 All three victims were hospitalized. The lineman from Engine 91 who was injured has since been released. The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental.
Lower Paxton, PA
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Armed Robber Holds Harrisburg 7-Eleven Clerk At Knifepoint, Police Say
A Mechanicsburg man held a 7-11 clerk at knife point during an armed robbery on Saturday night, according to Swatara Township police. Eldridge Larry Matherly III, 38, was wearing a mask, hoodie and gloves at the time of the robbery, but the police along with detectives from the Harrisburg bureau of police, were able to identify him. Matherly has a criminal record in Dauphinand Cumberland counties for theft, burglary and drugs. Matherly is currently being held in the Dauphin County Prison on unrelated charges pending his arraignment on the robbery offenses, according to police. No court …
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
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SUNY Police Officer Dies In Motorcycle Crash In Central Pennsylvania, State Police Say
A New York man died in a motorcycle crash along Interstate 81 on Thursday, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Lebanon County. Robert J. Mesec, 44, of Plattsburgh, New York, left the roadway and was killed near mile marker 94.8 in Swatara Township around 3:13 p.m. Mesec failing to negotiate a right curve, drifting over the yellow fog line into the left shoulder and onto the rumble strips, state police said. That's when he struck a guard rail and was ejected from his motorcycle. Southbound I-81 lanes were closed between exit 100 to Route 443 to Pine Grove and exit 90 to Route 72 to…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Man Trying To Rape Family Member Hospitalized In Harrisburg, Police Says
A Swatara Township man has been hospitalized following an attempted incestual sexual assault incident, according to Swatara Township police. Police were called to a report of an assault with a knife at the Bistline House located at 1291 South 28th Street on Friday at approximately 3:20 p.m. Upon arrival police found two people with knife wounds--the man's wounds were life threatening. The man was treated by the officers at the scene by life saving measures. Emergency Medical Service workers arrived shortly after the officers and continued to provide treatment. One person was immediatel…
Lower Paxton, PA
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CAR? Possible Abductor Want By Police In Dauphin County
A man attempted to abduct a student in Swatara Township, police are searching for him and his vehicle. Swatara Township Police were dispatched to Walnut Road in the area of Reynders Street for a suspicious vehicle operated by a white man on Tuesday, around 7:45 a.m. The car stopped momentarily in the street and made a comment to a female student walking to school, school administrators told police. The car left the area eastbound on Walnut Road. The student continued walking to school and reported the incident to administrators. The car was not found in the area following the incident. …
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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GOT HIM! Parolee's GPS Ankle Monitor Help Police In Cumberland Catch Criminal
A friend's ankle monitor helped detectives locate a "good kid" turned robber with illegal firearms. Jayden Markees Selvey 21, was "trying to stay out of trouble" in 2015 when ABC27 interviewed him about his lifeguard job as part of a crime prevention program, Abraxas, which gave at risk youth job opportunities through a grant to the city of Harrisburg provided by Highmark. "[I’m excited about] saving people…telling to people not to do bad things,” he said to the broadcast station at the time. “I’m feeling good,” he said. “Trying to stay out of trouble.” Less than five years later he is in…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Swatara PD Heard Baby Crying, Found 3 Children In Home During Murder-Suicide
New details have come out about Friday's murder-suicide in Dauphin County, say Swatara Township police. The police arrived in 600 block of Mohn Street at 12:08 a.m., less than 10 minutes after receiving a call about a domestic disturbance in the area. Officers forced their way into the home when no one answered the door but they could "hear a baby crying." When police arrived on the scene Elizabeth Wise, 36, was lying dead on the couch from a gunshot wound and Brian Womelsdorf, 42, was lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head, according to the police. Officers and Life Team EM…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Swatara Twp. Police Ask For Public's Help Investigating Shots Fired Near Church
Shoots were fired near a church in Swatara Township on Friday, according to area police. Police were called to a report of shots fired near St. Catherine Loubre Church on Francis L. Cadden Parkway near Rutherford Street around 8 a.m. No witnesses have come forward and no victims have been identified. Swatara Township Police are requesting the public's assistance with obtaining information on this incident. If you were in this area at the time of the reported shots fired and observed anything suspicious please contact an Officer at 717-564-2550 or Detective Gartland through email a…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Murder-Suicide Under Investigation In Dauphin County, Say Police
A couple was found dead--in what police are calling a murder-suicide-- in their Swatara Township home on Friday. Police were called to a domestic dispute in the 600 block of Mohn Street shortly before midnight. When no one answered the door, officials made a forced entry into the home-- finding a man and woman shot dead, say police. A multi-department investigation is on-going by Swatara Police detectives, the Dauphin County District Attorney's Office and the Dauphin County Coroner's Office. The identities of the couple have not been made public pending the notification of their famili…
Lower Paxton, PA
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Swatara Township Municipal Employee Finds Body At Sewage Pumping Station
A Swatara Township municipal employee found a man's body near a sewage pumping station on Tuesday morning, say township police said Tuesday. The 47-year-old man's body -- whose identity has not been made public -- was found in the 1700 block of Highland Street, at 10:12 a.m., police said. The Swatara Police Criminal Investigation Division, the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office and the Dauphin County Coroner’s Officer are conducting an investigation into the man’s death. Anyone with information is asked to contact Swatara Police Lt. Timothy Shatto at 717-564-2550 or tshatto@swatara…
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