PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police
PA Man Tells Pastor He Abused Child At Family Events: Police A Pennsylvania man has been charged after telling his pastor about the sexual abuse he inflicted on a child, authorities announced on Tuesday, Nov. 14.  Randy L. Abell, 50 of the 1000 block of Fondersmith Drive, Carlisle, has been arrested at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2023, for allegedly sexually assaulting a child multiple times at family events between Nov. 2018 and March 2020, according to a release by Manheim Township police. Before the police investigation that led to his arrest, "In October 2021, Abell, had sought counseling and disclosed that he had 'inappropriate sexual incide…
PA Bicyclist Was Found By Brother After Deadly Hit-Run: Authorities PA Bicyclist Was Found By Brother After Deadly Hit-Run: Authorities PA Bicyclist Was Found By Brother After Deadly Hit-Run: Authorities
PA Bicyclist Was Found By Brother After Deadly Hit-Run: Authorities A Lancaster Township man is accused of fleeing the scene of the deadly crash that killed 23-year-old Anson Burkholder in Maidencreek Township last month.  Moshe K. Notis, 28, is charged with homicide by vehicle and other counts related to the Sept. 20 crash, said the Berks County District Attorney's Office.  Investigators say Burkholder, of Maidencreek, was biking home after stopping by a farm to tend to animals around 8 p.m.  When he never made it back, his brother went looking and found the 23-year-old dead off the shoulder of Route 222 near the edge of a cornfield, accord…
PA Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police PA Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police PA Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police
PA Man Throws Fork Into Someone's Face: Police A man who throw a fork into someone's face has been sentenced after pleading guilty on Thursday.  Mark Anthony Ressel is in prison after he entered a guilty plea to two third-degree misdemeanor charges of harassment during his preliminary hearing on July 20, 2023, court records show.  Manheim Township police officers were called to a reported stabbing in the 1000 block of Grofftown Road, Lancaster at 9 p.m. on June 10.  "While en route, officers were advised that the victim had been stabbed by Ressel, who was making threats and had hurt the victim yesterday," as stated in th…
Man Sneaks Into Sleeping Child's Bed For Sex Near Elementary School In Lancaster, Police Say Man Sneaks Into Sleeping Child's Bed For Sex Near Elementary School In Lancaster, Police Say Man Sneaks Into Sleeping Child's Bed For Sex Near Elementary School In Lancaster, Police Say
Man Sneaks Into Sleeping Child's Bed For Sex Near Elementary School In Lancaster, Police Say A 33-year-old Lancaster man would sneak into an acquaintance's home while they were out or asleep so he could have sex with their child, authorities announced in a release on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.  David Ray Lopez, would watch and wait, or call and make sure the parents were out before sneaking into the home and sliding into the child's bed— multiple times— between May and August of 2022, Manheim Township police detailed in the release.  After a third adult witnessed Lopez entering the home and knocking on the child's door— he fled and authorities were called, according to th…
PA Mom Of 3 Dies After Husband Strangled Her: Affidavit PA Mom Of 3 Dies After Husband Strangled Her: Affidavit PA Mom Of 3 Dies After Husband Strangled Her: Affidavit
PA Mom Of 3 Dies After Husband Strangled Her: Affidavit A Lancaster mother of three young children has died and the police say an assault by her husband led to her death, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Manheim Township police filed charges against 25-year-old Jordan Antonio Ortiz which have now been upgraded after 23-year-old Kylee Carroll Ortiz died at Lancaster General on Sunday, April 9, 2023, authorities tell Daily Voice. The police had been called to their home on Dickens Drive in Lancaster Township multiple times on April 2nd and 3rd for reports of domestic incidents, but Jordan repeatedly told the police they had o…
Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say
Man Electrocuted In Tree In Central PA, Police Say A 39-year-old man was electrocuted to death while tree trimming in Lancaster County on Saturday, April 8, 2023, authorities say.  Manheim Township Police and first responders were called to a report of an unconscious man in a tree in he 2100 block of Kentwood Drive at 12:48 p.m.  "One of the branches contacted a power line causing the male to be electrocuted," while he was tree trimming, according to the police.  Lancaster County Coroner’s Office was called and he was pronounced deceased at the scene. The police continue to investigate, "but no foul play is suspected," the …
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
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…
Manheim Teen Caught With Gun, THC In 'Vaccum-Sealed Bag,' Police Say Manheim Teen Caught With Gun, THC In 'Vaccum-Sealed Bag,' Police Say Manheim Teen Caught With Gun, THC In 'Vaccum-Sealed Bag,' Police Say
Manheim Teen Caught With Gun, THC In 'Vaccum-Sealed Bag,' Police Say Numerous vehicle violations led police to pull over a vehicle where they found forged documents, an illegal gun, and a "vaccum-seaed bag" of THC marijuana, authorities say. Brandon Daevon Graves, 19, of Lancaster, was driving a car with "heavily tinted windows," an out rear-side brake light, and "expired inspection and emissions stickers," along Columbia Avenue at Jackson Drive on Fed. 17, 2023 Manheim Township police explain in the release.  "Consent to search the vehicle was denied by Graves. The vehicle was towed to the police station and a search warrant was obtained. Suspected ma…
Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say
Nursing Home Resident Shows Child Porn To 14-Year-Old, Manheim Twp. Police Say A child who befriended an elderly man in a nursing home discovered the resident had a phone full of child pornography, authorities say. The 14-year-old was visiting Conestoga View Nursing Home at 900 East King Street when 74-year-old Kenneth Frazer Kuehne, befriended the young visitor and invited the child to his room in December 2022, Manheim Township police detail in a release on Feb. 15, 2023. The children's parents later learn that he had "shown photographs, to their child, one of the photos was a young boy who was completely nude. Another nurse’s aide who had assisted Kuehne with his c…
Underage Drunk Lititz Man Goes Over 100 MPH In 35 Zone Ejecting Three Passengers, Police Say Underage Drunk Lititz Man Goes Over 100 MPH In 35 Zone Ejecting Three Passengers, Police Say Underage Drunk Lititz Man Goes Over 100 MPH In 35 Zone Ejecting Three Passengers, Police Say
Underage Drunk Lititz Man Goes Over 100 MPH In 35 Zone Ejecting Three Passengers, Police Say A 20-year drunk man going 108 miles per hour in a marked 35 zone, sheared off a utility pole and ejected his three passengers, authorities announced in a release on Friday, January 27.  Spencer James Campbell of Lititz told the police he "lost control while negotiating a curve in the roadway and hit a utility pole. Campbell did drink alcoholic beverages and has a medical marijuana card. His eyes were glassy during this conversation," according to the release by Manheim Township police. Campbell "hit and sheared a utility pole which caused the backseat passenger to be ejected through th…
Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police
Baseball Bat Beatdown Suspect Tracked By Dogs, Helicopter In Conestoga: State Police A man who allegedly chased and beat two people with an aluminum baseball was chased down by Pennsylvania state police.  Kerr Michael Graham, 51, of Conestoga, struck two individuals with an aluminum baseball bat around the 3300 block of Main Street, Conestoga Township, on January 15, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police.  When state police at Lancaster barracks met with the victims they learned they were relatives of Graham's and he had "struck the one victim three times in the head with the aluminum bat, causing visible injuries," and had "struck the othe…
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
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…