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ARRESTED | Man now in custody after stealing jewelry box worth $10,000 from York County home, police say

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      PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT DID I SAY? GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IT IS 430 ON THIS MONDAY. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE ON MATT BARCARO. I’M CAITLIN SMITH, JOINED BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA. A LITTLE MISTY MONDAY TODAY. I LIKE THAT MISTY MONDAY. THAT’S GOOD. AND COMING OFF A VERY CLOUDY WEEKEND. SO LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. WE’RE TRACKING SOME RAINDROPS ON OUR YORK SKYCAM. WE’VE HAD SOME RAIN THAT HAS MOVED THROUGH YORK CITY. NOW IT’S SLOWLY LIFTING INTO LANCASTER COUNTY, DAUPHIN COUNTY, LEBANON COUNTY, ALSO SEEING SOME RAIN. AND FRANKLIN COUNTY JUST SEEING A COUPLE OF SPRINKLES. HERE’S YOUR CURRENT. WE’RE IN THE LOW 60S. TEMPERATURES REALLY HAVEN’T BUDGED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, AND DEW POINTS ARE IN THE 50S, SO IT DOESN’T FEEL TERRIBLY HUMID. BUT THE HUMIDITY WILL BE CLIMBING THIS WEEK. TODAY IT’S A CONTINUATION OF THE WEEKEND WEATHER. CLOUDY SKIES. SOME SHOWERS AT TIMES. DON’T LET ALL THOSE RAINDROPS THROW YOU OFF, BUT THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS OR A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE, ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. IT DOES TREND DRIER LATER IN THE DAY. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT SOME 80S AND 90S MAKING A COMEBACK COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, CHRISTINE. A MAN IS NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE AFTER POLICE SAY HE HIT AND DRAGGED A DAUPHIN COUNTY POLICE OFFICER WITH HIS CAR. THE NEW CHARGES COME AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO WHAT HAPPENED AFTER A POLICE CHASE LAST MONTH. SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO CALLS OF A STOLEN CAR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HER STREET AND EDGEMONT ROAD ON MAY 29TH. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND RONALD WHITE INSIDE THE CAR, BUT WHEN THEY WENT UP TO HIM, THEY SAY HE TOOK OFF. THAT’S WHEN POLICE SAY WHITE HIT AND DRAGGED A PEMBROKE POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS HELPING IN THE INVESTIGATION. THAT OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. WHITE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND AT HIS COURT APPEARANCE THIS MONTH. THESE CHARGES WERE ADDED. ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE, DUI AND DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE. WE DID REACH OUT TO THE PEMBROKE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT OFFICER IS DOING, BUT SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HEARD. BACK IN HARRISBURG, A PERSON WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE NEAR SOUTH 17TH AND DERRY STREET LAST NIGHT. DISPATCHERS SAY THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES, THOUGH NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME, WE’RE ALSO TOLD THAT JUST ONE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED AND IT DID STAY AT THE SCENE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WHO THEY SAY STOLE A VEHICLE LAST WEEK. CARLISLE POLICE SAY ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, AROUND 830 IN THE MORNING, POLICE GOT A REPORT OF A STOLEN VEHICLE FROM NORTH HANOVER STREET. AND THEY SAY THESE TWO PEOPLE YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW ARE THE SUSPECTS IN THAT THEFT. POLICE SAY THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED JUST ON SATURDAY ON LONGS GAP ROAD IN NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP. TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A CRASH LAST NIGHT IN LANCASTER COUNTY. DISPATCHERS TELL US THREE PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED ON MARIETTA AVENUE AT DORSEY ROAD AROUND 530 LAST NIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THAT CRASH. TWO OTHER PEOPLE ARE HURT AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING TWO MOTORCYCLES IN GREENE TOWNSHIP IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THAT CRASH HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON LINCOLN WAY EAST NEAR PINE GROVE ROAD. THOSE TWO PEOPLE DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT CAUSED THAT CRASH. A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS. A