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2 persons of interest arrested in York after woman found dead in duffel bag in NYC

2 persons of interest arrested in York after woman found dead in duffel bag in NYC
YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S COMPANY RETURNS TO WALL STREET WHILE THE COMPANY IS GOING PUBLIC. A 17 YEAR OLD FROM PHILADELPHIA IS NAMED AS A SUSPECT IN AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE IN YORK COUNTY. BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE ATTACKED BY MIGRANTS ENTERING THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. WHAT GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYS ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO SEND PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO HELP SECURE THE BORDER IN TEXAS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO RAIN IS ON THE WAY. AND THE NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM HAS MADE TOMORROW AN IMPACT DAY. METEOROLOGIST TJ SPRINGER JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE ON THAT. HI, SUSAN. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF RAIN. BEAUTIFUL TODAY. IT’S PERFECT END OF THE WEEK. BUT YEAH THAT STORM SYSTEM GOING TO MOVE OUR WAY AND EVENTUALLY BRING US SOME MORE CLOUDS. AND THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN. SO THAT’S THE BIG STORY AS WE KICK OFF THE WEEKEND. BUT WE DO HAVE THAT GORGEOUS VIEW AT THE MOMENT IN LEBANON AS WE’RE PEEKING EASTBOUND OVER SOME OF THE CITY, A LACK OF CLOUDS, A BRIGHT BLUE SKY. TEMPERATURES ARE CHILLY, THOUGH. AFTER STARTING OFF COLD, WE’RE ONLY IN THE 30S IN LEWISTOWN. WE HAVE 41 IN YORK, 38. THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN LEBANON. WE ARE GOING TO REBOUND BACK CLOSER TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR OVER THE NEXT 12, EXPECTING HIGHS AROUND 50. BUT NOTICE THAT GRADUAL UPTICK IN THE CLOUDS AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THEN THE RAIN STARTS TO MOVE IN AND IT COULD FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES. HAVE SOME FLOODING CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY OFF ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SO WE’LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW LONG THE RAIN STICKS AROUND AND HOW MUCH TO EXPECT AS WE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW HERE, SUSAN, IN JUST ABOUT TEN MINUTES, A CRASH OVERNIGHT ON INTERSTATE 81 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD. PART OF THE INTERSTATE WAS CLOSED AFTER THE CRASH IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES NEAR THE EXIT FOR ROUTE 914 IN GUILFORD TOWNSHIP. THE VICTIM’S NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. A 17 YEAR OLD FROM PHILADELPHIA IS WANTED IN YORK COUNTY ON ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AND OTHER OFFENSES. NORTH YORK COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE WERE CALLED TO MEADOW RUN MOBILE HOME PARK LAST EVENING AFTER A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE SHOULDER. INVESTIGATORS SAY LYSIUS JESUS DELGADO SHOT ROBERT HOWARD, JUNIOR AFTER HOWARD TOLD HIM HE HAD TO LEAVE THE MOBILE HOME PARK. THE 17 YEAR-OLD DELGADO HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED. HE WILL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT WITH CRIMINAL ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AND OTHER CHARGES. NEW AT NOON, THE MAN HIT AND KILLED LAST THURSDAY BY AN EMS VEHICLE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY IS IDENTIFIED AS MICHAEL KOENIG. THE DAUPHIN COUNTY CORONER RULED THE 62 YEAR OLD’S DEATH FROM MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC INJURIES AS ACCIDENTAL. THE CORONER’S OFFICE HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF CESNIK’S RELATIVES AS NEW. AT NOON, THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS A FIRE MONDAY IN THE WOODS IN EAST EARL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, DID NOT START. NATURALLY, THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT NATURAL CAUSES HAVE BEEN RULED OUT. GARDEN SPOT FIRE RESCUE SAYS THE FIRE BURNED 15 ACRES IN THE WOODS AND IS NOW CONSIDERED A CRIME SCENE. A RATHER CHAOTIC SCENE OCCURRED IN EL PASO, TEXAS. HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS FORCED THEIR WAY THROUGH RAZOR WIRE FENCING AND PUSHED PAST BORDER PATROL AGENTS TRYING TO HOLD THEM BACK. PRISCILLA THOMPSON REPORTS FROM TEXAS. TENSIONS ESCALATING ON THE TEXAS BORDER. DRAMATIC NEW VIDEO SHOWS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN BORDER PATROL AND MIGRANTS IN EL