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Multiple PA Counties Investigating Suspected Fraudulent Voter Registrations: Officials
Three Pennsylvania counties are investigating possible voter registration fraud, as mail-in ballots are rapidly coming in. Approximately 2,500 voter registrations dropped off at the Lancaster County Board of Elections could be fraudulent, the county commissions and County District Attorney Heather Adams announced at a joint press conference on Friday, Oct. 25. These applications were collected by paid canvassers during the summer at shopping centers, parking lots of grocery stores, other businesses, sidewalks, and parks in Lancaster County. The registration applicatio…
Police & Fire
Child Found Manheim Mom Murdered, Manhunt For Husband Continues: Affidavit
New details have been released about a mom's murder as a manhunt continues for her husband. ***UPDATE: MATTHEW HARRISON Was CAPTURED On Thursday evening, Feb. 8; CLICK HERE TO READ OUR FULL REPORT*** ORIGINAL REPORT: Matthew Scott Harrison, 48 of Manheim, originally of Hellam, is on the run after his wife was found dead by a child on Monday, Feb. 5, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Jami Harrison's daughter told police that her mom and her husband Matthew Harrison argued on Friday, Feb. 2, according to the affidavit of probable cause. Matthew had separated from his wi…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Man With 'AR' Shot By Police Officers Dies In Hospital 5 Weeks Later: Lancaster DA (
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UPDATE: A man died in the hospital in January after what police called "an officer-involved shooting" during a "domestic incident" in Nov., the Lancaster County DA said. William Oneill,40, had been charged with criminal attempt homicide and related charges, for his role in an officer-involved shooting that occurred Nov. 29, 2023, in the 100 block of Hershey Avenue, but he succumbed to his injuries sustained in the shooting on January 3, the DA said in an updated release adding that, "the charges against Oneill will be withdrawn by our office." ORIGINAL: Three Lancaster Ci…
News
No Charges After 3-Year-Old Virginia Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA
A 3-year-old boy Virginian boy's parents will not be charged after he shot himself dead at Tucquan Family Park Campground in Pennsylvania on Oct. 20, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22. "This mistake in judgment ultimately led to the child’s death but did not rise to the level of a criminal act based upon the nature and intent of the circumstances," DA Heather Adams explained in the release. The boy was found shortly after a shooting was reported at the camp located at 917 River Road, Holtwood, Martic Township, Lancaster County First Deputy Cor…
Police & Fire
Mini Golf Manager 'Engaged In Sex Acts' With Teen Co-Worker: PA State Police
A man who had worked with children at schools, church, and a mini golf course has been arrested on charges related to the sexual abuse of children, authorities announced on Tuesday, Nov. 21. David Preston Griffith, 28 of Strasburg Township, has only been under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police for child sex abuse allegations since Oct. 2023, and although these cases can take years, video evidence and cooperation of the schools and the business where he worked help speed up the investigation. Griffith worked for Lancaster's Phoenix Academy and volunteered with Lampeter-Stras…
Police & Fire
Nearly 50 Years Later Cold Case Killing Of Central PA Newly Wed Solved: DA
In 1975 a 19-year-old newlywed was brutally murdered, but thanks to DNA evidence her alleged killer has been revealed, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced. Lancaster County's oldest cold case homicide was that of Lindy Sue Biechler whose "life was brutally taken away from her 46 years ago in the sanctity of her own home," DA Adams said. David Vincent Sinopoli, now 69 of the 300 block of Faulkner Drive, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and burglary in connection with Biechler's death on Thursday, Oct. 19. His plea comes …
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'Fearful' NJ Attacker Sentenced In Golf Club Beatdown That Left PA Victim With Brain Injury
A New Jersey man said he was acting out of fear when he attacked a Pennsylvania woman with a golf club leaving her with a traumatic brain injury, authorities said. Aiven Rosario, 26, of the 100 block of Park Avenue in East Orange, was sentenced to up to nine years in prison in connection with the March 6 attack in Lancaster County, PA, according to Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams. Rosario followed the woman into a parking lot in the 1400 block of Millport Road, West Lampeter Township around 9:52 p.m. on March 6, as detailed in the release from the Lancaster C…
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PA Man Shot By Law Enforcement After Using Flamethrower Says 'I Was Doing Drugs. I Apologize.'
