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Pedestrian Getting Mail When Struck Dead In Lititz: Police (UPDATE) Pedestrian Getting Mail When Struck Dead In Lititz: Police (UPDATE)
Pedestrian Getting Mail When Struck Dead In Lititz: Police (Update) New details have been released about a crash that killed a man earlier this month. The Lancaster County Coroner's office was called to the crash scene on July 7, 2023, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  Clinton Rohrer, 97, of Lititz, has been identified as the victim of the deadly crash by the coroner's office. The crash happened in the 700 block of Doe Run Road by West Lexington Road in Lititz, Penn Township at 6:47 a.m., according to LCWC.  The preliminary investigation suggested that Rohrer had driven a “gator” (side-by-side all-terrain vehicle) to …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Paid Undercover Officer For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets Prison Time PA Man Who Paid Undercover Officer For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets Prison Time
PA Man Who Paid Undercover Officer For Sex With 12-Year-Old Gets Prison Time A 69-year-old man who paid an undercover officer $400 and then an additional $50 for unprotected sex will be spending time behind bars, authorities in Pennsylvania announced. Jeffrey Fralich, of Lititz, pleaded guilty to five third-degree felonies and one second-degree felony for agreeing to pay for sex with a minor.on Friday, June 30, authorities in Lancaster County said. Fralich was sentenced to 1½ to 5 years in prison plus five years of probation, following the 2022 sting, by Lancaster County Judge Dennis Reinaker. Lancaster County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force (…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Power Knocked Out When Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole In Lititz: Police (PHOTOS) Power Knocked Out When Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole In Lititz: Police (PHOTOS)
Power Knocked Out When Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole In Lititz: Police (Photos) Power should be restored by 5:30 p.m. after a SUV plowed into a utility pole in Lititz on April 4, 2023.  The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department responded to a call of a vehicle accident with injuries in the 400 bock of Owl Hill Road Tuesday afternoon.  The driver left the road way for an unknown reason and struck a PPL power pole.  The driver was hurt, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.  PPL is in the area making repairs.  The investigation into the incident is ongoing. 

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Fire Breaks Out At Former Chocolate Factory In Lititz, Authorities Say Fire Breaks Out At Former Chocolate Factory In Lititz, Authorities Say
Fire Breaks Out At Former Chocolate Factory In Lititz, Authorities Say A fire broke out at the former Wilbur Chocolate Factory in Lititz on Monday, March 27, 2023, authorities say.  The Factory is currently home to Blackworth Live Fire and Grill and the Wilbur Lititz Hotel located in the 1st block of North Broad Street/PA Route 501 in the Downtown Lititz District— both were evacuated when the fire began at 7 p.m., area police and fire officials say. The roadway was also closed until 10 p.m., accoring to the Lititz Borough police.  Emergency crews are currently operating on a building fire on Broad Street. Please use caution when traveling through Lititz. …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA
Lititz Man Who Faced Up To 339 Years In Jail Gets Much Lighter Sentence: DA A 339-year sentence, for what? Well, Melvin Riehl Petersheim, 49, of Lititz, has admitted to raping children and on March 21, 2023 he got his final sentence.  Petersheim, who ironically lived on Integrity Drive, had been charged with raping and sexually assaulting four victims spanning from 2012 until 2021. Petersheim pleaded guilty to 27 charges Wednesday, according to the district attorney. The charges stem from a child welfare report sent to the Manheim Township police department by the Lancaster County Children & Youth in Nov. 2021. Interviews confirmed numerous instants of ab…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Felon Hits, Points Gun At Child, Woman In Lititz, Police Say Felon Hits, Points Gun At Child, Woman In Lititz, Police Say
Felon Hits, Points Gun At Child, Woman In Lititz, Police Say A convicted felon has been arrested in Lancaster County after he struck a mother and child and then pointed a gun at them on Sunday, March 19, 2023, authorities say.  East Hempfield Township police arrested 29-year-old Wayne Edward Jones Jr. of Lititz following the assault at a home in the 100 block of Treetops Drive in the township at 12:30 p.m. according to a release the following day. The woman and three children at the scene spoke with the police and explained that Jones hit the woman during an argument, next he hit a child, "and then retrieved a firearm inside the residence and po…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
2 Pedestrians Struck In Crosswalk By 17-Year-Old Driver In Lititz: Police 2 Pedestrians Struck In Crosswalk By 17-Year-Old Driver In Lititz: Police
2 Pedestrians Struck In Crosswalk By 17-Year-Old Driver In Lititz: Police A 17-year-old driver has been cited after two pedestrians were struck in Lititz, area police say.  The unnamed juvenile failed to yield the right-of-way when making a left turn out of Lititz Spring Park onto the first block of North Broad Street at 3:14 pm. on Monday, March 6, 2023, the Lititz Borough Police Department detailed in the release the following day.  The two pedestrians were crossing North Broad Street inside a marked crosswalk, according to the release.  "One of the pedestrians sustained non-life-threatening injuries was evaluated by EMS on-scene, but was not tr…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Lititz Dad Threatens To Share 'Intimate Images' Of Woman He Stalks, Police Say Lititz Dad Threatens To Share 'Intimate Images' Of Woman He Stalks, Police Say
Lititz Dad Threatens To Share 'Intimate Images' Of Woman He Stalks, Police Say A dad on probation for making terroristic threats was arrested on Valentine's Day for threatening to share "intimate images and videos" of a woman that he was stalking, Lititz Borough of police announced on Thursday, Feb 16.  Oren Harsanyi, 48, of Lititz, "engaged in a course of conduct against a person, an adult female, in which he threatened to send intimate images and videos of that person to other people," the police say.  He was charged with a misdemeanor for stalking, although police say they also filed a charge for harassment. He has been held in the Lancaster County Priso…

