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Russian Man Accused Of Raping 5 Girls In Lititz: Affidavit
A Russian man caring for five young girls in Lititz is accused of raping them numerous times beginning in 2006 and ending in 2021, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. In 2006, while the girls' father was unable to care for them, 52-year-old Vladimir Stanislavo Sayevskiy began raising them in his home in the first block of South Heck Road, Warwick Township, Lititz, Northern York County Regional Police Detective Matthew Hinkle explained in the criminal complaint. Before each of the girls turned 13 years old they were sexually assaulted in the bathrooms, bedro…
Weather
Bright Green Fireball Blazes Across Yardley, Doylestown Skies
An earthquake, a total solar eclipse and now a fireball. What a week for weather in the Northeast. Dozens of residents across the region reported seeing a bright green fireball blaze across the sky on before dawn on Wednesday, April 10. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daily Voice NJ (@dailyvoicenewjersey) Linda Price-Heine captured a fireball in the sky Wednesday, April 10. Daily Voice Linda Price-Heine got a text from her neighbor, Joan Piney, in Wall Township this morning telling her to check her camera, she said…
Police & Fire
Lititz Mom, Nurse Takes Clonazepam, Amphetamine Before Head-On Crash With Son In Car: Affidavit
A 43-year-old mom of two allegedly caused a head-on crash into a tree by driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Northern Lancaster County Regional Police detailed in a release on Thursday, Feb. 9. Kristen Leigh Gantz of Lititz crashed a black Honda Pilot into a tree along East Oregon Road, Manheim Township around 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, according to Officer William R. McHale IV in the affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice. Gantz crashed in such a way that she "could only be freed by mechanical means," as stated in the affidavit. In the meantime, her 16-yea…
Police & Fire
Notorious Convicts Charged
Again
In New Year's Eve York County Meth Bust
The convict son of an infamous sex offender, his felon relative, and their felon friend have been charged in connection with a large methamphetamine bust in York County on New Year's Eve, police announced on Thursday, Jan. 11. Eric Daniel Christaldi II/Jr., 27, of Lititz; Mitchell Geovanni Christaldi, 24, of Stroudsburg; and Dakota Brian Kauffman, 27, of East Prospect (formerly of Gap and Myerstown) all have pending drug-related charges after a tip on New Year's Eve led to a drug bust at 39 South Main Street, East Prospect Borough, Lower Windsor Township police detailed in the release.…
Traffic
22-Year-Old Man Propelled Out Of Sunroof In Fatal Crash Closing PA Turnpike In 3 Counties
A 22-year-old Lititz man has been identified and details have been released following a deadly crash that closed more than 20 miles of the PA Turnpike in three counties for over four hours on Saturday. Bryce L. Nolt has died following a crash that shut down the westbound lanes of Interstate 76 on Oct. 7, authorities told Daily Voice. Originally we were told that an "accident westbound at milepost 264.1," caused the shutdown and detour, PA Turnppike Director of Marketing & Public Relations Carl DeFebosaid on Saturday afternoon. He later got back to us and said one person had d…
News
PA Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says
A Lititz man who pleaded guilty to striking an Amish horse and buggy — killing an Amish teen — has been sentenced by an "English" judge but the local Amish community apparently feels differently about the tragedy. Phillip Cornelius Sullivan, II, then 18 years old, driving a 2009 Lexus Sedan, struck a horse-drawn buggy, ejecting the driver, 18-year-old Andrew J. Stoltzfus of Honey Brook, before fleeing the scene, according to the police. The whole incident happened along the 5700 block of Division Highway around 2:45 a.m. on July 5, 2021, as Daily Vice reported at the time. Stoltzfus …
Police & Fire
Patient Sexually Abused By PA Doctor Specializing In Treating Amish: Police
A doctor who specializes in "serving Old Order Amish and Mennonite (Plain) populations," is accused of sexually one of his patients. Vladimir V. Iakomi of Lititz was charged with indecent assault without consent and indecent assault of an unconscious person in connection with an appointment on Saturday, Sept. 30, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police the following Monday. The woman told the state police that she fell asleep and about 30 minutes into her appointment at "Plain Community Health Care Network” located in the “Georgetown Medical Center,” 23 Lancaster Avenue in…
Police & Fire
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 …
