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• York bail bondsman tried to trade bail for sex: Police

  24-03-2016 23:35
  
  He suggested he become her "sugar daddy," and that he would take care of her, according to police.
  
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• Target employee accused of stealing more than $1K in merchandise since December

  24-03-2016 22:50
  
  Michael William Giattini, 26, of Downingtown, reportedly had been stealing merchandise since December from the Target in East Lampeter Township.
  
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• Philadelphia, like Harrisburg, plagued by shootings

  24-03-2016 22:37
  
  Ten people were shot in Philadelphia Wednesday.
  
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• Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin ordered to pay fine, keeps pension over emails

  24-03-2016 22:14
  
  A disciplinary panel has imposed a $50,000 fine against former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin for his involvement in an exchange of lewd and offensive emails.
  
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• 'Please help me': Ukrainian man tells reporter following charge dismissal

  24-03-2016 21:51
  
  Artur Samarin walked out of a preliminary hearing with one less charge Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Police identify body pulled from Susquehanna River

  24-03-2016 21:25
  
  Two fisherman spotted the body near some rocks.
  
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• Former nurse faces felony charges for writing her own prescriptions

  24-03-2016 21:23
  
  Heather Lynn Brown is accused of writing the prescriptions and having them filled at various CVS drugstores between August 2015 and January 2016.
  
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• Friends of slain woman petition prosecutors to reject any plea deals for killers

  24-03-2016 21:16
  
  The death of Michelle Lynn Inch, 32, remains under investigation by state police at Towanda and nobody has been charged.
  
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• Crashes cleared but, traffic moving slowly on I-83

  24-03-2016 21:13
  
  Two crashes affecting traffic on Interstate 83 have since been cleared but, traffic around Harrisburg on I-83 is heavy and is still moving slowly.
  
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• Trio had 5,588 bags of heroin, feds say

  24-03-2016 21:11
  
  The federal charges stem from a New Year's Day arrest by state police.
  
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• Feds indict 3 men in $1M luxury watch, bank scams that hit 2 local stores

  24-03-2016 20:44
  
  Jewelry stores in Camp Hill and State College were among the victims, investigators said.
  
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• 3-year-old Berks County boy is subject of nationwide search

  24-03-2016 20:35
  
  A three-year-old from Berks County continues to be subject of a nationwide search.
  
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• 'I just want a better life': Ukrainian impostor, lawyers react to dropped charge

  24-03-2016 20:33
  
  One criminal charge against Artur Samarin has been dropped, but the 23-year-old Ukrainian man who posed as a Harrisburg High School student still faces more charges.
  
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• Ukrainian man who posed as Harrisburg High student has a busy day in court

  24-03-2016 20:09
  
  Artur Samarin, a.k.a. Asher Potts, posted a small legal victory, but bigger issues remain on the table.
  
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• Have you seen this 30-foot tow truck?

  24-03-2016 20:05
  
  Someone made off with a red 30-foot tow truck this week in Susquehanna Township.
  
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• Two men killed in head-on crash identified

  24-03-2016 19:53
  
  The identities of two men killed in the head-on crash on Route 39 Wednesday have been released by the Dauphin County coroner.
  
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• Man charged with York bank robbery from 2015

  24-03-2016 19:42
  
  A 30-year-old man has been charged with committing a bank robbery almost a year ago in East Prospect, York County.
  
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• Crash affecting traffic on I-83

  24-03-2016 19:40
  
  PennDOT cameras show that traffic is moving very slowly in both the southbound and northbound lanes around Exit 43. Traffic is also backed-up in the southbound lanes around Exit 44A, the exit for Sotuh 13th Street.
  
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• Judge dismisses theft charge against Ukrainian accused of posing as Harrisburg student

  24-03-2016 19:35
  
  District Judge Michael J. Smith allowed a misdemeanor charge of unsworn falsification to authorities to remain.
  
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• Computers, bankruptcy files taken from home of Clarence Briggs, former trooper who shot 2 at Pa. Turnpike toll

  24-03-2016 19:17
  
  Computer equipment and bankruptcy paperwork were taken from the home of retired state trooper Clarence Briggs, who is accused of fatally shooting two Pa. Turnpike workers during a robbery attempt March 20.
  
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• No foul play in man's death in Susquehanna River: State police

  24-03-2016 18:25
  
  The man's body found in the Susquehanna River Thursday morning is identified, state police said at the scene in Middle Paxton Township.
  
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• 'It's lies': Ukrainian man who posed as Harrisburg High student addresses charges

  24-03-2016 18:09
  
  Artur Samarin, a 23-year-old Ukranian man, thanked his friends and family for their support Thursday amid charges that stem from allegedly posing as a Harrisburg High School student.
  
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• Horses, mules run loose, woman cited

  24-03-2016 18:08
  
  Police said it took about two hours and a dozen people to corral the animals.
  
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• Burglar walks into house, uses bathroom, watches TV, gets arrested: police

  24-03-2016 17:55
  
  The woman who lived in the Schuylkill County house screamed at him to leave, police say.
  
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• Ukrainian man who posed as Harrisburg High student won't be free even if his bail is cut, lawyer says

  24-03-2016 17:42
  
  Even if his $220,000 bail is reduced and he posts it, Artur Samarin will be taken into custody by federal immigration officials, his attorney said.
  
