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Restaurant Stabbing Calls Police To Central PA Hospital Restaurant Stabbing Calls Police To Central PA Hospital
Restaurant Stabbing Calls Police To Central PA Hospital A stabbing at a restaurant sent police to an area hospital.  Essence Fatima McGhie was arrested at 8:50 p.m. on Aug. 6 in connection with a stabbing following a fight outside Villa Nova at 1310 Harrisburg Pike, the Manheim Township police detailed in a release late in the month.  The 29-year-old punched someone and then pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the left hand – twice, according to the police.  The victim went to Lancaster General Hospital for care, and soon the police were called and they explained their side of the story.  McGhie was later arr…

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Fleeing Teen Tosses Loaded Gun: Manheim Police Fleeing Teen Tosses Loaded Gun: Manheim Police
Fleeing Teen Tosses Loaded Gun: Manheim Police An 18-year-old old was walking down the street when he suddenly saw police, fled, and threw a loaded gun, authorities announced on Friday, June 9, 2023.  Jaqua James Carpenter was walking westward with two other men who matched the description of suspected thieves as well as a report of a "person with a firearm" on Millersville Pike on May 18, 2023, according to Manheim Township police and court records.   As officers began to approach, "Carpenter spontaneously began running. He was observed removing a black firearm from his waistband and throwing it as he ran. The firearm wa…

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Obituaries
Community Rallies For 2 Children Orphaned After Mom Died In RT 222 Crash Community Rallies For 2 Children Orphaned After Mom Died In RT 222 Crash
Community Rallies For 2 Children Orphaned After Mom Died In RT 222 Crash A community is coming together to help the family of a beloved mom of two who died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Friday, July 15, authorities say. Erika Renee Crossen, 33, of Millersville, was traveling south on Route 222 by Hunsicker Road in Manheim Township when she hit another car around 6:10 p.m., according to a release by township police and later identified by the Lancaster County coroner's office.  Crossen was declared deceased at the scene at 6:52 p.m., according to the coroner's release. Manheim Township police continue to investigate this deadly crash.  inve…

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Mom Of 2 ID'd As Victim Who Died At Scene Of RT 222 Crash: Coroner Mom Of 2 ID'd As Victim Who Died At Scene Of RT 222 Crash: Coroner
Mom Of 2 ID'd As Victim Who Died At Scene Of RT 222 Crash: Coroner A beloved single mom of two died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Friday, July 15, authorities say. Erika Renee Crossen, 33, of Millersville, was traveling south on Route 222 by Hunsicker Road in Manheim Township when she hit another car around 6:10 p.m., according to a release by township police and later identified by the Lancaster County coroner's office.  The man driving the other vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries, police say.  Crossen was entrapped in her vehicle and unconscious when an off-duty paramedic at the crash jumped into action and was "attempt…

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Single-Dad ID'd As Driver Who Died In Crash Into 2 Utility Poles, Stone Wall, Fire Hydrant Single-Dad ID'd As Driver Who Died In Crash Into 2 Utility Poles, Stone Wall, Fire Hydrant
Single-Dad ID'd As Driver Who Died In Crash Into 2 Utility Poles, Stone Wall, Fire Hydrant A beloved, son, brother and father has died in a box truck crash into two utility poles, a stone wall, and a fire hydrant in the 2000 Block Lititz Pike/PA 501 in at 4:11 a.m. Thursday, June 9, police say. Manheim Township police were called to investigate the crash and determined that—- the driver, Justin Stapleton— was heading northbound when he left the roadway on the eastern side, striking the previously mentioned utility poles, stone wall, and fire hydrant— and flipping the truck onto the driver's side—- requiring emergency crews to extract him from the truck, according to a release by t…

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Football Season Suspended At One Dauphin County High School Football Season Suspended At One Dauphin County High School
Football Season Suspended At One Dauphin County High School A Dauphin County high school has temporarily suspended it's football season effective immediately. Central Dauphin High School has cancelled it's game again Manheim Township that was scheduled to be played on Saturday, Sept. 11. Athletic Director Chris Hunter said in a statement: "Due to the number of COVID-19 cases on the CDHS football team, the Central Dauphin School District has temporarily suspended the CDHS football season. This decision, which was made after consulting with the Department of Health and the District Physician, was a difficult one but is necessary to protect the healt…

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SEEN HIM? NY Man Wanted By Lancaster Police For Setting Fire To Apartments SEEN HIM? NY Man Wanted By Lancaster Police For Setting Fire To Apartments
Seen HIM? NY Man Wanted By Lancaster Police For Setting Fire To Apartments A man from Queens, New York is wanted by police in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for setting fire to occupied apartments. Husani A. Laviscount, 33, is wanted by police in Manheim Township for burglary and arson of the apartment structure in the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane on April 25 between 8-8:44 p.m. Laviscount, entered one of the apartments and intentionally set it on fire-- a fire which then spread to a total of five other occupied structures-- all with the purpose of destroying or damaging them, according to police. Eight people were inside the apartments at the time, all made it out safely…

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Man In Underwear Chased By Lancaster Police After Knocking Girl Unconscious Man In Underwear Chased By Lancaster Police After Knocking Girl Unconscious
Man In Underwear Chased By Lancaster Police After Knocking Girl Unconscious A man knocked a teenage girl unconscious and led Manheim Township police on a foot chase while wearing nothing but his blue underwear. Marc A. Nazario, 22 of Lancaster allegedly punched a girl, threw her phone and shoved her down a set of concrete steps, causing her to strike her head on the sidewalk, during an argument at around 4:25 p.m. on Saturday, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The girl was dazed and had no memory of what had happened when police arrived, but witnesses told police that she lost consciousness before Nazario dragged her back inside. She was treated at a ho…

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by Jillian Pikora