Highway Robbery, Assault On Rt 222 In Ephrata: Police Highway Robbery, Assault On Rt 222 In Ephrata: Police
Convict, Michael Ermold Jr., Accused Of Highway Robbery A woman was left with bruises on her face and arms after a convict accosted her vehicle on Route 222 and robbed her, West Earl Township Police announced in a release on Tuesday, June, 11. Michael Eugene Ermold Jr., 57 of Lancaster (who is reportedly experiencing homelessness), is accused of attacking a woman near mile marked 36.8 shortly before 7 p.m. on June 4, the police detailed in a release. The woman reported that he assaulted her inside of her vehicle "took the [her] cash before throwing the purse back into the vehicle [... then] fleeing on foot," according to the release. Office…
Holiday Inn Worker ID'd After Fatal Fall Into Hole: Lancaster Officials Holiday Inn Worker ID'd After Fatal Fall Into Hole: Lancaster Officials
Alexei Rodriguez-Balceiro Takes Fatal Fall At Holiday Inn A fall into a open grate hole has left a worker dead at a Pennsylvania Holdiay Inn on Sunday, officials say.  Alexei Rodriguez-Balceiro, 42 of the 430 block of East King Street in Lancaster, died at 3:20 p.m. following multiple attempts to save his life after he was pulled unconcious from an air vent shaft, the Lancaster City Bureau of Police and the County Coroner's Office announced on Monday. The Lancaster City Bureau of Fire was called to the hotel located at 26 East Chestnut Street in Lancaster at 2:53 p.m. on June 9, according to a release by the police.  The hotel…
Lititz Man Accused Of Raping 2 Foster Child Over 12 Years — Including 4-Year-Old Lititz Man Accused Of Raping 2 Foster Child Over 12 Years — Including 4-Year-Old
Frank Breneman Accused Of Raping Foster Children: PSP The Pennsylvania State Police are concerned an accused child rapist may have more victims.  Frank Breneman, 71 of Lititz, is accused of raping and sexually assaulting two children for 12 years beginning when they were 4 and 11 years old, PSP Troop J announced on Thursday, June 6. He was arrested by the PSP Criminal Investigation Unit on charges of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, statutory sexual assault, and indecent assault of a child on Wednesday, June 5, according to the release.  His two preliminary arraignment…
Pequea Valley High School Student Killed In ATV Rollover Crash Pequea Valley High School Student Killed In ATV Rollover Crash
Tyler Yoder, 18 Of Narvon, Dies After ATV Flips Over On Him An all-terrain vehicle rollover crash has led to the death of a Pequea Valley High School student.  Tyler Yoder, 18 of Narvon previously of Rohrerstown and Lancaster, passed away following the ATV crash in the 5800 block of Northeimer Road in Salisbury Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police. That crash happened around 8:41 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, PSP explained in a release. State police continue to investigate this deadly crash but they have explained that "The victim was operating an all-terrain vehicle in a field when the vehicle flipped. The victim was partially ej…
Teen Sentenced For 61 Charges Years After Lancaster Park City Center Mall Shooting Teen Sentenced For 61 Charges Years After Lancaster Park City Center Mall Shooting
Jeremiahs Josiah-Alberto Sanchez Sentenced For Mall Shooting The 16-year-old boy who was charged with 61 offenses for the shooting at Park City Center, is now 19 years old and has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to serve up to 32 years in prison, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, May 29. Jeremiahs Josiah-Alberto Sanchez, of Lancaster, fired a gun stolen out of Lebanon County and endangered the lives of 52 innocent bystanders during the incident, the District Attorney's office explained. Sergio Vargas, 30, Elijah Deliz,18, and three other men were involved in the fight that led up to the shooting, but none were charge…
Heroin, Crack Found During Lancaster Arrest: Police Heroin, Crack Found During Lancaster Arrest: Police
Heroin, Crack Found During Lancaster Arrest: Police A Lancaster man is accused of ditching a bag full of drugs while fleeing city police on Sunday night, May 19.  Jose Burgos-Garcia, 29, is charged with possession with intent to deliver, authorities said in a release.  Police said they were called to a home on the 200 block of Ruby Street around 10 p.m. for a reported domestic disturbance. When they arrived, officers said Burgos-Garcia fled the house and ditched a "cross-body bag."  Fifteen grams of heroin, three grams of crack cocaine, various amounts of THC wax and marijuana, and an "unknown clear liquid in a glass vial" we…