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man Caught With Crack In Someone Else's Car Resists Arrest In Lititz, Police Say
A 41-year-old Philadelphia man was apparently not in the mood to cooperate with officers who stopped in Lititz and found his crack cocaine, according to a release by police on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Helbert E. Mercado was stopped by Lititz Borough police for a traffic violation in the 200 block of East Market Street at 12:36 p.m. on July 9, 2023, according to the police release. Mercado gave the officers a false name and "physically resisted officers' attempts to place him under arrest," as stated in the release. The officers soon "discovered that Mercado did not obtain perm…
Police & Fire
Lititz Teen Athlete Dies Days After Chester County Crash: State Police
Another driver is dead days after the collision that killed 42-year-old Matthew DeAngelis on a Chester County highway, state police say. Lucian Robert-Popdan Li, 19, of Lititz, succumbed to his injuries on Monday, July 17, troopers wrote in a release. Investigators have said DeAngelis was headed the wrong way on Route 202 in his GMC Sierra 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 Li and his two passengers were rushed to Paoli Hospital in critical conditio…
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Paid Undercover Officer For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets Prison Time
A 69-year-old man who paid an undercover officer $400 and then an additional $50 for unprotected sex will be spending time behind bars, authorities in Pennsylvania announced. Jeffrey Fralich, of Lititz, pleaded guilty to five third-degree felonies and one second-degree felony for agreeing to pay for sex with a minor.on Friday, June 30, authorities in Lancaster County said. Fralich was sentenced to 1½ to 5 years in prison plus five years of probation, following the 2022 sting, by Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker. Lancaster County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force (…
News
Lititz Sex Offender Who Sent Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent Learns His Fate
Two undercover agents caught a central Pennsylvania man using the social media app Kik to make child pornography, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. The sting operation began after the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip from the FBI that Sean Deemer, 54, of the 500 block of Golden Street, Lititz,'s IP address was linked to child porn and grooming on the app on May 3. Between the dates of May 6 and 12, 2021, the FBI posed as an 11-year-old girl Kik and had a conversation with Deemer. A subpoena served to Kik by the FBI revealed the I…
News
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say. Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department. Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police. That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
News
Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police
A 31-year-old man injured a police officer who was arresting him for assaulting a pregnant woman, authorities say. Lititz Borough police were called to a domestic assault involving Jordan Davone Mansbarger in the 200 block of South Broad Road in Lititz on Monday, Oct. 31 at 3:50 p.m., according to a release by the department the following night. Upon arrival, the police found a pregnant woman suffering from non-life-threatening injuries caused by Mansbarger, as detailed in the release. Mansbarger was also destroying items inside the house in front of the arresting officers, the…
Police & Fire
Former Baseball Player, 20, ID'd As Victim Of Weekend LanCo Crash
The 20-year-old former baseball player has been identified as the victim killed in a Rapho Township crash over the weekend has been identified. More than $23,200 had been raised for the family of Galvin Paniagua, of Hersey, as of Tuesday, Nov. 2 on a GoFundMe. 🐝 With a look that could engage and show you right there and then that you could depend on his kind soul. He was... Posted by Harrisburg Hornets on Sunday, October 30, 2022 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Galvin Paniagua™ (@galvin_paniagua) The crash happened on stat…
News
Drug Dealer Who Gave PA Teen Toxic Elixir Learns His Fate
A 19-year-old girl went into cardiac arrest after ingesting what she thought was percocet, but it was really laced with fentanyl— now the man who knowingly gave her the deadly dose of drugs has learned his fate, the Lancaster County District Attorney announced on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Noel Jerome Thompson, 22, of the 400 block of Dohner Drive in Lancaster, is heading to prison for the next 5 to 10 years after a negotiated plea deal of charges of felony counts of drug delivery resulting in death and criminal conspiracy filed before Lancaster County Judge Jeffrey Conrad on Friday, Oct…
