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Lititz Man Charged With Assaulting Officer Outside Bar: Police Lititz Man Charged With Assaulting Officer Outside Bar: Police
Lititz Man Charged With Assaulting Officer Outside Bar: Police  Lititz man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a police officer outside a bar, according to the Lititz Borough Police Department on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Yazheel Moises Bencosme, 33, was charged with felony aggravated assault against a police officer, misdemeanor resisting arrest, misdemeanor institutional vandalism, misdemeanor criminal trespass, misdemeanor disorderly conduct, and summary public drunkenness, authorities said. Officers were called to The Hideaway Bar on Kleine Lane for a disturbance at 1:43 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, according to the police. Bencosme h…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Lititz Man Causes $5K Patrol Car Damage During Drunken Skating Rink Rant: Police Lititz Man Causes $5K Patrol Car Damage During Drunken Skating Rink Rant: Police
Lititz Man Causes $5K Patrol Car Damage During Drunken Skating Rink Rant: Police A drunken disturbance outside a Lancaster skating rink ended with a Lititz man allegedly damaging a police car, racking up $5,000 in repair costs, and resisting arrest, police said on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Justin Robert Hoffman, 35, is facing charges of institutional vandalism, resisting arrest, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct following the Nov. 16, 2024, incident at the Overlook Activities Center, according to Manheim Township police. Hoffman was reportedly yelling at a group of employees near the rink, threatening to fight them. When officers arrived, he admitted to being un…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Grave Robber Arrest In Swatara Township: Police Grave Robber Arrest In Swatara Township: Police
Grave Robber Arrest In Swatara Township: Police The man who stole a grave monument from a cemetery has been identified and arrested, Swatara Township police announced on Friday, Sept. 27.  Anthony Reyes-Pabon, 24, of Harrisburg has been charged in connection with the theft of a grave monument at the William Howard Day Cemetery.  Reyes-Pabon was charged with Theft by Unlawful Taking, Institutional Vandalism of a Cemetery, and Desecration of Venerated Objects.  He was taken into custody on Friday, Sept. 26.  His preliminary hearing was held before Judge Rebecca Jo Margerum at 11:45 a.m. where bail was set at…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Prisoner Poops On Holding Cell Floor At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities Prisoner Poops On Holding Cell Floor At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities
Prisoner Poops On Holding Cell Floor At Police Station In Lancaster County: Authorities A 35-year-old York man has been charged for pooping on the floor in a police station holding cell. While being held on a simple assault charge Dristan L. Elliott pooped on his holding cell floor at the Columbia Borough Police Station on May 26, according to a release on June 7, 2023.   It appears officers might not have realized what happened as he was moved to the Lancaster County Prison where he was held for the simple assault charge until June 6 when he posted 10 % of a $5,000 bail in surety bonds. He was only charged with institutional vandalism on June 4, although court …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say
Drunk Man Shatters Cell Door At Cumberland County Booking Center, Police Say A 39-year-old Carlisle man shattered the plexiglass cell door at the Cumberland County Booking Center on Feb. 23, 2023, authorities say. Dakota Lee Roush, was being booked for public drunkenness in Middlesex Township when he "intentionally kicked a cell door causing the thick plexiglass to break," township police state in the release.  The Cumberland County Booking Center contacted the township police to report the "vandalism incident inside their facility" at 5 a.m. Thursday.  An additional charge of institutional vandalism was been filed against Roush, according to the rel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police
Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police A 31-year-old man injured a police officer who was arresting him for assaulting a pregnant woman, authorities say. Lititz Borough police were called to a domestic assault involving Jordan Davone Mansbarger in the 200 block of South Broad Road in Lititz on Monday, Oct. 31 at 3:50 p.m., according to a release by the department the following night.  Upon arrival, the police found a pregnant woman suffering from non-life-threatening injuries caused by Mansbarger, as detailed in the release.  Mansbarger was also destroying items inside the house in front of the arresting officers, the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Who Knocked Down Christopher Columbus Statue Heading To Prison For Years PA Man Who Knocked Down Christopher Columbus Statue Heading To Prison For Years
PA Man Who Knocked Down Christopher Columbus Statue Heading To Prison For Years A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison for toppling the Christopher Columbus statue with a brick in June 2021, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Francisco Rodriguez Jr., 34, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to three separate counts of institutional vandalism, one felony and two misdemeanors, and two counts of possessing an instrument of crime, both misdemeanors, according to a release by the district attorney's office. Rodriguez Jr. knocked down the statue and broke the front glass doors at the Lancaster County Courthouse and Lancaster Adult Probation…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Homeless Man Charged With Breaking Into Lancaster Courthouse, Toppling Statue Of Columbus Homeless Man Charged With Breaking Into Lancaster Courthouse, Toppling Statue Of Columbus
Homeless Man Charged With Breaking Into Lancaster Courthouse, Toppling Statue Of Columbus A homeless man in Lancaster County has been arrested and charged for breaking into the Lancaster County courthouse and toppling a statue of Christopher Columbus, according to area police. Francisco Rodriguez Jr., 34, is accused of taking a brick shattering a glass pane door of the Lancaster County courthouse and toppling a bust of Christopher Columbus on June 30. Rodriguez admitted to knocking over the statue as well as throwing bricks at the doors to both the courthouse and the County probation office. The total cost of the damage is over $10,000, the statue alone cost $7,868.90. Rodrigu…

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by Jillian Pikora
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SEEN HIM? Man Wanted For Damaging PSP Patrol Car During Lancaster Shooting, Riot SEEN HIM? Man Wanted For Damaging PSP Patrol Car During Lancaster Shooting, Riot
Seen HIM? Man Wanted For Damaging PSP Patrol Car During Lancaster Shooting, Riot Authorities in Lancaster County are seeking a 29-year-old man who damaged a Pennsylvania State Police car during a riot that broke out following an officer-involved shooting. Pennsylvania State Police officers had been called to the 300 block of Laurel Street for crowd control after the shooting in Lancaster around 5:05 p.m. Sept. 13, 2020, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers said. Patrol car J1-15 was parked near Laurel Street and Union Street when Hector Manuel Rodriguez Jr. damaged it, police said. Rodriguez was identified in live streams posted to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Insta…

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by Cecilia Levine