Ex-Lancaster Cop Raped, Sexually Assaulted Multiple Youngsters In 1990s, Officials Say Ex-Lancaster Cop Raped, Sexually Assaulted Multiple Youngsters In 1990s, Officials Say
Andrew Selby, Robert Rosario Arrested For Rapes Lancaster police have charged arrested two men with raping a 16-year-old victim in the city in 1997, one who was an officer tasked with the initial investigation. Andrew Selby, 54, and Roberto Rosario, 44, became the center of an investigation in March 2024, when Detective Sgt. Jessica Higgins was made aware of one alleged incident. Higgins spoke with a victim who detailed violent abuse by Rosario in Lancaster City in late 1997, police said. Selby, who was 28 at the time, responded to Lancaster General Hospital on Dec. 27, 1997, regarding the sexual assault by Rosario. The vi…
Nudes Swapped With Lititz Teen By 3x Felon In Jail On Gun Charges: Police Nudes Swapped With Lititz Teen By 3x Felon In Jail On Gun Charges: Police
Isaiah Ramon Cabrera Sexted Teen From Prison, Police Say A convicted drug dealer in jail on firearm charges from a shooting last August is accused of leaving a phone filled with nude and sexual images of a girl at the scene of that shooting and then using the prison's phones to contact that minor, the Manheim Township Police announced in a release on Friday, May 10.  Isaiah Ramon Cabrera, 23 of West Filbert Street in Lancaster, first came to the local police's attention in the late-2010s for a series of drug dealing related offences — which landed him 18 convictions and up to 23 months in prison, court records show.  Following his relea…
Fryer Fire At McDonald's, Lancaster Authorities Say Fryer Fire At McDonald's, Lancaster Authorities Say
Fryer Fire At McDonald's, Lancaster Authorities Say A fryer fire affected school drop-off in Lancaster on Friday morning, according to the police.  Firefighters were called to the fire at the McDonald's located at 575 North Franklin Street in Lancaster at 6:59 a.m. on May 10, Lancaster County Wide Communication detailed.  The public was asked to avoid the area of the 500 block of N. Franklin Street as it closed to traffic between Lehigh Avenue and New Holland Avenue around 7:30 a.m., city police explained.  The police recommend that students being dropped off at JP McCaskey High School or Wickersham Elementary School go …
Gunpoint ATM Robbery In Hanover, Among Two Robberies In Central PA: Police Gunpoint ATM Robbery In Hanover, Among Two Robberies In Central PA: Police
Gunpoint ATM Robbery In Hanover, Among Two Robberies In Central PA: Police Two separate robberies at ATMs were announced by police on Tuesday, May 7.  The first robbery happened in York and the second occurred in Lancaster, it remains unclear if these incidents, which happened 3 days apart, are connected in any way.  The York Robbery began when a man offered another man a ride home in the area of the 100 block of Carlisle Street, Hanover Borough between 1 and 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, according to a release by area police.  Once the man entered the vehicle the man who offered him a ride "brandished a handgun," the police said. He was then forced …
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
Major Mall-Based Chain To Close 543 Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy A major retailer primarily located in malls and headquartered in Pennsylvania is set to close all 543 of its stores following its third Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Closures for all rue21 locations are expected to be completed within the next two months with going-out-of-business sales coming soon. The company, headquartered in Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh, had first filed for bankruptcy in 2003, and then for a second time in 2017, when it closed around 400 stores. Founded in 1970, rue21 specializes in women's & men's casual apparel and accessories. rue21 has locations in …
Motorcyclist Fatally Flies Off Bike On Kirkwood Pike: PA State State Motorcyclist Fatally Flies Off Bike On Kirkwood Pike: PA State State
Motorcyclist Fatally Flies Off Bike On Kirkwood Pike: PA State State A two-vehicle fatal crash sent a motorcyclist into the air on Monday, Pennsylvania State Police in Lancaster announced on April 30.  The call to the two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Noble Road and Kirkwood Pike/SR 472, Colerain Township, Kirkwood came into PSP Troop J Lancaster Station at 4:09 p.m. on April 29, 2024, Trooper James Grothey detailed in the release.  The troopers' preliminary investigation determined that a Ford Edge driven by 79-year-old Gerald Fite of Peach Bottom "was stopped at a posted stop sign o…