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Timothy Jason Sherrin Hides Mushrooms In Breakfast Shake: DA
Ghost guns, methamphetamine, and psilocybin mushrooms stuffed inside a protein powder breakfast shake container were all found at a Littiz's man's home by the Lancaster Drug Task Force, the district attorney announced on Monday, April 1. Timothy Jason Sherrin, 41 of the 500 block of Greenhowe Drive, had allegedly stuffed the mushrooms in a Carnation Breakfast Essentials Rich Milk Chocolate package and had other illegal items throughout his home, as discovered during the warranted search at 2:24 p.m. on March 21, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Offic…
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NJ Arrest Details: Tiffani Chanel Bogroff, Who Left PA Child
A Pennsylvania mom who secretly moved to New Jersey and left her child behind has been arrested and has a whole new look, based on information shared with Daily Voice by the prison warden on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Tiffani Chanel Bogroff, 45, who was last known to live at 900 block of North President Avenue in Lancaster, PA, had moved to NJ over a month ago, leaving her child in the home alone in poor conditions, Manheim Township police explained in the initial release on Friday, Jan. 26. She was taken into police custody in New Jersey, Sergeant Barry Waltz with the MTPD told us. …
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Tiffani Chanel Bogroff Arrested In NJ For Leaving PA Child
A Pennsylvania mom who secretly moved to New Jersey and left her child behind has been arrested, police told Daily Voice on Monday, Jan. 29. Tiffani Chanel Bogroff, 45, who was last known to live at 900 block of North President Avenue in Lancaster, PA, reportedly moved to NJ over a month ago and left her child in the home alone in poor conditions, Manheim Township police explained in a release on Friday, Jan. 26. She was taken into police custody in New Jersey over the weekend, Sergeant Barry Waltz with the MTPD told us. Records show Bogroff is being held at the Salem County Jai…
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Truck Stuck Ephrata's Iconic, Oldest Covered Bridge (
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A 177-year-old bridge has closed for the first time in approximately 20 years. Bitzer’s Mill Covered Bridge, previously known as Martin's Mill Bridge, Eberly's Cider Mill Covered Bridge, and Fiand's/Fiantz's Covered Bridge — has closed for the first time since the early 2000s after a tractor-trailer became lodges inside of it. Stacy Pater, 50 of Albany, Georgia, was driving a 2020 Freightliner with a height of 13’4” for Woodgrain Transportation LLC out of Fruitland, Idaho on Monday, Nov. 20, West Earl Township police detailed in a release. She attempted to cross the cover…
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PA Man Steals Cakes With His Face On Them, Police Say
A Lancaster man who stole three cakes with his face printed on them is wanted by police, according to a release on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Daquai Anthony Jackson is accused of stealing the cakes from Weis Markets located at 1204 Millersville Pike on May 28, 2023. The 24-year-old had supposedly ordered the cakes online and had his face printed on them but never paid for them online prior to coming to the store to pick them up, according to the police release. "A witness confirmed that the person who ordered the cake was the same person pictured in the photos tha…
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Louisiana Woman Accused Of Using 'Ghost' Wendy's Employee To Steal $20K In PA Turns Herself In
UPDATE: Linda Johnson turned herself over to authorities in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. She was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Miller and released on $2,500 unsecured bail, according to police. Additional information was unavailable as of Tuesday afternoon. ORIGINAL: A Louisiana woman is wanted for stealing approximately $20,000 — using the fake identity of a Wendy's employee in Pennsylvania that she created, authorities announced on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Linda Nicole Johnson, of Monroe, LA, is wanted by police in Manheim Township for the thefts.…
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Millersville University Student Killed In Motorcycle Crash
A 22-year-old Millersville University student died in a motorcycle crash on Sunday, June 4, authorities announced the following day. Thomas "Tom" Hartenstine was riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000 when he was killed in the crash on Route 30 in Manheim Township at 7:13 p.m., according to the Lancaster County Coroner and area police. Witnesses told police that Tom struck a Subaru Outback and pushed that vehicle into the Subaru WRX, according to the police release. "The driver of the WRX was not injured. Two occupants of the Outback were taken to the hospital for minor injuries and release…
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200+ Grams Of Cocaine In Arizona Sweet Tea Cans Seized Following Undercover Op.: Lancaster DA
