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Repeat Ephrata Turkey Hill Robber Learns His Fate: DA Repeat Ephrata Turkey Hill Robber Learns His Fate: DA
Repeat Ephrata Turkey Hill Robber Learns His Fate: DA An Ephrata man who was found guilty of robbing two Turkey Hills— the second time shooting a "clerk in the torso three times with a pellet gun," has been sentenced, the Lancaster District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 29. Colby Quinn Mummaw, 28, of the 100 block of S. Maple Street, was convicted by a jury for one count of robbery for each incident following a three-day trial before Lancaster County Judge Thomas Sponaugle in June 2023, the DA detailed in a release.  During the trial, ADA Fetterman showed surveillance video from the robberies. Mummaw was shown enterin…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Rapist Will Spend Quarter Century Behind Bars: Lancaster DA Rapist Will Spend Quarter Century Behind Bars: Lancaster DA
Rapist Will Spend Quarter Century Behind Bars: Lancaster DA A 52-year-old Columbia man has received a sentence for a rape "reserved for the worst of the worst," Assistant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick said in a release on Thursday, January 19.  Steele Helton was found guilty of three felony counts: rape, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, and sexual assault after a two-day trial on October 19, 2022.  The charges were based on the following: "On January 27, 2021, the victim contacted Manor Township Police Department to report a sexual assault that occurred at a residence on Water Street in Columbia between 9:3…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Serial Central PA Rapist Headed Back To Prison Serial Central PA Rapist Headed Back To Prison
Serial Central PA Rapist Headed Back To Prison A convicted serial rapist from central Pennsylvania is headed back to prison for seven to 15 years, authorities said. Denzel S. Nichols, 26, of Columbia, was found guilty in June 2021 by a Lancaster County jury of raping a 14-year-old victim in March 2018 at a home on the 400 block of Estelle Drive in Lancaster, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. The incident was reported in March 2020 and charges were filed in October 2020, authorities said. Nichols, then 22, had met up with the victim and two other minors at Mountville Park, where they smoked marijuan…

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by Nicole Acosta