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Police seek person who shot cat with arrow in Lancaster Co.

January 9, 2013, 4:42 am
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BAINBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — Police say they are searching for the person responsible for shooting a cat in the head with an arrow in Lancaster County.

Authorities say the cat, named Mack, was shot around 11:25 p.m. on Dec. 22 outside a home in Bainbridge. Police say the cat is now recovering, but that they are trying to figure out whoever is responsible.

Susquehanna Regional Police Lt. Stephen Englert says the arrow entered the front top of the cat's skull and went through the back of its head. The cat was immediately taken to the vet and the arrow was removed.

Englert says it's amazing the cat survived.

 

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Police arrest four in four days at local WalMart

January 9, 2013, 4:49 am
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From the Springettsbury Township Police Department:

On 1/3/2013 at 5:31 pm police were called to Wal-Mart for a reported retail theft. Upon arrival Tamir Briggs of York was arrested for stealing $31.47 worth of pet supply items.

On 1/4/2013 at 4:26 pm police were again called to Wal-Mart for a retail theft that occurred. Upon arrival Linda Landis, no fixed address, was arrested for stealing a coat and household items valued at $62.63. She was transported to the York County Central Booking facility to be arraigned on the charges.

On 1/5/2013 at 5:08 pm police responded to Wal-Mart because loss prevention officers had a female in custody for stealing merchandise. Upon arrival Jessica Brooks of York was arrested for stealing $457.45 worth of assorted items.

On 1/6/2013 at 5:12 pm a female was stopped by loss prevention as she removed two flat screen televisions from the store without paying for them. Police were called and arrested Elaysa Germoth, no fixed address, for stealing the two TVs valued at $916.00. She was transported to the York County Central Booking facility to be arraigned on the charges.

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CDC warns of public health nightmare

January 9, 2013, 5:44 am
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By James Nye

The long feared nightmare of U.S. public health officials has come to pass with the news anti-biotic resistant Gonorrhea has been detected in North American patients.

A study released today by the Journal of the American Medical Association announced it had found nine patients with a strain of the sexually transmitted disease immune to the last remaining effective oral antibiotic.

This confirms the fears of both the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation who warned last year that untreatable gonorrhea, the world's second most common STD would soon become a reality.

'These are the clinical cases we've been waiting for,' said study leader Vanessa Allen of pUblic Health Ontario.

'This is the translation of the lab information into what the clinical consequence is.'

Researchers observed that 6.7 percent of patients with gonorrhea at one Toronto clinic still had the disease after a round of cephalosporins, which is the last antibiotic which doctors are able to use to cure the disease.




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Help Wanted - Sophia's on Market

January 9, 2013, 7:03 am
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Sophia Nelms, owner of Sophia's on Market in Camp Hill, Cumberland county is looking to staff an entire new restaurant -- Sophia's at Walden.
And she's holding a job fair to recruit new hires for the Mechanicsburg restaurant.

Customer service, it's what Sophia says is the key to her success and it's what you should keep in mind when applying for a job here.

Nelms says, "I think our customer service speaks for itself and our food. And I think people will come to where, if they're going to spend the money, will come to where they're going to get good quality food and great service."

Sophia's daughter, AnnMarie trained the cooks at the Camp Hill location and will do the same at Walden in Mechanicsburg.
Yes, training is provided, but any experience is a plus.
So come to the job fair with a resume, if you have one -- but more importantly -- a smile.


Maggie Klee will be managing Sophia's at Walden and says they will be looking for people who can provide that same personable service.

Klee says, "it's not like a really serious way that we've been interviewing people. It's just more fun. We like to get to know them and see their personality, what they can bring to Sophia's at Walden."

And now there will be twice the fun, food and friendliness.
Sophia is hoping to take the same great service she's provided for eight years on Market to her new restaurant at Walden.

The Job Fair for both locations will be held Thursday, January 10, 2013 from 8:00am - Noon and again from 3:00pm - 6:00pm.
And those same hours again on Friday, January 11, 2013.