BRIDGE WILL CLOSE FOR REPAIRS THIS WEEK IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS IS SET TO BE A LONG TERM CLOSURE ON MILLERSVILLE ROAD. THE BRIDGE SPANS THE CONESTOGA RIVER BETWEEN RICE ROAD AND LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, AND THE ENTRANCE TO CIRCLE M CAMPGROUND IN PEQUEA TOWNSHIP. THE CLOSURE IS SET TO START TOMORROW AND LAST FOR ALMOST 60 DAYS. TONIGHT ON NEWS EIGHT, WGAL NEWS 8 REGINA REGINA AHN WILL BREAK DOWN WHY PENNDOT IS CLOSING THAT BRIDGE FOR SO LONG. YOU CAN WATCH THAT STORY TONIGHT AT SIX. BREAKING OVERNIGHT, THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING TWO MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS KILLING ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN ARRESTED. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ SAYS 57 YEAR OLD VANCE BOELTER WAS CAUGHT FOLLOWING THE LARGEST MANHUNT IN STATE HISTORY. THAT’S 48 HOURS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN A COMPLEX AND DANGEROUS MANHUNT. SPENT FATHER’S DAY AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES TO DELIVER JUSTICE FOR MELISSA AND MARK HORTMAN, FORMER DEMOCRATIC HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND, MARK. AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM HIM, THERE WERE KILLED IN THEIR BROOKLYN PARK HOME EARLY SATURDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS. SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN, ALSO A DEMOCRAT, AND HIS WIFE WERE HURT AT THEIR HOME AND ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. YESTERDAY ON NBC’S MEET THE PRESS, MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR TOOK A MOMENT TO REMEMBER REPRESENTATIVE HORTMAN AND CONDEMNED POLITICAL VIOLENCE. AND WE THINK ABOUT HER FAMILY TODAY, FATHER’S DAY. TODAY, THEY NOT ONLY LOST THEIR MOM, HER TWO KIDS, THEY ALSO LOST THEIR DAD. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE STATISTICS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE, YOU’VE GOT TO REALIZE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND IT. LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, HAVE CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE. HE POSTED ON X, CALLING THE VIOLENCE UNACCEPTABLE, SAYING, WE ALL HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK TO DEFEAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE. ALSO, SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY REPRESENTATIVE DAN MEUSER POSTED SAYING THAT THE HATE AND VIOLENCE MUST STOP. HE SAYS HE’S PRAYING FOR THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES. OF THE ROAD TO MISS AMERICA BEGINS IN YORK, PA WOO. THE COMPETITION FOR MISS PENNSYLVANIA RETURNED TO YORK CITY THIS WEEKEND, WITH CONTESTANTS GEARING UP FOR A BUSY WEEK AHEAD OF THE DELEGATE ARRIVAL CEREMONY. THE 22 WOMEN COMPETING THIS YEAR WERE RECOGNIZED AT WELLSPAN PARK, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH MISS LANCASTER COUNTY, MISS YORK COUNTY AND ALSO MISS LEBANON COUNTY ABOUT HOW THEY ARE FEELING HEADING INTO THIS BIG WEEK. ABSOLUTELY UNDESCRIBABLE. I’M SURROUNDED BY THE MOST AMAZING WOMEN EVER AND IT IS. I LEARN FROM THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLATFORM TO GIVE BACK AND SHARE MY STORY HAS BEEN SO INSPIRING. I LOVE BEING IN LEBANON COUNTY, GETTING TO MEET PEOPLE AND LISTENING TO THEIR STORIES, BECAUSE I THINK ACTIVE LISTENING IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO. THESE GIRLS HAVE BECOME MY BEST FRIENDS. THEY’VE BECOME MY SISTERS. I’VE GOTTEN SO MUCH CONFIDENCE. MY PARENTS LIKE TO SAY I GOT MY SPARKLE BACK BECAUSE OF DOING THIS. LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE SPARKLE. MISS PENNSYLVANIA COMPETITION WILL BE HELD THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IN THE APPLE CENTER IN YORK. THE WINNER WILL THEN GO ON TO COMPETE IN THE MISS AMERICA COMPETITION IN ORLANDO THIS SEPTEMBER. