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PA Stalker With 'Dark Intentions' Gets Years In Prison: DA PA Stalker With 'Dark Intentions' Gets Years In Prison: DA
PA Stalker With 'Dark Intentions' Gets Years In Prison: DA Years of stalking has landing a Lebanon County man years in prison, the Lancaster County District Attorney announced on Wednesday, Nov. 23.  Brian Mahoney, 67, of the of the 300 block of Lewis Road, North Londonderry Township, Annville, pleaded guilty to three counts of stalking, resisting arrest, obscene language or gestures, and two counts of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another before Judge Dennis Reinaker on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to the DA and confirmed by court documents.  Judge Reinaker sentenced Brian Mahoney to two years and eight months to nine …

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'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury 'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury
'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury A New Jersey man said he was acting out of fear when he attacked a Pennsylvania woman with a golf club leaving her with a traumatic brain injury, authorities said. Aiven Rosario, 26, of the 100 block of Park Avenue in East Orange, was sentenced to up to nine years in prison in connection with the March 6 attack in Lancaster County, PA, according to Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams. Rosario followed the woman into a parking lot in the 1400 block of Millport Road, West Lampeter Township around 9:52 p.m. on March 6, as detailed in the release from the Lancaster C…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Homicide Suspect Arrested In Dominican Republic PA Homicide Suspect Arrested In Dominican Republic
PA Homicide Suspect Arrested In Dominican Republic Fourteen years ago Michael Evans died from stab wounds in Lancaster, but on Thursday, his accused killer was arrested in the Dominican Republic.  A warrant of Carl Hunter Sr. known as "Low" was issued in 2018 in connection with the deadly stabbing of Evans. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic at 9:18 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2023. Hunter had been featured on a Crime Stoppers wanted flyer since Sept. 2010 as a person of interest in Evans homicide.  Evans was found suffering a stab wound to the torso in the 400 block of West Lemon Street, Lancaster by city police officers around 11…

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12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says 12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says
12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says A  39-year-old kidnapped a mother and a child separately and raped them at a local hotel— then killed the daughter and tried to hide her in the mother's freezer, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 10 just a few hours after the girl's body was found in the home.  Jason Shackelford, of Columbia, "raped and killed his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter on the night of Feb. 8 into the morning of Feb. 9 at a home in the 500 block of Avenue H in Columbia. He stated he attempted to conceal the victim’s body in a freezer in the basement," the Lancaster County District Attorney says. …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fentanyl Drug Dealer Leads Police To Straw Gun Purchaser In Lancaster County Fentanyl Drug Dealer Leads Police To Straw Gun Purchaser In Lancaster County
Fentanyl Drug Dealer Leads Police To Straw Gun Purchaser In Lancaster County When the police seized 548 bags of fentanyl and a Glock Model 26 9mm pistol, from a Lancaster dealer they were able to trace the weapon to the straw gun purchaser, the county district attorney announced on Thursday, January 12.   A straw gun purchaser is someone who purchases a gun for someone who is prohibited by law from possessing one or for someone who does not want their name associated with the transaction, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Alexander Rodriguez, 21 of the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane, was stopped by police near his home …

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Life In Prison For PA Arsonist Who Killed Man Clinging To His Own Vehicle Life In Prison For PA Arsonist Who Killed Man Clinging To His Own Vehicle
Life In Prison For PA Arsonist Who Killed Man Clinging To His Own Vehicle A convicted arsonist and killer in Lancaster County will spend the rest of his days in prison for a crime spree that ended with a man's death three years ago, a judge has ruled.  Javen T. Jackson, 24, was sentenced to life plus four-to-10 years at a hearing on Dec. 20, said county District Attorney Heather Adams in a statement.  At his trial in October, prosecutors said Jackson set fire to a New Holland apartment building on Nov. 10, 2019. Jurors heard from building residents who described waking up to find their apartments filled with smoke and rushing to safety with their young …

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Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina
Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina What do a Lancaster County man, Tinder and a standoff have in common? Corry Brooks, 32, of Lancaster, who has been on the run from police since June 25 when he tried to ram police with a car. After a Tinder date went wrong in South Carolina he was apprehended. The Tinder date ended in a more than two-hour-long police standoff at a home on University Forest Drive near Conway, South Carolina on Sunday around 2 p.m., according to Horry County police. After taking Brooks back to her home under unknown circumstances, the South Carolina woman texted her ex-boyfriend who notified police. "He had…

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by Jillian Pikora