100-Year Prison Term For Child Sex Abuser Who Assaulted 5-Year-Old Girls: Lancaster DA
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A Salisbury Township man has been sentenced to up to 100 years in state prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting two girls beginning when they were just 5 years old, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Sept. 12.
Nathan Woodhull Smith, 74, was found guilty on March 20 after a four-day trial, prosecutors said.
The jury convicted Smith of two counts each of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact with a minor, aggravated indecent assault, corruption of minors, and five count…
Dad On PA's Most Wanted List For Incest, Child Rape Possibly In Allentown
A New Jersey native and father accused of repeatedly raping a child in Palmer Township remains on Pennsylvania State Police’s Top 10 Most Wanted list, authorities announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
Benicio Antoin Benifield, 39, of Newark, is charged with multiple felonies including aggravated indecent assault of a child, rape by threat of forcible compulsion, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 16, incest, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, and other related offenses, according to the Palmer Township Police Department.
The charges were filed in June 2022…
Woman Killed After Truck Overturns On I-81: PA State Police Harrisburg
A woman was killed when her truck overturned along Interstate 81 in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Sept. 11.
Carol A. Lopez, 56, of Schuylkill Haven, was driving a 2015 Mack Granite truck northbound near mile marker 78.9 at 2:38 p.m. when the vehicle suffered a mechanical failure in the front right tire, according to investigators.
The truck veered sharply to the right, struck a guide rail, climbed the embankment, and overturned before coming to rest, troopers said. Lopez was entrapped, and fire and EMS crews attempted life-saving mea…
Bicyclist Killed In Crash With Honda Accord: PA State Police Bethlehem
A 65-year-old bicyclist was killed after colliding with a Honda Accord in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, Sept. 11.
The crash happened at the intersection of Steely Hill Road and County Line Road around 10:09 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, according to Trooper Eric Foley of the Belfast barracks.
James J. Pavlica, 84, of Kintnersville, was driving a 2017 Honda Accord west on County Line Road and turned right onto Steely Hill Road, police explained. At the same time, Robert P. Marley, 65, of North Wales, was riding his bicycle south on Steely…
Missing Endangered Woman Sought By PA State Police
A 45-year-old Schuylkill County woman vanished from Pottsville days ago, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Sept. 9, 2025.
Rebecca McNellis was last seen in the area of the 700 block of West Market Street in Pottsville City around 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, according to troopers based in Frackville.
She is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing approximately 260 pounds, with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a leopard print headband, floral jogger-style pants, and a hoodie, police say.
Authorities believe McNellis may be at special risk…
