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LANCASTER – Counsel for a Philadelphia man argues that material alleging sexual assault committed upon the plaintiff by his chiropractor is not “scandalous and impertinent, but rather, necessary information needed to prove both the plaintiff’s case and the rationale for demanding punitive damages.
John Doe of Philadelphia first filed suit in the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 9 versus Dr. William Vollmar, Stephen G. Diamantoni & Associates and Lancaster General Health, all of Lancaster.
According to the lawsuit, defendant Vollmar had a history of sexually assaulting and abusing his patients, including children, at various locations statewide over the past several decades.
A Manheim Township husband and wife will be tried in Lancaster County Court on charges they let their teenage children host numerous parties that involved underage drinking and marijuana.
After one of the parties last May, a teenage girl got into DUI crash in Lancaster city when she left the home of Andrew A. Makrides, 49, and Lisa D. Makrides, 53, who knew a party had been going on, according to police.
The Makrides waived preliminary hearings that had been scheduled for this afternoon. Messages left with their attorneys were not immediately returned.
In a preliminary hearing, prosecutors must present sufficient evidence that a crime was committed and that the defendant probably is responsible and, therefore, that a jury or judge should hear the case at the county court level. The next step in their cases is formal arraignment, at which they may enter pleas. The arraignments are scheduled for June 11.Â
A New York real estate investor has purchased The Villas at Willow Run, a rental townhouse community in Willow Street, for $17.0 million, public records show.
Michael E. Laub, who owns property in nine states, purchased the 72-unit property on Millwood Road from its developer, Samuel S. Stoltzfus of New Holland.
The transaction was announced last week by the Kislak Co. Inc., a New Jersey-based Realtor that handled the sale. Though Kislak declined to name the parties involved, Lancaster County Court and state Corporations Bureau records identified them.
Laub, of Scarsdale, New York, on Monday said he was attracted to the 11.3-acre property because âeverything was right. It was just what I was looking for.â
The Lancaster County Drug Task Force arrested a city man who was already facing trial on drug and weapons charges during a raid Thursday morning that turned up cocaine, marijuana, a gun and more than $10,000 cash.
As a result of Thursdayâs raid, Steven Gonzalez Morales, 20, was charged with drug and a weapons charge. He was being held at Lancaster County Prison unable to post $10,000 bail.
Steven Gonzalez-Morales, 20, of the 600 block of Poplar Street, was charged May 6 with felony drug possession with intent to deliver, possession of a stolen handgun, and possession of drug paraphernalia after police seized marijuana, cocaine, $10,000 in cash, and the gun when executing a search warrant, the district attorney said.
People who otherwise might face losing their home through mortgage foreclosure or end up in court over credit card debt will soon have help.
Itâs in the form of two programs Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas is putting in place as an alternative to litigation.
The idea behind the residential mortgage foreclosure and consumer credit card debt diversion programs, which start July 1, is to bring debtors and creditors together to work out their problems, according to President Judge David Ashworth and two court attorneys who worked on the programs.
They are not get-out-of-debtorâs-jail-free cards, however.
âThis is not just for the deadbeat who just doesn t pay his bills. This is for a person who, through life circumstances, is having difficulty making ends meet,â Ashworh said Monday. âAnd this program puts them in a position of acting responsibly to address those issues and allows the lender to make good on the loan.â