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Police Shoot Accused Robber, Rapist Fleeing Crime Scene: Lancaster DA
A 36-year-old Middletown man who was shot by police while fleeing a robbery scene has been charged with several offenses, authorities said. Christopher Rivera is charged with multiple counts of robbery, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Officers with the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department were dispatched for a “burglary in progress” at the Calm Spa located in Penn Town Shopping Center in the 1200 block of Lancaster Road in Manheim at 8:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. A preliminary re…
Police & Fire
Driver Who Struck Manheim Teen Dead In Hit-Run ID'd: Police (2nd
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The names of both the driver who fled a fatal Manheim hit-and-run and the victim have been released by the police and the family respectively. Mikayla Victoria Mustard, 23 of Harrisburg, has been identified as the driver of a white Nissan Maxima that hit a 16-year-old boy believed to have been working along the side of the road on May 2, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department's updated release on Wednesday, May 8. The boy has been identified by his family and friends as Curtis Michael Groff. He was in the 11th grade in the Manheim Area Ch…
Police & Fire
Man Dies 12 Days After Serious Lancaster County Crash, Police Say
A man has died in the hospital from injuries sustained in a serious car crash the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Monday, April 22. Malcolm Parker, 74 of Lancaster City, was taken to an area hospital follow a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Main Street and New Street in East Petersburg Borough, Stevens that happened around 3:53 p.m. on April 7, the department detailed in the release. Parker passed away on Friday, April 19, according to the police. Regarding the crash the police released the following statement: "Evidence from the prel…
Police & Fire
Manheim Drunk Driver Fleeing In East Petersburg Escapes Hospital: Police
A Manheim man led authorities on a high speed chase and was taken to the hospital, only to flee on foot, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Friday morning. The pursuit began when officers saw "a blue Chevy pickup truck traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Lancaster Road in East Petersburg Borough" at 11:09 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, the NLCRPD stated in the release. When the officers tried to conduct a traffic stop, 25-year-old Giovanni Lester "attempted to flee [but] lost control of the vehicle as he attempted to turn onto Root Road. The vehicl…
Police & Fire
'High Occupancy Arson' At East Petersburg Apartments, Police Say
An apartment complex caught fire in Lancaster County due to arson on Thursday night, police announced the following morning. Officers with the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department were called to a "suspicious fire" at the apartment complex located in the 2400 block of Franklin Drive in East Petersburg at 8:54 p.m. on March 7, The fire started on the second floor, Manheim Township Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 5423 explained. The suspected arsonist was: "an adult male resident purposely set the fire and was last seen running from the home. Police were able to l…
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Manheim Mom's Girls As Murder Suspect Husband's Mugshot Is Released
The mugshot of a husband suspected of sexually assaulting and murdering his wife has been released by police as the community rallies for children living in their home on Friday following a three-day manhunt. A mugshot of a bloodied and bruised, Matthew Scott Harrison, 48 of Manheim, originally of Hellam, was shared by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department on Feb. 9. Harrison had been on the run since an 11-year-old child who lives in their home, came back from school to find his wife, Jami Harrison, strangled to death on Monday, Feb. 5, ac…
Police & Fire
Manhunt Ends! Manheim Mom's Suspected Murderer In Custody. Police Say
A manhunt for a husband suspected of sexually assaulting and murdering his wife has ended, police announced on Thursday, Feb. 8 Matthew Scott Harrison, 48 of Manheim, originally of Hellam, was on the run after his wife was found dead by a child on Monday, Feb. 5, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Harrison had been missing for three days when his pick-up was spotted at a hotel in Pittston. He was captured following a stand-off with US Marshal Services Fugitive Task Force at a hotel in Pittston, Luzerne County, PA, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police…
Police & Fire
Child Found Manheim Mom Murdered, Manhunt For Husband Continues: Affidavit