Training starts January 14, 2013.

Due to construction traffic, the Job Fair will be held at an office near Sophia's at Walden, located at 102 Walden Way, Mechanicsburg.

Click this link for more information http://www.sophiasonmarket.com

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Two state prisons set to close, which will save the state a lot of money

January 9, 2013, 7:29 am
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Wednesday, the Department of Corrections announced two Pennsylvania prisons will close by the summer.

But a new prison that's been built for a year will open to replace them.

No employees will be laid off, and inmates will be shuffled around. But the department plans to save millions of dollars this way.

“This is not an earth-shattering move, were keeping the same number of beds,” explained the Secretary of the Department of Corrections, John Wetzel. “But doing it for 23 million dollars cheaper.”

Two prisons housing over 2,000 inmates will shut down, which is expecting to save millions of taxpayer dollars a year.

“Older facilities don't meet our current needs,” Wetzel stated. “We've been saying early on, we're going to replace old capacity with new capacity.”

By June 30, Cresson Prison in Cambria County and Greensburg Prison in Westmoreland County are expected to close.

Most of the inmates will transfer to the Benner facility in Centre County.

“Its more efficient, its more safe, its better operated and meets our needs,” Wetzel continued.

Benner was built over a year ago for 200 million dollars and it's never been used.

“This move isn’t just a financial move, obviously big financial obligations,” Wetzel said. “Its an improvement to facilities. It's has safer and more secure options.”

According to Wetzel, these closes come as inmate populations’ drop.

“This year we've had the largest drop in population in four decades, 454 less inmates from last to this year.. Clearly headed to a good direction,” Concluded Wetzel.

But at Wednesday's press conference, Wetzel made it clear. No staff will be laid off.

All of the employees at those affected prisons will be allowed to transfer and accept other positions throughout the system.


PA State Corrections Officers Association released this statement:

"The state Department of Corrections plans to close prisons in Greensburg, Westmoreland County and Cresson, Cambria County due to the completion of the department’s new prison, SCI Benner near SCI Rockview.

PSCOA President Roy Pinto released this statement today to address this decision:

“We certainly understand that these are difficult economic times, and the PSCOA stands ready to work with the administration to achieve necessary cost savings measures. However, this decision affects public safety, working families and the economic future of two communities. It is only proper to vet this issue publicly.”

“This decision is based on a mammoth assumption that Pennsylvania’s prison population will steadily decline after decades of increases. Despite statements by the department of a declining prison population, the prison population has only experienced an annual decline three times in the last four decades. With similar expectations, the state previously closed a state prison in Pittsburgh only to re-open it. It remains open to this day. If these prisons are closed, the only thing certain is it will hurt thousands of families and devastate the local economies in those areas.”

“If left with no choice, the PSCOA will look at all available options. The commonwealth has a contractual obligation to give the PSCOA a reasonable notice of any planned major operational changes. The PSCOA was only informed of this decision this morning.”



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Treasurer McCord disputes legality of Lottery expansion

January 9, 2013, 11:19 am
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From the Treasurer's office:

Lacking a precise description of the types of gaming to be deployed on video lottery terminals, it is currently impossible to determine whether such an expansion of the lottery under a private management agreement would be lawful, State Treasurer Rob McCord said today.



McCord wrote to Secretary of Revenue Daniel Meuser, responding to a December 28 letter in which the secretary contended that the state lottery law already gives his agency the right to introduce video gaming devices to Pennsylvania.



McCord pointed out, however, that Secretary Meuser’s letter stopped short of providing a clear description of the monitor or terminal games being planned. The Corbett administration is considering a contract to turn management of the state lottery over to a private company, the British firm Camelot Gaming. Camelot in turn has promised to increase lottery proceeds, based largely on an expansion into new types of games that McCord believes might require legislative authorization.



“In fact, there is substantial doubt the use or operation of ‘monitor-based games’ and ‘Internet gaming,’ as identified in your letter, are authorized by state law,” McCord wrote.



