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Yahoo
4 days ago
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State police: Carbon County woman acted like cat in fatal attack on elderly man
A Nesquehoning woman is accused of causing a 79-year-old man's death and acting erratically before, during and after the attack. According to a criminal complaint, Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to a house on Parker Mews in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, shortly after 9 a.m. Aug. 10 regarding the whereabouts of a mental health warrant subject, Ashley Self, 32. While troopers were heading to the scene, the victim's son reported to 911 that his father, Kenneth Greenfield, was being attacked by 'Ashley,' who was later identified as Self. Troopers found Greenfield on his bed, unresponsive and with a laceration on his left forearm. They also saw that the nasal cannula from Greenfield's oxygen tank was not fastened to him, and its tubing was broken. Trooper Samantha Doherty, the affiant of the criminal complaint, interviewed the son after she arrived at the scene. He told Doherty that he picked up Self earlier on Aug. 10 from a location that was not disclosed in the complaint. While at his Parker Mews residence, Self fell asleep. The son said that when Self woke up at around 8:30 a.m., she started acting like a cat, meowing and rubbing up against him. The son told Self that she would need to leave, or he would have to call police. In response, the son said, Self started to strip completely nude. The son went to the garage to call a mutual friend to about Self's behavior. The son said he then heard Greenfield yelling from his bedroom. Upon entering Greenfield's bedroom, the son said, he saw Self attempting to push Greenfield down on his bed. While Greenfield attempted to fight off Self, she began "clawing at him like a cat," the complaint said. The son unsuccessfully tried to remove Self from his father, telling police later that she had 'superhuman strength.' The son called 911 and remained on the line until troopers arrived and began performing life-saving measures on Greenfield. The son told troopers that Greenfield was always hooked up to oxygen due to suffering from asthma, emphysema and COPD. Lehighton EMS transported Greeenfield to St. Luke's Hospital-Carbon Campus, where he was pronounced dead at 10:45 a.m. Troopers found Self about 100 yards from the residence, 'completely nude' and 'barking, meowing, and howling upon her apprehension.' Self was charged with first-degree misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter, and second-degree misdemeanor charges of recklessly endangering another person and simple assault. She has a preliminary hearing on Aug. 20 in front of Magisterial District Judge Eric Schrantz. Max Augugliaro is the public safety and government watchdog reporter at the Pocono Record. Reach him at MAugugliaro@ This article originally appeared on Pocono Record: Nesquehoning woman found barking, meowing after fatal attack on man
Daily Mail
09-08-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
How Trump's steel tariffs are REALLY landing in a crucial manufacturing swing state and what it means for Americans' wallets
A top U.S. manufacturing CEO is sounding the alarm about President Trump's new steel and aluminum tariffs. Trump's plan could actually hurt American companies while foreign competitors gain an unfair advantage, admitted a top aluminum manufacturing CEO. In June, the White House imposed new steel and aluminum tariffs up to 50 percent on foreign nations as Trump nailed down dozens of trade deals with countries 'disadvantaging' the U.S. And it's already hitting American steel manufacturers hard, which could trickle down to consumers. The CEO of U.S Metal Powders, an aluminum powder processing factory based in rural Carbon County, Pennsylvania, told the Daily Mail that Trump's plan may have backfired. CEO Eric Degenfelder said that Trump's new 50 percent tariffs are leaving U.S. domestic manufacturers at a severe disadvantage. The tariffs started driving up aluminum prices in the U.S. from about $1.25 to $1.80 'in a matter of a few months,' he said. Degenfelder said Trump's tariffs are boosting foreign competitors because customers are 'buying cheap aluminum in another region and then making aluminum powder and importing it to the U.S.' But despite the initial setbacks, the tariffs are widely expected to help the U.S. in the long term. Trump has often touted Pennsylvania, a swing state crucial to his 2016 and 2024 presidential victories, as having a pulse on the desires of everyday Americans. He visited the commonwealth last month to announce new investments to 'build a future where American workers will forge the steel, produce the energy, build the factories and really run a country like... never before.' David N. Taylor, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, told the Daily Mail that he sees the tariffs as a necessary move by the administration to level the playing field in a global market. Taylor noted that historically, Chinese bids on global manufacturing contracts would come in at prices lower than what it costs just to buy the raw materials in the U.S. - even before factoring in manufacturing and shipping costs. He added that those numbers are 'not mathematically possible unless someone (China) is cheating.' With the increase in raw material costs, domestic policymakers have sought to give business leaders relief in other areas. Hence, the reason for Thursday's visit to U.S. Metal Powders facility in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, by House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain. She toured the aluminum powder factory alongside freshman Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie. Mackenzie