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Officer-Involved Shooting Near Penn Township Massage Spa 'Completely Justified': Lancaster DA
A Northern Lancaster County Regional Police officer was "completely justified" in using deadly force to stop an armed robber from fleeing a massage business — Calm Spa — after allegedly raping two of its female employees, authorities said Tuesday, Sept. 10. Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced the conclusion of an investigation of the officer-involved shooting at the Penn Town Shopping Center, Penn Township, where the fleeing and armed suspect was shot twice by an officer responding to a "burglary in progress." Charges have been filed against the suspect, 36-year-old C…
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George Wakeley Sentenced Up To 140 Years In Prison
A York man — already in federal prison for child pornography charges — who was convicted of child abuse in Lititz in less than 25 minutes has been sentenced, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Thursday, June 27. George Wakeley, 62 of the 3400 block of Bull Road in York, was found guilty of 17 child abuse offenses on March 18, 2024, the DA's office detailed in the release. He was sentenced to 64 to 140 years in prison on the morning of Wednesday, June 26 by Lancaster County Judge Jeffrey Conrad. A two-day day trial was held before Judge Jeffrey Conrad. After less th…
Police & Fire
Stabbing In Lititz Park Hospitalizes Teen In Ephrata: Police
A teenage boy is in the hospital following a stabbing involving two other boys and a girl at a park, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police announced on Tuesday morning. The police learned of the stabbing after the boy was taken in a private vehicle to Ephrata Hospital at 1:22 a.m. on June 25, NLCRPD explained in the release. The stabbing is suspected to have involved the other three teens at Lions Parks located at 20 Twins Brook Road in Lititz, police detailed. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 717-733-0965 or cli…
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
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 …
Police & Fire
Penn Township Murder Suicide Diane Mark Shepherd
Police have identified the couple found dead in what they say was a murder-suicide in a Lancaster County home early Wednesday, April 10. Mark E. Shepherd, 71, shot his wife Diane L. Shepherd, 63, and then himself in their home on the 300 block of Sun Hill Road in Penn Township, bringing police to the scene just after 4 a.m., Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said. The couple's extended family was inside the home at the time of the incident. They told police that they awoke to a loud domestic-related argument between Mark and Diane occurring in a separate part of the home. Multi…
Police & Fire
Justin Michael Lowe Charged For Felony Child Pornography 8x
A 33-year-old man has been charged with eight charges of felony child pornography, police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Justin Michael Lowe of the 100 block of Sunny Slope Lane in Penn Township, Manheim was found "in possession of the child pornography" between Oct. 10, 2023, and Jan. 1, 2024, as the Northern Lancaster County Regional police stated in the release. The pornography was found in a Dropbox uploaded by Lowe in an account with the user name, "Justin Elow," as stated in the affidavit of probable cause. The majority of the videos and photos fou…
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Michael Hess Dies In Custody Following Standoff: Officials
A man serving a 23-month sentence for probation violations following a methamphetamine-fueled standoff has died in police custody, officials announced on Monday, Feb. 26. Donald Gene Hess, 56 of Stevens, was pronounced dead of natural causes at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital at 10:58 a.m. on Feb. 24, Lancaster County Officials detailed in the release. Stevens had been an inmate in the Lancaster County Prison since June 18, the day after the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police used a form of pepper spray to get him out of a shed where he was barricaded follo…
Schools
School Van Involved In Lititz Crash, Police Say
A roadway briefly closed following a two-vehicle crash involving a school transportation van, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police announced on Friday afternoon. First responders were called to the crash at the intersection of East Sixth Street and Seigrist Farm Road in Warwick Township, Lititz shortly before 2 p.m. on Feb. 16, as detailed in the NLCRPD release. The crash blocked the intersection and closed the roadway, but was expected to clear within an hour. "One person with [a] minor injury was trapped in the vehicle for a short time," the police said, "the t…
Police & Fire
Nurse, Mom, Vet. Kristan Gantz High During Crash: Affidavit
A 43-year-old mom of two allegedly caused a head-on crash into a tree by driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police detailed in a release on Thursday, Feb. 9. Kristen Leigh Gantz of Lititz crashed a black Honda Pilot into a tree along East Oregon Road, Manheim Township around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, according to Officer William R. McHale IV in the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. Gantz crashed in such a way that she "could only be freed by mechanical means," as stated in the affidavit. In the meantime, her 16-yea…
Police & Fire
Lititz Home 'Total Loss', Fire Closes Road: Police, Fire Marshal (
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A large house fire closed down part of a road in Lititz on Friday, authorities said. The fire broke out at the home in the 900 block of Disston View Drive in Warwick Township, Lititz at 9:12 a.m. according to Lancaster County Wide Communications on Feb. 9. The house fire in Lititz. NLCRPD The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police asked people to avoid the area as crews worked to extinguish the fire. House fire in Lititz. NLCRPD No injuries have been reported, although the fire marshal said the home is a "total loss." Currently on scene of a working s…
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…
Police & Fire
Scooter Rider Hospitalized With 'Life-Threatening Injuries' After Strike By SUV,
