PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police
PA Teen Girl Stabs 19-Year-Old Man To Death: Police A 17-year-old girl has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old man to death, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.  Janiyah Ann Torres was supposedly in a domestic dispute with Anthony Serrano Jr. when she stabbed him around 11:49 p.m. on Monday night, investigators with the Columbia Borough of Police detailed in a release the following morning. Officers with the borough were called to the scene after Torres phoned 911 to report the stabbing in the 200 block of North Third Street. When officials arrived they found Serrano Jr. suffering from a single stab wound. H…
Arrestee Dies After 3 Days In The York County Prison: Authorities Arrestee Dies After 3 Days In The York County Prison: Authorities
Arrestee Dies After 3 Days In The York County Prison: Authorities A 39-year-old Columbia, PA man who was arrested exactly three days ago has died in the York County Prison, authorities announced on Friday, July 7, 2023.  Haywood Dixon Jr. was declared dead at 12:06 a.m. following a cardiac arrest in the prison, according to County Coroner Pam Gay. His death was certified by Gay and Deputy Coroner Molly York. Haywood reportedly declined routine medical care on Thursday night, the prison staff told Gay.  Later that evening, he began to complain of chest pain and shortness of breath. He soon became unresponsive and EMS was called, according to the release. …
Lancaster Co. Man Shot Two People Before Suicide: Coroner (Update) Lancaster Co. Man Shot Two People Before Suicide: Coroner (Update)
Lancaster Co. Man Shot Two People Before Suicide: Coroner (Update) The Columbia, PA man who died the day after a triple shooting in Lancaster is now known to have been the shooter, according to an updated release by the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Anthony Hernandez died from his injuries from the shooting at Lancaster General on Thursday, April 20, 2023, according to an updated release by the police.  The 22-year-old was one of three men taken to the hospital following a shooting in the 700 block of Fourth Street in Lancaster on Wednesday, April 19 around 11 p.m., the Lancaster Bureau of Police explained.  Initially, the police believed t…
Man Smears Blood On Victims' Home On Pleasure Road: Manheim Twp. Police Man Smears Blood On Victims' Home On Pleasure Road: Manheim Twp. Police
Man Smears Blood On Victims' Home On Pleasure Road: Manheim Twp. Police After sending terrorizing texts, a 48-year-old Lancaster County man carved into someone's car and smeared blood on the victims' home and vehicle, authorities say.  Norman B. Meiskey IV of Columbia, PA,  texted a man “Satan," saying that he was “really bleeding,” and “saving the best for last," on Feb. 18, as stated in the release by Manheim Township police on Feb. 28, 2023, and confirmed in court documents.   The township police were called to the 200 block of Pleasure Road on the night of Feb. 22, 2023, according to the release.  Upon arrival, the victims sho…
12-Year-Old Raped, Strangled, Hid In Freezer ID'd As PA Girl Who Would 'Light Up The Room' 12-Year-Old Raped, Strangled, Hid In Freezer ID'd As PA Girl Who Would 'Light Up The Room'
12-Year-Old Raped, Strangled, Hid In Freezer ID'd As PA Girl Who Would 'Light Up The Room' A girl who was raped, strangled, and hidden in a basement freezer by her mom's ex-boyfriend has been identified by the Lancaster Coroner as of Monday, February 13, 2023.  Elaina Smith, 12, of Columbia Borough, has been identified as the girl who died in this horrific way, according to the coroner's office. Her death was ruled a homicide as a result of strangulation, the coroner’s office says. Her mom's ex-boyfriend 39-year-old Jason Jerod Shackelford, of Columbia, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 10.  He is accused of raping Elaina at his ex-girlfriend Tiffany Smith's home in the…
12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says 12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says
