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Son On Drugs Sentenced For Killing Mom In Lancaster County Crash
A Palmyra man who killed his mother in a head-on crash while under the influence of multiple drugs has been sentenced to state prison, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, Dec. 30. Gavin Meical Kline, 21, admitted to using medical marijuana and antidepressants before crashing on Route 322 in Penn Township on Aug. 22, 2023, killing his 41-year-old mother, Bethany Welch, and seriously injuring another driver. Investigators said Kline attempted to pass a tractor-trailer in a no-passing zone when he crossed into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with a cargo va…
Police & Fire
Hit-run
: Bicyclist Struck By SUV In Lititz, Police Say
A bicyclist was the victim of a hit-and-run on Tuesday, June 4, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said. NLCRPD Officers were called to the scene of the hit-and-run at Woodcrest Avenue and Millport Road in the area of Rohrer's Quarry in Lititz sometime before 10:30 a.m., department officials detailed in the release. The vehicle that hit the bicyclist and fled is described as follows by the police: "a white SUV body type that continued towards the Quarry from Woodcrest, this vehicle should have passenger side damage specifically to the mirror." The bicyclist was taken in an…
Police & Fire
Accused Drunk Driver Giovanni Lester Escapes Hospital: PD
A Manheim man led authorities on a high speed chase and was taken to the hospital, only to flee on foot, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Friday morning. The pursuit began when officers saw "a blue Chevy pickup truck traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Lancaster Road in East Petersburg Borough" at 11:09 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, the NLCRPD stated in the release. When the officers tried to conduct a traffic stop, 25-year-old Giovanni Lester "attempted to flee [but] lost control of the vehicle as he attempted to turn onto Root Road. The vehicl…
Police & Fire
'High Occupancy Arson' At East Petersburg Apartments, Police Say
An apartment complex caught fire in Lancaster County due to arson on Thursday night, police announced the following morning. Officers with the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department were called to a "suspicious fire" at the apartment complex located in the 2400 block of Franklin Drive in East Petersburg at 8:54 p.m. on March 7, The fire started on the second floor, Manheim Township Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 5423 explained. The suspected arsonist was: "an adult male resident purposely set the fire and was last seen running from the home. Police were able to l…
Police & Fire
Matthew Harrison On Run After Charged With Killing Wife Jami
New details have been released about a mom's murder as a manhunt continues for her husband. ***UPDATE: MATTHEW HARRISON Was CAPTURED On Thursday evening, Feb. 8; CLICK HERE TO READ OUR FULL REPORT*** ORIGINAL REPORT: Matthew Scott Harrison, 48 of Manheim, originally of Hellam, is on the run after his wife was found dead by a child on Monday, Feb. 5, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Jami Harrison's daughter told police that her mom and her husband Matthew Harrison argued on Friday, Feb. 2, according to the affidavit of probable cause. Matthew had separated from his wi…
Police & Fire
Matthew S. Harrison Accused Of Killing Wife Jami A. Harrison
A manhunt is underway for a 48-year-old dad police believe killed his wife in Manheim on Monday. ***UPDATE: MATTHEW HARRISON Was CAPTURED On Thursday evening, Feb. 8; CLICK HERE TO READ OUR FULL REPORT*** ORIGINAL: **Daily Voice has obtained the criminal complaint and affidavit of probable cause, click here to read additional details about this case** Matthew Scott Harrison is wanted for the strangulation death of his wife Jami A. Harrison, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Announced on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Officers had been called to a report of a woman who had "suffer…
Schools
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…
Police & Fire
Mark Hackman Killed Himself In House Fire He Set: Coroner
The cause of death has been released for a man found dead after a "domestic incident" turned standoff ending with a house fire, the Lancaster County Coroner explained. Mark D. Hackman, 53, of 6294 High Street in East Petersburg Borough, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, and the manner was suicide, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber. He "had been drinking, was armed with a firearm, and was threatening to burn the house down," when the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department were called to a "domestic-in-progress" at his home around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday…
Police & Fire
Entrapped Woman Charged After Hit By Dump Truck In Ephrata: Police (