PASO. THE VIDEO SHOWS DOZENS OF MIGRANTS PULLING ASIDE A RAZOR WIRE FENCE, THEN PUSHING THEIR WAY PAST A HANDFUL OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS. THE MIGRANTS WERE EVENTUALLY STOPPED A SHORT TIME LATER BY A STEEL FENCE, WHERE BORDER AGENTS AND TEXAS DPS CONTAINED THE SITUATION AND PROCESSED THE 4 TO 600 MIGRANT, SAYS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT AFTER THE INCIDENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT QUICKLY REGAINED CONTROL AND ARE REDOUBLING THE RAZOR WIRE BARRIERS WHILE URGING TEXAS DPS TO ARREST THOSE INVOLVED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. EARLIER THIS WEEK, VIDEO CAPTURED IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO, SHOWS MIGRANTS PLACING BLANKETS OVER A SIMILAR BARBED WIRE FENCE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AS THEY PASS THROUGH. THIS ALL COMES AS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS HEARD ARGUMENTS THIS WEEK ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL TEXAS BILL, SB FOUR. THE BILL. WOULD ALLOW LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN TEXAS TO ARREST MIGRANTS SUSPECTED OF CROSSING ILLEGALLY AND EMPOWER STATE JUDGES TO ORDER DEPORTATIONS BACK TO MEXICO. SO THE SUPREME COURT ALLOWED THE BILL TO GO INTO EFFECT FOR HOURS ON TUESDAY, ONLY FOR THE LAW TO BE PAUSED AGAIN UPON APPEAL. THE CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES APPEARING SKEPTICAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT, UH, A STATE HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN MOVE ILLEGAL ALIENS. STATES OUTSIDE OF TEXAS ARE ALSO FEELING PRESSURE TO GET INVOLVED AT THE BORDER. PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO SAYS HE WON’T SEND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE BORDER, DESPITE CALLS FROM HIS REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURE. FOR THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD. I’M GOING TO DO IS PUT THE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN OF THE PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD’S LIVES AT RISK TO BE PART OF SOME POLITICAL SQUABBLE AT THE BORDER. A LAWMAKER AT THE US CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON HAVE 24 HOURS TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. CONGRESS CAN AVOID THE SHUTDOWN IF IT PASSES FUNDING LEGISLATION, BUT BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE VOICED DISAPPROVAL OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS NEARLY SIX MONTHS LATE. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU WITH MORE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT’S IN THE BILLS AND THE PROCESS TO APPROVE THEM AS A $1.2 TRILLION VOTE HANGS IN THE BALANCE FACING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND A BUDGET WELL PAST DUE. WE ARE PAST THE 11TH HOUR. HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS ARE FORGING AHEAD WITH A VOTE. I THINK THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS BROKEN BETWEEN SPEAKER JOHNSON BREAKING A REPUBLICAN RULE, GIVING 72 HOURS TO CONSIDER THE BILL’S TEXT, GROUPING ALL THE BUDGET BILLS INTO TWO VOTES AND A LACK OF CUTS TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS. CONSERVATIVES ARGUE IT’S NOT WHAT REPUBLICANS PROMISED AMERICA, WARNING COLLEAGUES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT BAD POLICIES ARE BEING MAINTAINED AND WITHOUT EVEN BEING CONCERNED THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ IT, DEMOCRATS ARE UNHAPPY TO ANGRY OVER A LACK OF POLICIES ADDRESSING THE BORDER AND UKRAINE. I JUST WANT TO NEGOTIATE ON SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE UKRAINIANS. BUT LEADERS ARE ADAMANT THE BUDGET MUST GO THROUGH, RELYING ON DEMOCRATS VOTES TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN. FIVE TIMES WE HAVE NOW FUNDED AND WE WILL PUT UP THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTES TO FUND GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OURS IS A GROUP AND A CAUCUS THAT BELIEVES IN GOVERNING. DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE DEMAND. REPUBLICANS HOLD A VOTE ON UKRAINIAN AID BEFORE LAWMAKERS LEAVE TOWN FOR TWO WEEKS STARTING TODAY. THEY OR FACE ACTION TO FORCE A VOTE ON IT. