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Teen Sentenced For 61 Charges Years After Lancaster Park City Center Mall Shooting Teen Sentenced For 61 Charges Years After Lancaster Park City Center Mall Shooting
Teen Sentenced For 61 Charges Years After Lancaster Park City Center Mall Shooting The 16-year-old boy who was charged with 61 offenses for the shooting at Park City Center, is now 19 years old and has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to serve up to 32 years in prison, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, May 29. Jeremiahs Josiah-Alberto Sanchez, of Lancaster, fired a gun stolen out of Lebanon County and endangered the lives of 52 innocent bystanders during the incident, the District Attorney's office explained. Sergio Vargas, 30, Elijah Deliz,18, and three other men were involved in the fight that led up to the shooting, but none were charge…
NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA
NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA A Long Island man will be behind bars for the next seven to 20 years after pleading guilty to causing a double fatal crash while on methamphetamine and alcohol, Lancaster District Attorney Heather Adams announced on Thursday, April 26. On April 17, Jagminder Jit Singh, 43 of Floral Park, entered a negotiated guilty plea on two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of homicide by vehicle, five counts of DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle, four counts of recklessly endangering another person, and three summary off…
LanCo Teen Sentenced Up To Life In Prison For Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old LanCo Teen Sentenced Up To Life In Prison For Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old
LanCo Teen Sentenced Up To Life In Prison For Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old Elijahuwon A. Brown, now 17, has been sentenced after pleading guilty last October to shooting and killing 23-year-old Rolando Rivera when he was only 14 years old, according to court documents and the Lancaster District Attorney's office on Monday, April 22, 2024.  Brown confessed to shooting Rolando "Peanut" Nazir Rivera, 23, of the 200 block of Ruby Street in Lancaster, in the 500 block of Third Street around 9:45 p.m. on August 27, 2021.  On Friday, April 19 he was sentenced to 32 ½ years to life in prison by  Judge Merrill Spahn. Brown was seen on video surveillanc…
'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA 'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA
'Sexually Violent Predator' Sentenced For Making PA 6-Year-Old Girl's Life 'Nightmare': DA A diagnosed "sexually violent predator" who raped a girl for nearly a decade — turning her childhood into a "nightmare"— is heading to prison for up 87 years, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 8.  Miguel Morciglio-Figueroa, 42 of the 300 block of North Franklin Street, Lancaster City, raped a now 19-year-old woman starting when she was six until she was 15 years old, the DA's office detailed in the initial release and as Daily Voice previously reported.  During the trial, Morciglio-Figueroa was "determined to be a sexually violent p…
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says A man is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a teenager at a Sunoco over an unpaid phone bill, the Lancaster District Attorney's office announced on Friday, Jan. 26.  Carlos Almanzar-Torres, now 23, who brutally killed Damian Santiago, 19, at the Sunoco located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, 2022. He was sentenced on Jan. 23 after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. “We are here for the actions of an angry man,” prosecuting Assistant District Attorney CJ Rest…
Convicted PA Burglar, Attempting Rape Leaves Shoes At Crime Scene: Police Convicted PA Burglar, Attempting Rape Leaves Shoes At Crime Scene: Police
Convicted PA Burglar, Attempting Rape Leaves Shoes At Crime Scene: Police This is no Cinderella story, but the shoes left behind at a crime scene were a clue helping officials track down their suspect.  Mohamed Camara has waived his right to a preliminary hearing following a horrifying burglar and assault, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office explained and court records confirmed.  Camara of the 500 block of Saint Joseph Street, allegedly broke into a home in the 400 block of Fremont Street and another in the 500 block of Manor St. in Lancaster City in the early morning of Nov. 16, 2023.  At 6:22 a.m. on Fremont Street, a woman — who had fallen back asleep a…
Pennsylvania Teen Admits To Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old Pennsylvania Teen Admits To Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old
Pennsylvania Teen Admits To Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old Elijahuwon A. Brown, now 16, has pleaded guilty, admitting that he shot and killed 23-year-old Rolando Rivera when he was only 14 years old, according to court documents and the Lancaster District Attorney's office.  Brown confessed to shooting Rolando "Peanut" Nazir Rivera, 23, of the 200 block of Ruby Street in Lancaster,  in the 500 block of Third Street around 9:45 p.m. on August 27, 2021.  He was seen on video surveillance in the area just before the shooting. Brown then walks west following Rivera, but on the opposite side of the street, as Daily Voice previously r…
'Nightmare' Ends For PA Girl Raped Over 9 Years Starting When She Was 6: DA 'Nightmare' Ends For PA Girl Raped Over 9 Years Starting When She Was 6: DA
