ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say
ER Patient Kicks Nurse In Face At Hospital In Ephrata, Police Say An emergency room patient has been charged after he kicked a nurse in the face at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, police say.  Ethan D. Sorensen, 22, of Ephrata, injured the nurse and also damaged a hospital room door by punching a window during the incident on December 7, 2022, at 2:42 p.m., according to a release by area police in January 2023. He was out on $35,000 in bail for aggravated indecent assault of a child and indecent exposure in March 2022 at the time of the incident, court records show.  He has been arrested for this incident and another assault on Dec. 17 ac…
Lancaster Man Licks Sleeping Child, Police Say Lancaster Man Licks Sleeping Child, Police Say
Lancaster Man Licks Sleeping Child, Police Say A 62-year-old Lancaster man supposedly bribed a child to sleep in his bed and then licked them and sexually assaulted them, police detailed in a release on Friday, January 13, 2023. George S. Cooke of the 1300 block of Orchard Street was first brought to the police's attention when a parent overheard their child say Cooke touched their genitals.  Over the course of several interviews with Lancaster County Children and Youth Social Services, it was revealed that "Cooke licked and touched the victim’s groin area. He did this after he bribed the victim with access to a computer game…
NJ Native Bites Multiple Officers Over $6 Theft At PA Walmart: Police NJ Native Bites Multiple Officers Over $6 Theft At PA Walmart: Police
NJ Native Bites Multiple Officers Over $6 Theft At PA Walmart: Police A $6 shoplifting incident at a Pennsylvania Walmart that sent five police officers on a foot chase— two were bitten by the suspect, according to a police release on Tuesday, January 10. Rygo Alexander Kingsley, 23, currently of Lancaster, PA, and native to North Brunswick, NJ, was acting "suspicious" at the Walmart located at 2030 Fruitville Pike on Nov. 29, 2022, authorities say. Manheim Township police were called to the store as part of the "on-going investigation against him for retail theft," as stated in the release by the department. The person who called the police knew Kingsley an…
Ephrata Grocery Store Employee Helped Known Robber Steal Safe Full Of Cash, Police Say Ephrata Grocery Store Employee Helped Known Robber Steal Safe Full Of Cash, Police Say
Ephrata Grocery Store Employee Helped Known Robber Steal Safe Full Of Cash, Police Say The same man who allegedly committed an armed robbery at an Ephrata Turkey Hill has been charged in connection with burglarizing Ebenezer Groceries with the help of an employee, area police announced on Jan. 3.  Six months after the grocery store was burglarized, Colby Q. Mummaw and Kayla Marie Singley, both 27 years old parents from Ephrata, have been accused of conspiring in the theft.  Singley, "an acquaintance" of Mummaw's worked at the store at the time and allegedly provide him with the information which helped in the theft.  Mummaw broke into the store and stole …
Probationer Assaults Officer, Grabs Gun During Neighborhood Fight At PA Trailer Park: Police Probationer Assaults Officer, Grabs Gun During Neighborhood Fight At PA Trailer Park: Police
Probationer Assaults Officer, Grabs Gun During Neighborhood Fight At PA Trailer Park: Police A 39-year-old probationer was tased and hospitalized after an argument at a trailer park in which he allegedly assaulted an officer and reached for his gun, West Earl Township police said. Police were called to "a disturbance" at the Conestoga Manor Village Mobile Home Park on Sat. Dec. 10 at 7:30 a.m., where they learned of "an ongoing harassment occurring between neighbors," as stated in a release.  Joseph Christaldi apparently attacked officers on the scene and attempted to punch officer Justin Cruce, according to the police release.  "Officer Cruce then became engaged in a st…
Wanted Felon With Loaded Gun Had TASER Device Used On Him During Foot-Chase Near School Wanted Felon With Loaded Gun Had TASER Device Used On Him During Foot-Chase Near School
Wanted Felon With Loaded Gun Had TASER Device Used On Him During Foot-Chase Near School A 25-year-old wanted felony with probation violations had a loaded gun when police chased and used a TASER Device on him in central Pennsylvania, authorities say. The Quindon Maurice Hill was being pursued by the PA State Probation and Parole when Manheim Township officers nabbed him following a brief foot chase at the Sheetz at 1790 of Millersville Road on Tuesday, Dec. 6 around 12:32 p.m., according to a release by Township police. The following is a statement released by the police on Tuesday, Dec. 13 about the incident: "Hill was located inside the store and told he was not free to l…
12-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted While Holding Infant By PA Man Police Say 12-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted While Holding Infant By PA Man Police Say
12-Year-Old Sexually Assaulted While Holding Infant By PA Man Police Say 3,524 text messages— mostly sexual— were exchanged between a 34-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl in Pennsylvania over two months after he allegedly had sexually assaulted her while she held a baby, authorities state in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.   Joseph Thomas Patterson Sr. of New Holland was arrested on Dec. 1, around 1 p.m. area police announced on Monday, Dec. 5.  The girl's parents first discovered Patterson's text when a cellphone she only had recently gotten access to use "kept going off" while on a family vacation, according to the affidavit of probab…
Former Lebanon Co. Probationer Charged With 31 Sexual Offenses Against Children In LanCo. Former Lebanon Co. Probationer Charged With 31 Sexual Offenses Against Children In LanCo.
