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Pennsylvania Teen Admits To Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old Pennsylvania Teen Admits To Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old
Pennsylvania Teen Admits To Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old Elijahuwon A. Brown, now 16, has pleaded guilty, admitting that he shot and killed 23-year-old Rolando Rivera when he was only 14 years old, according to court documents and the Lancaster District Attorney's office.  Brown confessed to shooting Rolando "Peanut" Nazir Rivera, 23, of the 200 block of Ruby Street in Lancaster,  in the 500 block of Third Street around 9:45 p.m. on August 27, 2021.  He was seen on video surveillance in the area just before the shooting. Brown then walks west following Rivera, but on the opposite side of the street, as Daily Voice previously r…
Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA
Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA A 339-year sentence, for what? Well, Melvin Riehl Petersheim, 49, of Lititz, has admitted to raping children and on March 21, 2023 he got his final sentence.  Petersheim, who ironically lived on Integrity Drive, had been charged with raping and sexually assaulting four victims spanning from 2012 until 2021. Petersheim pleaded guilty to 27 charges Wednesday, according to the district attorney. The charges stem from a child welfare report sent to the Manheim Township police department by the Lancaster County Children & Youth in Nov. 2021. Interviews confirmed numerous instants of ab…
Heartless Husband Killer Heads To Prison: LanCo. DA Heartless Husband Killer Heads To Prison: LanCo. DA
Heartless Husband Killer Heads To Prison: LanCo. DA A Quarryville woman who gave her estranged husband a deadly Valentine's— heartlessly slaying him at PNC Bank in Strasburg on Valentine's Day 2021— has been sentenced, according to the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Danielle Beweley, 30, was convicted of murder in the first degree of her husband Mitchell Beweley during a five-day bench trial before Lancaster County Judge Merrill Spahn that concluded on Wednesday, Dec. 21. She was sentenced has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder by Lancaster County Judge Merrill Spahn,&…