An undercover operation led authorities to over 200 grams of cocaine— in cans of Arizona sweet teas— among other items like marijuana, and a loaded gun, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, April 13, 2023. The Lancaster County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of Manheim Township Police Department, arrested 21-year-old Luis Javier Rivera following the warranted search of a home in the 1900 block of Crooked Oak Drive on Thursday, April 6, 2023. The task force began investigating Rivera in February after an informant gave a tip. Between then and the …
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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…
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Infant With Missing Manheim Mom Who Overdosed At Gas Station: Police
A woman was found with blue lips and grey skin at a Lancaster area Sunoco Gas station while a 1-year-old infant was with her, authorities say. Kaitlyn Rebecca Wertz, 29, of Lancaster, was found laying on her back near the checkout of the gas station located at 1136 Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster, on Feb. 23, 2023, Manheim Township police explained in a release on Friday, March 3. Wertz was unconscious when EMS arrived and they used three doses of NARCAN to revive her, according to the police release. "In the store with Wertz, at the time of her overdose, was a 1-year-old child. No one was …
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Telsa Isolated After Multiple Electric Vehicles Catch Fire In Lancaster (
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Multiple electric vehicles on a car carrier caught fire in Lancaster County on Monday, Feb. 6, authorities say. The car was full of seven cars when a Tesla and a Chevy Volt caught fire on Route 222 north. "Three other vehicles were removed and transported along with the severely burnt trailer," according to Wayne's Towing and Recovery. Just before 7pm this evening, LCWC dispatched Manheim Township Fire Rescue and West Earl Fire to Route 222 north near... Posted by Spadaccia Photography on Monday, February 6, 2023 The road never shut down and the scene cleared in under two hours, but …
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Driver Fights With Police Days After Crash That Left Victim With Broken Leg In Lancaster Co.
A Lancaster man accused of breaking the leg of a victim in a tow truck lot earlier this month has been arrested after attacking officers, authorities say. Joshua Tyler Shannon, 30, attacked an officer who was trying to arrest him on Friday, Dec. 16 after being accused of hitting a victim in the lot of Absolute Towing on Manheim Avenue on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 10, according to the Manheim Township Police Department. Video surveillance shows Shannon walking into the lot of Absolute Towing, retrieving a blue sedan, and driving through the gate, striking the victim before running th…
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Lititz Man Dies Despite Witnesses Jumping Into Action, Giving CPR At Crash On RT 222: Police
Police arrived at the scene of a deadly crash on Route 222 to find two bystanders had jumped into action and were given CPR to a man, according to a release on Monday, Oct. 31. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near mile marker 33 in Manheim Township on Friday, Oct. 28, around 5:17 p.m., as detailed in the release. A 69-year-old man from Lititz had been riding a motorcycle when he changed lanes but continued drifting off the right side of the road, striking a guide rail— coming off the bike, township police explain citing witnesses. "The motorcycle then cont…
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Thousands Lose Power When Drunk Scientist Plows Through Yards, Shearing Utility Pole: Police
A 23-year-old man— believed to have been drunk— caused a serious crash and wiped out the power to thousands of homes in Lancaster on Saturday, October 1, police say. George Benjamin Hetrick IV, 23, of Lancaster, was driving his 2013 BMW 535i when he "failed to negotiate a left-hand curve in the 300 block of East Roseville Road" around noon, according to the release by the Manheim Township police department. Hetrick's BMW flew off the roadway and plowed through "several front yards crashing into mailboxes and shrubbery. At one point Hetrick's vehicle traveled through a PPL u…
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Man Opened Fire Near Pool Full Of Children In Manheim Township: Police
A man fired a gun near an apartment complex pool in central Pennsylvania on Sunday, August 14, 2022, police say. Police were called to the report of shots fired by the pool at 1631 Judie Lane in the Villages of Lancaster in Manheim Township around 4:17 p.m., according to a release by the department on Friday, August 19. The shots fired incident was "in very close proximity to the complex's pool which contained many children at the time of the shooting," police say. The police are asking for the public's help identifying the man pictured in the still images from the …
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Passenger Takes Over When Delaware Driver Passes Out On RT 30 Endangering Children: Police
