Northumberland
CRIME & SAFETY
Victim identified after deadly I-80 crash
LIBERTY TWP., MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The victim killed in a crash on Interstate 80 Wednesday has been identified. The victim of Wednesday’s fatal crash on I-80 in Liberty Township, Montour County has been identified as 60-year-old Rocco Volpe, Jr. from Massachusetts. The Montour County coroner said the victim died as a result of multiple […]
Woman charged for death of 1-year-old infant
Sunbury, Pa. — A Sunbury woman was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after a 1-year-old infant in her home died. Amanda Lynn Walton, 42, called 911 around 6:30 a.m. July 12 after she discovered the infant was not breathing. Officer Trey Kurtz of Sunbury Police Department said EMS were first to arrive at the scene and attempted to perform CPR on the infant, but they were not successful. The...
Sunbury firefighter resigns after viral posts, faces death threats
Sunbury, Pa. — A local volunteer firefighter resigned after his post regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump went viral on social media. "Too bad it didn't hit him square," Tony Bendele wrote in a Facebook post. Bendele is a well-known photographer and volunteer firefighter at Americus Hose Company in Sunbury, Pa. There was immediate backlash by commenters on Bendele's post, but things took a turn after screenshots of the post were shared by popular right-wing page, Libs of TikTok. ...
Issues still plague victim 10 years after rock-throwing incident on I-80 in Pa.
The lives of an Ohio family were changed forever on a late July evening 10 years ago. Randy Budd, his wife Sharon and daughter Kaylee were traveling east on Interstate 80 in Union County headed to Somerset, New Jersey, and looking forward to seeing “Mama Mia” on Broadway.
Man charged for attempted illegal resale of riding mower
New Columbia, Pa. — A New Columbia man was charged for fraudulently getting a riding mower from a store in south central Pa. and trying to resell it in Union County. Trp. Bradley Derk of state police at Milton says they received a call on June 26 from a woman who found a green John Deere S140 lawn mower in her shed on Newky Road that she did not purchase. ...
Police: Salvation Army worker runs cart into vehicle, claims driver is at fault
Danville, Pa. — Surveillance video provided by a restaurant contradicted a man’s story about a car hitting him and attempting to drive away. Matthew William Ebert, 59, called Danville police at the beginning of May to report the incident, Sgt. Justin Stanley said. According to Stanley, both Ebert and the driver were standing beside a silver Volkswagen on Canal Street when he arrived at the area near the Moose Lodge on Mill Street. ...
Riverside Police Talk of Repairing Busted Traffic Signal
RIVERSIDE – One Northumberland County community has a bum traffic signal and it’s confusing drivers. In Riverside, police tell us their traffic signal is letting left turn traffic have a green light at the wrong times. They did not talk of any major hazard or any accidents, and they say they are working with PennDOT.
“Death in Denver” Crime Scene Investigation
Yesterday evening Bloomsburg Children’s Museum visited us at the library for our monthly STEM adventure! This time around, the focus was on forensic science as we were tasked with solving a “Death in Denver” that had gone unsolved for many years. After learning how and why certain...
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