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Mennonite Toddler Crushed To Death In Farming Accident Leads To Father's Arrest: Lancaster DA
A Conoy Township man is facing criminal charges after his nearly 3-year-old daughter was crushed to death in a farming accident, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Anthony Lamar Nolt, 33, was charged with felony endangering the welfare of children after allowing his 10-year-old son to drive a tractor towing a concrete mixer while the victim sat unsupervised on the platform of the mixer at their farm on River Road, authorities detailed in a newly released report. The toddler fell from the mixer and was crushed by the wheels of the 16,300-pound tracto…
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PA Doctor Accused Of Exploiting 13-Year-Old Girl, Possessing Child Pornography
** Warning: The following details may be disturbing to some readers. ** A former Lancaster County family medicine physician is facing felony charges for sexually exploiting a 13-year-old girl and possessing child pornography, according to police, public records, and court documents. Frank Yang Liu, 33, of Manheim, was charged after an investigation by the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department (NLCRPD), and Lancaster County detectives. Authorities allege Liu used Instagram to exchange explicit messages and images …
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Manheim Mennonite Dad Struck Dead Driving Amish Boys, Friends Say
A Mennonite dad was struck dead on Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Eldon Kreider, 43, of Manheim was driving a pickup truck when he was struck by a sedan at the intersection of Hossler and Breneman roads in Rapho Township at 8:42 a.m., the coroner said. The driver of the sedan "pulled out in front of him at the intersection," a family friend said. Kreider was driving two Amish boys, "that are fine," the friend noted. The pick-up truck had rolled over during the crash, the coroner explained. He was pronounced dead…
Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Fire On PA Rt 283 Causes Delays: PennDOT
A tractor-trailer fire has caused delays on Route 283 on Thursday morning, Oct. 3, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The fire happened in the westbound lanes of PA Rt 283 between Exit: Pa. 772 – Mount Joy/Manheim And Exit: Rheems/Elizabethtown, according toe PennDOT's 511PA. Emergency crews were called to the fire around 8:45 a.m., 511PA shows. Lane restriction was put in place as crews remained on the scene. Delays continued in the area as of 10:40 a.m. The cause of the fire was not shared and no injuries were reported. Check back here for possible updates.
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Remove Skimmer Redditors Warned About At PA Sheetz PNC ATM
A skimmer at Sheetz that Redditors warned people about three months ago was removed on Thursday, Sept. 12, police announced. The skimmer was found on the PNC ATM at the Sheetz located at 1205 Lancaster Road in Manheim, police explained. "If you used the ATM machine located inside the store over the past month, please review your bank transactions and report any fraudulent or suspicious activity to your bank and local police department," the police said. Redditor users in the Lancaster subreddit have been posting about this since June. The first post reads: "…
Police & Fire
Convict Sexually Assaults 2 Woman In Elizabethtown Parking Lot, Police Say
A convict was found with blood coming from his face in an Elizabethtown parking lot following two sexual assaults, borough police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Richard J. Copenhaver III, 29, of Mountville, was found in the 200 block of South Market Street in Elizabethtown Borough by Corporal Goshen and Officer John Stewart at 9:10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, as detailed in a release. Copenhaver had a "laceration to her nose and was covered in blood," as stated in the release, where police also noted he was "under the influence." Although he was uncooperative and resisted he…
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Police Shoot Accused Robber, Rapist Fleeing Crime Scene: Lancaster DA
A 36-year-old Middletown man who was shot by police while fleeing a robbery scene has been charged with several offenses, authorities said. Christopher Rivera is charged with multiple counts of robbery, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Officers with the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department were dispatched for a “burglary in progress” at the Calm Spa located in Penn Town Shopping Center in the 1200 block of Lancaster Road in Manheim at 8:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. A preliminary re…
Obituaries
Mennonite Toddler Killed In Farming Accident ID'd: Dauphin County Coroner