The Treasurer went on to note that some such devices could match the definition of a slot machine under the 2004 law that legalized casinos in Pennsylvania, and would thus fall under oversight of the Gaming Control Board. He also pointed out that although some video lottery terminal games may operate on the same premise of random number generation as scratch-off lottery tickets, they eliminate the use of a physical ticket and bypass a person who must activate the wager and/or deliver the payout. Those differences alter the nature of the lottery gaming experience and allow for much greater frequency of play in a manner that could constitute a substantial expansion of gaming beyond the limits of existing law.



“I acknowledge it may be worthwhile to consider transforming the Commonwealth’s existing retail lottery ticket sales system to one of centrally controlled slot machines / VLTs in an effort to increase revenue. I suggest, however, such a significant expansion of gambling is more appropriately considered by the General Assembly, not a state agency’s public procurement contracting process,” McCord wrote.



He cautioned that he would reserve judgment on disbursing money to a private lottery manager until he is certain that the lottery expansion does not go beyond existing law. As Treasurer, McCord has a statutory responsibility to ensure that all payments of public funds from the state treasury are lawful.



For more information, visit www.patreasury.gov.



Media contact: Gary Tuma, 717-787-2465 or gtuma@patreasury.gov



Treasurer McCord’s letter to Secretary Meuser follows. Secretary Meuser’s Dec. 28 letter to the Treasurer is attached.



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January 9, 2013



The Honorable Daniel Meuser
Secretary
Department of Revenue
Strawberry Square, 11th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17128-1100





Dear Secretary Meuser:



I am in receipt of your December 28, 2012, letter concerning the Pennsylvania Lottery’s draft Private Management Agreement (PMA) with Camelot Global Services, Inc. Though I appreciate your attempt to address several of the legal concerns raised in my letter, the limited amount of public information concerning future lottery expansion plans leaves me unconvinced the intended deployment of “monitor-based games” throughout the Commonwealth is already authorized by the Lottery Law.[1] As a consequence, I once again write to provide notice – prior to the final execution of the PMA -- there is substantial risk Treasury will be required to reject payments associated with the business plan because it involves the deployment of monitor- or video-based gaming beyond that authorized by current statutory law.



Though your letter explicitly states the Lottery intends to introduce video gaming monitors (also known as video lottery terminals, or VLTs) in neighborhood bars and taverns this year, it stops conspicuously short of providing a clear description of those types of monitor/terminal games. The Lottery’s business plan for market expansion and revenue enhancement has been ambiguously characterized as the introduction of -- “monitor-based games,” “terminal-based games,” “Internet products,” and “Internet gaming.” Absent is a detailed explanation of the particular monitor-, Internet-, or terminal-based game Camelot intends to introduce into the marketplace. Accordingly, there is currently no basis upon which to determine if the “monitor-based games” envisioned in the PMA fall within the existing statutory retail lottery ticket agent system.



In fact, there is substantial doubt the use or operation of “monitor-based games” and “Internet gaming,” as identified in your letter, are authorized by state law. The legislature’s definition of “slot machine” within the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act is broadly written to include “any mechanical or electrical contrivance, terminal, machine or other device . . . .”[2] As a consequence, a “monitor-based game” that, upon the payment of any consideration and by the element of chance, entitles the operator to receive anything of value would fall within this broad definition of a slot machine, thus subjecting the device to the regulatory oversight of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board – not the Lottery.



The fact the element of chance associated with a “monitor-based game” (e.g., a random number generator) is operated through a central computer system does not remove the device from the Gaming Act’s definition of a slot machine. In fact, from a player’s perspective, the device would be indistinguishable from a traditional casino-located slot machine. Though your letter uses the phrase “monitor-based game,” the more appropriate term is “Video Lottery Terminal or VLT” – a standalone device that allows gamblers to bet on the outcome of a video game (e.g., virtual scratch-off lottery tickets) with the outcome based on a random number generator controlled by a central computer. The traditional features that distinguish a typical VLT from Pennsylvania’s existing statutory retail lottery ticket agent system are: (1) greater frequency of play or drawings, often measured in seconds; (2) the absence of a paper lottery ticket (using only virtual or computer images of a scratch-off ticket or other game theme image); and (3) the elimination of a clerk to activate either the wager or payout (direct payments from the terminal in cash or vouchers).



