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Route 222 South Closes After Serious Crash, Lane Restrictions North (
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A serious crash has shut down all southbound lanes of Route 222 between the Brownstown/Rothsville and Oregon Pike exits near Leola, authorities announced Friday, Dec. 13. Northbound traffic is restricted to one lane in the same area. The southbound lanes of Route 222 were closed at 2:12 p.m., according to 511PA. Traffic is being diverted at the Brownstown exit, with the roadway expected to remain closed until at least 4:15 p.m., authorities said. The northbound lanes of Route 222 are also impacted, with one lane restricted between the Oregon Pike and Brownstown/Rothsville exits. Drivers s…
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9-Year-Old's Rapist Sentenced: Lancaster DA
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced for raping a girl for years, beginning when she was just 9-years-old, authorities announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Timothy Barker, 48, of Leola, has been sentenced to serve 25-50 years in a State Correctional Institution by Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker, the West Lampeter Township Police Department detailed in the updated release from the Lancaster County DA. Barker was between the ages of 40 and 44 at the time of the abuse, which began in 2018 when Barker was in a caregiving role to the victim, the Lancaster County District Att…
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PA 19-Year-Old Motorcyclist ID'd After Fatal Pickup Collision: Coroner
A 19-year-old motorcyclist has been identified as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash, the Lancaster County Coroner announced on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Brandon Michael Wenger, 19, of Stevens, was involved in a collision with a pickup truck on Route 322 in Earl Township on the evening of Oct. 8, according to the release. Wenger was taken to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. on Oct. 9, according to the coroner. The cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries and the manner of death was ruled an accident, the coroner said. Br…
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Reading Man Sentenced For Trying To Kill FBI Agents: Prosecutors
A Reading man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for the attempted murder of three FBI agents, according to the US Attorney's Office. Rafael Vega-Rodriguez, 42, was also given five years of supervised release, a $4,500 fine, and an $800 special assessment, prosecutors said in a release on Wednesday, July 24. Authorities said Vega-Rodriguez was wanted for a state parole violation when the agents spotted him on West Greenwich Street on March 1, 2020. They tried to stop him but Vega-Rodriguez drew a handgun from his waistband and opened fire as he fled, authorities …
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Woman ID'd After Fatal Two-Vehicle Crash: Garden Spot Fire, Coroner
A 48-year-old woman died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash that sent the vehicles into fields on opposite sides of the road, authorities explained on Monday, July 1. Ilana Abugov of Bradford Drive in Leola, was alone in her car when she was struck by another vehicle at the intersection of Peters and Shirk roads in East Earl Township around 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, according to the coroner's release and a release from the Garden Spot Fire Rescue. The coroner was called to the scene at 6:53 p.m. and Ilana was pronounced dead at 7:34 p.m. Emergency crews "remained on scene f…
Lifestyle
Winning $5 Million Scratch-Off Sold In Lancaster County
There's a newly minted millionaire! Someone who paid $50 for a MONOPOLY Own It All scratch-off lottery ticket won $5 million, the Pennsylvania Lottery Commission announced on Tuesday, June 11. The ticket was sold at the Speedway located at 3180 Oregon Pike in Leola. The store will get $10,000 for selling the big winning ticket. The Lottery Commission reminded players that all Scratch-Off prizes expire one year from the game's end-sale date posted at palottery.com. Winners should immediately sign the back of their ticket and call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481. There are four more top …
Traffic
Dump Truck Crashes Into Amish Family's Bird-In-Hand Home
An Amish family's home was struck by a dump truck on Thursday morning, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. The truck's cab's front right tire appears to have blown out based on photos shared by Daniel Stoltzfus who also witnessed the crash. He wrote the following in part in a social media post: "I heard something and looked up. The truck went between the tree and the house." The incident happened near the intersection of Snakehill and Stormstown roads in Upper Leacock Township at the border between Leola and Bird-In-Hand around 7:34 a.m. on June 6. …
Police & Fire
Homicide Attempt Lands 2 Teens Adult Charges In Lancaster: Police
Two Lancaster County teens have been arrested following an attempted homicide, the police announced on Thursday, Sept. 14. Omar Naheem Jackson, 17, of Leola was arrested on Wednesday and Nazier Vega, 16, of Lancaster was arrested on Thursday, in connection with a shooting in the 300 block of Greenland Drive, Lancaster, on Tuesday, according to East Lampeter police. At 4:58 p.m. on Sept. 12, the police received reports "that a Black male subject had fired multiple shots from a handgun and was last observed running westbound. The immediate scene was secured, a perimeter was establ…
