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State police issue warrant for man accused of raping child in Adams County
Police issued an arrest warrant for a man they have charged with allegedly raping a child in Adams County, according to court records. Warren Schelhaus, 40, who was identified as an East Berlin resident in 2022 court documents, was charged by Pennsylvania State Police with felony counts of rape of a child, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, sexual assault, and indecent assault to a child, in court documents filed on Monday, June 24, 2024.
Waynesboro man ID’ed after deadly pedestrian crash on Friday
01 July 2024- A Waynesboro man is deceased following a crash around 2:20pm on Friday. Pennsylvania State Police say that Troy A. Truax, 59, was not transported to a hospital following a crash on Hades Church Road. According to PSP, Truax was walking to his mailbox in the area of...
Man 'Killed' Walking To Mailbox, Pennsylvania State Police Say
Troy A. Truax of Waynesboro was in the area of 8556 Hades Church Road, Antrim Township when he was struck by a 2015 Ford driven by Thomas M. Michalsky, 25, of Greencastle, PSP Chambersburg Trooper Antoniette Cross detailed in the release. Michalsky was unharmed but Truax "was killed as a...
Adams County father charged after infant dies while bed-sharing
ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– An infant in Adams County died while sleeping with his father, who is accused of being on drugs, court documents say. Nicholas Despines, 36, of New Oxford, faces a felony charge of endangering the welfare of a child in the death of his five-month-old son, court docs say. According to a […]
Washington County man who crashed into tree died from medical emergency that began prior
A Washington County man whose vehicle crashed into a tree in Rohrersville on Sunday died as the result of a medical emergency and not the collision, according to Sgt. Carly Hose with the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The crash occurred shortly before 2:15 p.m. Sunday in the 20200 block of...
Adams County woman loses thousands in sheriff scam, trio charged
ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Midstate woman lost thousands of dollars in a sheriff’s department scam, and State Police say three out-of-state people were charged. In the scam, Lewis Bodie, 65, of New York, Stephanie McFall, 34, of Georgia, and Robert Lewis Jr., 34, of Indiana, allegedly stole just over $16,000 from an Adams […]
Frederick, Md., man found guilty in murder of Hagerstown man after accomplice testifies
A Washington County jury recently found a Frederick, Md., man guilty in the St. Patrick's Day 2022 shooting death of Hagerstown resident Jermaine Reed II in Hagerstown's West End. The weeklong trial included testimony on Thursday, June 27, from a co-defendant in the case who supplied Hagerstown Police with information...
Firefighters extinguish working house fire in Gettysburg
Adams County firefighters battled a working house fire in Gettysburg Tuesday morning. Firefighters were called to a home on the 100 block of East Middle Street in Gettysburg for a report of a house on fire around 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to Adams County dispatch records. When firefighters...
Hagerstown man charged after threat to blow up Maryland MVA
Editor's note: This story was updated at 4:05 p.m. on July 2, 2024, to add information about Fritz's employment tenure with the MVA and bond-related information. A Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration employee has been charged with making a threat of mass violence after allegedly threatening to blow up his workplace south of Hagerstown, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. ...
No one injured from fire after gas leak ruptured in Hagerstown business park
No one was injured Monday when a contractor struck a gas line near Antietam Broadband that led to a fire outside the cable and internet provider, Hagerstown Fire Battalion Chief Mark Cleck said. An electrical contractor was using a torch behind Antietam Broadband when a gas line was ruptured around...
Suspected arson attempt damages sign, portable toilet at Gambrill State Park
Someone attempted to burn a portable toilet and park sign at the Gambrill State Park in Frederick on Monday, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. At about 12:45 a.m., someone burned the inside of a plastic portable toilet and park sign at the state park's trailhead with an open flame, according to the notice. The burning, which a passerby discovered, caused an estimated ...
Waynesboro PD arrest man on domestic abuse, drug sale charges after incident on Saturday morning
01 July 2024- A call initially for a domestic violence case results in multiple felonies, including drug related, for a Waynesboro man. Codie Jonathan Badger is behind bars after failing to post bail of $2,500. He was charged with felony possession with intent to distribute, felony strangulation, and misdemeanor assault.
Greencastle man charged with causing thousands of dollars in damage by throwing rocks at cars on I-81
03 July 2024- Half a dozen charges are being levied against a 23 year old Greencastle man after he allegedly threw rocks at multiple vehicles on I-81 this week. Joshua Aaron Shelton has been charged with felony criminal mischief damaging property, misdemeanor propelling missiles into occupied vehicles, three misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, and misdemeanor corruption of minors. Shelton is behind bars in Franklin County on $5,000 bail.
Waynesboro man charged with stealing car and Walmart vest, trying to impersonate employee
02 July 2024- A Waynesboro man is looking at multiple felonies after allegedly going on a drunken excursion at a number of locations around the town. Hector Manuel Aponte Rojas is facing charges of felony theft, felony burglary, and felony criminal trespassing. He failed to post bail of $25,000 and is behind bars in Franklin County Jail.
Two-vehicle crash shuts down road in McSherrystown Borough
MCSHERRYSTOWN, Pa. — A two-vehicle crash shut down a road in Adams County Wednesday morning. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Crews responded to the 100 block of South Oxford Avenue in McSherrystown Borough just before 11:30 a.m. It's in the area of Delone Catholic High School.
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