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON SAYS THAT THE HOUSE WILL BE WORKING ON FOREIGN AID NEXT, BUT IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT FORM THAT WILL TAKE IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU. TODAY IS THE UNITED WAY’S YOUTH DAY OF CARING. MORE THAN 100 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE DOING A CLEANUP AND WORKING ON LANDSCAPE PROJECTS ON CITY ISLAND IN HARRISBURG. NEWS EIGHT’S TAYLOR HESS REPORTS ON THE VOLUNTEER EFFORT. AFTER THE STUDENTS SHOWED UP JUST BEFORE 9 A.M., THEY WERE SPLIT INTO 13 DIFFERENT GROUPS DOING WORK FROM MULCHING, PAINTING AND CLEANING UP DEBRIS. NINE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM DAUPHIN AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES PARTICIPATED AT CITY ISLAND ALONGSIDE UNITED WAY MEMBERS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS. IT’S THE 20TH YEAR THAT THE UNITED WAY HAS HAD A SPECIAL DAY FOR KIDS TO GET INVOLVED, AND AFTER TAKING TWO YEARS OFF DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, ONE UNITED WAY MEMBER HOPES THAT THIS EVENT WILL HELP MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS. I THINK PEOPLE CARE. THEY AND THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK. THEY DON’T ALWAYS KNOW HOW WE’RE BRINGING A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS AND THEY CAN YOU KNOW, WE ALL LEARN BY DOING. THEY’RE GOING TO SEE THE FRUIT OF THEIR LABORS TODAY AND HOPEFULLY THAT THIS INSPIRES THEIR VOLUNTEERISM INTO THEIR ADULT LIFE. THE STUDENTS HARD WORK WILL BE ON DISPLAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE HARRISBURG SENATORS SEASON OPENER IN TWO WEEKS ON CITY ISLAND. TAYLOR HESS WGAL NEWS EIGHT. STUDENTS HAVE HAD ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE IN LANCASTER COUNTY ARE MAKING A MONTH’S WORTH OF MEALS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED. IT’S PART OF THE ANNUAL SPRING DAY OF SERVICE AT THE COLLEGE. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND ALUMNI STARTED PACKING THE MEALS AT EIGHT THIS MORNING IN THOMPSON. JIM. THE GOAL IS TO PACK UP AT LEAST 47,000 MEALS AS IT DEFINITELY PLAYS TO OUR SCHOOL MOTTO EDUCATE FOR SERVICE. UM, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE’RE ALL HERE TO HELP PEOPLE OUT. IT’S REALLY EXCITING. I LOVE TO JUST BE HERE WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND LIKE, SEE THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY COME OUT AND LIKE, SERVE A GREATER CAUSE. THE EVENT RUNS UNTIL 145 THIS AFTERNOON. VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING
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2 persons of interest arrested in York after woman found dead in duffel bag in NYC
Two persons of interest in the murder of a woman whose body was found in a duffel bag in New York City were arrested in York on Friday.U.S. Marshals took 19-year-old Halley Tejada and 16-year-old Kensly Alston into custody in the 200 block of Liberty Court on charges of receiving stolen property.The charges are related to the crash of a stolen vehicle in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, on March 13.The vehicle belonged to 52-year-old Nadia Vitels, whose body was discovered March 14 in a bag in the closet of her late mother’s apartment in Manhattan. Police said she may have been dead for a few days before her family asked the building superintendent to check on her.The apartment had been vacant for a few months, and Vitels was getting it ready for a family friend.Police believe some squatters took over the apartment, and Vitels likely encountered them when she arrived.Tejada and Alston were transported to the Lower Paxton Township police station for additional questioning by officers there and NYPD detectives.

Two persons of interest in the murder of a woman whose body was found in a duffel bag in New York City were arrested in York on Friday.

U.S. Marshals took 19-year-old Halley Tejada and 16-year-old Kensly Alston into custody in the 200 block of Liberty Court on charges of receiving stolen property.

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The charges are related to the crash of a stolen vehicle in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, on March 13.

The vehicle belonged to 52-year-old Nadia Vitels, whose body was discovered March 14 in a bag in the closet of her late mother’s apartment in Manhattan. Police said she may have been dead for a few days before her family asked the building superintendent to check on her.

The apartment had been vacant for a few months, and Vitels was getting it ready for a family friend.

Police believe some squatters took over the apartment, and Vitels likely encountered them when she arrived.

Tejada and Alston were transported to the Lower Paxton Township police station for additional questioning by officers there and NYPD detectives.

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Victim Nadia Vitels