When a driver began foaming at the mouth, a passenger in the backseat launched into action, but police are now searching for this dangerous driver. Akeem Leroy Miller, 23, of Middletown, Delaware, began to swerve along Route 30 East at Harrisburg Pike on July 5, according to a release by Manheim Township police. A passenger in the back seat noticed he could no longer control the vehicle, so "she climbed over Miller, manipulating his leg and taking control of the steering wheel, in order to bring the vehicle to a safe stop on the shoulder of the highway," as written in the police releas…
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Mom Of 2 ID'd As Victim Who Died At Scene Of RT 222 Crash: Coroner
A beloved single mom of two died at the scene of a crash in central Pennsylvania on Friday, July 15, authorities say. Erika Renee Crossen, 33, of Millersville, was traveling south on Route 222 by Hunsicker Road in Manheim Township when she hit another car around 6:10 p.m., according to a release by township police and later identified by the Lancaster County coroner's office. The man driving the other vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries, police say. Crossen was entrapped in her vehicle and unconscious when an off-duty paramedic at the crash jumped into action and was "attempt…
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PA Mom Helped Catch Serial Child Rapist: DA
A mom of three contacted officials after she learned three of her children— all under the age of nine, were being sexually assaulted and raped by a central Pennsylvania man, according to a release by the district attorney’s office. Luis G. Torres Jr., 27, of the 300 block of North Lime Street, Lancaster, raped a child, as well as committed involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, and indecent assault of a child, according to the Lancaster County’s District Attorney’s office. The three children were harmed by Torres Jr. when they were under the age of 9-years-old…
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1 Person Killed, 4 Injured When Car Crossed Over Median On Route 222: Police
A car crossed over a median on Route 222 causing a three vehicle crash that left one person dead and four others injured on Sunday, according to a release by the police. Manheim Township police were called to the crash on Route 222 just south of Landis Valley Road overpass at 7:05 p.m., on Feb. 27, police say A 24-year-old man from Mountville, PA driving a silver Nissan Altima southbound crossed over a median striking two vehicles in the northbound lane, Manheim Township police say. The driver of the Nissan Altima died from injuries sustained in the crash and four other people suffered no…
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PA Man Intentionally Crashes Into Pole To Hurt Passenger: Police
A Pennsylvania man intentionally drove into multiple traffic poles in a crash on Feb. 4, the police say. Shailesh Khanal, 28, of Lancaster, was in an argument with the passenger in his car when he intentionally drove into a traffic pole at the intersection of North President and Columbia avenues around 3:24 a.m., according to the Manheim Township Police Department. After hitting one pole, he attempted to drive into a second pole, but the passenger was able to get the vehicle into “park” and escape, the police wrote in a release. “Khanal then intentionally drove into the second traffic pol…
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Missing PA Woman Found Dead: Police
NEW UPDATE: The community is rallying together to support the family of Jennifer Lynn Herr, you can read more about it here. UPDATE: Officers from West Lampeter Township Police and search and rescue personnel located Jennifer Herr deceased in the Lancaster County Central Park on Nov. 2 in the late evening hours, police said in a release on Wednesday morning. The circumstances surrounding her death are still being investigated and no further information is being released at this time, according to the release. ORIGINAL: A missing endangered person alert has been issued for a Lancaster Cou…
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Missing PA Woman Found Dead: Police
UPDATE: The community is rallying together to support the family of Jennifer Lynn Herr, you can read more about it here. Officers from West Lampeter Township Police and search and rescue personnel located Jennifer Herr dead in the Lancaster County Central Park on Nov. 2 in the late evening hours, police said in a release on Wednesday morning. The circumstances surrounding her death are still being investigated and no further information is being released at this time, according to the release. ORIGINAL: A missing endangered person alert has been issued for a Lancaster County woman. Polic…
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Driver Pushes Passenger Out Of Car In Police Pursuit, Lancaster Authorities Say
A Lancaster man who pushed a passenger out of a car and sent police on a high-speed chase is wanted by police. Samoad Anyea Key, 37, of Lancaster, was pursued by police after he failed to pullover for a routine traffic stop on Sept. 9. Police attempted to stop Key after they spotted him driving erratically along Landis Valley Road at the intersection of Greenview Drive just after 2:30 p.m. Key was identified by an officer, who "noted the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle," according to police. When the officer questioned Key about the smell, he sped off, fleeing from police. W…
