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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man shot multiple times after confrontation in Dauphin County bar parking lot, court docs show
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A confrontation in a Dauphin County bar parking lot led to a man being shot multiple times Tuesday night, police said in charging documents. Dakota Saunders, 21, of Elizabethtown, faces felony charges including attempted homicide and aggravated assault from the shooting in the lot of the Triple B Restaurant and Bar along Derry Street, court documents from Swatara Township Police state. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Severe Weather Alerts Surveillance video from the bar was obtained by Swatara Township Police, who were able to watch what happened in the bar's parking lot, the charges filed Wednesday state. Staff also helped police identify the shooter. Police say Saunders and a man got into a confrontation around 10:30 p.m. in the parking lot that at first was not aggressive, but it did escalate. According to police, someone tried to separate them, but that only seemed to make things worse between them. Previous coverage -> One hospitalized in Dauphin County shooting The victim started to walk away, but he then turned around and pulled a gun out of his pants, police said. The victim was interviewed and claimed he only did this after he heard someone pull a gun, police said. The charging documents show Saunders allegedly started shooting at and chasing the man, who was not even 10 feet away, throughout the parking lot. A patrolling Swatara Township Police Sergeant in the area reported hearing gunshots, and then almost right away saw the victim running for help, police said. The suspected shooter then got into a red Jeep and left the scene. After being hurried to Hershey Medical Center for treatment, police said they found multiple gunshot wounds to the victim's legs and hip area, and it appeared he was shot three times. Man transporting juvenile human trafficking victim arrested on Pennsylvania Turnpike An empty '9mm hi-point' handgun that appeared to be empty before the shooting was recovered in the parking lot, and the victim admitted to having that handgun in his possession. However, police said he denied shooting the gun, and he was never seen firing any shots on video, and there was no magazine or ammo found belonging to it. A bartender reported that one of Saunders' relatives paid for drinks that night, and confirmed he was at the bar after police showed them a photo of him. Police said they were able to talk with Saunders' relative over the phone, and they allegedly admitted they were the ones who tried separating Saunders and the victim during the confrontation. Saunders turned himself in to police around noon on Wednesday, and he is expected to be arraigned Thursday. 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 ABC27.
CBS News
05-03-2025
- CBS News
Maryland woman pleads guilty to stealing 3.6 million in Medicaid fraud scheme
A Parkville woman pleaded guilty to stealing more than $3.6 million in a Maryland Medicaid fraud case, the attorney general's office said Tuesday. Tasha Saunders, 44, admitted to operating two behavioral health companies that submitted fraudulent claims for psychiatric rehabilitation program services between November 2019 and September 2024. Investigators found she forged signatures, created fake patient records, and stole the identities of healthcare providers and Medicaid recipients. "This outrageous conduct is an insult to the one in five Marylanders who rely on Medicaid for health coverage," Brown said. This marks Saunders' second Medicaid fraud conviction. In May 2021, she pleaded guilty to similar fraud schemes involving different mental health companies and was sentenced to nine months in prison, nine months of home detention, and ordered to pay $470,744 in restitution. After Saunders' first conviction, she was placed on a federal exclusion list prohibiting her from participating in federal healthcare programs. Prosecutors say she lied on Medicaid provider applications to conceal her involvement with the new companies. The investigation involved nearly a dozen search warrants for email records, cloud storage accounts, and cell phones. Investigators discovered Saunders had stolen the identities of legitimate providers, including University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty members, to create fraudulent service authorizations. Saunders pleaded guilty on February 25 and is set to be sentenced on July 21. Maryland sees similar fraud cases In February, the owner of multiple Baltimore childcare centers was charged with stealing more than $2.5 million from Maryland through a decade-long fraud scheme. In another case, a Baltimore man pleaded guilty to stealing more than $82,000 from Maryland's Child and Adult Care Food Program.
