Crime & Safety
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Lebanon Co. DA investigating Children and Youth Services for allegedly endangering kids
The Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office has announced a formal investigation into the Lebanon County Children and Youth Services, with detectives looking into actions by caseworkers that might have resulted in the death or serious injuries of multiple children.
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Shooting at a historically Black university’s homecoming fest in Pennsylvania kills 1 and wounds 6
Investigators were operating under a “strong belief” that there was more than one shooter but did not think they came to the Lincoln University campus “with a specific design to cause a mass casualty event,” Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe said Sunday during a news conference.
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Bucks County inmate work release program won’t be suspended despite rash of escapes
Bucks County Corrections Department officials have no plans to suspend a work release program in the wake of two additional inmates who failed to return after leaving from jobs.
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What to know about the arson fire and attempted murder at the Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion
No one was injured but the April 13 fire did considerable damage to the governor’s mansion. Shapiro said the attack has made his family feel unsafe. He said he supports the plea agreement.
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Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion while Shapiro’s family slept
Cody Balmer, who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges.
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2 Pennsylvania state police officers are shot in an exchange of gunfire with suspect who was killed
The troopers were taken to hospitals after Wednesday’s shooting, where they were in critical and serious condition, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.
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Pa. Department of Corrections is closing two prisons over critics’ objections
The process is expected to be carried out over four months, and estimates say it could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
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Pa. House Democrats pass firearms background check bill with GOP support
Two other bills to ban ‘ghost guns’ and create a red flag law failed in 101-102 votes.
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Pa. Supreme Court to weigh special licensing rule for carrying a gun in Philadelphia
A permit to openly carry a firearm is required in the state’s largest city, but not elsewhere in the commonwealth.
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Scammers continue to impersonate PA sheriffs, AG says. Here’s what to beware of
Imposters using spoofed phone numbers of government agencies are demanding money from potential victims to avoid arrest by the “sheriff’s office.”