New details have been released about a mom's murder as a manhunt continues for her husband. ***UPDATE: MATTHEW HARRISON Was CAPTURED On Thursday evening, Feb. 8; CLICK HERE TO READ OUR FULL REPORT*** ORIGINAL REPORT: Matthew Scott Harrison, 48 of Manheim, originally of Hellam, is on the run after his wife was found dead by a child on Monday, Feb. 5, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Jami Harrison's daughter told police that her mom and her husband Matthew Harrison argued on Friday, Feb. 2, according to the affidavit of probable cause. Matthew had separated from his wi…
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Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police
A false report of "gunshots" at what turned out to be a stabbing led to a lockdown at an elementary school and a shelter-in-place order, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Tuesday. Officers with the NLCRPD were called to a stabbing in the 2300 Block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg at 9:03 a.m. on Feb. 6. Arriving officers found a 42-year-old had been stabbed and the 36-year-old man who allegedly stabbed her fled on foot before the police came. The woman was taken by EMS to an area hospital with "non-life-threatening inju…
Police & Fire
Manheim Man Goes For Naked Stroll In Penn Township, Police Say
A 50-year-old man was found walking naked in Manheim, PennTownship on Saturday, according to a police release on Jan. 29. Michael David Braungard, a Manheim local, was seen by passersby who called the police and "reported [a] naked male walking in the roadway," as stated in the release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. NLCRPD officers arrived at the first block of Doe Run Road on Jan. 27 and found Braungard as described. The time of day of the incident was not released. What time of day this happened and why he was doing this was not shared. …
Police & Fire
East Petersburg Man's Cause Of Death Revealed After Standoff Turned Fatal Fire (
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The cause of death has been released for a man found dead after a "domestic incident" turned standoff ending with a house fire, the Lancaster County Coroner explained. Mark D. Hackman, 53, of 6294 High Street in East Petersburg Borough, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, and the manner was suicide, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber. He "had been drinking, was armed with a firearm, and was threatening to burn the house down," when the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department were called to a "domestic-in-progress" at his home around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday…
Police & Fire
Lebanon Ex-BF Allegedly Threatening To Kill Lititz Woman Arrives As Officers Make Welfare Check
A Lebanon man who had been texting and calling an ex-girlfriend and "threatened to kill her" made the mistake of coming to her home just as police were making a welfare check, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced in a release on Jan. 2, 2024. The ex-boyfriend, 32-year-old Blake Joseph Strangarity, had supposedly contacted the Lititz woman over a bracelet, the NCLRPD explained. Just four days after Strangarity's birthday, on December 20th, 2023 NLCRPD Officers went to conduct the welfare check at his ex-girlfriend's home in the first block of Green A…
Obituaries
Father, Daughter Have Joint Visitation After RT 322 Crash At Lebanon/Lancaster Line (
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A father and his daughter have had a joint visitation following a double-fatal two-vehicle crash on PA Route 322 on Dec. 1, according to their obituaries. Allen G. English, 84 of West End Avenue, Lititz Borough, and his daughter, Grace English-Rohrer of Pine Drive, Lancaster, were killed at the scene of the crash on PA Route 322. West 28th Divison Highway near the Lancaster/Lebanon counties line in Penn Township, Manheim at 11:45 a.m., on Friday, Dec. 1, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department detailed in a release. At 11:54 a.m. NYCRPD, the Bricke…
Police & Fire
PA Man Out On Bail After Allegedly Stabbing Man 6 Times In The Neck, Back
A week after a serious literal backstabbing, a 23-year-old man has been released on ten percent in cash of $25,000, court records show. Thomas Myles O’Byrne of Manheim is accused of stabbing 30-year-old Kenneth B. Yingst of Manheim six times 6 times to the back and neck area with a knife around 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 6. Northern Lancaster County Regional police officers responded to the "reported stabbing in progress" in the 1000 block of White Oak Road, Penn Township. They found Yingst lying on the ground bleeding from his multiple stab wounds, as detailed in numerous police releas…
Police & Fire
PA Professional Adventurer Dies On 23rd Birthday, Police Say (
