Tag: East Lampeter Township, PA
Trio Of Cubans Living In NJ Caught In Credit Card Skimming Scheme: Lancaster County DA
Three Cuban nationals living in New Jersey have been ordered to stand trial for an elaborate credit card skimming scheme that targeted gas station customers in Lancaster County, authorities announced on Thursday, June 5.
Yosvel Gonzalez, 51, and Reinier Gracia-Martinez, 40, both of Elizabeth, NJ, along with Rudislandy Gracia-Toledo, 24, of North Bergen, NJ, are accused of installing hidden card skimmers at a gas station in the 1700 block of Hempstead Road in East Lampeter Township, then using stolen data to make thousands of dollars in purchases, according to the Lancaster County District At…
New England Sex Offender Hides Out In Lancaster, Attacking Officer: DA
A convicted sex offender from New England who fled registration requirements in Vermont and Massachusetts was sentenced to state prison in Pennsylvania after committing a string of crimes over two days, including a hit-and-run, high-speed chase, and assaulting a police officer, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Nathan D. Taylor, 39, of New Holland, was sentenced to two and a half to five years in state prison, followed by five years of probation, after pleading guilty on Feb. 27 to indecent assault, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, accidents involving damage to an at…
Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model, Lancaster DA Says
The first man captured by the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force has been sentenced after confessing to his crimes, the District Attorney announced on Monday, April 8.
More than two years after his arrest, Louis Fountain, 34 of Brookhaven, Delaware County pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking individuals, four counts of promoting prostitution, and one count of living off prostitutes before Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth on March 29, as detailed in the release.
Judge Ashworth sentenced him to serve a "prison term of one year, 11 months, and eight d…
12-Year-Old Raped, Strangled, Hid In Freezer ID'd As PA Girl Who Would 'Light Up The Room'
A girl who was raped, strangled, and hidden in a basement freezer by her mom's ex-boyfriend has been identified by the Lancaster Coroner as of Monday, February 13, 2023.
Elaina Smith, 12, of Columbia Borough, has been identified as the girl who died in this horrific way, according to the coroner's office. Her death was ruled a homicide as a result of strangulation, the coroner’s office says.
Her mom's ex-boyfriend 39-year-old Jason Jerod Shackelford, of Columbia, was arrested on Friday, Feb. 10. He is accused of raping Elaina at his ex-girlfriend Tiffany Smith's home in the…
Uncle, Nephew ID'd In Head-On Crash On RT 74, York Co. Coroner Says
The two men who died at the scene of a head-on crash in York County on Wednesday, Jan. 25, have been identified, authorities announced on Thursday.
Andrew Smucker, 43, of the 300 block of Clay Street in Lancaster was driving his uncle Benuel Smucker Jr., 77, of the 2000 block of Horseshoe Road in East Lampeter Township when a woman driving north on Delta Road/Route 74 crossed over into the men's southbound lane for an unknown reason striking them head-on at 1:52 p.m., according to a release by the York County coroner's office.
Troopers from Troop J - York Station were dispatched …
Maryland Man Traveled To New York For 'Relationship' With 13-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl: DA
A judge sentenced a man after confessing to committing sex crimes with a minor “as intentional, premeditated, and planned as you can get," Assistant Lancaster County District Attorney Fritz Haverstick says.
Mirza Ahmed, a 30-year-old from Catonsville, Maryland, began an "online relationship" turn real-life sexual relationship with a 13-year-old East Lampeter Township girl in 2020, the DA's office announced in a release on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.
Ahmed traveled to New York and then to Columbia, PA to pick up the girl and take her to a room at the Spruce Lane Lodge and Co…
Central PA Man 'Seriously Hurt' In Hit-Run Outside Smorgasbord: Police
A 42-year-old man has been "seriously hurt" following a hit-and-run by a popular smorgasbord, police say.
East Lampeter Township police were called to "a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle" near Miller's Winery, Restaurant, and Smorgasbord in the 2800 block of Lincoln Highway East at 8:20 p.m. on September 19, 2022, the department stated in a release on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Upon arrival, police found Nathan C. Kipp, 42, of Ronks was "being treated by Gordonville Ambulance/EMS personnel," police say. "Kipp was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for serious in…
