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Two Policemen Recognized for Promotion, Retirement

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on September 21, 2017

The Elizabethtown Borough Council had a special recognition for a police lieutenant who retired and for the policeman promoted from detective to take over as the police force’s second in command. Shane Deardorff was promoted from detective to lieutenant effective on Monday, Sept. 11. His promotion was recognized at the Borough Council meeting on Thursday, […]

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Mount Joy Township Considers Police Parking Lot Security

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on September 18, 2017

Mount Joy Township supervisors are considering options for a proposed fence and possible gate around the parking lot for Northwest Lancaster County Regional Police cruisers and officers’ personal vehicles. The new Mount Joy Township Fairview Municipal Complex in the former Fairview Elementary School building is adjacent to the township’s Wolgemuth Park, a widely used recreation […]

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Elizabethtown Police Chief Optimistic About School Year, Newly Hired Officers

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on September 7, 2017

With no items on the agenda other than the monthly report from the police department, Elizabethtown Borough Council members took up most of a 10-minute meeting asking questions of Police Chief Jack Mentzer. In response to a question from Councilor C. Dale Treese, Mentzer said Officer Richard Regel is doing a great job in his […]

Elizabethtown Man Charged With Drug Delivery Resulting in Death

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on September 7, 2017September 8, 2017

A 21-year-old Elizabethtown man is accused of selling an opioid drug to a man who died from an overdose of the drug. Tyler Scott Bobola was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 6, and charged with drug delivery resulting in death in connection with the death of Damon McMullen on Thursday, Aug. 31. A spokesman for the Lancaster County […]

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Man Accused of Using Credit Card Stolen From Vehicle in Elizabethtown

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on September 7, 2017September 6, 2017

A Lancaster City man is accused of using a credit card stolen from an Elizabethtown woman to try to make a purchase from a downtown Elizabethtown retailer and to try to pay a fine from an unrelated case. Police announced on Friday, Sept. 1, that for Andrew C. Illingsworth, 24, of Rockland Street near Dauphin […]

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Mount Joy Township Man Accused of Fracturing Infant’s Skull

Lindsey Blest/LNP Staff Writer Posted on August 17, 2017August 16, 2017

A Mount Joy Township man is charged with fracturing the skull of a 5-month-old infant, causing severe brain injury, according to police. Daniel David Deleon, 28, of Covington Court, was charged with felonies of aggravated assault and aggravated assault of a victim less than 13. He was also charged with misdemeanors of endangering the welfare […]

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Three Accused of Providing Heroin That Killed E-Town Man

Dan Robrish Posted on August 17, 2017August 16, 2017

Two men and a woman are charged in connection with a sale of heroin that caused an Elizabethtown man’s overdose death on May 7. Jabree Tyheed Traynham, 22, sold heroin – which contained fentanyl – to 30-year-old Eric Halbleib, who died after consuming it, according to a sworn statement by Elizabethtown Police Detective Dustin H. […]

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Convicted Child Abuser Faces New Charges

Dan Robrish Posted on August 17, 2017August 16, 2017

A man serving prison time for sex abuse of a girl is now accused of abusing two other children. The latest charges against Brian Timothy Morningstar, 44, were announced by the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, Aug. 14. He was charged Aug. 9 with four counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a […]

Felony Count of Witness Intimidation Dismissed

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on August 10, 2017August 9, 2017

An Elizabethtown man’s felony charge over witness intimidation was dismissed, but a spokesman for the prosecution said it might be refiled. Mathew N. Powers, 46, was charged with the first-degree felony of intimidate witness/victim ― withhold testimony for an offense that police said took place on May 5, court records show. The charge was dismissed […]

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Former Music Teacher Charged With Corruption of Student

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on August 9, 2017

The man who abruptly left his job as orchestra director at Elizabethtown Area High School in April is now facing a misdemeanor charge of corruption of a minor. Cody L. Floyd, 25, of Mount Joy, was charged on Tuesday, Aug. 8. He is accused of exchanging thousands of text messages with a 17-year-old girl that […]