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Treat Williams, PA College Football Player Turned Actor, Dies In Motorcycle Crash
Actor Treat Williams — who got his start on a college stage in Lancaster, PA — died in a motorcycle crash in Vermont on Monday, June 12, authorities said. He was 71 years old.
According to Vermont State Police, Williams died when a southbound 2008 Honda Element driven by Ryan M. Koss, 35, of Pownal, Vermont, attempted to turn left into a parking lot.
State police said an initial investigation indicates the Element stopped, signaled a left turn, and then turned into the path of a northbound 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle operated by Williams.
"Williams was unable to avoid a collision and wa…
NJ Native ID'd After Deadly Multi-Vehicle Crash On Route 30 In PA: Coroner
A 45-year-old New Jersey native has been identified as the man killed in a three-vehicle crash on US Route 30 in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Hassan Burgess Folkes originally from Camden, NJ but most recently from Lancaster, PA died at the scene of the York County crash near the Wrightsville exit at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2023, according to the York County Coroner.
Hassan was driving west on Rt. 30 when he lost control for an unknown reason, crossing the median, slamming into two other vehicles, and his vehicle landed on its roof in the e…
PA Husband Killed, Wife In Coma Following Crash The Day After Her Brother Died
Jessica Hiestand-Schwanger is a two-time cancer survivor, who is now in a coma after a deadly motorcycle— which killed her husband— the day after her brother died.
Jessica, 43, and her husband 44-year-old Christopher "Chris" Coolidge of Manheim were found in a driveway in the 700 block of Woodcrest Avenue in Stevens, PA on Saturday, May 27, 2023, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department.
The couple was traveling westbound on the avenue when they left the road for an unknown reason and drove through "mulch, shrubbery, and landscape rocks" crashing into a mailbox on…
7K+ Thc-laced Fake Branded Products Seized In Central PA: DA
Brand-name products were used to disguise illegal drugs found in Lancaster, according to a release by the District Attorney's Office on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Kellogg’s, Ruffles, and Nerds were among the over 7,200 products seized by the Lancaster County Drug Task Force during a two-day operation– with a total estimated value of approximately $290,000, as detailed in the DA's release.
The task force went to 43 stores throughout the county and conducted searches with the store owners' consent to find the Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC products.
Products seized included vapes, cartridges, oi…
Ex-ymca Employee Who Ditched Daughter In PA YMCA Dumpster Learns Her Fate: DA
A former YMCA employee who ditched her daughter in the organization's dumpster in Lancaster in 2007 has been convicted and sentenced, the District Attorney announced on May 24, 2023.
DNA evidence linked Tara Indrakosit Brazzle, 44, of Valparaiso, Indiana (formerly of Lancaster, Pennsylvania) to the baby girl, according to the DA.
She was arrested in California in 2021 for "infanticide by asphyxiation," as Daily Voice previously reported.
"Baby Mary Ann", was 36 weeks old when she was found in the 500 block of North Queen Street in 2007, the DA explained.
Brazz…
Lancaster Man Last Seen In Delaware County Found, Police Say (Update)
UPDATE:
Dereje Waldemariam, 29, of Lancaster, was located at 12:32 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023, city police announced around 2:30 p.m.
ORIGINAL:
A 29-year-old man with a "mental health diagnosis" has been missing since May 8, 2023 and is considered an endangered missing person, police say.
Dereje Waldemariam of Lancaster City was last seen in Media, Delaware County, according to an announced by the Lancaster City Bureau of Police late on Wednesday, May 10.
Waldemariam has diagnosed with mental health issues, the police said.
He has a shaved haircut, unlike the photo of him, acc…
3 Children, Dead Mom Abandoned When Dad Commits Arson In Fake Home-Invasion In PA, DA Says
"He lied since day one," Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Ponessa said of Carlos Montalvo-Rivera.
The 55-year-old Lancaster liar had concocted a wild story "that intruders broke into the home, killed his wife, and set fire to it out of retaliation for the victim’s brother, who had cooperated with the DEA in an unrelated case," according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office on Friday, April 7, 2023.
Really, he started the blaze to cover up a murder that he himself had committed, authorities said.
Montalvo-Rivera's lies started on the night of t…