News
Gambling Pennsylvania Mom Leaves Infant In Car: Police
A 36-year-old mom from Lititz was seen gambling on a skill machine in a convenience store while her infant was out of sight in the car in the parking lot, Ephrata police say. Melissa Louise Heyman, had left her 1-year-old in her car for nearly an hour while she gambled inside the store located in the 500 block of West Main Street, Ephrata Borough on September 7, 2022 at 9:51 a.m., according to area police. A witness advised police of Heyman's behavior and "through witness statements and surveillance video, police determined that Heyman was gambling for 48 minutes while a one-year-old …
Police & Fire
7 People Hospitalized Following Crash In Lititz
Seven people were injured following a crash into a tree in Lititz, area police announced on Thursday, September 15. The crash happened in the 300 Block of South Broad Street/State Route 501 at 6:21 p.m. on Sept. 1, according to Lititz Borough police. A man driving the van picture exited the left lane for an unknown reason and "struck a tree which was located adjacent to the roadway," police say. The driver and six passengers were all transported by ambulance "for hospital-based care for non-life-threatening injuries," as stated in the release. A summary traffic cit…
Obituaries
21-Year-Old Pennsylvania Woman 'Too Beautiful For This World' Killed In Maryland
A "bright light" in her community, Sophia Battisti, of Reinhold’s, was killed in a crash in Maryland on Friday, August 26, police say. Battisti was crossing the street "against the pedestrian signal" at Coastal Highway in the area of 59th Street just before midnight when she was struck by a car traveling north, Ocean City police say. "Lifesaving efforts were initiated by good Samaritans at the scene and Ocean City EMS," police say. But ultimately, "Battisti was pronounced deceased on the scene." The driver remained on the scene, according to the police. The Ocean City Traffic Safety …
News
Five PA Members Of Two Motorcycle Gangs Stopped With Illegal Weapons In NY: State Police
Half a dozen members of the Infamous Ryders and La Familia motorcycle gangs have been arrested after they were found with illegal weapons during routine traffic stops on Sunday, Jun 12, authorities say. New York State Troopers stopped the first group on Upper Front Street in the town of Chenango after observing vehicle and traffic violations. Some of the weapons and La Familia Motorcycle Gang jackets that were seized by the NY state police.New York state police During the trooper's investigation, they found two men from the La Familia Motorcycle Gang were in possession of several ille…
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
PA 'Single-Dad' Nabbed For Child Sexual Abuse, Child Porn: Police
A self-described "single father that works hard for his son" has been arrested for child abuse and possession of child porn. Scott Allen Bess, 45, of the 900 Block of Lititz Pike, Warwick Township, has been under investigation on suspicions of possessing child porn for months, according to Northern Lancaster Regional police detectives. He was arrested for four felonies: sexual abuse of children, child pornography, and two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, police say and court records confirm. He was released from the Lancaster County Prison on $100,000 in bail the same …
News
PA Man Sends Nudes To Undercover FBI Agent: DA
Two undercover agents caught a central Pennsylvania man using the social media app Kik to make child pornography, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. The sting operation began after the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip from the FBI that Sean Deemer, 54, of the 500 block of Golden Street, Lititz,'s IP address was linked to child porn and grooming on the app on May 3. Between the dates of May 6 and 12, 2021, the FBI posed as an 11-year-old girl Kik and had a conversation with Deemer. A subpoena served to Kik by the FBI revealed the I…
Police & Fire
UPS Driver Used Job To Creepily Stalk Victims In PA: Authorities
A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man was sentenced to time behind bars in part for using his job as a UPS driver to stalk his victims in a disturbing way, authorities said. Thomas F. Wainman Jr., of Lititz, was found guilty by a jury of stalking his neighbors in multiple incidents spanning from May to December 2020, according to a release by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Wainman shined spotlights into the victim’s home, peered through their windows, watched them while they were out at their pool, and followed the victims after seeing them at a gas station, the DA's Office …