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by Jillian Pikora
Cornwall-Mount Gretna, PA
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Woman Bites Man's Earlobe Off In Lititz Parking Lot, Police Say Woman Bites Man's Earlobe Off In Lititz Parking Lot, Police Say
Woman Bites Man's Earlobe Off In Lititz Parking Lot, Police Say A man has had emergency ear surgery after a woman assaulted him in a parking lot in Lititz, authorities say.  The unidentified man was having an argument with 22-year-old Skylar Peiffer of Lancaster after leaving a party and a "night of drinking" in Lebanon City and heading towards Lancaster. When the fight became physical, the driver pulled over into the parking lot at High Spring Water located at 727 Furnace Hills Pike, Lititz on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at 3:13 a.m., according to multiple police releases the following day by the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Depart…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— AGAIN, Police Say Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— AGAIN, Police Say
Lititz Sex Offender Arrested For Assaulting 13-Year-Old— Again, Police Say A 28-year-old registered sex offender who has a pending charge for injuring a police officer turned himself in for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, on Friday, February 10, 2023,  authorities say.  Derek Alan Manz already had two active cases against him in Lititz after he supposedly choked a woman in a home in the 400 Block of West Marion Street and assaulted an officer while fleeing back in November 2022, as Daily Voice previously reported.  While out on surety bonds totaling $30,000 for those charges sometime between Nov. 3 and Feb. 5 he "had unlawful contact with a …

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
Extremely Drunk Lititz Man Flees Multiple Crashes, Police Say Extremely Drunk Lititz Man Flees Multiple Crashes, Police Say
Extremely Drunk Lititz Man Flees Multiple Crashes, Police Say A man from Lititz was driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level above the highest rate when he hit multiple cars in separate crashes fleeing every time, authorities explain in a release on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.  Brian Keith Fisher was discovered to be drunk when officers with the Northern Lancaster County Region police department pulled him over in the 300 block of Rudy Dam Drive in Warwick Township on Jan. 15, 2023.  The 52-year-old "was involved in a crash at multiple locations in Warwick Township and continued to drive away from each crash scene," the police stat…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
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Speeding Man High On THC Kills Lititz Woman In Crash, Police Say Speeding Man High On THC Kills Lititz Woman In Crash, Police Say
Speeding Man High On THC Kills Lititz Woman In Crash, Police Say A 29-year-old man was high on THC with drug paraphernalia in his car when he went 25 miles per hour above the speed limit striking another vehicle— seriously injuring the driver and killing her passenger, authorities announced on Wednesday, February 1, 2023.  The high driver, William R. Vaughan-Geib, of South Oakmont Street Lancaster, was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries following the deadly crash in the 2100 block of New Holland Pike in East Lampeter Township on Dec. 29, 2022 at 12:40 p.m., according to area police.  Police arrived at the scene to find f…

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by Jillian Pikora