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• Man dies after York County ATV accident

  24-03-2016 17:35
  
  Police said he wasn't wearing a helmet.
  
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• Body found in Susquehanna River in Middle Paxton Township

  24-03-2016 16:58
  
  A body was found this morning in the Susquehanna River in Middle Paxton Township, officials say.
  
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• Judge delays hearing on bail for Ukrainian who posed as high school student

  24-03-2016 16:56
  
  Samarin masqueraded as a Harrisburg High School student.
  
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• Woman accused of taking loads of someone else's laundry

  24-03-2016 16:50
  
  Police are looking for a woman accused of taking someone else's laundry from a Susquehanna Township Laundromat.
  
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• Driver accused of texting in fatal crash charged with vehicular homicide

  24-03-2016 16:11
  
  A Lancaster man accused of text-messaging prior to a July 2015 crash that killed a 78-year-old woman has been charged with vehicular homicide.
  
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• Neighbor wrote vulgar notes on wife's obituary, sent them to widower and child: police

  24-03-2016 15:52
  
  While the cards were normal, the messages written inside were hateful and vulgar.
  
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• Dodging drug test costs lab worker her job and unemployment comp

  24-03-2016 15:49
  
  The testing was requested after co-workers reported seeing her leave a restroom with white powder under her nose.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeal by man whose girlfriend caught him raping teen

  24-03-2016 15:02
  
  Michael Cloward of Steelton claimed he shouldn't be labeled a sexually violent predator.
  
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• Lititz man caught kissing 2 teenage girls sentenced to county prison, probation

  24-03-2016 14:34
  
  Brian Keith Lefever was sentenced to nine to 23 months in county prison followed by seven years of probation for kissing two 13-year old girls at local restaurants.
  
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• Illegal dump at Harrisburg housing complex: 'You have to see it to believe it'

  24-03-2016 14:30
  
  Harrisburg public works crews have had to remove tons of mattresses, furniture and other bulky trash from the Governor's Square housing complex four times this year. Commercial trash accounts are supposed to haul their own bulky items to the incinerator, Public Works Director Aaron Johnson said.
  
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• Crash closes portion of Route 15 northbound in Adams County

  24-03-2016 14:22
  
  The crash was reported at about 8:50 a.m. Thursday in Tyrone Township, near the exit for Route 394 and Business Route 15, according to Adams County 911.
  
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• Police in Lancaster County warn of home improvement, distraction scams as weather warms

  24-03-2016 14:10
  
  At least one paving scam crew is operating in Lancaster and other surrounding counties, according a news release from East Lampeter Township police.
  
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• Penn State student charged with ethnic intimidation was drunk, not hateful, lawyer says

  24-03-2016 13:37
  
  Campus police say the 19-year-old was drunk when he began following the other student in December, asking whether the victim planned to rape someone.
  
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• 5 Pa. teachers could lose jobs after being accused of drinking at school dance

  24-03-2016 12:44
  
  Hearings are about to begin for five suspended junior senior high school teachers accused of violating a Pa. district's alcohol policy while working as chaperons at a school dance earlier this school year.
  
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• Overturned tractor-trailer removed from I-83 north outside of York

  24-03-2016 12:42
  
  The wreckage was removed at about 6:45 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
  
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• The wickedly funny ways political spouses are pilloried

  24-03-2016 12:30
  
  The virtual sparring between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz over their wives remind us that attacking First Ladies and Would-be First Ladies may be fun - but it's nothing new.
  
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• Woman wanted for stealing $800 in electric toothbrushes from Pa. CVS

  24-03-2016 12:10
  
  This is one suspect who is seriously into oral hygiene.
  
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• Would reduced marijuana penalty in Harrisburg prompt more citations?

  24-03-2016 12:06
  
  Harrisburg police officers often use discretion and give warnings when people are caught with small amounts of marijuana, but officers may be less inclined to let people go if the offense is reduced to the same level as a traffic ticket.
  
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• Pa. man accused of killing his wife doesn't remember why

  24-03-2016 11:50
  
  A husband in western Pennsylvania tells police that one moment he was drinking red wine the previous night, and the next he was strangling his wife.
  
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• Couple urinated in police parking lot; Killer denied new trial: Overnight police report

  24-03-2016 11:32
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Wednesday.
  
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• Rainy Thursday night in store for the midstate

  24-03-2016 11:15
  
  Conditions on Thursday afternoon will be sunny, with high will be near 73. The low at night will be around 58.
  
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• What we know about the Ukrainian man accused of posing as Harrisburg High student

  24-03-2016 11:00
  
  Artur Samarin is set to return to court Thursday -- not once, but twice for a bail reduction hearing and a preliminary hearing.
  
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• Overturned tractor-trailer slowing traffic on I-83 north outside of York

  24-03-2016 10:32
  
  The incident was first reported after 1 a.m. Thursday in York Township, just north of Exit 16B, the exit for Route 74 and Queen Street, according to York County 911.
  
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• Pennsylvania: Governor Ends Resistance to Budget

  24-03-2016 05:12
  Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, a Democrat, backed off his threat to veto the budget after nine months of gridlock threatened to close schools and forced social-service agencies to lay off employees.
  
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• 2 killed in crash in South Hanover Township

  24-03-2016 03:47
  
  The head-on collision occurred at about 7:18 p.m.
  
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