Former Lebanon Co. Probationer Charged With 31 Sexual Offenses Against Children In LanCo. A Manheim man with a criminal record in Lebanon County has been released on bail after being charged with 31 offenses in connection with the sexual abuse of children— whom he was the parent or guardian, court records show.  Daniel Earl Edwards was arrested by Northern Lancaster County Regional police and detectives on Tuesday, Nov. 7, following criminal investigations by the Lancaster County district attorney's office, as well as child advocacy and child welfare agencies, according to the police department.  He was charged four misdemeanors for Corruption of Minors as well as 27 f…
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say
Sex Offender Chokes Woman, Flees, Injures Officer In Central PA, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender injured a police officer during a tussle in Lititz, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz fled before Lititz Borough police responded to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street at 6:12 p.m., according to a release by the department.  Upon arrival, a woman told them that Manz assaulted and choked her. Her injuries were non-life-threatening, according to the police.  That wasn't the last officers heard about Manz that evening, around 9:37 p.m., a Lititz Borough officer noti…
Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police
Officer Hospitalized Following Kick By Irate Man Who Assaulted Pregnant Woman In PA: Police A 31-year-old man injured a police officer who was arresting him for assaulting a pregnant woman, authorities say. Lititz Borough police were called to a domestic assault involving Jordan Davone Mansbarger in the 200 block of South Broad Road in Lititz on Monday, Oct. 31 at 3:50 p.m., according to a release by the department the following night.  Upon arrival, the police found a pregnant woman suffering from non-life-threatening injuries caused by Mansbarger, as detailed in the release.  Mansbarger was also destroying items inside the house in front of the arresting officers, the…
Man Strips Naked, Jumps In Freezer Full Of Ice At Gas Station In Ephrata Man Strips Naked, Jumps In Freezer Full Of Ice At Gas Station In Ephrata
Man Strips Naked, Jumps In Freezer Full Of Ice At Gas Station In Ephrata A 35-year-old man caused 12 hours of mayhem in Ephrata starting when he stripped naked at a gas station and jumped into a freezer with bagged ice, area police stated in a release on Friday, Oct. 14.  Jonathan Martin Beck, of East Earl, "removed all of his clothing while at a gas pump, exposing his genitals to customers. Beck then removed several ice bags from the bagged ice freezer and jumped inside of the freezer causing numerous bags of ice to be disposed of," the Ephrata police say.  The police were called to the convenience store of the gas station where this happened in the 8…
Teen Followed Man Home To Steal 4 Pairs Of Nike Air Jordans At Gunpoint In Pennsylvania: Police Teen Followed Man Home To Steal 4 Pairs Of Nike Air Jordans At Gunpoint In Pennsylvania: Police
Teen Followed Man Home To Steal 4 Pairs Of Nike Air Jordans At Gunpoint In Pennsylvania: Police A 19-year-old was among two robbers who followed a man home and stole four pairs of Nike Air Jordan sneakers at gunpoint in central Pennsylvania, police allege. Hayden Matthew Thoman, of York, and another man followed a Lancaster resident to his home where the men hopped out and demand the shoes, according to the police release on Oct. 14.  Then "the driver had retrieved a shotgun from the side of the victim’s house and pointed the shotgun at the victim while he stole four pairs of Nike Air Jordans valued at $800," on Sept. 28, Manheim Township police state in the release.  Offic…