On Friday night, a Mountville-area man was shot and killed inside his home following an argument, according to West Hempfield Township police.
West Hempfield Township police responded to a call at the 400 block of Hillside Drive for a dispute between two adults. When they arrived at the scene, they found Richard Williams with a single gunshot wound, police said.Â
Williams was then taken the Lancaster General Hospital where he died from his injuries.Â
Cherrelle Byrd, 34, has been charged with Criminal Homicide in relation to Williams death, police said.Â
West Hempfield Township police have stated that the homicide investigation is in relation to a domestic incident and that there is no threat to the public.
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A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl accused of killing her wheelchair-bound sister made her first appearance before of a judge on Friday, only to waive her right to a preliminary hearing according to
Miller, of Manheim Township, is
The hearing was Miller’s only opportunity to hear about evidence that will be submitted against her prior to heading to trial.
She appeared on television in the Lancaster County Courthouse with the one television faced the judge and included a camera so she could see the judge and attorneys reactions.
Prior to the hearing, Miller’s attorney Robert Beyer informed her that her parents were in the courtroom, according to PennLive. He then commented on how long her hair was and how she is not writing to him enough, she laughed and responded that she would send him a letter.
A founding member of a volunteer panel to provide alternative consequences for first-time juvenile offenders will be stepping down after nearly three decades of service, Manheim Township police announced Tuesday.
ELKTON â In December 2004, Pennsylvania State Police Det. John J. Comerford swore out an arrest warrant charging former Port Deposit-area resident Joseph Dwayne Griest with first-degree rape and related sexual assault offenses in that state.
Comerford did so even though Griest, who was 33 at that time, already was serving a 65-year prison sentence in Maryland in a related 1999 kidnapping case that had been handled in Cecil County.
His decision to secure that Pennsylvania arrest warrant more than 16 years ago loomed large on March 16.
Thatâs when Griest, now 49, received a 35-year prison term after pleading guilty to kidnapping and carjacking in his latest successful appeal of that dual-jurisdiction case relating to a 1999 abduction that started in Elkton and ended several hours later in Pennsylvania.