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NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA
NY Trucker On Meth Sentenced For Killing Ecuadorian Sisters In PA Crash: DA A Long Island man will be behind bars for the next seven to 20 years after pleading guilty to causing a double fatal crash while on methamphetamine and alcohol, Lancaster District Attorney Heather Adams announced on Thursday, April 26. On April 17, Jagminder Jit Singh, 43 of Floral Park, entered a negotiated guilty plea on two counts of homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of homicide by vehicle, five counts of DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, one count of aggravated assault by vehicle, four counts of recklessly endangering another person, and three summary off…

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PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says
PA Man Who Killed Teen At Sunoco Gets Life In Prison 'Plus', DA Says A man is going to spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a teenager at a Sunoco over an unpaid phone bill, the Lancaster District Attorney's office announced on Friday, Jan. 26.  Carlos Almanzar-Torres, now 23, who brutally killed Damian Santiago, 19, at the Sunoco located at 111 West Orange Street around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 11, 2022. He was sentenced on Jan. 23 after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. “We are here for the actions of an angry man,” prosecuting Assistant District Attorney CJ Rest…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15.  Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office.  Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department.  The officers arri…

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Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder
Teen Gunman Will Be Prosecuted As Adult In Lancaster Murder A 15-year-old Lancaster resident will be prosecuted as an adult in a murder case after withdrawing his motion for decertification, authorities said. Elijahuwon Brown, 15, is believed to have shot and killed Rolando Rivera on Third Street around 9:45 p.m. in August 2021, according to the Lancaster District Attorney's Office. Brown is seen on video surveillance in the area of Manor Street — where Rivera is also walking — just before the shooting. Brown then walks west following Rivera, but on the opposite side of the street, police said. Rivera then walks onto Third Street, but with Brown no…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lancaster DA: Officer Shoots Fugitive Who Tried Ramming Him With Stolen Car Lancaster DA: Officer Shoots Fugitive Who Tried Ramming Him With Stolen Car
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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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody
Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody Two people were in custody and one person hospitalized after gunfire broke out during an arranged child custody exchange in Lancaster County, authorities said. Rashaun Taylor and  Thalia Ortiz, both of Reading, were arrested shortly after police issued a Be On The Lookout "BOLO" alert Sunday night, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department said. Witnesses told police that Ortiz and Taylor arrived at a home on the 2000 block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg sometime around 8:20 p.m., for an arranged child custody exchange, police said. An argument betw…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lancaster County Man Arrested For Horse Torture By Pennsylvania SPCA Lancaster County Man Arrested For Horse Torture By Pennsylvania SPCA
Lancaster County Man Arrested For Horse Torture By Pennsylvania SPCA A Lancaster County man was arrested for torturing a horse on Tuesday, according to the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, officials said. Mark S. Fisher, 37 of Quarryville, was arrested following an investigation conducted by the PSPCA and the Lancaster District Attorney’s office into an Aug. 30 anonymous tip of animal cruelty. The tip, stating a horse was limping, and possibly had a dislocated leg at a property in Quarryville, was left on a hotline phone to PSPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement team. During the course of the investigation officers found an underweigh…

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by Jillian Pikora