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RV Fire Kills Repeat Drunk Driver In Conoy Township: Authorities RV Fire Kills Repeat Drunk Driver In Conoy Township: Authorities
RV Fire Kills Repeat Drunk Driver In Conoy Township: Authorities A fire at a mobile home park has left one man dead, authorities in Lancaster County announced on Monday, Jan. 22.  George Schabelnik, 74, died an accidental death at the scene of the fire caused by smoke inhalation and thermal burns at 12:55 p.m., the coroner details in a release.  The fire broke out in his RV parked at 2379 River Road in Conoy Township around 11:59 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 21, according to the coroner's office. Schabelnik was serving five years of probation for trespass by motor vehicle, restrictions on alcoholic beverages, and his second guilty plea for driving under the inf…

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by Jillian Pikora
Weather
Snow Emergencies Declared Across PA Ahead Of Storm Snow Emergencies Declared Across PA Ahead Of Storm
Snow Emergencies Declared Across PA Ahead Of Storm Officials are advising residents across southeastern and central Pennsylvania to take caution ahead of the snowstorm predicted for Friday, Jan. 19, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.  Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, and parts of lower Bucks and Montgomery counties are under a winter storm warning as of 5 p.m. Thursday. In Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, and upper Bucks and Montgomery counties, a winter weather advisory is in place.  NWS's Mount Holly, New Jersey station says snow will begin to fall around 4 to 7 a.m. …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Notorious Convicts Charged AGAIN In New Year's Eve York County Meth Bust Notorious Convicts Charged AGAIN In New Year's Eve York County Meth Bust
Notorious Convicts Charged Again In New Year's Eve York County Meth Bust The convict son of an infamous sex offender, his felon relative, and their felon friend have been charged in connection with a large methamphetamine bust in York County on New Year's Eve, police announced on Thursday, Jan. 11.  Eric Daniel Christaldi II/Jr., 27, of Lititz; Mitchell Geovanni Christaldi, 24, of Stroudsburg; and Dakota Brian Kauffman, 27, of East Prospect (formerly of Gap and Myerstown) all have pending drug-related charges after a tip on New Year's Eve led to a drug bust at 39 South Main Street, East Prospect Borough, Lower Windsor Township police detailed in the release.…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Mount Joy Felon Going 120 MPH Hits Wendy's Fleeing State Police Mount Joy Felon Going 120 MPH Hits Wendy's Fleeing State Police
Mount Joy Felon Going 120 MPH Hits Wendy's Fleeing State Police  A convicted felon fleeing from Pennsylvania State Police has been hospitalized after slamming into a Wendy's going 120 miles per hour, Trooper Megan Frazer explained in a release on Wednesday afternoon.  Steven Ray Custer, 26,  of Mount Joy, was riding a motorcycle on Fruitville Pike and Petersburg Road in Manheim Township at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 9, when PSP Lancaster Troopers attempted a traffic stop for "traffic violations," as stated in the release.  As Custer sped off at ever-increasing mph, troopers pursued him along Greystone Road, East Petersburg Township, accordin…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Elizabethtown Accountant Found With Child Porn 4 Times, Heads To Prison: DA Elizabethtown Accountant Found With Child Porn 4 Times, Heads To Prison: DA
Elizabethtown Accountant Found With Child Porn 4 Times, Heads To Prison: DA A Lancaster County accountant has pleaded to possessing child pornography — again, authorities announced on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.  Phillip Keith Miller, 64, of the 800 block of Rutts Road, West Donegal Township, is heading to prison for 18 to 36 years after his employees found the images on his work computer, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office explained in the release.  Miller was previously sentenced to serve three consecutive five-year probation sentences for possessing over 70 videos and over 500 photos of child pornography at his business located at Philip K…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities
Barricaded Felon Caused Police Incident In Columbia Borough: Authorities A police incident closed a street and put two schools in Columbia Borough into lockdowns on Friday, police announced. The incident began when police attempted to issue a warrant for 40-year-old Charles Nathan Harris for a warrant related to a weapons violation, the police explained on the evening of Jan. 5. Court records show the weapons offense happened in Mount Joy Borough on Jan. 18, 2023, and he forfeited his bail on Dec. 29, 2023.  The police incident happened in the 300 block of Cherry Street, borough police explained, although it initially closed the 200 and 400 blocks as well.…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Mom Killed, Child Hospitalized In Lancaster Christmas Day Crash: Authorities Mom Killed, Child Hospitalized In Lancaster Christmas Day Crash: Authorities
