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Lancaster Son Who 'Chose Drugs' Killing Mom For Her Purse Sentenced Up To 80 Years
An Adamstown man who confessed to killing his mother in a dispute over her purse and fleeing in her car has been sentenced to 35 to 80 years in state prison, Lancaster County officials announced on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Zachary Thomas Gift, 28, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, robbery, two counts of strangulation, and theft by unlawful taking in connection with the March 19, 2023, death of his mother, Lois Gift, 62. Investigators say Gift strangled and smothered Lois in their home on Grant Road in Adamstown around 11 p.m. that night after an argument escalated. According to police, he stol…
PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say
A 26-year-old Lancaster County man confessed on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, to the police that he strangled his mom during a fight over her purse, then took her keys out of her purse, stole her car and fled, police say.
Many friends of 62-year-old Lois Gift thought her absence from events she regularly attended was very odd so they called the Ephrata police and requested a welfare check on Monday, March 20, 2023— that's when her body was discovered at her home on Grant Road in Adamstown, according to the police release following the confession.
The coroner determined her cause of death…
Wanted Woman Crashes Into Police Cruiser, Slams Central PA Home
Just one day after her 25th birthday, a wanted woman who was spotted “nodding off” in a parked car took off suddenly, driving into a police cruiser, and crashing into a central Pennsylvania home, police say.
Chelsea Beiler, of Adamstown, was parked near Mill Stone Road in Clay Township when Northern Lancaster County Regional police approached her vehicle around 8:05 a.m. on June 20, according to a release by the department.
Before the officer made it to the driver’s side window— she “reversed her vehicle, struck the front of the police cruiser, and fled the area,” as stated in the release.…
