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• Police arrest Lancaster burglary suspect

  12-05-2016 23:55
  
  Jonathan Julio Toro, 23, allegedly broke into several homes during a robbery spree Tuesday night through early Wednesday morning.
  
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• PennLive, others fight to open new Jerry Sandusky abuse claims

  12-05-2016 23:02
  
  Pennsylvania media companies are going to court to unseal documents that may reveal more information on recent bombshell allegations that Penn State's Joe Paterno and others knew Jerry Sandusky molested children as far back as the 1970s and 1980s.
  
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• Unnamed driver will be charged for 'large oil spill' in Lititz: police

  12-05-2016 22:55
  
  The incident happened at around 11:20 a.m. on May 9 near South Broad and East Center streets.
  
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• Former soccer coach arrested in drug ring probe: report

  12-05-2016 22:44
  
  WGAL is reporting that those arrested include Carlos Mendoza, 52, of Harrisburg, who until recently coached soccer at Red Lion High School in York County.
  
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• Reptiland staff hopes love bug will bite two Komodo dragons

  12-05-2016 22:29
  
  Reptiland obtained two Komodo dragons in 2011 and put the brother and sister on exhibit in 2013.
  
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• Lebanon homicide suspect turns himself in

  12-05-2016 22:25
  
  Carrasquillo, 23, turned himself in to police at 3:20 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• Harrisburg native Newt Gingrich will 'talk about' being Donald Trump's VP

  12-05-2016 22:18
  
  Harrisburg native and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is officially a Donald Trump supporter.
  
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• Rainy, windy days ahead for the Harrisburg area

  12-05-2016 22:12
  
  A couple of showers and heavy thunderstorms is possible on Saturday afternoon in the Harrisburg area, according to AccuWeather which says that the thunderstorms could bring hail and damaging winds.
  
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• 'Depraved' repeat sex offender gets life prison term under 'three strikes' law

  12-05-2016 21:08
  
  A Dauphin County judge cited Paul Miller's history of sex crime convictions in imposing that punishment.
  
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• 'I have pain 24/7': Philly train crash victim, others await cause of fatal derailment

  12-05-2016 21:01
  
  Investigators said the evidence showed no issues with the tracks, signals or the locomotive and they didn't find any signs that the train had been stuck by a rock or that the engineer was using his cellphone.
  
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• Crash closes Route 322 eastbound

  12-05-2016 20:57
  
  A crash is blocking eastbound lanes of Route 322 in Watts Township, according to PennDOT.
  
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• Fatal crash reported in Lebanon County

  12-05-2016 20:39
  
  A fatal crash occurred early this afternoon in Heidelberg Township, state police have confirmed.
  
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• Student escapes injury after hole opens in school bus floor

  12-05-2016 20:19
  
  The bus wasn't regularly used for routes and had been last inspected March 8, said a spokeswoman for Durham School Services, the bus operator.
  
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• Put Harrisburg terror suspect on house arrest, lawyer asks U.S. judge

  12-05-2016 20:15
  
  His attorney claims Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, who is accused of aiding ISIS, is being held under an unreasonable quarantine at Dauphin County Prison.
  
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• Harrisburg fires police officer accused of embezzling; she appeals decision to union

  12-05-2016 20:01
  
  Harrisburg officials decided to fire Jennie Jenkins last month after a due process hearing required under Pennsylvania law.
  
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• Central Pa. accounted for nearly a fifth of sex offender prosecutions: report

  12-05-2016 19:51
  
  Prosecutors across the Pennsylvania have charged 4,325 sex offenders with 16,987 offenses from January 2013 to December 2015 under the state's Adam Walsh Act, according to data published by the Administration Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
  
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• Shunned Mennonite vandalizes church he blames for his divorce

  12-05-2016 19:44
  
  An 87-year-old Carlisle area man with an ongoing beef with the Mennonite Church is accused of posting 37 posters on the church and sidewalk with wood glue.
  
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• The Donald Trump guide to nicknames and insults (no person or podium is safe)

  12-05-2016 19:33
  
  Donald Trump has shared many nicknames and insults during this campaign season.
  
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• 'Saving lives is only a first step': Hundreds of drug overdoses reversed in Pennsylvania

  12-05-2016 19:07
  
  There are 880 men and women who are alive today because Pennsylvania police officers have begun carrying a life-saving drug that can reverse the effects of a drug overdose.
  
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• Name change ends Dairy Queen's trademark suit against local eatery

  12-05-2016 18:24
  
  A settlement was reached when the Grille and Chill Drive In in Dauphin County changed its name to the Sizzle-N-Shake.
  
