Reacher, a hospital therapy dog, was sworn in as the newest K9 York City Police Officer with his partner Officer Jonathan Hatterer on May 27.
Pennsylvania law has barred drivers from reading, writing or sending text messages while driving since 2012, but other handheld cell phone uses were permitted; a new law that takes effect June 5 expands the ban to all handheld device use while driving.
Bucks County Commissioners voted along party lines to formalize opposition to county sheriff deputies participating in a controversial Immigrations and Customs Enforcement program.
A barrier described as an “anti-climb fence” is in the works for the governor's residence, less than a month after a late-night intruder jumped the existing fence, broke into the home and started a damaging fire.
A consultant paid to review security at the governor's residence after it was firebombed by a late-night intruder said that his team's findings will not be made public due to the "sensitive nature" of the findings.
A police officer killed while responding to a York hospital siege was struck by a shotgun blast fired by another officer that also hit the attacker as he held a hospital worker hostage with a gun to her head, a prosecutor disclosed Wednesday.
Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said authorities are trying to flesh out a statement by police in the arrest affidavit that Cody Balmer "admitted to harboring hatred towards" Shapiro, who is Jewish.
The arson attack at the governor's mansion hit the Jewish community hard in a state where such pain is achingly familiar. It targeted Pennsylvania’s religiously observant Jewish governor in the very place where just hours before he had hosted one of the central rituals of the Jewish calendar.
Police have said that Cody Balmer harbored hatred toward Shapiro. Balmer called 911 less than an hour after the fire erupted, promised a confession and talked about Palestinians being killed, police wrote in search warrants.
The suspect, Cody Balmer, had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder but didn't believe the assessment, according to his brother, who said he said he twice helped him get treatment at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute.