I acknowledge it may be worthwhile to consider transforming the Commonwealth’s existing retail lottery ticket sales system to one of centrally controlled slot machines / VLTs in an effort to increase revenue. I suggest, however, such a significant expansion of gambling is more appropriately considered by the General Assembly, not a state agency’s public procurement contracting process.



Please be assured it is my intention to reserve final judgment as to any particular disbursement request until after the request is submitted and Lottery is provided an opportunity to submit any supporting documentation. The execution of the PMA, however, should not be based on an assumption that the payment of public funds will be authorized by my office to expand lottery gaming beyond the existing statutorily prescribed lottery sales agent system.



Thank you for your communication.



Respectfully,



Robert M. McCord


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Real life CSI: Lebanon Police use cigarette butt to catch bank robber

January 9, 2013, 12:47 pm
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It's an example of real life CSI right here in the midstate. A conviction of a bank robber in Lebanon County Court was sealed with the use of DNA. 　

A man wearing a red bandana and brown knit cap robbed the M&T Bank in South Lebanon last February. Five weeks later, 49-year-old Jeffrey Mitchell of Manheim was arrested on charges of robbery and terroristic threats.

But before he was taken into custody for that robbery, he committed a second robbery at the same bank. 　

In the Februrary robbery police found a red bandana and brown knit cap discarded by mitchell in a yard on Horst Avenue as he fled the scene. In the March robbery, police sent three cigarette butts found at the scene to a state police lab for analysis. A scientist testified at the trial the DNA from the cigarettes matched the dna found on the bandana and cap.

Lebanon County DA Dave Arnold says the cops knew what to do.

The DA is a believer in the use of DNA.

According to testimony, Mitchell threatened to kill the teller if she placed a dye pack in the bag with the money. He got about $2,500 in the heist.

Mitchell is in Lebanon County Prison on $250,000 bail. 

A judge has scheduled his sentencing for February 27. He is also waiting trial for when he returned to the bank in March and committed a second robbery.

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UPDATE: 'Mack' attacked when someone fires arrow through the cat's head

January 9, 2013, 1:39 pm
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It’s an incredible story of survival. A cat is shot in the head with an arrow and lives.  And now the hunt is on for the person who shot a cat in the head with an arrow.

Jean Kissinger's cat shot in head with arrow.  The widow has eight cats and two birds. “There’s just company for me.”

But one of those cats, a 14 month old named Mack, is getting the most attention.

Two weeks ago, someone shot Mack in the head with an arrow. You can see in the pictures, it went through his head and got stuck.

Kissinger said she saw someone running away in her back yard when Mack came to stumbling to the door. But she was too consumed with saving her cat to get a good look at them. “I couldn’t believe. I just could not believe it that he was walking around like that. He was staggering, but that is the reason he was bumping into things.”

Mack was rushed to the animal hospital where the arrow was removed and given to police. Amazingly it missed all the vital parts of his brain.  “We should change him name to Lucky.”

Now, Mack is home recovering although he wasn’t willing to come out to meet our cameras. This ordeal cost Kissinger $750, money she really needed.  “He still a little tired, but he’s doing well. I hope that they get the person who did this because I find them to be sick and I don’t want to see it happen to anybody else.”

Kissinger thinks that maybe someone thought Mack was a stray and shot it for fun. But she’s convinced it wasn’t one of her neighbors. If you have any information about this you are asked to call the Susquehanna Regional Police Department.

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On December 22 just before 1130 p.m., someone walked up to a home on the 300 block of Walnut Street in Bainbridge and shot a cat named Mack with a hunting arrow.