Mom Killed, Child Hospitalized In Lancaster Christmas Day Crash: Authorities A 27-year-old mom has died following a three-vehicle crash on Christmas Day, the Lancaster County Coroner's office announced the following afternoon.  Karina Cruz-Camuy died at 3:20 p.m. at the scene of the crash on Wabank Road near Rabbit Hill Lane in Lancaster Township, Deputy Chief Coroner Eric Bieber detailed in the release.  The crash happened at 1:03 p.m. on Dec. 25, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  The coroner was called to the scene at 3:08 p.m. Cruz was found ejected from the front passenger seat with "significant trauma," Bieber said. An autopsy …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Girl Killed, 4 Hospitalized In Christmas Eve Crash Near Lancaster/Chester County Line Girl Killed, 4 Hospitalized In Christmas Eve Crash Near Lancaster/Chester County Line
Girl Killed, 4 Hospitalized In Christmas Eve Crash Near Lancaster/Chester County Line An 11-year-old girl has died following a serious two-vehicle crash near the Lancaster and Chester counties line, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Christmas Eve.  The crash happened in the 6150 block of Old Philadelphia Pike/West Kings Highway/Route 340 in Salisbury Township, at 8:50 a.m. on Dec. 24, according to the state police release.  A vehicle going east on the road "failed to maintain their lane of travel" crossing into oncoming traffic — striking a vehicle traveling west head-on, Trooper Nicholas Ferra wrote.  The vehicle that caused the crash ended up…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
'Human Remains' Found In Exploded Office At Bird-In-Hand Family Inn: Coroner 'Human Remains' Found In Exploded Office At Bird-In-Hand Family Inn: Coroner
'Human Remains' Found In Exploded Office At Bird-In-Hand Family Inn: Coroner "Human remains" have been found at the scene of an explosion at a Lancaster County inn, authorities explained on Monday morning.  The call about the fire first came into Lancaster County Wide Communications at 2:33 a.m. on Dec. 18. Emergency crews arrived at Bird-In-Hand Family Inn on 2740 Old Philadelphia Pike and discovered the heavily involved fire through the roof. Firefighters walked over shards of glass from the shattered windows to battle the blaze of the two-alarm fire.  Crews on the scene confirm the Inn's office suffered the bulk of the damage. BREAKING: Fire at th…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
'My Son Killed My Roommate' Teen Charged With Homicide: Lancaster DA 'My Son Killed My Roommate' Teen Charged With Homicide: Lancaster DA
'My Son Killed My Roommate' Teen Charged With Homicide: Lancaster DA An 18-year-old has been charged with homicide for killing his dad's roommate, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday.  Brian Deante Gray "just snapped" and beat his dad's roommate 68-year-old Michael Xavier Pfender to death on Monday, his father told police according to the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice.  Gray and Pfender had been drinking and hanging out in a garage on the 1000 block of North Duke Street in Manheim Township when he beat him to death, as detailed in the affidavit.  Pfender appears to have been staying wit…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Entrapped Woman Charged After Hit By Dump Truck In Ephrata: Police (PHOTOS) Entrapped Woman Charged After Hit By Dump Truck In Ephrata: Police (PHOTOS)
Entrapped Woman Charged After Hit By Dump Truck In Ephrata: Police (Photos) A woman has been charged after her vehicle was struck by a dump truck — entrapping her on Thursday morning, Northern Lancaster County Regional police explained. Rebecca Heebner was stuck in her 2005 Toyota Scion after she was struck by Glen Horning, who was driving a 2005 Peterbilt dump truck, owned by Martin Paving, according to the NLCRPD. The police were called to the crash on Hackman Road at the intersection with Hoover Drive, Clay Township at the Ephrata line (according to Google Maps) at 6:33 a.m. on Dec. 7. Through an investigation, officers learned Heebner exited Hoover Drive …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Comcast User Caught On Kik With Child Porn: Police PA Comcast User Caught On Kik With Child Porn: Police
PA Comcast User Caught On Kik With Child Porn: Police A Lancaster County man was caught uploading child pornography police announced on Monday, Dec. 4.  Michael Edward Fine used his home internet connection to post child pornography onto the app KIK in October, local police found out from the Internet Crimes Against Children through a Cybertip, as explained in the police release. Through an investigation, the New Holland police learned that Fine "upload[ed] multiple videos containing child pornography" using his Comcast IP address, as stated in the release. A search warrant was issued and executed at Fine's home in the 100 block of East …

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by Jillian Pikora