Lifestyle
Don’t Get It Twisted These Are The Top Pretzel Makers In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania might as well be known as the pretzel state rather than the keystone state for the number of pretzels made in the commonwealth. On national Pretzel Day, Apr. 26, the commonwealth’s official Facebook page made the bold statement that 80% of the nation’s pretzels are made in Pennsylvania. 🥨 It's Pretzel Day, PA! DYK? Pennsylvania produces 80% of pretzels in the U.S. Posted by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 Here are some of the top soft pretzel producers in the state based on Yelp and Google users' reviews, in no particular order: City Center Pret…
News
PA Man Running Basement Drug Lab Nabbed For Sharing Child Porn: Police
A 47-year-old Pennsylvania man has been arrested on drug and child porn charges, according to police. The Lititz Borough police have been investigating Joshua L. Alexander of Lititz after receiving a tip in April 2021, they said. Alexander disseminated child porn in a Facebook group, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Lancaster Online. He shared three images of children under the age of 18 engaging in sexual activities with individuals over the age of 18, reports CBS 21 citing the same criminal complaint. Alexander was charged with Crimes of Child Pornography, Criminal Us…
News
Three PA Children With Rifle Sent Police On Pursuit In Stolen Car
A 13-year-old, a 12-year-old, and another minor sent police on a chase in a stolen vehicle while wielding a rifle, authorities say. East Lampeter Township police were called to a report of a vehicle break-in in progress in the first block of Oxford Village within the Bentley Ridge housing complex at 3:42 a.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 15, according to a release by the police department. Police had been told "three teenage males wearing 'Covid masks' were observed inside of an Audi and had fled on foot," but they arrived to find a maroon Mazda CX5 traveling with its lights off and with three …
News
PA Italian Restaurateur Mourned By Community
The Manheim community is mourning the loss of a beloved father and restaurant owner who died last Tuesday. Giuseppe Gambino, 46, of, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 12, according to his obituary. It is believed Gambino was the man found dead inside the La Piazza Italian Restaurant and Sports Bar of Lititz on Oct. 12, although this has not been confirmed by officials. Gambino was the owner of the restaurant, according to social media. I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you. Thank you to our Lititz community, family and friends for being a part... Posted by La Piazza of Lit…
News
18-Year-Old Charged With Homicide After Amish Teen Dies Following Horse-Buggy Crash
An 18-year-old from Lititz has been charged with the death of the driver of a horse-and-buggy after he hit the vehicle and fled the scene, according to East Earl Township police. Phillip Cornelius Sullivan, II struck a horse drawn buggy (sulky cart)-- ejecting the driver and fleeing the scene of the crash along the 5700 block of Division Highway in his 2009 Lexus Sedan on July 5 around 2:45 a.m., as Daily Voice previously reported. The horse died at the scene. Andrew J. Stoltzfus,18, of the 900 block of Pleasant View Road in Honey Brook, Chester County was transported to Lancaster General …
Business
36 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Closed
Pennsylvania officials announced three dozen more restaurants that have closed following defiance of the state’s COVID-19 mitigation measures. The Department of Agriculture earlier this week said the 36 restaurants violated an indoor dining ban -- which was lifted Jan. 4 -- following unannounced inspections from Dec. 28 through Jan. 3. Gov. Wolf's temporary COVID-19 mitigation order mandated the closure of indoor dining, gyms and limiting indoor gatherings to a maximum capacity of 10 people. The following establishments were ordered temporarily closed according to a spokeswoman for th…
Business
55 More Defiant Pennsylvania Restaurants Ordered Closed -- Some Possibly For Good
Pennsylvania officials ordered an additional 33 restaurants temporarily closed, and have sought an injunction against 22 establishments in repeated violation of COVID-19 orders. The Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Food Safety announced earlier this month announced it would be performing unannounced inspections in an effort to enforce Gov. Tom Wolf's temporary COVID-19 mitigation order. Wolf's order mandates the closure indoor dining, gyms and limiting indoor gatherings to a maximum capacity of 10 people, until Jan. 4. A Crawford County restaurant was initially ordered closed, b…
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