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PA Teacher, Former Court Clerk Nabbed For Allegedly Uploading Videos Of Child Porn: DA PA Teacher, Former Court Clerk Nabbed For Allegedly Uploading Videos Of Child Porn: DA
PA Teacher, Former Court Clerk Nabbed For Allegedly Uploading Videos Of Child Porn: DA A teacher and former court clerk allegedly uploaded videos and photos of children committing sex acts to social media, authorities say.   31-year-old Charles Allen Kirkland was charged by the Westmoreland County district attorney's office with five felony charges for child pornography, disseminating photos/films of child sex acts, and criminal use of a communication facility, according to court documents.  Pennsylvania state police received a Cyber Tipline Report through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children network of the activity being uploaded by a Go…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fake Gun Locks Down Delco High School; Student Arrested Fake Gun Locks Down Delco High School; Student Arrested
Fake Gun Locks Down Delco High School; Student Arrested A Delaware County high school was briefly locked down Thursday, Dec. 8 after administrators spotted a gun in a student's backpack that turned out to be fake.  In a statement issued to parents and staff Thursday afternoon, Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Superintendent Wagner Marseille said staff at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford were informed that a student might have had a firearm in their bag.  The school locked down at around 10:45 a.m. as Nether Providence police searched the building. They arrested a student after discovering a "replica handgun" in h…

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by Mac Bullock
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Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm
Second College Student Found Dead In Central Pennsylvania Dorm A York College Freshman who was found unresponsive died on Thursday, Nov. 17, authorities say.  Ryan Heflin, of Norristown, was found in his residence hall Thursday afternoon and later pronounced dead, according to Richard Satterlee, dean of student development and campus life. His death is not considered suspicious, Satterlee says.  Heflin had been majoring in sports media. You can read Satterlee's letter to the community below: It is with a heavy heart that I share with all of you the death of one of our students, Ryan Heflin. Ryan was found unresponsive in his residence hall…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Minors Charged With Making Threats To Allentown Schools: Police Minors Charged With Making Threats To Allentown Schools: Police
Minors Charged With Making Threats To Allentown Schools: Police Criminal charges have been filed in connection with a string of violent threats aimed at Allentown schools, authorities announced.  Without specifying how many were charged and if they were students, Allentown police Captain Kyle Pammer said in a release Tuesday, Nov. 15 that "several juveniles" have been charged with making terroristic threats.  Allentown School District has experienced an unusual number of violent threats that disrupted classes in recent weeks.  On Thursday, Nov. 10, Dieruff High School was locked down and then dismissed after administrators received warni…

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by Mac Bullock
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Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide
Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide Investigation details and new charges have been released in the shocking deaths of two Conestoga Valley High School football players who died over the weekend of June 25. Tyler Zook, a 17-year-old Senior at Conestoga Valley High School from Lancaster, was the driver of the 2014 Hyundai Sante Fe; his girlfriend Amalie Wendt, an 18-year-old 2022 CV graduate from Ronks was the front-seat passenger; and Tyreese Smith, a 16-year-old CV Junior from Lancaster, was a rear-seat passenger when the group was going over 90 mph in 40 mph zone of the 500 block of Willow Road around 12:13 a.m., according t…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row
Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row For the third consecutive school day, classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were disrupted Tuesday, Nov. 15 due to a violent threat, administrators said in a post on the school website.  Officials said the threat was reported just before 8:30 a.m., sending the school into lockdown. Pennsylvania State Police were already onsite due to similar threats that closed the school on Friday, Nov. 11 and Monday, Nov. 14, administrators said.  Those threats were transmitted via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, both remain under criminal investigation by s…

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by Mac Bullock
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Philly High Schooler Arrested After Gun Found In Locker: Report Philly High Schooler Arrested After Gun Found In Locker: Report
Philly High Schooler Arrested After Gun Found In Locker: Report A Philadelphia high school student was detained after police found a firearm in their locker, according to a report by 6ABC.  Authorities were searching a locker for drugs at Mastery Hardy Williams Charter School on Warrington Avenue in Kingsessing just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 when they spotted the gun, the outlet wrote. The school went into lockdown while officers swept the rest of the building, they added. The incident remains under investigation.  Click here for the full story from 6ABC.

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by Mac Bullock
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UPDATE: Police Investigate Third Bomb Threat In 3 Weeks At Lehigh School UPDATE: Police Investigate Third Bomb Threat In 3 Weeks At Lehigh School
Update: Police Investigate Third Bomb Threat In 3 Weeks At Lehigh School A Lehigh County high school was evacuated following a bomb threat Monday, Nov. 14, just days after a similar threat canceled classes last Friday.  Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville was closed Monday after administrators received "multiple threats" at around 9:30 a.m., said school administrators in a post on the LCTI website.  As LCTI is a vocational school that draws students from several county school districts, students that were already on campus Monday morning were sent to their regular high schools instead, administrators said. The emergency closure cam…

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by Mac Bullock
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Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks
Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks For the second time in as many weeks, a Lehigh County high school was evacuated Friday, Nov. 11 after administrators received a violent threat.  Classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were canceled after administrators learned of a bomb threat at about 7:30 a.m., according to an announcement on the school's website.  Administrators said they contacted state police, who are investigating the matter.  As LCTI is a vocational school that draws students from several county school districts, buses that were already en route Friday morning were sent to t…

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by Mac Bullock
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Violent Threats That Cleared Allentown School Not 'Credible': Police Violent Threats That Cleared Allentown School Not 'Credible': Police
Violent Threats That Cleared Allentown School Not 'Credible': Police There is no evidence that the violent threats that forced students and staff to evacuate Dieruff High School in Allentown Thursday, Nov. 10 were "credible," say city police. The school district and police department both received multiple warnings of a violent attack at the school this morning via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, officials wrote.  The building was placed on lockdown at about 10 a.m. before dismissing an hour later "out of an abundance of caution, they said.  "The tips received through the Safe2Say program were thoroughly investigated and found to be unsubstant…

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by Mac Bullock
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Stranger On The School Bus: Man Hitches Ride With Bensalem Teens Stranger On The School Bus: Man Hitches Ride With Bensalem Teens
Stranger On The School Bus: Man Hitches Ride With Bensalem Teens "There's a strange man on this bus," was the terrifying message that Bensalem parents received from their children heading to school on Friday, Nov. 4. The teens reached out to their families after noticing that a grown man wearing a hoodie and a face mask had boarded their bus to Bensalem High School around 6:40 a.m., district officials said. Parents called 911, and police pulled the bus over at at Galloway and Mechanicsville roads, where Elliott Smith Jr., of Philadelphia, was arrested, 6abc reports. Smith, who had a warrant out for his arrest, was Smith is charged with un…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lehigh Valley High School Evacuated Over Illness Concerns, Dozens Hospitalized: District Lehigh Valley High School Evacuated Over Illness Concerns, Dozens Hospitalized: District
Lehigh Valley High School Evacuated Over Illness Concerns, Dozens Hospitalized: District A Bethlehem high school closed early on Friday, Nov. 4 after multiple students and staff reported feeling unwell, according to administrators.  The Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School high school building on the 1600 block of Valley Center Parkway was evacuated "out of an abundance of caution," officials said on Facebook just before 2 p.m.  First responders and hazmat crews were on-scene Friday afternoon evaluating the affected students and staff, administrators added. They did not describe the symptoms experienced or characterize the illness.  At least 48 children…

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by Mac Bullock