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Guilford Township, PA

Franklin PA
Traffic
I-81 Traffic Creeps, Crawls Following 'Serious' Crash At PA/MD Line:PennDOT I-81 Traffic Creeps, Crawls Following 'Serious' Crash At PA/MD Line:PennDOT
I-81 Traffic Creeps, Crawls Following 'Serious' Crash At PA/MD Line:PennDOT A serious crash on Interstate 81 caused some major deals near the Pennslyvania/Maryland state line on Monday, according to authorities.  The crash happened in the northbound lanes of I-81 at mile marker 10.3 in Guilford Township, Greencastle at 9:28 a.m. on March 11, according to PennDOT.  State police investigated the crash.  The number of vehicles involved and any injuries were not noted.  PennDOT expects residual delays. 

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin PA
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg
Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg A 66-year-old man is dead and a woman was seriously injured in a crash in Guilford Township on Tuesday, authorities announced on Jan. 31. Rodney Sebring of Chambersburg, died at Chambersburg Hospital on Jan. 30 following a serious three-vehicle crash, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  It all started when Margaret Cole was heading south along Falling Spring Road, SR-2029, near the Briar Lane intersection. Suddenly, she drove her black Jeep Renegade into the northbound lane — side-swiping Brendan Finucane's silver Volvo S60. Then she crashed head-on into Sebring's silver Linco…

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin PA
Obituaries
US Military Veteran Struck Dead 2 Days After 24th Wedding Anniversary: PSP US Military Veteran Struck Dead 2 Days After 24th Wedding Anniversary: PSP
US Military Veteran Struck Dead 2 Days After 24th Wedding Anniversary: PSP A 44-year-old Chambersburg dad and US Military veteran died two days after his 24th wedding anniversary,  after being tossed off his motorcycle and "run over" on Friday, Pennsylvania State Police said and social media posts detail.  JT Berger was riding west on Lincoln Highway in Guilford Township when he had a green light and entered the intersection at Ragged Edge Road — striking a 32-year-old Maryland woman's 2016 Chrysler 200 making a right turn at a red light onto Lincoln Highway around 2:37 p.m., Jan. 26, state police detailed in a release.  The police noted that Berger switched from …

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin PA
Police & Fire
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say
Florida Man Sextorts Children Worldwide Including 5 In PA, State Police Say Five Pennsylvania children were victims of a Florida man's international sextortion scam that started more than a decade ago, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.  Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 34, an Ecuadorian national most recently of Miami, Florida, was arrested at his home by PSP troopers in Miami with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, their Special Operations Team (SOT), and the Miami-Dade Police Department on Jan. 18, according to the release.  Police executed a search warrant of his home and seized num…

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin PA
Obituaries
PA Man ID'd In I-81 Motorcycle Crash: Authorities PA Man ID'd In I-81 Motorcycle Crash: Authorities
PA Man ID'd In I-81 Motorcycle Crash: Authorities A 65-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash on Interstate 81, authorities say.  Mark "Doc" Brown of Greencastle was riding a 2020 Harley-Davidson FLHXS Street Glide Specia when he went off the roadway for an unknown reason and struck the guide rail at mile marker 13.5 on I-81 in Guilford Township and the call about motorcyclist came into dispatch at 7:11 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2023, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  The Franklin County Coroner’s Office was soon called to the scene, according to dispatch.  All lanes were closed between Exit 14 at Wayne Avenue and Exit 10 at Mari…

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin PA
Police & Fire
CHILD LURING: 4 Men Tried To Get Girl Into Car In Franklin Co., PSP Says CHILD LURING: 4 Men Tried To Get Girl Into Car In Franklin Co., PSP Says
Child Luring: 4 Men Tried To Get Girl Into Car In Franklin Co., PSP Says A 9-year-old Brownsville girl is safe after four men tried to lure her into their car, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Saturday, May 6, 2023.  The police are looking for the men who approached the girl while driving in a black Nissan sedan with a PA license on Mower Road in Guilford Township around 2 p.m. on April 23, 2023. Which was traveling in an unknown direction. The car had a cracked passenger window and the men are described by the police as Hispanic and one was wearing a hoodie, the police detailed in the release.  Additional information was unavailab…