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2 Arrested ID'd After 'Active Shooting' in Lancaster (
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An active shooting shuttered three blocks of three streets in Lancaster City on Wednesday, and now two teens are in custody and a man is dead, according to police. Jayziah Echevarria, 18, of Lancaster has been charged with "criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, firearms not to be carried without a license and recklessly endangering another person," the police announced around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Jomar Santos, 14, of Leola, has been charged "with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, possession of a firearm by a minor, fire…
Police & Fire
Drunk Leola Woman Bites Officer, Abandons Injured Children In Crash, Police Say
A 53-year-old Leola woman drunkenly crashed her vehicle with two children inside, authorities say. Jessica Ressler then fled the scene of the crash in the 2000 block of Columbia Avenue in Manor Township on March 29, 2023 at 8:56 p.m., according to a police release. She left the two injured children alone in the vehicle when she fled, police say. She was soon tracked down by the police but resisted arrest and a struggle ensued, during which she bit an officer, injuring, Manor Township police say. She has been charged with aggravated assault, two counts of endangerin…
Police & Fire
Leola Man With Knife, Gun Chokes 'Several' People In Front Of Children, Police Say
A 22-year-old man "attempted to strangle several individuals" in front of children in Lancaster County on Sunday, March 19, 2023, authorities say. Luke Bachman of Leola was arrest following an argument turned physical altercation in the Bareville section of West Earl Township, around noon, according to area police. West Earl Township Police were dispatched to "a weapons in progress call" on Bareview Drive shortly before noon. They arrived to find "a witness and family members were outside the residence who observed the altercation which had occurred inside the home," the …
News
Eight People Arrested For Ephrata Robbery That Sent Someone To The Hospital
Eight people have been charged in connection to a home robbery that sent one person to the hospital. The home robbery and assault in the 1100 block of Steinments Road in Ephrata Township on Dec. 22, 2022, at 8:33 p.m., according to the police release on Thursday, January 19. A television set was the only noted item stolen, the police explain in the release. The below people have been charged with the following offenses, according to the Ephrata Police Department: Timothy Secret Kauffman, 21, of Harrisonburg, VA was charged with one count each of Robbery, Aggravated …
News
Axe-Wielding Masked Ex-Con Attempts To Break Into Pennsylvania Home: Police
Just days before Halloween a tenant in Ephrata experienced something seemingly out of a horror movie as their screams were the only thing that helped stop the masked former convict who was using an axe to attempt to break into their apartment, authorities announced on Nov. 28. Keron Diwilliams Shockley, 30, of Leola formerly of Ephrata, was arrested in connection with the incident on Nov. 17, according to Ephrata police and court documents. Shockley, shockingly attempted to use the axe to break through the windows and door of an apartment in the first block of Washington Ave, Ep…
News
Child Under 13-Years-Old Assaulted, Attacker Wanted By PA State Police
The not-so-young 45-year-old Terri Young is wanted for endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault of a child less than the age of 13, according to Pennsylvania state police. Young was notified of the felony warrant for his arrest but refused to turn himself in, police say. He has been spotted multiple times in Lancaster County— in Denver, Ephrata and Lititz— since June 5, and was last seen in Leola on Tuesday, June, 14, police say. Anyone who spots You or has information on his whereabouts is asked to call 717-865-2194.
News
Amish Women Hospitalized, Horse Killed In Central PA Crash: Police
Three women have been hospitalized and a horse has died after a car crash involving a horse drawn wagon and a car on Saturday, May 21, police say. East Lampeter Township police were called to the crash in the 500 block of Musser School Road in Leola around 9:30 a.m., according to a release by the department. The driver of a red 2015 Volkswagen Golf, Margaret Robinson, 86, of Ephrata, was traveling westbound when she struck a horse that was pulling a wagon in the eastbound lanes, police say. After the initial crash the car, horse, and wagon continued into a field, according to the release. …
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Tribute
: New Holland Police Officer, Volunteer Firefighter Wendell Metzler Dies Of Cancer, 52
New Holland Borough police department is mourning the death of Officer Wendell Metzler, who died of cancer. He was 52 years old. Serving on the force for 20 years -- 25 part time for West Earl police -- Metzler lived a life full of service to his community. He previously worked for Ephrata Township police for seven and a half years, and spent 22 working as a volunteer firefighter with West Earl and Upper Leacock Fire Companies. Metzler was a certified emergency medical technician for 34 years, serving Leola Ambulance and Ephrata Community Hospital Advanced Life Support Unit. Wendell …
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