Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Public Masturbator Sought In Central PA Public Masturbator Sought In Central PA
Public Masturbator Sought In Central PA Police in Central Pennsylvania are seeking a man who touched himself in front of a customer at a local dollar store. Photos show the unidentified man with his genitals exposed at the Dollar General at 960 Lancaster Ave., in Columbia on Feb. 7. He exposed himself and began to inappropriately touch himself in front of a customer, then left the store, police said. If anyone has any more information they are asked to submit a tip or call the Columbia Borough Police at 717-684-7735.

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by Cecilia Levine
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Hits Underground Propane Tank, Closing Roadway In Area For Hours Woman Hits Underground Propane Tank, Closing Roadway In Area For Hours
Woman Hits Underground Propane Tank, Closing Roadway In Area For Hours An area roadway was closed for hours after a woman allegedly crashed her vehicle into a utility pole and fence, before hitting an inground propane tank causing a major lead. The incident took place around 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 in Ulster County in Kerhonkson. According to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the woman was driving on Route 209 in the area of the Dollar General when she lose control of her vehicle and struck a utility pole, a fence, and the valve to an underground propane tank causing a significant propane leak.  The service company which owned the tank w…

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by Kathy Reakes
Rivertowns, NY
Police & Fire
Six Firefighters Hospitalized After Battling Blaze At Shopping Center In Hudson Valley Six Firefighters Hospitalized After Battling Blaze At Shopping Center In Hudson Valley
Six Firefighters Hospitalized After Battling Blaze At Shopping Center In Hudson Valley First responders are still on the scene of a stubborn, dangerous shopping center fire that has sent six firefighters to the hospital in Rockland County. The blaze broke out at The Rise, a gun range located in the basement of a shopping area that includes a Dollar General store and a Dunkin Donuts coffee, around noon on Sunday, Nov. 28 in Pearl River, said Lt. James Sullivan, of the Orangetown Police. Related Story: Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center According to Sullivan, when police patrols arrived on the scene at 120 N. Middletown Road, officers found an …

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by Kathy Reakes
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center
Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries from a stubborn noontime blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night on Sunday, Nov. 28, authorities confirmed. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
York, PA
News
Alleged Repeat Offender Nabbed At Central PA Dollar Store Armed Robbery Alleged Repeat Offender Nabbed At Central PA Dollar Store Armed Robbery
Alleged Repeat Offender Nabbed At Central PA Dollar Store Armed Robbery Police caught a possible repeat robber following an armed robbery of a dollar store in central Pennsylvania. York Area Regional police were called to an armed robbery at the Dollar General located at 2138 S. Queen Street in York on Oct. 24 shortly after 7 p.m. according to a statement released by police. Officers learned the suspect possibly matched the description from a previous robbery and shared that information over the radio to nearby law enforcement agencies, according to the police release. Officer Smith of the Southern Regional Police Department overheard the description and loc…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Paxton, PA
News
SEEN HER? Police Search Repeat Shoplifter In Harrisburg SEEN HER? Police Search Repeat Shoplifter In Harrisburg
Seen HER? Police Search Repeat Shoplifter In Harrisburg A woman is wanted by Susquehanna Township Police for stealing an overflowing cart of groceries. The Susquehanna Township Police are attempting to identify and locate the shoplifter pictures. The unidentified female loaded an entire cart of Red Bull, Ensure, water and other various items and left without paying at the Price Rite on Union Deposit Road on May 15, say police. After exiting the store she went across the parking lot to a silver sedan, possibly a Buick, where a male exited the drivers side and helped her load all of the items into the car and they departed the plaza driving tow…

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by Jillian Pikora
West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Coatsville Man With Pet Alligator Found Guilty Of Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl Coatsville Man With Pet Alligator Found Guilty Of Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl
Coatsville Man With Pet Alligator Found Guilty Of Selling Heroin Laced With Fentanyl A Coatsville alligator owner was found guilty of selling heroin laced with fentanyl in 2019, authorities said. Between January and February 2019,  Irvin Hawkins, 33, allegedly sold the lethal concoction at a Wawa in Caln Township, and a Dollar General in Valley Township, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When detectives arrested Hawkins and a co-conspirator on Feb. 8, 2019, they found heroin, crack cocaine, marijuana, more than $5,000 in cash, drug packaging materials and a three-foot alligator in their possession, the DA's office said. The alligato…

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by Nicole Acosta
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Serial Philadelphia Bank Robber Gets 9 Years Behind Bars Serial Philadelphia Bank Robber Gets 9 Years Behind Bars
Serial Philadelphia Bank Robber Gets 9 Years Behind Bars A Philadelphia bank robber is facing nine years behind bars for a nearly six-month-long crime spree during which he robbed eight banks and businesses, authorities said. Gerald Griffith, also known as “Jerry Porecca,” 47, pleaded guilty in December 2019 to two counts of bank robbery, two counts of armed bank robbery, and four counts of Hobbs Act robbery, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The charges arose from a drug-fueled crime spree between July and December 2018, during which Griffith robbed or attempted to rob four separate banks, as well as four …

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by Nicole Acosta
Monroe, NY
Business
COVID-19: Target Paying Workers To Get Vaccines COVID-19: Target Paying Workers To Get Vaccines
Covid-19: Target Paying Workers To Get Vaccines Target has become the latest retail grocer to pay employees to get COVID-19 vaccinated. Target's corporate office said on Wednesday, Feb. 10 that it would provide hourly employees up to four hours of pay (two hours per each vaccine dose) to get vaccinated. The retailer will also arrange for free Lyft rides (up to $15 each way) to get employees to vaccination centers. “Taking care of our team has been at the heart of every decision we’ve made since the coronavirus started, and this point in the pandemic is no different,” said Target's Chief Human Resources Officer Melissa Kremer in a stateme…

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by Kristin Palpini
Worcester, MA
Business
COVID-19: These Grocery Stores Are Paying Employees To Get Vaccinated COVID-19: These Grocery Stores Are Paying Employees To Get Vaccinated
Covid-19: These Grocery Stores Are Paying Employees To Get Vaccinated A number of grocers are paying employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Among the food markets providing financial incentives to be vaccinated are Trader Joe’s, Dollar General, and Aldi, while Instacart is offering grocery deliverers a $25 stipend, according to NPR. Aldi announced its vaccination intent on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The grocery chain is providing hourly workers with two hours of pay for each of the two necessary vaccine shots. Aldi, which has 2,000 stores in the U.S., also said it would help employees pay for their shots. “Providing accommodations so employees can receive this …

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by Kristin Palpini