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A woman has been charged after her vehicle was struck by a dump truck — entrapping her on Thursday morning, Northern Lancaster County Regional police explained. Rebecca Heebner was stuck in her 2005 Toyota Scion after she was struck by Glen Horning, who was driving a 2005 Peterbilt dump truck, owned by Martin Paving, according to the NLCRPD. The police were called to the crash on Hackman Road at the intersection with Hoover Drive, Clay Township at the Ephrata line (according to Google Maps) at 6:33 a.m. on Dec. 7. Through an investigation, officers learned Heebner exited Hoover Drive …
Police & Fire
PA Man Out On Bail After Allegedly Stabbing Man 6 Times In The Neck, Back
A week after a serious literal backstabbing, a 23-year-old man has been released on ten percent in cash of $25,000, court records show. Thomas Myles O’Byrne of Manheim is accused of stabbing 30-year-old Kenneth B. Yingst of Manheim six times 6 times to the back and neck area with a knife around 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 6. Northern Lancaster County Regional police officers responded to the "reported stabbing in progress" in the 1000 block of White Oak Road, Penn Township. They found Yingst lying on the ground bleeding from his multiple stab wounds, as detailed in numerous police releas…
Police & Fire
GOT HIM! PA Caregiver Accused Of Raping Mentally Disabled Found After Year
A year after a $1,000 reward was offered for information leading to the capture of a man who is accused of raping a person with mental disabilities, David Vazquez has been arrested. The 67-year-old Lancaster City man was taken into custody in Scranton by Pennsylvania State Police. Lancaster County Crime Stoppers had been offering the reward "for information leading the arrest and/or conviction" of Vazquez. “David Vazquez is aware of the criminal charges and has been intentionally avoiding law enforcement,” Crime Stoppers said in a statement. The warrant for his arrest was issued …
Police & Fire
Trolley Fire Forces Evacuation At PA Dairy Farm: Police
Nearly two dozen passengers were on a tour trolley that caught fire on Thursday, police announced on Monday. A Kreider Dairy Farms Tour Trolley was loaded up with passengers when the driver, a farm employee, noticed a malfunctioning problem causing a fire in the trolley's engine compartment while driving in the 1200 block of Lancaster Road, the Northern Lancaster Regional Police explained in a release on Aug. 28. The driver stopped the trolley near Park Hill Drive and safely evacuated all the passengers before the emergency crews arrived around 3:15 p.m. on Aug. 24, according to…
Police & Fire
Child Hospitalized Following DUI Crash In Lititz: Police
A child was hospitalized following a crash involving a drunk driver, police announced of Tuesday, August 15, 2023. Dalia Alder-Galarza was driving a Lexus SUV on Lititz Pike (State Route 501) with two children— one was "not properly secured," when the crash happened at 6:55 p.m. on July 19, the Northern Lancaster County Regional police said. She had been traveling north when she attempted to merge into the right lane to pass another vehicle, a Subaru Forester— but instead, she struck it and lost control of her SUV, according to the police. Her SUV soon exited the road and struck a l…
Police & Fire
Teen Bicyclist Struck By Ephrata Driver Released From Hospital: Police
A teenage boy has been released from the hospital after being hit by a car in Ephrata, police announced on Thursday, Aug. 24. Virginia Tibbals of Ephrata was driving a Ford SUV east when she struck the unnamed teen, The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. The collision happened in the 1800 block of Main Street (US Route 322) at 6 p.m. on Aug. 22, according to the police. "It is unknown if the bicyclist was traveling in the same direction alongside the highway and was struck from behind, or if the youth exited a nearby driveway and rode into the path," the police said. Ti…
Police & Fire
PA Professional Adventurer Dies On 23rd Birthday, Police Say (
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A man turning 23-years-old has been identified as the driver who died at the scene of a crash in Lancaster County, authorities say. Josiah Maier of Lititz was named as the driver at 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. The deadly single-vehicle crash into a tree happened in the 1100 block of Kleinfeltersville Road in Clay Township at 8:36 p.m. on Aug. 22, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. Preliminary investigation details were released on Thursday, revealing that Maier and his co-workers and camp attendees, had j…
Traffic
Police Allege Driver On Drugs Caused Crash Killing Mom At Lancaster, Lebanon County Line
