Fog/Mist 52°
Tag:

Community Safety

Police & Fire
Homicide Attempt Lands 2 Teens Adult Charges In Lancaster: Police Homicide Attempt Lands 2 Teens Adult Charges In Lancaster: Police
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…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man Found Dead Two Days After 35 Birthday At LanCo. Apartment Complex Man Found Dead Two Days After 35 Birthday At LanCo. Apartment Complex
Man Found Dead Two Days After 35 Birthday At LanCo. Apartment Complex A Mountville man has been identified as the victim of a deadly shooting at a Lancaster Apartment complex according to the Lancaster County coroner's office on Tuesday, January 10.  Hector Raefel Burgos-Torres was found shot to death under what police call "suspicious" circumstances n the area of Lincoln West Apartments in Mountville on Sunday, Jan. 8— two days after his 35 birthday, according to his obituary.  Around 4 a.m. West Hempfield Township police had been called to the apartment complex "for a burglary in progress," when they discovered the man's body, the police announced on Monda…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn
Woman Attacked, Cat Killed By 2 'Aggressive' Dogs On The Loose In Lehigh Valley, Police Warn A woman was attacked and a cat killed by a pair of "aggressive" dogs that are continually on the loose around the Lehigh Valley area, police say. Officers are now attempting to have the canines classified as dangerous around the state but are running into a series of legal technicalities due to the owner’s alleged refusal to surrender them. The first attack occurred on a woman near Willow Drive in North Catasauqua on Friday, Sept. 9, police said. While officers were searching for the two dogs, a second attack report came in that involved a cat that had been killed by the same dogs, accordi…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
News
'Sexually Violent Predator' Moves To Central PA Neighborhood, Police Say 'Sexually Violent Predator' Moves To Central PA Neighborhood, Police Say
'Sexually Violent Predator' Moves To Central PA Neighborhood, Police Say A man police call a "sexually violent predator" and a convicted child rapist has moved to a new neighborhood in central Pennsylvania, according to West Shore Regional Police. Kyle Robert Schreffler, 35, who previously lived in Highspire, has recently moved to an apartment in the 900 Block of Hummel Avenue in Lemoyne Borough, according to Pennsylvania's Sexual Offender Registry. His change of residents has been publicly announced per Megan's Law on Sexually Violent Predators. He is not wanted by the police and has been cooperative with West Shore Regional Police. Schreffler was originally …

SHARE

by Daily Voice