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF THEM. COMPETITION ALSO RAN HIGH AT THE LANCASTER POLO CLUB DURING THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF LANCASTER’S FOURTH ANNUAL CORNHOLE CLASSIC OVER THE WEEKEND. THE EVENT ALSO INCLUDED A LIVE POLO MATCH, FOOD AND VENDORS, AND A SILENT AUCTION. IT’S JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE KIND OF WHOEVER REACHES OUT TO US, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO HELP YOU, WHETHER IT’S GIVING YOU VOLUNTEERS TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE A PROJECT OR YOU NEED MORE HANDS ON DECK. WE’VE GIVEN MONEY. WE GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS TO SENIORS WHO ARE DOING GREAT WORKS AS WELL. SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET OUR HANDS INTO, WE ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND WE GET TO WORK. THE JUNIOR LEAGUE IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN THAT WORKS TO ADVANCE FEMALE LEADERSHIP THROUGH VOLUNTEERING, COLLABORATING, AND TRAINING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IT’S 437 AND WGAL GOT SOME RARE ACCESS ONTO THE SET OF THE HERSHEY MOVIE, AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LEAD ACTRESS, ALEXANDRA DADDARIO. THAT MOVIE COMES OUT NEXT YEAR AND IS BASED ON THE LIVES AND LEGACY OF MILTON AND CATHERINE HERSHEY. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THAT MOVIE IS BEING FILMED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE, THE HERSHEY COMPANY IS BACKING THE MOVIE, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ARE WORKING ON IT, INCLUDING FROM THE HERSHEY COMMUNITY ARCHIVES. I DON’T EVEN HAVE WORDS FOR IT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU GO INTO A CAREER IN ARCHIVES THINKING WILL EVER HAPPEN. IT IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW SO MANY COLLEAGUES IN THE ARCHIVES FIELD WOULD BE JEALOUS, BUT NOT EVERY ASPECT OF THAT MOVIE IS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, INCLUDING A FICTITIOUS RIVAL CHOCOLATE MAKER. SO WE INTERVIEWED THE SCREENWRITER. THERE SHE IS, AND WE’RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT CHARACTER. WHEN YOU CAN WATCH THA
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      ARRESTED | Man now in custody after stealing jewelry box worth $10,000 from York County home, police say
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      Updated: 8:17 AM EDT Jun 19, 2025
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      A wanted man is now in custody for stealing a jewelry box worth thousands of dollars from a York County home, according to police. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.Officers said they responded to a home in the 600 block of Vander Avenue in York City around 4 p.m. on June 3 for a reported burglary. The victim said she came home from work and noticed her five-drawer dark-colored wooden jewelry box had been stolen from her bedroom, according to the report. Police said the box contained several pieces of jewelry valued at approximately $10,000. The York City Police Department said they received a tip through a Ring camera video that identified the suspect as 44-year-old Scott Miller Jr. Police said Miller entered the victim's home through an unlocked first-floor window around 1:55 p.m. Miller went through some drawers in the living room before going up to the second floor and coming down with the jewelry box wrapped in a pink camo blanket, according to the report. Police said Miller left the home at 1:59 p.m. After receiving numerous tips from the public, police have found and arrested Miller. Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.

      A wanted man is now in custody for stealing a jewelry box worth thousands of dollars from a York County home, according to police.

      Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

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      Officers said they responded to a home in the 600 block of Vander Avenue in York City around 4 p.m. on June 3 for a reported burglary.

      The victim said she came home from work and noticed her five-drawer dark-colored wooden jewelry box had been stolen from her bedroom, according to the report.

      Police said the box contained several pieces of jewelry valued at approximately $10,000.

      The York City Police Department said they received a tip through a Ring camera video that identified the suspect as 44-year-old Scott Miller Jr.

      Police said Miller entered the victim's home through an unlocked first-floor window around 1:55 p.m.

      Miller went through some drawers in the living room before going up to the second floor and coming down with the jewelry box wrapped in a pink camo blanket, according to the report. Police said Miller left the home at 1:59 p.m.

      After receiving numerous tips from the public, police have found and arrested Miller.

      Scott Miller.
      York City Police Department
      Scott Miller Jr. 

      Stay with WGAL for updates as we learn more.

      See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.