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A man in his 20s is in the hospital with "life-threatening injuries" after being struck by an SUV on Friday afternoon, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police announced the following morning. Officers with the NLCRPD were called to a report of a "pedestrian struck" at the intersection of Main Street/PA Route 72 and Martin Drive in East Petersburg Borough at approximately 3:51 p.m. Arriving officers found a young man lying in the middle of Main Street and his scooter was lodged under a Nissan Pathfinder (pictured). The man was taken to a local hospital, according to the police.…
Police & Fire
Wesley Kilpatrick Charged For Sexual Assault Of Girl Under 6
A man has been charged in connection with multiple sexual assaults of a girl under the age of six, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced on Monday, Jan. 1., 2024. Detectives began investigating Wesley Franklin Kilpatrick, 27 of Lititz, in July 2023. That's when they "received a report of alleged sexual assault of a female under the age of 6," as stated in the police release. The police explained that the "investigation revealed that Kilpatrick assaulted the victim multiple times during 2021 and 2022." All of the assaults reportedly took place at a home in the 900 …
Police & Fire
Walter Omar Hernandez-Sosof Accused Of Incest, Rape Of Child
A 28-year-old man was arrested Friday on incest and child rape charges, Lititz Borough of Police announced. Walter Omar Hernandez-Sosof of Lititz was charged just seven days after the LBPD received the report of the sexual abuse of a child in his family in the first block of Pennwick Drive in Lititz Borough. "The alleged abuse occurred over the course of several months," at the home, police said. They immediately began to investigate. As soon as they had probable cause they arrested Hernandez-Sosof with the approval of the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. He …
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
Truck Containing Power Line Worker Suspended In Air Struck By DUI Driver In PA: Cops
A 24-year-old man was drunk when he struck a work-bucket truck containing a worker 20 feet in the air last September in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The worker was operating on power lines when he was struck by Ramon Lopez Jr., of East Petersburg, on Sept. 10 around 1:10 p.m. on the 300 block West Swartzville Roa in Denver, East Cocalico police said. Lopez fled the scene, police said. Witnesses gave the vehicle registration number to officers, giving police Lopez's address. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police stopped the vehicle after a BOLO alert was issued, and d…
Police & Fire
Pick-Up Goes For Drive On Porch In Lancaster County (
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A pick-up truck service vehicle was literally providing 'to-door' stops, but we doubt that's what the driver intended. Officers found the white Ford F-150 parking hanging off someone's covered porch with its front bumper into a tree just before 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police. The driver had "veered to the right as another vehicle in front of them slowed quickly at an intersecting" on Temperance Hill Road, the NLCRPD stated in a release the following afternoon. The white Ford F-150 hanging off someone's porch and s…
Police & Fire
Amish Horse-Buggy Crash Hospitalizes 9 People In Lancaster Co.(
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A horse and buggy crash — injuring nine people — happened Tuesday night, authorities said. The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a horse and buggy in the 600 block of Strasburg Road in Paradise Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. The area is near the Land O Lakes distinguished farm and bed and breakfast, Neffdale Farms, according to Google Maps. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police were called to assist EMS at the scene, around 9:50 p.m. on Sept. 5. EMS took the nine injured people to a local hospital. Which vehicle the…
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
Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say
A man "fighting with customers" outside a shopping plaza assaulted officers who came to investigate on Sunday, police claim. Anthony Belfere was found lying on the ground "yelling profanities" outside the Target at 1008 Lititz Pike, around 11:46 a.m. on Aug. 13, Northern Lancaster County Regional police announced the following day. Officers recognized Belfere "from previous encounters," as stated in the release. As the police approached him he "became belligerent," and "appeared to be under the influence of drugs and or alcohol," the police said. When the officers attemp…
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Missing Man In Underwear Found Dead On Side Of Road In Lititz, Police Say
A missing 70-year-old man was found wearing nothing but his underwear along the side of a road in Lancaster County on Tuesday, Feb. 14, authorities announced the following day. The Northern Lancaster County Regional police were called "to a report of a male in his underwear laying alongside the roadway in the area of the 400 block of West Burkholder Road in Clay Township," around 3:45 a.m., according to the release by the department. Upon arrival the officers found the man "laying on his back in the grass approximately 5 feet off the shoulder of the roadway. The male was only we…
Police & Fire
PennDOT Plow Truck Collides With Car, See What Happens (Photos)
A car collided with a PennDOT plow truck on Thursday, Dec. 15, authorities say. The collision happened in the 400 block of South Main Street in Penn Township, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional police. "Officers arrived to find that the two vehicles collided when the vehicle struck the plow part of the PennDOT truck," the police state in the release. You can can view scenes for the crash below: The car that collided with the PennDOT plow truck.Northern Lancaster County Regional police department The car that collided with the PennDOT plow truck.Northern Lancaster C…
Business
Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down
A customer was slapped in the face with a cell phone and an employee was beaten with a shoe following a disagreement at a Dunkin' in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. 35-year-old Mabel Hinson pulled up at the drive-thru at the Dunkin' located at 2006 Miller Road in East Petersburg in the morning on Friday, Nov. 18, according to the police. Hinson ordered a breakfast sandwich but 22-year-old Alex Elias Hernandez who was working the drive-thru told her they did not make breakfast sandwiches, but when she attempted to order something different but Hernandez "just laughed at her and told …
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Former Lebanon Co. Probationer Charged With 31 Sexual Offenses Against Children In LanCo.