The arrow went through the front of the cat’s head and out the back. The arrow remained through the cat’s head until emergency veterinarian personnel removed it.

Witnesses reported seeing a dark figure standing in the back yard of Mack’s home, and when he was the cat with an arrow through its skull the figure ran towards North Second Street.

Mack survived the harrowing ordeal and is back to good health. The arrow narrowly missed his brain, but did strike his sinuses, causing a lifetime of sinus issues.

Anyone with information on Mack’s attack is encouraged to call Susquehanna Regional Police Department or Lancaster Crime Stoppers.

One of the pictures is of the cat, but we will warn you that the arrow is still in its head and the photo may be disturbing to some people.
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Far from glamour in Harrisburg, Keystone Farm Show appeals to farmers

January 9, 2013, 1:13 pm
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While tens of thousands flock to the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, there's another farm show happening at the same time right here in our area.

The Keystone Farm Show is in York, and kicked off on Tuesday at the York Expo Center.

There is plenty of equipment to check out, and the main difference is this show is aimed solely at farmers.

Tractors, farm equipment, even a food court and of course the crowds. In the middle of January, this probably at first feels like the PA Farm Show.

But it's 27 miles away, at the Keystone Farm Show in York.

“Basically we've always based this show as a Farm Show for farmers,” explained one of the organizers. “Harrisburg is excellent in it educates people on agriculture in Pennsylvania, this is strictly for working farmers.”

Vendors like Jay Gainer rely on this show to show off their equipment.

“It draws farmers from a five, six state area and gives us the opportunity to display equip in a non-threatening environment,” explained Gainer, whose works for Messick Farm Equipment, located in Lancaster County.

Ten to twelve thousand people come to the Keystone Farm Show over three days.

“Come out for the show, there's nothing back our way so come out and see machinery just for the day,” explained Scott Patterson, who attended the show.

The Keystone Farm Show and the PA Farm Show don't always fall on the same week, but when they do, organizers say it helps everyone.

“If someone is going to come from Virginia, and they want to see cattle, go there, but if milking machines they can come here,” an organizer told us.

The Farm Show for farmers, with tractors big enough to entice a second look and advanced enough to bring home for profit.

“Farmers are no different than anybody else, they have to get most bang for their buck,” they told us. “And time is worth money and more they can do with less, the better off they are.”


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New simulator to train Soldiers for war opened at Fort Indiantown Gap

January 9, 2013, 1:24 pm
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The Pennsylvania Army National Guard has a new virtual reality training tool to help prepare soldiers for war.  Use of the Dismounted Soldier Simulator began Wednesday at Fort Indiantown Gap.

Pennsylvania has sent thousands of National Guard Troops to fight the wars in the Middle East.  These citizen soldiers are yanked from civilian life to the battlefield. Training them to do the job is vital.

It's the Soldier's version of X-box, others might call it Star wars Technology. One thing for certain there's nothing else like this.

Captain Gordon Kinneer is simulations officer in charge. He says the dismounted soldier simulator offers more realistic simulation than its predecessor.

Staff Sgt. Tom Hammond has experienced the real life war, but says still he takes this training seriously.
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The flu at the Farm Show: Can animals get sick from humans and can we get sick from them?

January 9, 2013, 1:27 pm
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A major outbreak of flu across the nation. At the same time, in Harrisburg this week thousands of people and thousands of animals coming together at the Farm Show.

With so many people and so many animals coming together in one place, is there a chance for animals to spread disease to people or visa versa?

The good news is that there has been very little in the way of illness among either the animal or the humans at the Farm Show. And the animal sometimes associated with transmission of an illness to humans, the pigs with swine flu, have largely now left the building.

The Department of Agriculture is keeping a close eye on your health and also that of the animals as well, because there is that very slight possibility of transfer of an illness from humans to animals or the other way around.

“Definitely they can, I mean we all carry illnesses,” stated Matthew Meals, Deputy Secretary for Animal Agriculture. “We have sanitation stations and that is to protect the humans, but that is also to protect the animals from any kind of virus that might be spreading.”

