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PA Mom, Daughter Of Convicted Rapist, Arrested On Incest Charges: DA PA Mom, Daughter Of Convicted Rapist, Arrested On Incest Charges: DA
GOT HER! Sarah Miller Arrested On Incest, Child Rape Charges A registered sex offender is back behind bars after allegedly threatening his grandchildren with a gun. His daughter — who is also accused of incest with her children — who was at large for weeks was arrested on May 8, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice and an updated release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office on Friday, May 10. The warrant for the arrest of Sarah Lee Miller, also known as Sara Souder, was announced on her 35th birthday, May 8, court records show. Her last known address was in Nanticoke, Luzerne County. She was taken into cust…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police Stabbing With False 'Gunshots' Leads To Elementary School Lockdown In East Petersburg: Police
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…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
985K+ Fentanyl Pills, Child Porn Found In New Mexico Human Trafficker's Storage Unit In PA: DA 985K+ Fentanyl Pills, Child Porn Found In New Mexico Human Trafficker's Storage Unit In PA: DA
985K+ Fentanyl Pills, Child Porn Found In New Mexico Human Trafficker's Storage Unit In PA: DA A convicted human trafficker from New Mexico has been linked to a Lancaster County storage unit with nearly 1,000 fentanyl pills, an illegal firearm, and a cellphone full of child pornography, according to the county's District attorney's office. Martin Alvarado Jr., 33, most recently of Lancaster, PA, previously Las Cruces, NM, was on probation after a negotiated guilty plea in 2022 for Intentional Possession of a Controlled Substance by a Person Not Registered for a Lancaster offense at the time when the items were found in a storage unit in his name in the 1500 block of Cloister…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say
PA Student Charged For Making School Shooting Threats, Police Say A middle school student in central Pennsylvania has been charged after allegedly threatening a school shooting, authorities said. East Hempfield police were notified of a threat complaint on Friday involving a student at Centerville Middle School on Centerville Road in Lancaster, local police said. A 12-year-old male student had apparently told other students on Thursday that he planned to commit a shooting on Monday, Dec. 6, according to investigators. Officers were able to identify the student who made the threat, remove him from the school, and interview him in presence of a guardi…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt In East Hempfield Crash Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt In East Hempfield Crash
Motorcyclist Seriously Hurt In East Hempfield Crash A motorcyclist was left with serious injuries after a crash in East Hempfield Friday, authorities said. Albert Cheeks, 47, of Randallstown, Maryland was riding his motorcycle eastbound on Route 30 near the Marietta Avenue overpass around 1 p.m. when he rear-ended an 80-year-old Lancaster woman's car, according to East Hempfield police. The impact left Cheeks with serious injuries, police said. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment. An ensuing investigation revealed Cheeks was involved in a minor crash on Route 20 eastbound near Running Pump Road prior to the aforementioned crash, …

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GUILTY! Lancaster County Man Who Raped Unconscious Girl, 14, Awaits Sentencing GUILTY! Lancaster County Man Who Raped Unconscious Girl, 14, Awaits Sentencing
Guilty! Lancaster County Man Who Raped Unconscious Girl, 14, Awaits Sentencing A 25-year-old Lancaster County man was convicted of raping an unconscious 14-year-old girl on Wednesday, according to court documents. Denzel Saladeen Nichols, of Columbia, has been found guilty of the following: Rape (F1) Aggravated Indecent Assault (F2) Statutory Sexual Assault (F2) Corruption of Minors (F3) Corruption of Minors (M1) Indecent Assault (M2) When the victim was 16-years-old she told East Hempfield police the events of that lead up to her March 2018 rape. She met Nichols at Mountville Park where he gave her alcohol and marijuana, according to area police. Nichols drove her…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
York County Man, 31, Dies In Crash On Rt. 30 In Lancaster York County Man, 31, Dies In Crash On Rt. 30 In Lancaster
York County Man, 31, Dies In Crash On Rt. 30 In Lancaster A Windsor Township man died in a crash along Route 30 in Lancaster on Sunday, say East Hempfield Police. Albert Gilbert Meier Acosta, 31, was travelling Westbound on Route 30 in Lancaster near Rohrerstown Road in a Mini Cooper when he struck a disabled Chrysler 300 parked along the shoulder, according to police. Police arrived on the scene of the crash at approximately 9:26 p.m. The impact of the Cooper into the Chrysler caused the Chrysler to catch fire. The westbound lanes of Route 30 were closed until 2:45 a.m. Acosta was transported to Lancaster General Hospital where he died. The f…

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by Jillian Pikora