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Body found in Susquehanna River in 1998 identified as missing Harrisburg man
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Decades after a fisherman discovered a man dead in the Susquehanna River, the body has finally been identified. The man has been identified as James Gibson, who had previously been reported missing from Harrisburg, according to a news release form the coroner. The body was found on April 18, 1998, in the Turkey Point area of the River in Manor Township, Lancaster County.
Police investigating death on Route 30
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A section of U.S. 30 in Lancaster County has reopened after being closed for hours this morning. The Manheim Township Police Department has identified the woman involved in the incident but will not be releasing her identity at this time. Police responded to the New...
Two arrested after allegedly barricading themselves inside Lancaster County home after altercation
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — Two people have been arrested and charged following a barricade situation. According to the Quarryville Borough Police Department, on Monday, June 24 at 9:16 p.m., officers were dispatched to a disturbance along the 100 block of Groffdale Drive in Oak Bottom Village in Quarryville Borough.
Lancaster man allegedly sold over 2 pounds of drugs, hundreds of pills to informant for over a year
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) – A Lancaster man is facing charges for allegedly selling more than two pounds of cocaine and fentanyl to a confidential informant for over a year. According to charges filed by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Robinson Pinales is being charged with 21 felonies after an investigation began in November 2022.
74-year-old man missing from Lancaster County home
UPDATE: 74-year-old man reported missing in Lancaster County has been found. Lancaster police are looking for a 74-year-old man who has difficulty walking and left home early Thursday morning without his walker. Jose A. Marquez was last seen around 5:30 a.m. leaving his home at the Garden Court Apartments on...
New details in death investigation where man was run over in Lancaster County
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– New details have been released regarding a man who was found dead in a driveway after a vehicle ran him over last month in Lancaster County. According to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office, Jason Lutz’s, 44, of Kirkwood, death was determined to be from multiple traumatic injuries and acute drug intoxication […]
Lancaster County man will serve up to 18 years in prison for illegal firearm possession, domestic abuse
MARIETTA, Pa. — A Lancaster County man will serve up to 18 years in prison after his conviction for illegally possessing a firearm, terroristic threats, and simple abuse stemming from a 2022 domestic incident in Marietta, prosecutors said Monday. Warren Raffensberger Jr., 68, was convicted in March of person...
Shooting threat on social media closed central Pa. pool for a day
Ephrata Community Pool reopened after a weekend shooting threat closed the facility Saturday. A caller told Ephrata Police on Friday night that someone had posted a threat on the social media app Snapchat that there would be a shooting at the pool Saturday, according to police Sgt. Ken Lockhart. The...
Hershey, Lancaster Tanger Outlets burglarized by sledgehammer-wielding Pennsylvania man
(WHTM) – A Pennsylvania man is facing charges for allegedly burglarizing multiple Tanger Outlet locations. Derry Township Police say on March 5 officers responded to the Hershey Tanger Nike Outlet and found the front glass door was smashed. Police say 165 items of merchandise worth nearly $7,400 were stolen from the business.
Police in Columbia remind residents it's illegal to use electric scooters, skateboard, unicycles on public roadways
COLUMBIA, Pa. — Police in a Lancaster County borough are reminding those who use electric skateboards, scooters, or unicycles to stay off public roadways -- or risk getting a citation. The Columbia Borough Police Department said Wednesday that state Vehicle Code prohibits the use of the electric-powered low-speed vehicles...
Watch: Pa. firefighters injured during bailout at house fire
NEW HOLLAND BOROUGH, Pa. — Six people were displaced and three people were injured Saturday night after a house along Main Street in New Holland Borough caught fire. Firefighters converged on a duplex at 443 W. Main St., across the street from New Holland Ford, just after 6:30 p.m. and found flames extending from the front porch up the east side of the building, according to Garden Spot Fire Rescue, which was at the scene.
'We may burn to death': Firefighters blame Lancaster City for staff cuts
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Lancaster City is facing backlash from firefighters after the decision was reportedly made to reduce staffing. Lancaster Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 319 announced Monday that its staffing will be reduced from 13 to 11 on-duty firefighters. The department claims the staff cuts are a...
Pennsylvania State Police release Top 5 Most Wanted in Lykens
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police in Lykens, Dauphin County have released their top five most wanted people. Kevin Timothy Stephenson, 48, is wanted for endangering the welfare of children in 2023 and simple assault. Stephenson is described as 5'10", weighs 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. His last known location was in Williamstown.
Lebanon County police arrest teen on burglary, assault charges in January home invasion
LEBANON CO, Pa. (WHP) — An 18-year-old is facing a slew of charges for allegedly breaking into a home in Palmyra and assaulting multiple people inside on January 1. Isaiah Williamson and a juvenile female co-conspirator forcibly entered a home on the 600 block of North Railroad Street and attacked people inside, Western Lebanon County Regional Police Department said.
Middletown man accused of assaulting victim in elementary school parking lot
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Police in Dauphin County are searching for a man accused of assaulting a victim in an elementary school parking lot. Future Waid, 35, of Middletown, is charged with simple assault, strangulation, and harassment in connection to the alleged incident, which police say occurred around 9:40 p.m. last Friday in the parking lot of Reid Elementary School.
Fights during fireworks show at Dauphin County park lead to arrests
Police in Lower Paxton Township arrested multiple juveniles during a local firework show, according to a post from the department just before 9 p.m. Wednesday. Officers were sent to Koons Park, at 6030 Larue Street, where they said several groups of juveniles were fighting. If you purchase a product or...
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