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by Jillian Pikora
Cumberland
Business
Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg
Man ID'd After Being Found In Debris At Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg A 30-year-old man has died following a building collapse at Martin's Famous Potato Rolls and Breads in Franklin County, authorities say. Steven Garrett Graby, of Washington Borough, Lancaster County has been identified as the man found in the debris at the construction site by the Franklin County coroner's office.  The collapse happened at a construction project on the company's campus at 1000 Garber Road in Guilford Township on Tuesday, August 30, around 2:15 p.m., according to dispatch.  Multiple concrete walls collapsed and although initially it was reported that a Martin's em…

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by Jillian Pikora
Cumberland
Business
One Contractor Missing Following Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Building Collapse One Contractor Missing Following Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Building Collapse
One Contractor Missing Following Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chambersburg Building Collapse A contract worker is unaccounted for following a building collapse at Martin's Famous Potato Rolls and Breads in Franklin County, according to the New Franklin volunteer fire department. Update on the Building Collapse: At this time, there is still one person unaccounted for. The unaccounted subject is a... Posted by New Franklin Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 The collapse happened at a construction project on the company's campus at 1000 Garber Road in Guilford Township on Tuesday, August 30, around 2:15 p.m., according to dispatch.  No injuries have been repor…

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by Jillian Pikora
Adams
News
Mom's Negligence Contributed To Six-Day-Old Son's Death: PA State Police Mom's Negligence Contributed To Six-Day-Old Son's Death: PA State Police
Mom's Negligence Contributed To Six-Day-Old Son's Death: PA State Police A 30-year-old mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after an investigation determined she "negligently contributed to the death” of her six-day-old son in 2021, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. State police were called to a report of an unresponsive infant in the 1300 block of Swamp Fox Road in Guilford Township on May 2 at 1 p.m., according to a release by the police. Life-saving measures were taken but Xender Ray Reed was pronounced deceased at 1:49 p.m., the release states. After an autopsy and an “extensive investigation” it was determined that Reed…

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by Jillian Pikora
Adams
Obituaries
Motorcyclist Killed In Airborne Crash ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police Motorcyclist Killed In Airborne Crash ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police
Motorcyclist Killed In Airborne Crash ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police A late night motorcycle ride turned deadly for a central Pennsylvania man. Pennsylvania state police were called to a crash in Chambersburg just before midnight on Saturday, Mar. 6, according to a release by state police. A 2007 Harley-Davidson Road Glide motorcycle had been traveling south on SR11 Molly Pitcher Highway near Highland Drive in Guilford Township when it exited the roadway during a left-hand curve— striking an embankment along the highway before hitting a second embankment head-on, police say. That's when he went airborne, separated from his Harley, but both the driver and …

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by Jillian Pikora
Cumberland
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Chucks Cold Chicken At Victim's Head In PA Walmart, Police Say Ex-Con Chucks Cold Chicken At Victim's Head In PA Walmart, Police Say
Ex-Con Chucks Cold Chicken At Victim's Head In PA Walmart, Police Say A 20-year-old woman with a criminal record threw a cold chicken at another woman's head inside of a Pennsylvania Walmart, state police say. Tahonee Fickes tossed the meat at the 52-year-old victim inside of a a Guilford Township Walmart, hitting the back of the woman's head on Oct. 7, State Police say. It was unclear what prompted the attack. Fickes was charged with harassment, court documents show. Last year, Fickes was convicted for passing a forged check, and was arrested for child endangerment last month, SmokingGun.com reports. She was also arrested for criminal mischief in 2020.

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by Cecilia Levine