Pennsylvania Police

• Pennsylvania house fire kills 7 adults, 3 children, criminal probe underway

  A criminal investigation into the fire is underway, authorities said. The children who died in the fire were ages 5, 6 and 7, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.

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  Aug 5, 2022
  
• No basis to charge Pennsylvania cop who kneeled on man’s head: prosecutor

  The officer and a second police officer used reasonable force to restrain the man, who was agitated, acting erratically and posing a danger to himself and others, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said.

  Jul 17, 2020
  
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• Pennsylvania police seek volunteers to get drunk so officers can conduct sobriety test training

  Kutztown Police Department put out a call on social media, looking for three volunteers to drink hard liquor to the point of intoxication.

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  Jan 18, 2019
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• Parents who ‘gifted’ daughter to man who sexually assaulted her given prison sentence

  A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday sentenced a married couple to up to seven years in prison each for giving their oldest daughter to a cult-like figure who sexually assaulted the girl and her five sisters.

  Jul 20, 2017
• Pit bull escapes yard, attacks 2 kids sitting in minivan

  A pit bull is in quarantine after it escaped from its yard, got into a minivan and attacked two children in Pennsylvania.

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  Jun 21, 2017
• Pennsylvania parents charged after locking children in basement dog cage

  State police troopers say the investigation began June 19 when police responded to a call of a child refusing to return home in Huntingdon County.

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  Jul 25, 2016
• ‘Something isn’t right’: Neighbour called 911 on man ‘gifted’ teen girl

  A neighbour said she had long felt that "something isn't right" at a Bucks County home where a man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager whose parents police say gave her to him when she was 14.

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  Jun 19, 2016
• Pennsylvania couple charged for ‘gifting’ daughter to man who allegedly impregnated her twice

  Twelve children found at a Pennsylvania home have been placed in child protective custody, and the home's owner has been charged with sexual assault.

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  Jun 18, 2016