A 41-year-old mom is dead and several others have been injured following a crash on State Route 322, authorities say. Bethany Welch of Palmyra was in the passenger seat of a sedan involved in the crash with a commercial van and a tractor-trailer, the coroner announced the following afternoon. The deadly head-on collision happened on West 28th Division Highway (SR322) near the Lancaster and Lebanon County line just before 2:22 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22, the NLCRPD detailed in a release. The Brickerville Fire Company, EMS,The Lancaster County Crash Team, and the Lancaster County Coroner…
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police
A "suspicious package" from Virginia thought to contain a pipe bomb was part of a "prank," police in Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The package sent from a VA man was received by a resident in the 5000 block of Martin Avenue, East Petersburg, PA around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. "The package contained a stuffed animal that appeared to have been manipulated to resemble a pipe bomb," the police said, "The recipient had placed the package outside and called the police." The police i…
Police & Fire
Road
Closed
: Driver Asleep At Wheel Crashes Into Utility Pole On PA RT 72, Police Say
Pennsylvania Route 72 has closed after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a utility pole— which landed across all lanes of the roadway, authorities announced on Friday, March 17, 2023. The crash happened in the 1500 block of Route 72/Lancaster Road in Penn Township around around 12:20 p.m. Route 72/Lancaster Road has been closed between Auction Road and Graystone Road and drivers are asked to avoid the area. "The utility company reports it will be several hours to complete the repair and open the roadway," Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department said…
Police & Fire
Man Who Punched LanCo. Emergency Worker Wanted By Police
A man punched an emergency roadside crew worker in the face multiple times, authorities announced on March 15, 2023. The worker's emergency vehicle was supposedly blocking the roadway when the man was trying to pass near the 600 block of South Plum Street in Lancaster on July 22, 2022, Lancaster County Crime Stoppers explained in the release. But instead of waiting, he got out of his silver 1997 or 1998 Toytota RAV4 and punched the worker multiple times causing injuries, and then took the worker's phone and damaged it, presumably so they could not call for help, although that wa…
Police & Fire
$1K Reward Offered After Two Dogs Shot In Lancaster County: Police
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the person who shoot two dogs— killing one— in Lancaster County, authorities announced in an updated release on Thursday, Feb. 16. Officers were called to a report of gunshots outside a home in the first block of Pinnacle Road West, Martic Township, on Feb. 1 around 7:18 p.m. Trooper James Grothey explains in the original release on Thursday, Feb. 9. The homeowner told the responding troopers she had heard "multiple gun shots" in her yard. The trooper declared one dog deceased at the scene and the other "…
Police & Fire
Accused Illegal Arms Dealer Turns Himself Over To Lancaster Police Say
A 28-year-old Lancaster County man who was wanted for multiple firearms violations— including illegal arms deals, has turned himself in to the police, authorities say. Isiah Robert Taloan of the first block of Brandon Court, conducted several firearms deals in the area, according to Lancaster County Crime Stoppers. He was wanted for 10 felonies related to illegal sales or transfers of firearms, two felonies for conspiracy, one felony for a person not to possess a firearm, and eight misdemeanors for unsworn falsifications, the crime stoppers release details. A $1,000 rewar…
News
Infant Found In Car Full Of Bullet Holes Driven By Shot Man At Central PA Turkey Hill
A shot 21-year-old man pulled up to a Turkey Hill in central Pennsylvania in a BMW full of bullet holes with an infant in the backseat on Wednesday, Oct. 19, authorities say. A Turkey Hill clerk called 911 reporting that a BMW X2 hatch-back driven by a man had "pulled into the parking lot, exited the vehicle, and appeared to have sustained an injury consistent with a shooting" at 4:42 p.m., the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department stated in a report on Thursday morning. When authorities arrived at what they thought was "a shooting incident at Turkey Hill", located in the 500…
Police & Fire
Reward
: $1K Offered For 3 Armed Robbers In Central PA
Three armed men robbed a grocery and deli in central Pennsylvania on Thursday, authorities say. Marizzy Grocery and Deli located at 450 West Orange Street in Lancaster was robbed by the men who demanded cash and cigarettes on Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m., according to the Lancaster County Crime Stoppers release on Friday. One man fired a shot but no one was harmed, crime stoppers report. The trio fled on foot– two of the suspects were last seen running west on Orange Street, and the third suspect was last seen walking south on Mary Street, officials say. The men are described as follows, accord…
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