Charges

Fourteen motorists have become the bad examples the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission hopes will help keep the rest of its 200 million customers in good standing as it increasingly moves toward cashless fare collection. Because as the unlucky 14 have fund out, the toll road's EZ-Pass cameras know where your car has been and the Turnpike Commission is keeping track. And habitual toll deadbeats run the risk of increasing penalties ranging from vehicle registration suspensions - after six unpaid toll violations or an aggregate bill of $500 or more - to, now, felony theft of service charges. The service being your use of Pennsylvania's iconic super-highway. A first batch of felony charges are wending their way through criminal courts in Dauphin, York and Bucks counties this spring, based on where the offending vehicles entered the toll road. The criminal filings were first reported by The Wall Street Journal last weekend. Turnpike spokeswoman Rosanne Placey said the … [Read more...] about Why is the Pa. Turnpike charging some toll violators? It’s the only way, it seems, to get paid

A 17-year-old male student at Manheim Township High School has been charged with making a threat against the school, police say. file photo  Juvenile allegations of terroristic threats and harassment were filed against the teen, Manheim Township police said Wednesday night. Police learned late Tuesday that a student had posted a threat against the school on a social media site. An investigation began, and authorities determined there was no immediate threat, police said. The student was not named because he is a juvenile. … [Read more...] about Teen charged with making school threat on social media site