Pennsylvania treasury department auctions unclaimed treasures
WGAL NEWS 8 STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. IT’S SOME CLOSURE FOR THE VICTIMS. BUT WAS THE PUNISHMENT ENOUGH? WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT FOUR, EVERYBODY. I’M THE. AND I’M MICHAEL FULLER BREAKING TONIGHT. A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED TWO FORMER LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY STUDENTS WHO THE COURT SAID SHOWED NO REMORSE FOR CREATING HUNDREDS OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN WAS IN THE COURTROOM WHEN YOUNG WOMEN AND THEIR PARENTS. THEY REALLY HAD SOME OFTEN EMOTIONAL VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT TODAY? YEAH, IT WAS EMOTIONAL TO BE IN COURT AT TIMES. SO TWO WEEKS AGO, THESE TWO BOYS, WHO ARE NOW 16, PLEADED GUILTY TO 59 FELONY COUNTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN TODAY, ONE AFTER ANOTHER. MORE THAN 25 FORMER CLASSMATES OR THEIR PARENTS SHARED EXAMPLES OF THE TOLL THIS MANUFACTURED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL HAS TAKEN ON THEIR LIVES AT TIMES. AT THE TIME IT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN NEWS 8 FIRST BROKE THE CASE IN MID 2024. NOW, YEARS LATER, AND HOW THE AI NUDE IMAGES COULD EVEN AFFECT THEIR FUTURE. MANY OF THE GIRLS TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE FRIENDS WITH ONE OF THE BOYS, HOW THEY HAD TRUSTED HIM, AND HOW SOME OF THEM ARE NOW SURE HE WAS PREYING ON THEM ON PURPOSE. THE MOST EMOTIONAL PART FOR SOME OF THE VICTIMS WAS WHEN THEY CHOSE TO ADDRESS THE BOYS DIRECTLY, AND I TOOK PAGES AND PAGES OF NOTES TODAY FROM THOSE VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE JUST A FEW OF THOSE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT. HOW ABOUT THIS? VICTIM NUMBER 44 SAID, QUOTE, I NEVER THOUGHT VIDEOS I MADE DANCING IN SEVENTH GRADE ON TIKTOK WOULD BE MADE INTO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. SHE ADDED, I WAS ONE OF THE PICTURES I WAS NUDE IN. I WAS 12, 12. VICTIM ONE SAID IN HER STATEMENT, DIRECTED TO ONE OF THE TEENS. MY MOST CHERISHED MEMORIES ARE NOW STAINED BY HIS HEINOUS CRIMES. VICTIM FOUR SAID. SIMILARLY, SIMILARLY, NOW I CAN’T EVEN THINK OF THOSE MEMORIES WITHOUT FEELING VIOLATED. HER FATHER ALSO SPOKE, SAYING, THIS IS NOT HARMLESS. THE HARM IS REAL AND IT’S SEVERE. AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING TONIGHT, WHAT WERE THOSE TEENS ULTIMATELY SENTENCED TO? YES. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE TEENS THAT THE VICTIMS AND THEIR PARENTS HAD TODAY. WAS THE SENTENCE GOING TO BE ENOUGH? THE TEENS WERE SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS OF PROBATION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THEIR PARENTS. A REHABILITATION PROGRAM AT THE ACADEMY OF PHOENIX. THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO FINGERPRINTING AND DNA TESTING AND HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE VICTIMS. THEY’RE ALSO ASKED TO PAY MORE THAN $12,000 TO THE VICTIMS TO HELP COVER COUNSELING COSTS. NOW, THERE IS ALSO A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD CALL FOR 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. BUT THIS IS WHERE THE JUDGE USED HIS DISCRETION, AND HE PUSHED THAT TO 60 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. HE SAID THAT WAS FOR ONE HOUR FOR EACH VICTIM IN THIS CASE. WOW. AND YOU SPOKE TO ONE OF THE VICTIMS. WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO SAY? YES, I SPOKE TO HER AFTER THIS HEARING TODAY. AND SHE IS SO WELL SPOKEN AND SO PASSIONATE ABOUT GETTING JUSTICE HERE. AND YOU WILL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM HER NEXT HOUR. AND AT 6:00, SHE REALLY WANTS TO SHARE HOW IMPACTFUL THIS WAS FOR HER AND HOW THAT THAT IMPACT JUST KEEPS ON HAPPENING, KEEPS ON CONTINUING. YEAH. MEREDITH. THANK YOU. YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING FOR MONTHS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. ALSO RIGHT NOW, DAUPHIN COUNTY DESPITE REPORTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, STEELTON POLICE CONFIRMING THE NEWS THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO ARRESTS OR ARRESTS IN CONNECTION TO SUNDAY’S DEADLY SHOOTING AT TELLING NEWS EIGHT NEWS OF AN ARREST IS, QUOTE, INACCURATE AND NOT TRUE. 36 YEAR OLD AARON ANDERSON JUNIOR WAS KILLED SUNDAY AT THE AFTER HOURS NIGHTCLUB. THREE OTHERS WERE HURT. WELL, AN UNSETTLING STORY OUT OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. POLICE SAY A MAN BROKE INTO HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND’S GARAGE AND DAMAGED THE TIRES ON HER VEHICLES. TROOPERS SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON SOUTH QUEEN STREET IN SHIPPENSBURG EARLIER THIS MONTH. THEY SAY A WOMAN TOLD THEM HER EX-BOYFRIEND WAS TRYING TO GET INTO HER HOME. WHEN TROOPERS ARRIVED. THEY COULDN’T FIND HIM. STATE POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. TROOPERS SAY 22 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN ROBY GOT INTO THE WOMAN’S GARAGE AND HID. EACH TIME TROOPERS ARRIVED. HE’S NOW BEING HELD AT THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PRISON UNTIL HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING AT LANCASTER COUNTY. A SECTION OF FRUITVILLE PIKE IS BACK OPEN AFTER THIS CRASH THAT KNOCKED DOWN A UTILITY POLE. THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AROUND TEN IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. NO WORD IF ANYONE WAS HURT OR WHAT CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. PBL WAS CALLED TO FIX THE POLE AND REMOVE THE WIRES THAT FELL AND IN YORK COUNTY, A MAJOR RESTAURANT VENUE CENTER REMAINS CLOSED AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE. THIS IS AT THE EAGLES NEST ON MOUNTAIN AVENUE IN SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP. ON ITS FACEBOOK PAGE, THE RESTAURANT SAYS IT’S STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ASSESSING THE DAMAGE, BUT IT WILL BE BACK. THE FLAMES STARTED JUST BEFORE 730 LAST NIGHT. THE RESTAURANT WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME. CREWS LEFT THAT SCENE AROUND 11 AND THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT, AND FORMER FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN SPENDING HER DAY IN HARRISBURG HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE UNITED STATES. AS PART OF THE EVENT. RECOGNIZING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AND AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, BIDEN JOINED PENNSYLVANIA’S CURRENT FIRST LADY, LAURA SHAPIRO, AND FORMER FIRST LADY FRANCES WOLF AND MICHELLE RIDGE TALK ABOUT THE ROLES THEY’VE HAD AND THEY’VE PLAYED IN ADVOCATING FOR CAUSES AND HOW WOMEN SHOULD INFLUENCE THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR STATE AND ALSO OUR COUNTRY. I MADE SURE THAT WOMEN WERE ALL LEVELS, COLORS, CULTURES WERE SEEN AND HEARD BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO LIFT. WE HAVE TO LIFT WOMEN UP. AND THAT’S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. THE FORMER AND CURRENT FIRST LADIES WERE ALSO JOINED ON STAGE AT THE CLOSE OF THE EVENT BY PENNSYLVANIA’S OWN ROSIE THE RIVETER. 100 YEARS OLD MALE CHOIR OF BUCKS COUNTY, WHO HELPED BUILD B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES USED IN WORLD WAR TWO. THAT’S AWESOME. IT’S REALLY COOL HEADING OUTSIDE, WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER LANCASTER, ANOTHER COMFORTABLE AND DRY DAY, I WOULD SAY. YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF WINDY TOO. WE GOT METEOROLOGIST RYAN ARGENTINA HAD A SHORT SLEEVED DRESS ON, BUT I HAD TO PUT ON LONG SLEEVES LIKE IT’S A LITTLE TOO COLD. IT’S ONE MORE DAY, I WOULD SAY. YEAH, IT’S A LITTLE I WOULD SAY IT’S STILL MILD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR FOR, FOR MARCH. BUT YEAH, ONCE THAT BREEZE KICKED ON, IT DEFINITELY MADE IT FEEL A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE CHILLIER OUT THERE, BUT WE’VE HAD A MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY SO FAR. STORM TEAM, LIVE RADAR NETWORK LOCALLY, JUST STILL SEEING SOME MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. WE ARE WATCHING A LITTLE BIT OF A SYSTEM THAT MAY COME THROUGH NOW. NO RAIN OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TOWARDS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT IS MAINLY VIRGO IS WHAT WE CALL IT, PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS AND DOESN’T MAKE IT TO THE GROUND. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME STRAY SHOWERS LATER ON THIS EVENING. SO LOOKING AHEAD THOUGH, FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THURSDAY REMAINING MILD. STILL LOOKING AT A STRAY SHOWER OR LOOKING AT SOME RAIN LATE COMING INTO THE DAY. THEN FOR YOUR FRIDAY. LOOKING AT SOME MORNING RAIN, BREEZY AND COOLER AND IT WILL BE BLUSTERY AND COOL FOR OUR SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE INTO THE 50S RIGHT NOW. 56 FOR HARRISBURG, 58 IN CARLISLE WE ARE 61 DEGREES IF YOU’RE TUNING IN FROM GETTYSBURG. BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE WINDS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. NOT I WOULDN’T SAY I WOULDN’T SAY TOO BREEZY, BUT IT’S CERTAINLY A NOTICEABLE BREEZE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME SOME AREAS ALMOST HIT THAT 30 MILE PER HOUR GUST MARK, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS LANCASTER, LEBANON AND CARLISLE. BUT HERE’S YOUR YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’LL DIP DOWN THROUGH THE LOWER 50S LATER ON THIS EVENING, AND WE’LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES START TO DIP DOWN TOWARDS THE LOWER 40S AS WE GET INTO LATER ON TONIGHT. BUT WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT FULL FORECAST COMING UP HERE IN JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES. WE’LL BE STAYING TUNED. ALL RIGHT RYAN. THANK YOU. THE 2026 MLB REGULAR SEASON OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF TONIGHT WITH A SPECIAL OPENING GAME, BUT TOMORROW IS THE MAIN EVENT. YES, A CRUISE AT CAMDEN YARDS IN BALTIMORE, GETTING THE FIELD READY FOR OPENING DAY. AND WHETHER YOU’VE BEEN THERE BEFORE OR YOU’RE MAKING PLANS TO VISIT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, THE BALLPARK HAS UNDERGONE SOME SERIOUS UPGRADES. THAT INCLUDES A BRAND NEW VIDEO BOARD, RIBBON BOARDS AND SOUND SYSTEM, 900 SPEAKERS WILL IMMEDIATELY GREET FANS AS THEY ENTER THE BALLPARK. BEFORE WE HAD THE SMALLEST BOARD IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, NOW WE’RE ABOUT 12TH IN THE LEAGUE, BUT IT WAS ALSO TOUGH TO SEE DURING DAYS. IT WAS A RELATIVELY OLDER BOARD. NOW WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE THAT ALLOWS US TO TELL STORIES, SHARE DATA, SHOW REPLAYS AND REALLY KEEP OUR FANS CONNECTED TO THE GAME. GOT THEM UPGRADES, BUT THAT’S NOT ALL. THERE ARE 600 NEW TVS THROUGHOUT THE BALLPARK THAT WILL BE BROADCASTING THE GAME, AND CONCESSIONS WILL ALSO HAVE NEW ELECTRIC MENU BOARDS. THESE ARE ALL DIGITAL, SO NOW IF AN ITEM IS SOLD OUT, WE’RE ABLE TO INDICATE THAT IN REAL TIME. AND ONCE WE RESTOCK, WE’RE ABLE TO ALSO INDICATE THAT IN REAL TIME. OKAY. AND SPEAKING OF FOOD, YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE AT A CONCESSION STAND ANYMORE WITH FIVE AMAZON. JUST WALK OUT KIOSKS MONITORED BY AI CAMERAS. YEAH, THIS IS THE STADIUM OF THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO FIRST PITCH AT CAMDEN YARD IS THURSDAY AT 305. AND YOU SEE RIGHT THERE NEWS EIGHT. SPORTS DIRECTOR BETHANY MILLER WILL BE THERE BRINGING YOU ALL THE ACTION. WE CAN’T WAIT. AS FOR THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES THEY’LL OPEN THE SEASON ON THE ROAD TOMORROW AGAINST THE NEW YORK METS. AND THE TEAM IS GETTING FANS EXCITED. THE PIRATES SHARING A TEASER ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVERNIGHT. IT INCLUDES FORMER PIRATE A.J. BURNETT, ALSO KNOWN AS BATMAN, AND AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT APPEARS
Pennsylvania treasury department auctions unclaimed treasures
Updated: 8:37 PM EDT Mar 25, 2026
Pennsylvania’s treasury department has opened the vault of unclaimed property, with more than 4,000 items hitting the auction block.You can view News 8 highlights in the video player above. Watches and coins among items availableAmong them is a 14-carat gold American Waltham pocket watch with diamonds.An 18-carat yellow gold wristwatch with 12 single-cut diamonds and synthetic rubies is also available.For coin collectors, there is a $20 gold double eagle coin from 1908, one of the most desired American coins.Every sale at auction is documented, and proceeds remain available for the rightful owner to claim, no matter how much time passes.
Pennsylvania’s treasury department has opened the vault of unclaimed property, with more than 4,000 items hitting the auction block.
You can view News 8 highlights in the video player above.
Watches and coins among items available
Among them is a 14-carat gold American Waltham pocket watch with diamonds.
An 18-carat yellow gold wristwatch with 12 single-cut diamonds and synthetic rubies is also available.
For coin collectors, there is a $20 gold double eagle coin from 1908, one of the most desired American coins.
Every sale at auction is documented, and proceeds remain available for the rightful owner to claim, no matter how much time passes.