Christine Vendel
Investigative and Breaking News Editor at The Patriot-News
Investigative/breaking news editor for PennLive/The Patriot-News. Former Kansas City Star reporter. Tennis mom. ❤s data, holiday parades, the truth & my 9 pets.
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2 weeks ago |
pennlive.com | Christine Vendel
A Harrisburg police officer was put on paid leave after being accused of pulling his girlfriend off a couch by her hair while harassing her early Sunday at their home in York County. Lee R. Brown, 39, has worked as an officer in Harrisburg since at least 2022. He was free on a signature bond Monday after being charged Sunday with simple assault, a second-degree misdemeanor, and two summary offenses: harassment and criminal mischief.
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2 weeks ago |
pennlive.com | Christine Vendel
CrimePublished: Jun. 02, 2025, 5:34 p.m.A Lancaster County man was charged with animal cruelty after police say he used scissors to cut off the leg of an injured Labradoodle. Stephen L.
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3 weeks ago |
pennlive.com | Christine Vendel
NewsPublished: May. 23, 2025, 3:16 p.m.Officials are conducting an internal investigation after Chief Duane Fisher pointed his gun and pulled the motorcyclist off his bike April 30.Ed PfursichManheim Township commissioners announced Friday they plan to bring in an outside, independent investigator to review the actions of the police chief in a controversial traffic stop April 30. Police Chief Duane M.
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1 month ago |
pennlive.com | Christine Vendel
A York County doctor was charged with rape, sexual extortion and dozens of other crimes after investigators say he used his position prescribing methadone to sexually abuse drug-addicted women. Christopher J. Davis, 63, solicited nude photos and coerced methadone patients into sexual acts in exchange for him continuing to authorize their access to drug treatment medications, according to the state attorney general’s office. Methadone helps to reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings for opioids.
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1 month ago |
pennlive.com | Christine Vendel
A woman caught in the crossfire of a dispute to which she had no part in 2015 died last year in a homicide case that remains unsolved. The death of Janae L. Williams, 37, in August at a rehabilitation center was ruled a homicide, stemming from the gunshot wound to her head in the early hours of Jan. 15, 2015 in the 500 block of Schuylkill Street outside the Royal Pub bar. The bar later permanently closed.
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