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PA Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner PA Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner
PA Man ID'd In 12-Year Cold Case Through Genetic Genealogy: Coroner The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office has identified skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area of West Donegal Township in 2012 as Mitchell L. Mendelson of Elizabethtown, officials announced. The remains were found by a hunter on November 1, 2012, near Cemetery Road, according to a release from the coroner's office. Mendelson, 60, had retired from Red Rose Transit Authority in Lancaster and moved to Elizabethtown in 2011. The identification was made through genetic genealogy and mitochondrial DNA analysis, a breakthrough that came more than a decade after the remains were recovered. F…

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Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA
Sex Offender Shot Dead By US Marshals Trying To Serve Warrant For Elizabethtown Rape: DA A man wanted on charges in connection with a violent rape in Elizabethtown Borough was shot dead in what the Lancaster County District Attorney's office is calling "an officer-involved shooting" on Thursday afternoon.  Shane Robert Kelec, 38 of the 1700 block of Stone Mill Road, Lancaster was wanted on rape and aggravated assault, among other changes for the terrifying incident that happened in the 900 block of Hedgewyck Lane, Elizabethtown, as detailed in the DA's original release. He had a firearm on him when members of the United States Marshals’ Eastern District Violent Crime…

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Ex-Wendy's Employee Pulls Gun On Former Co-Workers In Mt. Joy, Police Say Ex-Wendy's Employee Pulls Gun On Former Co-Workers In Mt. Joy, Police Say
Ex-Wendy's Employee Pulls Gun On Former Co-Workers In Mt. Joy, Police Say A former Wendy's employee experiencing homelessness got into a fight with his former co-workers and pulled a gun, authorities say.  Julian Knight, 20, was arrested on Monday, Jan. 30, according to Northwest Regional police. On Sunday, Knight had gone to the restaurant where he used to work located at 1660 South Market Street/PA Route 230 in Mount Joy Township, and got into a "physical altercation with employees," allegedly pointed a gun at the workers before fleeing around 9:16 p.m., the police say.   Knight is also directly tied to an overnight burglary that happened o…

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NY Trio Led Police On Two Pursuits After PA Pharmacists Refused To Fill Fake Prescription NY Trio Led Police On Two Pursuits After PA Pharmacists Refused To Fill Fake Prescription
NY Trio Led Police On Two Pursuits After PA Pharmacists Refused To Fill Fake Prescription Three men from New York sent police on a chase in Pennsylvania after they failed to fill a fraudulent prescription, police say. Northwest Regional police received a report of someone trying to fill a fake prescription at Sloan's Norlanco Pharmacy in Mount Joy Township around 7 p.m. Friday, Apr. 1— and it wasn’t an April Fool’s Day prank, as the script was filed several days prior, according to the department’s release. Officers Kris Hart and Dan Gordon responded to the call, approaching the building as one of the suspects were exiting the store. Outside the store, the other two suspects w…

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PA Trooper Killed Dad In Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say PA Trooper Killed Dad In Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say
PA Trooper Killed Dad In Murder-Suicide, Authorities Say A man shot and killed his father with a crossbow before taking his own life on Wednesday, according to Northwest Regional Police. Wesley Frey Jr., 31, shot his father Wesley Frey Sr., 61, in the chest with a crossbow around at a home on the 1200 block of Wissler Lane around 9 p.m. A family member witnessed who shooting, fled from the scene and contacted police. When police arrived, Frey Jr. had barricaded himself in a bedroom on the second floor. Pennsylvania state police and numerous other police department were called to the scene to assist in forming a perimeter around the home. Neigh…

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