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Ephrata Police Department

PA Man 'Zoomed In' On Child's 'Intimate Parts', Police Say PA Man 'Zoomed In' On Child's 'Intimate Parts', Police Say
PA Man 'Zoomed In' On Child's 'Intimate Parts', Police Say A Reinholds man has been charged with invasion of privacy after an investigation revealed he allegedly possessed inappropriate images of a juvenile, the Ephrata Police Department announced on Monday, Nov. 18. Anthony John Valente, 39, is accused of possessing images of the intimate parts of a juvenile taken without the victim’s knowledge or consent. According to police, the photos were taken from a distance and zoomed in on the victim's body and intimate areas. The charge, one misdemeanor count of invasion of privacy, was filed before Magisterial District Judge Bearinger on Nov. 18, police …
Estate Executor Steals $27K+ From Elder, Ephrata Police Say Estate Executor Steals $27K+ From Elder, Ephrata Police Say
Estate Executor Steals $27K+ From Elder, Ephrata Police Say An estate executor has been charged with multiple felonies in connection with a nearly $28,000 theft, the Ephrata Police Department announced on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Dervin L. Bender, 58, of Ephrata, is accused of stealing $27,760 from an estate for which he was an executor over two years, the police alleged. He has been charged with felonies for Theft by Unlawful Taking and Financial Exploitation of an Adult or Care-Dependent Person, according to the police. Bender's preliminary arraignment was held before Magisterial District Judge Landis on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to the police. …
Water Balloons Thrown From Bridge Damage Cars On Rt 222: Ephrata Police Water Balloons Thrown From Bridge Damage Cars On Rt 222: Ephrata Police
Water Balloons Thrown From Bridge Damage Cars On Rt 222: Ephrata Police Cars were damaged after items thought to be water balloons were thrown from an overpass, Ephrata police announced on Friday, Aug. 2.  Two vehicles were heading north on Route 222 when they were struck by the falling items at the East Mohler Church Road overpass, around midnight on Aug, 1. "One vehicle sustained a large dent to the hood, and the other sustained a cracked windshield," the police stated in the release.  Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to contact Officer Martin with the Ephrata Police Department.
PA Arsonist Lights Her Bed On Fire, Displacing 20 Neighbors, Hospitalizing Child: Police PA Arsonist Lights Her Bed On Fire, Displacing 20 Neighbors, Hospitalizing Child: Police
PA Arsonist Lights Her Bed On Fire, Displacing 20 Neighbors, Hospitalizing Child: Police A 30-year-old woman has admitted to starting a fire that spread throughout 12 apartments — displacing 20 of her neighbors, and leading a child to be hospitalized — the Ephrata Police Department announced on Thursday.  Savanna Ashley Parsons, "has been admitted to police that she had rubbing alcohol and a lighter on her bed prior to the fire starting and that she was alone in her apartment when the fire started. It was determined that the fire broke out in the area of her bed," as stated in the police release.  The police claim she "intentionally" started the fire that broke out at…
PA Man Points Loaded Gun At, Strikes Woman, Police Say PA Man Points Loaded Gun At, Strikes Woman, Police Say
PA Man Points Loaded Gun At, Strikes Woman, Police Say An Ephrata man is facing charges related to a domestic assault — again, court records show.  Steven Judd, 33, of Ephrata, is accused of "pointing a loaded handgun at the victim and striking her with the handgun," area police stated in a release on Thursday, Nov. 16.  Officers were called to a reported domestic dispute at Judd's home in the first block of Pacific Boulevard just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The victim refused medical care at the scene, the police explained. Judd was arrested and was charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor si…
Repeat Ephrata Turkey Hill Robber Learns His Fate: DA Repeat Ephrata Turkey Hill Robber Learns His Fate: DA
Repeat Ephrata Turkey Hill Robber Learns His Fate: DA An Ephrata man who was found guilty of robbing two Turkey Hills— the second time shooting a "clerk in the torso three times with a pellet gun," has been sentenced, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 29. Colby Quinn Mummaw, 28, of the 100 block of S. Maple Street, was convicted by a jury for one count of robbery for each incident following a three-day trial before Lancaster County Judge Thomas Sponaugle in June 2023, the DA detailed in a release.  During the trial, ADA Fetterman showed surveillance video from the robberies. Mummaw was shown enterin…
Eight People Arrested For Ephrata Robbery That Sent Someone To The Hospital Eight People Arrested For Ephrata Robbery That Sent Someone To The Hospital
Eight People Arrested For Ephrata Robbery That Sent Someone To The Hospital Eight people have been charged in connection to a home robbery that sent one person to the hospital. The home robbery and assault in the 1100 block of Steinments Road in Ephrata Township on Dec. 22, 2022, at 8:33 p.m., according to the police release on Thursday, January 19.  A television set was the only noted item stolen, the police explain in the release.  The below people have been charged with the following offenses, according to the Ephrata Police Department: Timothy Secret Kauffman, 21, of Harrisonburg, VA was charged with one count each of Robbery, Aggravated …
Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police
Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police A man has been hospitalized after "pulling his roommate from the smoke-charged first-floor apartment," Ephrata police say. The fire broke out in the fire floor apartment in the 300 Block of West Main Street, Ephrata Borough on Tuesday,  Dec. 20, at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the police department the following day, After crews learned there was possible entrapment, the Ephrata police department, ambulance, Pioneer Fire Company, and local mutual aid fire departments were dispatched. "The first arriving police officer and firefighter assisted a resident" with the rescue of the…