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Lancaster Man Threatens To 'Blow Up' Court In 12 Harrassing Phone Calls, Police Say
A 40-year-old Lancaster man with a pending court case was arrested after calling court employees 12 times and threatening to "blow the place up," authorities said. Ryan W. Bunting called was using foul language while speaking to the District Court employees regarding a pending case, Manheim Township Police Department said. Workers disconnected the call, but Bunting called back more than 12 times and continued harassing workers, police said. He threatened to “come down there and blow the place up,” which put the employees in fear for their safety, authorities said. A criminal co…
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HIM? Sexual Extortion Stalker Wanted By Police In Lancaster County
A man who threatened to share sexually explicit images of another person is wanted on a criminal warrant for charges related to that and another incident, according to Manheim Township police. Jonathan Jafeth Serrano, 20, of no known address, repeatedly contacted another person and demanded to meet with them in the 300 block Kentshire Drive on Aug. 22. When the person refused, Serrano threatened to disseminate nude photographs and videos of the victim performing sexual acts. He has been charged with the following: Sexual Extortion Stalking Harassment He was already wanted by Lancaster…
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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…
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HER? Woman Fakes ID, Stealing $8.5K From Lancaster County Bank
A woman pretended to be a customer and robbed a Lancaster County Bank, according to Manheim Township police. The woman pictured pretended to be someone else who is a customer of the BB&T Bank at 1676 Oregon Pike in Manheim Township, on Saturday, July, 24 at 10 a.m. She then withdrew $8,500.00 worth of funds from the victim's bank, after convincing the bank teller that she was the true account holder. The woman fled the bank after obtaining the money. Any person knowing the identity of the depicted female should contact the Manheim Township Police Department at 717-569-6401.
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HER? Woman Wanted For Assaulting 2 EMTs In Lancaster
A Lancaster County woman is wanted for attacking Emergency Medical Technicians in an ambulance, according to Manheim Township police. A warrant was issued for Danielle Lynn Hineline, 29, of Columbia, on July 23 in connection to an assault. Hineline was charged with two felonies for an aggravated assault that occurred on Chester Road at Fruitville Pike on July 5 at 5 p.m. Hineline punched one EMT in the stomach and arms, and struck the other EMT in the chin with a metal clip. Hineline is a wanted person at the time of publication. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Hin…
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GOT HIM! Lancaster Man Arrested For Fatal Drug Delivery 7 Months After Warrant Issued
A Lancaster County man accused of delivering a fatal supply of drugs has been arrested after a seven month long search. Noel Jerome Thompson, 20, of Lancaster was arrested by Pennsylvania State police at noon on Monday. A warrant for his arrest had been issued on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, according to Manheim Township police. The drug delivery of Fentanyl, and subsequent death he is accused of, happened in the 400 block Revere Road between 2 and 8:10 a.m., on Sunday, Nov. 15. Thompson is charged with the following: F2 Receiving Stolen Property F3 Flight To Avoid Apprehension/Trial/Punish…
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HIM? Target Dressing Room Peeping Tom Wanted By Lancaster County Police
A man entered the women's dressing room area at Target and was seen taking photos of a woman with a cell phone, according to police in Manheim Township. It started with him following a woman at the Target located at 1589 Fruitville Pike in Manheim Township on Thursday around 5 p.m. When the woman entered the dressing room, she saw the man with his phone out under the changing room door. Security footage from the store confirmed the woman's account, showing the man pictured crouching down and holding his phone into the dressing room occupied by the woman. Upon seeing his phone the woma…
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HIM? NY Man Wanted By Lancaster Police For Setting Fire To Apartments
A man from Queens, New York is wanted by police in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for setting fire to occupied apartments. Husani A. Laviscount, 33, is wanted by police in Manheim Township for burglary and arson of the apartment structure in the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane on April 25 between 8-8:44 p.m. Laviscount, entered one of the apartments and intentionally set it on fire-- a fire which then spread to a total of five other occupied structures-- all with the purpose of destroying or damaging them, according to police. Eight people were inside the apartments at the time, all made it out safely…
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