Lebanon County, PA news, events, and opinions. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:54:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://images.phillypublishing.com/lebtown/uploads/2019/06/cropped-Artboard-5-32x32.png 32 32 https://lebtown.com/2024/01/24/thome-lawsuit-in-fatal-shooting-involving-two-state-troopers-is-continued-again/ https://lebtown.com/2024/01/24/thome-lawsuit-in-fatal-shooting-involving-two-state-troopers-is-continued-again/#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:30:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=201262 The civil lawsuit trial involving the fatal shooting of Richland resident Charity Thome in March 2020 that was to begin Monday, Jan. 29, has been postponed again. ]]> https://lebtown.com/2024/01/24/thome-lawsuit-in-fatal-shooting-involving-two-state-troopers-is-continued-again/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2023/11/16/civil-lawsuit-for-thomes-fatal-shooting-by-two-state-troopers-is-continued-until-2024/ https://lebtown.com/2023/11/16/civil-lawsuit-for-thomes-fatal-shooting-by-two-state-troopers-is-continued-until-2024/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=195079 The civil lawsuit involving the fatal shooting of Richland resident Charity Thome in March 2020 by Pennsylvania State Police troopers Jay Splain and Matthew Haber has been continued until the end of January 2024.]]> https://lebtown.com/2023/11/16/civil-lawsuit-for-thomes-fatal-shooting-by-two-state-troopers-is-continued-until-2024/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2023/11/13/thome-estate-seeks-5-6m-in-civil-suit-for-fatal-shooting-by-two-state-troopers/ https://lebtown.com/2023/11/13/thome-estate-seeks-5-6m-in-civil-suit-for-fatal-shooting-by-two-state-troopers/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:40:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=194860 Jury selection begins Wednesday following an Oct. 20 settlement conference where both sides failed to reach a settlement agreement, according to court documents.]]> https://lebtown.com/2023/11/13/thome-estate-seeks-5-6m-in-civil-suit-for-fatal-shooting-by-two-state-troopers/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2023/06/14/late-fall-trial-set-for-troopers-who-fatally-shot-richland-woman-after-car-chase/ https://lebtown.com/2023/06/14/late-fall-trial-set-for-troopers-who-fatally-shot-richland-woman-after-car-chase/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=179189 Trial in the federal court civil lawsuit filed by the family of a Richland woman fatally shot in 2020 by two Pennsylvania state troopers is set to start in Harrisburg on Nov. 27, 2023.]]> https://lebtown.com/2023/06/14/late-fall-trial-set-for-troopers-who-fatally-shot-richland-woman-after-car-chase/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2023/06/13/after-4-killings-splains-psp-admin-duty-assignment-mental-health-counselor/ https://lebtown.com/2023/06/13/after-4-killings-splains-psp-admin-duty-assignment-mental-health-counselor/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 10:15:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=179783 A lawsuit over the fatal shooting of Charity Thome is moving forward, while it was revealed that one of the troopers involved was reassigned to a mental health counseling role within the state police.]]> https://lebtown.com/2023/06/13/after-4-killings-splains-psp-admin-duty-assignment-mental-health-counselor/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2022/12/21/dzwonchyk-attorney-discusses-1-75m-settlement-in-psp-lawsuit-thome-court-date-set-splains-current-duties-unknown/ https://lebtown.com/2022/12/21/dzwonchyk-attorney-discusses-1-75m-settlement-in-psp-lawsuit-thome-court-date-set-splains-current-duties-unknown/#respond Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:30:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=162007 As the Thome case – which was also found by Hess Graf to be a justified shooting – heads towards a civil court trial date, Paul Messing, a Philadelphia-based attorney who represented the Dzwonchyk estate, spoke to LebTown about the findings his law firm’s investigation yielded in the months prior to settlement of that lawsuit.]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/12/21/dzwonchyk-attorney-discusses-1-75m-settlement-in-psp-lawsuit-thome-court-date-set-splains-current-duties-unknown/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2022/10/28/1-75-million-settlement-over-death-of-andy-dzwonchyk-finalized-in-county-court/ https://lebtown.com/2022/10/28/1-75-million-settlement-over-death-of-andy-dzwonchyk-finalized-in-county-court/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:45:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=157793 A settlement with the estate of Andy Dzwonchyk over the November 2021 shooting of Dzwonchyk by a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was finalized Thursday in Lebanon County Court.]