'Nightmare' Ends For PA Girl Raped Over 9 Years Starting When She Was 6: DA A conviction for a young woman's rapist is the end of her "nightmare," Lancaster District Attorney's office explained in a release on Oct. 19.  Miguel Morciglio-Figueroa, 41 of the 300 block of North Franklin Street, Lancaster City raped the now 19-year-old woman starting when she was six until she was 15 years old, the DA's office detailed in the release on Thursday. “It is too late to get her innocence back,” Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Baker said in concluding his closing argument. “It is too late to get her childhood back. But it’s not too late to give her dignity ba…
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…
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15.  Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office.  Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department.  The officers arri…
Lancaster Caregiver Who Gave Baby 'Lasting Medical Issues' Learns Her Fate: DA Lancaster Caregiver Who Gave Baby 'Lasting Medical Issues' Learns Her Fate: DA
Lancaster Caregiver Who Gave Baby 'Lasting Medical Issues' Learns Her Fate: DA A Lancaster woman has been sentenced nearly two years after a 3-month-old infant was found barely breathing, according to the Lancaster City Bureau of Police. Kayla Tucker, 34, of the 500 block of N. Plum Street, pleaded guilty on Oct. 6, 2022, to three felony counts of aggravated assault and a felony count of endangering the welfare of children, according to an updated release by the Lancaster District Attorney's Office on Thursday, May 25, 2023.  The boy was originally found barely conscious and having trouble breathing in the 500 block of North Plum Street at approximately…
Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder
Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder A 15-year-old Lancaster resident will be prosecuted as an adult in a murder case after withdrawing his motion for decertification, authorities said. Elijahuwon Brown, 15, is believed to have shot and killed Rolando Rivera on Third Street around 9:45 p.m. in August 2021, according to the Lancaster District Attorney's Office. Brown is seen on video surveillance in the area of Manor Street — where Rivera is also walking — just before the shooting. Brown then walks west following Rivera, but on the opposite side of the street, police said. Rivera then walks onto Third Street, but with Brown no…
Lancaster DA: Officer Shoots Fugitive Who Tried Ramming Him With Stolen Car Lancaster DA: Officer Shoots Fugitive Who Tried Ramming Him With Stolen Car
Lancaster DA: Officer Shoots Fugitive Who Tried Ramming Him With Stolen Car An officer fired his multiple shots at a 32-year-old man who tried ramming him with a stolen vehicle before fleeing the scene and crashing, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office said. Manheim police responding to the 300 block of Waterford Court in Lancaster on reports of a stolen vehicle found Corry Brooks behind the wheel of a car around 8:30 p.m. Friday, authorities said. Brooks immediately tried to flee, accelerating the vehicle in reverse -- ramming a police cruiser, the DA's office said. He then drove the vehicle in the officer’s direction, at which point the officer jumped behind …
Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody
Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody Two people were in custody and one person hospitalized after gunfire broke out during an arranged child custody exchange in Lancaster County, authorities said. Rashaun Taylor and  Thalia Ortiz, both of Reading, were arrested shortly after police issued a Be On The Lookout "BOLO" alert Sunday night, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department said. Witnesses told police that Ortiz and Taylor arrived at a home on the 2000 block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg sometime around 8:20 p.m., for an arranged child custody exchange, police said. An argument betw…
Lancaster County Man Arrested For Horse Torture By Pennsylvania SPCA Lancaster County Man Arrested For Horse Torture By Pennsylvania SPCA
Lancaster County Man Arrested For Horse Torture By Pennsylvania SPCA A Lancaster County man was arrested for torturing a horse on Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, officials said. Mark S. Fisher, 37 of Quarryville, was arrested following an investigation conducted by the PSPCA and the Lancaster District Attorney’s office into an Aug. 30 anonymous tip of animal cruelty. The tip, stating a horse was limping, and possibly had a dislocated leg at a property in Quarryville, was left on a hotline phone to PSPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement team. During the course of the investigation officers found an underweigh…
Felony Charges Filed For Man Who Failed To Comply With Megan's Law Felony Charges Filed For Man Who Failed To Comply With Megan's Law
Felony Charges Filed For Man Who Failed To Comply With Megan's Law  A Lancaster County man has been charged with a felony for failing to comply with Megan's Law requirements, according to East Cocalico Township Police Department. Timothy D Hauck, 56, of Stevens, PA was arrested and charged on Wednesday after he failed to register with Pennsylvania State Police. Megan's Law Pennsylvania requires sexual offenders and Sexually Violent Predators to register and makes their information available to the public through the internet. Hauck is a Megan's Law Offender who is required to appear quarterly to verify his information with the PSP. He faile…