A Mennonite toddler died following a farming accident in Lancaster County, the Dauphin County Coroner told Daily Voice on Monday, Aug. 5. Maria Lois Nolt, 2 years, 11 months, 20 days of Bainbridge, was struck dead in a pull-behind tractor incident on her family's farm on River Road in Conoy Township on July 20, according to the coroner's notes and her obituary published by LNP. Maria passed away at Hershey Medical Center following the incident, but additional details about what exactly happened and her time of death were unavailable. Daily Voice has reached out to numerous…
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8 Flat Tires In One Morning Prompts Sinkholes Repairs On Rt 222: PennDOT
After eight drivers got flat tires driving over sinkholes on Route 222, repairs are underway, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and a local fire company announced on Monday, Aug. 5. All the flat tires were experienced in the morning commute along 222N at mile marker 37.2 just north of the Brownstown exit before Pool Road the West Earl Fire Company explained around 5:48 a.m. at 7:13 the PennDOT road crews arrived to complete the scheduled repairs. The sinkholes responsible for the flat tire are within the limits of a 3.3-mile pavement preservation project on Route 222…
Obituaries
Lititz Mennonite Teen From Manheim Dies Kayaking: Authorities
A 16-year-old Mennonite boy has died in a kayaking accident, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice on Thursday, Aug. 1. Rylan Trent Weiler of Manheim died while kayaking Hammond Lake in the Tioga-Hammond Lakes Recreation Area at approximately 8:17 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, the PA Fish and Boat Commission told Daily Voice. "The victim was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident," a spokesperson with the Commission added. Emergency crews came to Ives Run Lane for a reported "Water Rescue Missing kayaker" around 9 a.m., as stated in a release by Middlebury Township V…
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Coroner Reveals Cause Of Death For Manheim Mom (
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A 66-year-old mom of two has died following a house fire, authorities announced on Thursday, July 24. Beth Hill Yanni, of the 2600 block of Lebanon Road in Manheim, Rapho Township, was taken to Lancaster General Hospital after "being caught in a fire at her residence," as written in the Lancaster County Coroner's report. The fire broke out at her home around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24 — she was pronounced dead in the trauma bay at 9:39 p.m., the coroner explained. Following an autopsy, her manner of death was ruled accidental and the cause was 'Smoke Inhalation and T…
Police & Fire
Red Lion Employee Spends $8K+ On Manheim Disability Service Provider's Credit Card:
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An employee at a disability service company is accused of making unauthorized purchases on her work's credit card totaling over $8,000, police announced on Thursday, July 11. Kiara Kim Vandersluys, 30 of Red Lion, was an employee of Faithful Homes when she "used a company credit card for unauthorized purchases which totaled $8,028.48. The purchases included multiple food items, health care, and jewelry items," the police said. The police were first alerted to these purchases by management at Faithful Homes located at 1467 Lancaster Road in Manheim on June 20, according to t…
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Fat Phobia? Manheim's Brett Harris Booted From 'The Bachelorette' After Just One Episode
Season 21 of "The Bachelorette" had audiences falling for a Pennsylvania man, but unfortunately, Jenn Tran didn't feel the same way. Tran is a 26-year-old New Jersey native who made her Bachelor Nation debut on Joey Grazidei's season. Brett Harris of Manheim, PA was eliminated in the first episode of The Bachelorette Season 21. Courtesy of ABC During the premiere episode, Brett Harris a 28-year-old Health and Safety Manager from Manheim, PA melted audiences' hearts as a"small-town boy [who] has big dreams when it comes to finding love," as stated in his Bachelor Biography. In one s…
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Lititz Sex Offender Called 'Dad' By 7-Year-Old Victim, DA Says
A 29-year-old registered sex offender has been sentenced yet again for sexual contact with a minor but this time the young victim was calling him "dad" at the trial, according to a release by the Lancaster District Attorney's office on Wednesday, June 27. Derek Alan Manz, who recently had a Manheim address according to the Pennsylvania State Police Sex Offender Megan's Law registry, previously lived in the 400 block of West Marion Street, according to the DA's release. The Lititz address is where he was when he touched the "private parts" of a 7-year-old girl between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. …
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