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Elizabethtown Man's Death Ruled Homicide After Fatal Shooting By Police: Lancaster Coroner Elizabethtown Man's Death Ruled Homicide After Fatal Shooting By Police: Lancaster Coroner
Elizabethtown Man's Death Ruled Homicide After Fatal Shooting By Police: Lancaster Coroner A man arrested for allegedly driving under the influence returned with a handgun to the police station and ended up being shot dead by an officer, authorities detailed in an updated release on Tuesday night, Nov. 12.  Andrew Ward, 39, of Elizabethtown has been identified as the man police fatally shot outside the Northwest Regional Police Station on Elizabethtown Road at at 1:43 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3, according to the DA's updated release and as Daily Voice previously reported.  His cause of death was "gunshot wounds to the body" and the manner was ruled "homicide" by t…

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DNA Matches 13-Year-Old Drugged, Assaulted In Broad Daylight To Columbia Man: Police DNA Matches 13-Year-Old Drugged, Assaulted In Broad Daylight To Columbia Man: Police
DNA Matches 13-Year-Old Drugged, Assaulted In Broad Daylight To Columbia Man: Police  A Columbia man is accused of providing marijuana to a 13-year-old girl before allegedly assaulting her, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Nov. 14.  Robert Jeffrey Fink Jr., 42, was charged with multiple offenses, including statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, and unlawful contact with a minor. The incident reportedly happened when Fink’s girlfriend left his apartment in the 900 block of Plane Street in Columbia, leaving him alone with the 13-year-old girl on Sept. 9, 2023, according to the affidavit. The girl later told police that Fink…

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Myerstown Mom DUI At Highest Rate Drives On Wrong Side Of Road: Lititz Police Myerstown Mom DUI At Highest Rate Drives On Wrong Side Of Road: Lititz Police
Myerstown Mom DUI At Highest Rate Drives On Wrong Side Of Road: Lititz Police An Ephrata woman has been charged with driving under the influence after police stopped her for driving on the wrong side of the road, according to Lititz Borough police according to a release on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Megan Martin, 35, was pulled over by an officer for driving on the wrong side of the road in the 300 block of East Main Street in Lititz, around 2:23 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, police detailed in the release. Martin reportedly displayed signs of impairment and was asked to perform field sobriety tests before she was taken to the Lititz Borough Police Department, where a breath test…

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Family Of Trucker Struck Dead On I-78 Sues Driver Of Hit-And-Run Vehicle: Lawsuit Family Of Trucker Struck Dead On I-78 Sues Driver Of Hit-And-Run Vehicle: Lawsuit
Family Of Trucker Struck Dead On I-78 Sues Driver Of Hit-And-Run Vehicle: Lawsuit The family of a Florida truck driver who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Berks County filed a lawsuit against the driver, according to the court document, which was filed Friday, Nov. 1. Jymel Dejuan Smith's family filed a lawsuit against Akhmadkhon Vokhidk Ubaykhonov, a Philadelphia man who was driving the tractor-trailer that struck and killed Smith, the lawsuit obtained by Daily Voice states. Smith had pulled his tractor-trailer over on Interstate 78 West near mile marker 41.5 in Greenwich Township at 4:54 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13, according to previous reporting by Daily Voice.…

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Lebanon Chief Detective Charged With DUI Nearly 3X Limit In Lancaster Lebanon Chief Detective Charged With DUI Nearly 3X Limit In Lancaster
Lebanon Chief Detective Charged With DUI Nearly 3X Limit In Lancaster The Chief Detective for Lebanon County has been charged with driving under the influence according court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Oct. 31.  Jonathan C. Hess was "driving erratically" on Route 72 in Lancaster County on Saturday, Oct. 5 when Manheim Borough Police pulled him over, according to the affidavit of probable cause.  Lancaster County Wide Communications Dispatched told officers, he "hit a divider" before swerving into an oncoming traffic, as stated in the affidavit. When officers approached Hess, he had glassy and bloodshot eyes and sm…