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A man turning 23-years-old has been identified as the driver who died at the scene of a crash in Lancaster County, authorities say. Josiah Maier of Lititz was named as the driver at 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. The deadly single-vehicle crash into a tree happened in the 1100 block of Kleinfeltersville Road in Clay Township at 8:36 p.m. on Aug. 22, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. Preliminary investigation details were released on Thursday, revealing that Maier and his co-workers and camp attendees, had j…
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police
A "suspicious package" from Virginia thought to contain a pipe bomb was part of a "prank," police in Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The package sent from a VA man was received by a resident in the 5000 block of Martin Avenue, East Petersburg, PA around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. "The package contained a stuffed animal that appeared to have been manipulated to resemble a pipe bomb," the police said, "The recipient had placed the package outside and called the police." The police i…
Obituaries
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…
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Officer Saves Life After Cardiac Event At PA Gym, Police Say
An off-duty police officer saved the life of a person who collapsed due to a cardiac event outside a gym in Ephrata, authorities announced on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department Officer Derek Oleszczuk was working out inside of the gym when he witnessed another patron collapse at Vitality Athletics 350 North Reading Road, according to the release. Oleszczuk immediately started CPR and "assisted with placement and operation of an AED and administered several shocks," until EMS arrived on scene, as stated in the release. EMS continued these lif…
Police & Fire
Power Knocked Out When Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole In Lititz: Police (
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Power should be restored by 5:30 p.m. after a SUV plowed into a utility pole in Lititz on April 4, 2023. The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department responded to a call of a vehicle accident with injuries in the 400 bock of Owl Hill Road Tuesday afternoon. The driver left the road way for an unknown reason and struck a PPL power pole. The driver was hurt, but the extent of their injuries is unknown. PPL is in the area making repairs. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Police & Fire
Road
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: Driver Asleep At Wheel Crashes Into Utility Pole On PA RT 72, Police Say
Pennsylvania Route 72 has closed after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a utility pole— which landed across all lanes of the roadway, authorities announced on Friday, March 17, 2023. The crash happened in the 1500 block of Route 72/Lancaster Road in Penn Township around around 12:20 p.m. Route 72/Lancaster Road has been closed between Auction Road and Graystone Road and drivers are asked to avoid the area. "The utility company reports it will be several hours to complete the repair and open the roadway," Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department said…
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Police Incident At LanCo. Giant Catches Wanted Teen Who Stole Grandma's Loaded Gun: Authorities
A runaway juvenile offender who stole his grandmother's loaded handgun has been captured, authorities say. Ryan Clore Jr., 15, broke into his grandmother's home on Broad Street in East Petersburg Borough, crack her safe, and took her loaded Ruger LCP .380 handgun on March 3, around 5:15 p.m., according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department on Monday, March 6, 2023. Clore is a repeat offender who has not only committed a previous offense but also failed to comply with previous sentencing requirements, according to the NLCRPD. He was also …
Police & Fire
Child Sexually Assaults 'Family Pets', Sibling, Police in LanCo. Say.
A 14-year-old has been charged with sexually assaulting family pets and a sibling, authorities say. The unnamed Clay Township teen was charged and taken into custody on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, around 2:27 p.m., according to a release the following day by the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department. "The juvenile offender was lodged in secure holding for further evaluation. No further information or details are being released due to the age of the offender," the police say.
Police & Fire
US Postal Worker Hurt In Lancaster County Crash: Police
A US Postal Service delivery person was hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Lancaster County on Thursday, authorities say. The mail truck and silver sedan collided at the intersection of Sego Sago and West Lexington roads on Dec. 22, th Northern Lancaster County Regional police department, detailed in a release on Friday morning. The postal worker suffered minor injuries according to the police. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
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