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James Steffy Pleads Guilty To Lancaster County Crime Spree
A Chester County man blamed a traumatic brain injury and addiction for his months-long crime spree across Lancaster County, which ended in a violent crash, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Dec. 24.
James Steffy, 41, of West Ridge Road in West Nottingham Township, pleaded guilty to 35 charges, including aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence, burglary, theft, and access device fraud, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Steffy suffered a traumatic brain injury that caused significant memory loss after crashing a stolen vehicle head-on into a…
Luis Rivera, Jorge Santiago Charged In James Diggs’ Death
Three men, including one with a criminal history previously reported by Daily Voice, have been charged in connection to the fatal shooting of a man during a botched robbery in Lancaster City, authorities announced Wednesday, Dec. 11.
Luis Javier Rivera, 23, Jorge Luis Santiago, 26, and a now 19-year-old juvenile face charges related to the Dec. 9, 2022, shooting of 30-year-old James Diggs on Ruby Street, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said.
The fatal incident stemmed from a planned robbery during a prearranged trade of a stolen handgun, according to prosecutors. Investigato…
Victor Casado Arrested As Cocaine Dealer In Lancaster: DA
An accused cocaine dealer has been arrested in Lancaster City, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Victor Casado, 51, was charged with Felony Possession With Intent to Distribute Cocaine, Felony Possession With Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia after a search warrant was executed at his home, authorities said on Monday, Nov. 25.
Drug Task Force agents, Homeland Security Investigations, and Pennsylvania State Police conducted the search on Oct. 8 at Casado’s residence in the 200 block of East Ross Street. During the raid, …
Reward Offered For Norman Coleman, 18, Wanted For Shooting
An 18-year-old man is wanted for his involvement in a shooting in Lancaster City, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Norman Coleman has been charged with carrying a firearm without a license, persons not to possess firearms, and discharging a firearm, according to the Lancaster City Bureau of Police.
The charges stem from a shooting that injured two minors in the 300 block of Mill Street on Oct. 25, authorities said.
Investigators have identified Coleman as one of the individuals involved in the incident. His current whereabouts are unknown, and police are actively searching for him, …
Luz Saez Increased Crack Use During Pregnancy, Police Wrote
A 3-month-old boy suffocated by his mom while she was passed out after ingesting crack cocaine, Lancaster police detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Luz L. Saez, 32, of the 500 block of Lime Street in Lancaster, smoked the crack to “stay awake”, according to an affidavit of probable cause, but grandma found the infant under his mom on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.
The infant's death was later ruled an accident from asphyxia due to co-sleeping, according to the coroner.
A crack pipe and crack cocaine were found by investigators searching Saez’s bedro…
Convict, Jared Michael Sweigard, Attempts Kidnapping: PD
A convicted felon has been held without bail after attempting to kidnap a girl at a Pennsylvania Sheetz, police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
Jared Michael Sweigard, 42, of Enola, was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 13, after multiple kidnapping attempts, according to police and court documents.
The first incident happened at the Sheetz Convenience Store and Gas Station located at 1158 River Road in Marietta, according to the police.
When officers arrived to the report of a "suspicious person" and people told them that a man in his 40s attempted to enter their vehicle while they were ins…
Incest, Rape Of Child Among 50+ Charges Filed Against NY Man By PA Police
After several children told police in Pennsylvania that a New York man had been sexually abusing them for years — this week an arrest was made, according to a release on Friday, Nov. 17.
Dennis Martinez, 38 of Brooklyn, NY, was taken into custody in New York City on Monday, Nov. 14, 2023, Lancaster City Bureau of Police detailed in a release.
The Lancaster police had been investigating Martinez since Oct. 2022, after being notified that three children in Lancaster City had suffered "abuse [that] occurred over an extended period of time, at least several years," th…
1 Dead, 2 Arrested ID'd After 'Active Shooting' in Lancaster (Update)
An active shooting shuttered three blocks of three streets in Lancaster City on Wednesday, and now two teens are in custody and a man is dead, according to police.
Jayziah Echevarria, 18, of Lancaster has been charged with "criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license and recklessly endangering another person," the police announced around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
Jomar Santos, 14, of Leola, has been charged "with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, possession of a firearm by a minor, fire…
Child Rapists, Abusive Dads, Deviant Boyfriends Wanted For Sex Offender Violations Across PA
Eight men who committed sex crimes are wanted for Megan's Law violations in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday, February 17, 2023.
Daily Voice has obtained court records and documents, as well as gathered details about the absconders so you can have a full picture of why it is so important to find them.
Donald Troutman.Harrisburg Bureau of Police
Donald Troutman, 51, of Allegheny County, was found guilty of multiple counts of incest and rape in 2007. He was released after serving 1,106 days or 36 months of a 60-120 month sentence in 2010, court records show. He has not regis…