12-Year-Old Raped By Mom's Ex-BF Who Hid Her Body In The Freezer, LanCo. DA Says A  39-year-old kidnapped a mother and a child separately and raped them at a local hotel— then killed the daughter and tried to hide her in the mother's freezer, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 10 just a few hours after the girl's body was found in the home.  Jason Shackelford, of Columbia, "raped and killed his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter on the night of Feb. 8 into the morning of Feb. 9 at a home in the 500 block of Avenue H in Columbia. He stated he attempted to conceal the victim’s body in a freezer in the basement," the Lancaster County District Attorney says. …
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…
Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA
Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA A judge sentenced a man after confessing to committing sex crimes with a minor “as intentional, premeditated, and planned as you can get," Assistant Lancaster County District Attorney Fritz Haverstick says.  Mirza Ahmed, a 30-year-old from Catonsville, Maryland, began an "online relationship" turn real-life sexual relationship with a 13-year-old East Lampeter Township girl in 2020, the DA's office announced in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.  Ahmed traveled to New York and then to Columbia, PA to pick up the girl and take her to a room at the Spruce Lane Lodge and Co…
SILVER ALERT CANCELED Lancaster Woman Found Safe, Police Say SILVER ALERT CANCELED Lancaster Woman Found Safe, Police Say
Silver ALERT Canceled Lancaster Woman Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Elaine Wright, 70, of Columbia has been found safe and has been reunited with family members, Columbia Borough police say.  ORIGINAL: A 70-year-old Lancaster County woman is missing and might be in danger, authorities say. Elaine Wright was last seen in the area of Concord Lane in Columbia on Nov. 15 around 5 a.m., according to a release by the Pennsylvania state police. Wright was driving a 2005 silver Honda Pilot with PA registration LHS6689, the police detailed in the release. Wright is described as: Five feet, 2 inches tall 180 pounds Gray hair and blue eyes…
6-Year-Old Kidnapped By PA Mom Rescued: Police 6-Year-Old Kidnapped By PA Mom Rescued: Police
6-Year-Old Kidnapped By PA Mom Rescued: Police The 6-year-old Chester County girl who authorities say was kidnapped by her own mother was located by police, officials have announced. Downington police said on Facebook Thursday, Oct. 27 that Zoe Moss had been rescued, though the circumstances of her recovery were not immediately clear. Officials had issued an Amber Alert for Moss after she disappeared from East Ward Elementary School around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25.  She was at the school for a court-ordered, supervised visit with her mother, 37-year-old Vanessa Gutshall, who police said abducted her.  Hours before she was located Th…
Drunk Bicyclist With The Highest Level Of Intoxication Causes Crash In Central PA: Police Drunk Bicyclist With The Highest Level Of Intoxication Causes Crash In Central PA: Police
Drunk Bicyclist With The Highest Level Of Intoxication Causes Crash In Central PA: Police A bicyclist who was "visibly intoxicated" caused a crash in central Pennsylvania police said in a release on Tuesday, Oct. 4.  Allana Marie Shirk, 35, of Columbia, PA, had five vodka shots prior to peddling along the 700 block of Ridge Avenue on Sept. 14 at approximately 8:43 p.m., according to area police.  Columbia Borough police were called to scene of a crash in the area and found that Shirk had crashed into an F150 pickup truck and damaged it.  She was sitting on the curb and admitted to drinking multiple shots in under 15 minutes, shortly before she went bicycling, pol…
Women Secretly Recorded Using Bathroom By Ex-Con At PA Turkey Hill: Police Women Secretly Recorded Using Bathroom By Ex-Con At PA Turkey Hill: Police
Women Secretly Recorded Using Bathroom By Ex-Con At PA Turkey Hill: Police A 33-year-old central Pennsylvania former convict admitted to police that he had secretly been recording women using his cellphone in the bathroom at Turkey Hill, police say. Manor Township police first were alerted to the secret recording going on when they "received a report of invasion of privacy" at the Turkey Hill located in the 2600 block of River Road, Conestoga at around 2 p.m. on March 18, according to a release by the department. That day, a woman "used the restroom and observed the recording," and immediately deleted it, police say. But police learned during a warrant search of…