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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 […]

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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 […]

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Prosecution Drops Felony Charge From Attack on Policemen

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on August 3, 2017August 2, 2017

An Elizabethtown man accused of kicking two police officers in the abdomen while resisting arrest is no longer facing a felony charge. Jeffrey Lee Hilsher, 26, of South Market Street near High Street, had been facing a first-degree felony charge of aggravated assault, but the prosecution agreed to drop that charge when Hilsher was in […]

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Elizabethtown Man Faces Felony Assault Charges; Two Officers Injured in Arrest

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on July 27, 2017July 26, 2017

An Elizabethtown man is accused of seriously injuring two police officers by kicking them in the abdomen as they were trying to take him into custody, as well as threatening to kill the officers and their families. Jeffrey Lee Hilsher, 26, of South Market Street near High Street, is facing a first-degree felony charge of […]

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Child Who Was Pulled From River Dies in Hospital

Dan Robrish Posted on July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

A 5-year-old boy who was hospitalized after being pulled from the Susquehanna River at Marietta has died. Keaton P. Kershner died Wednesday, July 19, at the Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, according to information provided by the Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Elizabethtown. The funeral home announced his death on Friday, July 21, and confirmed […]

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Robbery Defendant: We Needed Money to Purchase Heroin

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on July 20, 2017July 19, 2017

A Wrightsviille woman told police that she and her boyfriend decided to steal a purse in a supermarket parking lot because they needed money to buy heroin, court records show. On Thursday, July 13, police charged Amanda Nicole Gill, 24, and Kevin Edward Deshong, 22, who live in the same apartment at the corner of […]

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Hay Barn Catches Fire

Lindsey Blest/LNP Staff Writer Posted on July 20, 2017July 19, 2017

A two-alarm fire at a West Donegal Township hay barn kept firefighters on the scene long after it was ruled under control, Rheems Fire Company Chief Charles Stanford said. The fire was reported just after midnight Thursday, July 13, at a barn in the 300 block of Stone Mill Drive, Stanford said. The blaze was […]