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PSP Investigated 580 Crashes, Wrote 24,865 Tickets Over Labor Day Weekend PSP Investigated 580 Crashes, Wrote 24,865 Tickets Over Labor Day Weekend
PSP Investigated 580 Crashes, Wrote 24,865 Tickets Over Labor Day Weekend Pennsylvania State Police investigated 580 crashes over the four-day Labor Day weekend. From Friday, Aug. 30 to Monday, Sept. 2, those crashes resulted in 170 injuries and six deaths. Those totals were lower than the 671 crashes last Labor Day that resulted in 220 injuries and 10 deaths. Impaired driving was a factor in 65 of this year's crashes, three of which were fatal. Troopers arrested 514 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs this Labor Day weekend and issued 24,865 citations, including: 7,069 for speeding 889 for failing to wear a seatbelt 121 for not sec…

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Inmate Escapes Prison Work Release At Pennsylvania Walmart: Sheriff Inmate Escapes Prison Work Release At Pennsylvania Walmart: Sheriff
Inmate Escapes Prison Work Release At Pennsylvania Walmart: Sheriff A 46-year-old inmate escaped from the Cumberland County Prison during work release, the sheriff's office announced on Monday, Aug. 19.  William Kenneth Rosner, most recently of Lemoyne but previously of Philadelphia, Allentown, Northampton, and Harrisburg — is wanted on a felony escape charge after walking away from the Cumberland County Prison Work Release Center on Mondy morning, Aug. 19, the sheriff explained, and as detailed in court records.  His last known location was the Walmart in Carlisle, according to the sheriff's office.  Rosner was serving time for a misdemeano…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Highly Intoxicated' Mom Gets In Fight While Tubing With Toddler, Fairview Twp. PD 'Highly Intoxicated' Mom Gets In Fight While Tubing With Toddler, Fairview Twp. PD
'Highly Intoxicated' Mom Gets In Fight While Tubing With Toddler, Fairview Twp. PD A 33-year-old mom has been charged with a felon after getting in a fight while tubing with her one-year-old child, Fairview Township Police explained in a release on Monday, July 22. Shauna Elyse Chambers of Market Street, Harrisburg, was tubing in Yellow Breeches Creek near the 500 block of Trimmer Drive, Lewisberry on July 6, 2024, when the argument began, the police detailed in the release.  Chambers "had been involved in a verbal dispute while floating" but during the dispute she "got off of her tube into the creek" and it became apparent that her toddler "was not wearing a fl…

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'Dance Moms' Star Charged With DUI In PA: Affidavit 'Dance Moms' Star Charged With DUI In PA: Affidavit
'Dance Moms' Star Charged With DUI In PA: Affidavit A former "Dance Moms" star has been charged in Pennsylvania for allegedly driving drunk, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Christina "Christi" Lukasiak, 47, of Mars, PA, whose daughter, Chloe Lukasiak, starred on Lifetime's hit show "Dance Moms", was charged by Murrysville Police with a misdemeanor DUI at 5:39 p.m. on June 27, her latest court docket shows.  The reality star was found by officers in her black 2018 Audi Q7 crashed into a tree with a telephone pole hanging over her car off of Logan Ferry Road, as Patrolman Ross Welshons detailed in the affidavit…

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Drunk Man Slams Into Boulder, Tree Seriously Injuring Teen, Police Say Drunk Man Slams Into Boulder, Tree Seriously Injuring Teen, Police Say
Drunk Man Slams Into Boulder, Tree Seriously Injuring Teen, Police Say A crash that left a teen with "severe injuries" has landed a man serious charges, East Cocalico Township police announced Wednesday, July 17.  Maxim Antonio Mannino, 21, of Denver, PA, has been charged with the following according to the police and confirmed by court documents: Felony Aggravated Assault by Vehicle While DUI. Misdemeanor Recklessly Endangering Another Person.  Misdemeanor Driving Under the Influence - General Impairment or Incapable of Driving Safely - First Offense. Misdemeanor DUI: Highest Rate of Alcohol (Bac.10 - <.16) First Offense. Summary&…

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Attempted Homicide Arrest In Lancaster City: Police Attempted Homicide Arrest In Lancaster City: Police
Attempted Homicide Arrest In Lancaster City: Police A probationer was arrested in connection with a homicide attempt, Lancaster City police announced on Friday, June 28. Dervin Mateo-Berrios, 51 of Lancaster, has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting that sent one person to the hospital occurred on Thursday, June 27, 2024, police detailed in the release.  The shooting happened in the 600 block of Ocean Ave, Lancaster City that left one victim hospitalized. Dervin was charged with three felons for Criminal Attempt of Homicide and two counts of Aggravated Assault, the police say and court documents confirm.  He h…

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by Jillian Pikora