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Truck Containing Power Line Worker Suspended In Air Struck By DUI Driver In PA: Cops Truck Containing Power Line Worker Suspended In Air Struck By DUI Driver In PA: Cops
Truck Containing Power Line Worker Suspended In Air Struck By DUI Driver In PA: 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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police
Virginia Man Mails 'Prank' Pipe Bomb Stuffed Animal To Pennsylvania: Police A "suspicious package" from Virginia thought to contain a pipe bomb was part of a "prank," police in Pennsylvania announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The package sent from a VA man was received by a resident in the 5000 block of Martin Avenue, East Petersburg, PA around 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023, according to a release by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department. "The package contained a stuffed animal that appeared to have been manipulated to resemble a pipe bomb," the police said, "The recipient had placed the package outside and called the police." The police i…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down
Dunkin' Employee With Criminal Charges Slaps 'Karen' Customer, Who Uses Shoe In Beat Down A customer was slapped in the face with a cell phone and an employee was beaten with a shoe following a disagreement at a Dunkin' in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. 35-year-old Mabel Hinson pulled up at the drive-thru at the Dunkin' located at 2006 Miller Road in East Petersburg in the morning on Friday, Nov. 18, according to the police. Hinson ordered a breakfast sandwich but 22-year-old Alex Elias Hernandez who was working the drive-thru told her they did not make breakfast sandwiches, but when she attempted to order something different but Hernandez "just laughed at her and told …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Police: Lancaster County Couple Falsely Reported Animals Missing That They Abandoned Police: Lancaster County Couple Falsely Reported Animals Missing That They Abandoned
Police: Lancaster County Couple Falsely Reported Animals Missing That They Abandoned A couple has been charged with willfully abandoning dogs in East Petersburg, according to local police. Oscar David Ortolaza, 30, and Samantha Johnna Coppe, 28, both of the 6400 block of Hollow Drive were charged on Monday based on findings of an investigation starting in June. The investigation stemmed from two incidences in June where Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department took custody, housed and transported a total of three dogs. Both times the animals were recovered, they were housed at 860 Durlach Rd in Stevens Pennsylvania before eventually being transported by NLCRPD…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Lancaster County Man Arrested Following Sexual Assault Of Woman Outside Home Lancaster County Man Arrested Following Sexual Assault Of Woman Outside Home
Lancaster County Man Arrested Following Sexual Assault Of Woman Outside Home A Lancaster County man was arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted a woman outside of his home then shoved her toward a grill, authorities said.  Shawn Baker, 52, of East Petersburg, invited a female friend to visit his home to pick up an item she borrowed, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said. The victim, a mutual friend who had not previously met Baker, accompanied her friend to Baker’s home, Shapiro said. Baker then invited the women to stay and have food and drinks, Shapiro said. They were later joined by the mutual friend’s adult daughter, Shapiro said. Baker invited t…

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by Nicole Acosta