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Many Respond to Attic Fire in East Donegal Township Home

Tom Knapp/LNP Staff Writer Posted on June 22, 2017

Multiple fire crews responded to a house fire in East Donegal Township. The fire was reported at 5:57 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, at 2356 Donegal Springs Road, at Endslow Road. Firefighters arriving at the scene reported heavy smoke from the roof of a single-story rancher. The fire appeared to be centered in the attic, according […]

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Marietta Man Charged With Felony Counts After Columbia Crash

Konstantine Fekos/LNP Staff Writer Posted on June 15, 2017June 14, 2017

A Marietta man accused of striking a vehicle, hospitalizing its two occupants and then fleeing the scene is awaiting a preliminary hearing, police said. Giovanni F. Cocco, 28, was charged with two felony counts of accidents involving death or injury and two counts of accidents involving death or injury while not properly licensed, according to […]

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Elizabethtown Man Dies in Route 743 Crash

Lindsey Blest/LNP Staff Writer Posted on June 15, 2017June 14, 2017

An Elizabethtown man died after a two-vehicle head-on crash with a car driven by a teen with his learner’s permit, state police said. David Pray Jr., 34, died from injuries sustained in the crash, according to the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office. A 16-year-old Lebanon boy was driving north on Hershey Road/State Route 743 in Conewago […]

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Editorial: State Should Have Consistent Regulations for Police Hiring

Bret Pallotto Posted on June 8, 2017June 17, 2017

Elizabethtown Police Chief Jack Mentzer noted something odd when discussing how his agency’s hiring procedure differs from that of the Northwest Regional and Susquehanna Regional police departments: He has to follow a civil service hiring procedure set up in the 1950s and his colleagues in the regional police forces don’t. Surely it made sense at […]

Borough Police Have Lengthy Hiring Process

Dan Robrish/The Elizabethtown Advocate Posted on June 8, 2017June 8, 2017

Members of the Elizabethtown Borough Council met in executive session to interview several candidates for a police officer position. So, should the public expect to see a newly hired officer on the job soon? Not so fast, Police Chief Jack Mentzer said. Although interviews were conducted the evening of Thursday, June 1, that is just […]

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False Report Made of Gun in School

Digital Editor Posted on May 22, 2017

Police are investigating a false report of a gun made through a system that allows people to send anonymous text messages to the police officer assigned to the Elizabethtown Area School District. The report was made the afternoon of Thursday, May 11. The school resource officer, Richard Regel, was told that a student had a […]

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Conoy Township Supervisors Hear Complaints About Turnpike Road Speeding

Diane M. Bitting LNP Correspondent Posted on May 22, 2017

Motorists on Turnpike Road near Falmouth often drive at very high speeds, but police are not there to enforce the speed limit, a Turnpike Road resident told Conoy Township supervisors. “I don’t see our cops,” Brian Putt told supervisors at their meeting on Thursday, May 11. “There’s no police presence up here.” Conoy Township is […]

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Elizabethtown Police Accuse Man of Forcible Compulsion in Sex Act

Digital Editor Posted on April 24, 2017

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Elizabethtown man accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act as well as punching her in the face, leaving her with a black eye and broken eyeglasses, then lying to police investigating the attack. Mathew N. Powers, 46, who lives in an apartment along North […]

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Mount Joy Township Delays Action on Access Control for Police Station

Digital Editor Posted on April 24, 2017

Mount Joy Township supervisors have approved change orders for a holding cell door and for security cameras at the police station being built as part of a new municipal complex, but decided to delay a decision on access control measures. Supervisors voted unanimously on Monday, April 17, to approve retrofitting a cell door at a […]