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/10/28/1-75-million-settlement-over-death-of-andy-dzwonchyk-finalized-in-county-court/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2022/09/02/pa-settles-civil-lawsuit-over-psp-shooting-of-andy-dzwonchyk-for-1-75-million/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:10:03 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=153830 The state has reached a settlement with the estate of Andy Dzwonchyk over the November 2021 shooting of Dzwonchyk by a Pennsylvania State Police trooper.]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/08/31/da-says-nov-2021-shooting-of-andy-dzwonchyk-by-psp-trooper-was-justified/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=153685 Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf ruled Monday that an officer-involved shooting that killed a 40-year-old Jonestown man last November was justified. ]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/08/02/da-silent-on-why-investigation-of-2nd-fatal-psp-shooting-is-apparently-stalled/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:45:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=150173 Nearly nine months after the death of Andrew "Andy" Dzwonchyk, an investigation by Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf into possible criminal charges for the Pennsylvania State Trooper who fatally shot him appears to be stalled.]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/06/09/nyt-reports-das-husband-supervised-state-cop-when-charity-thome-was-fatally-shot-da-did-not-recuse-office-from-case/ Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=146064 The husband of Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf is a former supervisor of a state trooper her office is currently investigating for potential criminal charges surrounding a fatal shooting last fall, according to a recent news report from The New York Times.]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/02/07/naacp-files-complaint-against-da-over-investigation-of-fatal-psp-shootings/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:45:00 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=136083 The Lebanon County branch of the NAACP announced on Feb. 4 that it has filed an ethics complaint against Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf over her investigation of two fatal shootings by Pennsylvania State Police troopers. ]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/01/05/civil-lawsuit-filed-against-troopers-in-2020-jackson-township-fatal-shooting/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:53:52 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=125928 A Philadelphia law firm via a civil lawsuit filed against two Jonestown-based state police troopers has claimed that a video obtained by the law firm shows that a 2020 fatal shooting in Jackson Township involving those troopers was not justified.]]> https://lebtown.com/2022/01/03/new-york-times-says-trooper-was-involved-in-4-police-related-shootings-including-2-in-lebanon-county/ Mon, 03 Jan 2022 12:03:44 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=124554 A Jonestown-based Pennsylvania State Police officer pulled the trigger in four police-related shootings -- including two in Lebanon County over the past 19 months -- according to an investigative report published Thursday by the New York Times.]]> https://lebtown.com/2021/11/08/psp-says-jonestown-man-fatally-shot-by-trooper-during-struggle-at-site-of-active-pfa-developing-story/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:15:55 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=109603 Pennsylvania State Police announced in a press release early Monday, Nov. 8, that Andrew J. Dzwonchyk, a 40 year old Jonestown man, was killed by state troopers during an incident Sunday, Nov. 7, in Union Township.]]> https://lebtown.com/2020/04/27/da-discusses-details-process-that-led-to-justified-shooting-finding-in-thome-death/ https://lebtown.com/2020/04/27/da-discusses-details-process-that-led-to-justified-shooting-finding-in-thome-death/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:11:26 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=39235 Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf spoke to LebTown about the investigation and the process that led to her findings.]]> https://lebtown.com/2020/04/27/da-discusses-details-process-that-led-to-justified-shooting-finding-in-thome-death/feed/ 0 https://lebtown.com/2020/03/16/richland-woman-shot-dead-after-vehicle-chase-attempting-to-ram-police-car/ https://lebtown.com/2020/03/16/richland-woman-shot-dead-after-vehicle-chase-attempting-to-ram-police-car/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:34:04 +0000 https://lebtown.com/?p=35093 A 42-year-old Richland woman is dead after twice trespassing on a North Lebanon Township property, then leading police on a chase through the county that ended in her death as she attempted to ram a police car with an unidentified North Lebanon Township officer inside.]]> https://lebtown.com/2020/03/16/richland-woman-shot-dead-after-vehicle-chase-attempting-to-ram-police-car/feed/ 0