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Conoy, East Donegal, Marietta in Talks Over Cost of Police Protection

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate, Nicole E. Matthews/Special to the Advocate Posted on May 10, 2018

Negotiations between the three municipalities served by the Susquehanna Regional Police Department about how the cost of running the department should be shared have led to concerns that Conoy Township might pull out of the regional police force, but the chairman of Conoy Township’s supervisors emphasized that the township is committed to maintaining 24-hour police […]

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Shooting Defendant Accused of Taking Gun in Burglary

Dan Robrish Posted on May 3, 2018May 2, 2018

An East Donegal Township man already accused of attempted murder in a Dauphin County shooting is now accused of stealing a gun from a house in Elizabethtown. The crimes are not believed to be related. Elizabethtown Police Detective Matthew T. Shuey said the gun stolen in Elizabethtown is not believed to have been used in […]

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Reward Offered For Information About Downtown Hit-Run

Dan Robrish Posted on May 3, 2018May 2, 2018

A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered by Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers for information about a hitand- run crash in downtown Elizabethtown that left a pedestrian severely injured. The victim was crossing West High Street at Market Street at about 9:25 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, when he was struck by a vehicle. […]

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Adult, 3 Juveniles Charged in Burglary At Trop Gun Shop

Dan Robrish Posted on April 19, 2018April 18, 2018

A Harrisburg man and three male juveniles from Harrisburg are accused of breaking in to the Trop Gun Shop in February and taking 16 guns. Police announced on Monday, April 16, that Tarahjay Mykell Ross has been charged, but remained at large. Police said on Wednesday, April 18, that Ross had turned himself in. Court […]

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Fiery Crash Kills Bainbridge Man

Dan Robrish Posted on April 9, 2018

A 38-year-old Bainbridge man has died in a crash near the trash incinerator in Conoy Township. The Susquehanna Regional Police Department said it happened at 5:40 a.m. on Monday, April 9, near the trash-to-energy incinerator operated by the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority. A tractor-trailer with a 73-year-old driver was going north on River […]

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Police Seek Public’s Help Finding Hit-Run Driver

Dan Robrish Posted on March 30, 2018

Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a driver who struck a pedestrian downtown, leaving him seriously injured, then fled the scene. Police said it happened at about 9:25 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28. The man was crossing West High Street at Market Street when he was struck by a vehicle. He was taken […]

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Driver’s License Left at Scene of Robbery in Elizabethtown

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

One of two people charged in the robbery of an Uber driver in Elizabethtown made it easy for police to identify her by leaving her purse behind with her driver’s license in it, court records show. The other is accused of striking the victim on the head and arm with a hatchet and was quickly […]

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Teen Charged in Burglary of 16 Guns From Store

Lindsey Blest/LNP Staff Writer Posted on February 22, 2018February 21, 2018

A 14-year-old boy is charged in a recent burglary at a Mount Joy Township gun shop, police said. The boy was not in custody when police announced the charges on Thursday, Feb. 15. But juvenile allegation charges have been filed against him in regards to the burglary of 16 guns from Trop Gun Shop on […]

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Lancaster Man Charged in Elizabethtown Drug Death

Dan Robrish Posted on February 15, 2018February 14, 2018

A Lancaster man is charged in connection with a 27-year-old Elizabethtown woman’s overdose death in November. Lancaster City police arrested 18-year-old Alejandro Jose Yens the night of Saturday, Feb. 10, in the city. Elizabethtown police Detective Dustin Ryan charged Yens with felony drug delivery resulting in death regarding the Nov. 9 overdose of Danielle Witman […]

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Police Seek Public’s Help Finding Men Who Stole 17 Guns From Store

Lindsey Blest/LNP Staff Writer Posted on February 7, 2018

Three of seventeen firearms stolen from a Mount Joy Township gun shop have been recovered, but no arrests were immediately made as police continue their investigation. Northwest Regional Police said 17 firearms including three rifles were stolen Monday, Feb. 5, from Trop Gun Shop, 910 N. Hanover St. in Mount Joy Township, just north of […]