Unlike with us human visitors, the animals at the show all have a clean bill of health before they arrive.

“Yeah they have been pretty healthy this year,” commented John Fought of Sulfur Run Farms in Carlisle. “They all come with what we call a veterinary certification, where they have been inspected by a veterinarian.”

Vets and of course the farmers themselves are carefully checking the health of all the animals that are here everyday.

“Don't be eating as your walking through the swine barn or as you're walking through the dairy barn,” advised Meals, as one way to keep both you and the animals healthy.

Some of the animals at the Farm Show may be cleaner than you are.

So this year, so far good news on the health front for the animals, although maybe not quite as good for the humans. There are still a few pigs that you can see at the barn at the Expo Hall, some of the animals that take the spotlight the next couple of days are the dairy cattle, the sheep and poultry.

However, for us humans we need to make sure we are washing hands and protecting ourselves against the flu.

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Day one of the Jerry Sandusky appeal process kicks off Thursday

January 9, 2013, 1:35 pm
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Thursday is day one of the formal appeals process beginning for Jerry Sandusky.

His attorneys will go in front of a judge to say his conviction should be thrown out.

Sandusky is expected to be in the court room Thursday, and he'll listen to his attorneys argue that at the very least, his sentence should be reduced.

The tone of Jerry Sandusky's attorney’s arguments Thursday will be similar to what they've preached all along. There was not enough time to prepare a defense.

Sandusky's lawyers will likely try to convince Judge John Cleland they did not have the opportunity to search through phone records to link victims together or track down defense witnesses.

Sandusky Attorney Joe Amendola requested a delay multiple times throughout the case, but was consistently denied by Cleland.

Also, attorneys could once again question the judge's decision to allow second hand accounts of Sandusky's abuse as testimony.

During the trial, a former Penn State custodian testified to what a coworker claimed he saw Sandusky do to a boy in a locker room shower.

Sandusky, who is serving what amounts to a life sentence, will be in the Centre County Courtroom for the proceedings.

In related Sandusky news, former PSU President Graham Spanier has requested permission to communicate with Board of Trustees members.

He lives in the same building as at least two of them, and argues avoidance is impossible.

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Local lawmakers gather to meet on gun violence in Harrisburg

January 9, 2013, 1:50 pm
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Local and state lawmakers are meeting in Harrisburg at 6 p.m. to talk about gun violence and how to stop it.

The meeting will be streaming live on cbs21.com.

The community group, Harrisburg Hope, is hosting this event at Midtown Scholar Bookstore, on North Third Street in Harrisburg.

Panelists include Mayor Linda Thompson, Senator Daylin Leach, Representative Patty Kim, School Superintendent Sybil Knight-Burney and First Assistant District Attorney Fran Chardo.

Again the meeting about the gun violence in the city is starting at 6 p.m. and will stream live on our website.

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33rd Annual Sheep to Shawl event takes place at PA Farm Show

January 9, 2013, 1:50 pm
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Another popular event took place at the PA Farm Show on Wednesday, the 33rd Annual Sheep to Shawl Contest.

Contestants shear the wool off of sheep and the wool is spun and crafted into a shawl.

The contest is held in front of spectators, and once the shawls are made, they will be sold at an auction being held at 6:30 p.m. 

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Police investigating morning shooting in Lebanon

January 9, 2013, 1:58 pm
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Lebanon Police are investigating a shooting that happened around 10:45 Wednesday morning.

Police were called to the area of 12th and Buttonwood Streets for a shooting victim.  When police arrived they found a male victim, 33-year-old Christopher Barrett, who had a gunshot wound to his lower back area.  He was concious and responsive and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Barrett's injuries are not life threatening.

Witnesses told police they observed Barrett running from the area of Beautex Playground and also saw a male in dark clothing shooting at the victim.  Other witnesses saw a small black Honda with white rims leaving the area of the playground after the shooting.