A Reading man who survived a law enforcement-involved shooting that previously left him in critical condition has pleaded to all charges in the Lancaster County Courthouse on Thursday, March 16, 2023, according to the district attorney's office. Zachary Robert Gilbaugh, 39, of the 1100 block of New Holland Road, pleaded guilty before Lancaster County Judge Thomas Sponaugle who accepted the plea and sentenced him to 8 to 20 years in prison. “I regret what I did,” Gilbaugh said during the proceeding. “I was doing drugs. I apologize.” Gilbaugh was wanted on multiple warrants …
Police & Fire
Life In Prison For PA Arsonist Who Killed Man Clinging To His Own Vehicle
A convicted arsonist and killer in Lancaster County will spend the rest of his days in prison for a crime spree that ended with a man's death three years ago, a judge has ruled. Javen T. Jackson, 24, was sentenced to life plus four-to-10 years at a hearing on Dec. 20, said county District Attorney Heather Adams in a statement. At his trial in October, prosecutors said Jackson set fire to a New Holland apartment building on Nov. 10, 2019. Jurors heard from building residents who described waking up to find their apartments filled with smoke and rushing to safety with their young …
Obituaries
Paperwork Confusion Means 25 PA Drunk Drivers Should Have Lost Licenses Before Fatal Crash: DA
A 30-year man with a history of drunk driving was supposed to have his license revoked before a deadly crash in central Pennsylvania, and the investigation into the crash revealed 24 other times court documents were not properly filed and drivers licenses were not revoked, authorities say. Derek James Sensenig, 30, of Akron, was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic in his 2020 Lincoln Aviator SUV when he crossed the double yellow line and caused a two-crash in the 3900 block of Oregon Pike on Friday, September 2 at 11:37 a.m., according to West Earl Township police. Sensenig hit a 2…
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$32K Of Fentanyl, Meth Seized From PA Man Who Admitted Dealing: Authorities
A man named "Angel" admitted on tape to dealing fentanyl and methamphetamine days after he was charged with child endangerment— but only after massive amounts of the drugs and supplies drug were discovered in a central Pennsylvania homes, authorities say. Authorities from nearly a dozen agencies executed three search warrants on Apr. 5, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office. Sadi Angel Corretger, 31, of the 200 block of South 5th Street, Columbia Borough man has been arrested following the 6 a.m. search of a Lancaster home in the 100 block of Melros…
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Undercover Detective Nabs 14 'Johns' In PA Prostitution Ring
An online ad and a local hotel helped lay a thirst trap for police to capture 14 so-called "Johns" who participated in a sex trafficking ring in Pennsylvania. The Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force, launched on January 11, but in less than 2 months it has successfully completed it's operation, Lancaster County media specialist Sean McBryan says in a statement released on Thursday, Mar. 24. After the task placed the ad online, the undercover female detective answered over 100 "Johns" who replied to the online ad— all in about eight hours on Mar. 10, McBryan says. Some of the res…
News
Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina
What do a Lancaster County man, Tinder and a standoff have in common? Corry Brooks, 32, of Lancaster, who has been on the run from police since June 25 when he tried to ram police with a car. After a Tinder date went wrong in South Carolina he was apprehended. The Tinder date ended in a more than two-hour-long police standoff at a home on University Forest Drive near Conway, South Carolina on Sunday around 2 p.m., according to Horry County police. After taking Brooks back to her home under unknown circumstances, the South Carolina woman texted her ex-boyfriend who notified police. "He had…
Police & Fire
Lancaster DA: Officer Shoots Fugitive Who Tried Ramming Him With Stolen Car
An officer fired his multiple shots at a 32-year-old man who tried ramming him with a stolen vehicle before fleeing the scene and crashing, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office said. Manheim police responding to the 300 block of Waterford Court in Lancaster on reports of a stolen vehicle found Corry Brooks behind the wheel of a car around 8:30 p.m. Friday, authorities said. Brooks immediately tried to flee, accelerating the vehicle in reverse -- ramming a police cruiser, the DA's office said. He then drove the vehicle in the officer’s direction, at which point the officer jumped behind …
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