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Marco Cerino • DV Journal

House Committee Votes to Forward Krasner Impeachment

The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday 14-8 along party lines, with three members not voting, to send impeachment charges against...

11/16/22Read it on DV Journal
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A. Gutman • Inquirer

Pinball Machines Were Magnets for Crime Before Skill Games

The Supreme Court gave law enforcement in Pennsylvania a green light to seize so-called skill games devices starting Wednesday. Decades before that...

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Staff • PennLive

Lawsuit: York County Police Chief Ignored Policy, Then 3 Cops Were Killed

The public was shocked and saddened when a 24-year-old man fatally ambushed Isaiah Emenheiser, Mark Baker and Cody Becker, three detectives serving...

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Ellie Rushing • Inquirer

Krasner: ‘Criminal’ Police Conduct Tanked Suspect's 2023 Murder Case

Eric Lewis was acquitted of killing a man in 2023, years before police say he fatally shot Officer Shane Seiber. Documents obtained by The Inquirer...

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Chris Palmer • Philadelphia Inquirer

Man Accused of Killing Officer Seiber Acquitted of Murder 3 Years Ago

Eric Lewis was acquitted of murder after the case fell apart in 2023 following a series of issues with the police investigation and prosecution,...

5d agoRead it on Philadelphia Inquirer
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Stacy M. Brown • Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia Has Nearly 5,000 Open Homicide Cases

Janice Krause was 53 years old when someone killed her only child. Krause is 73 now. Nearly 20 years have passed since 18-year-old Ericka Brair...

6d agoRead it on Philadelphia Tribune
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Tim Hahn • GoErie

Erie Police Working to Understand What Led To Mass Shooting

Erie police spent a solid day in and around a two-story, pale green house at 722 Perry Street, collecting information and evidence that might offer...

6d agoRead it on GoErie
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John Beauge • PennLive

Cumberland Co. Cop's Off-Duty Homicide Kept From Public for 3 Months

The Middlesex Township chief says police in Lycoming County didn't tell him about the criminal investigation into his officer's death, either....

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Staff • Philadelphia Citizen

Did DA Krasner Commit Perjury and Obstruction of Justice?

On September 15, the Honorable Paul S. Diamond issued a 40-page order removing District Attorney Larry Krasner and Matthew Stiegler, the chief of the...

1w agoRead it on Philadelphia Citizen
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Carter Walker • Spotlight PA

Bucks County Sheriff Pledges Not to Send ICE to Polls

Bucks County, PA Sheriff Danny Ceisler says his election pledge is part of a push to combat the constitutional sheriff movement....

1w agoRead it on Spotlight PA
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Cameron Lobley • WGAL

Remembering the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting 20 Years Later

The Lancaster County community is reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the West Nickel Mines School shooting, the deadliest school shooting in...

2w agoRead it on WGAL
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