- Home
- > AP
- > Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Pa. man charged with killing 87-year-old woman
Prosecutors in central Pennsylvania say a man fatally stabbed an 87-year-old relative of a witness in a sexual assault case against him. Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico announced charges Tuesday against 29-year-old DaJuan Porter. He says Porter broke into the Derry Township home early on June 11 and stabbed ...
Vandals cause extensive damage to NW Pa. school
Three men have been charged with vandalizing their former high school and causing at least $50,000 in damage, a figure that's expected to rise as officials tally the damage. State police Trooper Todd Koebley says the suspects broke into Youngsville High School early Sunday and emptied several fire extinguishers in ...
Philly police: Child used in theft of wallet
Police have released surveillance footage that shows a woman instructing a young girl to steal a wallet at a nail salon. The theft took place in the Kensington section of the city on June 10, according to the video. A woman sitting at the nail salon is talking to a ...
French man found in plane's cockpit to leave US
A French man who gained access to the cockpit of a plane at Philadelphia International Airport by impersonating an airline employee has been sentenced to time served and will be deported. Sixty-one-year-old Philippe Jeannard was sentenced Tuesday in federal court after pleading guilty to a fraud count. Jeannard is from ...
Pa. man gets 38 months, probation for porn, threat
A western Pennsylvania man who threatened to have a U.S. postal inspector gang raped and murdered for investigating him for child pornography possession was sentenced Tuesday to 38 months in prison. Todd Markley, 49, of Export, pleaded guilty in February to possessing child pornography and threatening a federal officer. The ...
Pa. man charged with illegally killing black bear
A northeastern Pennsylvania man has been charged with illegally killing a black bear. The Times-Tribune of Scranton (http://bit.ly/11XhOgG ) reports that Pennsylvania Game Commission officers responded last week to what was first reported as a road-killed bear in Berlin Township, Wayne County. They found the 550-pound bear had been shot ...
Sentencing postponed in Pitt online threats case
Sentencing has been postponed for an Ohio man who claimed to have hacked into the University of Pittsburgh's computer system. Twenty-six-year-old Brett Hudson, of Hillsboro, Ohio, pleaded guilty in October. His co-defendant, Alexander Waterland, of Loveland, Ohio, has already been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. ...
Robbers shoot Phila. man 6 times, steal phone
Police say a Philadelphia man is in critical condition after robbers shot him six times in the legs and stole his phone. WPVI-TV reports ((http://bit.ly/13Q56k5 ) the man was sitting on his stoop around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when two masked men approached and held him at gunpoint. The shooting occurred ...
Editorials from around Pennsylvania
THE VETERANS AFFAIRS/LEGIONELLA MESS: IT GROWS AND GROWS Just when you thought the Legionella scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs' hospitals in Pittsburgh couldn't get any worse, it explodes. As the Trib reported on Sunday, the bacteria that can lead to Legionnaires' disease were running rampant at the VA's ...
Attorney: Pa. man coerced into murder confession
A defense attorney for a man accused of killing a woman and her granddaughter in a botched ransom kidnapping in suburban Philadelphia says his client was coerced into confessing. The Times Herald reports (http://bit.ly/128MIi7 ) attorney Stephen Heckman says 27-year-old Raghunandan Yandamuri (rag-oo-NAHN'-dahn yahn-duh-MOHR'-ee) gave self-incriminating statements to police without ...
Featured Articles
Ads By Google
© 2013 Cox Media Group. By using this website,
you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices
.
You're Almost Done!
Select a display name and password
{* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *}Tell us about yourself
{* registration_firstName *} {* registration_lastName *} {* registration_postalZip *} {* registration_birthday *} {* registration_gender *} {* agreeToTerms *}