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Maryland Passenger Dies Following 2 Vehicle Crash: PA State Police Maryland Passenger Dies Following 2 Vehicle Crash: PA State Police
Maryland Passenger Dies Following 2 Vehicle Crash: PA State Police A 45-year-old Maryland woman has died following a crash in Pennsylvania, state police announced on Monday, Aug. 21.  Danielle Sandul of Salisbury died at Lancaster General Hospital at 9:30 pm. following a two-vehicle crash on Sunday, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's office. Danielle was the passenger in 47-year-old Gregory Parsells of Salisbury's white 2023 Toyota Corolla heading east on Friends Road— when Greg ran a stop sign at the intersection of Little Britain Road at 8:17 p.m., troopers explained.  That's when 21-year-old Arthur Morris of Peach Bottom's white…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Utility Knife Flies At Girl From Roller Coaster In PA: Police Utility Knife Flies At Girl From Roller Coaster In PA: Police
Utility Knife Flies At Girl From Roller Coaster In PA: Police A preteen girl was struck by a box cutter at a Pennsylvania amusement park, police say.  The box cutter, also known as a utility knife, had fallen from another guest's pocket who was riding a roller coaster above the common area where the girl was standing at Dutch Wonderland, 2249 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, according to East Lampeter Township police. The roller coaster was reportedly the Sky Princess according to Redditors, but the police declined to identify which coaster the guest was riding.  Officers were called to the park for a "guest had been struck in the head by …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say Officers Assaulted By 'Belligerent' Man At PA Target, Police Say
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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by Jillian Pikora
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Shot Fired, Suspects Flee Crash With Stolen Gun On Harrisburg Pike, Police Say Shot Fired, Suspects Flee Crash With Stolen Gun On Harrisburg Pike, Police Say
Shot Fired, Suspects Flee Crash With Stolen Gun On Harrisburg Pike, Police Say A 20-year-old man was found fleeing with a stolen gun following a car crash in Lancaster on Saturday, police say.  John Clarence David Walls Jr. was found shortly after officers were called to a report of shots fired near Harrisburg Pike and North Pine Street and discovered a crash on Aug. 5.  The call to the shots came in at approximately 7:20 p.m., followed by the report "that a vehicle crash had just occurred in the same area," the police said.  Three people fled the crash including Walls, according to the police.  Walls was found with a stolen gun "not far from the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15.  Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office.  Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department.  The officers arri…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
NY Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend With Kitchen Knife In PA, Police Say NY Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend With Kitchen Knife In PA, Police Say
NY Man Stabs Ex-Girlfriend With Kitchen Knife In PA, Police Say A New York man stabbed his ex-girlfriend "in the legs several times" with a kitchen knife on July 31, 2023, police say.  David Hernandez, 36, of Syracuse, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed his former girlfriend at a home on the 500 block of North State Street in Ephrata just after noon on Monday, area police detailed.  The police investigation revealed the couple got into an argument prior to the stabbing.  He claimed he came to the home to "retrieve belongings from his former girlfriend," as stated in the police release The woman was given aid at the scene befo…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Lititz's Luician Li's Funeral Scheduled After Chester County Crash Lititz's Luician Li's Funeral Scheduled After Chester County Crash
Lititz's Luician Li's Funeral Scheduled After Chester County Crash A week after he succumbed to his injuries after a Chester County highway crash, loved ones and neighbors are memorializing Lititz student-athlete Lucian Li.  Investigators have said 42-year-old Matthew DeAngelis was headed the wrong way on Route 202 when he crashed head-on into Li's Volkswagen Taos just after midnight on Friday, July 14.  DeAngelis was pronounced dead at the scene, while 19-year-old Li died on Monday, July 17, Daily Voice reported. The teen's father Eric Chen-Ta Li set up a GoFundMe campaign to finance a memorial in his son's honor. In just three days after …

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
22-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Coroner 22-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Coroner
22-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Coroner A 22-year-old Lancaster man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Saturday, authorities said.  The police were called to the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and Greenfield Road in East Lampeter Township at 6:03 p.m. on July 22, 2023. Cristian Cintora Murillo of West Grove died at the scene of the crash, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's office.  The crash was between a pickup truck and a motorcycle, according to the coroner's office. East Lampeter Township police are investigating the cause of the crash. His sister has launched a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Man Steals Cakes With His Face On Them, Police Say PA Man Steals Cakes With His Face On Them, Police Say
PA Man Steals Cakes With His Face On Them, Police Say  A Lancaster man who stole three cakes with his face printed on them is wanted by police, according to a release on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Daquai Anthony Jackson is accused of stealing the cakes from Weis Markets located at 1204 Millersville Pike on May 28, 2023.  The 24-year-old had supposedly ordered the cakes online and had his face printed on them but never paid for them online prior to coming to the store to pick them up, according to the police release.  "A witness confirmed that the person who ordered the cake was the same person pictured in the photos tha…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Shooter, Victim Charged After Shooting Central PA McDonald's: Police Shooter, Victim Charged After Shooting Central PA McDonald's: Police
Shooter, Victim Charged After Shooting Central PA McDonald's: Police A 19-year-old has been arrested and both he and the man he shot have been charged, Lancaster Bureau of Police said.  The accused shooter, Lorenzo O'branty of Lancaster, has been charged  the following crimes, the police announced on Friday, July 21, 2023:  Felony aggravated assault. Felony discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure. Misdemeanor recklessly endangering another person. Felony firearms not to be carried without a license. A 20-year-old man recovering from a gunshot wound has also been charged, police announced on Thursday, July 20, 2023.  Anjew…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
PA Porn Star, 'Euphoria' Actress Gets Approval For Rehab Program For Local Theft PA Porn Star, 'Euphoria' Actress Gets Approval For Rehab Program For Local Theft
PA Porn Star, 'Euphoria' Actress Gets Approval For Rehab Program For Local Theft "Euphoria" actress and former porn star Chloe Cherry, legally known as Elise Marilyn Jones, has been approved for a form of probation following a retail theft in her Pennsylvania hometown, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Not unlike a plot for the popular HBO teen drama, the 25-year-old actress stole a $45 blouse from Building Character, a downtown Lancaster store that sells “vintage, recycled and handmade goods” according to the store’s website and court documents.  Surveillance footage shows the scene stealer taking a "Mode International tan color…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Horse-Buggy Crash Sends 4 To Hospital: PA State Police Horse-Buggy Crash Sends 4 To Hospital: PA State Police
Horse-Buggy Crash Sends 4 To Hospital: PA State Police Four people were hospitalized following a horse-and-buggy crash on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police say.  Pennsylvania State Police in Lancaster were called to the crash on Old Philadelphia Pike just east of Martin Road, at 9:53 p.m. on July 11, 2023.  A 2020 Ford Explorer driven by 41-year-old Bryce Taylor had been going west on Old Philadelphia Pike at the same time as the horse-and-buggy, according to the police investigation. Taylor was "distracted looking down at the GPS on his phone and when his view shifted back to the roadway, he saw t…

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by Jillian Pikora