ARRESTS IN BINNS PARK AND ROYAL PLAZA? TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER OUR LEBANON SKYCAM. THE SUN IS STARTING TO RISE ON THIS TUESDAY MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. IT IS CHILLY OUT THERE. IF YOU STEP OUT THE DOOR, I’M CAITLYN SMITH. WE’VE GOT GABRIELLE THOMAS TAKING A LOOK AT OUR MORNING COMMUTE. AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA TALKING ABOUT HOW RARE IS THIS FOR THIS COLD WEATHER IN APRIL. NOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. WE’RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR OUR RECORD COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE OR COLDEST LOW, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A SHOCK CONSIDERING WE’VE HAD 60S AND 70S EVEN IN 80 SO FAR THIS SEASON. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. THE FLURRIES ARE BACK AND THESE WON’T SLOW YOU DOWN THIS MORNING, BUT YOU MIGHT SEE A COUPLE IN MIFFLIN, JUNIATA, PERRY COUNTIES, EVEN FRANKLIN COUNTY. I SAW I’VE SEEN A FEW IN UNION AND SNYDER AS WELL. TEMPERATURE CHECK. WE ARE DROPPING BY THE HOUR. A COLD FRONT JUST CAME THROUGH A FEW HOURS AGO, AND THAT IS GIVING US TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING THIS MORNING. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE WIND, WHICH IS BLOWING AT ABOUT 15 TO 25MPH, THAT DROPS THOSE WIND CHILLS INTO THE 20S. SO MAKE SURE YOU DRESS FOR THAT NUMBER THIS MORNING. IT IS GOING TO BE A COLD START. 12 HOUR FORECAST. TODAY. WE GET TO THE 40S FOR OUR HIGHS, WHICH MIGHT NOT SEEM TOO TERRIBLE, BUT REMEMBER WE STILL HAVE THE WIND, SO IT’S GOING TO FEEL LIKE THE 30S. GABRIELLE AT BEST. THIS AFTERNOON. NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHILL HERE TODAY. I LIKE THOSE 60S WE HAD A WHILE AGO. I KNOW YOU DID LIKE I’M BEING PRANKED. IT’S NOT APRIL FOOL’S DAY ANYMORE, RIGHT? WE DO GET BACK TO SOME WARMER WEATHER, AND I’LL SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP. GOOD MORNING CHRISTINE. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. HAPPY TUESDAY I HOPE YOUR MORNING IS OFF TO A GREAT START. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW. AND EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, THIS IS LANCASTER COUNTY ROUTE 30. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE CARS ARE ALREADY ON THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC IS MOVING AT A STEADY PACE, SO YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE ANY ISSUES THERE. IF YOU USUALLY TAKE THIS WAY TO GET TO WORK, OR MAYBE TO DROP YOUR KID OFF AT SCHOOL. YOU SEE A LOOK ON MY MAP HERE. LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF GREEN, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. A SMOOTH COMMUTE FOR YOU THIS MORNING. HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT PENNDOT CAMERA. GOOD MORNING, FRANKLIN COUNTY. LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. THIS IS I-81 AND US 30. NO SLOWDOWNS THERE. AND SO DRIVE TIMES FOR YOU IF YOU’RE HEADED 83 NORTHBOUND YORK TO TURNPIKE 16 MINUTES. YORK TO YORK SPLIT 18 MINUTES AND THEN YORK SPLIT TO 8183. SPLIT A SOLID EIGHT MINUTES. DRIVE SAFE OUT THERE, GUYS. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER TRIAL FOR A SUSPENDED DAUPHIN COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE CONTINUES TODAY. SONJA MCKNIGHT IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HER EX-BOYFRIEND IN THE HEAD WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING IN HIS HOME LAST YEAR. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS JOINING US LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE DAUPHIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. WITH THE NEW INFORMATION WE ARE LEARNING IN THIS CASE. GOOD MORNING. JAKE. HEY, CAITLIN. GOOD MORNING. YEAH, WE’VE HAD A LOT OF TESTIMONY HAPPEN AND EVIDENCE PRESENTED DURING DAY ONE OF THE TRIAL HERE AT THE DAUPHIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT IS A SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICER SAYING THAT WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED AT THE HOME THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 10TH OF 2024, HE FOUND MIKE MCCOY. OF COURSE, THE EX-BOYFRIEND OF SONJA MCKNIGHT, KNEELING BY A SINK WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS HEAD. JUST LIKE THIS. BUT OTHER EVIDENCE PRESENTED INCLUDES THE AMOUNT OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON THE VICTIM’S HAND. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. THIS IS SONJA MCKNIGHT AT THE COURTHOUSE. AFTER DAY ONE OF THE TRIAL. PROSECUTORS ARGUE MCKNIGHT WAS UPSET OVER A BREAKUP WITH MCCOY, AND THE WEEKEND PRIOR HAD BEEN MAKING AGGRESSIVE CALLS TO MCCOY’S FEMALE RELATIVES AND CONTACTS. THEY SAY WHAT LED UP TO THE ALLEGED SHOOTING WAS MCCOY REPEATEDLY ASKING MCKNIGHT TO MOVE OUT OF HIS HOME, BUT HER DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUED THAT JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE HOUSE WITH MCCOY, THAT IT’S NOT INDISPUTABLE PROOF THAT MCKNIGHT FIRED THE GUN THAT WOUNDED HIM. THAT ATTORNEY ALSO ARGUED THAT THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE WAS ON MCCOY’S HANDS, BUT. FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING POLICE, SAID MCCOY WAS ADAMANT HE DIDN’T SHOOT HIMSELF, WITH ONE TESTIFYING. QUOTE, HE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HE GOT SHOT. END QUOTE IN THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, GUNSHOT RESIDUE SAMPLES FROM MCKNIGHT’S HANDS AND CLOTHING WERE FOUND TO BE INCONCLUSIVE. ONE OFFICER DID SAY, THOUGH, THAT MCKNIGHT WASHED HER HANDS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION, SOMETHING AN EXPERT TESTIFIED COULD REMOVE GUNSHOT RESIDUE. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY LEARNING A LOT FROM THIS CASE, AND THIS TRIAL WILL CONTINUE AT 9:00 THIS MORNING, SO STAY TUNED WITH WGAL AS WE LEARN MORE. BUT FOR NOW, I’M JAKE ROSS REPORTING LIVE IN HARRISBURG FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT JAKE THANK YOU. IN LANCASTER, THE JURY WILL RESUME DELIBERATIONS TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF JERRY BAGGENSTOSS, THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, MARIANNE BAGGENSTOSS, MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO. DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE DEFENSE TOLD THE JURY THE CASE IS TAINTED BY BIAS. THEY ALSO SAID THE CONFLICT MARIANNE BAGGENSTOSS HAD BEFORE DISAPPEARING WASN’T WITH JERRY BAGGENSTOSS. IT WAS WITH HER BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME. THE PROSECUTOR SAID, QUOTE, JERRY BAGGENSTOSS LIFE GOT EASIER BECAUSE MARIANNE DISAPPEARED. AND HE SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO A MOTIVE. JERRY BAGGENSTOSS HAD ONE AND MARIANNE’S BOYFRIEND DID NOT. NOW THAT MAN WHO WAS THE BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME TOOK THE STAND LAST WEEK. ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY MARK FETTERMAN ASKED HIM IF HE KILLED MARIANNE. HE SAID NO. JERRY BAGGENSTOSS NEVER TOOK THE STAND. IT’S 606 IN HARRISBURG. POLICE SAY A MAN IS FACING CHARGES OF SEX CRIMES AND BURGLARY. THEY ARRESTED HIM YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY GERALD BROWN CREATED A LARGE COLLECTION OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, SOME OF IT SHOWING YOUNG GIRLS. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE VIDEOS AND PICTURES WERE FOUND IN FEBRUARY IN A HOME THAT BROWN USED TO LIVE IN. IT WAS BOUGHT IN A TAX SALE. COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL BROWN IS ALSO FACING BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE AND HIS NEPHEW TRIED TO BREAK INTO THAT HOME TO GET THE PICTURES. NEWS EIGHT TALKED WITH A NEIGHBOR. WELL, I TELL YOU FIRST THE CITY CAME IN AND BOARDED IT UP, AND THAT’S WHEN I SEEN ALL THE STUFF. THERE’S ONE GUY FROM THE CITY WENT IN THERE AND HE WAS WALKING ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN ALL THE WAY, LIKE THIS HIGH. HE WAS. HE WAS LIKE THIS FAR AWAY FROM THE CEILING. INVESTIGATORS SAY SOME OF THE PHOTOS HAD THE HOME’S ADDRESS, THE DATE, AND GERALD BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY STAMPED ON THEM. POLICE SAY BROWN WAS ALSO IN MANY OF THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS A MEXICAN MAN IS NOW SET TO SPEND 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY REENTERING THE COUNTRY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO INDECENT ASSAULT IN NEW YORK. INVESTIGATORS SAY 41 YEAR-OLD COSME MARIN PONCE WAS DEPORTED IN 2019 AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO INDECENT ASSAULT OF A PERSON UNDER 13 YEARS OLD. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE THEN ILLEGALLY REENTERED THE COUNTRY AND FAILED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER GEORGE HARTWICK IS NOW FACING DUI CHARGES. COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL HARTWICK TOLD POLICE HE DRANK HALF A BOTTLE OF VODKA BEFORE CRASHING A COUNTY VEHICLE. THE STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE FILED THOSE CHARGES YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY HARTWICK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN TO AN URGENT CARE FACILITY FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING AFTER THE CRASH, BUT HE DID NOT GO. DETECTIVES WHO SPOKE WITH HARTWICK ON THE PHONE SAY HE WAS SLURRING HIS SPEECH AND DIDN’T TELL THEM WHERE HE WAS. INVESTIGATORS, THOUGH, SAY THEY LATER FOUND HIM ON SPRUCE STREET NEAR FOURTH. THEY SAY HARTWICK INITIALLY AGREED TO A BLOOD DRAW, BUT THEN WITHDREW CONSENT AT THE HOSPITAL. DETECTIVES SAY HE TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD MESSED UP, AND THEN HE ADMITTED TO DRINKING. NEWS EIGHT ASKED THE DA WHY OFFICERS DIDN’T ARREST HIM THEN. IT DIDN’T COME TO OUR ATTENTION UNTIL HOURS AFTER HE HAD DRIVEN, AND THAT’S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE ORDINARILY TESTING HAS TO OCCUR WITHIN TWO HOURS OF OPERATION BECAUSE THE THE LONG PERIOD THAT HAD PASSED. AND SO THAT’S WHY THEY OPERATED IN THE WAY THEY DID. THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE. THE CASE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO A MAGISTERIAL JUDGE. THAT JUDGE WILL ISSUE A SUMMONS DIRECTING HARTWICK TO RESPOND. AND THEN A HEARING WILL BE SET. IT’S 608, AND A LANCASTER TEENAGER FACING ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE CHARGES WILL NOW GO BEFORE A COUNTY JUDGE AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAIVED HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING LAST MONTH. THE LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS 15 YEAR OLD AMARI POOLE IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF A HOME ON GREEN STREET IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. INVESTIGATORS SAY POOLE AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE SEEN ON VIDEO SHOOTING AT THE PERSON AND THEN LEAVING THE SCENE. POOLE IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A GUN BECAUSE OF HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY AND BECAUSE OF HIS AGE. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE DA’S OFFICE. POOLE IS IN THE LANCASTER COUNTY YOUTH INTERVENTION CENTER ON A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BAIL. LANCASTER POLICE SAY THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP A SPIKE IN DRUG OVERDOSES THAT THEY’VE RESPONDED TO DOWNTOWN. OFFICERS DID SURVEILLANCE IN BINNS PARK AND EWELL PLAZA ON NORTH QUEEN STREET OVER THE WEEKEND, AND THAT LED TO THREE ARRESTS. POLICE SAY A FLOWER BED IN THE PLAZA HAD A LARGE ZIPLOC BAG, AND THEY NOTICED A MAN CONSTANTLY CHECKING IT. LANCASTER SAFETY COALITION CAMERAS THEN LATER CAPTURED A DIFFERENT MAN TAKING THAT BAG. OFFICERS SAY THE BAG HAD 27 SMALL BAGS OF THE DRUG K2, AND THAT DRUG HAS RECENTLY CAUSED NUMEROUS OVERDOSES IN BINNS PARK AND EWELL PLAZA, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS. WE NOW HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CONDITIONS OF TWO VICTIMS FROM LAST MONTH’S PLANE CRASH IN LANCASTER COUNTY. THE PILOT, MATT WHITE, AND HIS SON JUDAH, WHO WERE BOTH SEVERELY BURNED, HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM LEHIGH VALLEY BURN CENTER. THEY HAD BEEN IN THAT BURN CENTER SINCE THAT SMALL PLANE WENT DOWN IN THE BRETHREN VILLAGE PARKING LOT IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP ON SUNDAY, MARCH 9TH. GOOD TO SEE THEIR PROGRESS. AND IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. POLICE IN LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO ABANDONED TEN KITTENS, LEAVING THEM IN CAGES OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS. POLICE SAY ON MARCH 25TH, THEY WERE CALLED TO THE NOBODY’S CATS FOUNDATION THAT’S ON HARTSDALE DRIVE. AND AFTER SOMEONE ARRIVED FOR THE DAY, THAT’S WHEN THAT PERSON FOUND THESE ANIMALS THAT YOU’RE SEEING ON YOUR SCREEN. THE CATS WERE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OLD AND COVERED IN FILTH. ALL OF THE CATS, THOUGH, HAVE SINCE BEEN PLACED IN FOSTER O