Pennsylvania State Police assisted the Lebanon City Police in the investigation.  Officers did make contact with the black Honda witnesses saw leaving the scene, a chase ensued from the area of 11th and Cumberland Streets.  The car was did get away from police.

The black Honda was eventually located unoccupied in the area of North 11th St in the City.

Police are still investigating, and anyone with information is asked to call the Lebanon City Police Department.
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Police identify body found in Lancaster apartment

January 9, 2013, 1:35 pm
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Lancaster City Police have identified the body found in a Lancaster apartment on Monday.

The man is identified as 59-year-old Allan Hess.  Police are not releasing anymore information on the homicide, but are looking for help to find the person responsible. 

Hess' body was discovered Monday morning around 11:00 in an apartment on the 200 block of West Walnut Street.

The landlord called police after a tenant had not been heard from.

According to the autopsy, Hess died of sharp force trauma. In other words, he was cut or stabbed to death. The District Attorney in Lancaster County told CBS 21 Hess was not the tenant of the apartment, but the tenant is accounted for. Hess had been temporarily staying at the apartment.

Police say, the Hess was found facedown in a pool of blood. No word on how long the body had been there.

If you have any information on this situation, you are asked to call the Lancaster City Police Department.
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West Perry High School on lockdown after janitor finds bullet in hallway

January 9, 2013, 2:07 pm
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West Perry High School was on a brief lockdown Wednesday morning after a bullet was found in the hallway.

According to State Police, the .45 Caliber bullet was found in the hallway by a janitor.  A canine was brought in, but did not find anything in the school to be dangerous.

During the course of the investigation, officers interviewed a student who said he accidentally brought the bullet to school.  He told police his father borrowed his jacket to go target shooting, and accidentally left the bullet in the pocket of his coat. The student said he tried to throw the bullet in the trash can, but obviously missed the trash can.

He will face disorderly conduct charges.

The lockdown was lifted around 1:15 p.m.

There was no danger to students or staff.
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Police investigating armed robbery in Springettsbury Township

January 9, 2013, 2:27 pm
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Springettsbury Township Police are investigating an armed robbery that happpened on January 4.

Police were called to the parking lot of RR Donneley in the 600 block of Memory Lane for a reported robbery.  The victim told police a man he didn't know pointed a gun at him and demanded his wallet.

The man took his wallet and left the area in a green Plymouth Voyager minivan.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Springettsbury Township Police Department at 717-757-3525.
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Quick police work finds organized crime group trying to pass counterfeit checks

January 9, 2013, 2:28 pm
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Swatara Police’s quick work Tuesday helped bust an organized crime group.

Just before 1 p.m., police were called to Metro Bank on Derry Street for a suspicious person trying to pass a check that tellers thought may have been counterfeit.

The individual was located, taken into custody and identified as Cody Taylor of Halifax.

An investigation found that Taylor was working with an organized crime group from North Carolina that was manufacturing counterfeit checks drawn on local businesses.

Information on Taylor’s vehicle led officers to a local motel, where two additional suspects, Erik Nelson and Jason Small, both of North Carolina were located and arrested.

Officers and detectives also found a third suspect from North Carolina at a local hotel, Davila Roseboro. Roseboro was arrested and multiple items of evidence was located and arrested.

Swatara Township Police request anyone with more information into this organized crime to contact them at 717-564-2550.

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JUST IN: Route 30 remains closed after tractor-trailer strikes man along road

January 9, 2013, 2:43 pm
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A man is in critical condition at Lancaster General Hospital after being struck by a tractor trailer.

The accident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. along Route 30 near the Malleable Road overpass.

When police arrived, they found a truck parked along the west bound berm of Route 30. Witnesses said it appeared the victim, a 57-year-old man, had stepped into the travel lane and was struck.

Police are still trying to find out how and why he stepped into the travel lane.

West Hempfield Township Police were assisted at the scene by the Lancaster County Crash Team.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident to contact them at 717-285-5191.


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