A Manheim man with a criminal record in Lebanon County has been released on bail after being charged with 31 offenses in connection with the sexual abuse of children— whom he was the parent or guardian, court records show. Daniel Earl Edwards was arrested by Northern Lancaster County Regional police and detectives on Tuesday, Nov. 7, following criminal investigations by the Lancaster County district attorney's office, as well as child advocacy and child welfare agencies, according to the police department. He was charged four misdemeanors for Corruption of Minors as well as 27 f…
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Child Charged Following Domestic Incident In Central PA: Police
A father was hurt and a child has been charged following a domestic violence incident in central Pennsylvania on Oct. 28, police say. Northern Lancaster County Regional police were called to a domestic violence-related assault report on Twin Brook Road in Warwick Township around 4 p.m. on Friday. During the investigation it was police determined fifteen-year-old boy "struck his father with a clenched fist causing contusions and visible injury," police stated in a release on Wednesday, Nov. 2. The father needed medical care but did not require any hospitalization due to th…
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'Nude Male Night Walker' Leads Police On Foot Chase In Pennsylvania
A naked man in a white turban who had been fixing a car near a field led police on a chase in central Pennsylvania on Friday, Sept. 23, police say. The Northern Lancaster County Regional police were dispatched for a reported check on the welfare call when they were directed by the caller to the car nearby a field in Penn Township around 2 a.m., according to the release. As the police approached the car the police "observed a nude male walking in the distance and gave chase." They describe the man as "white male, approximately 6 feet tall, with a white shirt/cloth wrapped around his head, …
Police & Fire
Horse-Drawn Wagon Crushes 3-Year-Old To Death In Central Pennsylvania: Police
A 3-year-old was killed in a farm accident on Friday, August 26, 2022, authorities say. The child "was struck by the wheels of a horse-drawn farm wagon" and "was pronounced dead at the scene," as stated in a release by Northern Lancaster County Regional police. The incident happened along Sunnyside Road in Clay Townshipat 11:15 a.m., according to the release. The NLCRPD conducted the on-scene phase of the investigation including scene documentation, image capture, and interviews of witnesses and family members. The department says it will not release additional detai…
Police & Fire
Police Vehicle Involved In Crash: Pennsylvania State Police
A marked police vehicle was involved in a crash in central police on Tuesday, August 9, authorities say. The crash happened at the intersection of West Lexington and Temperance Hill roads in Penn Township, Northern Lancaster County Regional police stated in a release. The NLCRPD vehicle required a tow but no injuries were reported, the department explains. The crash is being investigated by the Pennsylvania state police.
Police & Fire
PA Passenger Slapped With Child Endangerment Charges After Teen Driver Crashes Through Garage
A 19-year-old passenger who allegedly encouraged a 14-year-old boy to drive— but they instead crashed into a neighbor's garage— has been charged with child endangerment, authorities say. Bethany Ruth Schrom, of the 900 block of Hannah Drive, supposedly allowed the boy to drive a 2000 Chrysler sedan while she and rode as a passenger along with the boy's mother Laurellyn Schrom— despite the fact that he was under the legal driving age— around 10:20 a.m. on July 1, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional police. The boy crashed the sedan into a neighbor's garage located in the 700…
Police & Fire
2 Drivers Fell Asleep At The Wheel Causing Serious Injuries In Central PA In Same Hour: Police
Two drivers within one hour fell asleep at the wheel and caused serious accidents in Warwick Township on Friday, July 8, authorities say. The first crash involved a maroon Toyota minivan that had been driving north on Furnace Hills Pike when the driver reportedly fell asleep at the wheel, left the roadway, veered through someone’s front lawn, struck a mailbox— then ran through a second signal into a second vehicle— a red Ford Crown Victoria, that was stopped at the stop sign on Farm Lane waiting to enter Route 501 at 3:50 p.m., according to the first release by the Northern Lancaster County…
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