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A minister with Universal Life Church was arrested by state police at Pocono as a “John Doe” because he allegedly invoked his right to remain silent during a traffic stop for having a loud muffler. Thomas Sweeney, a guitarist who plays in bands in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, was charged with endangering troopers during the stop Aug. 5 on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bear Creek Township. Police allege Sweeney refused to lower his window during the traffic stop and had to be forcibly removed from his 1991 Saab, placing troopers in danger on the turnpike, according...

AT LEAST 14 Pittsburgh Steelers participated in a shooting party with Pennsylvania State Police troopers at the Greensburg barracks, using state police ammunition and illegal assault weapons from the evidence room, sources say. Although the gun-fun day was three years ago, someone recently began circulating photographs of the pistol-packing players among state troopers, prompting outraged calls for an outside investigation. Critics contend it is proof of a pattern of state police ignoring or covering up misbehavior by superiors. "It's a state police firing range used for state police to train. When we're there, it's downright military," said one state police...

A state trooper who had been assigned to Troop N in Hazleton has filed a federal lawsuit against several state police officials and commanders, claiming they violated his Constitutional rights. The allegations contained in a lawsuit filed by Lt. Rodney Witherite is one of many examples the Pennsylvania Troopers Association point to in requesting the U.S. Department of Justice and the state Attorney General's Office investigate alleged corruption by state police officials. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Friday officials from more than a dozen state police lodges voted to file a federal lawsuit charging state police supervisors, including those at...

NAZARETH — Daniel Autenrieth’s life was unraveling. Creditors had sued him over thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. His house was in foreclosure. His wife of 10 years had filed for divorce and then for a protective order, claiming years of physical and mental abuse. He’d lost custody of their three children. Related headlines The 31-year-old car salesman and youth baseball coach was angry. On Sunday night, his rage boiled over. After arguing with his estranged wife, Autenrieth kidnapped his 9-year-old son at gunpoint and led police on a 40-mile chase into the Pocono Mountains, then started a gun battle...

SNYDERSVILLE (PA) — A 75-year-old man is in surgery in Lehigh Valley Hospital after being shot five times during an armed confrontation with state police in his residence. Police were called to 4103 Manor Drive shortly after midnight for a report of shots fired. They talked to Hagen's roommate, whose name has not been released, and were told Hagen was recently diagnosed with dementia and displayed erratic behavior during the past few days. Hagen was in his bedroom with the door closed. Police said they could hear him calling out different names. Police knocked on the door and entered cautiously....

Plenty of gamers would give their left arm to be included in Grand Theft Auto IV. Miami attorney Jack Thompson, however, claims that he's depicted in the game and wants out. And he threatens to block the release of GTA IV if Rockstar doesn't comply....

The headquarters of Rockstar Games, a thin 6-story building squeezed between Best Buy and Adidas, stands just north of where Broadway cuts through Houston Street flowing downward into a mecca of trend -- or shopping for trends -- known as SoHo. A few blocks away Sony has erected one of the world's largest PSP displays (seen here), which towers over the intersection of Lafayette and Houston. But it's not just neighboring downtown-Manhattan real estate that connects Rockstar and Sony. "Rockstar + Sony" boils down to "Grand Theft Auto + PlayStation 2," or its derivative, "Grand Theft Auto + PSP." Few...

It's official: The Elder Scrolls IV is coming to Sony's newest consoles. Though given long-circulating rumors, it may not be shocking to our regular readers, Bethesda Softworks today announced that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, the acclaimed RPG which has already wowed Xbox 360 and PC gamers, will arrive for the launch of PlayStation 3. Further, the company is adapting the game for portable play in the form of The Elder Scrolls Travels: Oblivion for the PSP. The Elder Scrolls IV arrived for PC and Xbox 360 in March, and quickly nabbed numerous high scores and Game of the Year...