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Police & Fire
Truck Containing Power Line Worker Suspended In Air Struck By LanCo DUI Driver: Cops
A 24-year-old man was drunk when he struck a work-bucket truck containing a worker 20 feet in the air last September in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The worker was operating on power lines when he was struck by Ramon Lopez Jr., of East Petersburg, on Sept. 10 around 1:10 p.m. on the 300 block West Swartzville Roa in Denver, East Cocalico police said. Lopez fled the scene, police said. Witnesses gave the vehicle registration number to officers, giving police Lopez's address. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police stopped the vehicle after a BOLO alert was issued, and d…
Police & Fire
Dog Dead Inside Denver Home, Police Say
A Lancaster County man "shot and killed his dog inside his residence," on Thursday, police announced on Oct 23. Mark Teague, 63, of Denver, shot the dog after an unknown "incident" at his home in the first block of Main Street in Denver at approximately 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 19, according to the release by East Cocalico police. Officers arrived at his home following the shooting, after receiving reports of "shots fired," as stated in the release. They found Teague and the dead dog, according to the release. He was arrested on charges of felony cruelty to animals causing serious bo…
News
400+ Child Porn Pics Found On Lancaster Man's Hard Drives,Police Say
Hundreds of images or videos of child pornography were found on the hard drive of device belong to a 78-year-old Lancaster man, police announced on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Gary Lee Sweigart of the 400 block of North 9th Street, Denver, PA was arrested on April 10, after he failed to turn himself in on a warrant issued March 10, the police explained. Back in March, officers with the East Cocalico Township Police Department and Detectives from the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office executed a search warrant at his home and found— a desktop computer and an external hard d…
News
Woman Beats Man With Wood, Sprays Him With Aersol, Police In Lancaster Say
A domestic violence incident involving construction equipment has landed a 31-year-old woman with charges, authorities announced on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. Mariya Y. Gortman, of the Denver/Reinholds area, was arrested after police arrived at the scene of a reported domestic dispute and "found evidence that she sprayed the victim in the face with an aerosol can and struck him several times with a piece of wood, causing injuries," East Cocalico Police state in the release. The incident on Feb. 9 led to police charging Gortman with simple assault and harassment, according to court do…
Schools
Criminal Charges Filed Against Student Following 'Incident' At Lancaster County HS, Police Say
A student has been charged following an "incident" at a Lancaster County high school, police say. Officers were called "for an incident that occurred in the cafeteria" at Cocalico High School, 810 South 4th Street, Denver/Reinholds on December 22, 2022, at 11 a.m., area police stated in a release on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Following their investigation, "criminal charges were filed against the 16-year-old student." The boy was charged as a juvenile. Additional information was unavailable as of Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. Daily Voice has reached out to the school for a commen…
Police & Fire
Lititz Bicyclist Struck By Intoxicated Driver Hospitalized: Police
A woman has been hospitalized after Nicholas Piper, used a pipe— among other things— before he got behind the wheel, according to a release by the police. Northern Lancaster County Regional police were called to a report of a bicyclist struck on Doe Run Road near Indian Village Road at 7:49 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, according to a release by the department. Upon arrival, police found that Nicholas Scott Piper, 25, of Denver had driven his Nissan sedan westbound when he attempted to pass another vehicle on the right, while they were turning left onto Indian Village Road, accordin…
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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.
Lifestyle
Two Winning $132K Lottery Tickets Sold In Western, Central PA
Two people are splitting a jackpot after they both picked and matched the same lottery numbers for the Treasure Hunt jackpot of $132,000, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The two winning tickets matched all five numbers drawn, 9-12-16-19-25, to win individual prizes of $66,000, less applicable withholding, on Sunday, May, 29, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's news release. One of the tickets was sold at Turkey Hill, 2501 North Reading Road, Denver, Lancaster County, and the other was sold at Speedway, 4830 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, Allegheny County. Winners can b…
Police & Fire
PA Man Slams Into House, Utility Pole In Hit-Run: Police
A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man hit a utility pole and a home— with people inside— and then sped off, police say. Kyle M. Rissel, of Denver, veered off the road in the 800 block of South Ridge Road around 11:15 p.m. on Apr. 14, East Cocalico Township police state in the department’s release. When he exited the roadway he hit a utility pole, and struck the occupied home, before driving off, according to the police. His vehicle was later discovered parked in Denver Borough and he was sent a summons to appear in District Court, the release shows. “The home's foundation was damaged as a re…
News
Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall
The family of a 3-year-old Pennsylvania toddler who was swept away to her death by the rapids of a North Carolina waterfall early Monday morning is detailing the incident. Nevaeh Jade Newswanger's Denver parents say they have been working on a construction site in North Carolina and decided to hike up a trail nearby on Sunday, April 10. Nevaeh was playing in the sand nearby when she slipped and fell into the water, her parents said on a GoFundMe page. "We desperately tried to rescue her but the current was so strong and it swept her down the river and over the falls where the angels caught…
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Parents Detail Moments Before Toddler Was Swept Away To Her Death By Waterfall
The family of a 3-year-old Pennsylvania toddler who was swept away to her death by the rapids of a North Carolina waterfall early Monday morning is detailing the incident. Nevaeh Jade Newswanger's Denver parents say they have been working on a construction site in North Carolina and decided to hike up a trail nearby on Sunday, April 10. Nevaeh was playing in the sand nearby when she slipped and fell into the water, her parents said on a GoFundMe page. "We desperately tried to rescue her but the current was so strong and it swept her down the river and over the falls where the angels caught…
News
Man Busted Buying Juveniles Vapes, Pods At Sheetz, Police Say
A Lancaster County man has been charged with corruption of minors for selling minors a vape, according to New Holland police. Eric Antonio Ronda-Diaz, 45, Denver, Pennsylvania, was arrested on Saturday around 1 a.m. Police spotted three juveniles sitting at a table outside the Sheetz convenience store while on a routine patrol in the 600 Block of West Main Street in Earl Township. Officers observed an "older man" they later identified as Ronda-Diaz, exit Sheetz and "hand something to one of the juveniles," police said. Police stopped the juveniles shortly afterwards. The two females wer…
Police & Fire
Truck Hits Utility Pole, Flips Killing 28-Year-Old Driver In Lancaster County Crash
A 28-year-old Adamstown man was killed after he lost control of his truck and crashed in Ephrata early Sunday morning, authorities said. The unidentified driver was negotiating a sharp left turn in his sivler Chevrolet Silverado when he lost control of the truck near the intersection of Route 897 and Sportsman Road in West Cocalico around 1:15 a.m., local police said. The truck hit a utility pole as it skidded off the roadway and flipped onto its side, killing the sole occupant, police said. Crews found the driver was unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The roadway was …
Police & Fire
East Cocalico PD: Paranoid Man Breaks Into Vacant House, Fires Homeowners Guns In Cry For Help
A Denver, PA man was in custody after police said he broke into an East Cocalico home and fired the homeowner's guns over the weekend Matthew S. Stoyer's family called the police when he left his home on Kramer Mill Road at 5:43 a.m., and told dispatchers they believed he was under the influence of drugs and in an agitated state, East Cocalico police said. About an hour later, an East Cocalico officer was near North Reamstown Road and heard a gunshot from a nearby home, authorities said. That's when officers found Stoyer in a nearby home -- which was not occupied -- and found several …
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