sits in a seat key to the razor-thin GOP House majority, which runs through Pennsylvania 's 7th congressional district, where U.S. Metal Powders calls home. Districts like these are where Republicans need to hold on in next year's 2026 midterm elections if they want to maintain control of the House. MacKenzie won his seat by less than a percentage point last year. House Republicans were in town to sell the GOP's 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' a package of domestic policy changes, including provisions being pitched to make the lives of manufacturers better. During the facility tour, Degenfelder highlighted a key tax provision that allows businesses to immediately write off the full cost of new equipment purchases, which has enabled companies like his to rapidly expand. McClain acknowledged the short-term pain of shifting to more domestic steel and aluminum facilities, but still thinks it's worth the long-term gain of additional domestic control over supply chains. 'If it was just easy to flip the switch, we would do... We can't flip that switch, but this is the first step in that transition process to begin to have more steel and aluminum right here in the USA,' McClain told the Daily Mail Thursday. The U.S. Metal Powders facility in Palmerton has just built its fourth production line, which will be 'going online' later this month. Degenfelder also plans to hire 15 additional employees from the local community, which will bring his total employee count up to 65. The starting salary at his facility is $22.50 per hour for an entry-level position, which provides ample on-the-job training and only requires a GED.
Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Yahoo
Raw sewage leaking into Lake Harmony
KIDDER TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For the past few months, raw sewage has been leaking into Lake Harmony. 'Every flush, every shower just overflows and fills it into the back of the building,' homeowner Victoria Mann said. An unknown amount of raw sewage is leaking into a lagoon that connects to Lake Harmony in the Poconos. In a notice obtained by 28/22 News, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation to Split Rock Resort in May for pollution and unpermitted discharge at three pump stations around the resort, including the lagoon. The leak violates section 201 of Pennsylvania's Clean Streams Law, which states, 'No person or municipality shall place or permit to be placed, or discharge or permit to flow, or continue to discharge or permit to flow, into any of the waters of the commonwealth any sewage, except as hereinafter provided in this act.' Victoria Mann is a homeowner in the area and is deeply concerned. Man accused of murder, burning woman's body has court appearance 'Even though I don't physically live in the Split Rock community, their wildlife is our wildlife. Their ground is our ground. Water, the sewage could possibly be going into aquifer, could be getting into a stream, could be being sent anywhere. It just doesn't seem fair to have it happen to our beautiful community that we all love here,' said Mann. Mann says she just wants the pumps fixed, and if they aren't fixed, the building should be shut down until they are. 'There was an excessive amount of raw sewage that was pouring into the area behind the pump. We just want to have some kind of future moving forward and some security from Split Rock, knowing that this will not continue to happen,' said Mann. 28/22 News reached out to Split Rock Resort for comment on this sewage leak, but have not heard back. 28/22 News also reached out to the Department of Environmental Protection and Kidder Township for comment, but did not hear back. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
Brooklyn man dead after Carbon County crash
KIDDER TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State Police say a Brooklyn man is dead after a tractor-trailer crash on Friday in Carbon County. The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) released information on Saturday, saying they were called to a crash at mile marker 275.9 on Interstate 80 for a reported crash at about 7:50 a.m. Scammers threatening to shut off people's electricity The early morning crash happened as a tractor-trailer was traveling east on Interstate 80 near mile marker 275 when it, for unknown reasons, left the roadway and struck multiple trees in the center median, troopers explained. PSP said in the release that the driver, identified as 23-year-old Sherzodjon Farhadov from Brooklyn, New York, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene by a Carbon County Deputy Coroner. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Carbon County power plant gets approval to burn tires
NESQUEHONING, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A community is concerned about its air quality after a local power plant was approved to start burning tires. Panther Creek Electric Generating Facility in Nesquehoning was approved on May 1 to burn tires along with waste coal to create power for its facility. Everything the plant produces goes to crypto mining for Bitcoin. PHOTOS: Honesdale roads flooded after storms The president of Save Carbon County believes that will put cancer-causing chemicals into the air. Save Carbon County also says the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) does not require monitoring for chemicals. 'If they continue and if they continue at the same rate of regulation, our cancer rated are going to go up, our water pollution is going to go up, and our quality of life is going to go down,' Save Carbon County President Linda Christman stated. The DEP says the plant is complying with all existing regulations already in place. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to