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• Former Sandusky lawyer Karl Rominger's plea to stealing client funds heals one marriage

  12-05-2016 18:18
  
  Karl Rominger, 42, of Carlisle, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of theft by deception and 18 counts of misappropriation of entrusted funds. He is set for sentencing Aug. 4.
  
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• FTC doubles down on effort to block Hershey-Pinnacle merger

  12-05-2016 18:09
  
  It will be impossible untangle later, the FTC contends.
  
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• Woman tried to buy $14K Rolex watch with stolen credit card, fake passport

  12-05-2016 18:08
  
  Lower Paxton Township police are looking for a woman accused of trying to buy a $14K Rolex watch with a stolen credit card and fake Argentinian passport.
  
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• DA: Convicted child molester killed himself right before his sentencing

  12-05-2016 17:45
  
  Kevin Marshall of Gratz was facing a 3- to 7-year state prison sentence.
  
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• Teachers strike in Central Pa. school district

  12-05-2016 17:29
  
  Teachers in the Line Mountain School District hit the picket line early Thursday, after the school board voted Wednesday to reject an arbitrator's report.
  
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• 'He traveled with camera:' Police on man accused of taking 1,000s of images via hidden bathroom cameras

  12-05-2016 17:27
  
  Thousands of images of adults and children were recorded by a Glen Rock man on cameras hidden in three bathrooms, Southern Regional Police in York County say.
  
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• Judge stole $113K from his court, volunteer fire company, state investigators claim

  12-05-2016 16:46
  
  The attorney general's office announced criminal charges against District Judge Timothy M. Dougherty on Friday.
  
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• George Zimmerman to sell gun used to kill teen: 'I can do what I want with my possessions'

  12-05-2016 16:36
  
  Bidding starts at $5,000 for the pistol used to kill Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen, in Florida.
  
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• Sketch released of suspect in attack on woman jogging in park

  12-05-2016 16:32
  
  A sketch of the suspect Springettsbury Township believe attacked a woman jogging in Rocky Ridge park Tuesday night has been released.
  
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• Robber hits west shore Turkey Hill store

  12-05-2016 16:06
  
  A masked robber made off with cash at the Turkey Hill at Good Hope and Wertzville roads early Thursday.
  
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• Jerry Sandusky's former attorney pleads guilty to misappropriation of client funds

  12-05-2016 15:44
  
  Karl Rominger, the legally embattled former Carlisle attorney, appeared in Cumberland County Court Thursday.
  
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• A week of Pa. homicides

  12-05-2016 15:07
  
  The following were among the killings reported around the state in the last week
  
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• Crash slowing traffic along I-81 on Wade Memorial Bridge

  12-05-2016 14:37
  
  The crash was reported at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, just north of Exit 65, the exit for Route 11/15 in East Pennsboro Township, PennDOT said.
  
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• Completing the circle: A relative on the importance of bringing home the body of Native American child

  12-05-2016 14:18
  
  A family descendant of an American Indian children buried at the Carlisle Indian School says returning the remains of ancestors would complete the circle of life.
  
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• Endangered night herons return, year after year, to nest in midtown Harrisburg neighborhood

  12-05-2016 12:45
  
  Harrisburg is the only known nesting site in the state for rare yellow-crowned night herons. They have had a colony in midtown for several years.
  
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• Endangered night herons return to nest in midtown Harrisburg neighborhood

  12-05-2016 12:45
  
  Harrisburg is the only known nesting site in the state for rare yellow-crowned night herons. They have had a colony in midtown for several years.
  
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• Heroin in the toilet case; student made shooting threat: Overnight Police Report

  12-05-2016 12:23
  
  Here's what you may have missed in police and court-related stories from around the midstate on Wednesday.
  
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• Soggy Friday in store for the midstate

  12-05-2016 11:58
  
  Much of the area could receive about a half-inch of rain by Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
  
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• Harrisburg stops payments to PPL after company fails to account for new LED streetlights

  12-05-2016 04:08
  
  Harrisburg officials were surprised a few months ago when they realized they had overpaid their monthly electricity bill by about $10,000. Officials from PPL are working with city officials to fix the problem and reduce the bill.
  
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• Rain to hang around midstate next two days

  12-05-2016 03:00
  
  Thursday will bring a chance of showers and a high of 73.
  
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• Centre County DA not defamed by comments after accused of forging signature, judge rules

  12-05-2016 01:24
  
  Stacy Parks Miller contended she was the target of maliciously false, personal and politically motivated power play designed to drive her m office and destroy her reputation.
  
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• Woman attacked while jogging in York County park

  12-05-2016 00:03
  
  The victim was jogging along a marked trail in the park when a man attacked her, police said.
  
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