CRIME & SAFETY
Coroner's office identifies man killed in riding mower accident in Lancaster County
LANCASTER, Pa. — The Lancaster County Coroner's Office has identified the man killed in a riding mower accident. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. On Wednesday, May 8, crews were called to the 1900 block of Oreville Road in East Hempfield Township at 1:13 p.m. When first...
Lebanon County man faces 11 years in prison for his role in January 6 attack
A Lebanon County man faces 11 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Leo Brent Bozell IV was convicted last year on seven felonies and three misdemeanors. Sentencing is scheduled for May 17. The Justice Department is seeking a terrorism sentencing enhancement on...
Anyone in Middletown missing a big snake? Police would like to speak to you. Now
Anyone missing a snake in Middletown? If so, Middletown Police have him (or her) in custody. Police apprehended the stray snake after it entered a home in the Lower Orchard section of the township. No other information was available immediately about how the homeowner discovered the slithery intruder. "The resident...
Lancaster man charged with aggravated indecent assault of a child
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A Lancaster County man has been charged with aggravated indecent assault of a minor. New Holland Police began an investigation into Madison Bair, 30, in October 2023 after reports of the assault were received from PA Child Line. The victim told police that Bair...
Stained towel, bracelets taken from convicted killer’s property in homicide investigation
A stained towel was among the items Dauphin County police seized from a convicted murderer’s property while searching for a missing woman presumed dead, according to court documents obtained by PennLive. A green towel “with unknown substances/stains” was found the morning of March 20 in one of the four...
Crash causes road closure in Rapho Township
MOUNT JOY, Pa. — A crash occurred between the intersections of Mount Joy Road and Route 283 West. in Rapho Township around 5:15 p.m. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. According to the Lancaster dispatcher, the road is closed as of 5:23 p.m. No injuries or transportation...
3-year-old central Pa. boy died of freshwater drowning, coroner says
The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office released the autopsy results for the 3-year-old boy who wandered from his home this past weekend and died after drowning in a neighbor’s pool. The child’s cause of death was listed as freshwater drowning and was labeled accidental. The coroner’s office responded...
Tractor-trailer driver admitted to running red light before fatal central Pa. crash: police
A tractor-trailer driver admitted to running a red light just before an October 2022 crash that killed a driver at a Lancaster County intersection, police said in court documents. “I ran a stop light and a guy hit me,” Ryan Schilling told 911 dispatchers while reporting the Oct. 11, 2022...
Lancaster County ATM ripped off bank wall
WARWICK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — A Lancaster County ATM machine was pulled away from a local bank early this morning and was broken open. According to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department, they were dispatched to the PNC Bank at 1 Trolly Run Road at 3:46 a.m. for an alarm at the ATM. Once […]
2 ATM Robberies In Central PA: Police
The first robbery happened in York and the second occurred in Lancaster, it remains unclear if these incidents, which happened 3 days apart, are connected in any way. The York Robbery began when a man offered another man a ride home in the area of the 100 block of Carlisle Street, Hanover Borough between 1 and 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, according to a release by area police.
Man hit by ambulance in Dauphin County died waiting for medical helicopter
Editor’s Note: This story was updated after hearing back from the EMS agency’s legal counsel. A pedestrian who was hit by a Dauphin County ambulance in March died on the side of the road after more than half an hour waiting for a medical helicopter that arrived too late, PennLive has learned.
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