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Loitering and Prowling

Shooter Who Killed 3 Officers, Injured 2 In York County ID’d As Matthew James Ruth: Affidavit Shooter Who Killed 3 Officers, Injured 2 In York County ID’d As Matthew James Ruth: Affidavit
Shooter Who Killed 3 Officers, Injured 2 In York County ID’d As Matthew James Ruth: Affidavit The gunman who opened fire on police in North Codorus Township, killing three officers and wounding two others during a warrant service, has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth of Hanover, according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice on Thursday, Sept. 18. The fatal shootout unfolded on the 1800 block of Haar Road when officers attempted to serve Ruth with a warrant. He fired on responding law enforcement, killing three and leaving two others critically injured before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed. All the d…
Felon Who Attempted Kidnapping Spree At Lancaster Sheetz Sentenced: DA Felon Who Attempted Kidnapping Spree At Lancaster Sheetz Sentenced: DA
Felon Who Attempted Kidnapping Spree At Lancaster Sheetz Sentenced: DA A Cumberland County man who terrorized six people in a violent attempted kidnapping spree at a Lancaster County Sheetz has been sentenced to prison, the district attorney announced on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Jared Michael Sweigard, 43, of East Pennsboro Township, pleaded no contest to charges stemming from the October 2024 incidents and was sentenced to two to five years in state prison, followed by five years of probation, according to Judge David Ashworth. The attacks happened minutes apart along River Road in East Donegal Township on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, beginning around 12:15 a.m., autho…
Guns Stolen As Masked Man Breaks Into Manheim Township Home While Victim Sleeps: DA Guns Stolen As Masked Man Breaks Into Manheim Township Home While Victim Sleeps: DA
Guns Stolen As Masked Man Breaks Into Manheim Township Home While Victim Sleeps: DA A masked man broke into a Lancaster Township home while the resident slept upstairs, stealing two handguns and other items before fleeing into the night, authorities announced on Wednesday, July 2.  Brandon Emanuel Thomas, 22, of the 700 block of Sterling Place in Lancaster Township, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 25 to Felony Burglary, Felony Theft by Unlawful Taking, Misdemeanor Theft From a Motor Vehicle, and Misdemeanor Loitering and Prowling at Nighttime, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Thomas entered the victim’s home in the 400 block of Elmshire Dr…
Penn State Professor Accused Of Stalking Family, Watching 4-Year-Old Through Window: Affidavit Penn State Professor Accused Of Stalking Family, Watching 4-Year-Old Through Window: Affidavit
Penn State Professor Accused Of Stalking Family, Watching 4-Year-Old Through Window: Affidavit A Penn State biology professor is accused of stalking a State College family—including their 4-year-old child—by repeatedly lurking outside their apartment and watching them through their windows, Patton Township police said in court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, June 25. Anoop Narayanan, 50, was arrested on Saturday night, June 15, after the family caught him crouching outside their Toftrees Avenue home just before 10 p.m., according to the affidavit of probable cause. The victim told police he'd installed a surveillance camera specifically to capture Narayanan’s behavior…
Chester County Convict Wanted For Assault Turned Robbery: Police Chester County Convict Wanted For Assault Turned Robbery: Police
Chester County Convict Wanted For Assault Turned Robbery: Police A convict with a lengthy criminal record was seen assaulting then robbing a woman is wanted by Oxford Police, according to a release on Tuesday, Oct. 1.  Terence Kenneth Henderson, 26, a Middletown, Delaware native most recently of Oxford, was seen by officers forcefully restraining a woman inside a parked vehicle in the 200 block of North Fourth Street at 8:27 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, police said. Officers were initially dispatched to the area for the report of a domestic disturbance. When confronted by officers, Henderson fled on foot into a wooded area with a cell phone in his hand,…
Lebanon Sex Offender Arrested Again After Separate Investigation Police Say Lebanon Sex Offender Arrested Again After Separate Investigation Police Say
Lebanon Sex Offender Arrested Again After Separate Investigation Police Say A 34-year-old convicted rapist is back behind bars after a police investigation into someone else led officers to discover he wasn't up to date on the Pennsylvania State Police Sexual Offender Registry, according to a release on July 3. Luis Miguel Rivera Ruiz's failure to update his lifetime sexual offender information appears to have come to light when Lebanon City police "responded to a report of a suspicious person in the 200 block of Guilford Street on June 26, 2024," according to multiple police releases.  The following day, Anthony George Benavidez, was charged with Lo…
Illinois Peeping Tom Peered Into Bucks County Homes, Police Say Illinois Peeping Tom Peered Into Bucks County Homes, Police Say
Illinois Peeping Tom Peered Into Bucks County Homes, Police Say Authorities in Upper Southampton say they have arrested the man who was peering into area homes early this month.  Sergei Dvoriannikov, 41, of Vernon Hills, Illinois, is charged with two counts of loitering and prowling, both misdemeanors, according to township police.  Investigators said previously that a peeping Tom was spotted on Cushmore Road and recorded by a resident's home security system.  CRIMEWATCH Court records show Dvoriannikov is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 4, 2024. 
Reward Offered For Accused Burglar From Eastern PA Reward Offered For Accused Burglar From Eastern PA
Reward Offered For Accused Burglar From Eastern PA A man accused of multiple felony break-ins is sought by police in West Chester. Francis Timothy Bango is charged with burglary, attempted burglary, criminal trespassing, loitering and prowling, and related offenses, according to state police and public court records.  The 23-year-old allegedly committed the offenses on Aug. 21, 2022, according to court documents. The West Chester resident is described as being 6-foot-2-inches tall, weighing 170 pounds, with black hair, and brown eyes, the police detailed in the release.  A cash reward of an unnamed amount is available for inform…
Lancaster Man Threatens To Rob, Shoot Locals Unless They Drive Him To Philly; Injures Police Lancaster Man Threatens To Rob, Shoot Locals Unless They Drive Him To Philly; Injures Police
Lancaster Man Threatens To Rob, Shoot Locals Unless They Drive Him To Philly; Injures Police An intoxicated man injured an officer who was arresting him for banging on doors, screaming that he would rob and shoot people unless they drove him to Philadelphia, according to Manheim Township police. Daniel Joseph Steinberg, III, 20, in Lititz, was arrested standing in the backyard of a home in the of the 300 block of Eden Road on Sunday around 12:27 a.m. Manheim Township police were dispatched to the area for "unknown male in shorts was observed banging on several resident’s doors demanding a ride to Philadelphia,and threatening to rob and shoot those who refused to do so," police say…
PD: Man Banned From West Chester Apartment Complex Revisits To Peep Into Resident's Window PD: Man Banned From West Chester Apartment Complex Revisits To Peep Into Resident's Window
PD: Man Banned From West Chester Apartment Complex Revisits To Peep Into Resident's Window A man who was banned from a West Chester apartment complex was arrested after he revisited the complex to peep into a resident's window, authorities said. The male victim told arresting officers that Mahmoud S. Hany, 44, was banned from Wyntre Brook Apartments on Phoenixville Pike a year earlier for looking into his window, just as Hany was on May 31, West Whiteland police Det. Scott Pezick told Daily Voice. He was charged with criminal trespassing, harassment, and loitering, and prowling at night time.