375supermag
07-13-2017, 08:50 AM
This piece of excrement lived about a quarter mile from the estate here in southcentral Pennsylvania.
Considering the charges against him locally, I wonder why he was allowed to wander about at will.
Now three people are dead before he turned the gun on himself.
I probably crossed paths with him once or twice at some of the local convenience store/gas stations...he looks a bit familiar.
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A man facing two cases of sexual assault of a child in York County killed himself Wednesday, hours after he was sought in the shooting deaths of his ex-wife and two relatives in Alabama, according to police.
Kenneth Dion Lever, 52, had been the subject of an all-day manhunt stretching from Alabama to Florida. He was said to be armed and dangerous, following the initial report of a shooting on Wednesday morning.
Earlier in the day, Gardendale, Alabama Police Chief Mike Walker had a message for Lever: "Turn yourself in. Because we're going to find you."
Hours later, evening news reports stated that officers with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office were moving to arrest Lever near an interstate in Pensacola. He got out of his car and shot himself, police said. Escambia County is located in Florida. It borders Alabama and stretches south to Pensacola.
Walker had said they believed Lever was headed to Florida, his current home state.
"We were not surprised...he had already made statements before any of this that he was thinking about killing himself," Walker told AL.com.
Gardendale, Alabama Mayor Stan Hogeland talks about a triple homicide in his city. The suspect in the shootings has York County ties. Courtesy AL.com
Gardendale police identified the victims later on Wednesday: Lever's ex-wife, Dana, was 50 years old and of Gardendale. Two others, Bonnie Reeves Foshee, 65, and Don Austin Foshee, 69, both of Fultondale, were Dana's sister and brother-in-law.
Kenneth Lever once lived in Lower Windsor Township and still owned a home there, but township Police Chief Tim Caldwell said earlier Wednesday he had no reason to believe Lever was headed back to the area.
Lever was charged by township police on Sept. 28, 2015, and Oct. 13, 2015, in two separate sexual assault cases.
In both cases, Lever was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, corruption of minors, and dissemination of explicit sexual material of a minor.
Dana Lever
Dana Lever (Photo: Courtesy of al.com)
Lever was placed in York County Prison on Oct. 12, 2015, in the first case on $100,000 bail and was bailed out the next day. He was again jailed on Oct. 15, 2015, on the second case, and posted an additional $100,000 and was released later the same day.
The cases were scheduled for jury trial in York County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 11, according to online court dockets.
Lever moved out of his and his family's Elham Drive home about six years ago, neighbors said. A next-door neighbor, Ada Keller, said her adult-aged daughter rented out the home for several years, up until last July.
Considering the charges against him locally, I wonder why he was allowed to wander about at will.
Now three people are dead before he turned the gun on himself.
I probably crossed paths with him once or twice at some of the local convenience store/gas stations...he looks a bit familiar.
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A man facing two cases of sexual assault of a child in York County killed himself Wednesday, hours after he was sought in the shooting deaths of his ex-wife and two relatives in Alabama, according to police.
Kenneth Dion Lever, 52, had been the subject of an all-day manhunt stretching from Alabama to Florida. He was said to be armed and dangerous, following the initial report of a shooting on Wednesday morning.
Earlier in the day, Gardendale, Alabama Police Chief Mike Walker had a message for Lever: "Turn yourself in. Because we're going to find you."
Hours later, evening news reports stated that officers with the Escambia County Sheriff's Office were moving to arrest Lever near an interstate in Pensacola. He got out of his car and shot himself, police said. Escambia County is located in Florida. It borders Alabama and stretches south to Pensacola.
Walker had said they believed Lever was headed to Florida, his current home state.
"We were not surprised...he had already made statements before any of this that he was thinking about killing himself," Walker told AL.com.
Gardendale, Alabama Mayor Stan Hogeland talks about a triple homicide in his city. The suspect in the shootings has York County ties. Courtesy AL.com
Gardendale police identified the victims later on Wednesday: Lever's ex-wife, Dana, was 50 years old and of Gardendale. Two others, Bonnie Reeves Foshee, 65, and Don Austin Foshee, 69, both of Fultondale, were Dana's sister and brother-in-law.
Kenneth Lever once lived in Lower Windsor Township and still owned a home there, but township Police Chief Tim Caldwell said earlier Wednesday he had no reason to believe Lever was headed back to the area.
Lever was charged by township police on Sept. 28, 2015, and Oct. 13, 2015, in two separate sexual assault cases.
In both cases, Lever was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age, corruption of minors, and dissemination of explicit sexual material of a minor.
Dana Lever
Dana Lever (Photo: Courtesy of al.com)
Lever was placed in York County Prison on Oct. 12, 2015, in the first case on $100,000 bail and was bailed out the next day. He was again jailed on Oct. 15, 2015, on the second case, and posted an additional $100,000 and was released later the same day.
The cases were scheduled for jury trial in York County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 11, according to online court dockets.
Lever moved out of his and his family's Elham Drive home about six years ago, neighbors said. A next-door neighbor, Ada Keller, said her adult-aged daughter rented out the home for several years, up until last July.