11-Year-Old Critically Hurt In Hit-And-Run By Harrisburg Woman: Police
A child was left fighting for their life after a hit-and-run crash in Harrisburg, police announced on Monday, April 20.
Tahirah Stewart, 36, has been charged following the incident on the 2400 block of Derry Street, according to Harrisburg Police.
Officers responded to the area on Saturday, April 18, for a report of an 11-year-old struck by a vehicle. When they arrived, the child was found seriously injured, and the driver had already fled the scene, police said.
Medical aid was immediately provided before the victim was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition.
A search for the v…
Fatal Pedestrian Crash On I-78 In Berks County: PA State Police
A pedestrian killed in a crash on Interstate 78 in Berks County has been identified.
Michael Grant Gerhart, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, and formerly of Lebanon County, was the man struck and killed in Tilden Township, the Berks County Coroner’s Office announced on Monday, April 20.
The crash happened in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 27.3 between the Shartlesville and Hamburg exits around 10:20 p.m. on Friday, April 17, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Investigators determined Gerhart had been traveling westbound on I-78 when, for unknown reasons, he exited his vehicle and at…
Scooter Crash, $100 Pants Demand Leads To Robbery: 3-Time Felon Sentenced In DC
A bizarre chain of events in DC ended with a robbery, a foot chase, and a loaded gun — and now a repeat offender is heading to federal prison.
Naquel Matao Henderson, 28, a three-time convicted felon from the District, was sentenced to 56 months in prison on Tuesday, April 14, in US District Court after a street robbery in Northeast turned violent, prosecutors said.
The incident started in an unusual way.
Around 2:15 p.m. on June 24, 2024, near 15th Street and Benning Road NE, Henderson crashed a motorized scooter into a car stopped at a traffic light, according to court documents.
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Wrong Way Head-On Wreck That Killed NY Man Leads To Schenectady Man's Plea: Prosecutors
A New York man admitted he caused a deadly head-on crash after crossing into oncoming traffic in Colonie, authorities said Monday, April 13.
Anthony Peterson, 53, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of William Merrihew in the wreck, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said.
Peterson, of Schenectady, was driving on New Karner Road in Colonie around 7 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2025, when he crossed the double yellow line and struck Merrihew’s vehicle head-on, according to investigators.
Merrihew, a 64-year-old Albany man, was taken to Albany Medical Center and died fro…
