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Lancaster Township, PA

PA Driver On Fentanyl Killed Mom, Injured Child In Head-On Christmas Day Crash, Police Say PA Driver On Fentanyl Killed Mom, Injured Child In Head-On Christmas Day Crash, Police Say
Steven Maldonado Charged For Crash Killing Karina Cruz-Camuy A 24-year-old man high on marijuana and fentanyl caused a head-on crash killing a mom and injuring her child on Christmas Day, Manheim Township police announced on Friday, April 5.  Steven Joel Berrios Maldonado was driving 27-year-old Karina Cruz-Camuy and her sons in a Gray Volkswagon Jetta while high on drugs, the police explained citing a blood test he took at the hospital.  Investigators determined Maldonado was going a minimum of 50.28 miles per hour in the marked 35 MPH zone on Wabank Road near Rabbit Hill Lane in Lancaster Township, when he he left the westbound …
Dad ID'd, Girl Taken To Lehigh Valley Burn Unit After Lancaster Twp Fatal Fire: Officials Dad ID'd, Girl Taken To Lehigh Valley Burn Unit After Lancaster Twp Fatal Fire: Officials
Dad ID'd, Girl Taken To Lehigh Valley Burn Unit After Lancaster Twp Fatal Fire: Officials A girl is in the Lehigh Valley Burn Unit and her dad has died following a fire in the apartment building attached to the Bausman Post Office in Lancaster Township on Tuesday, Feb. 13, fire officials announced later that day.  Nathaniel Holmes, 45 of 221 Rosedale Avenue died at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital at 12:16 a.m. on Feb. 13, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Can Eric Bieber detailed in a release. His cause and manner of death are pending the results of an auto, although Bieber noted he suffered thermal burns. The fire broke out in a house with three apartments (only…
'Juvenile' Injured After Gunfire Erupts In Lancaster: Police 'Juvenile' Injured After Gunfire Erupts In Lancaster: Police
'Juvenile' Injured After Gunfire Erupts In Lancaster: Police A minor is injured after gunfire rang out near a Lancaster Township apartment complex on Monday evening, Oct. 30, according to authorities.  Manheim police rushed to the 800 block of Sterling Place for multiple reports of a shooting in progress around 5:30 p.m., the department said.  One "juvenile" was hospitalized with a gunshot wound, though police declined to describe their condition.  Authorities said shell casings at the scene showed more than 10 shots were fired by multiple weapons, though "it is unknown exactly how many." Officers remained in the area through the even…
Lancaster Man Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Berks Bicyclist Lancaster Man Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Berks Bicyclist
Lancaster Man Charged In Hit-Run That Killed Berks Bicyclist A Lancaster Township man is accused of fleeing the scene of the deadly crash that killed 23-year-old Anson Burkholder in Maidencreek Township last month.  Moshe K. Notis, 28, is charged with homicide by vehicle and other counts related to the Sept. 20 crash, said the Berks County District Attorney's Office.  Investigators say Burkholder, of Maidencreek, was biking home after stopping by a farm to tend to animals around 8 p.m.  When he never made it back, his brother went looking and found the 23-year-old dead off the shoulder of Route 222 near the edge of a cornfield, accord…
PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC
PA Man Who Murdered His Boyfriend Found Dead In Prison Cell: DOC A confessed and convicted killer who struggled with mental health issues has died in prison, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.  Matthew VanZandt, 33, originally of Allentown, was found unresponsive in his cell in SCI Houtzdale in Clearfield County on May 11, 2022, the release shows. Prison security and medical staff immediately responded and provided life-saving measures until EMS arrived at the facility. Vanzandt was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m., acting Superintendent David Close. VanZandt was serving a 12- to 24-year sentence for First Degree Murder…
Tragic Death Of Young Mom Linked To Central PA Snack Can Drug Dealer, Police Say Tragic Death Of Young Mom Linked To Central PA Snack Can Drug Dealer, Police Say
Tragic Death Of Young Mom Linked To Central PA Snack Can Drug Dealer, Police Say A 47-year-old drug dealer has been arrested in the overdose death of a 26-year-old woman, local authorities announced. Jeffrey Warren Shackleford has been charged with drug delivery resulting in death among other charges, in the April 13 death of Carrie Hamilton, Manheim Township police said. **UPDATE: Shackelford was convicted of multiple drug-related offenses which he is currently appealing** Hamilton was found unresponsive in a residence in the 1300 block of Hollywood Drive in Manheim Township at 4:54 a.m. Police found Hamilton's boyfriend performing CPR on her, Lancaster Online repor…
Seventh Fire In 4 Years At Kensington Club Luxury Apartments In Lancaster Twp. Displaces 2 Seventh Fire In 4 Years At Kensington Club Luxury Apartments In Lancaster Twp. Displaces 2
Seventh Fire In 4 Years At Kensington Club Luxury Apartments In Lancaster Twp. Displaces 2 Two people are out of their home after the seventh fire in four years at the Kensington Club Luxury Apartments on Sunday night. Crews were called to the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane in the apartment complex shortly before 9 p.m., according to Lancaster Township Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Greg Leaman. The fire was under control by 9:30 p.m. but smoke wafted into neighboring apartments forcing residents to evacuate as crews vented the structures. Firefighters remained at the scene until shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday's fire was at least the seventh fire at the apartment complex in the p…
Coroner IDs Body Found In Conestoga River In Lancaster Coroner IDs Body Found In Conestoga River In Lancaster
Coroner IDs Body Found In Conestoga River In Lancaster The Lancaster County Coroner has identified a man whose body was found floating along the banks of the Conestoga River in Lancaster on Monday.Albert Lopez Jr., 34, of Lancaster Township, was reported missing from his Cottage Avenue home on Feb. 8, according to Manheim Township Police. He had been placed on a missing endangered person due to a medical condition, police say. The cause of death is still pending the results of an autopsy, but it has been ruled accidental. The body appeared to have been there for "a period of time," when it was discovered in the river near South Duke Street…